Barry University

About: Barry University is a education organization based out in Miami, Florida, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Social work. The organization has 645 authors who have published 1119 publications receiving 17494 citations.

Endothelial dysfunction occurs independently of adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance in ovariectomized Yucatan miniature-swine.

Abstract: In rodents, experimentally-induced ovarian hormone deficiency increases adiposity and adipose tissue (AT) inflammation, which is thought to contribute to insulin resistance and increased cardiovascular disease risk. However, whether this occurs in a translationally-relevant large animal model remains unknown. Herein, we tested the hypothesis that ovariectomy would promote visceral and perivascular AT (PVAT) inflammation, as well as subsequent insulin resistance and peripheral vascular dysfunction in female swine. At sexual maturity (7 months of age), female Yucatan mini-swine either remained intact (control, n = 9) or were ovariectomized (OVX, n = 7). All pigs were fed standard chow (15–20 g/kg), and were euthanized 6 months post-surgery. Uterine mass and plasma estradiol levels were decreased by ∼10-fold and 2-fold, respectively, in OVX compared to control pigs. Body mass, glucose homeostasis, and markers of insulin resistance were not different between control and OVX pigs; however, OVX animals ...

Priorities for values of adolescents in multicultural schools

Abstract: The Rokeach Instrumental Values Survey was used to identify the priorities for instrumental values (desired ways to behave) of 172 adolescents in multicultural schools in Miami, Florida. The data are reported by grade, sex, and ethnicity.

Is the War on Poverty attacking mental illness

Abstract: Based on a 2-year study of Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) programs in a large urban center, this paper examines the potential of Community Action Cen- ters for serving low-income clients with emotional problems. The processing, referral and follow-up patterns of the indigenous counseling staff are described. Strategies for mental health agencies are de- veloped for enhancing their links with these programs and increasing the impact of the War on Poverty on mental illness. The apparent relationship between low economic status and elevated incidence and prevalence of mental illness has be- come increasingly apparent to mental health practitioners during the past 10 or 15 years. The New Haven study in 1958 (Hollingshead & Redlich, 1958) following by the Midtown Manhattan Study in 1961 (Srole, Langner, Michael, Opler, & Rennie, 1961) were both widely read and quoted by mental health professionals. The findings of these and other large research efforts indicated that there was a direct re- lationship between the experience of poverty and a high rate of emo- tional disturbance as well as differential use and availability of treatment modes and facilities by different social classes. Michael Harrington more dramatically made the same point and reached a still wider audience in his discussion of the impoverished in America (Harrington, 1964). He depicted mental illness as an important concomitant of poverty in this country. Following these studies, and undoubtedly in response to them, some mental health programs developed with the specific aim of reaching and serving low-income groups. A body of literature has developed, ex- emplified by The Mental Health of the Poor (Reissman, Cohen, & Pearl, 1964), that documents the failure of existing service delivery systems and treatment methods to meet the needs of the poor and describes new programs aimed at low-income clients. At the same time the community mental health movement, with its emphasis on serving total communities or in its jargon "catchment