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Supplemental Material - Examination of Maternal Allostatic Load Among Postpartum Women With Distinct Postpartum Symptom Typologies
No full textSupplemental Material for Examination of Maternal Allostatic Load Among Postpartum Women With Distinct Postpartum Symptom Typologies by Jihye Kim Scroggins, Qing Yang, Sarah K Dotters-Katz, Debra Brandon, and Karin Reuter-Rice in Biological Research For Nursing.</p
Art and Art History Department, Rice University
No full textGroup photograph of nineteen faculty and staff members of Rice University’s Fine Arts Department. They are seated and standing in an art studio, with a backdrop of makeshift walls hung with canvases, and other items, including a demonic mask being held aloft by one of the faculty, as well as a large box of detergent on a small table. Pictured are: Basilios Poulos, William Camfield, Karin Broker, Edward Wilson, Peter Brown, Richard Wilson, Mary Barnes, Patricia Toomey, Brian Huberman, Neil Havens, John Hallam, Marion Grayson, Ann Arnett, Marla Wells, Chester Boterf, Rachel Dvoretzky, Katherine Brown, Geoffrey Winningham, and Walter Widrig. this image was used in the 1987 Campanile. Original resource is a black and white photograph.Pictured: Basilios Poulos, William Camfield, Karin Broker, Edward Wilson, Peter Brown, Richard Wilson, Mary Barnes, Patricia Toomey, Brian Huberman, Neil Havens, John Hallam, Marion Grayson, Ann Arnett, Marla Wells, Chester Bolerf, Rachel Dvoretzky, Katherin Brown, Geoffrey Winningham, and Walter Widri
Postpartum Symptom Clusters in Birthing Individuals
No full textProblem: Many birthing individuals experience postpartum symptoms which are associated with adverse health conditions including long-term weight gain and depression. Postpartum symptoms often occur in clusters (i.e., three or more co-occurring symptoms that are related to each other) which makes it more difficult to manage. To date, research has been focused on individual symptoms which limits our understanding of how postpartum symptom clusters manifest and impact health. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation was to develop knowledge on postpartum symptom clusters among birthing individuals. One systematic review (Chapter 2) and three quantitative studies (Chapters 3 to 5) were conducted to achieve this purpose.Methods: For the systematic review, five databases were searched to locate articles. Two reviewers performed title/abstract and full-text screening. Article qualities were examined using Standard Quality Assessment Criteria. Key information was extracted and synthesized using a narrative synthesis. For three quantitative studies, secondary data from the Community and Child Health Network study was used. First, latent profile analysis was performed in Chapter 3 to identify subgroups of postpartum women with different postpartum symptom profiles at 6 months postpartum using observed variables (i.e., general stress, posttraumatic stress, postpartum depression, and sleep disturbance-quality and -quantity). Next, in Chapters 3 to 5, associations between the identified symptom profiles and (a) clinical and social determinants of health (SDOH) characteristics and/or (b) maternal health outcomes (i.e., long-term depression, well-being, and allostatic load) were examined using bivariate and multivariate analysis.
Findings: A total of 30 articles were included in the systematic review (Chapter 2). The majority were quantitative and cross-sectional. Factor analysis was the most frequently used. Stress, depression, somatic, and anxiety clusters were the most frequently identified. In Chapter 3, five distinct postpartum symptom profiles were identified which were labeled as Profile 1: Minimum, Profile 2: Highly disturbed sleep quantity, Profile 3: Mild-moderate, Profile 4: High, and Profile 5: High psychological symptoms. Postpartum women in high symptom severity profiles (Profiles 4 and 5) had significantly more early postpartum complications and a history of depression (Chapter 3). Experiences of different social-economic hardships (e.g., discrimination in healthcare settings or food insecurity) also had a significant impact on postpartum symptom profiles (Chapter 4). Furthermore, postpartum women in high symptom severity profiles had significantly higher depression at 18 and 24 months, lower well-being at 24 months, and higher overall allostatic load at 12 months (Chapters 3 and 5).
