Elaboration of a teaching program in development cooperation in the University of Alcalá

COOPUAH, a group of teachers and researchers of the University of Alcalá (UAH), who belong to different disciplines, consider that the training offered to students in Development Cooperation by their institution has some deficiencies. The group pursues the general objective of reflecting about and evaluating in particular how this field is included in the university curricula in order to propose a teaching program that could fill the that gap. The main results highlight that the current teaching offer is insufficient, it comes from the environmental and health sciences fields, and in organizational level, is concentrated in the 2nd semester. We therefore believe that we need a multidisciplinary work to expand this teaching offer, redistribute it both semesters, and to offer a program addressed to all students of the University of Alcalá and recognized officially by the institutio

Teamwork, a competence to be promoted at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Alcalá

Incluye cuestionario en el Anexo I: "ENCUESTA: ACTIVIDAD DE TRABAJO EN EQUIPO"El Grupo de Innovación Docente en Ciencias Ambientales analizó la competencia «trabajo en equipo» en la Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales de la Universidad de Alcalá. Para ello realizó una encuesta al profesorado de la Licenciatura y del Grado, para obtener información sobre el tipo de actividades que los docentes llevaron a cabo relacionadas con esta competencia. Se recibieron encuestas sobre 28 asignaturas, 17 de asignaturas del Grado y 11 de la Licenciatura. En el 88% de las asignaturas del Grado de las que se tuvo información se realizó alguna actividad de trabajo en equipo, porcentaje que ascendió al 91% en la Licenciatura. El 71% de los profesores de Grado encuestados y el 64% de los de la Licenciatura consideraron que los estudiantes no saben desarrollar adecuadamente esta competencia. El 65% de los profesores del Grado y el 74% de los de la Licenciatura opinan que la adquisición de conocimientos utilizando este método con respecto a la clase magistral es mejorThe «Environmental Sciences Teaching Innovation Group» analyzed the teamwork competence of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the University of Alcalá. Thus, a survey among lecturers was carried out to obtain information regarding the activities they implemented to promote this competence. 28 questionnaires were received, 17 from the from Degree in Environmental Sciences and 11 from the from Licenciatura (five-year studies) subjects. Teamwork was used in 88% of the Degree subjects from which we obtained information, whereas this percentage rose to 91% in Licenciatura studies. 71% of the surveyed lecturers of the Degree and 64% of Licenciatura studies believe that students do not use teamwork adequately. 65% of the lecturers of the Degree and 74% of Licenciatura studies consider that learning with this method is better than standard lecturin

Uneven chances of breastfeeding in Spain

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>No large scale studies on breastfeeding onset patterns have been carried out in Spain. This work aims to explore the prevalence and the risk factors for not initiating breastfeeding in hospitals from Catalonia (CAT) and Valencia (V), two regions accounting approximately for 30% of the annual births in Spain.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The prevalence of not initiating breastfeeding was calculated by maternal/neonatal characteristics and type of hospital, and logistic regression models were used to estimate crude and adjusted risks of not breastfeeding in each region.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Prevalence of breastfeeding initiation was 81.7% and 82.5% in Catalonia and Valencia, respectively. We identified conspicuous regional differences in the adjusted-risk of not breastfeeding, especially for multiple [CAT = 3.12 (95% CI: 2.93, 3.31), V = 2.44 (95% CI: 2.23, 2.67)] and preterm and low birth weight deliveries [very preterm and very low birth weight: CAT = 7.61 (95% CI: 6.50, 8.92), V = 4.03 (95% CI: 3.13, 5.19); moderate preterm and moderate low birth weight: CAT = 4.28 (95% CI: 4.01, 4.57), V = 2.55 (95% CI:2.34, 2.79)].</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Our results suggest the existence of regional variations in breastfeeding initiation in Spain. Taking into account the known short and long-term benefits of breastfeeding it is recommended that further research should explore these differences in order to prevent potential inequities in neonatal, child and adult health.</p

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Resumen basado en el de la publicaciónResultados de la encuesta realizada por el Grupo de Innovación Docente en Ciencias Ambientales, al profesorado de la Licenciatura y del Grado, para obtener información sobre el tipo de actividades que los docentes llevaron a cabo relacionadas con esta competencia.ES