Narratives of ethnic identity among practitioners in community settings in the northeast of England

The increasing ethnic diversity of the UK has been mirrored by growing public awareness of multicultural issues, alongside developments in academic and government thinking. This paper explores the contested meanings around ethnic identity/ies in community settings, drawing on semi-structured interviews with staff from Children’s Centres and allied agencies conducted for a research project that examined the relationship between identity and the participation of parents/carers in services in northeast England. The research found that respondents were unclear about, especially, white ethnic identities, and commonly referred to other social categorizations, such as age, nationality, and circumstances such as mobility, when discussing service users. While in some cases this may have reflected legitimate attempts to resist overethnicizing non-ethnic phenomena, such constructions coexisted with assumptions about ethnic difference and how it might translate into service needs. These findings raise important considerations for policy and practice

WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE TO ENSURE PROPER TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN FOOD PRODUCTION?

The meat and dairy industries have always been very controversial with respect to animal welfare. There are significant flaws today within these industries whether it's animal welfare, safety hazards, or consumer health concerns. Industrial agriculture in the United States involves billions of animals each year. The information found suggests that these animals are often treated in ways that cause extreme suffering over the course of their lives. Efforts to address and fight the harms that industrial agriculture put on animals typically focus on advocacy. Where there may be a reduction of meat consumption by the consumer, improvement in animal welfare conditions by corporations, or governments banning practices deemed especially harmful to animals. This report investigates major issues of neglect within the industry and tries to see why there has been little to no action done about it. Better guidelines and laws need to be adopted and enforced to ensure that these animals are treated humanely.Purchase College SUNYLiberal Studies: ArtsBachelor of Fine ArtsKeteku, Georg

Shades of Green: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Green Economies

Recent attention from scholars, policymakers, and practitioners has focused on the importance of green economy development in achieving sustainability. Efforts, however, have been complicated by the lack of agreement on what a green economy is or how to transition to one. Drawing insights from environmental sociology, new state theory, and science and technology studies, I conduct a comparative analysis of select U.S. cities with recognized green economies. Findings indicate that in each economy, the strength and role of institutions and actors is unique, forming distinct networks that vary in their pursuit of socio-environmental goals

Noise Induced Hearing Loss Accountability on Jobsites within the Construction Industry

Noise induced hearing loss is a major issue on jobsites within the construction industry. Every day workers are exposed to hazardous levels of noise, but they are not being properly managed to mitigate this issue. Workers have misconceptions about the topic, but more surprisingly are sometimes indifferent to the effects; believing hearing loss is inevitable, or it can be cured with a hearing aide. Construction has inherent dangers that workers have to deal with every day. Hearing loss might not be on the top of their lists, but the effects are permanent, and they cannot be cured with a hearing aide. This paper will discuss the research on noise induced hearing loss and its consequences, how this information is being received by construction industry members, and a solution for this issue. It will be evident that construction industry members are not taking hearing protection seriously, and the solution industry members being held accountable

Extraction and Analysis of Data for Fragility Fracture Patients to Help Determine the Likelihood of Follow-Up With a West Michigan Fragility Fracture Service

Fragility fractures and secondary fractures are a large physical, financial, and emotional drain on the individuals and families affected. Improving post fragility fracture care and increasing follow-up rates with specialty services, such as a fracture liaison service, may promote post-fracture recovery and help prevent future fractures. The purpose of this doctoral project was to increase and improve post osteoporotic fracture care by increasing appropriate referrals and follow-up care. Patient data was retrieved and analyzed on 60 fragility fracture patients referred to a local fracture liaison service. The analysis found that patient gender, fracture site, and history of a previous fracture all played a significant role as to whether the patient would follow-up with a fracture liaison service. The Health Belief Model and the Donabedian model were used to help drive this project and provide structure to the next steps in the project. To make the results relevant to primary care providers, local outcome data was used to provider a presentation to the group. The primary care providers then completed a survey answering questions based on their impression of the patient data presentation. The provider survey response data was then analyzed for trends. Most notably, the vast majority of providers agreed that after the presentation, they had a greater understanding of the patients that were most likely to receive inadequate fragility fracture care or refuse follow-up with a fracture liaison service. This implies that the providers now have a raised awareness about these patients and fewer patients will fall through the cracks when it comes to fragility fracture care and fracture liaison service follow-up. This project format could be applied to other populations to assist in revealing each unique population’s characteristics that impact fragility fracture care and fracture liaison service follow-up. Those results could then be presented to local primary care providers to raise awareness and improve their local outcomes

Has the mission of the United Methodist Church in Grand Bassa County, Liberia participated in the transformation of the lives of the people of Bassa since 2000 to 2012?

Introduction: This thesis looks at how the people of Grand Bassa County perceive the work of the United Methodist Church in Grand Bassa County. The introductory chapter gives a full outline of the thesis and highlights the profile of the thesis. It also states the problems, study objectives, research question and an overview of the literature which forms the basis for the study. Methodology: The method used in was a qualitative approach where a semi-structure interview style of interviewing was employed. Semi-Structure Interview- is typically refers to a context in which the interviewer has a series of questions that are in a general form of an interview guide but is able to vary the sequence of questions. The interviewer also has some latitude to ask further questions in response to what are seen as significant replies. Findings: The research finds out that the United Methodist Church (UMC) in Grand Bassa County is participating in the transformation of lives of the Bassa people according to the five marks of global mission. However, the people of Grand Bassa County perceive the UMC to be more engaged in transformation through Proclamation, Teaching, Baptism and Nurturing its members and as well as other Christian and the Respond to Human needs by loving service such as the provision of schools, awarding of scholarships to the poor and disinherited in Grand Bassa County, health services delivery, improving their living conditions through the construction of Hand Pumps, connecting farms to market roads and building bridges, which the people believe are crucial to their survival. However, the study further find out that not much has been done in the areas of transforming the unjust Structures of Society as the people are divided on the topic. While some feel that the church is playing her role in addressing the unjust structure of society, there are many others who believe that the church is silent and needs to wake up if the church must be the voice of the voiceless. On the fifth mark of mission, the people believe that the church has not and is not doing much to educate the people on the danger of climate change. Conclusion: The thesis concludes with a summary and cite some observations and suggests where the church needs to pay attention in it mission based on the five marks of Walls and Ross five marks of mission. Thesis finds out that the church is making significant progress in light of the first, second and third marks of mission. However, according to the interviewees, the church needs to do more when it comes to the church the church addressing the social structure of society in Grand Bassa county and to enlighten people on sustaining the earth

Quantum Cryptography

Quantum cryptography is a new method for secret communications offering the ultimate security assurance of the inviolability of a Law of Nature. In this paper we shall describe the theory of quantum cryptography, its potential relevance and the development of a prototype system at Los Alamos, which utilises the phenomenon of single-photon interference to perform quantum cryptography over an optical fiber communications link.Comment: 36 pages in compressed PostScript format, 10 PostScript figures compressed tar fil

Challenging Deficit Discourses: Human Services and Trauma-Informed Practice

The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) study by Kaiser-Permanente has significantly influenced trauma practice in many contexts. As a medicalized model, ACEs was intended to collect population information about traumatic experiences. However, many of its current applications are harmful in practice and in need of critique. More specifically, school systems must reconsider how ACEs is used in curriculum since providing screenings or “trauma-informed” models off of this study often portrays trauma as a deficit. By carefully examining my own education on ACEs and trauma theories at Western Washington University, alongside the experiences of other students and several professors, this deficit discourse remains consistent in their responses. It is time for trauma studies to shift to an “asset” approach, which sees trauma as a part of one’s identity instead of something needing to be fixed