Towards Specific of Definition for Concept of a “Digital Competencies”

The article describes the specifics of the concept of digital competencies in the context of the development of an innovative economy. A brief comparison of the concepts of digital literacy, media literacy and digital competencies is carried out, their general and specific features are indicated. The main applications of digital competencies, both economic and socio-cultural, are indicated. An example of a comprehensive program for the development of digital competencies within the European Union is presented, as well as the place androle of the concept of “digital competencies” in programs for long-term socio-economic and educational development of Russia.

Sense of Coherence in Parents of Children With Cancer and Its Relationship With Self-Construal in Southeastern Iran

This study aimed to determine sense of coherence and its relationship with self-construal in parents of children with cancer in southeastern Iran. In this descriptive correlational study, 127 parents of children with cancer were studied using sense of coherence scale (SOC) and self-construal scale (SCS) in Iran. The results of the study showed that total mean score of SOC was 51.4 ± 14.2 and the interdependent self-construal (INT) in parents was higher than independent self-construal (IND). Also, the relationship between SOC and SCS showed that IND had a positive and statistically significant relationship with SOC manageability subscale. The weak SOC in the studied parents can cause more stress and suffering in dealing with their child’s disease. It is essential that health care providers provide a comprehensive program to enhance parents’ SOC and it should be noted that people who have a more INT felt less able to manage challenging situations.

Comprehensive Support and Student Success: Can Out of School Time Make a Difference?

StudentU is a comprehensive program that provides education, nutrition, and social support services to disadvantaged middle and high school students outside of the regular school day. In this paper I investigate the effects of this multi-year program on the early high school outcomes of participating students by exploiting data from oversubscribed admissions lotteries. I find that the subgroup of lottery winners who entered the comprehensive program with low baseline achievement earned more course credits (0.82 credits), achieved higher grade point averages (0.37 grade points), and were less likely to be suspended (17.1 percentage points) during ninth grade than their lottery loser counterparts. Investigation of intervening variables indicates that on-time grade progress and decreases in course failure and disciplinary infractions are potential mediating channels. Using an index of early high school outcomes, I predict that lottery winners are around 4 percentage points more likely to graduate from high school than lottery losers (5 percent effect). These results suggest that comprehensive services delivered outside of the regular school day have the potential to improve the educational outcomes of disadvantaged students.

A novel comprehensive program combined optimal medical treatment and lifestyle for type 2 diabetes

This article introduces briefly current status in managing type 2 diabetes (T2D) and an updated classical standardized comprehensive program which combines optimal medical treatment (OMT) with lifestyle modification, that is, intervention of RT-ABCDEFG (iRT-ABCDEFG) for control and prevention of T2D, and discusses its advantages and prospects. Here, G means goals; F means follow-up; E means examination; D means disease & risk factors control; C means changing unhealthy “environment-sleep-emotion-exercise-diet” intervention [E(e)SEEDi] lifestyle & Chinese medicine or control the source of infection & cutting genetic or spreading pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic; B means biohazard control; And A means antagonistic treatment, such as optimal anti-diabetic agents, the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLPR) agonists, the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, and the ultralong-acting, once-daily basal insulin. As a novel strategy for Intervention of diabetes, this program can be used as a Reverse, Right, and Routine Treatment in clinical practice. Moreover, the vital goals which include less major adverse cardiocerebrovascular events (MACCE) and diabetic complications, less medical costs, longer life expectancy, lower morbidity and mortality, and higher quality of life, will be realized by consistently practicing this program due to early diagnosis, OMT, and overall prevention. Whatever, this program is very helpful to manage or self-manage T2D and improve its outcomes since it highly links to cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, cancer, and other MACCEs.

Factors associated with needlestick injuries among healthcare workers: implications for prevention

Background Our study sought to determine the frequency of Needlestick injuries (NSIs) among Healthcare Workers (HCWs) working at governmental hospital and to study the factors that associated with occurrence of NSIs, and to develop recommendations for a comprehensive program for prevention. Methods Retrospective study of all reported cases of NSIs in the period from April 2016 to May 2018 among healthcare workers at a governmental hospital. Results Incidence of NSIs over 26 months was 8.4% among all participants. Nurses were the most affected staff (52.5%) resulted commonly from disposing syringes (58.9%). In contrast, the incidence of NSIs among physicians was 24.9% where surgical devices were the primary source of NSIs among them (40%). Failure to complete all required hepatitis B vaccination was common among expatriates of the participants of this study. Conclusions NSIs was common among HCWs participated in this study. Preventive measures should be implemented including adequate hepatitis B immunization.

University as an Environment of Innovative Interactions

Orenburg State University is presented as an environment of multilevel multidimensional interaction of various subjects. The dynamics of value interaction between students and teachers is revealed. In the conditions of modern social and digital transformations, the nature of joint activity is changing from formal-reproductive to value-creative. It is pointed out that the dominant instrumental values of students are shifting due to the information and technological features of distance educational technologies. Youth interactions and socio-cultural practices are integrated into the comprehensive program for the development of the OSU socio-cultural environment on the basis of various project activities. The implementation of the program is characterized by receiving grant support for student initiatives. International aspects of university interaction are represented by the development of forms of scientific and educational export to universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF PREVENTION OF DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF THE INTERNET ENVIRONMENT ON THE STUDENT YOUTH

The paper presents an analysis of the results of an experiment on the implementation of a comprehensive program for the prevention of the destructive influence of the Internet environment on student youth in the activities of social service centers. In accordance with the purpose and objectives of scientific work, the sample consisted of 533 people aged 16 to 25 years. The proposed program is based on the assumption that critical thinking is an effective means of counteracting the destructive information impact. According to the results of the analyzed data, positive changes that occurred in young people in accordance with the axiological, cognitive and praxiological components of the formation of critical thinking. As a result of the pedagogical experiment, the majority of respondents in the experimental group achieved high and medium development of the indicators of the criteria. The effectiveness of the implementation of the developed program in the preventive activities of specialists in social work of social service centers has been proven.

