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Extension Speaks - Program 1
No full textAn audio tape of a radio broadcast from CJFX in November 1956 called Extension Speaks – Program 1. The broadcast was part of a series called Extension Speaks. John Chisholm, Director of Rural Education for the Extension Department is the speaker. Topics include problems and possibilities in Eastern Nova Scotia, the economy, natural resources, unemployment, atmosphere and adult education in local industries, fishing, farming and co-operative programs
Evaluating a digital health application to process information from fitbits for clinical use
No full textIntroduction: Promoting adherence to Canada’s 24-Hour Movement Guidelines is crucial for reducing non-communicable diseases (Ross et al., 2020). Wearable lifestyle monitors (WLM) offer a potential solution for clinicians to objectively monitor patients’ physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep. This study explored clinicians’ perceptions of a novel digital health application designed to analyze this movement data from Fitbits in a format optimized for clinical use. Methods: Thirty-three participants completed an electronic survey consisting of four sections with 15 questions. Responses were recorded using a 1-5 Likert scale (i.e., 1 - Strongly Disagree to 5 - Strongly Agree). Data are presented as Mean (SD) and comparisons were made using independent t-tests. Results: Participants who reported interest in incorporating WLM into practice better perceived aspects of the software’s design [Likert 4.5(0.5) vs Likert 3.6(1.2); t(32) = -3.22, p = 0.003, d = -1.17] and implementation [Likert 4.4 (0.8) vs Likert 3.4 (1.1); t(32) = -3.092, p < 0.01, d = -1.15]. Clinicians’, regardless of demographic factors, did not perceive the software to take too much time away from patients and/or other tasks [Likert 2.3(1.3)]. Greater knowledge of Canada’s 24-Hour Movement Guidelines was related to better perceptions of the software’s design (r = 0.39, R2 = 0.15, p = 0.029) and implementation (r = 0.41, R2 = 0.17, p = 0.024). Conclusions: Clinicians interested in incorporating WLM into practice and/or have greater awareness of Canada’s 24-Hour Movement Guidelines have better perceptions of the software’s design and implementation. Importantly, time management was not a perceived barrier for this software’s clinical use
“I am not chocolate, I am caramel”: interracial families, raising biracial children and navigating the good, the bad, and the ugly
No full textInterracial partnership itself comes with a unique set of challenges and raising biracial children added another dimension to navigating society. Societal membership of specific groups is designed to categorize people based on visible and invisible traits. Biracial individuals struggle to fully be accepted into either group based upon these traits, therefore, society determines identity based upon social facts that are defined by the dominant race in society. Without fully understanding implications regarding racial categories, further complicates raising families that are resulting from interracial partnerships (Crawford & Alaggia, 2008: pp.83-84). Race in interracial relationships is influenced by external processes and understandings that stigmatize interracial partnerships. In turn, this contributes to social and emotional isolation causing difficulties in the family dynamic (Raghunandan, 2022, p.34). Racial identity is explicably intertwined with all aspects of life. We can move through life oblivious to the privilege we carry, or we can acquire a sense of awareness regarding race that permits us to discover our true place in society. As a parent, there are many instances where you must witness race relations that require you to recognize what it means to be biracial in society. It is important to discern how societal norms and expectations influences family relations, identity development and how interracial parents narrate their lived experiences when raising biracial children. Increases in biracial children should warrant societal reevaluation of racial constructs and the discourse used in racial socialization in society (Robinson-Wood, Muse, Hewett, Balogun-Mwangi, Elrahman, J.,Nordling, Abdulkerim, & Matsumoto, 2021: p.975)
