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Cosmopolitanism and Urban Space in Doha, Qatar
Get PDFThis essay commences with an ethnographic sojourn through the Industrial Area, a peripheral zone of the urban landscape in Doha, Qatar that is densely inhabited by low wage migrant laborers. In this segregated urban enclave, I ascertain the openness to alterity and the interactions with difference that connect their experiences to the conceptual legacy of cosmopolitanism. Via a discussion of the segregated experiences of transnational migrants in Doha’s urban landscape, I then stake out a speculative argument for the connection between that segregation and the resulting cosmopolitan conditions. Together, these two assertions explore manifestations of cosmopolitan urbanism in non-Western and non- democratic cities. In the conclusion to this essay, I suggest that we might usefully disentangle our assessment of these cosmopolitan conditions from our sustained critiques of the global landscape of inequality, and turn my attention brie!y to the western ethnocentricities that suffuse the analytic lens by which we gauge cosmopolitanism and the city
Impacts of Cultural Competency Training on Patient Outcomes
Get PDFThe collaborating provider is Malcolm Reed, OTR/L who works at an outpatient clinic with the Office of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Tacoma, WA. The outpatient clinic that Malcom practices in is a multidisciplinary rehabilitation setting that provides therapy services of PT, OT, SLP, and chiropractic care treating a wide variety of diagnoses. Mr. Reed believes there is a growing need for a strategy to provide effective culturally competent care at the VA, particularly for the African American population. The need to provide care to the increasingly diverse veteran population guided student researchers to conduct a literature review asking if cultural competency training for healthcare providers at the VA is associated with improved patient outcomes. Full text reviews of 10 journal articles revealed qualitative and quantitative data on patient’s perceptions of cultural competent care, 2 cultural competency training outcomes studies, and patient health outcomes related to MDD, diabetes, HIV, health behaviors, and medical adherence to treatment recommendations. Studies reveal that culturally competent practices can positively influence patient outcomes via the interaction between patient engagement in health promoting behaviors and provider interpersonal skills and sensitivity.
Knowledge translation efforts consisted of synthesizing the data into a PowerPoint presentation to deliver to healthcare providers at a virtual interdisciplinary meeting at the Office of the VA in Tacoma, Washington. A live and recorded presentation disseminated results from the literature review and an infographic with evidence-based recommendations for best practice was provided to attendees and VA interdisciplinary email recipients. To quantify the efficacy of knowledge translation efforts, a pre- and post-survey was offered to attendees of the live presentation. Results indicate that participants improved in their understanding of the influence of culturally competent practices upon the healthcare outcomes in ethnically diverse populations. They expanded their definitions of cultural competency to include aspects of client factors not explicitly intertwined with identity, culture or background. Provider’s identified the role of interpersonal skills that build trust and improve communication as important elements of cultural competency. Providers expressed increased interest in accessing literature regarding the efficacy of cultural competency upon patient outcomes. Future recommendations include expanding studies that measure the efficacy of cultural competency trainings on patient outcomes in healthcare settings in and outside of the VA. Such studies should be large-scale and conducted on ethnically and culturally diverse populations. Effective knowledge translation efforts indicate that cultural competency trainings may improve provider confidence and stimulate provider interest in furthering their cultural competency knowledge and skills
Strength-based Occupational Therapy Interventions for Neurodiverse Adolescents and Young Adults
Get PDFIn collaboration with Seattle Therapy Network, an outpatient pediatric occupational and speech therapy clinic, a critical appraisal of the literature was conducted to answer the following question: How can occupational therapists provide strength-based interventions for adolescents and young adults with autism and/or ADHD that support progression toward personally meaningful outcomes? Nineteen articles were critically appraised and were found to support using such interventions to promote meaningful outcomes in seven occupational areas. It is recommended that occupational therapy practitioners utilize strength-based, identity-affirming approaches that leverage client interests and abilities when working with neurodiverse youth in order to facilitate progress toward meaningful goals.
The knowledge translation activity consisted of a 30-minute presentation at the collaborating facility that summarized the evidence and discussed relevant implications to their practice. Impact was monitored by administration of pre- and post-meeting surveys to 11 attendees. Survey results indicate that the presentation increased attendees’ knowledge of strength-based interventions and that the practitioners are eager for additional information and resources. Practical resources for implementation of strength-based interventions for neurodiverse adolescents and young adults are still emerging and would benefit from continued investigation
Pediatric Burn Management: Examining Efficacy and Affordability
Get PDFOur research was led by Kelly Culhane, OTR/L, at California Children Services (CCS), in searching for efficacious and cost-effective occupational therapy treatments, or sequences of treatments, in chronic pediatric (ages 3-21) burn scar management. The primary outcomes following burn scar treatment are to increase functionality, mobility, well-being, and to improve the physical appearance of the scars. Research suggests that exercise, massage, silicon gel, and silicon patches can all be used as occupational therapy treatment for burn scars. Unstructured massages and silicon patches were found to be the most cost-effective solutions, resulting in less itch and scar vascularity, and increased range of motion of the burn scar sites. Additionally, completion of exercise programs were found to lead to fewer surgeries to improve functionality of burn scars.
