Mental Disorders

This book brings together an international array of stars of the mental health professions to create a cutting edge volume that sheds light on many important and heretofore poorly understood issues in psychopathology. Mental Disorders-Theoretical and Empirical perspectives will be an important addition to the libraries of scholars and clinicians

Perceptions of prostate cancer risk in white working class, African-Caribbean and Somali men living in south east Wales: a constructionist grounded theory

Abstract Background: Men of African and African-Caribbean origin (black men) have twice the risk of prostate cancer compared to that of white men (UK National Screening Committee 2014), and are more likely to be diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer (Benarif and Eeles 2016). Despite this, black men are underrepresented in prostate cancer clinics when compared to other men. The reasons for this appear complex and may be related to the high number of black minority ethnic populations living in areas of deprivation, and to the cultural understandings of prostate cancer risk. Aims: This research aimed to understand the differences in perceptions of prostate cancer risk between black and white men without a diagnosis of cancer, living in areas of deprivation in South East Wales. Methods: This research used a constructivist grounded theory methodology to examine the men’s understanding of prostate cancer risk through their everyday lives. A total of 17 men took part in semi-structured interviews and a further 17 men took part in three focus groups during 2015. Data analysis followed the fluidity of constructivist grounded theory methodology and this allowed for changes to the data collection method during theory generation. Discussion: This research has generated theory relating to masculinity, embodiment and Bourdieu’s field and habitus theory. The social construction of the body is seen as important in understanding the ways in which men are socialised to understand and accept their risk for prostate cancer. Conclusion: This research has added to our understanding of social differences in constructions of the body. This work has influenced thinking of how men might differently understand their risk for prostate cancer as related to their expectations and social experiences. The clinician is encouraged to consider these differences in their interactions with patients. Recommended reading list Benarif, S. and Eeles, R. 2016. Genetic predisposition to prostate cancer. British Medical Bulletin 120, pp. 75-89 UK National Screening Committee. 2014. UK NSC prostate cancer screening recommendation. www.legacyscreening.phe.org.uk/prostatecancer: NHS England

ICT and InnovationA Step Forward to a Global Society

ItAIS (www.itais.org) was established in 2003 as the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (AIS - www.aisnet.org) and has since then been promoting the exchange of ideas, experience, and knowledge among both academics and professionals committed to the development, management, organization and use of information systems. The itAIS conference is the major annual event of the Italian Information System community and it is thought as a forum to promote discussions and experiences exchanges among researchers in the field, both from the academy and the industry. Being the current the eleventh edition, in 2016 itAIS was held in Verona. The previous editions took place in Rome on 2015, Genova on 2014, Milan on 2013, Rome on 2012 and 2011, Naples on 2010, Costa Smeralda on 2009, Paris on 2008, Venice on 2007, Milan on 2006, Verona on 2005, and again Naples on 2004. itAIS 2016 aims to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers, and doctoral students to exchange and share their experiences, ideas, challenges, solutions, and research results about all aspects related to the impact of Information Technology and Innovation Trends in Organizations. The conference includes 16 tracks: (1) Organizational change and Impact of ICT; (2) Accounting Information Systems; (3) Advanced ICT support for innovation strategies, management, and implementations; (4) Human-computer interaction; (5) Continuous Redesign of Socio-Technical Systems; (6) Digitalization trends in Human Resources Management; (7) e-Services, Social Networks, and Smartcities; (8) ICT-enabled innovation in public services: co-production and collaborative networking; (9) The new era of digitalization in Healthcare and Public sector; (10) IS (lost) in the Cloud; (11) Internet of Things: exploring tensions in global information infrastructures; (12) Technology- enhanced learning: transforming learning processes in organizations; (13) Supply Chain Resilience and Security; (14) Digital Marketing and Analytics. The participation success that has been registered in the previous editions is confirmed this year. The conference attracted more than 80 submissions from Italian and foreigner researchers. Among them, more 6 than 68 contributions have been accepted for presentation at the conference following a double-blind review process. Among them, 19 are published in this book, the other will appear in a volume of the Springer Series Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisations1. The conference took place at Economics Department, University of Verona (Santa Marta campus) on October 7th \u2013 8th, 2016 and is organized in 5 parallel sessions. We would like to thank all the authors who submitted papers and all conference participants. We are also grateful to the chairs of the fourteen tracks and the external referees, for their thorough work in reviewing submissions with expertise and patience, and to the President and members of the itAIS steering committee for their strong support and encouragement in the organization of itAIS 2016. A special thanks to all members of the Organizing Committee for their precious support to the organization and management of the event and in the publication of the enclosed proceedings