Sleep Education and Training among Practicing Clinical Psychologists in the United States and Canada

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Eric S. Zhou ◽  
Marcella Mazzenga ◽  
Monica L. Gordillo ◽  
Lisa J. Meltzer ◽  
Kristin A. Long
1978 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAILUS WALKER

Public health scientists are increasingly recognizing that the foundation of food sanitation practice in foodservice establishments is, to a large extent, based on the knowledge, attitude and behavior of the foodservice worker. Accordingly, regulatory agencies throughout the United States are renewing their interests in training and certification of foodservice workers. This article outlines the fundamental strategy of the education and training program in the nation's capital.


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne V. Kirby ◽  
Alexandra L. Terrill ◽  
Ariel Schwartz ◽  
Jarrett Henderson ◽  
Brandi N. Whitaker ◽  
...  

Suicide rates for young people are climbing in the United States and worldwide. Increasing rates of youth suicide are of concern to occupational therapy (OT) practitioners in pediatric settings, yet the profession’s role in this area is poorly defined. To understand OT practitioners’ awareness and needs related to youth suicide, we administered a survey including objective (e.g., knowledge of suicide-related facts) and subjective items (open- and close-ended questions) related to youth suicide to 134 OT practitioners working in pediatric settings. Only 5.2% of respondents correctly answered four items about youth suicide facts and only 32% reported they had received suicide-focused education. Just under half (45%) of respondents were able to identify all best practice responses to clinical scenarios related to youth suicide; older practitioner age was the only significant predictor of best practices. OT practitioners in pediatric settings would benefit from youth-focused suicide education and training.


Author(s):  
Sarah Gehlert

Despite at least two decades of effort, the United States has made little progress in addressing the health disparities experienced by its most vulnerable residents. For many diseases, the gaps in health between groups continue to grow. In this paper, we first build a case for the importance of a transdisciplinary approach to eliminating health disparities, based on the premise that executing successful disparities research depends on the ability to visualize the multiple influences on health and health disparities and understand the complex ways in which they interact with one another to produce worse outcomes for some groups than others. We argue that our failure to prepare investigators to conduct transdisciplinary research has greatly impeded our progress toward eliminating the nation’s disparities. Finally, we articulate the challenges of implementing transdisciplinary education and training and recommend elements of a successful transdisciplinary educational program in health.


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