50 research outputs found
What is the experience of babywearing a NICU graduate?
No full textThe benefits of skin-to-skin and kangaroo care have been well researched and documented. Despite the large volume of evidence to support various and long-term benefits to both caregivers and children, skin-to-skin care continues to be difficult to practice with eligible caregiver-child dyads. Babywearing may have similar benefits as skin-to-skin care but there is very little scholarly research on babywearing and no research available on babywearing children born prematurely. This study attempts to bring understanding of the effects that babywearing has on caregiver-child dyads after a NICU hospitalization. Six themes were identified in this qualitative phenomenological study. Four themes were similar to themes previously identified in kangaroo and skin-to-skin care research: Bonding, Calmness and Sleep, Decreased Stress and Anxiety, and Parental Empowerment. In addition to these previously described themes, two themes independent to this study were identified: Ease of Work, and Self-care. There is a paucity of research on the practice of babywearing. This study highlighted the need for further qualitative and quantitative research to support the needs of families caring for children born prematurely. In addition, there is evidence that babywearing could ease the workload for caregivers managing households that include high-needs children, such as premature infants. Another potential research focus should be using babywearing as mitigation for the effects of stress, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress after a NICU discharge for preemie parents.540 \;All rights reserved by the author, who has granted UCO Chambers Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its online repositories. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at [email protected] for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material
UAS Literary & Arts Journal
No full textProof copy provided by Tidal Echoes.Tidal Echoes presents an annual showcase of writers and artists who share one thing in common: a life surrounded by the rainforests and waterways of Southeast Alaska.Collage design of Jane Terzis paintings / Fisk, Chalise -- A Note from Chalise Fisk / Fisk, Chalice -- A Note from Kaleigh Lambert / Lambert, Kaleigh -- A Note from Emily Wall / Wall, Emily -- A Note from Katie Spielberger / Spielberger, Katie -- The Sacred and the Profane/ Terzis, Jane -- Wild Polaroid / Laster, Kate -- Reflecting on the Old Dock on Auke Lake / Bausler, Katie -- Dating Myself / Dauenhauer, Richard -- Forwarding John Updike's "Baseball" on The Writer's Almanac, June 22, 2009 / Dauenhauer, Richard -- Thoughts after Working on Salmon Eggs from our Grandson / Dauenhauer, Richard -- Burnt the Tea / Harris, Chelsie -- I Was in Love with a Boy Who Loved Dog-Sledding / Prescott, Vivian Faith -- The Last Word / Prescott, Vivian Faith -- Salmon Woman /Prescott, Vivian Faith -- At First Sight / Miller, Alexis Ross -- Organ Donor / Randall, SueAnna -- The Dichotomy of Dog Salmon / Miller, Alexis Ross -- Winter in Lingit Aani Brings Magpies and Ravens / Hayes, Ernestine -- To My Father, After My Last Summer Crewing on the Katrina Louise / Ross, Margaret -- Damp / Hughes-Skandijs, Kirsa -- Art 105 / Reed, Jennifer -- Portrait of a Man / Roys, Rob -- An Interview with Jane Terzis, Featured Artist / Kitchin, Hollis -- I Have the Capacity for Patience Terzis, Jane -- 4-H / Terzis, Jane -- Wildthing at the Glacier / Terzis, Jane -- I Have the Capacity for Honesty / Terzis, Jane -- I Have the Capacity for Obsessive Neatness / Terzis, Jane -- I Have the Capacity for Stubbornness / Terzis, Jane -- I Have the Capacity for Meanness / Terzis, Jane -- I Have the Capacity to Kill / Terzis, Jane -- Zora’s / Holloway, Robyn -- Thursdays after dinner / Holloway, Robyn -- Nixon’s reelection day / Holloway, Robyn -- They Break Not His Legs / Radford, Richard -- The girl / Eriksen, Christy NaMee -- How a mother remembers / Eriksen, Christy NaMee -- Atonement / Randall, SueAnn -- Romance in the Newsprint (strangely devised personal ads) / Laster, Kate -- Earthbound / Randall, SueAnn -- Memories of Winter / Lumba, Grace P. -- Metamorphosis / McQuitty, Christine -- Rivers in Washington / McQuitty, Christine -- Light at the End of the Tunnel / Bausler, Katie -- Sisters’ Islands / McQuitty, Christine -- Distress Signal / McQuitty, Christine -- Ice Caves and a Warm Wind / Bausler, Katie -- Coke Train / McCauley, Roberta -- My Backyard’s Winter Anatomy / Eckhout, Laurie -- Sunny With Chance of Feathers / Eckhout, Laurie -- Milky Way / Eckhout, Laurie -- Tag / Kiffer, Dave -- Islands / Kiffer, Dave -- Such Great Heights / Tomlinson, Elise -- The Seaweed Holt / Kirkwood, Daniel -- Sockeye / Elsensohn, Bonnie -- Insider/Outsider / Terzis, Jane -- Little Bitch / Terzis, Jane -- Pinocchio / Terzis, Jane -- Taylor, Home Depot, Tampa, 2001 / Terzis, Jane -- Danielle and Zouzou / Terzis, Jane -- My Father / Terzis, Jane -- Nine-Year-Old Kid / Terzis, Jane -- A Little Bit of Everything: Interview with Nick Jans, Featured Writer / Lambert, Kaleigh -- Crossing Sawyer / Wendel, Courtney -- Summer’s Drift / Rose, Chris -- Waterline / Ostrander, Brierley -- Ghost Meat, from the novel in process Nakolik / Jans, Nick -- The Giant’s Hand / Jans, Nick -- Rain Country / Jans, Nick -- The Stone Kyrielle / Bradac, Michael -- Autograph / Christiansen, Jack -- Shards / Chordas, Nina -- In Her Yellow Docs, She Shines / Christiansen, Summer -- Claudius Maximus / Richardson, Lacie -- Tracing Constellations / Benedict, Teslin -- Chasing the Promised Land / Lounsbury, Andy -- My Favorite Story About Elizabeth / Pasley, George R. -- The Destruction of the Russian Fort at New Archangel / Girardot, Dennis -- Jack of Hearts / Ostrander, Brierley K. -- Beached / Elsensohn, Bonnie -- Autumn Reflection / Blefgen, Linda M. -- JoJo / Miller, Linda -- Guardian / Miller, Linda -- King of the Jungle / Miller, Linda -- Child in the Woods / Stokes, Richard -- Respite / Strong, Daniel -- Burial at Sea / Radzilowski, John -- Gold / Slemmons, Mary Anne -- Geared for Drinking / Parker, Boni -- First Contact / Buffalo, T.M. -- Fish Story / Campbell, Jack -- Winter Mornings / Benedict, Helena -- Downpour / Stanway, Sondra -- Feather / Stanway, Sondra -- Snowbirds / Johnson, Tina M. -- The Sushi Chef Takes his Break During a Snowstorm on Lincoln Street / Johnson, Tina M. -- Author and Artist Biographies -- Wash Day in Cobh, Ireland / Blefgen, Linda M. -- Alaska Fisherman’s Building / Bornstein, Tom -- Bleed / Ostrander, Brierly K. -- Auke Lake Tree / Girven, Wend
Middle Columbia River ANS
No full textTitle from PDF title page (viewed on October 29, 2018).This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-53).Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
The relationship between depression and self-mutilation in adolescence
No full textPlan BThe importance of the relationship between depression and self-mutilation in the adolescent population is becoming more apparent. Analysis of these two variables demonstrates that they are correlated with one another in the adolescent population. The present study examines the relationship between depression and self-mutilation. Two scales, the Beck Depression Inventory II (Beck, 1996) and the Self-Harm Survey (Conterio, Lader, & Bloom, 1998) were administered to participants and the scores were correlated to determine whether a relationship existed between the two variables. Participants were residents from a residential treatment center for adolescents. Data analysis using Pearson’s r correlation coefficients were used to determine if there was a positive correlation between depression and self-mutilation. The t-test for independent means was utilized to determine if there was a difference between gender and self-mutilation, age and self-mutilation, as well as length of stay in the residential treatment facility and self-mutilation. The means and standard deviations were also determined for these variables. Statistical differences were indicated based on these findings. Implications of this study as well as recommendations for future studies on depression and self-mutilation were discussed in detail
Connecting theory and fiction: Margaret Atwood's novels and second wave feminism
No full textThis thesis undertakes an examination of the manner in which a novelist interacts with a contemporary theoretical discourse. I argue that the novelist and the theoretical discourse enter into a symbiotic relationship in which each influences and is influenced by the other. This process, I suggest, is simultaneous and complex. The thesis demonstrates how the prevailing theoretical discourse is absorbed by the contemporary author, is developed and redefined in conjunction with alternative concerns, and comes to permeate the narrative in an altered state. The novelist's new perspectives, frequently problematising theoretical claims, are then disseminated by the novel, promoting further discussion and development of the theoretical discourse. The thesis focuses on the novels of Margaret Atwood, considering them in relation to the history and development of second wave feminism. "Second wave feminism" is understood as an umbrella term that incorporates a wide variety of related but diverse and occasionally contradictory discourses, centring on the subjects of gender, femininity, and sexuality. The focus of the discussion is dual and presented simultaneously. Atwood's novels are analysed chronologically, and within the parameter of this analysis I demonstrate how her work has been influenced by earlier feminist theories, how it comments upon a variety of contemporary feminist ideas, and how it can be seen to anticipate further discussions within feminist discourse. Finally, I identify moments in Atwood's writing when alternative discourses compete with feminism to create new directions for feminist criticism. Examples of these discourses include Canadian nationalism, liberalism, communitarianism and environmentalism. The specificity of the novelist's interests and politics create a unique site of interaction for feminism which, I argue, benefits feminist theory by challenging, broadening and diversifying its focus. The thesis concludes that the symbiotic relationship of the theorist and the novelist is self-perpetuating and is also necessary and beneficial to both parties
