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Review of Remaking communities and adult learning: Social and community-based learning, new forms of knowledge and action for change [Book review]
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Narratives of climate adaptation and linkages to psychosocial and nutritional health in a Zimbabwean rural community
No full textIn the face of unprecedented climate change, adaptation has emerged as important for communities and nations to deal with the devastating effects of the phenomenon. It is inevitable that communities must adapt, although evidence in several regions, including Zimbabwe also point towards maladaptation. A plethora of studies have been developed to understand adaptation practices and processes, including the impacts of various adaptive strategies. However, this approach has been limited to particular fields such as livelihoods studies, with clear evidence in Zimbabwe that heath issues vis-à-vis adaptation outcomes have not been taken into consideration at policy, development and research levels. Our study is therefore breaking new research frontiers by exploring the nexus between adaptation strategies and psychosocial and nutritional health outcomes. As an important learning research process into a field where virtually no literature exists in the country, the results are both complex and intriguing. This qualitative study shows positive nutrition benefits such as improved dietary diversity and boost in self –esteem and, improved stress level over food availability as psychosocial health benefits.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2025.100205pubpu
The is-ness of things: reflections on observation used in contexts where words are hard to find
No full textItem is not available in this repository.Olivia Sagan - ORCID: 0000-0001-6128-8499 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6128-8499https://www.routledge.com/Exploring-Psychoanalytic-Concepts-through-Culture-the-Arts-and-Contemporary-Life-Learning-from-Observation-and-Experience/Lush/p/book/9781032932002inpressinpres
The Cult of Marvel’s Loki(s), and their (Queer) Redemption
No full textItem is restricted in this repository.Karl Johnson - ORCID: 0009-0007-6064-9150
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6064-9150Marvel’s Loki is a hero, a villain, a Young Avenger and a Dark Cabal member; a child, an adult, and an alligator; Prince (and Agent) of Asgard and King of Jotunheim; bi/pansexual and genderfluid; an architect of Ragnarök and sacrificial saviour of New Asgard; a Sorcerer Supreme and a Presidential candidate known variously as the God of Evil, Lies, Mischief, Outcasts, and Stories. Each iteration of the 60+ year-old character is a legitimate and concurrent variant of Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirbys’ original creation, occupying canonical positions within the wider transmedial, multiversal and more-or-less linear Marvel narrative (McMillan 2021; Wolk 2021).https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Superhero-Studies/Piatti-Farnell-Wilson/p/book/9781032433547?srsltid=AfmBOopQbxgbN2SNLapEsBd5ep2ys29jtwm6XOysQ1YxSN3lOXVLGh09inpressinpres
366 Opening the black box of cognitive functional therapy: a review using the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist [Abstract]
No full textFrom Elsevier via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: epub 2025-03-27, issued 2025-04-30Article version: AMPublication status: Publishedpubpu
Trees: colonial and anti-colonial: A letter from Palestine
No full textEurig Scandrett - ORCID: 0000-0002-0932-8817
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0932-8817Item is restricted in this repository.Trees have been planted in Palestine as an act of war and an act of resistance, as Eurig Scandrett reports.72inpressinpres
Attitudes towards Depression among Primary Healthcare Providers in Contrasting Fragility Contexts in Lebanon: A Cross Sectional Study [Working paper]
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Depression is a leading contributor to global disability, yet significant treatment gaps persist—particularly in fragile and low-resource settings. In Lebanon, efforts such as the WHO’s Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) and the National Mental Health Program (NMHP) aim to improve mental health integration within primary care. This study investigates the attitudes of primary healthcare providers (HCPs) toward depression in two contrasting Lebanese contexts—urban Beirut and rural Bekaa—and examines how mhGAP training influences these attitudes.
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2020 using the 22-item Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire (R-DAQ) was administered to 237 HCPs across 11 Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Primary Healthcare Centers (PHCCs) in Beirut and Bekaa. Data collection included socio-demographics, mental health training background, and clinical experience. Quantitative analysis involved descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVA, multiple regression, and exploratory factor analysis.
Results:
Most participants were female (60.3%) and based in Beirut (59.9%), with nearly half being medical doctors. While 94.4% reported frequent encounters with patients experiencing mental health issues, only 40.7% had received mental health training, and less than half of those were trained on mhGAP. Overall, HCPs held neutral-to-positive attitudes toward depression (mean R-DAQ score = 79 ± 8.08), with the strongest agreement around the need for a generalist approach. Professional confidence was moderate, and therapeutic optimism was mixed, with some respondents endorsing stigmatizing beliefs.
