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Mothering, Reimagining & Starfishing: A Radical Way Forward
No full textActivist Jodie Patterson introduces the concept of front-loading Mothering as a proactive strategy for building better, stronger, more cohesive communities. Jodie Patterson is a mother of 5, author and a globally recognized LGBTQIA activist. As a public speaker, Ms. Patterson uses her platform to discuss topics of radical parenting, identity, and gender. When her son announced at the age of 3 “Mama, I’m not a girl. I am a boy” she set out to inform herself, shift her own bias and change the way her community understood gender. Patterson chronicles this journey in her memoir, The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation. Ms. Patterson was elected Chair of the Board of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and works closely with the organization’s Parents for Transgender Equality Council. She sits on Mount Sinai’s Institute for Health Equity Research Task Force, is on the Advisory Board of the Ackerman Institute’s Gender & Family Project, and serves as a key advisor to Mount Sinai’s pioneering Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery. In 2012, Ms. Patterson was chosen as one of Dell Computers’ “Dell Inspire 100”—a select group of world changers in the fields of entrepreneurship, philanthropy, education, and media. In 2017, she was appointed by the United Nations as a Champion of Change for her advocacy work. And in 2019, she was awarded Most Influential Mother of the year by Family Circle Magazine. Jodie Patterson lives in Brooklyn where she co-raises her children with love, education and family solidarity
Cultural Memory through Spaces: An Analysis of A. Mitgutsch’s House of Childhood and J. Erpenbeck’s Visitation
Get PDFAnna Mitgutsch’s House of Childhood (2000) and Jenny Erpenbeck’s Visitation (2008) use places as holders of cultural memory and historical witnesses. House of Childhood follows Max Berman as he returns to his childhood village to reclaim his Jewish family’s house. Visitation offers snapshots of German life in the same house in different time periods. Cultural memory, in Jan Assmann’s theory, is memory rooted in objectivized culture. When culture is crystallized into texts, images, buildings, landscapes, etc., these objects hold the history of a group and inform the group’s unity and self-image. Assmann outlines six characteristics of cultural memory: concretion of identity, capacity to reconstruct, formation, organization, obligation, and reflexivity. The town of H. in House of Childhood and the central house in Visitation meet each of these characteristics. The novels explore the importance of cultural memory in situations where memory is not passed on by people.https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/undergrad_selectedworks/1002/thumbnail.jp
Test Ordering Practices in Cancer Genetic Counseling
Get PDFThe widespread use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) has allowed multi-gene panel testing to become common practice in clinical cancer genetic testing over the past six years. Over this time, guidelines have been established and modified, but there is no consensus on how panel testing should be utilized in cancer genetic counseling. There is also limited research into how cancer genetic testing is ordered among different providers. In our study, 1,402 cancer genetic tests were ordered by a variety of provider types from a large academic institution consisting of 16 private and public hospitals as well as a laboratory serving the Long Island and New York City metropolitan area. Data was collected between 01/01/2018 and 09/30/2019 and analyzed to identify discrepancies in the ordering practices among different provider types. Out of the 1,402 cancer genetic tests ordered, 505 were general multi-gene panels, 330 of which were ordered by genetic counselors and geneticists, and the other 175 were ordered by a variety of non-genetics providers. Based on our analysis, there is a statistically significant difference (P-value \u3c 0.0001) in test ordering practices among genetics and non-genetics providers. Our study serves as a foundation for future research into these discrepancies, as well as for research into how to rectify these differences in test ordering practice
An Analysis of Fitness Affiliated Direct-To-Consumer Genetic Tests
Get PDFBased on current scientific literature, Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) genetic tests for fitness capability generally lack validation and have little predictive value. We aimed to evaluate DTC genetic fitness testing companies found through Google searches. Website information including genes tested and claims made by the companies was collected. In total, thirty-one companies were evaluated. Only 8 of 31 companies identify genes being tested and of these 8, only 4 cite any scientific literature. The 6 most common genes tested (MCGT) were ACE, ACTN3, AGT, FTO, IL6, a nd PPARG. The 5 most common claims (MCC) were genetically tailored nutrition, genetically tailored workout, information on injury risk, personalized fitness program, and response to training. Given the lack of information provided by the companies, we cannot fully assess the claims, and can only express skepticism about the limited value of such testing as per the current scientific literature. Therefore, more research is needed to better understand genetic differences associated with athletic traits for the benefit of consumers
Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Clinical Tool For Intervention with Families and for Exploring Intergenerational Impacts
Get PDFThrough a discussion of the seminal Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACEs), this thesis will explore the impact that early life experiences have on physical and mental well-being with an underlying emphasis on optimal child development and the essential nature of a stable, nurturing caregiver-child relationship. This thesis focuses first on the existing literature on child development, the attachment relationship, and the connection between adverse childhood experiences and adult behavioral and physical health. Then, this thesis provides an overview of the current efforts to assess adverse childhood experiences, including the impact of adverse experiences in the present moment, the connection between parental ACEs and offspring development, and the mechanisms by which ACEs are associated with poor outcomes. Then, this paper expands on some of the limitations of the original conceptualization of the ACEs’ use as a clinical tool. These limitations include the lack of generalizable data, a limited definition of adversity, the dichotomous nature, and the exclusion of protective factors. Throughout, this thesis examines the ACE Study and its subsequent modifications through the lens of the next generation, with the goal of outlining why a particular attachment-based intervention is beneficial for aiding vulnerable populations in reaching the best possible outcomes
Forgotten Beauty: Black Womanhood in the American Midwest and American South
Get PDFForgotten Beauty is a collection of short fiction stories about black women/girls in the American Midwest and the American South. The stories explore themes surrounding family dynamics, romantic relationships, and personal growth that are influenced by their identities and the cultural expectations of where they live.
Content warnings: Death/grief of a loved one, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse/alcoholis
Dance/Movement Therapy As An Intervention In The Treatment of Internet Gaming Disorder
Get PDFThis paper illuminates how the field of dance movement therapy can expand its reach to different populations in need of kinesthetic empathy. This heuristic review discusses the treatment option of dance/movement therapy for Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Dance/movement therapy is unique in the way it addresses the personal unconscious through creative non-verbal communication. Video gaming is a worldwide pastime that is captivating and fun for millions of people although the present concern is when video gaming becomes an uncontrolled behavioral addiction. Dance/movement theorist Trudy Schoop asserted, “It is only through the body that humans experience reality.” It is this researcher’s opinion that human interaction is a vital necessity to our well-being and cannot be replaced by digital contact through devices we have created to physically separate ourselves from one another. There is currently no literature on the use of dance/movement therapy as a treatment for IGD, thus this thesis explores how video games affect our minds and bodies and proposes that dance/movement therapy can be an effective intervention