At-Home Childcare Providers’ Perceptions Of Gardening With Children

Children do not consume recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables, which has been correlated with negative health consequences. Gardening with children has been shown to positively impact children’s consumption of these foods. While research investigating gardening with children exists, much of this has been conducted with teachers and children in schools, and limited research has been conducted with childcare providers and preschool-aged children. Little research has been conducted about this topic with in-home childcare providers and the children under their care. This pilot study utilized a cross-sectional mixed methods research design through an online survey instrument. A convenience sample of in-home childcare providers were invited to complete the survey, which questioned participants knowledge, attitudes (perceptions), and practices (behaviors) surrounding gardening with children. In-home childcare providers noted more benefits than barriers to gardening with children. Reported benefits included role modeling, introducing new foods, increased willingness to eat fruits and vegetables, teaching children where food comes from, bonding with children, offering sensory experiences, sharing the gardening experience with children’s families, and improved communication. Reported significant barriers were gardening knowledge deficit and grants or funding for kid-sized tools and garden supplies. Providing gardening resources and education is important for in-home childcare provider site gardens to be successfully implemented and sustained

Theodor Langenbruch: Dialectical Humor in Kant\u27s Novel Die Aula

Abhandlungen zur Kunst-, Musik- und Literaturwissenschaft, No. 163. Bonn: Bouvier, 1975

Heinz Ludwig Arnold, ed.: Jurek Becker

München: text + kritik, 1992. (TEXT + KRITIK, 116), 99 p

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Transmutation Research Program: Annual Report Academic Year 2004-2005

It is my pleasure to present the UNLV Transmutation Research Program’s fourth annual report that highlights the academic year 2004 – 2005. Supporting this document are the many technical reports and scientific papers that have been generated over the past three years. In the fourth year of our program, we added 11 new research tasks and saw the conclusion of 8 of the initial 16 independent student research tasks started in 2001 and 2002. In all, the program has sponsored to their conclusion 28 M.S. and 2 Ph.D. degrees. The program supported 58 graduate students and 13 undergraduates in 6 academic departments across the UNLV scientific and engineering communities in the academic year 2004-2005. Our research tasks span the range of technology areas for transmutation, including separation of actinides from spent nuclear fuel, methods of fuel fabrication, reactoraccelerator coupled experiments, and corrosion of materials exposed to lead-bismuth eutectic

Barriers and Contributors to Success in Telemedicine: A Qualitative Study of a Struggling Telepsychiatry Project and a Sampling of Highly Successful Programs

Telemedicine programs, though popular and increasingly effective, can sometimes fail with little indication as to why they did not succeed. This study has two major components: first, a qualitative analysis of the authors’ failed telepsychiatry project, and second, an interview study completed with personnel from successful telepsychiatry programs. Together, these two efforts help to shed light on what went wrong with the authors’ project, while also providing insight into critical factors for telepsychiatry success. Responses suggest that the sophistication or features of the technology used are not key factors in terms of failure or success. Instead, community, patient-based, and study-specific barriers were the most commonly cited issues that inhibited study recruitment and enrollment. Based on these findings, a series of recommendations are put forth for utilizing technology to address common barriers and increase the likelihood of success in telepsychiatry