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A Qualitative Analysis Of Sexual Education And Emotional Reactions To Sexual Experiences
No full textThis study explores the relationship between subjective experiences of sexual education and first sexual encounter, as well as between sexual education and current sexual experiences. This study utilized a qualitative phenomenological analysis to gain in depth subjective accounts of participants’ experiences. The majority of participants either suggested no connection existed between sexual education characteristics and emotional reaction to the first sexual experience or that the sexual education characteristics led to a negative emotional reaction to their first sexual experience. Some participants reported that they were more likely to physically prepare for sex by using condoms or birth control pills as a result of sexual education received. These findings suggest the current structure of sexual education is not conducive to the sexual emotional health of those who take the class
Tips for Taking Your Pills
Get PDFThis patient education handout shares strategies for remembering to take your medications
Rupture in Descemet\u27s membrane
No full textPatient age is unknown. Posterior view of globe.https://commons.pacificu.edu/od/1559/thumbnail.jp
The Alvin M. and Betty Josephy Library of Western History and Culture
Get PDFChief Joseph of the Nez Perce died in exile on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State in 1904, after being rebuffed on two trips to Wallowa County, Oregon, to convince the local citizenry to allow him to buy land. He asked to be allowed to live out his days in the “land of winding waters” that held the bones of his father and his people. Denied, he lived out his days on the Colville, befriended by University of Washington professor Edmond Meany, and famously photographed by Meany’s friend, Edward Sheriff Curtis. A few short years after that Wallowa visit, living in a tipi on the Colville Reservation, Chief Joseph—Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt—“died of a broken heart.” The New York Sun announced that “the most famous Indian in America” was gone.
In 1965, Alvin M. Josephy Jr.’s Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest brought Joseph and the Nez Perce back to national attention. While working on that book, Josephy and his family fell in love with the Wallowa Country and bought a small ranch. Throughout his long working career, boxes of books and research material would be packed and shipped from the Josephy home in Greenwich, Connecticut to Joseph, Oregon, and then back the other way. The Josephy Library is based on material from those home libraries in Greenwich and Joseph, with special attention to Josephy’s own writings and to the history and culture of Indians and the West.
The library is housed in the Josephy Center for Arts and Culture on Main Street in the town of Joseph (“Joseph” and “Josephy” are only accidentally and serendipitously related). We tell the Nez Perce story—and other stories of Indian and Western history—with books and journals, guest speakers, blog posts, private conversations and presentations to local students, residents, guests, and groups from across the world
Ultrasonography-Guided Lumbar Punctures Effect on Success Rate in Infants
Get PDFBackground: Lumbar puncture (LP) is a common diagnostic procedure performed in emergency departments for febrile infants in order to rule in or rule out bacterial meningitis. A traditional LP procedure is accomplished by palpating for anatomical landmarks in order to place the needle in the correct location. Similar to venous catheterization, ultrasonography has been used as a non-invasive tool to locate these landmarks and mark their location on the skin of the patient. Several adult studies have been performed in order to analyze the success rate of traditional versus ultrasonography-assisted LPs and have shown increased success in the ultrasonography groups. The goal of this review is to analyze studies done on infants and discern if they have a similar or better success rate with ultrasonography assistance.
Methods: An exhaustive search of the literature was conducted on the following search engines: Web of Science, MEDLINE-Ovid, MEDLINE-PubMed, and Google Scholar. Key terms used included: ultrasonography, infant, lumbar puncture, and randomized control trial. All articles found went through an eligibility criteria and were analyzed using the GRADE assessment tool.
Results: Two randomized control trials were found to match the criteria. The first study included 128 infants with 64 in each group- traditional and ultrasound-assisted LPs. LP success rate within 3 attempts was 75% in the ultrasound-assisted group versus 44% in the traditional group. In the second study, 43 infants were enrolled with 21 infants in the ultrasound-assisted LP group and 22 in the traditional LP group. Final results showed a 95% success rate in the ultrasound group versus 68% in the traditional group.
Conclusion: Based on the articles analyzed, ultrasound-assisted LPs have higher success rates than traditional palpation of anatomical landmarks in the infant population. Increasing these success rates can help in reduction of healthcare cost, hospitalizations, and traumatic procedures. Overall, these studies are small, so there is still a need for larger randomized clinical trials in order to validate these findings further.
Keywords: Infant, ultrasonography, lumbar puncture, and ultrasound-assiste
Mindfulness-Based Wellness Training: A Feasibility Study with Juvenile Detention Officers
No full textJuvenile corrections and detention officers face considerable organizational and operational stressors maintaining the safety of inmates, staff, and the community, which can result in corrections fatigue. The burnout and secondary trauma experienced by officers put them at risk for physical and mental health problems. The current study examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a 6-week mindfulness-based wellness program with juvenile detention officers. Results demonstrated decreased organizational and operational stressors, exhaustion related to burnout, and statistically significant decrease in posttraumatic stress. Further, results evidenced increased facets of mindfulness such as non-judgement, as well as increased overall positive affect and well-being. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed
The Effects of Motivation to Control Prejudice on Implicit Bias in Psychology Graduate Students Engaged in a Diversity Course
No full textThere is a dearth of research examining the impact of implicit bias in the mental health field. The present study examined the extent to which implicit biases are reduced among graduate psychology students who participated in two mandatory diversity courses (experiential and academic). Additionally, the present study examined the role of motivation to control prejudiced reactions and how internal and external motivation to control prejudiced reactions influenced the ability of graduate psychology students to reduce their implicit biases. Finally, intergroup contact quality and quantity was measured to address potential moderating variables. Results indicated that for those participants engaged in the experiential diversity course, there were no significant changes in implicit biases related to internal or external motivation or intercontact quality or quantity. However, exploratory analyses revealed significant impacts of internal motivation on changes in implicit bias across the sample as a whole. Findings and future implications were discussed