515 research outputs found
A Reconstruction of an Old French Anthology of religious Prose
No full textBarratt Alexandra. A Reconstruction of an Old French Anthology of religious Prose. In: Romania, tome 103 n°410-411, 1982. pp. 371-373
Judge Norris S. Barratt papers
No full textThe Papers of Judge Norris S. Barratt, a Philadelphia lawyer and author of Barratt's Chapel and Methodism, consist of fourteen letters he received from James H. Preston sent during Preston's first term as mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, (1911-1915) and three of Barratt's letters sent to Preston. The letters are both political and personal in nature. Also included are an invitation to a Symbolic Silver Service for James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, at Baltimore's City Hall and two pamphlets on Baltimore and Mayor Preston
The body in the realm of desire: Gendered images on the horizon of the drive
No full textThis paper examines the relation of body, soul, and God in the context of spiritual desire. It connotes a gendered relationship with the nature of divinity. A prime exponent of this mode of realization is Mechthild of Magdeburg, who longingly reaches for God, and employs vivid imagery in describing her quest
Informed choice in bowel cancer screening: a qualitative study to explore how adults with lower education use decision aids
No full textBackground: Offering informed choice in screening is increasingly advocated, but little is known about how evidence-based information about the benefits and harms of screening influences understanding and participation in screening. Objective:?We aimed to explore how a bowel cancer screening decision aid influenced decision making and screening behaviour among adults with lower education and literacy. Methods: Twenty-one men and women aged 55-64 years with lower education levels were interviewed about using a decision aid to make their screening decision. Participants were purposively selected to include those who had and had not made an informed choice. Results: Understanding the purpose of the decision aid was an important factor in whether participants made an informed choice about screening. Participants varied in how they understood and integrated quantitative risk information about the benefits and harms of screening into their decision making; some read it carefully and used it to justify their screening decision, whereas others dismissed it because they were sceptical of it or lacked confidence in their own numeracy ability. Participants' prior knowledge and beliefs about screening influenced how they made sense of the information. Discussion and conclusions:?Participants valued information that offered them a choice in a non-directive way, but were concerned that it would deter people from screening. Healthcare providers need to be aware that people respond to screening information in diverse ways involving a range of literacy skills and cognitive processes
sj-pdf-1-aic-10.1177_0310057X231212211 - Supplemental material for Exploring anaesthetists’ views on the carbon footprint of anaesthesia and identifying opportunities and challenges for reducing its impact on the environment
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-aic-10.1177_0310057X231212211 for Exploring anaesthetists’ views on the carbon footprint of anaesthesia and identifying opportunities and challenges for reducing its impact on the environment by Matilde Breth-Petersen, Alexandra L Barratt, Forbes McGain, Justin J Skowno, George Zhong, Andrew D Weatherall, Katy JL Bell and Kristen M Pickles in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care</p
Information needs and preferences of low and high literacy consumers for decisions about colorectal cancer screening: utilizing a linguistic model
No full textContext The use of written decision aids (DAs) in clinical practice has proliferated. However, few DAs have been developed for low literacy users, despite this group having low knowledge about healthcare and lacking involvement in health decisions. Objective To explore the information needs and understanding of adults with varying literacy in relation to colorectal cancer screening, and to consider their responses to two versions of a decision aid. Participants Thirty-three men and women aged 45-74 years were recruited from Adult Basic Education classes (n = 17) and University Continuing Education programs (n = 16). Methods We used qualitative methods (in-depth, semi-structured interviews) to compare and contrast the views of adults with lower and higher literacy levels, to gain a better understanding of how people with lower literacy value and interpret specific DA content and components; and determine whether needs and preferences are specific to lower literacy groups or generic across the broad literacy spectrum. Results Regardless of literacy perspective, participants' interpretations of the DA were shaped by their prior knowledge and expectations, as well as their values and preferences. This influenced perceptions of the DAs role in supporting informed decision making. A linguistic theoretical model was applied to interpret the findings. This facilitated considerations beyond the traditional focus on the readability of materials. Conclusion Decision aids developers may find it useful to apply alternative approaches (linguistic) when creating DAs for consumers of varying literacy
Julian of Norwich and her children today: Editions, translations and versions of her revelations
