An Evaluation of an In Vivo Training Package on Therapist Implementation of the Teaching Interaction Procedure

Individuals diagnosed with autism display deficits in reciprocal social behavior (Constantino et al., 2003). These deficits create direct and indirect social consequences (White, 2007). A procedure that has been evaluated to teach these children social skills is the teaching interaction procedure (TIP) (e.g., Leaf et al., 2009; Kassardjian et al., 2013); which is a procedure falling under the ABA umbrella. Despite the increasing number of studies utilizing the TIP to teach children with autism social skills, there are no recent studies examining the effectiveness of a training procedure for its use as a social skills teaching tool. The current study examined the effectiveness of the TIP as a training procedure for staff implementation of the TIP for teaching social skills to children diagnosed with autism. Three therapists and three children diagnosed with autism from a center-based agency in California participated in the study. Results demonstrated all three staff reaching mastery criterion during training probes, and, after training ended, maintaining and generalizing the skill to a high degree of fidelity

Unpacking the Census

Unpacking the Census, a partnership between the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities and the University of Richmond’s Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, School of Professional & Continuing Studies, and Spatial Analysis Lab, examines structural inequality through census research. Data for the charts, tables, and maps are the most recent from the U.S. Census, American Community Survey (ACS), 2016-2020, Five-Year Estimates

Letter from M. A. Redican, Crouch Valley Branch of the United Kingdom Federation of Business & Professional Women, to Geraldine Ferraro

Letter from M. A. Redican, Crouch Valley branch of the United Kingdom Federation of Business & Professional Women, to Geraldine Ferraro. Letter has handwritten notes.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/vice_presidential_campaign_correspondence_1984_international/1364/thumbnail.jp

The International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ): A new measure of ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder.

Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is included in the 11th version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD‐11). This study sought to test the validity and reliability of a new brief measure to screen for ICD‐11 PGD—the International Grief Questionnaire (IGQ). The psychometric properties of the IGQ were tested using data collected from two bereaved samples of adults from the United Kingdom (n = 1,012) and Ireland (n = 1,011). Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that a correlated two‐factor model best captured the latent dimensionality of the IGQ in both samples. Estimates of internal reliability were high, whereas the convergent and concurrent validity of the scale were supported through strong associations with external measures. Measurement invariance and differential item functioning testing showed no statistically significant difference in the latent structure of the IGQ nor the functioning of the IGQ items by age, sex, and nationality. For participants who were bereaved for more than 6 months, the rates of probable PGD derived from the IGQ were 10.9% and 15.3% for the Irish and U.K. samples, respectively. The IGQ is a brief, easy‐to‐use, self‐report screening measure that captures all diagnostic criteria of PGD set forth in the ICD‐11. Findings from this study provide initial support for the validity, measurement invariance, and reliability of the IGQ among two national samples

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS): Evolution of the Survey and Development of Customized Forms

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is an effective tool in surveillance of youth risk behaviors. Since 1991, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been a rich source of support for implementing the YRBS. CDC provides sample surveys, nation-wide data for comparison purposes, and many other resources designed for successful implementation of a YRBS. CDC YRBS have some limitations and implementing their versions of the surveys might be problematic for some communities so it is common to see customization of the CDC YRBS. This paper highlights a brief history of the YRBS, mobilizing the community for input into the YRBS and examples of questions for customizing YRBS

Primary Care Antibiotic Prescribing and Infection-Related Hospitalisation

Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics has been widely recognised as a leading cause of antimicrobial resistance, which in turn has become one of the most significant threats to global health. Given that most antibiotic prescriptions are issued in primary care settings, investigating the associations between primary care prescribing of antibiotics and subsequent infection-related hospitalisations affords a valuable opportunity to understand the long-term health implications of primary care antibiotic intervention. A narrative review of the scientific literature studying associations between primary care antibiotic prescribing and subsequent infection-related hospitalisation was conducted. The Web of Science database was used to retrieve 252 potentially relevant studies, with 23 of these studies included in this review (stratified by patient age and infection type). The majority of studies (n = 18) were published in the United Kingdom, while the remainder were conducted in Germany, Spain, Denmark, New Zealand, and the United States. While some of the reviewed studies demonstrated that appropriate and timely antibiotic prescribing in primary care could help reduce the need for hospitalisation, excessive antibiotic prescribing can lead to antimicrobial resistance, subsequently increasing the risk of infection-related hospitalisation. Few studies reported no association between primary care antibiotic prescriptions and subsequent infection-related hospitalisation. Overall, the disparate results in the extant literature attest to the conflicting factors influencing the decision-making regarding antibiotic prescribing and highlight the necessity of adopting a more patient-focussed perspective in stewardship programmes and the need for increased use of rapid diagnostic testing in primary care