“It’s a Big Family Here.” Becoming and Belonging in a Service Providing Employment-Related Support for People with Mental Health Problems: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

The impact of employment for individuals with mental health problems is complex. However, research suggests that when support is provided for accessing employment and gaining roles and skills that are valued by others, a positive efect can be seen on recovery. Employment-related support can take many forms and there is a need for further research into the experience of accessing diferent kinds of services. The current paper examines the lived experience of 11 people participating in a UK social enterprise providing work experience, training, and skills development for those with mental health problems. Although ‘sheltered’, the organisational ethos strongly emphasised service-user empowerment, co-production, equality with staf, provision of valued social roles and person-centred support. Phenomenological analysis revealed that participants valued a sense of belonging and authentic relationships within the service, whilst being given the opportunity to rediscover an identity that may have been lost because of their mental health problem. However, participants also discussed how, although the service improved their self-value, some feared the ‘real world’ outside of the service and were unsure whether they would be met with the same support. Tensions between feld dominant approaches in supported employment and the experiences and values of the participants are explored. We argue that the fndings highlight the importance of a nurturing working environment and the value for recovery of a range of meaningful roles, beyond competitive employment

The Ursinus Weekly, May 16, 1949

New chapel system for fall to include all upper-classmen • Pageant emphasizes unity as Floy Lewis rules day • Y backs admission of European frosh • Med. society elects D. Schultz president • Cancer drive fails to reach $500 goal • Men select MacQueen new MSGA president • Coed dorms elect next year\u27s heads • Derstine, Bare, Johnson get top \u27Weekly\u27 posts • Prize-winning \u2749 Ruby to arrive for distribution in dorms soon • Kauffman-Hart comedy scores success with Ursinus audiences • Garnet strength defeats bruin, Drexel tracksters • Genial coach heads grizzly cindermen • Belles\u27 Jayvee tennis team wins 4-1 decision over Temple squad • Bruins take Albright 3-2; submit 5-4 to Haverford • Softball team stops Temple lassies 9-4 to stay undefeated • Russ Binder retains title as MA sprint champion • Playoffs due soon in campus softball • Ursinus loses 9-0 on Albright courts • Belle\u27s court squad achieves initial win • Golfers triumph over Moravian; bow to Delaware\u27s Blue Hens • Chandler to meet Brazil\u27s Dutra • Chess Club elects Johnson prexy • Tau Sig elects future officers • Kaimer to be Kappa Delta headhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1618/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, October 20, 1947

Class of \u2751 names Justice president; Elect other officers for school year • Founders\u27 Day program to feature address by Gen. H. H. Arnold, AAF • Adiseshiah appeals for student relief; stresses urgent need in Y-forum talk • Frosh hold banquet despite pranksters • Sorority rushing begins; girls receive bids Friday • AVC meets, hears talk on activities, benefits • Men\u27s student council acts to alter old constitution • Large group begins Messiah rehearsals • Chem society meets tonite, research director to speak • Campus discovers gold mine of talent when frosh men present original show • Band still seeks members • First meeting of Judiciary Board • Seniors attend drama conference • Palestine, U.N.\u27s test • Ursinus grad to speak at art alliance exhibit • Evans represents debaters at Ben Franklin conference • Off-campus II team leading intra-mural football loop race • Bears engage old rival, Swarthmore, in game Saturday • Wrestling squad forming; to face CCNY, Muhlenberg • JV soccer team being organized • Informal cross-country squad to participate in meet at Muhlenberg • Non fiction: It happened in the Bronx ; anecdote of Manhattan after midnight • Library offers rare bargains in literature; attention, connoisseurs! • Men\u27s fall fashions show improvement; conservatism is trend in color, style • Wentzel writing script for television show starring local quartet • Fast Moravian outfit throttles grizzlies, 20-0, in night game • Bearettes trounce East Stroudsburg; McWilliams brilliant • Stevens Tech tops grizzly booters in hotly-contested tilt • Lassies open with win over Rosemont • Hockey Jayvees victorious; Girls pile up ten markers • IRC opens membership drive; applications accepted this week • Dorm candy sales started for benefit of Ruby fund • Episcopal students attend dinner at Evansburg church • FTA to hear professor Huhlfeldhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1623/thumbnail.jp

