12,364 research outputs found
Interview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City
No full textInterview with Nicholas Christopher, author of Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American Cit
Patients, professionals and power dynamics: Exploring the role of mental health service improvement work within a person’s experience of recovery
No full textOver the past 30-40 years health policy and literature internationally has emphasised increased user involvement in the shaping of mental health care. However, little has been written to contextualise such involvement experiences within people’s own recovery from mental health crisis and their ‘life story’.This qualitative study interviewed individuals who have accessed mental health services and become involved in working with care providing organisations. Its aim was to contextualise experiences within their life ‘story’ and recovery, exploring identities and roles assumed by the narrators. Ten participants were recruited using a theoretical sampling strategy. The interviews were structured around an oral history/life story approach and the transcription process incorporated performance aspects, as well as spoken content.Drawing on Braun & Clarke’s approach to thematic analysis key emergent themes were clustered to identify overarching themes across all interview narratives. Storytelling devices important to life stories were also explored. The narratives recorded could be broadly split into three phases or ‘acts’; ‘life before mental health crisis’, ‘entering the mental health system’ and ‘enlightenment and changing the script’. The analysis and discussion identified overarching themes of ‘Survival’, ‘Institutional Power and Dominance’, and ‘Asserting Power & Forging a New Identity’, which traversed these acts.The study concluded that to experience recovery from mental health crises, user involvement activity had significant value up to a point. To regain a true sense of autonomy, restoration/formation of identity and challenge services to improve their care, however, a person often needs to step outside of the mental health system. Recommendations about how this might be achieved and areas for future research are discussed
Creating a synthetic spatial microdataset for zone design experiments
No full textNew forms of administrative and linked data containing high levels of attribute and spatial detail present increased risks of information disclosure about individuals, potentially enabling identification. Evaluation of disclosure risk using real data is not feasible, as disclosive record-level data are understandably not accessible for such research. This paper details development of a synthetic microdataset for England and Wales with a realistic distribution of household locations and individual characteristics. Data for the study comes from the England and Wales 2011 Census and are combined from multiple tables and sources to arrive at the final dataset. Our motivation for this work is exploit the synthetic dataset for assessment of alternative automated zone design solutions, with the eventual aim of improving researcher access to the most useful data while minimising disclosure risk. However, the synthetic microdataset, and the methodological approach used to produce it, potentially have wider utility than our automated zone design research. This working paper documents the generation of our synthetic dataset in a way intended to benefit others needing to conduct experiments on a non-disclosive population microdataset
The Course and Predictors of Patient Participation in Inpatient Occupational Therapy: Understanding the Impact on Outcomes and Implementation Barriers
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
Patient participation (engagement) is a keystone of patient-centered care. This study provided evidence to support how active participation in occupational therapy would enhance patient outcomes at discharge and 1 yr postinjury. We also identified barriers to patient participation in rehabilitation.
Primary Author and Speaker: Alex Wong
Contributing Authors: Christina Papadimitriou, Arielle Goldsmith, Katrina Christopher, Gale Whiteneck, Anne Deutsch, Eric Lenze, Allen W. Heinemann</jats:p
Birth weight and later risk of depression in a national birth cohort
No full textBackground: Low birth weight increases the risk of childhood behavioural problems, but it is not clear whether poor foetal growth has a long-term influence on susceptibility to depression. Aims:To examine the relation between birth weight and risk of psychological distress and depression. Method: At age 16 years 5187 participants in the 1970 British Cohort Study completed the 12-item General Health Questionnaire to assess psychological distress. At age 26 years 8292 participants completed the Malaise Inventory to assess depression and provided information about a history of depression. Results: Women whose birth weight was 3 kg had an increased risk of depression at age 26 years (OR=1.3; 95% CI1.0–1.5) compared with those who weighed >3.5 kg. Birth weight was not associated with a reported history of depression or with risk of psychological distress at age 16 years. In men there were no associations between any measurement and the full range of birth weight but, compared with men of normal birth weight, those born weighing 2.5 kg were more likely to be psychologically distressed at age 16 years (OR=1.6,95% CI1.1–2.5) and to report a history of depression at age 26 years (OR=1.6,95% CI1.1–2.3). Conclusions: Impaired neurodevelopment during foetal life may increase susceptibility to depression
Comments on "The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata)" by A.S. Gale and perspectives on the systematics of the Asteroidea
No full textBlake, Daniel B., Mah, Christopher L. (2014): Comments on "The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata)" by A.S. Gale and perspectives on the systematics of the Asteroidea. Zootaxa 3779 (2): 177-194, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1309
No full textThe collection includes letters written by the children’s book author, Matt Christopher, to his son, Marty Christopher. Many of the letters also contain newspaper articles of interest to Matt Christopher, which deal with local sports teams, his writing career, his participation in an exhibition baseball game against the New York Giants in 1938, and other of general interest. Most of the letters are personal in nature, however, a majority of the letters delve into Matt Christopher’s writing career, personal interests, the author’s health, as well as his family life.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2649/thumbnail.jp
Matt Christopher Papers - Accession 1221
No full textMatt Christopher (1917-1997) was a prolific author of children’s books having written over 100 books as well as over 300 short stories, articles, poems, and screenplays. Most of his writings dealt with sports themes, but he also wrote fantasy and mystery themed stories as well. The Matt Christopher Papers consist of both published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, and short stories. Also included are personal and business correspondence, biographical information, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1976/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Christopher von Rueden – Faculty Author Interview
No full textDr. Christopher von Rueden, an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, discusses a recent article entitled, “Men’s status and reproductive success in 33 non-industrial societies: Effects of subsistence, marriage system, and reproductive strategy,” which he co-authored with Dr. Adrian Jaeggi, an anthropologist at Emory University. Their findings were recently published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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