'Thinking-through-Complicity' with Te Iwi o Ngāti Hauiti: Towards a Critical Use of Participatory Video for Research
No full textThis thesis explores some of the seductions and dangers of participatory video for research (PVR) involving Indigenous Māori and Pākehā research partners. The project within which PVR was used focused on exploring relationships between place, identity and social cohesion within ‘remote’ rural communities. It involved about 15 members of the Potaka whānau of Te Iwi o Ngāti Hauiti in the central Rangitīkei district of the North Island, Aotearoa New Zealand. A small group of iwi members, myself and an audiovisual specialist and trainer negotiated the project’s focus, process and ethics during 1998. A different group of iwi members were then trained in video production and community research methods later that year and supported to produce their own productions, and carry out video research interviews with other iwi members. The entire process of negotiation, training and collaborative research was filmed for archival and research purposes with everyone’s consent, and several collaborative publications and presentations have been produced since 1999.
The discursive space opened up by Ngāti Hauiti’s engagement with, and use of, video provides an opportunity to attend to the ‘cultural mediations’ that occurred throughout the research partnership and to inquire into the possible ‘empire building effects’ of visual technologies within participatory research more generally. The focus on PVR within a Māori context also prompts questions about the visual’s transformative potential within geographic research, and the implications of working through the use of a visual medium for rethinking disciplinary practices and knowledges, particularly when working cross-culturally.
In the thesis, I first review the evolution and attendant challenges associated with both the use of participation and video within research contexts. I trace their similar origins in modernist attempts to ‘know’ and ‘empower’ marginalised others, and highlight the ongoing marginalisation of Indigenous perspectives within mainstream debates. I then engage with conceptualisations of complicity and develop an analytical framework that expands on current discursive and ideological discussions to also attend to its material, embodied and spatial dimensions.
Using this framework and a complementary autoethnographic and ‘hyper-self-reflexive’ approach, I track aspects of my own power, complicity and desire within my research practice in the PVR project during the period 1998-2001. This approach involves the development of a particular reading position to focus on critical incidents of my research practice and a means of grappling productively with the polyvalent nature of my audiovisual and other information sources. I discuss these critical incidents within three processes associated with the research: facilitation, production and reception, attending to the complex and multifaceted interplay of audiovisual texts, their producers and their audiences throughout.
Such a thesis is expedient given that powerful and often uncritical rhetoric that besets participatory research and development is fast taking hold within geography. It is also timely given the proliferation of affordable and accessible audiovisual technology and its increasing use within geography and other social sciences. As geographers respond to calls to embrace more visual, tactile and other methods, this thesis offers possibilities for the repoliticisation of participatory discourse within social geography, through a more considered engagement with participatory action research, Indigenous research practices and audiovisual media such as video. I offer cautionary insights into the ‘power-full’ effects of these ways of working
Contextualizing narrative theory: reading the politics of formal innovation in contemporary women's fiction
No full textTo ignore the strategies and structures through which stories are told, this thesis contends, is to neglect a vital dimension of their politics. Narratology provides productive analytical tools to illuminate the complex and varied mechanics of narrative form, yet it also bears the traces of its structuralist origins. Its value is therefore contingent upon its continuing reformulation as an expansive, pluralist and contextualized critical discipline. Participating in this expansion, this
thesis evidences the pertinence and vitality of some narratological models and the limitations of others. It opens up alternative critical possibilities by drawing upon insights within contemporary critical theory, from poststructuralist philosophy to transcultural feminism to
sociolinguistics. Above all, my interventions proceed from close readings of innovative fiction by women writers hitherto all but unrepresented in, and therefore potentially subversive of, existing models: Nicole Brossard, Daphne Marlatt, Hiromi Goto, Ali Smith, Jackie Kay, Erna Brodber, Dionne Brand, Aritha van Herk.
