164 research outputs found
Mindfulness Intervention to Support School Engagement With At-Risk Students at an Urban Charter High School
Every year, more than 500,000 students drop out of school, often after years of growing disinterest and disengagement. As a result, models of school engagement are commonly used as a framework to guide interventions. Unfortunately, some students may experience high levels of dysregulation and poor executive functioning which interfere with their ability to engage in school. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a school-based mindfulness intervention would support school engagement behaviors with adolescents at an urban charter school. It was hypothesized that mindfulness would support studentsâ executive functioning in the areas of attention, cognitive flexibility, and emotion regulation. Changes in studentsâ executive functioning were assessed through pre- and post-measures and progress monitoring. The nine participantsâ outcomes were assessed using multiple, single-case analysis and cross-case comparison. Results suggested that implementing a mindfulness intervention in a high school setting is feasible and may be effective in supporting factors related to school engagement. The most promising effects were observed in increased cognitive flexibility skills and improved academic performance. Participants did not show any differences in attendance or emotion regulation. The other assessed outcomes, including on-task behavior, emotional engagement, rule-following behavior, lowest grade performance, and attentional skills did not result in significant cross-case analysis, but several participants did demonstrate improvements in each of these behaviors. The results of this study contribute to a growing body of literature linking mindfulness-based interventions with increased executive functioning skills. It also provides evidence of mindfulness-based interventionsâ utility in supporting the overall well-being of adolescents
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Integrating Developmental Scholarship and Society: From Dissemination and Accountability to Evidence-Based Programming and Policies
Increasingly, practitioners and policy makers are demanding research evidence as a basis for funding programs and policies. The application of research to society has undergone several transitions, from a scholarly emphasis on the experimental method to an attempt to disseminate research and contribute to social policy. Policy makers have emphasized accountability and now evidence-based practices. Although developmental scholars should be pleased that policy makers want evidence, scholars need to examine the assumptions of evidence-based programming and continue to refine how evidence should be used to decide which services to fund. In addition, we propose a more collaborative strategy to promote evidence-based policies in general
Evaluation of a novel autoinjector for subcutaneous self-administration of belimumab in systemic lupus erythematosus
Objective: To study self-administration and pharmacokinetics (PK) of subcutaneous (SC) belimumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: Patients previously treated with belimumab self-administered belimumab 200 mg SC weekly for 8 weeks using an autoinjector. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients able to self-administer their first and second dose (weeks 1 and 2) in the clinic. The proportion able to self-administer at weeks 4 and 8 (clinic) and weeks 3, 5, 6, and 7 (home) were secondary endpoints. Belimumab PK, safety, and injection-site pain were assessed. Results: 91/95 patients completed the study (withdrawals: adverse events (AEs): 3; lost to follow-up: 1). 93% were female, and mean (SD) age was 44.8 (12.50) years. The majority (99%, 89/90; no attempt, n = 5) successfully self-administered belimumab SC at weeks 1 and 2 (5 had clinic staff assistance), and 98% (85/87) successfully self-administered at weeks 4 and 8. Home-administration success rates were high (93%, (81/87) at weeks 3, 5, 6, and 7). Week 8 median trough concentration was 113 ”g/mL. For patients with a †1.5-week interval between IV SC administration, week-1 concentrations were higher vs. week 8 (+ 51% median) but within a range observed with IV dosing; those with a â„ 2.5-week interval had median differences close to 0. AEs and serious AEs were low, with no deaths; pain levels were low and decreased with subsequent injections. Conclusion: Patients with SLE successfully self-administered belimumab SC using a novel autoinjector; the PK profile was stable following a switch from IV with acceptable AE and pain levels. The recommended dosing interval between IV to SC dosing is 1 â 4 weeks
A Novel Approach to Adolescent Obesity in Rural Appalachia of West Virginia: Educating Adolescents as Family Health Coaches and Research Investigators
Psychedelic Fauna for Psychonaut Hunters: A Mini-Review
Submitted 19 October 2017; Revised 9 February 2018; Accepted 4 April 2018; Published online 22 May 2018Currently different classes of psychoactive substances are easily available for abuse, including several hundred novel psychoactive substances (NPS). Some of these drugs occur naturally in plants and animals or are chemically modified from plant or animal compounds and have been abused by humans over millennia. Recently, the occurrence of a new "drug culture" (e.g., psychonauts) who consume a great variety of NPS with hallucinogenic/psychedelic properties, facilitated the development of a new "psychedelic trend" toward the consumption of substances contained in some species of animals ("psychedelic fauna"). The present review aims at providing an overview of the most commonly abused "psychedelic animals," by combining a dual search strategy coming from online psychonauts' experiences and English literature searches on the PubMed/Medline Google Scholar databases. A multilingual qualitative assessment on a range of websites and online resources was performed in order to identify a list of animals who possess some psychoactive properties and could be abused by humans for recreational purposes. Several species are implicated (i.e., ants, amphibians, fish). Routes of administration depend on the animal, substance included, metabolism, toxicity and individual, social and cultural variability. Online purchase and access are easy through tourism-related search strategies ("frog trip," "help of charmer snake," "religious trip").Peer reviewe
Indigenous Narratives of Health: (Re)Placing Folk-Medicine within Irish Health Histories
Migrant children within Europe: a systematic review of childrenâs perspectives on their health experiences
Objectives:
To review the extant literature in order to explore what is known about
childrenâs own
perspectives on
the
ir
health experiences
, focusing upon
children and young people who have
migrated into, and within, Europe.
Study Design:
A systematic review with narrative synthesis.
Methods:
A review of English language articles was performed in June 2016 using the following
databases: Medline, CINAHL, Coc
hrane and Web of Science. Included papers had to report data
generated directly with children, up to 18 years of age, who had migrated across national borders
into, or within, Europe during their own lifetimes.
Extraction from articles was undertaken by a
ll authors and quality assessment of included reviews
was performed using the
Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (
MMAT
)
.
Results:
The articles in the final dataset included research based on 4 broad areas: alcohol, smoking
and substance use; diet, eating disorde
rs and overweight; emotional, psychological and mental
health issues and; childrenâs views and experiences of health and health services. The majority of
studies were cross
-
sectional analytic or incidence or prevalence studies.
Conclusion:
There is
a gene
ral lack of clarity in the literature regarding the reporting of childrenâs
own migration status. Childrenâs voices are often subsumed within those of their adult parents or
carers. There is a need to promote more child
-
focussed research which gives voice
to migrant
children to better understand the complex and multidimensional factors that contribute to their (ill)
health
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