No full textThe viability of such concepts as "authorial intention," "the original text," "critical edition" and, above all, "scholarly editorial objectivity" is not what it was, and a study of the textual progeny of the revelations of Julian of Norwich--editions, versions, translations and selections--does little to rehabilitate them. Rather it tends to support the view that a history of reading is indeed a history of misreading or, more positively, that texts can have an organic life of their own that allows them to reproduce and evolve quite independently of their author. Julian's texts have had a more robustly continuous life than those of any other Middle English mystic. Their history--in manuscript and print, in editions more or less approximating Middle English and in translations more or less approaching Modern English--is virtually unbroken since the fifteenth century. But on this perilous journey, many and strange are the clutches into which she and her textual progeny have fallen
A decision aid to support informed choices about bowel cancer screening among adults with low education: randomised controlled trial
No full textABSTRACTObjective To determine whether a decision aid designedfor adults with low education and literacy can supportinformed choice and involvement in decisions aboutscreening for bowel cancer.Design Randomised controlled trial.Setting Areas in New South Wales, Australia identified associoeconomically disadvantaged (low educationattainment, high unemployment, and unskilledoccupations).Participants 572 adults aged between 55 and 64 with loweducational attainment, eligible for bowel cancerscreening.Intervention Patient decision aid comprising a paperbased interactive booklet (with and without a questionprompt list) and a DVD, presenting quantitative riskinformation on the possible outcomes of screening usingfaecal occult blood testing compared with no testing. Thecontrol group received standard information developedfor the Australian national bowel screening programme.All materials and a faecal occult blood test kit were posteddirectly to people’s homes.Main outcome measures Informed choice (adequateknowledge and consistency between attitudes andscreening behaviour) and preferences for involvement inscreening decisions.Results Participants who received the decision aidshowed higher levels of knowledge than the controls; themean score (maximum score 12) for the decision aidgroup was 6.50 (95% confidence interval 6.15 to 6.84)and for the control group was 4.10 (3.85 to 4.36;P<0.001). Attitudes towards screening were less positivein the decision aid group, with 51% of the participantsexpressing favourable attitudes compared with 65% ofparticipants in the control group (14% difference, 95%confidence interval 5% to 23%; P=0.002). Theparticipation rate for screening was reduced in thedecision aid group: completion of faecal occult bloodtesting was 59% v 75% in the control group (16%difference, 8% to 24%; P=0.001). The decision aidincreased the proportion of participants who made aninformed choice, from 12% in the control group to 34% inthe decision aid group (22% difference, 15% to 29%;P<0.001). More participants in the decision aid group hadno decisional conflict about the screening decisioncompared with the controls (51% v 38%; P=0.02). Thegroups did not differ for general anxiety or worry aboutbowel cancer.Conclusions Tailored decision support information can beeffective in supporting informed choices and greaterinvolvement in decisions about faecal occult bloodtesting among adults with low levels of education,without increasing anxiety or worry about developingbowel cancer. Using a decision aid to make an informedchoice may, however, lead to lower uptake of screening.Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00765869 andAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry12608000011381
Modelling individual preferences for environmental policy drivers: Empirical evidence of Italian lifestyle changes using a latent class approach
No full textDegraded air quality severely affects the health of citizens worldwide. The design of effective policies requires exploring public preferences for environmental and air quality policy instruments. Within the EC-FP7 SEFIRA project, using a choice experiment that stresses the trade-offs between attributes, this study investigates public preferences for environmental policy drivers in Italy. The main objective is to investigate the role played by selected policy drivers in determining policy preferences, complemented by elasticity and willingness to pay estimations. Preference heterogeneity and the role of socio-economic and attitudinal variables are explored with a latent class model over 2400 respondents sampled across Italy. The results allow identifying the different role played by the policy drivers across the classes. It emerged that most of the respondents (43%) are particularly sensitive to the cost components (cost sensitive respondents). The remaining respondents instead show an important sensitivity towards personal engagement in term of changes in the mobility and eating habits (lifestyle-change sensitive respondents). However, while 29% of them perceive these habits’ changes as negatively impacting on the personal utility, the other 28% of respondents translate the potential changes in the habitual behaviour of driving and eating as environmental and health benefits. Based on the modelling results, potential policies are simulated reporting respondents’ reaction to selected scenarios. It shows the crucial role played by reduction of premature deaths due to atmospheric pollution and measure cost.
ã 2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-N
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