The first chapter formulates an in-between critical space where feminist and postmodernist theories of narrative intersect. It re-examines metafiction through the lens of auto(bio)graphical practice and feminist poststructuralist theories of self, and introduces the notions of folds and
echoes to describe specific structural innovations. Chapter Two examines unconventional uses of second-person address and reconsiders existing narratological approaches in their light, focusing on the `push and pull of narrative' that the `you' form enacts. Chapter Three addresses the insufficient attention paid to multiply narrated novels, theorizing them as `narrative communities' and introducing terms to describe different internal relations between narrators, relations that can often be read as determinedly 'democratic'. The final chapter contests the
hegemony of temporal models of narrativity by formulating a 'spatial poetics' that accounts both for how spatial structures can be agents of narrative change and for the complexity of textual constructions of space, which frequently exceed static definitions of 'setting'.
Running throughout is a reconception of narrative as located not with the figure of the narrator, but in relations of intersubjectivity. The narratological criticism formulated here works towards a situated ethics of reading responsive to the politics of writing: it is engaged, relational, and ever in process
History of cervical cancer and the role of the human papillomavirus, 1960–2000
No full textThe history, largely untold, of the development of cervical cytology, of effective screening and its ultimate success in reducing cervical cancer incidence and mortality, and the viral cause of cervical cancer, took place within a complex social background of changing attitudes to women’s health and sexual behaviour.
Dr Georges Papanicolaou’s screening method (the Pap smear) started in the US in the 1940s. It was widely used in the UK a decade later and a national programme of cervical screening was established in 1988. The association of sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) with cervical cancer was less readily accepted. The detection of HPV16 in cervical cancers at the end of the 1970s was aided by the explosion of laboratory, clinical, and public health research on new screening tests and procedures. These made possible the successful development, licensing and use of preventive vaccines against the major oncogenic HPV types, HPV16 and -18.
The Witness Seminar was attended by virologists, cytologists, gynaecologists, epidemiologists and others and addressed the development of cytology as a pathological discipline. They discussed who became cytologists and screeners; the evolution of screening in the UK and elsewhere; the impacts of colposcopy and of HPV; and the discovery of virus-like particles and the development of the HPV vaccine.
The meeting was chaired by Professor Glenn McCluggage and the topic was suggested by Professor David Jenkins. Contributors include: Professor Valerie Beral, Professor Saveria Campo, Professor Jocelyn Chamberlain, Professor Dulcie Coleman, Dr Lionel Crawford, Professor Heather Cubie, Professor Jack Cuzick, Dr Ian Duncan, Dr Winifred Gray, Dr Amanda Herbert, Professor David Jenkins, Dr Elizabeth Mackenzie, Dr Joan Macnab, Professor Anthony Miller, Professor Julian Peto, Dr Catherine Pike, Professor Peter Sasieni, Professor Albert Singer, Dr John Smith, Professor Margaret Stanley, Mrs Marilyn Symonds, Dr Anne Szarewski, Professor Leslie Walker, Mr Patrick Walker, Dr Margaret Wolfendale and Professor Ciaran Woodman. Two appendices with reminiscences from Professor Leopold Koss, Dr Arthur Spriggs and Dr O A N (Nasseem) Husain complete the volume
Residential out-of-home care staff perceptions of implementing a trauma-informed approach : the sanctuary model
No full textThe aim of this study was to explore and better understand the enablers and barriers of implementation and how these impact on the organisational successes and challenges of adopting The Sanctuary Model, as perceived by residential care staff. Following ethics approval, three semi-structured interviews and six focus groups were conducted with residential care staff between February and July, 2020. Participants identified a number of enablers, presented in the subthemes: (a) social support systems and resources; (b) shared trauma-informed knowledge and understanding; and (c) leadership and champions. These enablers influenced organisational successes in adopting: (a) the Sanctuary Commitments; (b) the S.E.L.F Framework; (c) Reflective Practice and Supervision; and (d) Trauma Theory. A number of barriers hindering implementation were identified. These were reflected in the subthemes: (a) informal practice; (b) lack of practice-based training; (c) poor introduction to young people; and (d) resources. These barriers impacted on organisational challenges faced in residential out-of-home care including: (a) The Sanctuary Model Toolkit and (b) young people's behaviour and engagement. Comparisons from this study and previous findings identified by executive and upper management staff (decision makers) are discussed. Key findings indicate that when implementing, sustaining and embedding The Sanctuary Model, organisations need to become trauma-informed rather than 'do' trauma-informed care and organisations need to "live and breathe" The Sanctuary Model Commitments, be connected and inclusive of one another, use trauma-informed language and feel safe. [Abstract copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021.
