Absolutist Thinking and Depression

A key characteristic of depression is the presence of cognitive biases (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This study added to the growing literature examining absolutist thinking as a potential cognitive bias associated with depression. We used data from a survey conducted at the University of South Carolina Columbia campus which included 116 students to compare the use of absolutist words in participants’ writing with their depressive symptomatology. We further compared the difference in the use of absolutist words in participants’ responses about success versus their responses about failure. Results revealed that there was not a significant relationship between BDI scores (M=8.55, SD=8.12) and Combined Prompts Absolutist Index (M=1.37, SD=0.95), r(114)=-0.026, p=0.390, one-tailed. Results revealed that there was a significant difference in absolutist word use in responses about success between the BDI comparison group (M=1.79, SD=1.01) and elevated BDI group (M=0.8, SD=0.74), t(24)=2.799; p=0.05, one-tailed. We discussed the implications of these findings and suggested areas of focus for future studies

Can I See Some ID? Banning Access to Cosmetic Breast Implant Surgery for Minors Under Eighteen

In many situations it is perfectly reasonable, and in fact preferable, to allow parents to consent to medical interventions on the behalf of their minor children. Parents enjoy a constitutional liberty interest in directing the upbringing of their children; it is presumed that parents will act in the best interests of their children when they substitute their experiences and judgment for a child’s in making important life decisions.8 This article highlights, however, that when it comes to providing consent for their children to undergo medically unnecessary breast implant surgery, the rationales underlying the presumption of deference to parents and medical providers fail. Because there are reasons to believe this traditional consent framework will not protect the best interests of minors who seek breast implants, this article argues that it is appropriate for the federal government to mandate a national minimum age of eighteen for receiving breast implants. This article begins in Part II by providing a brief background on breast implant surgery and its prevalence amongst minors. Part III outlines representative situations in which the federal government sets a national minimum age for access to products or procedures that can be unsafe for minors. Part IV illustrates scenarios where national age minimums are not deemed appropriate. Part V explores the rationales underlying both the use and rejection of age restrictions; it explains why a national minimum age for breast implants would serve similar policy goals as other age-based access controls. Part VI specifically addresses two primary counterarguments: highlighting why it is appropriate to impinge on both the physician-patient relationship and parental autonomy in the context of breast implants for minors

Can I See Some ID? Banning Access to Cosmetic Breast Implant Surgery for Minors Under Eighteen

In many situations it is perfectly reasonable, and in fact preferable, to allow parents to consent to medical interventions on the behalf of their minor children. Parents enjoy a constitutional liberty interest in directing the upbringing of their children; it is presumed that parents will act in the best interests of their children when they substitute their experiences and judgment for a child’s in making important life decisions.8 This article highlights, however, that when it comes to providing consent for their children to undergo medically unnecessary breast implant surgery, the rationales underlying the presumption of deference to parents and medical providers fail. Because there are reasons to believe this traditional consent framework will not protect the best interests of minors who seek breast implants, this article argues that it is appropriate for the federal government to mandate a national minimum age of eighteen for receiving breast implants. This article begins in Part II by providing a brief background on breast implant surgery and its prevalence amongst minors. Part III outlines representative situations in which the federal government sets a national minimum age for access to products or procedures that can be unsafe for minors. Part IV illustrates scenarios where national age minimums are not deemed appropriate. Part V explores the rationales underlying both the use and rejection of age restrictions; it explains why a national minimum age for breast implants would serve similar policy goals as other age-based access controls. Part VI specifically addresses two primary counterarguments: highlighting why it is appropriate to impinge on both the physician-patient relationship and parental autonomy in the context of breast implants for minors

Engaging Children with Useful Words: Vocabulary Instruction in a Third Grade Classroom

This action research project investigated 2 different instructional procedures used for third grade students\u27 vocabulary acquisition. We researched read-aloud trade books containing targeted vocabulary words with daily direct word learning strategies and compared that to a traditional definitional approach with 12 bilingual and 4 monolingual children. Instruction was limited to 6 words each week for 4 consecutive weeks. Findings suggested that children used more targeted words in oral and written communications when provided literature and word learning strategies

Harnessing Change to Create Sustainable Growth; The Visitacion/ Guadalupe Valley

A Regional Perspective is a report authored by Visitacion Valley Community Development Corporation and Asian Neighborhood Design as the first steps in efforts to create a regional planning perspective, collecting and analyzing data to assist in planning efforts towards sustainable growth, building relationships between regional stakeholders and decision-makers, and providing community outreach to inform and encourage community participation

Healthy Links – Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Improving Cardiac Health with Medically Tailored Meals

Introduction: • Social determinants of health (SDOH) strongly influence risk factors for cardiac disease, especially in rural areas • Medically-tailored meals have shown promising results for reducing hospitalizations • Some state insurance programs are covering medically-tailored meals given beneficial outcome studies • This project builds upon prior Healthy Links programs to expand our reach to rural patientshttps://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/lambrew-retreat-2023/1010/thumbnail.jp

Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center To the Urban Fringe

Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security in the United States: Farming from the City Center To the Urban Fringe is prepared by the Urban Agriculture Committee of the Community Food Security Coalition to raise awareness of the ways that urban agriculture can respond to food insecurity. The document advocates for policies that promote small-scale urban and peri-urban farming, and thereby prepare the next generation of urban farming leaders

Impact of Small Group Size on Neighborhood Influences in Multilevel Models

Objective: Although there is a growing body of literature on sample size in multilevel or hierarchical modeling, few studies have examined the impact of group sizeMultilevel, Neighborhood, Body Weight, Obesity, Sample Size

Finding measures of clinical placements quality for pre-service health services training: challenges of definition and search strategy construction

Abstract of a poster presentation that was presented at Health Services Research: Evidence-Based Practice Meeting, London, UK, 1-3 July, 2014