Henri Temianka Correspondence; (russell)

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'Breakfast, lunch and dinner': attitudes to infant feeding amongst children in a Scottish primary school. A qualitative focus group study

Objective  To describe the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about infant feeding in one primary school in Scotland.  Design Qualitative focus group study.  Setting  A single primary school which serves a mixed socioeconomic area in the north of Scotland.  Method Parents gave demographic details about their family and information about whether their children had been breastfed. Twenty- three children, aged 6, took part in three focus groups which were conducted by two facilitators, according to a predetermined topic guide. Focus group data were supplemented with analyses of children's drawings and with fieldnotes.  Results Children generally spoke of and drew pictures of bottle-feeding. Their lack of everyday language for breastfeeding suggested that breastfeeding was not a'taken-for-granted' activity. The repeated reference to adult meal patterns and to equipment suggested that the children have a mechanistic and confused idea of what breastfeeding involves. Their difficulties conceptualising night feeds and feeding in public places suggested that the children viewed breastfeeding as a private activity, permissible only in certain contexts. Children had vivid recall of TV images of infant feeding.  Conclusions Despite the observation that breastfeeding was not generally perceived as a natural activity, our findings suggest that primary school children are interested in infant feeding and that they can be engaged in and educated about it as young as six years old. Larger studies are needed to further explore attitudes to infant feeding

The Everett Human Services Program: Alumni Attitudes and Perceptions

Summary and analysis of a survey of graduates of the Everett Human Services Program

Evaluating scenarios to reduce phosphorus transport in surface waters from slurry applications in temperate grasslands

Publication history: Accepted - 7 April 2022; Published online - 30 May 2022.This study evaluates a range of scenarios to reduce soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) losses using the surface runoff phosphorus transport model (Surphos) to simulate the application of liquid manure (slurry) to grassland catchments. Surphos was applied using data from two contrasting sites in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It explored scenarios that investigated changes to the timing of slurry applications, based both on policy (i.e. a “closed” period where regulations prohibit any slurry spreading) and on climate-based restrictions, where soil moisture and antecedent rainfall were important factors. The observed data showed a considerable spatial variability in runoff at both sites, which resulted in a corresponding variable range of SRP losses predicted by the model. However, at both sites the model results showed that maintaining a closed period led to a greater reduction in SRP losses than opening this period up to slurry applications under climate-based restrictions.This work was supported in part by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) under an Evidence and Innovation Grant [Award No. 17-4-08]

Prospectus, October 3, 1969

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Economic evaluation alongside pragmatic randomised trials: developing a standard operating procedure for clinical trials units

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There is wide recognition that pragmatic randomised trials are the best vehicle for economic evaluation. This is because trials provide the best chance of ensuring internal validity, not least through the rigorous prospective collection of patient-specific data. Furthermore the marginal cost of collecting economic data alongside clinical data is typically modest. UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) does not require a standard operating procedure (SOP) for economic evaluation as a prerequisite for trial unit registration. We judge that such a SOP facilitates the integration of health economics into trials.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A collaboration between health economists and trialists at Bangor University led to the development of a SOP for economic evaluation alongside pragmatic trials, in addition to the twenty SOPs required by UKCRC for registration, which include randomisation, data management and statistical analysis.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Our recent telephone survey suggests that no other UKCRC-registered trials unit currently has an economic SOP.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We argue that UKCRC should require, from all Trials Units undertaking economic evaluation and seeking registration or re-registration, a SOP for economic evaluation as one of their portfolio of supporting SOPs.</p

Factores que influyen en la sustentabilidad de microempresas mayas de la miel en Campeche, México

Apicultores y meliponicultores en comunidades rurales mayas han conformado microempresas como alternativa para mejorar sus condiciones comerciales, en un contexto de mercado dominado por grandes empresas. En este artículo se analizan factores que determinan la sustentabilidad de dos microempresas de la comunidad Tankuché, Campeche, colindante con la reserva de la biosfera Los Petenes, y los beneficios socioambientales que generan. Se empleó el marco de Modos de Vida Sustentables poniendo énfasis en la dimensión cultural. La información se obtuvo mediante estancias de campo, entrevistas en profundidad, una encuesta semiestructurada y acceso a fuentes secundarias. Los hallazgos muestran que la capacitación, la motivación, la cohesión del grupo y la extensión de redes, a la vez que mitigan limitaciones en capitales físico y financiero, son los factores que determinan la permanencia de las microempresas. Asimismo, los emprendimientos, si bien generan ingresos modestos en un contexto de pluriactividad económica-laboral, contribuyen a fortalecer la identidad cultural de sus integrantes, generan satisfacciones y brindan acceso a nuevas oportunidades de vida. El estudio de caso sugiere que es necesario implementar políticas públicas que consideren las particularidades culturales del funcionamiento de las microempresas en contextos rurales, atendiendo a su territorialidad, sus valores y los anhelos de sus integrantes

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Weather Variability, Tides, and Barmah Forest Virus Disease in the Gladstone Region, Australia

In this study we examined the impact of weather variability and tides on the transmission of Barmah Forest virus (BFV) disease and developed a weather-based forecasting model for BFV disease in the Gladstone region, Australia. We used seasonal autoregressive integrated moving-average (SARIMA) models to determine the contribution of weather variables to BFV transmission after the time-series data of response and explanatory variables were made stationary through seasonal differencing. We obtained data on the monthly counts of BFV cases, weather variables (e.g., mean minimum and maximum temperature, total rainfall, and mean relative humidity), high and low tides, and the population size in the Gladstone region between January 1992 and December 2001 from the Queensland Department of Health, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland Department of Transport, and Australian Bureau of Statistics, respectively. The SARIMA model shows that the 5-month moving average of minimum temperature (β = 0.15, p-value < 0.001) was statistically significantly and positively associated with BFV disease, whereas high tide in the current month (β = −1.03, p-value = 0.04) was statistically significantly and inversely associated with it. However, no significant association was found for other variables. These results may be applied to forecast the occurrence of BFV disease and to use public health resources in BFV control and prevention