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Full text linkStatistics For Librarians: Probability and Odds
Full text linkIn this column, theoretical and empirical probability and odds are discussed, including assumptions and calculations. Independent and dependent events, including mutually exclusive events, are covered
Retrospective Analysis of Drug Overdose Deaths in Allen County, Indiana from 2008-2023
Full text linkIntroduction:Deaths caused by drug overdose have been rising at the national, state, and local level. Research on drug overdose deaths at the local level is insufficient and not as well understood. The aim of this study is to analyze and assess the drug overdose deaths in Allen County, Indiana from 2008-2023.
Methods:Data was collected from Allen County Coroner’s Reports and Allen County Department of Health death certificates on 1,435 decedents. Data included decedent demographic information, employment, education level, and toxicology report results. Data was entered into a spreadsheet for analysis. Chi-squared analyses were completed to assess significance and descriptive statistics were completed.
Results:1435 drug overdose deaths were identified (1,298 accidental, 110 intentional, 27 undetermined) with a median age of death of 39. 66.4% of deaths were males. Multiple substances were found in nearly 67% of decedents. Race and ethnicity data reflected anticipated results for Allen County based on census data. Deaths in the study period tended to be accidental (83.6%) and most decedents had a high school education or less (71.1%) and were currently employed individuals (75.7%). Naloxone was found in twice as many toxicology reports after policy change occurred in 2015. There was a significant relationship between the age and manner of death in males and females with ages 64+ being more likely to die from an intentional overdose than those under 64, X2 =49.7, p < 0.00001.
Conclusion:Governments can have an impact on drug overdose outcomes through policy change if demographic and locational information is better understood and resources are allocated to at-risk populations. Education efforts should be focused on those with a high school education or less, additional attention should be made for those ages 64+, and Naloxone distribution should be major points of emphasis going forward
Emergency Medicine Residency Program Expansion and Characteristics of Rural Rotations
Full text linkBackground: Despite concerns surrounding a potential surplus of emergency medicine (EM) physicians through at least 2036, there has been no corresponding increase in the number of EM trained physicians working in rural emergency departments. Previous studies suggest that the integration of rural rotations into EM residency curricula encourages more physicians to select rural EM positions. However, many EM residency programs do not offer rural rotations due to barriers such as insufficient finances, lack of resident interest, or lack of physician supervisors. No known studies since 2020 have explored rural rotations in EM residency programs. Following the covid-19 impact, it is worth re-examining the current state of EM residency programs and exploring attitudes about implementing rural rotations into new and existing programs.
Objectives: To examine attitudes surrounding the expansion of EM residency programs and to explore characteristics of rural rotations in EM residency programs.
Methods: A Qualtrics survey was distributed through the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD-EM) listserv. Survey responses continue to be collected in order to analyze the trends present in the aggregate data.
Results: Data collection remains in progress regarding availability, characteristics, and interest in rural rotations in EM residency programs. Data revealing attitudes surrounding the need for additional rural rotations in existing EM programs and the need for the development of new EM programs with a rural focus are also being collected.
Conclusion/Impact: Preliminary conclusions based on current data suggest that there are needs to increase EM resident interest in pursuing both rural rotations and jobs in rural sites, to find solutions to the barriers which hinder the implementation of rural rotations in EM residency programs, and to consider how future programs can incorporate a rural focus and address these issues
Culture Wars in the Classroom: Perceptions of Social Work Faculty at Public and Private Institutions
Full text linkSocial work educators engage with students from diverse political and personal backgrounds, often facing culture wars within the classroom. The Council on Social Work Education emphasizes academic freedom in higher education. This study surveyed 35 social work educators to examine their perceptions of culture wars\u27 effects on programs, students, and faculty. Using a nonexperimental, causal-comparative design, it compared these perceptions between faculty at public and private institutions. Demographic data were analyzed using crosstabulations and descriptive statistics. Public institution faculty (M = 3.64, SD =.58) reported lower faculty scores than private institution counterparts. Private institution faculty felt their institutional culture conflicted more with NASW policies but had more positive perceptions of culture wars. Findings indicate significant implications for teaching where social work values clash with institutional values or political influences
Proposing a Scholar-Administrator Operational Paradigm: An Organizing Framework for Community Engagement Administrators
Full text linkIn this reflective essay, CUMU’s 2024 Holland Scholar-Administrator describes a framework for organizing, institutionalizing, and implementing community engagement in institutions of higher education and their surrounding communities. Three levels of community engagement are demonstrated using a metropolitan university in Ogden, Utah as a case study. The three levels of community engagement, although each with its own function, are not meant to operate in silos. The dynamic nature of employing the multi-level framework is explored and the benefits of operating on more than one level simultaneously are discussed. By engaging on more than one level simultaneously, community engagement administrators are able to nurture deeper relationships, identify and share resources across initiatives, and better sustain the work even when faced with transitions in leadership
Students, Student-Athletes, and the Title IX Religious Exemption
Full text linkTitle IX ostensibly protects students from sex-based discrimination, yet the law allows religiously affiliated schools to claim an exemption (i.e., to discriminate, while still receiving federal aid). The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) “ensures equal access to education” and “serves student populations facing discrimination” while also facilitating exemption claims. Exemption-claiming schools may be less than forthcoming with their students and student-athletes. Female student-athletes remain unaware of their Title IX rights. A unique and innovative descriptive analysis of 456 OCR letters illustrates that 243 colleges claimed exemptions from specific student-focused Title IX elements. More than 80% claimed exemption to Title IX’s protections for admission and/or marital/parental status while more than half claimed exemptions to athletics. A detailed content analysis of one National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I school’s extensive exemption claims and its Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act report, student policies, Title IX lawsuit resolutions, faith statements, and state law wholly undermined its claim that it did not discriminate. Similarly, the NCAA, National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), while publicly committed to gender equity, have not addressed the discriminatory effects of Title IX exemptions on gender equity, competitive advantage, the student-athlete experience, or name, image, and likeness (NIL) requirements. Against that backdrop, we recommend clarifying students’ rights to exemption information and clarifying the effects of Title IX exemptions on gender equity in college athletics. Religious organizations and the schools they control are asked to consider disclaiming their Title IX exemptions