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Conjuring Creative Citizenship Beyond Rights
Get PDFA Review of Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights by Lyndsey Stonebridge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. Pp. 176. $25 hardcover
I finally understand how applying the Fagan nomogram can change medical decision-making
Get PDFThe author reflects on the case that changed his opinion on the efficacy of the Fagan nomogram
Social Media and Wellbeing
Get PDFThis psychology thesis paper investigates the existing body of scientific literature surrounding the effects of social media on the wellbeing of adolescents and adults ages 18-29. The current body of scientific literature supports the overall finding that social media has a negative impact not only on mental health, but on physical health. There are also key findings showing the impact of social media on other facets of life such as sleep patterns, social interactions, and physical activity. Current intervention therapies need to be revisited and the DSM categorization of social media addiction needs to be investigated further
An Ethical Framework for Library Publishing Version 2.0
No full textConceived at the Library Publishing Forum in 2017, the Ethical Framework for Library Publishing was a first-of-its-kind document for the LPC and the library publishing community. But remarkable social upheaval in the ensuing years, along with the continued maturation of our discipline, prompted the LPC to convene a task force to update the Framework for our current environment. What the task force developed, to our surprise, looks very little like the original document. An Ethical Framework for Library Publishing Version 2.0 is a true framework to help library publishers set an ethical baseline for their programs and activities. Consisting of four basic Frames, each with their own set of Statements and Guidance, the Framework gives the reader a scaffolding for ethical thinking in library publishing
Yahrzeit ... Haya Bar-Itzhak (1946–2020)
Get PDFHaya Bar-Itzhak was a driving force behind this journal and a shaper of the global study of Jewish folklore and ethnology. In her teaching, writing, and editing, she brought into relief the long lineage of work in periodicals devoted to Jewish folklore beginning in the nineteenth century (Bar-Itzhak 2010, 16–26) and inspired the editors of Jewish Folklore and Ethnology (JFE) with a vision for a journal that would go beyond an audience of Jews to become indispensable for all folklorists and ethnologists. The JFE editors, indeed all who care about understanding tradition, lost a friend and mentor when she died at her home in Haifa, Israel, on October 25, 2020
Introducing a Trauma-Informed Care Model to Address Racial Disparities in Perinatal Outcomes Among African American Women
Get PDFRacial disparities in maternal and infant health have remained an issue within the United States despite efforts to advance and improve our health system. Most maternal deaths are preventable, especially with early and adequate maternal care. Infant mortality occurs for several reasons, but inadequate care usage increases the risk for adverse outcomes. Prenatal care usage within the United States has been inadequate for numerous years, most commonly among African American women, despite its known benefit. Low prenatal care usage among African American women can be attributed to community barriers, social injustices, trauma, discrimination, and health care mistrust. Trauma is common among all ages and groups within the United States, with women and girls unfairly more exposed throughout their lifetimes, yet it continues to remain an underdressed reason for avoiding medical care. It is crucial to address the racial inequalities and social barriers that exist within the United States; however, it is equally as important to address and improve providers’ delivery of care. An approach called trauma-informed care is aimed at understanding trauma and adverse childhood experiences, its overall impact on an individual, and how to avoid traumatization through healthcare delivery. Trauma-informed care provides opportunity to improve patient’s experiences with the healthcare system and ultimately increase prenatal care usage. This paper provides an overview of racial disparities in maternal and infant health, driving factors, prenatal care, and traumatic experiences, with a brief of how introducing a trauma-informed care model can address and improve perinatal outcomes among African American women
No Stairs in the Bush? Disability and Australian Steampunk
No full textWith a combination of fantastical and anachronistic technologies and neo-Victorian settings, steampunk emerged from a niche genre to a widespread phenomenon. But this, in turn, raised urgent questions about the “punk”-ness of steampunk and the extent to which it can critique, avoid, and repurpose the Victorian trappings that it adopts. This article examines one such query: whether steampunk can interrogate its ableist underpinnings and, particularly, whether Australian steampunk writers do so in a way that is distinctly Australian. Beginning with a brief overview of Australian steampunk and the genre’s conflicted approach to disability aesthetics and roleplaying, the author examines three case studies: the invisibility of disability in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century proto-steampunk stories, prosthetics as a vehicle for imperial trauma, and the recurrent motif of the clockwork heart. As Australian steampunk exists outside the genre’s mainstream, so too is it able to speak to the marginal elements, such as underlying ableism, that the mainstream too often ignores