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Analyzing the Ramifications of Climate Change on Mental Health
Get PDFWhen thinking about the vast array of impacts that the climate crisis has on humanity, there are many things that come to mind, but mental health impacts are likely not one of them. Even though research demonstrates that mental effects from any form of disaster far exceed the physical health implications mental health impacts of the largest disaster facing humanity since the Second World War are rarely considered at all, let alone when solutions are being created. This has led to a hidden crisis emerging underneath an even larger crisis, with serious consequences for most individuals across the globe. The detail that makes the mental health impacts of climate change an even more dangerous externality than the physical impacts is the fact that most individuals are not exposed to the physical effects of climate change, while the mental effects are far reaching, and silent in their existence. This paper hopes to bring attention to the exact ramifications of climate change on mental health and well-being, how connecting with nature can lead to happiness, what can be done to help, and why this growing problem is so important to bring attention to
Peter Williamson, French and Indian Cruelty: A Modern Critical Edition
No full textThis book is the first scholarly edition of the most popular Native American captivity narrative published in eighteenth-century Britain. In this fully annotated modern version, Timothy J. Shannon re-acquaints modern readers with this popular North American captivity narrative, featuring a Scottish protagonist. He tells the story of Peter Williamson, a native of Aberdeen, who claimed he was kidnapped into indentured servitude in North America, lived as a captive among Indians there, and then fought as a soldier in the Seven Years’ War until he was taken prisoner by the French.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/1193/thumbnail.jp
Community Mobility and Depressive Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Get PDFImportance Marked elevation in levels of depressive symptoms compared with historical norms have been described during the COVID-19 pandemic, and understanding the extent to which these are associated with diminished in-person social interaction could inform public health planning for future pandemics or other disasters.
Objective To describe the association between living in a US county with diminished mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported depressive symptoms, while accounting for potential local and state-level confounding factors.
Design, Setting, and Participants This survey study used 18 waves of a nonprobability internet survey conducted in the United States between May 2020 and April 2022. Participants included respondents who were 18 years and older and lived in 1 of the 50 US states or Washington DC.
Main Outcome and Measure Depressive symptoms measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9); county-level community mobility estimates from mobile apps; COVID-19 policies at the US state level from the Oxford stringency index.
Results The 192 271 survey respondents had a mean (SD) of age 43.1 (16.5) years, and 768 (0.4%) were American Indian or Alaska Native individuals, 11 448 (6.0%) were Asian individuals, 20 277 (10.5%) were Black individuals, 15 036 (7.8%) were Hispanic individuals, 1975 (1.0%) were Pacific Islander individuals, 138 702 (72.1%) were White individuals, and 4065 (2.1%) were individuals of another race. Additionally, 126 381 respondents (65.7%) identified as female and 65 890 (34.3%) as male. Mean (SD) depression severity by PHQ-9 was 7.2 (6.8). In a mixed-effects linear regression model, the mean county-level proportion of individuals not leaving home was associated with a greater level of depression symptoms (β, 2.58; 95% CI, 1.57-3.58) after adjustment for individual sociodemographic features. Results were similar after the inclusion in regression models of local COVID-19 activity, weather, and county-level economic features, and persisted after widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccination. They were attenuated by the inclusion of state-level pandemic restrictions. Two restrictions, mandatory mask-wearing in public (β, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.15-0.30) and policies cancelling public events (β, 0.37; 95% CI, 0.22-0.51), demonstrated modest independent associations with depressive symptom severity.
Conclusions and Relevance In this study, depressive symptoms were greater in locales and times with diminished community mobility. Strategies to understand the potential public health consequences of pandemic responses are needed
Misinformation, Trust, and Use of Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19
Get PDFImportance The COVID-19 pandemic has been notable for the widespread dissemination of misinformation regarding the virus and appropriate treatment.
Objective To quantify the prevalence of non–evidence-based treatment for COVID-19 in the US and the association between such treatment and endorsement of misinformation as well as lack of trust in physicians and scientists.
Design, Setting, and Participants This single-wave, population-based, nonprobability internet survey study was conducted between December 22, 2022, and January 16, 2023, in US residents 18 years or older who reported prior COVID-19 infection.
