Recent Trends in Sure Start Children’s Centres of the UK: The Effects of Political Changes

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-53
Author(s):  
Hyejoong Kim
Keyword(s):  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Children’S Centres

Countering Violent Extremism in Canada and Abroad

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Abdelrahman Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
The Us ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Uk

Terrorism and violent extremism have undoubtedly become among the top security concerns of the 21st century. Despite a robust agenda of counterterrorism since the September 11, 2001 attacks, the evolution of global terrorism has continued to outpace the policy responses that have tried to address it. Recent trends such as the foreign fighter phenomenon, the rampant spread of extremist ideologies online and within communities, and a dramatic increase in terrorist incidents worldwide, have led to a recognition that “traditional” counterterrorism efforts are insufficient and ineffective in combatting these phenomena. Consequently, the focus of policy and practice has shifted towards countering violent extremism by addressing the drivers of radicalization to curb recruitment to extremist groups. Within this context, the field of countering violent extremism (CVE) has garnered attention from both the academic and policy-making worlds. While the CVE field holds promise as a significant development in counterterrorism, its policy and practice are complicated by several challenges that undermine the success of its initiatives. Building resilience to violent extremism is continuously challenged by an overly securitized narrative and unintended consequences of previous policies and practices, including divisive social undercurrents like Islamophobia, xenophobia, and far-right sentiments. These by-products make it increasingly difficult to mobilize a whole of society response that is so critical to the success and sustainability of CVE initiatives. This research project addresses these policy challenges by drawing on the CVE strategies of Canada, the US, the UK, and Denmark to collect best practice and lessons learned in order to outline a way forward. 

Class, poverty and inequality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines debates about the nature of class and inequality in the UK, along with their continuing importance to social work as a profession. It first considers the various discourses that explain poverty in relation to the nature of social work, noting that social work as a profession is committed to social justice but that in the debates exploring social work's theoretical focus on broader identity politics in the 1980s and 1990s, the issue of class was obscured or marginalised. The chapter proceeds by discussing how progressive parties have developed a whole new language of social exclusion to avoid addressing class, poverty and inequality as issues of social justice. It also looks at P. Bourdieu's 2010 analysis of class as well as recent trends and approaches to the study of poverty and inequality before concluding with an overview of the link between social work and poverty.

The geography of ASCO Annual Meetings: Nationality of abstracts and recent trends

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17567-e17567
Author(s):  
E. D. Saad ◽  
A. Mangabeira ◽  
A. L. Masson ◽  
F. E. Prisco
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Research ◽  
Temporal Trend ◽  
Study Phase ◽  
Single Institution ◽  
Clinical Cancer Research ◽  
The Us ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Poster Presentations ◽  
Oral Presentations

e17567 Background: Although there have been previous analyses of various aspects of studies presented at ASCO Annual Meetings, to our knowledge no attempt has been made to investigate the nationality of abstracts. Methods: After stratification into three categories of presentation ([1] oral, including plenary and all oral presentations; [2] posters, including poster discussions; and [3] publication only [PO]), we took a random sample of 10% of the abstracts from 6 years, and assigned them nationalities using authors’ affiliations. For multinational studies, we assigned nationality following an algorithm developed for the study. Importantly, we did not appraise abstract quality or results. Results: We analyzed 2,206 of the 22,045 abstracts appearing in the Proceedings and LBA Booklets for 2001–2003 and 2006–2008. Categories were oral/poster/PO in 7.8/49.2/43.0%, and study phase (as declared by authors) was I/II/III/other, unknown or not applicable in 10.8/16.5/3.3/69.4% of abstracts. There were 332 (15.0%) multinational studies, and 1,866 (85.0%) were uninational (969 multicenter, and 905 from a single institution). The top 15 countries with higher % of studies were the US (49.0%), Italy (7.5%), Japan (5.9%), Germany (5.3%), France (4.3%), Spain (3.5%), Canada (3.4%), the UK (3.3%), South Korea (1.8%), China/Hong Kong (1.4%), Brazil (1.1%), India (1.0%), Greece and Belgium (0.9% each), and Turkey (0.8%). Exploratory analyses showed a temporal increase in multinational studies (p = 0.003), no temporal trend in the proportion of abstracts with US nationality (p = 0.315), and a higher proportion of oral and poster presentations for multinational studies (p < 0.001) and for abstracts with US nationality (p < 0.001). Conclusions: This bibliometric analysis provides a geographic overview of research presented at ASCO Annual Meetings and suggests that nearly half of all abstracts are from the US, with 20% of the 71 countries represented producing nearly 90% of all abstracts accepted for the meetings. Multinational collaboration seems to be increasing in clinical cancer research. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

Recent trends in university entry for dentistry in the UK

BDJ ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 175 (6) ◽  
pp. 217-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
R W Matthews ◽  
C Scully
Keyword(s):  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Uk

scholarly journals Preparation for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Medical Schools in Australia: A Survey of Current Practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Peter J. M. Barton ◽  
Andrew A. Beveridge ◽  
Kay M. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Clinical Activity ◽  
Common Endpoint ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Cpr Training ◽  
Telephone Questionnaire

