Mind over matter: an exploratory case study of mind-body interventions in the burn unit

2019 Summer.Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: The aim of this case study was to explore the experience of five patients who participated in mind-body based occupational therapy (MB-OT) while in the burn unit. Individual responses to mind-body practices were assessed and patient perspectives were included to better understand what MB-OT brought to the recovery process. Methods: This retrospective chart review included five patients admitted to the burn unit. Data were gathered from the electronic medical records (EMRs) to include demographics and burn characteristics, changes in vital signs throughout MB-OT meditation sessions, specifically, and before and after measures on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-6 (STAI-6), which was available for two patients. Additional information was obtained from occupational therapy documentation to better understand the unique experience of each patient with the MB-OT intervention. Inductive content analysis occurred within and across subjects to generate induvial and over-arching themes. Results: Patients experienced a reduction in heart rate during seven of the eight MB-OT meditation sessions, while a reduction in respiration rate was seen in four of these sessions. For two patients, STAI-6 measures were available and indicated a reduction in state-anxiety scores after MB-OT. Inductive coding within subjects revealed that patients self-generated a desired focus for MB-OT and perceived that MB-OT supported personal coping. Four themes emerged across documentation of all five patients and included 1) eagerness to explore mind-body practices; 2) feelings of appreciation towards MB-OT; 3) MB-OT provided a sense of calm; 4) MB-OT supported daily occupations in the burn unit. Conclusion: MB-OT was a client-driven intervention that complemented standard occupational therapy practice in the burn unit. MB-OT has the potential to support patients in coping with everyday aspects of life in the burn uni

Evaluating Water Purification Systems in the Quiche and Solola Departments of Guatemala

Special Studies Experience -- San Lucas; San Juan, Guatemala -- Summer 2015 -- Partner Agencies: Caritas; Clean Water for the World; The Friends of San Lucas; IMAP; ODIMhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/116199/1/Poster_Anderson.pd

A One Health Approach: Addressing the Overuse of Antibiotics in Agriculture

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as one of the leading public health threats of the 21st century (Naghavi, 2022). AMR occurs due to an evolution of bacteria, making treatments of bacterial infections less effective (Naghavi, 2022). In recent years, several publications began identifying a linkage between antibiotic use in agriculture to humans. Roughly 70% of all antibiotics in the United States are being used in animal feed (Cable, 2018). More than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistance infections occur in the United States every year- which results in roughly 35,000 deaths (CDC, 2019). A comprehensive analysis estimated nearly 1.27 million deaths globally were attributed to AMR- surpassing HIV and Malaria mortality rate totals (Naghavi, 2022). Over the past decade, antimicrobial resistance has steadily increased despite the first recording of resistant bacteria in 1942 (Lowy, 2003). Reducing antibiotic use to slow the spread of resistant bacteria was recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers of Disease Control (CDC). Extensive literature exists on the healthcare costs of AMR (Dadgostar, 2019), and varying strains of resistant bacteria (Lowy, 2003) but there is not enough information on policies to regulate and control the AMR. This paper conducts a multidisciplinary approach to identify possible policies in addressing the pathways that AMR transmit to humans, through agricultural practices. This project explores the existing levels of policies and considered current policies as a tool to redefine the agricultural system over time, while also labeling factors that recognize current policies are part of the institutional problem

A survey of smoking cessation training within UK Pharmacy education

Introduction: Tobacco smoking is a significant public health problem, and remains the leading cause of preventable, premature death in the UK. In order to reduce the burden of smoking in the UK, all healthcare professionals should be able to advise and assist smokers to quit. Adequately trained pharmacists can play a key role in providing smoking cessation support and advice. The aim was to identify the extent of smoking cessation teaching and examination in UK pharmacy schools.Methods: A short survey of smoking cessation was sent to each Programme Director for all UK pharmacy schools (n=29). Results: The survey achieved a response rate of 72%. All schools dedicated time teaching smoking cessation interventions, with 76% spending more than three hours, and 90% examining students on some aspect of smoking cessation. All schools taught about Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) and the role of behavioural support. At least 90% of schools taught about the role of the stop smoking services; and opportunistic brief interventions, e.g. Very Brief Advice (VBA). Only 14% covered practical delivery in clinical settings.Conclusions: UK pharmacy schools are teaching and examining students on a wide range of smoking cessation interventions, including VBA. However, there was a lack of training reported on the management of mental health patients who smoke, and practical skills training. All schools should do more to ensure they are providing practical skills training to enable students to be adequately prepared for delivering smoking cessation support to all smokers, including vulnerable populations

Peter Olof Hansen; Augustana Alum of 1886

Peter Olof Hansen graduated from Augustana in June of 1886. We have researched his immigration to the United States, his family history and genealogy, and his career as a pastor after Augustana

Suicide Tourism

The number of people traveling to other locations, including Switzerland, or different U.S. states, for the sole purpose of receiving assisted-suicide is increasing. This phenomenon is known as suicide tourism. Switzerland is a major destination for recipients globally, as noted by Saskia Gauthier, Julian Mausbach, Thomas Reisch, and Christine Bartsch (2014) in the article, Suicide tourism: a pilot study on the Swiss phenomenon. The influx of recipients travelling to Switzerland for the purpose of committing suicide is largely due to the country’s lack of regulation in who might receive assisted-suicide. This issue is relevant in the United States, as Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, and New Mexico currently allow physician-assisted suicide. This presentation will introduce suicide tourism through the examination of research, case studies, and statistics. We propose to explore the reasons behind the shift in societal attitudes toward assisted suicide and examine the issue from secular and Christian worldviews, as well as a social work perspective. This includes studying legal and ethical questions based on the value of suffering, the inherent worth of a person, and the risk presented to vulnerable populations. Additionally, we will introduce alternatives to suicide and opportunities for social action

Sacred communities: contestations and connections

This article discusses a project whose purpose was to review existing qualitative and quantitative data from two separate studies to provide new insights about everyday religion and belonging. Researchers engaged in knowledge exchange and dialogue with new and former research participants, with other researchers involved in similar research, and with wider academic networks beyond the core disciplines represented here, principally anthropology and geography. Key concluding themes related to the ambivalent nature of ‘faith’, connections over place and time, and the contested nature of community. Implicit in terms like ‘faith’, ‘community’, and ‘life course’ are larger interwoven narratives of space, time, place, corporeality, and emotion. The authors found that understanding how places, communities, and faiths differ and intersect requires an understanding of social relatedness and boundaries

A Structurally-Tunable 3-Hydroxyflavone Motif for Visible Light-Induced Carbon Monoxide-Releasing Molecules (CORMs)

Molecules that can be used to deliver a controlled amount of carbon monoxide (CO) have the potential to facilitate investigations into the roles of this gaseous molecule in biology and advance therapeutic treatments. This has led to the development of light-induced CO-releasing molecules (photoCORMs). A goal in this field of research is the development of molecules that exhibit a combination of controlled CO release, favorable biological properties (e.g., low toxicity and trackability in cells), and structural tunability to affect CO release. Herein, we report a new biologically-inspired organic photoCORM motif that exhibits several features that are desirable in a next-generation photoCORM. We show that 3-hydroxyflavone-based compounds are easily synthesized and modified to impart changes in absorption features and quantum yield for CO release, exhibit low toxicity, are trackable in cells, and can exhibit both O2-dependent and -independent CO release reactivity