#47 - Modern Day Prophets?

- Gift of Prophecy - Gift of Tongues - Gifts of the Spirits in God\u27s Last Church - The Marks of God\u27s Last Church - The Four Tests of a Prophet - Ellen G. White as a Prophetess - Quizhttps://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/keys/1020/thumbnail.jp

Worse Than Spam: Issues In Sampling Software Developers

Background: Reaching out to professional software developers is a crucial part of empirical software engineering research. One important method to investigate the state of practice is survey research. As drawing a random sample of professional software developers for a survey is rarely possible, researchers rely on various sampling strategies. Objective: In this paper, we report on our experience with different sampling strategies we employed, highlight ethical issues, and motivate the need to maintain a collection of key demographics about software developers to ease the assessment of the external validity of studies. Method: Our report is based on data from two studies we conducted in the past. Results: Contacting developers over public media proved to be the most effective and efficient sampling strategy. However, we not only describe the perspective of researchers who are interested in reaching goals like a large number of participants or a high response rate, but we also shed light onto ethical implications of different sampling strategies. We present one specific ethical guideline and point to debates in other research communities to start a discussion in the software engineering research community about which sampling strategies should be considered ethical.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of the 2016 ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement (ESEM 2016), ACM, 201

#37 - Resolving Stress

- Stress and Exercise - The Great Body Equalizer - Quizhttps://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/keys/1014/thumbnail.jp

Reducing avoidable deaths from failure to rescue: a discussion paper.

AIM: This article proposes a radical new approach to the monitoring and governance of services, and the education and training of nurses to meet 'failure to rescue' requirements. BACKGROUND: Healthcare policy in the UK that seeks to ensure safe and effective services for the acutely ill has largely failed, resulting in adult patients dying unnecessarily. Despite grand rhetoric, UK governments have distanced themselves from implementation, resulting in patchy localised developments and creating inconsistent service responses. DESIGN AND DATA SOURCES: This article draws on a review of research and UK policy literature and best international practice to propose a new national framework approach that combines competency development, governance and performance monitoring to address 'failure to rescue' shortcomings. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Paramount is a nationally agreed and fit-for-purpose competency tool using simulation to assess staff in order to improve recognition of the deteriorating patient. Service improvements should include increased investment in telemedicine; service performance should be communicated through publicly available ratings and overseen by patient panels; and governance will require strengthening through enhanced Care Quality Commission/Monitor input, which should be linked to the maintenance of foundation trust status. CONCLUSION: Health professional bodies, regulators, providers and the Government must work together to strengthen the safety and effectiveness of acute services. This will require investment in staff competency and enhancement of the governance to ensure services consistently meet public expectations and reduce unnecessary deaths

National school chaplaincy and student welfare program guidelines

The National School Chaplaincy Program is a voluntary program that assists school communities to support the spiritual, social, and emotional wellbeing of their students. This can include support and guidance about ethics, values, relationships and spirituality; the provision of pastoral care; and enhancing engagement with the broader community. Commencing in January 2012, the Program builds upon the success of the National School Chaplaincy Program and supports school communities to establish school chaplaincy and student welfare services or to enhance existing services. The major changes to the Program include: a new title for the Program choice of support worker minimum qualification requirements for funded school chaplains/student welfare workers improved complaints handling mechanisms an increase in the maximum grant for schools in remote locations and minimum standards for funding recipients

Guide for audits of Head Start program grants

Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog no. 13.600.Includes appendices.Mode of access: Internet

Hearing health outreach services to Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory 2012–13 and 2013–14

Presents analyses on hearing health outreach services provided to Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory. Summary This report presents information on ear and hearing outreach services funded by the Department of Health and delivered by the Northern Territory Department of Health between July 2012 and June 2014. The main funding sources for these services are the National Partnership Agreement on Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory and the Healthy Ears—Better Hearing, Better Listening program. The report also includes information on hearing health and middle ear conditions among service recipients. Service delivery In 2013–14, 2,122 outreach audiology services were delivered to 1,764 Indigenous children and young people. In total, from July 2012 to June 2014, 4,054 audiology services were delivered to 2,889 children and young people. Child Hearing Health Coordinators (CHHCs) conducted 697 visits to 675 children in 2013–14—slightly below the target of 700 children set by the Australian and Northern Territory governments. In total, 1,140 children were seen at 1,208 CHHC visits from July 2012 to June 2014. A total of 860 ear, nose and throat (ENT) teleotology services were provided to 766 children and young people in 2013–14. From July 2012 to June 2014, 1,684 ENT teleology services were provided to 1,283 children and young people. Hearing health status among children and young people who received services Hearing loss was present in 55% of children and young people who received outreach audiology services at their latest service in 2013–14. Hearing health status improved for a large proportion of the children and young people who received 2 or more outreach audiology services. Of the 498 children and young people who had hearing loss at their first audiology service, 41% experienced functional improvements in their hearing (with 26% regaining normal hearing capability at their last check, and 15% having their hearing loss status improve from bilateral to unilateral). Among 102 children and young people with hearing impairment at their first audiology check, the severity of impairment improved for 50% at their last check, remained at the same level for 40%, and deteriorated for 10%. Middle ear conditions among children and young people who received services In 2013–14, of the 1,791 children and young people who received an audiology or ENT service, 67% were diagnosed with at least 1 type of middle ear condition (an increase from 61% in 2012–13)—most commonly otitis media with effusion (24%). Of the 781 children and young people who received 2 or more ENT or audiology services from July 2012 to June 2014, the proportion diagnosed with at least 1 middle ear condition between the first and last service decreased, from 79% to 76%. Improvements were seen for those who received 3 or more services since August 2007: the proportion of children and young people diagnosed with at least 1 middle ear condition decreased, from 81% at the first service to 55% at the last service. Among those diagnosed with chronic suppurative otitis media with discharge or dry perforation at an initial service, overall, the results suggest poor progress, with the majority of these children and young people still experiencing the same condition or developing another type of ear disease over the course of their treatment

