Leveraging research to inform prevention and intervention efforts: Identifying risk and protective factors for rural and urban homeless families within transitional housing programs.

This mixed method study spotlights hardships and supportive factors for unhoused families led by single mothers who have successfully graduated from two transitional housing programs, one rural and one urban. Data collection consisted of entry and exit surveys (n = 241) as well as qualitative interviews (n = 11). Binary logistic regression results indicated education and social support as significant predictors of successful program completion.

The diagnosis and treatment of allergic rhinitis during pregnancy and lactation.

Rhinitis, including allergic rhinitis, in pregnancy represents a challenge to the physician in terms of its diagnosis and therapy. Although several unique in-fluences of pregnancy adversely affect nasal mucosa, there is growing recognition that most symptomatic nasal problems are expressions of diagnostic entities that have been or will be experienced by the patient in the nonpregnant state. In approaching gestational rhinitis, emphasis should be placed on making an early, accurate diagnosis so that limited, specific, and informed medicinal intervention can be used.

Diagnosis and treatment of allergic rhinitis and sinusitis during pregnancy and lactation.

Upper airway congestive symptoms during pregnancy have been recognized since the late 19th century (1). Among randomly selected pregnancies, as many as 18-30% of patients will report substantial symptoms of rhinitis and sinusitis, and this figure may be higher among patients with pre-existing atopic disease (2-4). "Rhinitis of pregnancy" can take many forms.