32 research outputs found
Effects of the Active Choices Program on Self-Managed Physical Activity and Social Connectedness in Australian Defence Force Veterans: Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Trial.
BACKGROUND: A stepped-down program is one in which clients transition from the care of a health professional to self-managed care. Very little is known about the effectiveness of stepped-down physical activity (PA) programs for military service veterans. OBJECTIVE: This study will test Active Choices, a stepped-down behavioral support program designed to help Australian Defence Force veterans and their dependents who are clients of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, transition from treatment by an exercise physiologist or physiotherapist to self-managed PA. METHODS: The study is a parallel-group, randomized trial, with city-based exercise physiology or physiotherapy practices that recruit eligible Department of Veterans' Affairs clients assigned to Active Choices or a comparison program. The study aims to recruit 52 participants (26 in each group). The Active Choices program will consist of 2 face-to-face (Weeks 1, 12) and 2 telephone (Weeks 4 and 8) consultations. During these sessions, the participant and Active Choices consultant will utilize an evidence-based resource booklet to review the key benefits of an active lifestyle, build an action plan for PA preferences, set and review goals, self-monitor progress relative to set goals, and discuss strategies to overcome PA barriers. Linking participants to local PA communities to overcome social isolation will be a program priority. The comparison program will consist of 2 consultations (Weeks 1 and 12) and use fewer behavioral support strategies (education, self-monitoring, and action planning only) than Active Choices. Outcome measures will be administered at baseline, end-intervention (12 weeks), and follow-up (24 weeks) to assess changes in moderate intensity self-managed PA, psychological well-being, and social connectedness. We will also measure health service utilization and costs as well as PA choices across the intervention period. End-intervention interviews will capture participant experiences. RESULTS: Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human research activities in Australia, participant recruitment will commence when it is safe and feasible to do so. CONCLUSIONS: Findings will provide valuable pilot data to support up-scaling of the program and larger effectiveness trials with regional and rural as well as city-based Australian Defence Force veterans and their dependents. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR): ACTRN12620000559910; https://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12620000559910.aspx. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/21911
Dolls/puppets as soulmates â biographical traces of dolls/puppets in art, literature, work and performance
https://dedo.ub.uni-siegen.deDie vorliegende vierte Ausgabe der Zeitschrift denkste: puppe / just a bit of: doll (de:do), ein multidisziplinĂ€res Online-Journal fĂŒr Mensch-Puppen-Diskurse, greift den Themenschwerpunkt Puppen als Seelenverwandte â biographische Spuren von Puppen in Kunst, Literatur, Werk und Darstellung auf. Es geht um die Frage nach Wirkungen frĂŒher Puppenerfahrungen in der spĂ€teren kĂŒnstlerischen Arbeit und damit nach den möglichen (biographischen) Wurzeln und ZusammenhĂ€ngen von Puppenmotiv und Puppen-Narrativen im kĂŒnstlerisch-literarischen Werk. PuppenbezĂŒge in Werk- und Schaffensprozessen können frĂŒhe Erfahrungen biographischer BrĂŒche und Verletzungen transformieren bzw. sie kĂŒnstlerisch produktiv integrieren, sie können aber auch Ausdruck fĂŒr KontinuitĂ€t und Intensivierung frĂŒher PrĂ€gungen und Vorlieben sein. In den vorliegenden BeitrĂ€gen geht es um puppenbezogene kĂŒnstlerische Ausdrucksformen, die als BeitrĂ€ge hier formal unterschiedlich aufbereitet werden: als wissenschaftsbasierter Text, Selbstbericht, Miszelle, Rezension, Interview und: Kunstwerk. Untersucht und thematisiert werden Puppen-Sammlungen, die Herstellung besonderer Puppen, literarische Puppentexte, Inszenierungen und Bilder. AuĂerdem wurden weitere BeitrĂ€ge einbezogen, die Puppen als Varianten âkĂŒnstlicher Menschenâ in unterschiedlichsten ThemenbezĂŒgen behandeln. In vielen BeitrĂ€gen deutet sich an, dass die AffinitĂ€t zum âPhĂ€nomen Puppeâ in seinen verschiedenen kĂŒnstlerischen Umsetzungsformen auf biographisch geprĂ€gte