Cooling Out Undergraduates with Health Impairments: The Freshman Experience

Abstract Welders are exposed to high levels of metal fumes, which could be resulting in various health impairments. Respirators became a practical protective option in workplaces, as they are lightweight and easy to use. This systematic review attempts to explore the field effectiveness of using respirators to reduce metal particle exposure in workplaces. We reviewed papers published from 1900 to April 2019 in five major bibliographic databases, including Embase, Web of Science, Medline, Scopus, and CINAHL, along with organizational websites to cover gray literature. In total, 983 references were identified from the databases, out of which, 520 duplicates were removed from the EndNote database. The remaining 463 references were screened for their title and abstract. Out of 463, 70 references went through the full-text screening. Finally, eight papers, including 19 workplace respirator studies, satisfied all the inclusion criteria and were reviewed in this report. The geometric means for metal levels in workers’ breathing zone with and without respirators were 9.4 and 1,777 µg/m3 for iron, 1.1 and 139 µg/m3 for lead, 2.1 and 242 µg/m3 for zinc, and 27 and 1,398 µg/m3 for manganese oxide, respectively. Most reviewed studies reported significant differences between measured metal particle levels among workers who worn respirators and who did not. In addition, results showed that N95 provided significantly less protection than elastomeric half facepieces, full-face respirators, and powered air-purifying respirators (p<0.001). More field studies are recommended to investigate Workplace Protection Factor (WPF) and fit factor (FF) of different respirators to understand the actual protection levels that they could be provided to control welding fume exposure among welders in various workplaces.

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Mental health and burden in mothers of children with congenital Zika syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil ◽

10.1590/1806-9304202100s200009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (suppl 2) ◽

pp. 481-490

Author(s):

Gabriela Lopes Gama ◽

Bruna Milena da Silva ◽

Mariana Balbino da Silva ◽

Rayssa Vieira Brandão Ferreira ◽

Jousilene de Sales Tavares ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Signs And Symptoms ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Symptoms Of Depression ◽

Maternal Schooling ◽

The Social ◽

Burden Scale ◽

Congenital Zika Syndrome ◽

Health Impairments

Abstract Objectives: to evaluate burden, frequency of anxiety and signs and symptoms of depression in mothers of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) during the COVID-19 pandemic and the social isolation period. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study conducted with mothers who care for their children with CZS. The data were collected by an online form with questions regarding mother's socioeconomic conditions and questions related with Zarit burden scale and Beck's inventories on depression and anxiety. Spearman’s correlation tests and multiple regression analyzes were performed to assess factors related to mothers' burden and mental health. Results: 41 mothers were evaluated, 51.2% had mild burden, 39% had minimal anxiety and 73.2% did not have signs and symptoms of depression. Negative correlations were observed between levels of burden and maternal schooling (p=0.01), presence of signs and symptoms of anxiety and receiving financial aid (p<0.04) as well as the presence of signs and symptoms of anxiety and having children with seizures history (p=0.03). Conclusion: despite the risk of their children again being victims of an epidemic virus, mothers who care for their children with CZS did not present serious mental health impairments.

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Engaging Freshman Experience: The Key To Retention?

10.18260/1-2--4953 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ronald Welch

Keyword(s):

Freshman Experience

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Preventing Communicative Disadaptation in Senior Preschool Children with Health Impairments in the Conditions of Educational Integration

Психолого-педагогический поиск ◽

10.37724/rsu.2021.58.2.015 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 167-176

Author(s):

Е.Е. Дмитриева ◽

Ю.П. Давыдова

Keyword(s):

Mental Retardation ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Personal Development ◽

Risk Groups ◽

Speech Delay ◽

Relevant Issue ◽

Communication Problems ◽

Theoretical Approaches ◽

Educational Integration ◽

Health Impairments

В статье рассматривается актуальная проблема специальной психологии — коммуникативная дезадаптация. Представлены результаты теоретико-экспериментального изучения предпосылок коммуникативной дезадаптации старших дошкольников с задержкой психического развития и общим недоразвитием речи в условиях образовательной интеграции. Обоснованы теоретические подходы к изучению проблемы коммуникативно-личностного развития детей с разными вариантами нарушенного развития. Авторами выявлен дисбаланс в развитии мотивационных и операциональных компонентов общения у дошкольников, выделены дети группы риска, раскрыты механизмы возникновения коммуникативной дезадаптации у дошкольников с задержкой психического развития и общим недоразвитием речи, с учетом чего дифференцированы задачи коррекционного воздействия с целью коммуникативно-личностного развития этих детей и профилактики возникновения у них коммуникативных трудностей. Методологию исследования составляет коммуникативный подход к диагностике и коррекции коммуникативно-личностного развития старших дошкольников в условиях дизонтогенеза. Коммуникативный дизонтогенез рассматривается в контексте понятия «коммуникативная дезадаптация», а в качестве механизма возникновения коммуникативной дезадаптации у старших дошкольников с задержкой психического развития и общим недоразвитием речи — рассогласование в развитии мотивационной и операциональной сфер их общения. The article focuses on communicative disadaptation, as a relevant issue of special psychology. The article presents the results of theoretical and experimental investigation of the precursors of communicative disadaptation in preschool children with mental retardation and speech delay in the conditions of educational integration. The article substantiates theoretical approaches to the investigation of communication development of children with health impairments. The authors analyze the unbalanced development of motivational and operational components of communication in preschool children, describe risk groups, discuss the mechanisms of communicative disadaptation syndrome development in children with mental retardation and speech delay, which enables the authors to single out correctional strategies aimed at children’s communicative and personal development and communication problems prevention. The research is performed within the framework of a communicative approach, it focuses on the assessment and correction of senior preschool children’s communicative and personal development associated with disonthogenesis. Communicative disonthogenesis is treated through the prism of communicative disadaptation, whose mechanism is associated with mental retardation and speech delay in senior preschool children.

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