Every Child Matters outcomes: What Do They Mean for Disabled Children and Young People?

To date, little attention has been paid to the appropriateness of the Every Child Matters (ECM) outcomes framework to disabled children. This article reports findings from a research project which sought the views of disabled children and their parents about their desired outcomes. Twenty-nine children and 90 parents were interviewed. The findings indicate that ECM outcomes are appropriate to disabled children but can have different meanings. In addition, the need to recognise the importance of maintaining outcomes, as well as progress, is highlighted

Contemporary young motherhood: experiences of hostility

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the hostility many young women who are also mothers experience within their everyday lives. Design/methodology/approach: The paper will draw on qualitative research, incorporating a narrative approach, to illustrate the hostility many young mothers experience on a daily basis. The research design included a focus group, semi-structure interviews and participant observations. Findings: The paper reports the findings of a study that explored the experiences of young women who are also mothers. The author presents the findings that indicate that many young women, who are also young mothers, experience hostile reactions and interactions as part of their everyday lives. Research limitations/implications: The small sample size means that this study cannot be generalised, but it does contribute to the growing body of qualitative evidence in relation to young mothers. Practical implications: The findings suggest that there needs to be more recognition and acknowledgement of the hostility young women experience. Such hostility could have deleterious consequences on the young women, their parenting ability and also on the children. Originality/value: This paper documents the experiences of young women who are also mothers and how they experience hostility as a daily occurrence. The hostility ranged from verbal to non-verbal and how they felt they were being treated, inferences about their sexuality to stereotyping

Studies in Ambulatory Care Quality Assessment in the Indian Health Service Volume 3: Comparison of Rural Private Practice, Health Maintenance Organizations, and the Indian Health Service

This report describes a method designed to assess the quality of ambulatory health care in the Indian Health Service. The first part of the evaluation was a description of the design phase of the quality assurance methodology. The second report describes a pilot study in six IHS Service Units, three private practices, and two large Health Maintenance Organizations. This third volume compares the three different types of health care units. The primary purpose of this report is to determine if there is any significant difference in the performance of the different health care providers of ambulatory health care.Seven tracer conditions were selected on the basis of severity of impact on the patient. The tracer conditions included: severe lacerations, iron deficiency anemia, urinary tract infection, prenatal care, infant care, streptococcal infection, and hypertension. Specific patient cohorts were identified by tracer condition and monitored by criteria indicators. These indicators describe the continuity, distribution, and appropriateness of provider care. The indicators are aggregated into three major types: population based, provider based, and health status indicators. The results were tabulated in frequency tables. Comparisons of tracer cohorts were then made for all three types of health care providers.This comparative phase of the study found that there was no substantial or consistent difference in the performance of the care providers across units. Most of the differences observed were attributable to the provider\u27s ability or inability to recognize the patient\u27s needs, and the patient\u27s ability to articulate their needs. It appeared that IHS units did a more comprehensive job of consumer education. That may be attributable to the multidisciplinary health care teams, and extensive field operations of IHS. Conversely, the recognition of patient needs tends to be higher with private practitioners and HMOs.The study suggests four major methodological areas of concern in the application of quality assurance techniques. First, the evaluation of provider performance alone does not necessarily reflect the adequacy of care provided. Second, the study indicates a continuing need to improve the continuity of care provision. Health status indicators were the weakest part of the quality assessment methodology and require further research and development. Finally, one must use tracer conditions with caution. The adequacy of care resulting from the assessment of one condition may not always be generalizable to insure adequacy of care for similar conditions. Focusing on specific conditions may serve to blind the care provider to other symptomatically similar conditions