The community paediatric respiratory infection surveillance study protocol:a feasibility, prospective inception cohort study

INTRODUCTION: Paediatric respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are common reasons for primary care consultations and antibiotic prescribing. Locally relevant syndromic and microbiological surveillance information has the potential to improve the care of children with RTIs by normalising illness (parents) and reducing uncertainty (clinicians). Currently, most RTI studies are conducted at the point of healthcare service consultation, leaving the community burden, microbiology, symptom duration and proportion consulting largely unknown. This study seeks to establish the feasibility of (mainly online) participant recruitment and retention, and the acceptability/comparability of parent versus nurse-collected microbiological sampling, to inform the design of a future surveillance intervention study. Evidence regarding consultation rates and symptom duration is also sought. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A community-based, feasibility prospective inception cohort study, recruiting children aged ≥3 months and <16 years and their parents via general practitioner surgery invitation letter, aiming to collect data on 300 incident RTIs by July 2016. Following informed consent, parents provide baseline (demographic) data online, and respond to weekly emails to confirm the absence/presence of new RTI symptoms. Once symptomatic, parents provide daily data online (RTI symptoms, school/day-care attendance, time off work, health service use, medication), and a research nurse visits to collect clinical examination data and microbiological (nasal and saliva) swabs. Parents are invited to provide symptomatic (at nurse visit, but without nurse assistance) and asymptomatic (alone) swabs on recovery. A review of primary care medical notes will gather medical history, health service utilisation, referral and antibiotic prescribing rates. Feasibility will be assessed using recruitment and retention rates, data completeness; and acceptability by quantitative survey and qualitative interviews. Symptomatic parent and nurse swab pairs will be compared for microbe isolation

Concurrent right atrial myxoma with visceral haemangiosarcoma in a dog

A 10-year-old crossbreed (labradoodle) was presented with an acute history of vomiting and diarrhoea, with supraventricular tachycardia and ventricular premature complexes. Physical examination revealed mild tachycardia, but no significant abnormalities otherwise. Investigations with echocardiogram and computed tomography identified a right atrial mass, nodular interstitial lung pattern, multiple nodules throughout the hepatic parenchyma and peritoneal effusion. Abdominocentesis confirmed a haemoabdomen. Treatment was declined and the dog was euthanased the same day. Histopathology of the cardiac mass confirmed a cardiac myxoma, which stained Alcian blue-positive, demonstrating the mucin content of the tumour. The hepatic lesions were factor VIII-positive, consistent with a visceral haemangiosarcoma

Sweet Relief:Determining the Antimicrobial Activity of Medical Grade Honey Against Vaginal Isolates of Candida albicans

Contains fulltext : 215323.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)Recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) is predicted to increase to almost 158 million cases annually by 2030. Extensive self-diagnosis and easily accessible over-the-counter (OTC) fungistatic drugs contribute to antifungal-resistance, illustrating the need for novel therapies. Honey possesses multiple antimicrobial mechanisms, and there is no antimicrobial resistance towards honey reported. We evaluated the susceptibility of five clinical isolates of Candida albicans and a control strain to regular honey and a medical grade honey (MGH) gel formulation (L-Mesitran, containing 40% honey and vitamins C and E) using an adapted version of the EUCAST protocol at pH 5.2, 4.6, and 4.0. 40% regular honey did not kill or inhibit C. albicans. In contrast, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of L-Mesitran was 25%-50%, while fungicidal effects occurred at a 50% concentration (MBC) of the MGH formulation, except for one strain which was not killed at pH 4.0. Overall, pH had little effect on antimicrobial activity. MGH formulation L-Mesitran has antimicrobial activity against C. albicans over a relevant pH range. The vitamin supplements or other components of L-Mesitran may enhance the antifungal activity of the honey. This study supports performing clinical trials for conditions, such as RVVC, to find an alternative to available OTC fungistatic drugs