scholarly journals Alignment of State Regulations With Breastfeeding and Beverage Best Practices for Childcare Centers and Family Childcare Homes, United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Danielle L. Lee ◽  
Raquel Traseira ◽  
Sophia Navarro ◽  
Natasha Frost ◽  
Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Childcare Centers ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
Paired Student ◽  
Family Childcare ◽  
Tests For Symmetry ◽  
Calculated Average

Objectives Childcare is an important setting for nutrition; nearly half of young children in the United States participate in licensed childcare, where they consume up to two-thirds of their daily dietary intake. We compared state regulations for childcare with best practices to support breastfeeding and healthy beverage provision. Methods We reviewed regulations for childcare centers (centers) and family childcare homes (homes) in effect May–July 2016 and rated all 50 states for inclusion (1 = not included, 2 = partially included, 3 = fully included) of 12 breastfeeding and beverage best practices. We calculated average ratings for 6 practices specific to infants aged 0-11 months, 6 practices specific to children aged 1-6 years, and all 12 practices, by state and across all states. We assessed significant differences between centers and homes for each best practice by using McNemar–Bowker tests for symmetry, and we assessed differences across states by using paired student t tests. Results States included best practices in regulations for centers more often than for homes. Average ratings (standard deviations) in regulations across all states were significantly higher in centers than in homes for infant best practices (2.1 [0.5] vs 1.8 [0.5], P < .001), child best practices (2.1 [0.6] vs 1.8 [0.6], P = .002), and all 12 best practices combined (2.1 [0.5] vs 1.8 [0.6], P < .001). Conclusions Although best practices were more consistently included in regulations for centers than for homes, many state childcare regulations did not include best practices to support breastfeeding and the provision of healthy beverages. Findings can be used to inform efforts to improve regulations and to reduce differences between centers and homes.

Occupational Therapy Practitioners’ Knowledge, Comfort, and Competence Regarding Youth Suicide

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 270-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne V. Kirby ◽  
Alexandra L. Terrill ◽  
Ariel Schwartz ◽  
Jarrett Henderson ◽  
Brandi N. Whitaker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young People ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Youth Suicide ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
And Training

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.

scholarly journals Sociocultural Competencies for Sport Coaches: A Proposal for Coaches and Coach Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe W. Burden ◽  
Glenn W. Lambie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Coach Education ◽  
Coaching Education ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sport Coaches

As social and cultural diversity increases in the United States, coaches frequently interact with athletes from a wide range of backgrounds. Therefore, it would be useful if coaches had established guidelines for best practices to support their socially and ethically responsible work with athletes. However, coaching organizations have not published best practice standards specifically for coaches’ work with socially and culturally diverse athletes. This article proposes Sociocultural Competencies for Sport Coaches (SCSC) to support positive coach-athlete relationships. Specifically, the paper (a) reviews standards for social and cultural competencies used in similar professions, (b) introduces SCSC to the field of coaching education, and (c) presents competencies, standards, and benchmarks to guide the implementation of SCSC with diverse athletes.

scholarly journals Creating and Using Data Portals to Support Ocean Planning: Challenges and Best Practices from the Northeast United States and Elsewhere

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
SeaPlan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Data Accessibility ◽  
Data Portal

As more ocean plans are developed and adopted around the world, the importance of accessible, up-to-date spatial data in the planning process has become increasingly apparent. Many ocean planning efforts in the United States and Canada rely on a companion data portal–a curated catalog of spatial datasets characterizing the ocean uses and natural resources considered as part of ocean planning and management decision-making.Data portals designed to meet ocean planning needs tend to share three basic characteris- tics. They are: ocean-focused, map-based, and publicly-accessible. This enables planners, managers, and stakeholders to access common sets of sector-speci c, place-based information that help to visualize spatial relationships (e.g., overlap) among various uses and the marine environment and analyze potential interactions (e.g., synergies or con icts) among those uses and natural resources. This data accessibility also enhances the transparency of the planning process, arguably an essential factor for its overall success.This paper explores key challenges, considerations, and best practices for developing and maintaining a data portal. By observing the relationship between data portals and key principles of ocean planning, we posit three overarching themes for data portal best practices: accommodation of diverse users, data vetting and review by stakeholders, and integration with the planning process. The discussion draws primarily from the use of the Northeast Ocean Data Portal to support development of the Northeast Ocean Management Plan, with additional examples from other portals in the U.S. and Canada.

Contingency Management Programs in Corrections: Another Panacea?

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Gendreau ◽  
Shelley J. Listwan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Contingency Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Corrections ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Skilled Staff

The mantra of best practices in corrections, while well intended, may lead to iatrogenic consequences. Community corrections and prisons are under increasing pressures to manage their caseloads; moreover, the current accountability and get-tough agenda in corrections demands offenders take on more responsibility for their behaviors. As a consequence, we predict more episodes of “panaceaphilia” or quick fix solutions because corrections jurisdictions in the United States are under tremendous pressure to handle their populations at this point in time. In this article, we focus on contingency management programs as the potential next panacea, not because they do not have a proven track record of success, but because they require highly skilled staff and make great demands upon correctional agencies’ decision-making practices. To help counteract panaceaphilia from happening with contingency management, we describe the theory and practice of contingency management, the demands they place on programmers, the type of research needed to evaluate their effectiveness, and how to prevent these programs from turning into punitive punishment regimes.

