PENDAMPINGAN KELOMPOK PETANI GARAM PULAU SABU, NTT DALAM PEMBUATAN TAMBAK GARAM

Pulau Sabu, Kabupaten Sabu Raijua, Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur merupakan salah satu wilayah yang cocok digunakan untuk memproduksi garam. Hal ini tidak terlepas dari kondisi iklim dan geografis yang dimilikinya. Metode produksi garam yang dapat diaplikasikan adalah metode penguapan air laut dengan bantuan sinar matahari. Kegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk membantu komunitas petani garam di Pulau Sabu dalam merancang, membangun, dan melakukan uji coba tambak garam. Hal ini dilakukan supaya petani garam dapat meningkatkan jumlah produksi garam di wilayah tersebut. Kegiatan ini berjalan melalui beberapa tahap, yaitu tahap persiapan (survei dan diskusi), tahap desain tambak, tahap pembangunan tambak, dan tahap tindak lanjut (pendampingan, uji coba, dan evaluasi). Secara umum, kegiatan ini berlangsung dengan baik meskipun terhalang dengan pandemi COVID-19. Komunitas petani garam di Pulau Sabu berhasil membangun tambak garam tersebut sesuai dengan desain yang telah dibuat. Namun, kegiatan pengabdian ini belum selesai karena apa yang dilakukan saat ini baru tahap awal. Ke depannya, kegiatan pengabdian dilanjutkan dengan fokus lain, seperti peningkatan kualitas garam, pengenalan teknologi tepat guna lainnya, hingga diversifikasi produk garam

Representations of sport in the revolutionary socialist press in Britain, 1988–2012

This paper considers how sport presents a dualism to those on the far left of the political spectrum. A long-standing, passionate debate has existed on the contradictory role played by sport, polarised between those who reject it as a bourgeois capitalist plague and those who argue for its reclamation and reformation. A case study is offered of a political party that has consistently used revolutionary Marxism as the basis for its activity and how this party, the largest in Britain, addresses sport in its publications. The study draws on empirical data to illustrate this debate by reporting findings from three socialist publications. When sport did feature it was often in relation to high profile sporting events with a critical tone adopted and typically focused on issues of commodification, exploitation and alienation of athletes and supporters. However, readers’ letters, printed in the same publications, revealed how this interpretation was not universally accepted, thus illustrating the contradictory nature of sport for those on the far left

Erratum to: 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1208-6.]

Oncology Nurses\u27 Use of Nondrug Pain Interventions in Practice

Cancer pain management guidelines recommend nondrug interventions as adjuvants to analgesic medications. Although physicians typically are responsible for pharmacologic pain treatments, oncology staff nurses, who spend considerable time with patients, are largely responsible for identifying and implementing nondrug pain treatments. Oncology nurses\u27 use of nondrug interventions, however, has not been well studied. The purpose of this study was to describe oncology nurses\u27 use of four nondrug interventions (music, guided imagery, relaxation, distraction) and to identify factors that influence their use in practice. A national sample of 724 oncology staff nurses completed a mailed survey regarding use of the nondrug interventions in practice, beliefs about the interventions, and demographic characteristics. The percentages of nurses who reported administering the strategies in practice at least sometimes were 54% for music, 40% for guided imagery, 82% for relaxation, and 80% for distraction. Use of each nondrug intervention was predicted by a composite score on beliefs about effectiveness of the intervention (e.g., perceived benefit; P\u3c0.025) and a composite score on beliefs about support for carrying out the intervention (e.g., time; P\u3c0.025). In addition, use of guided imagery was predicted by a composite score on beliefs about characteristics of patients who may benefit from the intervention (e.g., cognitive ability; P\u3c0.05). Some nurse demographic, professional preparation, and practice environment characteristics also predicted use of individual nondrug interventions. Efforts to improve application of nondrug interventions should focus on innovative educational strategies, problem solving to secure support, and development and testing of new delivery methods that require less time from busy staff nurses