The study of the psychological characteristics of the pharmacist's personality in the aspect of the corporate culture of the pharmacy organization

The article presents the results of a study of the pharmacist's personality in the context of corporate culture, on the basis of which a comprehensive program for the development of the personal potential of employees of pharmacy organizations was developed. The sample consisted of 70 specialists (pharmacists) working in pharmacy chains in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The results of the study indicated significant changes that occurred in the experimental and control groups according to all the analysed criteria. The significance of the results obtained for science is to expand the understanding of the multidimensional personality qualities of pharmacists required by representatives of this profession, which allows us to study this phenomenon in more detail, to explain some features of the personality of pharmacists, on whose professionalism depends the quality of the work performed, and hence the health of society.

Results of approbation of the program for the development of active imagination and its building in adolescents

Active imagination is a kind of dialogue that a person conducts with different parts of “ego”. The article has expressed the need to introduce a comprehensive program for the development of active imagination and its constellations in adolescents. Thepurposeofthearticle is to elaborate a model for imagination development, particularly active, in adolescents; to justify the comprehensive program for the develop-ment of adolescents’ imagination at the psychologi-cal level using pedagogical methods and to approbate the comprehensive program in the educational space. Researchmethods: “The achievement motive” (mod-ified by M. Mahomed-Eminova), “Diagnostics of per-sonal creativity” (O. Tunik), “Diagnostics of non-verbal creativity” (a short form of the Torrance Test adapted by A.V oronina), “Diagnostics of linguistic-cognitive creativity” (T. Halkina, L. Aleksieieva). Results.Upon indicators of achievement motivation of adolescents, there is a prevalence of the motive to avoid failures that indicates their low self-esteem, a lack of confidence and organization etc. Most respondents have also shown average and below average levels of the devel-opment of non-verbal and verbal-cognitive creativity. The research has established that personal creativity is at the average development level, which is manifested in curiosity, the ability to imagine and complicity of think-ing. An indicator of risk tolerance is at a low level given respondents’ tender age and adolescent crisis. Under-developed creative component of active imagination leads to the loss of further productivity of an adolescent and his becoming as a whole. Conclusions. Indicators of the ascertaining stage of the study have confirmed the undeveloped active imagination of adolescents and its main constellations that prompts the imple-mentation of the program of psychological influence on the development of imagination. Post-formative actions have proved the availability of positive dynam-ics in the development of active imagination and its main components at a statistically significant level. This is a key proof of the effectiveness of the author’s comprehensive program that approves its introduction in the psychological and pedagogical process of inter-action between adolescents and grown-ups.Keyw ords:imagination, active imagination, constella-tions of active imagination, program for development of active imagination. Активна уява – це свого роду діалог, який проводить особистість з різними частинами власного “Я”. У статті розкрито необхідність впровадження комп-лексної програми розвитку активної уяви та її консталяцій у підлітків. Метадослідження: розробка моделі розвитку уяви, зокрема активної в представників підліткового віку; обґрунтування комплексноїпрограми розвитку уяви підлітків на психологічному рівні з використанням педагогічних методів та апробація комплексної програми в освітньому просторі. Методидослідження:“Мотивація досягнення” (модифікація М. Магомед-Емінова), “Діагностика особистісної креативності” (О. Тунік), “Діагностика невербальної креативності” (короткий варіант тесту Е. Торренса, адаптація А. Вороніна), “Діагностика мовленнєво-мисленнєвої креативності” (Т. Галкіної, Л. Алексєєвої). Результати.За показником мотивації досягнення в підлітків переважає мотивація уникнення невдач, а це засвідчує їх низьку самооцінку, невпевненість, неорганізованість тощо. Також у значної частини респондентів виявлено середній та нижчий за середній рівні розвитку невербальноїта вербально-мислиннєвої креативності. Встановлено, що особистісна креативність перебуває на середньому рівні розвитку, що виражається в допитливості, здатності уявляти та складності мислення. Показник готовності ризикувати також перебуває на низькому рівні, зважаючи на юний вік оптантів та наявність підліткової кризи. А недостатньо розвинена творча складова активної уяви обумовлює зниження подальшої продуктивності молодої людини і її подальшого становлення загалом. Висновки.Показники констатувального етапу дослідження засвідчили недостатній рівень розвитку активноїуяви підлітків та її провідних консталяцій, що слугувало причиною впровадження програми психологічного впливу на розвиток уяви загалом. Як засвідчили постформувальні заходи, наявність позитивної динаміки щодо розвитку активної уяви та їїпровідних компонентів на статистично значущому рівні у представників експериментальної групи. Це є головним доказом ефективності запропонованоїнами комплексної програми і уможливлює її впровадження в психолого-педагогічний процес взаємодіїміж підлітками та дорослими.Ключовіслова:уява, активна уява, підліток, консталяції активної уяви, програма розвитку активної уяви.