Restorative Practices in Institutional Settings: The Challenges of Contractualised Support within the Managed Community of Supported Housing

Supported housing services provide help to some of the most vulnerable in society, yet across the world face increasing pressures from residualisation in the form of service reduction and stretched budgets. In response to these challenges, providers of supported housing and other similar community-focused services have sought alternative and innovative methods of engagement. This paper reports on one such example, the Restorative Communities Programme, which took place in 2018 in a residential supported housing setting for males aged 16–25. Designed as a five-week programme, it aimed to offer a proactive intervention promoting the benefits of restorative thinking. The research team observed the sessions and conducted follow-up qualitative interviews after two weeks and one year. This paper considers the challenges and success of the programme, reflecting particularly on issues of contractualised support and its impact on participation, and the dynamics of running such programs within the ‘managed community’ of a supported housing project. As such, the paper provides a useful analysis for others exploring the development and use of restorative projects in institutional settings, such as prisons, probation, and schools, and particularly those services struggling with the pressures of residualisation.

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Vision Screening Programmes: Collaborative work for developing evidence-based vision screening protocols.

Scandinavian Journal of Optometry and Visual Science ◽

10.5384/sjovs.v14i2.150 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Niall Strang ◽

Brendan Barrett ◽

Rigmor C Baraas

Keyword(s):

Screening Programme ◽

Collaborative Work ◽

Special Topic ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Vision Screening ◽

Screening Process ◽

Innovative Methods ◽

The World ◽

Good Access

This editorial highlights the scope of the topic that need to be examined further in the field of children’s vision screening. We hope that by making vision screening a special topic in SJOVS we can encourage collaboration between groups of researchers, clinicians and students and help in the development of evidence-based solutions to the current problems facing vision screening across the world. Of course, identifying eye and vision problems represents only the first stage in a screening process. It is important to mention that any screening programme requires several follow up steps to be successful. Good access to further examination for screening is required and affordable spectacles need to be provided. A mechanism of follow up is also important as, once dispensed, the spectacles need to be worn appropriately. Failure to address any of these issues will limit the benefits of a screening programme and innovative methods of addressing these issues are encouraged.

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One Year Later: Global Impact of COVID-19 on Nuclear Medicine Departments; an International Follow-up Survey

10.21203/rs.3.rs-459551/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Francesco Giammarile ◽

Roberto C. Delgado Bolton ◽

Noura El Haj ◽

Lutz S. Freudenberg ◽

Ken Herrmann ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nuclear Medicine ◽

Energy Agency ◽

Web Based ◽

Income Status ◽

The World ◽

Therapeutic Procedures ◽

Nuclear Medicine Procedures ◽

One Year ◽

The Impact

Abstract Aim: As a follow-up to the international survey conducted in April 2020, this survey aims to provide a situational snapshot of the COVID-19 impact on nuclear medicine services worldwide, one year later. The survey was designed to determine the impact of the pandemic at two specific time-points: June and October 2020 and compare them to the previously collected data.Materials and Methods: A web-based questionnaire, in the same format as the April 2020 survey was disseminated to nuclear medicine facilities worldwide. Survey data was collected using a secure software platform hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); it was made available for 6 weeks, from November 23 to December 31, 2020.Results: From 505 replies from 96 countries, data was extracted from 355 questionnaires (of which 338 were fully completed). The responses came from centres evenly distributed in different regions of the world and with different income status. Regional differences and challenges across the world were identified and analysed. Globally, the volume of nuclear medicine procedures decreased by 73.3% in June 2020 and 56.9% in October 2020. Among the nuclear medicine procedures, oncological PET studies showed less of a decline in utilization compared to conventional nuclear medicine and particularly nuclear cardiology. The impact was also significantly less in high-income countries. A trend towards a return to the pre-COVID-19 situation of the supply chains of radioisotopes, generators, and other essential materials was evident.Conclusion: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant reduction in nuclear medicine diagnostic and therapeutic procedures throughout 2020. In June, the global decline recorded in the survey was greater than in October when there was a slight improvement. However, the total number of procedures continued below that recorded in April 2020, and less than half of the volumes normally carried out before the pandemic

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Post COVID Cardiovascular Care - A Review

Cardiovascular Journal ◽

10.3329/cardio.v13i2.52974 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 189-199

Author(s):

Mohammad Ullah ◽

AKM Monwarul Islam ◽

Md Abdul Kader Akanda ◽

Abdullah Al Shafi Majumder

Keyword(s):

Myocardial Infarction ◽

Heart Failure ◽

Cardiovascular Complications ◽

Cardiovascular Complication ◽

The Body ◽

The World ◽

One Year ◽

Cardiovascular Care ◽

Infarction Heart

Over the last one-year COVID 19 has affected millions of people around the world. Though initially it was thought to be an infection of respiratory system, but it involves any organ of the body. Its morbidity and mortality are more when it involves patients with preexisting cardiovascular diseases and also when it causes a cardiovascular complication. COVID 19 can produce a number of cardiovascular complications including myocardial infarction, heart failure, myocarditis, arrhythmia, thromboembolism etc. Following recovery from COVID 19 infection evaluation, follow up and management of these cardiovascular conditions, which may be sometimes in subclinical form, is essential. Though there is lack of adequate studies or guidelines, we tried to discuss the different aspects of Post- COVID cardiovascular care depending on the existing evidence and previous guidelines. Cardiovasc. j. 2021; 13(2): 189-199

