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Delivering an online multi-component non-pharmacological intervention approach for family caregivers of dementia Patients: a pilot service-Learning program
No full textAs the number of dementia patients increasing, more and more family caregivers are getting involved, requiring social work professionals providing appropriate support. This pilot study evaluated an online Multicomponent Non-pharmacological Intervention Approach (MCNIA) for 36 family caregivers of dementia patients provided by 40 social work students in a Service-Learning Program (SLP) in China. A mixed-method evaluation was conducted using a pre-post-test design to explore the outcomes of students and family caregivers. Result illustrated that the SLP has a positive impact on social work student’s self-efficacy (t = 2.451, p < 0.05, d = 0.39), communication competence (t = 2.593, p < 0.05, d = 0.41), and social responsibility (t = 1.778, p = 0.083, d = 0.28). The online MCNIA promotes family caregivers’ competence and mastery as well as patients’ wellbeing by inputting beneficial elements of disease knowledge, caregiver role clarification, social network management, and group involvement that accelerate expectation changes and behaviours
Transforming Rehabilitation: Physiotherapy Students’ Expectations on Electronic Health Information Systems and Digital Services
No full textDigitalisation is one of the transforming forces in rehabilitation. This study aims to describe physiotherapy students’ perceptions of digital documentation, their expectations of using electronic health information systems (HIS), and the transformation of digital services in rehabilitation work. Two workshops for second-year physiotherapy students were performed. The workshop participants (n = 40) wrote their responses in small groups on a digital research platform. The inductive content analysis was applied to data analysis. Three main themes emerged for expectations of HIS: system, environmental, and individual factors. Further, the expectations for the transformation of digital services were categorized into three main themes: the possibility of service quality deterioration, improvement of service quality, and changes in operational culture. In conclusion, physiotherapy students identified meaningful features of HIS that affect rehabilitation, with key expectations of digitalisation around service quality and operational culture. Placing technology adoption within the future user’s context provides valuable insights for transforming rehabilitation
Liikuntarajoitteisten kokemuksia koululiikunnasta osallisuuden ja toimijuuden näkökulmista
No full textFrom monolayers to microfluidics : uncovering how brain support cells contribute to Parkinson’s disease. Impact of LRRK2 mutation and microfluidic platform on endothelial cell and astrocyte function
No full textCrossing silos: how changes in EU chemicals policy and legislation are reflected in its pharmaceutical policy and legislation
No full textBackground
The European Union (EU) has introduced several changes to its chemicals policy and legislation with an ambition to transform society greener. This study examined selected changes introduced in EU chemicals policy and legislation and how they may affect the pharmaceutical sector. The objective was to find out whether structural changes in one political sphere (chemicals) influence the other political sphere (health).
Methods
First, concrete changes to EU chemicals legislation or its implementation were identified. Then, qualitative content analysis was used to analyse how these changes are reflected in EU pharmaceutical policy, legislation and related guidance documents. Data was analysed using both deductive and inductive approaches. The concrete changes identified were used as codes for the deductive classification of quotations. The analysis continued inductively by examining these quotations for the topics they raise in EU pharmaceutical policy, legislation and related guidance.
Results
The results imply that structural changes in EU political sphere of chemicals may have a range of implications for the pharmaceutical sector. The need for derogations in certain cases regarding medicinal products was recognised, but in general, the pharmaceutical sector will not be exempted from the application of the new provisions. However, changes to EU chemicals legislation were rarely referred to in pharmaceutical policy, legislation and guidance. An inductive analysis of the quotations revealed that some changes (such as substances with endocrine-disrupting properties and changes to EU water legislation) have got more prominence in the pharmaceutical sector than others.
Conclusion
The analysis indicated that the pharmaceutical sector is taking a defensive approach to changes in EU chemicals legislation. This may be partly because many changes occur simultaneously, creating uncertainty about their combined and cumulative impacts. Closer cooperation between the Environment and Health Directorates-General is needed to steer more coherent transformation governance across different policy sectors in the EU
'Failure is future success': expanding knowledge through learning practices in a continuous innovation process
No full textInnovation is at the heart of modern working life in terms of both sustainability challenges and competitiveness. Knowledge – essential for innovations – in organisations is owned by different actors and embedded in their contexts and daily practices. To use this knowledge in innovation processes, it needs to be shared and expanded through learning practices at work. Literature still offers limited understanding of knowledge expansion and authentic learning practices in everyday innovation development. This study used a qualitative content analysis to draw on interview data from 31 participants, working in the high-technology company in Finland, to construct a model and description of innovation as a continuous process, viewed through the lens of knowledge expansion and learning practices. The findings of this study reveal that knowledge is at the same time a prerequisite for and the result of innovation expanded through specific collective learning practices of everyday work: participating, learning by doing and implementation. The knowledge built up through these practices became visible in decisions and a shared vision, in different raw versions and sketches, and in prototypes, pilots and final innovations. Findings are discussed considering prior research, with suggestions for future studies
Restoration of Reduced Self-Efficacy Caused by Chronic Pain through Manipulated Sensory Discrepancy
No full textHuman physical function is governed by self-efficacy, the belief in one’s motor capacity. In chronic pain patients, this capacity may remain reduced long after the damage causing the pain has been cured. Chronic pain alters body schema, affecting how patients perceive the dimension and pose of their bodies. We exploit this deficit using robotic manipulation technology and augmented sensory stimuli through virtual reality technology. We propose a sensory stimuli manipulation method aimed at modifying body schema to restore lost self-efficacy