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Peer Interview Script, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
No full textDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
In the Garden, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
No full textDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
Hall Street, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
No full textDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
Excerpts of Interviews with Peers, Danielle Mitchell, Spring 2020
No full textDanielle Mitchell is a rising senior from Compton, California majoring in anthropology and sociology. She is a gifted writer who conducted very special interviews in SIS Seminar
Preconception care in primary care: Supporting patients to have healthier pregnancies and babies
No full textSocio-demographic differences in smoking status and cessation before and during early pregnancy among women in England: an analysis of the national maternity services dataset
No full textBackground: smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of major adverse health outcomes for mothers and their offspring. The aim of this study was to describe socio-demographic differences in smoking before and during early pregnancy among women in England.
Methods: among 652,880 women with their first antenatal (booking) appointment recorded in the national Maternity Services Dataset between April 2018 and March 2019, 514,227 (78.8%) had valid data on all relevant variables and were included in analysis. Women reported their smoking status (including prior cessation), age and ethnicity. Level of deprivation was based on postcode and expressed as the Index of Multiple Deprivation. Descriptive analyses examined differences in smoking status by age, ethnicity and level of deprivation (deciles). Proportions were mutually adjusted for socio-demographic characteristics, and chi-square tests determined statistical significance.
Results: women had a mean age of 29.8y (SD 5.7), a median gestational age of 9.7 weeks at booking (interquartile range 8.4–11.4) and 35.6% were pregnant for the first time. Almost 1 in 4 women (23.5%) smoked 12 months before conception, 20.8% smoked around conception and 13.1% at booking. Smoking 12 months before conception was highly prevalent in women aged <20y (45.3%) and decreased to 16.5% in those aged ≥35y. The proportion who smoked before conception also decreased across level of deprivation, from 36.1% (most deprived areas) to 15.5% (least deprived). Asian (Chinese/South Asian/other Asian) (4.8%) and black women (10.1%) were less likely to smoke before conception compared with women of white (28.2%), mixed (24.3%) and other (14.0%) ethnicity. Among women who smoked before pregnancy, 14.5% quit during the 12 months before conception and 29.5% between conception and booking. Women aged ≥35y were nearly twice as likely to quit before conception as women aged <20y (17.0% vs 10.2%), but not more likely to quit in early pregnancy (28.6% vs 28.9%). Women living in the least deprived areas were three-times more likely to quit before conception than women in the most deprived areas (23.7% vs 7.8%), and twice as likely to quit in early pregnancy (41.3% vs 19.0%). All comparisons were significant at p<0.0001.
Conclusion: smoking before and during pregnancy remains common among women in England, and socio-demographic differences in smoking cessation are most pronounced before pregnancy. This suggests targeted efforts are needed to reduce smoking uptake and/or increase cessation support, particularly for younger women of reproductive age, those living in the most deprived areas, and women of white and mixed ethnicity
How to write a novel - four fiction writers on Danielle Steel's insane working day
No full textFirst paragraph: She might be the world’s most famous romance writer, nay the highest selling living author bar none, but there’s little room for flowers and chocolates in Danielle Steel’s writing regime. In a recent interview she laughed at the idea of young people insisting on a work-life balance, and has claimed she regularly writes for 20 to 22 hours a day, and sometimes 24. The result: 179 books in under 50 years, selling about 800m copies.https://theconversation.com/how-to-write-a-novel-four-fiction-writers-on-danielle-steels-insane-working-day-11715
Conversations with Danielle Cronin, Philip Howard and Julian Thomas
No full textThis chapter focuses on the expanding civic role and challenges for investigative journalists using digital and social media. The chapter includes conversations with Danielle Cronin (national deputy editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), as well as Professor Philip Howard (director of the Oxford Internet Institute), along with Distinguished Professor Julian Thomas (director of the ARC Centre of Excellence at RMIT University). They share their insights into setting an agenda of priorities for research and practice about public interest journalism. This chapter is an edited transcription of their conversations with the author, Dr Caryn Coatney, for a panel session sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association.
- This chapter provides new material about the impact of social media, online audiences and automation on investigative journalism
Adding Spice to the Slog: Humanities in Medical Training.
No full textWriting from personal experience, physician and author Danielle Ofri asks what evidence is needed to justify trying to humanize medical training via the power of literature
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