Main Outcome and Measure Self-reported use of ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine, endorsing false statements related to COVID-19 vaccination, self-reported trust in various institutions, conspiratorial thinking measured by the American Conspiracy Thinking Scale, and news sources.
Results A total of 13 438 individuals (mean [SD] age, 42.7 [16.1] years; 9150 [68.1%] female and 4288 [31.9%] male) who reported prior COVID-19 infection were included in this study. In this cohort, 799 (5.9%) reported prior use of hydroxychloroquine (527 [3.9%]) or ivermectin (440 [3.3%]). In regression models including sociodemographic features as well as political affiliation, those who endorsed at least 1 item of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation were more likely to receive non–evidence-based medication (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 2.86; 95% CI, 2.28-3.58). Those reporting trust in physicians and hospitals (adjusted OR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.56-0.98) and in scientists (adjusted OR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.51-0.79) were less likely to receive non–evidence-based medication. Respondents reporting trust in social media (adjusted OR, 2.39; 95% CI, 2.00-2.87) and in Donald Trump (adjusted OR, 2.97; 95% CI, 2.34-3.78) were more likely to have taken non–evidence-based medication. Individuals with greater scores on the American Conspiracy Thinking Scale were more likely to have received non–evidence-based medications (unadjusted OR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.06-1.11; adjusted OR, 1.10; 95% CI, 1.07-1.13).
Conclusions and Relevance In this survey study of US adults, endorsement of misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of trust in physicians or scientists, conspiracy-mindedness, and the nature of news sources were associated with receiving non–evidence-based treatment for COVID-19. These results suggest that the potential harms of misinformation may extend to the use of ineffective and potentially toxic treatments in addition to avoidance of health-promoting behaviors
El retorno del oprimido: \u27la pasión y el interés de los agentes secundarios\u27
No full textEn su texto “El retorno del oprimido: ‘la pasión y el interés de los agentes secundarios’”, Álvaro Kaempfer explora la relación entre historia y ficción en dos obras del cambio de siglo: La gran semana de 1810: Crónica de la revolución de Mayo (1896), de Vicente Fidel López, y 1810: Memorias de un voluntario de la Patria Vieja (1905), de Luis Orrego Luco. De acuerdo con el autor, ambos textos representan las independencias americanas mediante un ejercicio de memoria histórica, que recupera las supuestas voces de actores secundarios, expresando un contrapunto con las versiones oficiales respecto de la emancipación. En dicho sentido, Kaempfer se plantea dos interrogantes: ¿de qué forma los actores secundarios presentes en las novelas históricas contribuyen a relativizar el discurso oficial acerca de la emancipación? ¿Hasta qué punto era posible confiar xclusivamente en las fuentes protagónicas para construir un relato sobre las historias nacionales? El ensayo examina, de este modo, las relaciones entre el discurso histórico oficial y las posibilidades que concede la ficción para desestabilizar los relatos elitistas y heroicos, que se han impuesto en la historiografía política decimonónica. [excerpt
Gettysburg College Life in Fall 1963
Get PDFThe 1960s were a tumultuous decade full of social change and political conflict. This project explores Gettysburg College life in the fall semester of 1963 from a variety of scopes
Making a Menorah
Get PDFIn my First Year Seminar Class, I designed and crafted a menorah and matching candles using the 3D printer and wax. I worked on this project over the course of a few weeks, facing construction obstacles along the way, but in the end I was thrilled with the results
JCCTL Mailer – July 27, 2023
Get PDFUpdates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on July 27, 2023.
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JCCTL Mailer – August 3, 2023
Get PDFUpdates on training and support and useful pedagogical resources compiled and sent by the JCCTL on August 3, 2023.
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The Effect of Remote Work on Firm Level Productivity
Get PDFThis paper investigates the impact of remote work on firm-level productivity. To observe this trend, we develop a theoretical model to understand how an economy performs. We consider the economy as a collection of firms in an attempt to maximize profit. By observing a firms profit function, we are able to derive their productivity by maximizing a representative firm’s profit function. For simplicity purposes, this study treats labor as the only factor of production to focus solely on how changes in the number of remote workers impact productivity. We ultimately find that productivity increases when the number of remote workers increases relative to non-remote workers. This holds true under the stipulation that remote workers are paid higher wages than non-remote workers