Spuren verweist: als Ausdrucks- und Darstellungsmittel steht die Puppe somit auch fĂŒr etwas Besonderes der Menschen, die sich kĂŒnstlerisch auf sie beziehen und mit ihr interagieren und âspielenâ.This fourth issue of denkste: puppe / just a bit of: doll (de:do), a multidisciplinary online journal for human-doll discourses, takes up the thematic focus on dolls/puppets as soulmates â biographical traces of dolls/puppets in art, literature, work and performance. It is about the impact of early doll experiences in later artistic work and thus about the possible (biographical) roots and connections of doll motifs and doll narratives in artistic-literary work. Doll/puppet references in work and creative processes can transform early experiences of biographical breaks and harm or integrate them in an artistically productive way, but they can also be an expression of continuity and intensification of early experience and preferences. The present contributions deal with doll/puppet-related artistic forms of expression, which are formally presented in different ways: as science-based text, self-report, miscellaneous, review, interview and: work of art. Doll/puppet collections, the making of particular puppets, literary puppet texts, performances and images are examined and addressed. In addition, further contributions were included, which deal with dolls as variants of "artificial humans" in the most diverse thematic contexts. Most of the contributions indicate that the affinity to the âphenomenon of the dollâ in its various artistic forms of realization refers to biographically shaped traces: as a means of expression and representation the doll thus also stands for something special about the human beings who refer to it artistically and interact and "play" with it
dolls/puppets in threat scenarios
Puppen in Bedrohungsszenarien â so lautet der Themenschwerpunkt der ersten Ausgabe der interdisziplinĂ€ren online-Zeitschrift "denkste: puppe / just a bit of: doll" zu Mensch-Puppen-Diskursen (Akronym: de:do). Die Bezeichnung âPuppeâ steht dabei fĂŒr anthropomorphe ,Wesenâ und Artefakte in all ihren unterschiedlichen Erscheinungsformen und der Begriff der Bedrohung wird hier weit gefasst. Ausgangspunkt der Entscheidung fĂŒr diesen Fokus war die Annahme, dass Puppen und puppenaffinen Artefakten sowohl in Zeiten existenzieller Bedrohung als auch in Phasen innerpsychischer Beunruhigung und Irritation eine besondere Bedeutung zukommt. Die hier einbezogenen BeitrĂ€ge stammen aus unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen und eröffnen in der bewusst nicht disziplinĂ€r ausgerichteten Zusammenstellung reizvolle multiperspektivische Mensch-Puppen-Diskurse. Dabei sind nicht nur die hier angesprochenen ThemenbezĂŒge, sondern auch die jeweiligen methodischen ZugĂ€nge ausgesprochen heterogen. So werden Puppen-Narrative aufgegriffen, die beispielsweise innerhalb der Literaturwissenschaft an die lange Tradition von Puppen-ErzĂ€hlungen anknĂŒpfen, aber auch solche, die aktuell in den Diskursen ĂŒber Zukunftsszenarien und neue Technologien mittels verschiedener medialer Formate und/oder kĂŒnstlerischer Aktionen fĂŒr Diskussionsstoff sorgen.
Ein erster thematischer Fokus liegt auf der Bedeutung von Puppen im Zuge der Erfahrung von Bedrohung und Verlusten im Kontext von Krieg, Flucht und Verfolgung in politisch unsicheren Zeiten. Hier werden aus verschiedenen fachdisziplinĂ€ren Perspektiven unterschiedliche Facetten von Bedrohungsszenarien angesprochen. So geht es aus theaterwissenschaftlicher Sicht um zwei Inszenierungen aus dem Bereich des Objekt- und Materialtheaters, in denen bedrohliche Kriegsdarstellungen mittels Plastikpuppen bzw. amorphen Materials aufbereitet werden. Aus psychologischer Perspektive kommen Rollen und Funktionen von Puppen als Ăbergangsobjekte im Kontext von UmbrĂŒchen, Krieg und Gewalt zur Sprache. In zwei literaturwissenschaftlichen BeitrĂ€gen wird jeweils ein Roman aus der Kinder- und Jugendliteratur analysiert, in denen in einem Fall eine Puppe zur psychischen Stabilisierung der literarischen Protagonistin beitrĂ€gt und im anderen Fall das Schicksal der Puppe die Geschichte von Abschied und letztendlicher Vernichtung ihrer Besitzerin erzĂ€hlt und symbolisiert. Und schlieĂlich geht es um den Stellenwert von Puppen und Teddys in verschiedenen Kinderzeitschriften, die â in den politisch unsicheren Zeiten zwischen und nach den beiden Weltkriegen â Identifikationsfiguren und Interaktionspartner fĂŒr Kinder sein können.
