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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, March 5-8, 2005 The Park Record C-16 Manual explains issues of polygamy family ELstat-f Planning at r b £><fst Jeffrey f. E>ahLs, JP, CfP Principal. Planner jstfi^ss ;?v,'rW5. A family iJ n5^"t pr^t^crtisn and "apodal rw?<*ds~ situations Attorney General Mark hope will be many efforts to Sliurtlcff has announced that a break down barriers." groundbreaking manual is now The Utah Attorney General's available that tillers insighl inlo Office worked with the Arizona helping victims from polygamous Attorney General's Office, backgrounds. "The Primer- numerous government agencies Helping Victims of Domestic and nonprofit groups to produce Violence and Child Abuse in the manual. Input was also gathPolygamous Communities" was ered from fundamentalists and created to instruct caseworkers, from people who have left the law enforcement officers and oth- polygamy lifestyle. ers about the unique beliefs, prac"As we continue our joint tices and terms used by various efforts to find better ways to polygamous groups. assist child abuse and domestic The Primer includes a brief violence victims from the polygahistory of polygamy, guidelines mous communities, this training and training exercises, an exten- manual will provide law enforcesive glossary, descriptions of fun- ment and human services agendamentalist groups, characteris- cies will] tools to increase their tics, practices and unique factors effectiveness in dealing with to consider when dealing with members of these communities." domestic violence and child says Arizona Attorney General abuse. It also has resource guides Terry Goddard. and law charts for both Utah and Historically, victims from Arizona. polygamous com in unities have "We have learned that some- been underserved because of and/or victims are not getting help geographic isolation because they fear the people who because (hey distrust government are offering it don't understand agencies and other outsiders. The them," says Shurtleff. "The manual will be used in connecPrimer is the beginning of what I tion with the Safe Passage Program - a program funded by the Child Brides, a nonprofit a $700,000 U.S. Department of organization formed to assist vicJustice grant to help domestic tims of abuse from polygamous violence victims from polyga- communities. mous and rural communities in The manual comes with a disUtah and Arizona. claimer that it is not an "exhaus"Service providers can use tive resource of everything that The Primer to bridge the commu- goes on in polygamous communinication gap with plural families ties" and that many of the beliefs, plagued by domestic violence," practices and terms may not said Judy Kastcn Bell, executive apply to each community or famdirector of the Utah Domestic ily. Violence Council. "It will help "The Primer is a first of a kind improve relationships and pro- and an admirable bridge-building vide needed domestic violence effort. Hopefully, it will help services across the state." service providers meet the needs Perhaps (he most unique sec- of this unique segment of socielion of The Primer is the glossary, ty," says Anne Wilde, member of which includes definitions for Principle Voices of Polygamy, an "Crcekcrs/ "Poolers" and educational group that repre"Other Mother.' It also explains sents polygamist families and why using the word "clan" or their culture. even wearing red clothing could The manual is a living docuhinder efforts to help some vic- ment that will be updated to tims. reflect modifications in the law. "The Primer will help us train availability of resources and new volunteers for our organiza- changes in the practices and doction and will be a useful tool for trinal beliefs of individual groups. educating the public on the The Primer can be found at aspects of polygamy and its cul- http://attorneygeneral.ulah.gOv/p ture," says Elaine Tyler, Hope for olygamy.html. 5 Mid-life 'spread doubles stroke risk in men Middle-aged men who are not enough to treat hypertension obese are doubling their risk of and diabetes to prevent stroke. suffering a stroke, according to a Obesity should also be considstudy of more than 7,400 healthy ered a significant risk factor," said men followed for 28 years. The lead author Kalarina Jood. M.D., new findings arc reported in a research fellow at the Institute Stroke: Journal of the American of Clinical Neuroscience, departHeart Association. ment of neurology. Sahlgrenska In the study, men aged 47 to 55 University Hospital in Goteborg. who had a body mass index Sweden. (BMI) of more than 30 kg/m2 had The data come from the a 1,93 relative risk for suffering a Multifactor Primary Prevention stroke (all types of stroke com- Study, which examined the effect bined) over 28 years of follow-up, of interventions aimed at reduccompared to men who had a BMI ing stroke risk factors. 'Hie interof 20 to 22.49 during middle age. ventions included diet and exerAdjustment for hypertension. cise programs as well as pharmadiabetes and cholesterol did not cologic interventions used it) eliminate the risk. However, no reduce blood pressure, high chosignificant association with heni- lesterol, and blood glucose levels, orrhagic stroke (caused by bleed- as well as smoking cessation proing) was found. grams. High blood pressure, The. results suggest that, "it is smoking and diabetes are all Bill -HuffercTs vmaAy of fKe "Rive^ko A)ew "Restauran 5i30pm to close. Validated Tror "Reservations Please £all 435.658.3975 890 Mam St. - Pai*U City ••'••• - f i ^ - r ~ . . known risk factors for stroke. Men were randomized to interventions or "normal care." After 10 years of follow-up there was no difference between the intervention group and the control group in terms of stroke or mortality, she said. The new study represents 2S years of follow-up of 7,402 men from the original study group. The men had baseline medical examinations from 1970 to 1973. At that time, data on smoking, diabetes, treatment for hypertension, physical activity, psychological stress, occupation and parental history of stroke were obtained. Blood pressure, cholesterol and BMI measurements were also obtained. Participants were followed until December 31, 1998. Stroke incidence and mor- tality were obtained using the Swedish National Register on Cause of Death and the Swedish Hospital Discharge Register. During the follow-up, 873 men suffered a first stroke. Of those. 495 strokes were ischemic, 144 were hemorrhagic and 234 strokes were unclassified. "One of the strengths of this study is the extended follow-up." Jood said. "Other studies have linked obesity to stroke risk, but this study demonstrates that the obesity in midlifc predicts stroke for many years afterwards. The increase in risk is only partly mediated by the known effects of obesity on hypertension and diabetes, and is not eliminated when those major risk factors are considered. Obesity is. therefore, a significant risk factor." Throughout 2005, The RecordWill celebrate and reflect on the last 125 years (while looking forward to the next) and we'd like your help. 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