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Flattening the Pandemic Curve of COVID-19 Explosion in India

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ◽

10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i39b32175 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 16-22

Author(s):

Tipu Khalil Syed

Keyword(s):

Hand Hygiene ◽

Mitigation Measures ◽

Viral Spread ◽

The World ◽

One Year ◽

Almost All

Background: COVID-19 is pandemic which recently crossed the hundred million mark of infection cases all over the world. In the last one year from its inception China, two million people lost their lives struggling with COVID-19 related complications. Summary: COVID-19 or coronavirus disease 2019 is seriously hurting almost all the aspect of human lives. Flattened curve of COVID-19 infections is the desired outcome of mitigation measures which must be achieved at the earliest. Various methods can be employed to mitigate the viral spread such as mask wearing, hand hygiene and so on so that flattening of the curve can be attained as soon as possible to avoid any further damage. Conclusion: COVID-19 must be mitigated with all means and follow up of each activity must be done. More study is needed to analyze which measure is particularly effective in certain set of conditions.

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Mothers’ Experiences of Maze Path of Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis in Children

Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.4314/ejhs.v28i5.15 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Maryam Khandan ◽

Batool Tirgari ◽

Farokh Abazari ◽

Mohammad Ali Cheraghi

Keyword(s):

Type 1 Diabetes ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Diabetes Type ◽

Diabetes Diagnosis ◽

Diabetes Type 1 ◽

Medical File ◽

One Year

BACKGROUND: Incidence of diabetes Type 1 in children with non-classic symptoms is one of the reasons for the delay in their follow-up. Failure in its diagnosis by the health professional exposes the mothers tomany challenges. This study was conducted to exploremothers’ experiences in the diagnosis pathway of diabetes Type 1 in children.METHODS: Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with fifteen mothers of children with Type 1 diabetes.theywere selected by the purposefull sampling method.Their child had a medical file in diabetes centers in Kerman, Iran, at least one year has passed of diabetes diagnosis in their child and the maximum age of the child is 14 years. Data were analyzed using content analysis.Three themes and nine sub-themes emerged during dataanalysis.RESULTS: The extracted themes included “presence in the maze path to the child's disease”, “facing the reality of the child's disease”, and “to grin and bear with new conditions”.CONCLUSIONS: According to the finding, these mothers experienced various challenges. Therefore, identification of thesechallenges by health professionals to prevent and decrease of Them, is necessary.

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Experience of cohort formation and data collection in a retrospective cohort epidemiological study

Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology ◽

10.31089/1026-9428-2021-61-4-253-266 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 253-266

Author(s):

Evgeny V. Kovalevskiy ◽

Joachim Schüz ◽

Igor V. Bukhtiyarov ◽

Sergey V. Kashanskiy

Keyword(s):

Retrospective Cohort ◽

Malignant Neoplasms ◽

Chrysotile Asbestos ◽

Asbestos Fibers ◽

The World ◽

Occupationally Exposed ◽

The Mean ◽

One Year ◽

Observation Period

A retrospective cohort study was carried out to investigate the mortality of workers occupationally exposed to dust containing chrysotile asbestos fibers. In its chemical and physical properties, it differs from the fibers of other types of asbestos and is the only type of asbestos that is currently approved for use in many countries of the world. The members of the cohort are current and former employees who have worked for at least one year at the production sites of the complex of enterprises for the mining and enrichment of chrysotile asbestos (JSC "Uralasbest", Asbest, Sverdlovsk region) in the period from 01.01.1975 to 31.12.2010. Of the 35,837 members of the cohort, 12,729 (35.5%) people died (2,373 of them were malignant neoplasms of various localizations, including 10 mesotheliomas), 18,799 (52.5%) were alive at the end of the observation period (2015), and 4,309 people (12.0%) were censored by the end of 2015. The mean follow-up period was 21.7 years for men and 25.9 years for women. The average age at death was 59.4 years for men and 66.5 years for women. It is currently the world's largest cohort of workers in the field.

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Primary pulmonary Echinococcosis: A case report

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal ◽

10.3329/bsmmuj.v9i1.28952 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 66

Author(s):

Md. Rafiqul Alam ◽

Md. Abul Kalam Azad ◽

Zia Uddin Ahmed ◽

Md. Mizanur Rahman Khan ◽

Ferdous Jahan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Case Report ◽

Middle Age ◽

Pulmonary Involvement ◽

Parasitic Disease ◽

Positive Serology ◽

The World ◽

One Year ◽

Pulmonary Echinococcosis

Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease endemic in many parts of the world. Liver is the most common affected organ followed by lungs. Primary pulmonary involvement is very rare. In this case report, we are going to present a case of primary pulmonary echinococcosis in a middle age female. She was presented with cough and haemoptysis. She was initially labeled and treated as a case of consolidation with different antibiotics in appropriate dose and duration without clinical and radiological improvement. So she was evaluated further and diagnosed as a case of primary pulmonary echinococcosis on the basis of histopathology and positive serology for Echinococcal antigen. She was advised to take oral Albendazole 400mg 12 hourly for one year with regular follow-up.

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