Ein zweiter Fokus thematisiert Puppen und ihre Narrative im Kontext verschiedener aversiver Erfahrungen sowie in Zeiten psychischer Irritation. So geht es zum einen um die literaturwissenschaftliche Sicht auf die Bedeutung und Wirkung von Puppen in zwei âklassischenâ PuppenerzĂ€hlungen: â"Nussknacker und Mausekönig" von E.T.A. Hoffmann und "Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe" von Gottfried Keller. Zum anderen werden in verschiedenen BeitrĂ€gen Entgrenzungs-, Transformations- und IdentitĂ€tsfragen in Mensch-Puppen-BezĂŒgen aus medien- und kunstwissenschaftlicher sowie kinderliterarischer Perspektive angesprochen, in denen Puppen in Gestalt von Androiden, Kunstwesen oder anthropomorphen Figuren agieren und dabei selber Irritationen auslösen oder Versuche darstellen, Antworten auf beunruhigende Fragen zu finden.
Ăber den Themenschwerpunkt hinaus finden sich zudem eine Reihe weiterer Beitragsformen zu verschiedenen puppenbezogenen Themen und Praxen, die noch einmal das breite Spektrum unterschiedlicher Puppen-Narrative und Zugangsformen dokumentieren: So beschĂ€ftigt sich ein freier Beitrag mit dem Puppenspiel als strukturiertes Therapieangebot fĂŒr Kinder, bei den Miszellen findet sich eine Skizze zu Marlene Dietrich und ihren Puppen sowie ein kurzer Essay zu einer biographischen Erinnerung, ein Interview mit der BegrĂŒnderin des Berliner Puppentheaters bubales veranschaulicht Möglichkeiten der dramatischen und poetischen Umsetzung von Puppen-Themen, im Diskussionsforum wird ein kritischer Blick auf "Barbie als Diskursmaschine" geworfen und eine Rezension zum Ausstellungskatalog "From Her Wooden Sleep von Ydessa Hendels" lotet Chancen und Grenzen der kĂŒnstlerischen Arbeit mit Puppen-Artefakten aus.Dolls / Puppets in Threat Scenarios â this is the topic focus of the first issue of the interdisciplinary online magazine "denkste: puppe / just a bit of: doll" on human-doll discourses (acronym: de: do). The term âdollâ stands for anthropomorphic âbeingsâ and artifacts of all kinds and the concept of threat is broadly defined. This focus was stimulated by the assumption that dolls and doll-related artifacts are of particular importance in times of existential threat as well as in phases of inner psychic anxiety and irritation. Yet, the basically ambiguous character of the doll does not necessarily determine a clear effect, so that its usability always involves a certain blurriness and ambivalence. In threatening and adverse situations dolls can act as companions and significant (transitional) objects, thus allowing psychic stabilization, security, and attachment as well as enabling (inner) autonomy, agency, and developmental processes. But dolls can also be a crucial component of threat scenarios themselves and act frightening in this function. All this applies not only to material and real existing dolls and puppets, but also to dolls as literary and / or media figures as well as to doll narratives of any kind. The articles included here come from different disciplines and open up an appealing and deliberately non-disciplinary oriented human-doll discourse from multiple perspectives. Accordingly, the relevant themes as well as the respective methodological approaches are highly heterogeneous. Thus, some contributions follow the long tradition of doll narratives in literature while others discuss currrent topics and discourses on future scenarios and new technologies by means of various doll-related media formats and / or art performances.