Self-Care in an Era of Pathos: The Effects of the Trump Presidency on the Well-Being of Social Workers

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-107
Author(s):  
Sharon E. Moore ◽  
A. Christson Adedoyin ◽  
Sharon D. Jones-Eversley ◽  
Carla M. Curtis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Self Care ◽  
First Responders ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Environments ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Egalitarian Society

ObjectiveThe importance of self-care for social workers as first responders is underscored in light of the sociopolitical, economic, and pandemic challenges that accompanied the presidency of Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States.MethodsWe conducted an extensive review of the literature on the conceptualization, dimensions, benefits, importance, and indispensability of self-care for social workers, especially in stressful socio-political and toxic work environments. Chaos theory served as the theoretical scaffold of our research.ResultsInevitably our research found that the ability of social workers to effectively serve as first responders during chaotic times depends on a proactive and consistent practice of self-care by social workers as an essential best practice.ConclusionsThe consequences of the policies of the 45th president of the United States have taken their toll on the citizenry, with the increase in stress in the nation. Undoubtedly, social workers as first responders, therapists, and educators are at the receiving end of ensuing political and socioeconomic uncertainties. We posit that for social workers to remain steadfast, unshakable, and abiding in the solemn pursuit of social justice and an egalitarian society, this is the era for social workers to embrace and persistently practice self-care.

3D Dead

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3–4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwen Robbins Schug ◽  
Kristina Killgrove ◽  
Alison Atkin ◽  
Krista Baron
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The United States ◽  
3D Scanning ◽  
Skeletal Remains ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Human Skeletal Remains ◽  
3D Scanners

Humans have interacted with the remains of our dead for aesthetic and ritual purposes for millennia, and we have utilized them for medical, educational, and scholarly pursuits for several centuries. Recently, it has become possible to use digital technologies such as 3D scanners and printers for reconstructing, representing, and disseminating bodies. At the same time, there is growing interest among academics and curators in taking a more reflexive approach to the ethical and social dimensions of conservation. This paper considers theoretical and practical aspects of ethics as they apply to the 3D scanning and printing of human skeletal remains for curation or dissemination, provides case studies from our work in the United States, and suggests guidelines for best practices.   Los seres humanos hemos interactuado con los restos humanos de nuestros muertos por razones estéticas y rituales por milenios. Asimismo, estos restos han sido utilizados para conducir investigaciones médicas, educativas, y académicas por varios siglos. Recientemente, con la ayuda de la tecnología digital de los escáneres e impresoras 3D ha sido posible reconstruir, representar, y difundir estos cuerpos. Al mismo tiempo, los académicos y los conservadores proponen ser más reflexivos al lidiar con las dimension eséticas y sociales del campo de la conservación. Este artículo considera los aspectos teóricos y prácticos de la ética de los escaneos e impresiones 3D de restos óseos humanos para su conservación y diseminación, aporta casos prácticos de nuestros trabajos investigativos en los Estados Unidos como ejemplos, y sugiere normas para una práctica adecuada. 

Invasive Asian Carps in North America

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Asian Carp ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
Asian Carps ◽  
Economic Considerations ◽  
Vast Network

<em>Abstract</em>.—Regulations are one of the few tools available in the aquatic invasive species (AIS) management toolbox. In a perfect world, they could be used to effectively prevent spread of AIS from watershed to watershed or from continent to continent. But the regulations needed to prevent invasions by species such as Asian carps in North America and the United States are slow to evolve and used reluctantly by federal authorities because they are heavily influenced by regional and national political and economic considerations. State regulations, on the other hand, suffer from the influence of their own local and regional political and economic issues. Some states maintain strict policies and regulations with regard to Asian carp possession and use, but neighboring states may not. And since 48 of the 50 U.S. states are connected by a vast network of rivers, waterways, streams and roadways, invasions continue to occur and to spread. Consequently, Asian carp management in the United States is largely controlled by “least common denominator” state regulation that applies in a given watershed and beyond. This paper presents an overview of Asian carp regulations in the 50 U.S. states and offers suggestions for improved regulations.

UX (User Experience)-Driven Website Design Utilizing Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Multi-Attribute Decision Modeling

2018 ◽  
pp. 121-135
Author(s):  
Ron Cheek ◽  
Martha Sale ◽  
Colleen Carraher Wolverton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Website Design ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Robust Model ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Come Into The Market ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The success of an organization's website is determined by the user's experience (UX). Yet many organizations continue to struggle to find tools to strategically analyze the UX's satisfaction with their websites and overall online presence. While there have been numerous studies offering “best practices” for website design, most of these are dated and do not take into consideration UX's experience and social media tools that come into the market. In this chapter, over 900 surveys were conducted on Inc. Magazine's Top 500 list (2011-13) of fastest growing companies in the United States. The analysis of these surveys resulted in a list of shared elements (best practices) common to the websites surveyed. Through the use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) multi-attribute decision model, the authors developed a measure by which companies can assess their customer's experience and compare it to these best practices model. This model provides an internally consistent, robust model against which to measure an organization's website based on the user's experience (UX).

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