The Role of Southeast Sulawesi PPPKMI in Strengthening Health Promotion Strategies As a Covid-19 Response Effort

Covid-19 is now one world pandemic and efforts health promotion strategies have a very large role to prevent the spread of Covid-19. PPPKMI is a professional organization of health promotion workers who play an important role in strengthening health promotion strategies in Southeast Sulawesi in efforts to overcome Covid-19 . The purpose of this study was to determine the role of the Southeast Sulawesi PPPKMI professional organization in strengthening health promotion strategies as an effort to overcome Covid-19. This type of study is a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach using data collection techniques through observation and in-depth interviews, tracing documents and processed by content analysis. Research informants are PPPKMI administrators, PPPKMI partners, and health promotion workers under the PPPKMI professional organization. According to the results of the study, it was found that the empowerment activities carried out by PPPKMI consisted of self-efficacy and health literacy. Atmosphere Development, consisting of appraisal support, tangiable support, self-esteem support. Advocacy is carried out by providing recommendations to local governments with various prevention recommendations so that this pandemic does not spread further. Therefore, the conclusion of this study is PPPKMI professional organization in strengthening health promotion strategies as a Covid-19 response effort in Southeast Sulawesi in 2021 is carried out using three ways, namely empowerment activities, atmosphere building activities and advocacy activities. All activities are carried out by PPPKMI According to important tasks and goals of activity according to the established laws.

Perancangan Busana Magnificent Of Modular Mode

Fast fashion can be interpreted as a quick response effort in providing the latest fashionable clothes according to consumer demand. This can lead to a accumulation of clothes which eventually becomes clothing waste. Clothing waste can be overcome with two opportunities, namely reuse and reduction, this reduction method uses the principle of sustainable design. Sustainable that is raised is a modular design. "Modular design" is a kind of design fashion that can not only make clothes more attractive, allow the wearer to participate in choices, increase the possibility of clothing styles, but also can extend the service cycle of clothes. In this "fast fashion" market, modular design ideas can be a breaking point, helping us find ways to balance low-carbon and eco-friendly needs and fashion. Therefore, there is a need for a ready-to-wear fashion modular design that inspires the Woloan Minahasa Stage House that can be disassembled. This will be the common thread in the creation of the work.

Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of the COVID-19 Response in a Local Public Health System

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic tested the capacity of local health systems to understand and respond to changing conditions. Although data on new cases of COVID-19 were widely shared in communities, there was less information on the multisector response activities and factors associated with implementation. To address this gap, this empirical case study examined (a) the pattern of implementation of COVID-19 response activities and (b) the factors and critical events associated with both the pattern of new cases and the implementation of the local COVID-19 response. We used a participatory monitoring and evaluation system to capture, code, characterize, and communicate 580 COVID-19 response activities implemented in the city of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Collaboration across sectors including public health, medical services, city/county government, businesses, social services, public schools, and universities enabled the local public health system’s response effort. Documentation results showed the varying pattern of new COVID-19 cases and response activities over time and the factors identified as enabling or impeding the response and related new cases. Similar participatory monitoring and evaluation methods can be used by local health systems to help understand and respond to the changing conditions of COVID-19 response and recovery.

Delivering behavior analytic services in an inclusive job setting for a young adult with autism spectrum disorder: A case example

BACKGROUND: The rate of employment for adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is low. This may be due in part to repetitive or disruptive behaviors associated with the ASD diagnosis and challenges to delivering services in the workplace. OBJECTIVE: This paper outlines a behavior analytic approach to providing job coaching supports in collaboration with employers in an inclusive setting. METHODS: A case example for a 26-year-old male diagnosed with ASD, employed as a data entry specialist, is highlighted. An A-B design was used to evaluate the impact of behavior analytic interventions on the rate of disruptive vocalizations. Behavior analysts and job coaches from a university-based team worked with employers to identify feasible and effective strategies. RESULTS: Rates of vocalizations decreased and maintained for 5 months following intervention fading. Social acceptability ratings from key office personnel reflected improved coworker relations and a high degree of acceptability for procedures used by the team. CONCLUSIONS: Employer collaboration was necessary for intervention design and decision making. Service providers should consider response effort for employers, the degree of normalization of strategies, how to limit disruption to productivity and the work setting, and methods for fading interventions or components of interventions.

