Implicit Cognitive Vulnerability through Nudges, Boosts and Bounces

Implicit Cognitive Vulnerability is a developing theoretical understanding, wherein feeling safe within an instructional environment is of significant impact upon short-term and long-term memory’s cognitive acquisition of information so as to embed new information within a learner’s conceptual framework of understanding. Towards successfully individualizing a learner’s implicit cognitive vulnerability, the primary focus has been upon the larger community environment in which the learner is housed, yet the viability of the learner’s ability and cognitive viability must also be addressed through nudges, boosts and bounces of motivational support. Recognizing this individualized need of learners, this discussion revolves around the ability of a learner to embed implicit cognitive vulnerability within their own cognitive viability through structured and unstructured synchronous and asynchronous nudges and boosts that support self-regulatory and self-efficacy understandings.

An effective workshop on How to be an Effective Mentor for Underrepresented STEM Trainees

Despite an increase in programming to promote persons excluded by their ethnicity or race (PEER) scholars, minorities remain underrepresented in many STEM programs. The academic pipeline is largely leaky for underrepresented minority (URM) scholars due to a lack of effective mentorship. Many URM students experience microaggressions and discrimination from their mentors due to a lack of quality mentorship training. In this workshop, we provide a framework for how to be an effective mentor to URM trainees. Mentees, especially URM trainees, can flourish in effective mentoring environments where they feel welcomed and can comfortably develop new ideas without feeling threatened by external factors. Effective mentoring environments provide motivational support, empathy, cultural competency, and successful training.

A qualitative study of the barriers and enhancers to retention in care for pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV

Retention in care is a major challenge for pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV (PPHIV) in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) continuum. However, the factors influencing retention from the perspectives of women who have become lost to follow-up (LTFU) are not well described. We explored these factors within an enhanced sub-cohort of the East Africa International Epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS Consortium. From 2018–2019, a purposeful sample of PPHIV ≥18 years of age were recruited from five maternal and child health clinics providing integrated PMTCT services in Kenya. Women retained in care were recruited at the facility; women who had become LTFU (last visit >90 days) were recruited through community tracking. Interview transcripts were analyzed thematically using a social-ecological framework. Forty-one PPHIV were interviewed. The median age was 27 years, 71% were pregnant, and 39% had become LTFU. In the individual domain, prior PMTCT experience and desires to safeguard infants’ health enhanced retention but were offset by perceived lack of value in PMTCT services following infants’ immunizations. In the peer/family domain, male-partner financial and motivational support enhanced retention. In the community/society domain, some women perceived social pressure to attend clinic while others perceived pressure to utilize traditional birth attendants. In the healthcare environment, long queues and negative provider attitudes were prominent barriers. HIV-related stigma and fear of disclosure crossed multiple domains, particularly for LTFU women, and were driven by perceptions of HIV as a fatal disease and fear of partner abandonment and abuse. Both retained and LTFU women perceived that integrated HIV services increased the risk of disclosure. Retention was influenced by multiple factors for PPHIV. Stigma and fear of disclosure were prominent barriers for LTFU women. Multicomponent interventions and refining the structure and efficiency of PMTCT services may enhance retention for PPHIV.