A first thematic focus is on the significance of dolls in experiencing threats and losses in the context of war, flight and persecution in times of political uncertainty. Here, different facets of threat scenarios are addressed from different disciplinary perspectives. From the field of object and material theater two productions are introduced in which menacing war scenes are processed by means of plastic dolls or amorphous material. From a psychological perspective, dolls are discussed in their roles and functions as transitional objects within the context of upheaval, war and violence. Furthermore, two literary contributions analyze novels from childrenâs and youth literature. One story deals with a doll which contributes to the psychological stabilization of the literary protagonist. The other story tells of a girl and her doll which symbolizes the final farewell and eventual annihilation of the (Jewish) girl. Finally, the role of dolls and teddy bears in various childrenâs magazines is exemplified, which serve as identification figures and interaction partners for children in the politically unstable times between and after the two World Wars.
A second focus deals with dolls and their narratives in the context of various aversive experiences as well as in times of psychological irritation. Two contributions analyze the meaning and effect of dolls in two âclassicalâ doll narratives from a literary perspective: "Nussknacker und Mausekönig" by E.T.A. Hoffmann and "Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe" by Gottfried Keller. Further contributions address questions of ego dissolution, transformation and identity processes in human-doll relations from various perspectives such as media, art and childrenâs literature. Here, dolls appear as androids, artistic or anthropomorphic figures which cause irritation themselves or attempt to find answers to disturbing human-doll questions.
In addition to the main topic, there are also a number of other sections and types of contributions on various doll-related topics and practices which once again document the wide range of doll narratives and possible forms of access: For example, a free contribution deals with doll play as a structured therapy for children, the miscellaneous section includes a portrait of Marlene Dietrich and her dolls as well as a short essay on a biographical reminiscence, an interview with the founder of the Berlin Puppet Theater bubales illustrates the possibilities of dramatic and poetic realization of puppet and doll narratives, a critical view on "Barbie as a discourse machine" is presented in the discussion forum and a review of the exhibition catalog "From Her Wooden Sleep by Ydessa Hendels" explores opportunities and limits of artistic work with doll artifacts
dolls/puppets as miniatures - more than small
Weitere Hrsg.: Jana Mikota, Philipp SchmerheimDer Themenschwerpunkt der zweiten Ausgabe von de:do lautet: Puppen als Miniaturen â mehr als klein. Puppen und ihre Kontexte beanspruchen hier, âmehrâ als nur verkleinerte Varianten oder Repliken menschlicher Lebenswelten zu sein. Nicht von ungefĂ€hr gelten sie als ein âFundort der GröĂeâ (Bachelard).
Als âkleine Formateâ generieren sie Bilder und Narrative der eigenen Art, die in Funktion und Wirkung offen sind: so bewegen sie sich zwischen Abbildung, Verdichtung und Transformation von RealitĂ€t, sind Ausdruck von SehnsĂŒchten und/oder KontrollbedĂŒrfnissen ihrer ErschafferInnen, lösen Bezauberung, Verwunderung oder Befremden aus und ermöglichen ganzheitliche WeltzugĂ€nge und Erkenntnis ĂŒber innere ZusammenhĂ€nge. Einmal mehr erweisen sich Puppen als Miniaturen und im Kontext miniaturisierter Welten als hybride Objekte, aufgeladen mit vielerlei Symbolik und BedeutungsĂŒberschuss.
Die Zusammenschau der höchst unterschiedlichen BeitrĂ€ge im vorliegenden Heft vermittelt eine Ahnung von möglichen SpannungsverhĂ€ltnissen â zwischen âkleinâ und âgroĂâ, âSichtbaremâ und âVerstecktemâ, âRealitĂ€tâ und âFiktionâ, âMimesisâ und âPoetikâ. Das heterogene Themenspektrum unterstreicht die subtile Bedeutung der Puppe als einem besonderen Markenzeichen der âkleinen Formâ in vielerlei Disziplinen. Die BeitrĂ€ge stammen aus so unterschiedlichen FĂ€chern bzw. interdisziplinĂ€r offenen Fachkulturen wie ArchĂ€ologie, Anthropologie, Volkskunde, Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Kunstgeschichte, Spielzeugkunde, Animationsfilm, Bildende Kunst, Mode-Design, Forensik.
