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Transcending borders: Strategic engagement with cultural heritage organizations in Mexico at San Diego State University

In 2022, San Diego State University (SDSU), located in San Diego, California, USA, established the SDSU Center for Mesoamerican Studies as part of its strategic commitment to establish academic partnerships with institutions of higher education and other cultural heritage organizations in Mexico. As a key contributor to this strategic goal of the university, the SDSU Library has established new partnerships around teaching and learning services, digital collections, and professional development with institutions including the Instituto Municipal de Arte y Cultura in Tijuana and the Biblioteca de Investigación Juan de Córdova in Oaxaca. This paper will provide an introduction to the institutional vision for strategic collaboration with Mexican institutions as part of a broader internationalization strategy and highlight current partnership activities focused on digitization and digital collections, discovery and access to faculty and student scholarship reflecting the university interests in Oaxaca, and shared approaches to professional development of library and archives staff

The data we have : Pregnancy and birth related data collection in Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA – A web-based survey of practice

Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank all of the databank custodians who participated in the survey in order to help us determine the pregnancy and birth data that is collected across Europe, Canada and the USA.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

The mental health of nurses in acute teaching hospital settings: A cross-sectional survey

Background: Nursing is an emotionally demanding profession and deficiencies in nurses\u27 mental wellbeing, characterised by low vitality and common mental disorders, have been linked to low productivity, absenteeism and presenteeism. Part of a larger study of nurses\u27 health, the aim of this paper was to describe the mental health status and related characteristics of nurses working in two acute metropolitan teaching hospitals. Methods: A cross sectional survey design was used. Results: A total of 1215 surveys were distributed with a usable response rate of 382 (31.4%). Altogether 53 nurses (14%) reported a history of mental health disorders, of which n=49 (13%) listed diagnoses of anxiety and/or depression; 22 (6%) were currently taking psychoactive medication. Symptoms that could potentially indicate a mental health issue were more common, with 248 (65.1%) reporting they had experienced symptoms sometimes or often in the last 12month. Conclusion: Nurses and their managers should strive to create workplaces where working practices promote nurses\u27 health and wellbeing, or at least are configured to minimise deleterious effects; where both nurses and their managers are aware of the potential for negative effects on the mental health of the workforce; where cultures are such that this can be discussed openly without fear of stigma or denigration

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Risk of Recurrent Stillbirth in Subsequent Pregnancies

Financial Disclosure Kathleen Lamont was awarded an Elphinstone scholarship from the university of Aberdeen, Scotland. In addition, money from a NHS Grampian endowment fund financed storage of data. Sohinee Bhattacharya reports that money was paid to their institution from the NHS Grampian Endowment fund, Medical Research Scotland, and the Wellcome Trust ISSF fund. Sohinee Bhattacharya’s husband has co-authored previous publications based on a similar dataset. He is the Head of School of medicine, medical Sciences and Nutrition at the University of Aberdeen where she is also employed. The other authors did not report any potential conflicts of interest.Peer reviewedPostprin

“Mental health day” sickness absence amongst nurses and midwives: Workplace, workforce, psychosocial and health characteristics

Aim To examine the workforce, workplace, psychosocial and health characteristics of nurses and midwives in relation to their reported use of sickness absence described as ‘mental health days’. Background The occupational stress associated with the nursing profession is increasingly recognized and nurse/midwifery absenteeism is a significant global problem. Taking a ‘mental health day’ as sickness absence is a common phenomenon in Australian health care. No previous studies have empirically explored the characteristics of nurses and midwives using such sickness absence. Design Online cross-sectional survey. Methods Survey comprising validated tools and questions on workplace and health characteristics was distributed to nurses and midwives in New South Wales, Australia, between May 2014 - February 2015. Sample characteristics were reported using descriptive statistics. Factors independently predictive of ‘mental health day’ reportage were determined using logistic regression. Results Fifty-four percentage of the n = 5041 nurse and midwife respondents took ‘mental health days’. Those affected were significantly more likely to be at younger ages, working shifts with less time sitting at work; to report workplace abuse and plans to leave; having been admitted to hospital in previous 12 months; to be current smokers; to report mental health problems, accomplishing less due to emotional problems and current psychotropic medication use. Conclusion Specific characteristics of nurses and midwives who report taking ‘mental health day’ sickness absence offer healthcare administrators and managers opportunities for early identification and intervention with workplace measures and support frameworks to promote well-being, health promotion and safety