Vietnam’s intensely family-oriented society is going through a “quiet” sexual revolution as young people move in together, have more premarital sex, and talk about love and relationships (Reuters).

The PRI Library has received an announcement from MEASURE DHS for a Geographic Information Systems Specialist to be hired through Jorge Scientific.

Child soldiers need help to overcome post-traumatic stress and reject revenge and accept reconciliation, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (BBC News). The researchers interviewed children who had been forced to fight in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Citation: Bayer, C. P., Klasen, F., & Adam, H. (2007). Association of trauma and PTSD symptoms with openness to reconciliation and feelings of revenge among former Ugandan and Congolese child soldiers. JAMA, 298, 555-559.  [Available online to Penn State faculty, students, and staff.]

Adil E. Shamoo calls for less strict regulation of low-risk human subjects research in a column in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Shamoo, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, says that current requirements create unnecessary roadblocks. Among the examples of low-risk research are social science surveys, interviews, and observations involving competent adult subjects that do not reveal personal information.

PRI’s Data Archive maintains a page of information about requirements for secondary data research at Penn State.

Note: The Chronicle article is available online to subscribers. PRI affiliates can read the Chronicle in the PRI Library or request online access from library@pop.psu.edu.