Street Situation Research Articles

A CONTINUIDADE ENTRE CASA E RUA NO MUNDO DA CRIANÇA POBRE

A proposta deste texto é discutir a continuidade entre a “situação de rua” das criança brasileiras e as características de seu universo familiar, apontando a necessidade desta discussão diante d abismo de linguagem existente entre as crianças pobres e os que buscam atendê-las através de programa sociais. Freqüentemente bem intencionados, estes programas tornam-se ineficazes devido, em grand parte, a equívocos e preconceitos resultantes do desconhecimento do contexto sócio-cultural do qual s originam estas crianças. Com base em pesquisa feita em um bairro na periferia de São Paulo, o artigo trat deste contexto.

Smoking behavior as a function of social cues and sex: A naturalistic study

The purpose of the study was to investigate the hypotheses that the smoking behavior of both females and males is affected by social cues and that the smoking behavior of females is more affected by social cues than is the smoking behavior of males. The smoking behaviors of 313 females and 487 males walking on public streets and of 154 females and 146 males waiting in public waiting rooms were recorded. Both sexes smoked more often in the waiting room situation than in the street situation; females' smoking was influenced to a greater degree by the same social context. The presence of a nearby smoker, particularly a male, increased the rate of smoking in female, but not male, subjects. The findings have implications for programs designed to modify the smoking behavior of women and men.

The ST. Louis Recall Effort And Its Aftermath

AbstractSt. Louis has just gone through a valuable municipal experience in the effort to recall Mayor Henry W. Kiel for his mill tax‐franchise deal with the United railways company. It furnishes an interesting sequel to the developments in the street railway situation outlined by the same author in the “National Municipal Review” for November, 1918.