Because burn scars are infrequently seen by pediatric occupational therapists, a website page was created on burn scarring information and treatment for practitioners who may not have much exposure to burn scar treatment. The impact of the website page was measured by counting visits to the site in its two week launch period; the site acquired a total of 107 views in March and April of 2023, with 71 views in March and 36 views in April. Although treatment recommendations were based upon the most current published research, a limitation to this review was the scant number of studies on burn scar treatments, specifically in the pediatric population. Future studies focused on the pediatric population and how they best respond to various burn scar treatments would be beneficial for enhancing evidenced-based interventions
Consequences of the Past: Challenging and Relearning the Relationship between Race and Pain
No full textMy research explores the history of enslavement and the beginning of medicine as well as the conduction of modern medicine. I am seeking to connect the biological and physiological differences that were assumed about black people during the time of enslavement to justify slavery, to the modern discrepancies in care for black people. Black pain was and still is diminished. Medicalization, desire for differentiation, superiority, inferiority, abuse, exploitation, bias, ignorance, pain, and medical racism are all themes that present themselves in the work. I am also trying to determine whether pre-health students at the University of Puget Sound (UPS) have discussed pain in their classes and whether they are aware of misconceptions of black pain compared to white pain
The Impact of Amateur Hockey Leagues on NHL Performance
Get PDFOne of the main ways a National Hockey League (NHL) team can acquire players is through the Entry Level Draft, in which players between the ages of 18 and 20 are selected by teams based on what they have accomplished in junior hockey. Over 200 players are drafted each year over the course of seven rounds. However, the chances of draftees making it in the NHL is low. Only 51% of players drafted from 2007-2015 have played in the NHL. And only 33% have played in at least 82 games. Since the success rate is so low it is important to understand what amateur leagues can tell us about a player and how they might contribute to their NHL team. We used several models to find the relationship between amateur hockey leagues and success in the NHL and attempted to make connections between “types” of players developed and amateur leagues across different countries
Two Dimensional Continuum Model of Ice
Get PDFTwo key questions about ice crystal dynamics, both relevant to how cirrus ice modulates Earth’s climate, have so far resisted satisfactory explanation. One is, how do smooth, faceted surfaces of these crystals remain smooth even when the overlying vapor field is inhomogeneous? And secondly, what prompts the transition from smooth faceting mesoscale roughening under certain conditions? Here we describe previous work employing a quasi-liquid mediated continuum model of ice surface dynamics, to examine answers to these questions. In particular, we describe how conclusions about uniform growth previously inferred from the one-dimensional model remain valid in two dimensions, with some interesting modifications. We also describe how the model reproduces faceted ice ablation (rather than growth) occurs. We also describe how the dynamics resembles that of stable limit cycles, resistant to high spatial frequency noise
Does environmental flow speed affect the local relative abundance of Vorticella convallaria?
Get PDFVorticella convallaria are microscopic sessile suspension feeders which live attached to substrates and are ubiquitous in aquatic environments. They depend on a self-generated current to feed and help maintain the health of aquatic ecosystems by consuming bacteria and detritus. As highly prevalent filter feeders, they serve as biological indicators of ecosystem health and are heavily involved in nutrient and carbon cycling. Furthermore, they are essential to wastewater treatment and benefit bioremediation efforts. However, the conditions in which they collectively thrive and feed most effectively are not well known. We exposed organisms to a circulating flume containing four distinct unidirectional flow regimes of different speeds. Initial results suggest that organisms are significantly more abundant in the slow speeds, in which they are less pushed over and may feed more effectively. Vorticella remained more abundant in the slowest flow speed over time, and became more abundant when the order of flow regimes was reversed (transforming a fast flow regime into one with a slower speed), indicative of selective preference
From an Adoptee\u27s Perspective: Interracial Adoption and Identity
Get PDFMuch of the research-based on adoption comes from the perspectives of the parents, adoption agencies, and other scholars, rather than the perspectives of adoptees themselves. My participants and I make up the unique demographic of interracially adopted people currently living in the United States today. The adoptee experience is unique in the sense that identity formation is very different from other people. Interracial adoptions are very visible since the adoptee’s physical identity does not match the physical identity of their adoptive family. It leads many researchers to wonder how that racial difference impacts an adoptee’s sense of self? My research aims to uncover how adoptees cope with their identities given their unique backgrounds and also ensure that their experiences are shared with others. It is not well known how greatly adoption impacts adoptees and it is especially important to look at their stories when thinking about future generations. My summer research has been aimed at answering the question: How do adoptees cope with the impact that having an interracial adoption background has on their sense of identity especially going into adulthood