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Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld, PhD, Long-Term Care Educator and Author
No full textToday’s guest is Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld. Mary Helen is an associate professor at Towson University in the Department of Health Sciences. Mary Helen is the author of one of the leading textbooks in the field of long-term care, Dimensions of Long-Term Care: An Introduction, and is a recognized leader in long-term care education nationally. In this podcast I talk with Mary Helen about her journey from an early interest in political science and international affairs to discovering the nascent field of health economics in the 80’s, and her transition to an interest in long-term care as a result of having to care for both her father and father-in-law when they suffered from debilitating terminal illnesses. Mary Helen makes a passionate case for long-term care, pointing out the economic opportunities for entrepreneurs, as well as young people looking for a meaningful and well compensated career. I hope you enjoy listening to Mary Helen’s story, and if you find it valuable, won’t you leave us feedback on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you may be accessing this recording. It helps other people discover us. Thanks for listening, and here is Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld
Making use of historical case material – the problems of looking back and the implications for service development in relation to research and evaluation activities
No full textThis methodological paper details the process of embarking on a follow-up study of young people with sexual behaviour problems who were known to services in the 1990s and who are now young adults in their twenties or early thirties. In the context of the importance of such follow-up work, the overall aim and objectives of the funded research project are specified and the challenges presented in setting up research partnerships with service sites, including the negotiation of access and ethical approval, are the subject of overview and reflection. The practicalities of beginning the fieldwork which comprised an initial analysis of historical case material held in the research sites are then detailed and the solutions to the problems encountered are explained. The article concludes by identifying the kinds of questions services and researchers need to consider when wanting to engender or enhance a research culture which is facilitative of this kind of outcome research. These relate to the resources necessary to support a research culture, the requirements of data protection and ethical approval processes, obtaining service user consent to participate in future research, secure but accessible storage of records, staff development and researchers’ obligations to minimise disruption to already hard pressed services
Game on: exploring the impact of technologies on young men's mental health and wellbeing
No full textNew research finds that the Australian mental health system is failing young men and suggests modern technology offers the potential to improve mental health and wellbeing.Summary:The first Young and Well National Survey, a scientific study of young men from across Australia, uncovered alarming statistics that suggest our current mental health system is failing young men: Nearly one in five felt that life is hardly worth living.Nearly one in 10 thought about taking their own life.42 percent experience psychological distress.Unemployment and moderate to very high levels of psychological distress trigger suicidal thoughts and behaviour.The research also identifies new methods of engagement with young men via technology that matches their current usage and behaviour online, offering new hope for improving their mental health and wellbeing.Young men with moderate to very high levels of psychological distress were more likely to:Talk about problems on the internet, with 66 percent finding it helpful.Use the internet to find information for a mental health, alcohol or other substance abuse problem (48 percent).Be somewhat to very satisfied with the information they received online (95 percent).Young men who reported higher levels of psychological distress were more likely to access health information, listen to (or download / upload) music and play games with others on the internet
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The Formulary of Thomas Hoccleve (FileMakerPro5 ver)
No full textThis is the original FileMakerPro5 file of Helen Hickey's database that transcribes the majority of Elna-Jean Young Bentley's 1965 dissertation "The Formulary of Thomas Hoccleve". It has been converted to an MSExcel spreadsheet for the purposes of forward compatibility (also in this collection).Humanitie
Among the Deep Sea Fishers, volume 42, issue 1 (April 1944)
No full textCum laude -- Wartime Newfoundland -- Canon Richards / C. S. C. -- Christmas memories -- The "Terra Nova" / Ewart Young -- Unwept, unhonoured and unsung / Donald G. Hodd, M.D. -- Bricks without straw / C. Helen Fotheringham -- The superintendent reports / C. S. Curtis, M.D. -- Alumni news -- The Grenfell Associations.Includes map: Grenfell Stations and other places of interest to the Association, and Twillingate, the location of the Notre Dame Bay Memorial Hospital (p. [1]).Among the Deep Sea Fishers: the Official Organ of the International Grenfell Association. This journal was published quarterly from 1903 to 1981 with the twofold purpose of providing "a record of Mission activities [and] also a strong and convincing appeal to every supporter and friend of Dr. Grenfell's work." The articles describe mission life, services and experiences. The Mission began under the auspices of the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen but later a separate mission, the International Grenfell Association, was formed by Dr. Wilfred Grenfell
From the Margins to the Forefront: Tillie Olsen's Mediation as Figure and Author
No full text45 pg.Tillie Olsen's life experiences and self-identification as a working class woman provide a strong basis for analyzing her fiction as partly autobiographical. As she wrote, she developed her position as a recognized and award winning author into that of a literary mediator for socially marginalized subjects, actively working to represent certain conditions of exclusion due to social, racial, economic, and sexual factors during the 1970's and 1980's. Through analysis of her fiction and non-fiction texts, her use of modernist writing techniques, her purpose as a writer, and her impact on the literary canon, it becomes possible to see how she has altered the literary landscape and has made those who suffer exclusion visible and legible.Advisor(s): Choi, Helen . Committee Member(s): Marshik, Celia.Stony Brook University Libraries. SBU Graduate School in Department of English. Charles Taber (Dean of Graduate School)
Researching the History of Rites
No full textThis chapter discusses the potential of liturgical rites as sources,
some practical ways in which one can work with this material, some problems
that are likely to be encountered, and some possible directions for future
research. The focus is on how one can go about doing such research into medieval liturgical rituals
From ‘Jurassic Management’ to a flourishing revival of critical studies of educational leadership : some reflections on the contribution of Helen Gunter and some encounters with her along the way
No full textThis chapter deals with the seminal contribution of Helen Gunter to the revival of critical educational leadership studies. It traces the way in which Helen’s defining work Rethinking Education: The Consequences of Jurassic Management (London: Cassell, 1997) has profoundly influenced and shaped the field since she first published it. At a personal level, I show how this work by Helen gave me the courage and inspiration to continue beyond the point at which I had given up on the field of educational leadership. I trace the central motifs of critical educational leadership that have since come to define Helen Gunter’s extensive field of critical scholarship, and that in no small measure led me into my more recent pursuits of what I have called ‘bullshit leadership’-what passes as the mainstream field. I am enormously grateful to Helen for her enthusiasm, perspicacity, and above all her warmth as a scholar and close friend. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Everybody else does it: Young British women, safety and risk
No full textIn a society characterised by global threats as well as individualised risks, why would young British women apparently court personal risk and ignore their individual safety by drinking to excess? Young women in a town in the north of England explored their personal ideas of safety and risk with a youth worker with whom they were well acquainted. Their apparently careless behaviours around alcohol actually were undertaken with practical safety measures in place. Moreover, the young women’s notions of safety included the need for a sense of security at home, suggesting the need for a secure base from to support risk taking outside the home. It is argued that their precautions helped to transform apparently negative risk taking outside the home into a more positive activity, notwithstanding long-term health implications
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