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Curbing Fatal and Non-Fatal Drowning Deaths: An Effort to Reach Under-Resourced Children in Baltimore, Maryland
No full textDrowning remains a significant public health problem in the United States, with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting approximately 4,000 drowning deaths annually. Children aged 1-4 face the highest risk, and African American children are disproportionately affected–7.6 times more likely to drown than white children (CDC, 2024). In a city on the East Coast that is predominantly African American, limited access to swimming lessons heightens the risk. To reduce drowning rates, a collaborative swimming program was established between a city high school and a public school enrichment program. The initiative provided essential water safety and swimming skills to 120 students in grades 4-6, with documented improvements in their confidence and competence in the water. This paper explores drowning risks, collaborative efforts to establish a water safety program, the impact of this program, key findings, and the plans for expansion to further mitigate drowning risks in under-resourced communities
Mediated Sufi Singing and its Popularization in Pakistan’s National Culture in the Founding Years (1947-1979)
No full textFollowing the path of a sacred musical practice into the public sphere, this chapter explores the relationships between regional identity, nationalism, and the media
The Play Cycle, Outside School Hours Care and Autistic Children
No full textAutistic children use Outside School Hours Care Services (OSHC) on a regular basis. However, they experience many barriers to a fully inclusive experience. This study examined whether the use of the Play Cycle (King, 2020) held any value as a means of reducing those barriers to access. Four educators from an OSHC service in Brisbane, South East Queensland, Australia who were using the Play Cycle and Play Cycle Observation Method in their practice were interviewed to gain their perspectives on the ways in which the play cycle was valuable to them when working with autistic children. The responses were analysed using thematic techniques to reach conclusions on the research question and create recommendations which could be implemented to improve the experience of autistic children attending OSHC. Despite the small sample size used in this study, it is still believed that the results achieved are reliable and can contribute towards the inclusion of autistic children in OSHC services
What Happens When Teaching Mandates Go Your Way? Challenges of Reimagining History Teaching and Curricula in Blue States
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Pickin In Petticoats: Lotta Crabtree and Women In the Elevation of the Banjo
Full text linkThis chapter explores early 20th century efforts to distance the banjo from its African American roots to meet the demands of a rising market of women players, highlighting actress Lotta Crabtree\u27s influential role in reshaping the instrument\u27s identity
FP-25-09 Median Age at First Marriage: Geographic Variation, 2023
Full text linkIn this profile we provide estimates of the median age at first marriage for the nation and each state by sex among those aged 15-54, using 2023 1-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) (Table B12007). Direct estimates of the age at which half of males and females (who in the last year) married for the first time as well as the associated margins of error are provided. The ACS has been collecting data on marriage since 2008. This profile is an update to previous research on the median age at first marriage (FP-24-08)
Território Brincapé: The First Adventure Playground Experience in Portugal
No full textTerritório Brincapé (TB) - Community Space for Free Play was a seminal project in Lisbon designed to deliver weekly play sessions to 112 children between 6 and 10 years old, for 1.5 hours during school time, at a private sandpit just outside a school. TB was developed under the ethos of playwork practice and was conceptualised as an adventure playground. This is a report of how we navigated this endeavour, focusing mainly on the perspective of the playwork practitioners. Specifically, it documents the questions that we dwelled upon through reflection and which aspects of this process we focused on. We hope that this piece of work can be used as a roadmap of questions that will inevitably arise wherever and whenever playwork practice emerges (schools, hospitals, streets, supermarkets, adventure playgrounds), from the perspective of a group of practitioners that, in spite of not having formal training or support from a local community of practitioners, were able to find in playwork practice a source of re-enchantment, one of collective healing and of collective wisdom - for children, for themselves, and for the wider community
Identification of Areas of Weakness in Forensic Footwear Research
Full text linkForensic footwear examinations have been carried out for almost a century, but the foundational validity of identifying a questioned impression to a particular shoe has been questioned by the National Research Council and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The focus of this paper was to identify the current weaknesses present in forensic footwear impression research. Additionally, a future experiment was proposed to address these concerns and improve the foundational validity of footwear impression comparisons. A total of 15 footwear research studies varying in methodology and content were analyzed and contrasted. From this, a lack of studies significantly supporting the comparative strength of randomly acquired characteristics adding to the uniqueness of an outsole was noted. The future research experiment proposed aims to address these weaknesses by using a large sample of the same style of shoes. These impressions would then be analyzed by humans to determine if any randomly acquired characteristics occurred in the same spot, size, and orientation on two different outsoles across the sample
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