Music Therapy: Death and Grief (Chava Sekeles)

This is a review of the book "Music Therapy: Death and Grief" by Chava Sekeles. Music Therapy: Death and GriefChava SekelesGilsum, NH: Barcelona Publishers (2007)149 pp., ISBN: 1-891278-46-

Music and Arts in Health Promotion and Death Education: The St Christopher’s Schools Project

The reality of death and dying is rarely discussed openly in modern Western societies, while death sometimes is even considered to be a ‘failure’ in the context of traditional, medically-focused healthcare systems. Similarly, loss and transition are part of the National School Curriculum in the UK, but many schools still find approaching these subjects difficult. In this context St Christopher’s hospice in London has initiated and delivered the ‘Schools Project’ since 2005. The St Christopher’s Schools Project is an innovative community arts programme. It takes the form of short-term collaborative arts projects between terminally ill patients and students from primary and secondary schools, as well as colleges within the hospice’s catchment area. The Schools Project has attracted the interest of many other hospices, as well as other healthcare institutions and inspired the development of similar projects, both nationally and internationally. The aim of the Schools Project is to introduce the hospice and its work to the school communities in a creative and non-threatening way. Within a structured framework students are given the opportunity to interact and engage in music and art making together with terminally ill patients, culminating in an exhibition or performance. Promoting healthier attitudes towards death and dying amongst the students, their teachers, school peers, parents and carers, is at the core of the project. This paper presents the philosophy and aims, as well as the process and outcomes, of the Schools Project. Additionally, an overview of all of the projects that have taken place at St Christopher’s since 2005, as well as some prospects for future development, are given. This will hopefully stimulate a constructive dialogue with regards to the potential role of hospices and the arts in the promotion of health and death education, as well as their potential impact on the development of sustainable healthcare policies and practices not only in palliative care, but also in other health and social care contexts

Hybride Weiterbildungswerkstätten als didaktische Doppeldecker – Chancen und Herausforderungen am Beispiel eines Digital Workspace

Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Planung, Durchführung und Organisation einer Weiterbildung für Lehrende zum Thema „Hybrides Lehren“. Im Sinne des didakti- schen Doppeldeckers1 wurde die Weiterbildung hybrid durchgeführt. Dabei wurden die Erfahrungen und Eindrücke der Teilnehmenden vor Ort sowie im Onlineraum regel- mäßig abgefragt und reflektiert. Außerdem diente das Format als Experimentierraum für Methoden und Tools in hybriden Settings. Die Autor:innen beschreiben, welche Besonderheiten bezüglich der Durchführung des hybriden Weiterbildungsformats zu beachten sind, welche Herausforderungen gemeistert und welche Erfahrungen gemacht wurden. Immer wieder steht die Frage im Raum, wie die Balance zwischen den technischen Herausforderungen und einer lernförderlichen Didaktik in hybriden Formaten gefunden werden kann

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Standardised bioassays reveal that mosquitoes learn to avoid compounds used in chemical vector control after a single sub-lethal exposure.

Vector-borne diseases are worldwide public health issues. Despite research focused on vectorial capacity determinants in pathogen transmitting mosquitoes, their behavioural plasticity remains poorly understood. Memory and associative learning have been linked to behavioural changes in several insect species, but their relevance in behavioural responses to pesticide vector control has been largely overlooked. In this study, female Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciastus were exposed to sub-lethal doses of 5 pesticide compounds using modified World Health Organization (WHO) tube bioassays. Conditioned females, subsequently exposed to the same pesticides in WHO tunnel assays, exhibited behavioural avoidance by forgoing blood-feeding to ensure survival. Standardized resting site choice tests showed that pre-exposed females avoided the pesticides smell and choose to rest in a pesticide-free compartment. These results showed that, following a single exposure, mosquitoes can associate the olfactory stimulus of pesticides with their detrimental effects and subsequently avoid pesticide contact. Findings highlight the importance of mosquito cognition as determinants of pesticide resistance in mosquito populations targeted by chemical control

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