scholarly journals Dealing with bereaved children: a case study

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Ben McGachy
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Unexpected Death ◽  
Hospital Environments ◽  
Bereaved Children ◽  
Death Of A Parent ◽  
Credible Information

<sec id="s1"> Introduction: A personal reflection on managing bereaved children (BC) following unexpected death of a parent. </sec> <sec id="s2"> Questions: What evidence is available to assist ambulance clinicians when supporting BC? </sec> <sec id="s3"> Methods: A literature search on BC in pre-hospital environments was undertaken. </sec> <sec id="s4"> Results: Paucity of literature necessitated search expansion beyond pre-hospital/ambulance focus, and use of supplementary sources of credible information from registered bereavement charities and help groups. </sec> <sec id="s5"> Conclusion: More research is needed to better support this vulnerable, unique demographic. It is hoped that this article will encourage further discussion and research into this topic. </sec>

Infobotting COVID-19: A case study of Ask Nameesa in Egypt

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Khattab
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Interactive Engagement ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Credible Information ◽  
Public Demand

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation and unscientific interpretations flooded the internet. Seeking credible information in Egypt was paramount at the time. An answer to this quest was ‘Ask Nameesa’, an award-winning Egyptian-focused chatbot that utilizes Facebook Messenger to communicate with social media users in an individualized response engagement. It relies on information validated by WHO and the Egyptian Ministry of Health. This article examines the structure of Ask Nameesa as an example of infobots and studies the interactive engagement it offers users to provide health information. The study analyses data gathered by interviewing the founder and CEO of DXwand, the company that developed Ask Nameesa as well as content analysis of conversations with Ask Nameesa to assess its user engagement. The study aims at understanding the potential Ask Nameesa has in providing information literacy and tackling public demand for information.

scholarly journals Development on Indigenous Homelands and the Need to Get Back to Basics with Scoping: Is there Still "Unceded" Land in Northern Ontario, Canada, with Respect to Treaty No. 9 and its Adhesions?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-49
Author(s):  
Leonard Tsuji ◽  
Stephen Tsuji
Keyword(s):  
Literature Search ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Library And Archives Canada ◽  
Bare Minimum ◽  
Comprehensive Literature Search

Scoping includes the establishment of unambiguous spatial boundaries for a proposed development project (e.g., a treaty) and is especially important with respect to development on Indigenous homelands. Improper scoping leads to a flawed product, such as a flawed treaty or environmental impact assessment, by excluding stakeholders from the process. A comprehensive literature search was conducted to gather (and collate) printed and online material in relation to Treaty No. 9 and its Adhesions, as well as the Line-AB. We searched academic databases as well as the Library and Archives Canada. The examination of Treaty No. 9 and its Adhesions revealed that there is unceded land in each of four separate scenarios, which are related to the Line-AB and/or emergent land in Northern Ontario, Canada. Lastly, we present lessons learned from our case study. However, since each development initiative and each Indigenous Nation is unique, these suggestions should be taken as a bare minimum or starting point for the scoping process in relation to development projects on Indigenous homelands.

The UNESCO OER Community 2005-2009

2012 ◽  
pp. 16-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan D’Antoni
Keyword(s):  
Educational Planning ◽  
International Community ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
The Internet ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Personal Reflection

This is the story of an international community convened to raise awareness of the growing Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. The experience of the international OER Community underlines the potential of the Internet to link people in an inclusive manner to promote collaboration – individuals who would never normally be able to meet and hold focussed discussions over a sustained period. Launched by an international organization, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), and supported the primary champion of the OER movement, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the OER community was exemplary in its interaction, action, and longevity. From 2005, the members of the community have come together from time to time to discuss OER in what can be described as a series of virtual seminars. At two points they put forward their opinion of the priorities to advance the OER movement. Now, with support from the UNESCO Chair in OER at Canada’s Athabasca University, they are about to be invited to make another contribution. This is both the story of a community as a case study, and a personal reflection.

Promoting the Adjustment of Parentally Bereaved Children

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Howarth
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Specific Treatment ◽  
Parental Death ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
Childhood Bereavement ◽  
Parentally Bereaved ◽  
Bereaved Children ◽  
Death Of A Parent ◽  
Detrimental Impact

The death of a parent is one of the most stressful life events to encounter during childhood. Given its detrimental impact on psychological development, a better understanding of outcomes associated with childhood bereavement and factors that affect these outcomes is necessary. The adjustment of bereaved children is linked to such factors as age of the child, sex of child and parent, circumstances of parent death, and the adjustment of the surviving caregiver. In this article I highlight considerations that may increase children's positive adjustment to parental death and also discuss specific treatment recommendations.