Shoreline Contamination Report 2015 SS Arrow Spill Chedabucto Bay, NS, Canada

The 1970 SS Arrow incident in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia (NS) was a milestone event in Canada's oil spill response history and has been used by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) for ongoing research for almost 50 years. In August of 2015, the remaining sunken section of the SS ARROW released Bunker C oil from its tanks and some sections of shorelines impacted in 1970 were affected once again. The Canadian Coast Guard led the 2015 response effort, which included Shoreline Clean-Up and Assessment Technique (SCAT) surveys, to evaluate the contamination on the shorelines of Chedabucto Bay. This poster presents an overview of the 1970 event as well as the shoreline contamination resulting from the 2015 release from the SS Arrow. It summarizes the SCAT survey results and the operational response of the ECCC's National Environmental Emergencies Centre (NEEC) in support of the incident.

690 An Analysis of Objective and Subjective Sleep and Infection Symptoms of Medical Personnel Working through the COVID-19 Pandemic

Introduction There is a well-established connection between sleep and the immune system, and in the midst of a global pandemic, it is vital to understand the relationship between COVID-19 symptomatology and sleep. While our communities practice safety protocols, medical personnel working on the COVID-19 response effort are at high risk for exposure and contraction. This creates an urgent need to better understand whether sleep may contribute to COVID-19 symptom onset, severity, and recovery. This study examined the relationship between subjective and objective sleep during infection. Methods Fifty volunteers (age 35.15±9.97) considered high risk for COVID-19 participated in the study. The sample consisted mostly of medical personnel (93.27%) working through the pandemic. Over six months, participants completed monthly surveys and daily logs via Qualtrics. These surveys included questions about sleep, infection symptoms, COVID-19 tests and diagnoses, and mood. Wrist-worn actigraphy was collected continuously throughout the study. Sleep duration, latency, wake after sleep onset, and efficiency were processed using Philips Actiware 6.0. Actigraphy and survey data were analyzed using SPSS v. 25. Results Sixty-two percent of participants experienced infection symptoms. Those experiencing symptoms were significantly more likely to report having poorer sleep quality t(255.59)=5.78, p=<.001, poorer mood upon waking t(258.03)=6.53, p=<.001, feeling less alert upon waking t(255.61)=4.56, p=<.001, and spending more time awake at night t(2.66.98)=-7.29, p=<.001. Results showed that compared to those asymptomatic, participants with cough t(2164)=2.07, p=.039, diarrhea t(2161)=2.51, p=.012, and headache t(106.18)=7.05, p=<.001 all had significantly less total sleep time, while those with body aches spent significantly more time awake at night t(2164)=2.10, p=.036. Conclusion This preliminary examination of the data broadly suggests that medical personnel experiencing infection symptoms may have difficulty obtaining adequate sleep. Further, specific infection symptoms may share a stronger relationship with key sleep parameters than others. These findings support further testing of the bi-direction relationship between infection symptoms and sleep. Results from this research will contribute to enhancing prevention, detection, and treatment guidance related to future domestic and globally-experienced infections. Support (if any) Support for this study comes from there Military Operational Medicine Research Program of the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command.

