South Florida Ecosystem Program; seepage beneath Levee 30 in northern Dade County

Fact Sheet ◽  
1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy S. Sonenshein
Keyword(s):  
South Florida ◽  
Dade County ◽  
South Florida Ecosystem

Understanding Patterns of Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors Along With Health Services Provider Availability for Zika Outbreak in South Florida

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-459
Author(s):  
Linda McQuade ◽  
Mya Rao ◽  
Roger Miller ◽  
Winnie Zhou ◽  
Rinku Deol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Consumer Information ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Provider Network ◽  
Public Provider ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Machine Readable ◽  
Socioeconomic And Demographic Factors

AbstractIn this study, we analyzed the patterns of socioeconomic and demographic factors along with health services provider availability for the current Zika outbreak in Miami-Dade County, South Florida. We used Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) Machine-Readable Public Use Files (MR-PUFs) to examine provider availability in combination with socioeconomic and demographic factors that could potentially lead to healthcare disparities between any underserved population of the Wynwood neighborhood and the broader population of Miami-Dade County. MR-PUFs contain public provider-level data from states that are participating in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. According to CCIIO, an issuer of a Qualified Health Plan that uses a provider network must maintain a network that is sufficient in the number and types of providers, including providers that specialize in mental-health and substance-use disorder services, to assure that all services will be accessible to enrollees without unreasonable delay. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:455–459)

Ecosystem Management and the Florida Everglades: The Role of Social Scientists

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Walter Milon ◽  
Clyde F. Kiker ◽  
Donna J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Florida ◽  
Florida Everglades ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Adaptive Procedure ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Evaluation Procedures ◽  
South Florida Ecosystem ◽  
Policy Objectives ◽  
High Degree

AbstractRecently many state and federal agencies in the U.S. have embraced an ecosystems management approach to environmental protection and regulation. This approach requires a high degree of cooperation between natural and social scientists to translate policy objectives into research hypotheses, models, and evaluation procedures to guide implementation decisions. An adaptive procedure to guide interdisciplinary research is described and illustrated with highlights of recent progress and pitfalls from the restoration initiative for the Everglades/South Florida ecosystem.

scholarly journals Immigrant Generation, Stress Exposure, and Substance Abuse among a South Florida Sample of Hispanic Young Adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 237802311984301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacy Salerno ◽  
John Taylor ◽  
Quentin K. Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Generational Status ◽  
Dade County ◽  
First Generation Immigrants ◽  
Using Data

Existing research finds that succeeding immigrant generations are at greater risk for mental health problems as well as higher levels of substance use. Previous studies have attempted to unpack the role of acculturation stress, discrimination, and other factors in these outcomes. Using data from a community-based sample of Miami-Dade County young adults, we use an empirically and theoretically precise measurement of generational status, allowing us to better understand the process of acculturation and adaptation experienced by each generation. Our results are consistent with theories on the relationship between exposure to social stress and substance use. We find that first-generation immigrants have less exposure to social stress and as a consequence are at a decreased risk for involvement in substance use compared to second- and third-generation immigrants, who report being exposed to higher levels of social stress and higher levels of substance use.

Distribution Pattern of Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and Tomato Chlorotic Spot Virus in South Florida Tomato Fields

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafia A Khan ◽  
Dakshina R Seal ◽  
Shouan Zhang ◽  
Oscar E Liburd ◽  
Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frankliniella Occidentalis ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Western Flower Thrips ◽  
Management Program ◽  
South Florida ◽  
Dade County ◽  
Spot Virus ◽  
Chlorotic Spot ◽  
Tomato Field ◽  
Thrips Species

Abstract Tomato chlorotic spot virus (TCSV) is an orthotospovirus that causes a devastating disease in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Miller). TCSV emerged recently in South Florida. Studies were conducted in three commercial tomato fields in Miami-Dade County, Florida during the vegetable-growing seasons from October to April in 2015 through 2017. Each year, data were collected at 3, 6, and 9 wk after transplanting at various distances from the edges of each fields. Based on 3 yr total samples, three species of thrips were commonly observed melon thrips, Thrips palmi Karny (62.16 ± 0.79%), being the most abundant species followed by common blossom thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (21.55 ± 0.66%), and western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (16.26 ± 0.61%). Abundance of all thrips and TCSV infected plants was high at the edge of a tomato field 3 wk after transplanting with significantly fewer infected plants toward the center of the field. The distribution patterns of thrips and TCSV in various fields were mostly regular and aggregated across the sampling dates during the study period. Abundance of TCSV symptomatic plants and thrips species was high at the edge of the field and increased over time. The number of samples required to accurately determine population density of thrips was calculated by using three precision levels (0.10, 0.20, 0.30) at three predetermined densities of thrips (0.10, 0.20, and 0.40 per sample). This information will provide guidelines to growers, crop protection personnel, agricultural scouts, and researchers to develop a sustainable thrips and tospovirus management program.

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