Attitudes were significantly more positive among HCPs trained in mhGAP, working in Beirut, having postgraduate education, or regularly encountering mental health patients. Multivariable analysis confirmed that mhGAP training and practice setting were key predictors of more favorable attitudes. Exploratory factor analysis validated the original three-factor structure of the R-DAQ.
Conclusion:
While primary care providers in Lebanon generally support integrating mental health into routine care, gaps remain in training and confidence—especially in more fragile rural settings. Scaling up evidence-based training such as mhGAP may enhance provider preparedness and reduce stigma toward depression, supporting broader mental health reform efforts in fragile health systems
Socially Engaged Art and Ethics: Power, politics and participation [Edited book]
No full textAnthony Schrag - ORCID: 0000-0001-8660-7572 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-7572Item is not available in this repository.Bringing together artists, curators, activists, academics, managers, and educators from around the world, this unique anthology examines the notion of ethics within socially engaged art.
The volume aims to deepen conversations around what ‘good’ or ‘right’ activities could be in this developing and expanding practice, and readers are invited to consider the contextual nature of socially engaged art – its politics, infrastructures and values. Supported by case studies from the United Kingdom, the United States, China, Cuba, South Africa, and Norway, as well as discussions relating to education, cultural policy, and activism, this volume provides a much-needed critical analysis in the making, curating, commissioning and managing of socially engaged art.
This collection is an ideal text for interdisciplinary courses that place visual arts (including design or performance) within social and political contexts but also for students and scholars of art, art history and visual studies more generally.pubpu
The Future of Theory in Occupational Therapy
No full textItem is not available in this repository.Sarah Kantartzis - ORCID: 0000-0001-5191-015X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5191-015XOccupational therapy is about to meet a slow explosion of possibilities. The nature of work and the nature of societies will change through the greater emphasis to be placed on artificial intelligence (AI), and the crisis of climate change and associated global health issues. These changes will not be overnight but will be seen over the coming years as, for example, we see further innovation and development in AI and the effects of climate change take hold. Old systems and technologies, together with patterns of everyday life, will co-exist with the new ones, for example, an increased emphasis on preventative health. Theoretical development will remain a challenge for occupational therapy in these changing contexts. The sociodemographic conditions that create the demand for the profession may make practice a priority over taking time to explore the consequences of social, technological, and environmental changes and expanding theory. However, the time to begin making occupational therapy theory forward-facing to address these anticipated seismic changes in how humans occupy time and remain healthy is now. We implore the profession’s scholars to embrace this challenge, begin updating theories, and creating new ones that will be effective tools to guide occupational therapy practice in this future world.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003526766pubpu
The impact on redeployed nurses of working in critical care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
No full textItem is not available in this repository.Lisa Salisbury - ORCID: 0000-0002-1400-3224 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1400-3224Background
Many nurses with little critical care experience were redeployed to critical care units during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist with the increased numbers of critically ill patients. The impact of this redeployment on nurses and their employing organization merits detailed assessment.
Aims
To (a) measure the impact on redeployed nurses of working in critical care during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify the predictors of that impact, (b) identify any differences between redeployed and critical care nurses and (c) measure the organizational impact.
Study Design
A cross-sectional study of redeployed (n = 200) and critical care nurses (n = 461) within the United Kingdom's National Health Service between January 2021 and March 2022. A survey measured components of the Job Demand-Resources Model of occupational stress. Free text questions enabled nurses to describe their experiences of being redeployed to critical care during the pandemic.
Results
Survey data indicated high levels of health impairment; 70% of redeployed nurses met the threshold for psychological distress, 52% for burnout and 35% had clinically significant symptoms of posttraumatic stress. When job demands (emotional load, mental load, pace and amount of work and role conflict) were high, health impairment was worse and when job resources (staffing, focus on well-being and learning opportunities) were low, work engagement was reduced. Free text comments illustrated both the stress and distress experienced by redeployed nurses.
Conclusion
Many redeployed nurses experienced significant negative consequences and potentially enduring sequelae of working in critical care during the pandemic. These may continue to affect individual and organizational outcomes.
Relevance to Clinical Practice
Nurses' well-being should be monitored, and appropriate services provided. Improvements in ongoing and meaningful communications with senior management alongside prioritization of ongoing professional development are required.National Institute for Health and Care Research. Grant Number: NIHR13206830pubpub
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