scholarly journals Do educators’ responsibilities stop at the classroom door?

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57
Author(s):  
Michael Apple
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Real People ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Democratic Action ◽  
Education Needs

Schools are crucial sites in the politics of social and cultural transformation. However, we should not limit our work to the internal structures, processes, and content of schooling. The struggles in schools should be organically connected to community-based struggles outside of schools. Therefore, critically democratic action in education needs to transform not only schools, but also the communities and societies in which these schools are situated. Actions in and around schools are even more powerful and long lasting when they are closely connected to real people and real movements and mobilizations outside as well as inside the places where so many of us work.

Theory-driven role model stories improve palliative care knowledge among a diverse older population

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah F. Hoe ◽  
Kayla Johari ◽  
Anna Rahman ◽  
Susan Enguidanos
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Real People ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Knowledge Scale ◽  
Cognitively Intact

Abstract Objective To test the effectiveness of theoretically driven role model video stories in improving knowledge of palliative care among a diverse sample of older adults. Method We developed three 3–4 min long theoretically driven role model video stories. We then recruited cognitively intact, English-speaking adults aged 50 and older from senior centers, assisted living, and other community-based sites in the greater Los Angeles area. Using a pretest–posttest study design, we surveyed participants using the 13-item Palliative Care Knowledge Scale (PaCKS) and also asked participants about their intentions to enroll in palliative care should the need arise. Participants first completed the pretest, viewed the three videos, then completed the posttest comprised of the same set of questions. Results PaCKS score improved from an average of 4.5 at baseline to 10.0 following video screening (t(126) = 12.0, p < 0.001). Intentions to enroll oneself or a family member in palliative care rose by 103% (χ2 = 7.8, p < 0.01) and 110% (χ2 = 7.5, p < 0.01), respectively. Regression analysis revealed that participants who believed the role models are real people (β = 2.6, SE = 1.2, p < 0.05) significantly predicted higher change in PaCKS score. Conversely, participants with prior knowledge of, or experience with, palliative care (β = −5.9, SE = 0.8, p < 0.001), non-whites (β = −3.6, SE = 0.9, p < 0.001), and widows (β = −2.9, SE = 1.1, p < 0.01) significantly predicted lower changes in PaCKS score. Significance of results This study suggests that theoretically driven role model video stories may be an effective strategy to improve palliative care knowledge. Role model video stories of diverse palliative care patients provide one way to mitigate health literacy barriers to palliative care knowledge.

An Epidemiological Study of Smoking Among Adult Males in a Rural Area of Hooghly District, West Bengal, India

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indranil Saha ◽  
Bobby Paul ◽  
Tushar Kanti Dey
Keyword(s):  
Rural Area ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Former Smokers ◽  
Education Needs

AbstractA community-based cross-sectional study was undertaken in a rural community of West Bengal, India among 329 adult males, during April to June, 2004 to find out the prevalence, characteristics of smoking and attitude of smokers towards quitting. 29.8% (98), 61.7% (203) and 8.5% (28) were found to be current, never and former smokers respectively. Among current smokers, 79.4% had started smoking before the age of 24 years. 23% of smokers cited the reason for smoking was to concentrate at work and to relieve anger and frustration. 53.8% wanted to quit smoking but lack of willpower (28.2%) became the major hindrance to quitting. 58.9% were uncertain about continuing smoking. Smoking is commonly practised in rural area of West Bengal, starting at quite an early age; hence awareness and health education needs to be stressed, so that prevention can be initiated.

scholarly journals THEORY-DRIVEN ROLE MODEL STORIES’ EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE KNOWLEDGE AMONG A DIVERSE POPULATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S689-S689
Author(s):  
Deborah Hoe ◽  
Anna Rahman ◽  
Kayla Johari ◽  
Susan Enguidanos
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Real People ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Palliative care, specialized medical care for seriously ill people, has been demonstrated to reduce pain and symptoms while increasing satisfaction with health care. Yet, national surveys show that less than 10% of people are aware of palliative care, and among these, many believe it to be synonymous with hospice. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of 3-minute long theoretically-driven role model video stories at improving knowledge of palliative care. We recruited 161 adults age 50 and older from senior centers, assisted living, and other community-based sites. Pretest-posttest study design was employed and each participant completed 20 question surveys about palliative care knowledge, intent to seek palliative care, and perceptions about the videos. We also recorded participants’ opinions of the videos. Regression analysis was conducted to test the effectiveness of the role model video stories and qualitative analysis to elicit the major themes in participants’ opinions. Overall, palliative care knowledge score (max=13) improved from an average of 4.64 to 9.99 (t=11.99, p&lt;0.001). Two-sample t-test revealed no significant difference in change of score by race. Regression analysis revealed that belief in the role models as real people and participants with 12 years of education significantly predicted higher change in knowledge scores. Conversely, being non-white and widowed were significant predictors of lower changes in score. Qualitative analysis of participants’ perspectives revealed two major positive themes: authenticity and informativeness of videos. This study suggests that theoretically-driven role model video stories may be an effective strategy to improve palliative care knowledge.

