Alien Registration- Dube, Marie (Portland, Cumberland County)

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Alien Registration- Dube, Marie A. (Lewiston, Androscoggin County)

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Alien Registration- Dube, Marie A. (Lewiston, Androscoggin County)

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Self-efficacy Score Differences between Supported, Unsupported, Departmentalized and Non-departmentalized Classical Christian Elementary Mathematics Teachers

Classical Christian schools have increased exponentially over the past 20 years. The main mission of a classical Christian education is to produce a student who is better equipped to think and apply the Christian worldview to every situation. Classical schools are based on the Greek Trivium which focuses on the tools of learning: grammar school, logic school, and rhetoric school. Classical tenets include integration of content, memorization of basic facts, and reliance on the Socratic Method. Utilizing the Socratic Method requires teachers to be confident in their understanding of mathematics. Because of the lower mathematics self-efficacy of elementary school teachers, they struggle with being able to utilize the Socratic Method. Mathematics specialists and coaches have been shown to produce positive results in increasing teachers’ self-efficacy in schools. The purpose of this non-experimental, quantitative, causal-comparative research study was to determine if significant differences exist between self-efficacy scores of classical Christian grammar mathematics teachers with and without the presence of mathematics’ specialists or coaches both within departmentalized and non-departmentalized classrooms. A total of 117 grammar school teachers at classical Christian schools across the country were sampled and data collection was conducted using the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument (MTEBI). The results were tabulated in SPSS. No statistically significant difference was found between the total MTEBI scores. Further research recommendations were made to study the quality of the elementary mathematics specialists and the spirituality of the teachers

Alien Registration- Dube, Marie Josephine E. (Brunswick, Cumberland County)

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Alien Registration- Janbard, Marie J. (Van Buren, Aroostook County)

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“They Have Already Thrown Away Their Chicken”: barriers affecting participation by HIV-infected women in care and treatment programs for their infants in Blantyre, Malawi

HIV-infected infants and young children are at high risk of serious illness and death. Morbidity and mortality can be greatly reduced through early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV and timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Despite global efforts to scale-up of EID and infant ART, uptake of these services in resource poor, high HIV burden countries remains low. We conducted a qualitative study of 59 HIV-infected women to identify and explore barriers women face in accessing HIV testing and care for their infants. To capture different perspectives, we included mothers whose infants were known positive (n=9) or known negative (n=14), mothers of infants with unknown HIV status (n=13), and pregnant HIV-infected women (n=20). Five important themes emerged: lack of knowledge regarding EID and infant ART, the perception of health care workers as authority figures, fear of disclosure of own and/or child’s HIV status, lack of psychosocial support, and intent to shorten the life of the child. A complex array of cultural, economic and psychosocial factors creates barriers for HIV-infected women to participate in early infant HIV testing and care programs. For optimal impact of EID and infant ART, reasons for poor uptake should be better understood and addressed in a culturally sensitive manner

Including diverse and admixed populations in genetic epidemiology research

The inclusion of ancestrally diverse participants in genetic studies can lead to new discoveries and is important to ensure equitable health care benefit from research advances. Here, members of the Ethical, Legal, Social, Implications (ELSI) committee of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) offer perspectives on methods and analysis tools for the conduct of inclusive genetic epidemiology research, with a focus on admixed and ancestrally diverse populations in support of reproducible research practices. We emphasize the importance of distinguishing socially defined population categorizations from genetic ancestry in the design, analysis, reporting, and interpretation of genetic epidemiology research findings. Finally, we discuss the current state of genomic resources used in genetic association studies, functional interpretation, and clinical and public health translation of genomic findings with respect to diverse populations

A novel PLP1 mutation further expands the clinical heterogeneity at the locus

Objectives: To characterize at clinical and molecular levels a family presenting with X-linked recessive Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP). Background: HSPs are a large group of genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive upper motor neuron signs. Mutations in the proteolipid protein (PLP1) gene have been identified in families linked to the SPG2 locus on chromosome Xq22. However, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is also an X-linked recessive neurological disorder caused by PLP1 mutations. Methods: The SPG2 locus was investigated by linkage analysis in the family. The PLP1 gene was screened by sequencing. We present findings in a large French-Canadian family with an X-linked recessive HSP. The proband presented early with developmental delay and developed progressive spastic paraplegia. He has been wheelchair-bound since the age of three years. At the latest follow-up, he was 20 years-old and had severe spasticity predominantly affecting the lower extremities, moderate cerebellar dysfunction, and optic atrophy. Results: Linkage to SPG2 was established and a G to A mutation (MIR) in the initiation codon of the PLP1 gene was identified, likely resulting in the complete absence of proteolipid protein. Conclusions: We report a new PLP1 gene mutation in a patient with a clinical phenotype consistent with a PLP1 null syndrome

Type 2 diabetes self-management education programs in high and low mortality developing countries a systematic review

PURPOSE : Although self-management education is a key factor in the care for diabetes patients, its implementation in developing countries is not well documented. This systematic review considers the published literature on diabetes self-management education in high and low mortality developing countries. The aim is to provide a state of the art of current practices, assess program outcomes, cultural sensitivity and accessibility to low literate patients. METHODS : The Cochrane Library, PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycInfo and PsycArticles databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles on Type 2 diabetes published in English between 2009 and 2013. The World Bank and WHO burden of disease criteria were applied to distinguish between developing countries with high and low mortality. Information was extracted using a validated checklist. RESULTS : Three reviews and 23 primary studies were identified, 18 of which were from low mortality developing countries. Studies from high mortality countries were mostly quasiexperimental, those from low mortality countries experimental. Interventions were generally effective on behavior change and patients’ glycemic control in the short term (≤9 months). While 57% of the studies mentioned cultural tailoring of interventions, only 17% reported on training of providers, and 39% were designed to be accessible for people with low literacy. CONCLUSIONS : The limited studies available suggest that diabetes self-management education programs in developing countries are effective in the short term, but must be tailored to conform to the cultural aspects of the target population.http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201731hb201