What Is Measured in Bereavement Treatment for Children and Adolescents? A Systematic Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-387
Author(s):  
Kristine Jensen de López ◽  
Hanne Søndergaard Knudsen ◽  
Tia G. B. Hansen
Keyword(s):  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Prolonged Grief ◽  
Parentally Bereaved ◽  
Bereaved Children ◽  
Death Of A Parent ◽  
Classification Of Diseases

Objective Childhood bereavement from parental death can be a significant stressor. Treatment studies vary largely on how the effect of the grief treatment is measured. This sytematic review evaluates whether controlled bereavement intervention studies focus on symptomatalogy or grief as outcome measure and also summarizes the effect of grief treatment. Method For inclusion in the review, studies must report on children or adolesecents who experienced the death of a parent or sibling, must have a control group and must report results of a grief treatment. Results Eight studies met the inclusion criteria and reported in total on 30 different outcome measures. Only two studies measured grief as a separate outcome and both showed promising results for the treatment of grief with bereaved children. Conclusions Systematic use of validated measures of prolonged grief in treatment studies is needed. Implications of the findings and recommendations for future studies are discussed in the perspective of complicated grief becoming part of the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. Grief interventions for parentally bereaved youth is promising but lack consistent use of reliable grief measures for solid documentation of the effect. The specific role of parenting and culture for the outcome of the intervention should be investigated in more detail.

scholarly journals Students’ Intention to Share Information Via Social Media: A Case Study of Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-245
Author(s):  
Suhaizal Hashim ◽  
Alias Masek ◽  
Nurhanim Saadah Abdullah ◽  
Aini Nazura Paimin ◽  
Wan Hanim Nadrah Wan Muda
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Human Perceptions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Credible Information

Agility of science and technology in communication has brought a new dimension of information dissemination, which may have influenced human perceptions, especially on the dissemination of news pertaining to this pandemic. This research aims to determine the students’ sources of information regarding the COVID-19 disease and investigate their intention to share the information pertaining to COVID-19. A survey study was designed using an online questionnaire involving 147 higher education students. The online questionnaire; measures three elements of the students’ intention, namely initiative, desire and resourcefulness. The findings; the sources of information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic are mainly the government authorities and local healthcare workers. The most preferred medium of information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic is social media, and the most trusted medium is the television broadcast. Also, finding suggests that the students take initiative to verify information and demonstrate a desire to share credible and right information with their family and friends through social media. As such, in an effort or attempt to disseminate credible information about any important matters to the general public, the government can count on students as agents for transmitting the information to third parties including their family and friends.

Public-private partnerships and collaboration in digital health: a scoping review and case study analysis of applications during the COVID-19 pandemic (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nishali Kirit Patel ◽  
Elinor Wahal ◽  
Adriana Mancilla Galindo ◽  
Alejandra Rodarte ◽  
Tim Jesudason ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Search Results ◽  
Stage Process

BACKGROUND The emergence of digital technologies over the past decade has presented a novel opportunity to address healthcare challenges associated with COVID-19 and accelerate progress towards achieving the health-related goals under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have played a vital role in scaling up digital health solutions and disseminating curated scientific information in the face of the infodemic. However, several challenges remain around the effectiveness of PPP-related digital solutions and antagonistic viewpoints of engaging the private sector. We sought to evaluate the role of public-private partnerships in the digital public health space during COVID-19 and identify key lessons learned and challenges in the uptake of digital health solutions globally. OBJECTIVE Electronic and grey literature search results from PubMed, Google, and Google Scholar were screened by one reviewer through a two-stage process. We included all relevant systematic reviews, interventional, observational, and descriptive studies published in English published from January 2020 to June 2021. Two case study analyses on digital health chatbots, informed by expert opinion, were also performed to assess for the role of public-private partnerships in advancing digital public health solutions. METHODS Electronic and grey literature search results from PubMed, Google, and Google Scholar were screened by one reviewer through a two-stage process. We included all relevant systematic reviews, interventional, observational, and descriptive studies published in English published from January 2020 to June 2021. Two case study analyses on digital health chatbots, informed by expert opinion, were also performed to assess for the role of public-private partnerships in advancing digital public health solutions. RESULTS Forty-five articles met the inclusion criteria for qualitative analysis, the majority of which were secondary research. Results of the publications can be broadly categorized into three groups: (1) models and definitions of public-private partnerships used in the healthcare space; (2) purposes of and motivations of public-private partnerships in global public health; and (3) and facilitators, barriers, and challenges to date. CONCLUSIONS The literature review as well as the case studies analysis reveal that PPPs can represent a valid option for tackling global healthcare issues with a digital health approach. Further research is needed to complement the initial findings of the present paper, as well as to assess a wider pool of case studies and the different features that they might present.

scholarly journals Hikikomori silent epidemic: a case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ante Silić ◽  
Jakša Vukojević ◽  
Ilaria Čulo ◽  
Hrvoje Falak
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Social Withdrawal ◽  
Modern Time ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Crucial Point ◽  
Psychiatric Illnesses ◽  
The World ◽  
Everyday Routine

Psychiatry, as we know it, is at a crucial point because it needs to adapt to the modern time and still maintain the integrity and ethic aspects of the therapeutic alliance. Bearing in mind the rising prevalence of new addictions like Internet and online gaming addictions, one can see that, however, disputed, there is a whole new category of psychiatric illnesses on the rise. An example of these kinds of illnesses is Hikikomori. Hikikomori, or severe social withdrawal, pertains to patients who have stopped participating in everyday routine and would spend the majority of time confined in their room for the period of 6 months or more, with no evident psychosis. Although this syndrome was originally described in Japan, over the course of last few years it has been documented in several parts of the world, spreading like a silent epidemic. Our case study, being the first documented case in Southeast Europe, according to our experience and literature search, is a vivid example of this syndrome. In this report we discuss differential diagnosis, show what kind of therapy was efficient in the successful treatment of this syndrome and how it can be prevented in the future

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