Ein Interview mit einer jungen KĂŒnstlerin, Miszellen und Rezensionen ergĂ€nzen die Themenvielfalt.The focus topic of the second edition of the journal denkste: puppe / just a bit of: doll (de:do), a multidisciplinary, peer reviewed online journal for human-doll discourses is: dolls/puppets as miniatures - more than small. Dolls/puppets and their contexts claim to be âmoreâ than just miniaturized variants or replicas of human worlds. Thus, it is not by chance that they are regarded as a âplace to find greatnessâ (Bachelard). As âsmall formatsâ, they generate images and narratives of their own kind which are open in function and effect: they oscillate between representation, condensation and transformation of reality, expressing longings and/or control needs of their creators and triggering enchantment, amazement or alienation while enabling a holistic access to the world and insight into inner contexts. Arguing in this line, dolls/puppets prove to be miniatures and â in the context of miniaturized worlds âhybrid objects, charged with all sorts of symbolism and excess of meaning. The synopsis of the highly diverse contributions in this issue gives us an idea of possible tensions â between âsmallâ and âlargeâ, âvisibleâ and âhiddenâ, ârealityâ and âfictionâ, âmimesisâ and âpoeticsâ. The heterogeneous range of topics underlines the subtle significance of the doll/puppet as a special trademark of the âsmall formâ in many disciplines. The contributions come from subjects as diverse as diverse as archeology, anthropology, folklore, childrenâs and youth literature, art history, toy studies, animated film, fine arts, fashion design, forensics. An interview with a young artist, miscellaneous aspects as well as reviews complete the variety of topics
Methodik zur fortlaufenden Kontrolle von Kontaminationen bei der Wassergewinnung Schlussbericht
With 31 refs., 4 tabs., 22 figs.TIB Hannover: FR 3198 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman
Strategies for high retention rates of low-income families in FAST (Families And Schools Together): an evidence-based parenting programme in the USA, UK, Holland and Germany
This article describes strategies of an evidence-based parenting programme, Families and Schools Together (FAST), which has a track record for retaining low-income families. FAST multi-family groups held after school are led by culturally representative teams of parents and professionals. Parents are coached to practise positive parenting, lead fun family activities, including one to one responsive play, and meet in parent groups. Families (n = 403) were recruited into 31 FAST groups: 253 families in the UK; 114 in Germany and 36 in Holland. Attendance was recorded. To graduate a family attended 6 or more of 8 weekly sessions. Results revealed high retention rates; 83% for the UK, 83% for Holland and 89% for Germany. The assumption is that the following strategies contributed to these high retention rates: respect for parents to co-produce the programme; flexibility while being âmanualizedâ; providing positive emotion; âfoot in the doorâ recruitment technique; crossing the social ecology to increase social capital; and systematically reinforcing attendance
The Impact of the Relationship and Family Status in Retirement Age on Womenâs Incorporation of Technical Devices in Their Everyday Life
Older people and specifically women at retirement age are typically not associated with technological competence. However, some of them are avid users and little is known about the ways they incorporate technical devices in their everyday life. In this study, we depict how womenâs relationship and family status at retirement age have an influence on their technology usage. Having interviewed women between 65 and 75 years old, we describe three types of lifestyles where our analysis follows the womenâs approach to technical devices. The âGrandMotherâ focusses on her family and local community, the âHalf Coupleâ emphasizes her husband and marriage and the âIndependentâ concentrates on herself. Generally, the smart phone is used as an extension of their personal lifestyle and routines of everyday life: the GrandMothers direct their digital technology usage inwards, the Independents outwards and the Half Couples are split between those who use it sideways or not at all. For the GrandMothers, their technical devices are a facilitator of their daily duties and existing ties whereas the Independents have a strong self-motivated interest to use social media as an entertainment platform and as an extension of their interests. For the Half Couples, their mobile phones are either nice to have or simply unnecessary. Our study adds to the limited literature on older womenâs technology usage and presents an understanding of how technologies are incorporated in a certain life phase