Hubungan Dukungan Dan Motivasi Keluarga Terhadap Pelaksanaan Pengobatan Kanker

ABSTRACT: THE RELATIONSHIP OF FAMILY SUPPORT AND MOTIVATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CANCER TREATMENT Background: Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy sometimes feel pessimistic that their disease cannot be overcome and cannot be cured, to reduce pessimism, family support and management is needed so that the continuity of chemotherapy that is carried out by the client can run smoothly so that they have the motivation to recover. Purpose: This study was to determine the relationship between family support and motivation for the implementation of cancer treatment.Methods: Searching journals during July 2020 using online databases such as Google Scholar, Pubmed, Ebsco, with PRISMA format, obtained 20 articles.Results: Based on the existing cases and the collection of journals on family support and motivation in cancer treatment, the data showed varied data, but overall 67% family support and 33% motivational support in the process of treating patients with cancer.Conclusion: From the results of several studies that there is an influence of family support and motivation in increasing motivation to recover. Keywords: family support, motivation, cancer treatment INTISARI: HUBUNGAN DUKUNGAN DAN MOTIVASI KELUARGA TERHADAP PELAKSANAAN PENGOBATAN KANKER Latar Belakang : Pasian kanker yang menjalani kemoterapi kadang-kadang merasa pesimis bahwa penyakitnya tidak dapat diatasi dan tidak dapat sembuh, untuk mengurangi pesimis itu diperlukan dukungan keluarga dan penatalaksanaannya agar kelangsungan kemoterapi yang dijalani oleh klien tersebut dapat berjalan lancar sehingga mempunyai motivasi untuk sembuh.Tujuan : Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan dukungan dan motivasi keluarga terhadap pelaksaan pengobatan kanker.Metode : Pencarian jurnal selama Juli 2020 menggunakan data base online seperti Google cendekia, Pubmed, Ebsco, dengan format PRISMA didapatkan 20 artikel.Hasil : Berdasarkan kasus yang ada dan pengumpulan jurnal terhadap dukungan dan motivasi keluaga dalam pengobatan kanker menunjukan data yang bervariasi, tetapi secara keseluruhan 67% dukungan keluarga dan 33% dukungan motivasi dalam proses pengobatan pasien dengan kanker.Kesimpulan: Dari hasil beberapa penelitian bahwa ada pengaruh dukungan dan motivasi keluarga dalam meningkatkan motivasi untuk sembuh. Kata Kunci : Dukungan keluarga, Motivasi, Pengobatan kanker

Analysis of Home-Based Rehabilitation Awareness, Needs and Preferred Components of Elderly Patients with Hip Fracture Surgery in South Korea

The importance and necessity of home-based rehabilitation with professional and systematic interventions should be considered since home-based rehabilitation has been institutionalized as it is more feasible, cost effective, and even safer than in-hospital rehabilitation in most countries—though not in South Korea. In addition, the need for home-based rehabilitation is increasing due to the increasing number of hip fracture patients and limited capacity of acute hospital rehabilitation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the awareness, needs, and preferred components of home-based rehabilitation services after discharge for elderly patients with hip fracture surgery in South Korea. A survey of 98 elderly patients who recently underwent hip fracture surgery was performed using a questionnaire. More than 75% of patients agreed on the need for home-based rehabilitation, even though most had never heard of it. The reason for the need for home-based rehabilitation was that it is possible to receive continuously ongoing treatment (53.0%), and it alleviates the inconvenience of visiting hospitals (27.7%). In addition to this, about 15.7% of patients responded that they could achieve mental comfort. In other words, patients can recover in an emotionally stable environment without the psychological anxiety they might experience in hospital. Thus, in order to maximize the effectiveness of home-based rehabilitation and provide comprehensive guidance including exercise, education, motivational support, and environmental modification, to patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, the component of the rehabilitation program must be developed based upon rehabilitation experts’ knowledge and patients’ value. Additionally, corresponding policies should be established.

Online Exercise Classes during the COVID-19 Related Lockdown in Germany: Use and Attitudes

Lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to reductions in physical activity (PA) worldwide. Leading public health organizations have recommended the use of online exercise classes (OEC) to compensate the loss of regular exercise classes. As of now, no data are available on the uptake of OEC and on users’ attitudes. The aim of the current online survey was to assess the use of and attitudes towards OEC in Germany. Respondents indicated awareness and use of OEC, and levels of agreement with statements on OEC. Frequency of awareness and use of OEC according to PA status were calculated with contingency tables and the Χ2 test. Differences between users and non-users were tested with the Student’s t-test and the Mann–Whitney U test. Data on attitudes are presented as percentages, and Spearman correlations were calculated between attitudes and activity status, frequency of use, educational attainment, age and body mass index. A total of 979 datasets were analyzed. Of the respondents, 681 were aware of and 180, 118 and 84 used them <1 per week, 1–2 per week and ≥3 per week, respectively. Significantly more active respondents were aware of and used OEC compared to less active respondents. All in all, regular OEC use was quite limited. OEC was differentially attractive to people according to PA status, frequency of use, BMI and age. Tailoring OEC to current non-users and adding motivational support might enhance the regular use of OEC.

