In Mexico, as in many other countries, HIV/AIDS strategies are developed at the federal level and implemented at the state level. Local programs are expected to use data, in particular surveillance data, to drive their decisions on programmatic activities and prioritize populations with which the program will engage. Since the early 1980s Mexico…

This directory offers an annotated listing of over 600 of the most active individuals and groups in the United States working on alternative energy technologies. It details their activities, publications, and services with a contact name, address, and telephone number for each. The entries are listed by state and cross-indexed by areas of…

Two longitudinal field studies of the process of information dissemination through newspapers were conducted on two different public affairs topics (regional planning and routing of a high voltage power line) in four communities to examine the role of newspapers in increasing levels of conflict and in creating greater levels of awareness and…