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Air Purifiers for Reducing the Incidence of Acute Respiratory Infections in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: A Study Protocol for a Randomised Control Trial
No full textIntroduction Adults living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) are highly susceptible to seasonal respiratory infections. Evidence indicates that the aerosols contaminated with virus particles in closed indoor spaces may play a significant role in the transmission of respiratory infections. In this protocol paper, we outline details of a planned RCT which aims to evaluate the effectiveness of portable in room air purifiers in reducing the risk of ARIs among residents in Australian RACFs. This study uses a multi-centre double-blind randomised crossover design. Three RACFs in a regional area of New South Wales will be invited to participate in the study. Air purifiers with or without high-efficiency particulate absorbing (HEPA) filters will be placed in the rooms of residents who are enrolled in the trial. The primary outcome will be a reduction in the incidence of ARI and the secondary outcomes will be the time to first infection, number of emergency department admissions, hospital admissions, and medical consultations due to an ARI. Conclusion To our knowledge, this will be the first RCT using air purifiers in resident rooms to identify their effect in reducing ARIs in RACFs. If our findings indicate some potential benefit for in-room air purification, it will help provide support and justification for larger trials, which may include a facility wide approach to air purification
Growing Capable Kids: Exploring the Nexus Between the Australian Curriculum’s General Capabilities, Global Competencies, and one School Garden Program
No full textMany countries include core competencies in their educational curricula. The purpose of competencies is to ensure a holistic education that equips students with skills to flourish in the twenty-first century. Across the literature on this topic, however, there are limited studies that investigate how primary schools embed competencies into their learning programs. A qualitative case study of one Australian primary school with an established environmentally friendly garden program revealed how gardening as part of the school program provided opportunities for the development of core competencies, in particular the general capabilities of the Australian Curriculum
Avondale Scholarship Boosted: Encyclopedia increases Research Profile
No full textArticles written by Avondale academics for the new Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists (ESDA) will significantly increase the university college\u27s institutional research profile this year. The publication record addition is largely thanks to regional editor and conjoint associate professor Dr Barry Oliver, who ensured the peer-reviewed articles qualified for reporting as part of Avondale University\u27s Research Data Collection
Generation Alpha: Understanding our Children and Helping them Thrive
No full textSocial researchers McCrindle and Fell draw on their experiences in following trends in technology - information management, social media, robotics, and artificial intelligence; demographic trends - aging and diversity in the population, and social trends including interactions between the mix of generations within current society. COVID-19 accelerated and highlighted such trends
God\u27s Word, Students, and Christian Classrooms: The Why and How
No full textWith ready access to God’s Word, it is challenging and disturbing to read research declaring “that only two in ten Aussie Christians read their Bible daily” (Hughes and Pickering, 2010, para. 1) and see census data showing that Christianity is declining in the community, especially among 18-25-year-olds (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2022). Blair (2016) contends that our culture has become biblically illiterate, lacking basic biblical knowledge. Because Christian education is predicated on God’s Word, Christian schools are in a unique position to contribute to efforts to reverse the current trend of biblical illiteracy. In this chapter, we define biblical literacy and discuss why it is important in contemporary Australian society. We then outline why biblical literacy is such an important aspect of a student’s education in a Christian classroom and consider how Christian teachers can be positively engaged in this journey and quest with their students. Finally, we describe practical ideas, scenarios, and examples of biblical literacy programs currently available in Australia and the South Pacific region
Central China Mission (1909-1917)
No full textBetween the years 1903 and 1908 Seventh-day Adventist missionaries were active in Central China. Medical work was used to pioneer mission efforts in the province of Honan (now Henan) and was conducted by Drs. Arthur and Bertha Selmon and Drs. Harry and Maud Miller. In 1905 the first Sabbath School was organized, with a membership of only ten individuals. In 1906 Francis Arthur Allum and Percival Laird, followed by Roy Cottrell, evangelized further south in the province of Hunan. At the same time the team in Henan was augmented with Eric Pilquist and John Westrup
Hunan Mission (1915-1951)
No full textThe province of Hunan (湖南) was considered a part of the South China Mission in 1910. Later, it was placed in the North China Union Mission. Due to a further re-organization of the China field in 1919 it became an entity within the Central China Union Mission. Its headquarters were always at Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province
What Five Students of the Encounter Adventist Bible Curriculum Taught us about their Spirituality
No full textThe concept of spirituality is a vital element of Adventist education. Developers of the Encounter Bible curriculum have shown its centrality by placing an “authentic incarnational spirituality” in its curriculum, harnessed “to a concept where God is abiding and enabling of meaning, identity, purpose and character in the individual’s life.” The following case study explores how student spirituality has manifested itself in one school in response to the intentions of curriculum developers and Bible teacher
Ketring, Herman Feaster (1873-1958)
No full textHerman F. Ketring was distinguished as a pioneering missionary to Chile. Prior to and after his overseas service he ministered in Kansas and subsequently as president of the Central New England Conference