Introduction. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is acknowledged worldwide as a stressful clinical activity for all young doctors. The extent of standardisation of preparation for CPR within Australian curricula is unknown. Recent trends in the UK suggest the emergence of a common endpoint, Immediate Life Support (ILS) certification. The support for a similar shared endpoint in Australia is unknown. Methodology. A telephone questionnaire survey about the preparation for teaching CPR to medical students was undertaken in all Australian medical schools in early 2012; 88% of schools replied. Results. The majority favoured early basic CPR training. There was marked variation in how schools taught advanced CPR and how CPR competence was assessed. Only one school considered their graduates to be less than well prepared for CPR and all schools agreed that a common endpoint was desirable. Discussion. There is broad support for Immediate Life Support as a common end in resuscitation competence. Medical schools where students are prepared for a rural placement on graduation may still require a higher standard of competence.

scholarly journals Trends in Type 1 Diabetes Mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years in 27 European Countries and the United Kingdom: 1990–2017

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A463-A463
Author(s):  
Aurimas Kudzinskas ◽  
Andrew Alazawi ◽  
Will Hughes ◽  
Richard Goodall ◽  
Eleanor Harbinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Disability Adjusted Life ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Uk

Abstract Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a prevalent condition with significant morbidity and financial implications. This study aims to compare the temporal trends in T1DM mortality and morbidity across 27 European Union (EU) countries and the United Kingdom between 1990 and 2017. Methods: The Global Burden of Disease Study database was used to extract T1DM age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) and disability-adjusted life-years rates (DALYs) per 100,000 for 27 EU countries and the United Kingdom. Joinpoint regression analysis was used to interpret trends. Results: All countries, excluding males from the Czech Republic (+28.5%), had relative reductions in ASMR between 1990 and 2017. The largest relative reductions in ASMR between 1990 and 2017 were observed in Slovenia for both males and females (-75.9% and -87.9%, respectively). The smallest relative reductions in ASMR between 1990 and 2017 were seen in Malta for males (-5.9%) and Czech Republic for females (-12.5%). For all years from 1999 to 2017, males in all countries had higher T1DM ASMRs compared to females. Similarly, T1DM DALYs have decreased across all countries excluding males from the Czech Republic and Malta (+10.4% and +5.3%, respectively). The largest relative reductions in DALYs between 1990 and 2017 were observed in Poland for both males and females (-46.4% and -70.4%, respectively). The smallest relative reductions in DALYs were seen in Greece for both males and females (-4.1% and -17.0%, respectively). From all years from 2006 to 2017, males in all countries had higher T1DM DALYs compared to females. Joinpoint regression analysis demonstrated that over the time period covered by the most recent trends (2013/14–2017), small increases in T1DM ASMRs were observed in Malta, Germany, and Denmark, for males, and in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark for females. Furthermore, the UK also observed increases in DALY rates for both males and females between 2013 and 2017 (estimated annual percentage increases: males +0.6%, females +0.5%). Discussion: We identified improvements in both the mortality and morbidity from T1DM in European Union Countries between 1990 and 2017. Both the incidence and prevalence of T1DM is known to be increasing, therefore the observed improvements in mortality and morbidity reflect continent wide improvements in disease management. Our data do suggest, however, that the improvements in mortality and DALYs appear to be plateauing in the UK over the time periods covered by the most recent trends.

scholarly journals “Wipe them out”! The Social Construction of Children’s Centres

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-23
Author(s):  
Peter Goy
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Vulnerable Families ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Four Discourses ◽  
Children’S Centres

Abstract The future for Children’s Centres in England looks bleak.. A change in government in the UK in 2010 saw a change in political perspective that was manifested in one way as austerity. The effects of austerity impacted on a range of public services including Children’s Centres. Children’s Centres also came under government scrutiny resulting in a change of focus in their activities from a core offer of providing services to having a core purpose. The study used a flexible qualitative design to produce a critical discourse analysis about the social construction of Children’s Centres. A range of publicly available documents were gathered to provide naturalistic data relating to Children’s Centres. In addition, six Children’s Centre workers were purposefully selected to take part in a semi structured focus group interview. The subsequent analysis of the document and interview data revealed a range of rhetorical devices used by speakers to construct their perceptions of Children’s Centres. These constructions were organised under four dominant discourses; a discourse of recognition, a discourse of pragmatism, a discourse of pessimism and a discourse of change. One common factor in these four discourses was the role of the UK government. Children’s Centres did not appear to get recognition for some the work they did with families but there was a pragmatism about what Children’s Centres could provide during a period of austerity. There was pessimism about what was happening to Children’s Centres especially in relation to vulnerable families but what seemed inevitable was Children’s Centres were changing.

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