Category: Families & Consumers

FCS8831/FY901 Living without Lymph Nodes

FCS-8831, a 4-page fact sheet by M.C. Monroe, K. Roberts, and B.F. Shea, helps women understand why lymph nodes are important, why sometimes it is necessary to sacrifice them, and recommends measures women can take to prevent or minimize infection and lymphedema after surgery for breast cancer. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY901

FCS8640/FY207 Facts about Vitamin D

Revised! FCS-8640, a 2-page illustrated fact sheet by Linda B. Bobroff and Isabel Valentín-Oquendo, summarizes key facts about vitamin D’s role in human nutrition — why we need it, what happens if we don’t get enough, how much we need, how we can get enough, supplements, and how much is too much. Includes links to reliable nutrition information on the Web. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY207

FCS7026/HE817 Federal Income Tax Management

Revised! FCS-7026, an 8-page fact sheet by Josephine Turner, Nayda I. Torres, Horacio Soberon, and Zeynep Copur, has been updated for the current tax season. It describes the advantages of filing a federal tax return, who must file a return, itemizing deductions, computing income tax rates, credits, payments, preparing and filing your return, recordkeeping, and where to get help. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/HE817

FCS7006/FY228 Coping with a Money Crunch: Values, Goals, and Standards

Revised! FCS-7006, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Josephine Turner, Katey Walker and Michael S. Gutter, helps people experiencing a finacial crisis decide on goals and set priorities. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY228

FCS8810/FY1088 Facts about Magnesium

FCS-8810, a 2-page illustrated fact sheet by Jennifer Hillan and Linda B. Bobroff, summarizes key facts about magnesium’s role in human nutrition — why we need it, what happens if we don’t get enough, how much we need, how we can get enough, supplements, and how much is too much. Includes links to reliable nutrition information on the Web. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, April 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY1088

FCS8874/FY1087 HIV/AIDS: Raising Minority Community Awareness

FCS-8874, a 4-page fact sheet by Eboni J. Baugh and Camille Callendar, describes strategies for raising awareness of HIV/AIDS in minority communities. Includes links to effective prevention programs and references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FY1087

FAR0077/FM338 Understanding Your Child’s Temperament

FAR0077, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Diana Converse and Donna Davis, describes nine behavior traits that are present at birth and can be used by parents to understand their children’s temperaments. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM338

FAR0076/FM337 Grandmothers as Parents

FAR0076, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith, describes seven parenting strategies reported in a study of caregiving grandmothers. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM337

FAR0075/FM336 Three Basic Types of Temperaments

FAR0075, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Diana Converse, describes three basic types of temperaments identified by child development experts to as patterns of behavior determined at birth. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM336

FAR0306/FM332 Who’s Watching the Kids?

FAR0306, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Donna Davis, describes a study by the U.S. Census providing statistics on types of child care arrangements families are making for preschoolers. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM332

FAR0074/FM327 Co-parenting and Father Involvement

FAR0074, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith, describes research findings about the co-parenting relationships between custodial mothers and fathers living apart from their biological children. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM327

FAR0101/FM304 Facts on Children’s Lying: What Every Parent Needs to Know

FAR0101, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Kate Fogarty, describes research findings about lying in school-aged children and when parents should be concerned. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM304

FAR0100/FM303 Missing Children

FAR-0100, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Donna Davis, presents data from a report from the Department of Justice about the number of incidences of missing, abducted, runaway and thrownaway children to help parents put the risk of abduction into perspective. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM303

FAR0304/FM300 Child Care Safety

FAR-0304, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith, describes research about the relative safety of child care settings. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM300

FAR0410/FM120 Shaken Baby Syndrome

FAR0410, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Donna Davis and Suzanna Smith, describes this preventable form of child abuse, and provides suggestions from the Child Abuse Prevention Project. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM120

FAR5047/FM288 Double Day Work: How Women Cope with Time Demands

FAR5047, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith and Diana Converse, describes the imbalance between women in the work force and men in the amount of time spent on household duties, and the strategies women develop for combining the demands of work and family. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM288

FAR5048/FM299 Trends in Maternity Leave for First-Time Mothers

FAR5048, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Donna Davis, summarizes a 2005 report from the U.S. Census Bureau describing the changes in the maternity leave and employment patterns of first-time mothers. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM299

FAR0071/FM316 The Cost of Young Adults

FAR0071, a 2-page transcript of the Family Album Radio Program broadcast by Suzanna Smith, provides research based information on the types of contributions parents make for young adult children to help them get started. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FM316