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Welcome to our Briefs Section,

The briefs here published represent the wide variety of areas of research in which the Consortium partners are engaged. They are intended to briefly describe their studies' objectives, methodologies, findings, implications, and future areas of research and application.

IAC hopes these briefs facilitate the sharing of member's interests and encourages the communication among multiple institutions and across multiple themes, approaches, and disciplines.

Members interested in submitting briefs for publication should submit an electronic copy to ciinco-iac@fmhi.usf.edu. Briefs must be five pages or shorter in length. Word and/or Text files are required.

Brief #1, March 2003 In Spanish
Title: El Proceso de Desplazamiento Forzado: Estrategias Familiares de Sobrevivencia en el Oriente Antioqueño (PDF, 30KB)
Authors: Olga Lucía López Jaramillo y Jorge Iván López Jaramillo

Brief #2, March 2003 In Spanish
Title: Intervención Psicosocial en Conflictos Armados y Desastres de Orígen Natural (PDF, 107KB)
Author: Jorge Iván López Jaramillo

Brief #3, March 2003
Title: Sociogram: An Application to Disasters Prevention (PDF, 89KB)
Author: Jorge Iván López Jaramillo

Brief #4, March 2003 In Spanish
Title: Propuesta Globalizadora de Intervención para Mejorar el Desempeño Socioescolar de los Alumnos de Nivel Medio Superior en Tamaulipas. Una Experencia Operativa (PDF, 20KB)
Author: Mtra. Ana Lucía Montemayor Marín

Brief #5, April 2003
Title: A Study of Latino Student Dropout in Hillsborough County, Florida and Recommendations for Action (PDF, 18KB)
Author: Teresa Nesman