scholarly journals Terms of engagement: The collaborative representation of Alutiiq identity

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aron L. Crowell
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Collaborative Representation ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Logic ◽  
Collaborative Engagement

Abstract The book and exhibition Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People present both Alutiiq and anthropological perspectives on a complex Alaska Native ethnicity. This community-based project, produced by the Smithsonian Institution and Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, is considered within several frames: cultural identity and revitalization in the Alutiiq region, the new paradigm of collaborative anthropology, and contrasting essentialist and constructivist models of cultural change. An Alutiiq “cultural logic” of connection to ancestors, kin, place and a provident natural environment is proposed as the basis for continuity of identity through two centuries of cultural transformation. Collaborative engagement in Indigenous heritage projects is discussed as a complex but indispensable commitment for contemporary anthropology.

Ultrastructure of Giant Mitochondria and Their Inclusions in Schwann Cells of Bovine Splenic Nerve

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 194-195
Author(s):  
Å. Thureson-Klein
Keyword(s):  
Schwann Cells ◽  
Cell Organelles ◽  
Giant Mitochondria ◽  
Matrix Density ◽  
Physiological Conditions ◽  
Unmyelinated Axons ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Structural Abnormalities ◽  
Cytotoxic Compounds ◽  
Cell Components

Giant mitochondria of various shapes and with different internal structures and matrix density have been observed in a great number of tissues including nerves. In most instances, the presence of giant mitochondria has been associated with a known disease or with abnormal physiological conditions such as anoxia or exposure to cytotoxic compounds. In these cases degenerative changes occurred in other cell organelles and, therefore the giant mitochondria also were believed to be induced structural abnormalities.Schwann cells ensheating unmyelinated axons of bovine splenic nerve regularly contain giant mitochondria in addition to the conventional smaller type (Fig. 1). These nerves come from healthy inspected animals presumed not to have been exposed to noxious agents. As there are no drastic changes in the small mitochondria and because other cell components also appear reasonably well preserved, it is believed that the giant mitochondria are normally present jin vivo and have not formed as a post-mortem artifact.

Mitochondria in Cardiomyopathy: Alterations in Size, Number and Internal Structures

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 126-127
Author(s):  
George Hug ◽  
William K. Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Biochemical Analysis ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Size Number ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Left Ventricular Outflow ◽  
Chest X Ray ◽  
Myocardial Fibers ◽  
Muscle Biopsies ◽  
Needle Liver Biopsy

A white boy six months of age was hospitalized with respiratory distress and congestive heart failure. Control of the heart failure was achieved but marked cardiomegaly, moderate hepatomegaly, and minimal muscular weakness persisted.At birth a chest x-ray had been taken because of rapid breathing and jaundice and showed the heart to be of normal size. Clinical studies included: EKG which showed biventricular hypertrophy, needle liver biopsy which showed toxic hepatitis, and cardiac catheterization which showed no obstruction to left ventricular outflow. Liver and muscle biopsies revealed no biochemical or histological evidence of type II glycogexiosis (Pompe's disease). At thoracotomy, 14 milligrams of left ventricular muscle were removed. Total phosphorylase activity in the biopsy specimen was normal by biochemical analysis as was the degree of phosphorylase activation. By light microscopy, vacuoles and fine granules were seen in practically all myocardial fibers. The fibers were not hypertrophic. The endocardium was not thickened excluding endocardial fibroelastosis. Based on these findings, the diagnosis of idiopathic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy was made.

Bioterrorism-Related Beliefs, Attitudes and Behaviors of Community-Based Clinicians

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S48
Author(s):  
Robyn R. M. Gershon ◽  
Kristine A. Qureshi ◽  
Stephen S. Morse ◽  
Marissa A. Berrera ◽  
Catherine B. Dela Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Community Based ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors
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