The Evolution and Implementation of Tiered Preparedness & Response

ABSTRACT Simply put, responders and planners define response capability in terms of “what it is”, “how much” and “by when”. The types of capability define the “what”, for example the ability to apply dispersant to a surface slick at sea or the ability to mount an aerial surveillance operation to track and monitor the oil (and the response effort) makes up the Toolbox that responders have at their disposal to mitigate impacts of an oil spill. The IPIECA Good Practice Guide on Tiered Preparedness and Response (TPR) recognises 15 such response capabilities that could be required for any given spill scenario and is a direct output from the Joint Industry Project on Oil Spill Response following the Macondo incident in 2010. The “how-much” introduces a quantification of the capability and it is important to recognise that capability is not just a physical measure of the hardware itself (i.e. “six skimmers”) but should include assumptions about the trained manpower to deploy, and the logistical support needed to fully enable the resource to be effective. “By-when” implies a time element that is critical in cascading remote resource effectively. It follows that some capability is required to be immediately available to enable a local response to be initiated quickly and effectively whilst other capabilities, usually only required for larger or more complex spills, can be introduced on a longer lead-time. To help visualise the dynamics of “what”, “how-much and “by-when”, the IPIECA Guide provides a simple model to illustrate the provision of response capability for any given oil spill risk in the form of a wheel with 15 segments representing each element of capability. Each segment is further divided to illustrate the three tiers of cascading capability (Tier 1, near the centre representing capability immediately available, Tier 2 showing intermediate capability, and Tier 3 around the periphery to indicate additional, possibly internationally-sourced capability that necessitates a longer lead time required for the largest or most complex spills.) Planners typically use the tool when matching resources to the identified risk, as it can usefully highlight any gaps that may exist in the provision of capability. This paper draws upon the experience of Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) in applying and using the Guide and the TPR wheel, both in planning and in response. Case history evidence will be used to illustrate the benefits and limitations of this industry-adopted planning and response approach.

A first look at Android applications in Google Play related to COVID-19

Due to the convenience of access-on-demand to information and business solutions, mobile apps have become an important asset in the digital world. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, app developers have joined the response effort in various ways by releasing apps that target different user bases (e.g., all citizens or journalists), offer different services (e.g., location tracking or diagnostic-aid), provide generic or specialized information, etc. While many apps have raised some concerns by spreading misinformation or even malware, the literature does not yet provide a clear landscape of the different apps that were developed. In this study, we focus on the Android ecosystem and investigate Covid-related Android apps. In a best-effort scenario, we attempt to systematically identify all relevant apps and study their characteristics with the objective to provide a first taxonomy of Covid-related apps, broadening the relevance beyond the implementation of contact tracing. Overall, our study yields a number of empirical insights that contribute to enlarge the knowledge on Covid-related apps: (1) Developer communities contributed rapidly to the COVID-19, with dedicated apps released as early as January 2020; (2) Covid-related apps deliver digital tools to users (e.g., health diaries), serve to broadcast information to users (e.g., spread statistics), and collect data from users (e.g., for tracing); (3) Covid-related apps are less complex than standard apps; (4) they generally do not seem to leak sensitive data; (5) in the majority of cases, Covid-related apps are released by entities with past experience on the market, mostly official government entities or public health organizations.

oKat-SIM – An Interdisciplinary Research Project to Optimize Natural Disaster Management Using Augmented Reality

<p>In the event of a natural disaster, local authorities often have to rely on limited experience and sporadic training to make important and lifesaving decisions. This increases the stress levels of the workforce involved in the response effort and can result in an inaccurate assessment of the situation with potentially catastrophic consequences. oKat-SIM aims to support local administrative offices in natural disaster situations by providing augmented reality (AR)-based training to public authorities in order to increase geohazard awareness and improve associated responses. Our initial focus is on possible flood and landslide scenarios in three different regions of Germany: the lowlands of Görlitz, urbanized Leverkusen, and the mountainous Garmisch-Partenkirchen region. These scenarios are based on state-of-the-art modelling of realistic, cascading natural disaster events and incorporate environmental parameters such as precipitation, high-resolution topography, and examples from past events. Together with local partners, we are developing training simulations adapted to the threats posed by natural disasters in each of the study areas. We use the Unity game engine to translate GIS-based data and modeling results into the AR simulation environment. AR training immerses the participants in realistic states of emergency while maintaining direct communications, which results in safer and more rapid decision making that will ultimately protect communities from natural disasters. The success of the training will be evaluated by cognitive science methods including measuring the learning effect under different stress levels. These measurements will be used to modify the training environment to achieve optimal learning results.</p>