Conclusion: This dissertation study found that birthing individuals do have complex and unique postpartum symptom cluster experiences and such experiences have a significant impact on their long-term health. Future research and practice should consider providing targeted interventions to optimally manage postpartum symptom clusters and prevent the development of adverse health outcomes. In doing so, it is critical to consider and address comprehensive SDOH from multiple layers of society.</p
R. I. P. Karin Schneider (1931-2019)
No full textNigel Palmer schrieb (via INCUNABULA-L): "Dr Karin Schneider, the doyenne of medieval German manuscripts studies - the Bernard Bischoff of her generation, died on 14.October. She was a wonderful scholar, so modest and yet so learned, the person in the Bavarian State Library who provided basic courteous help to readers, the author of the ground-breaking handbook on gothic script in Germany, and the author of a whole series of mss catalogues of the vernacular codices in Nuremberg, Munich and Au..
Free entry in infrastructure
No full textWith a policy of free entry, individuals, firms, or community groups who wish to supply power, water, and sanitation services can do so with minimal legal restrictions. Free entry is the opposite of"exclusivity"or"legal monopoly". Free entry is allowed in most industries, but governments usually allow only one provider of power, water, and sanitation in any given area. This is supposed to prevent wasteful duplication and ensure a supply of essential services to poor and marginal areas. But monopoly water and power utilities often operate at high cost, lack funds to invest, and provide low-quality, unreliable service. Worse, poor and marginal areas are often unserved. When the monopoly model doesn't work, it is time to look at alternatives. The authors provide examples of alternative solutions in developing countries: *In Karachi, Pakistan, the Orangi Pilot Project provides sanitation in an unplanned settlement. Roughly 800,000 working class people lived in an area where sanitary conditions were medievaland a long-hoped-for sewerage system never came. Starting in 1980, a charitable group developed a low-cost approach to piped sanitation, explained the technology to the community, and catalyzed community action. Householders and neighborhoods funded the construction of household pourflush latrines and sewerage lines. * In Paraguay, 300 to 400 private individuals and aguateros supply good quality piped water to areas unserved by the public water company. Unlike the public company, the aguateros allow payment of connection fees on installment, making it easier for low-income consumers to connect. * In Yemen, small-scale electricity providers innovatively meet the rural and village demand for electricity that the public utility does not meet. These entrants seldom duplicate investments, although some government intervention to ensure interconnection could improve efficiency. Limitations on entry may sometimes be justified for environmental reasons or to promote private sector investment, but those cases are rare. Legalizing alternative providers will allow them to expand and meet new needs. Limits on their entry may be needed sometimes, but limits should be the exception, not the rule, the authors argue. Generally, free entry should be allowed in power, water, and sanitation.Health Economics&Finance,Decentralization,Water and Industry,Economic Theory&Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Town Water Supply and Sanitation,Environmental Economics&Policies,Health Economics&Finance,Water and Industry,Economic Theory&Research
Wieviel Technology ist im Laufschuh? – Ein Gespräch mit Karin Harrasser an der Schnittstelle von Kulturwissenschaft und Sportgeschichte
No full textIn this interview Karin Harrasser, author of a recently published book, entitled ‘The Body 2.0’, discusses the relationship between sports, technology, and notions of body enhancement. Focusing on how the Paralympic Games in London 2012 were staged and on the debate around the prostheses (cheetas) of sprinter Oscar Pistorius, Harrasser emphasizes her notion that sports produce ‘superhumans’ that challenge the established ideology of fairness which forms the base of classifying different bodies in sports. Moreover, Harrasser stresses the necessity of dialogue between Cultural Studies and Sports History when dealing with issues of bodies and technologies in sports
Book Review: Disability Rights and the American Social Safety Net
No full textAuthor: Jennifer L. Erkulwater
Reviewer: Karin F. Brockelman
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2006.
Cloth, ISBN: 0-8014-4417-9, 272 pages
Cost: $42.50, US
Corporate Social Responsibility: Politisches Engagement von Unternehmen
No full textDer Beitrag beruht auf einem Vortrag am Achten Deutsch-Österreichisch-Schweizerischen Symposium für Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht vom Juni 2017 im Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg. Dürfen Unternehmen Mittel ihrer Gesellschaft unentgeltlich für soziale, politische oder kulturelle Zwecke investieren? Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob politisches Engagement von Unternehmen und insbesondere korporative Freigiebigkeit wie Spenden zulässig sind. Unter anderem wird auch auf die Frage eingegangen, ob staatliche Regulierung von politischem Engagement von Unternehmen erforderlich und wünschenswert ist.+ ID der Publikation: unilu_26601 + Reihe: ZSR-Beiheft + Sprache: Deutsch + Letzte Aktualisierung: 2018-08-22 11:03:5
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