Motivation problems of corrective motor-play activity of children with psychomotor disorders and possible ways of their solution

The article analyzes one of the main problems of physical rehabilitation of children with psychomotor disorders – the problem of motivation in corrective motor activity. This determined the aim – to determine the main directions of the motivational sphere formation in the process of correctional play activity of children with psychomotor disorders. The following research methods were used: the method of analysis, which made it possible to identify the main characteristics and types of motivational support of children for various types of activity; the method of pedagogical observations and the method of synthesis revealed the powerful method of motivating – theatricalization of the correctional process using physical education. The research results were expressed in the definition of the concepts: motive, motivational field, motivational impulse, which are the components of the concept of motivation, the variety of which is defined in four types. There were made following conclusions: The motivation of corrective motor-play activity is based on the unconscious influences of the unconscious, caused by the external use by the teacher of the corresponding children's fairy-tale archetypes and the emotional experiences, caused by them. One of the main methods of increasing motivation is the use of the possibilities of pedagogical "drama" in the form of a method of dosed dramatization of the motor-game plot of a remedial lesson, which should be considered as a physical culture fairy tale. For the implementation of effective dramatic motivation, it is necessary to provide points of dramatization of different influence strength.

The practical activity of development of a system of tasks as an important condition for training a future teacher for a digital school

The problem and the aim of the study. A teacher of a digital school, according to the requirements of the standard of professional activity, must possess such universal qualities related to information and communication technologies, formed communicative competence, the ability to work in a team. The formation of the relevant skills within the framework of university education is complicated by a number of problems of a different nature. The authors suggest organizing a practice of designing a system of specially selected tasks to improve the training of future teachers of a digital school. Research methods. The most important idea is the acquisition of new knowledge by creation and solving tasks. The solution of the system of educational, specially designed tasks supports the implementation of the provisions of the system-activity approach to learning. The pedagogical experiment involved 120 students of specialty 44.03.01 Pedagogical education (two training profiles, bachelor's degree level), Vyatka State University, Kirov, Russia Federation. Statistical verification of the obtained results was made using Fisher's criterion (angular transformation). Results. Students of the experimental group were involved in practical activities to design their own tasks on the example of studying the theory and methods of teaching Informatics (situational-motivational; support; border): self-determination of the plot, the development directions of intensification and extensification. Statistically significant differences were revealed between the experimental and control groups in terms of the level of professional training φcrit < φemp (1.64 < 2.558). In conclusion, the authors generalized the features of the organization of practical activity for the development of a system of own tasks for a digital school: the choice of the first task, the use of information sources of various nature, learning with and without a computer, group discussion of a result, resolving contradictions, "ignorance–knowledge–understanding–skill–proficiency", work in conditions of uncertainty, etc.

Meaning and Value Across the Generations

This chapter argues that our relations to our successors are richer, more varied, and more complex than is sometimes recognized. Although we cannot in any straightforward sense interact or form personal relationships with people who will live long after we have died, future generations nevertheless matter greatly to us and in a variety of ways. These facts, which reflect our underappreciated historicist sensibility, must be taken into account in developing an adequate theory of intergenerational ethics. They are also facts of great motivational significance. To ensure the survival of humanity, sufficient numbers of people must be strongly and stably motivated to solve the problems that threaten future generations, and people’s sense of moral obligation may not, by itself, be sufficiently robust or reliable to provide all the necessary motivational support. So one challenge we face, in seeking to address problems like climate change and nuclear proliferation, is to overcome this potentially disabling motivational deficit. Yet once one appreciates the complexity of our attitudes toward future generations, one can see that we have a variety of reasons for caring about the fate of our successors. These reasons provide additional motivational resources that may complement and cooperate with our distinctively moral motivations for addressing threats to future generations.

The motivation of operatives in small construction firms towards health and safety – A conceptual framework

PurposeHealth and safety in small construction firms is often neglected by owners leading to poor health and safety performance and unacceptably high fatality and injury rates. A body of knowledge has established significant links between the motivational behaviours of operatives towards health and safety. Motivation is also considered as a key tool for improving operative productivity as when operatives experience safe worksites, they can carry out their work in a more productive manner. The purpose of this research is to develop a framework to examine the motivational factors that affect operative health and safety in small construction firms.Design/methodology/approachA critical review and synthesis of the body of knowledge incorporating motivational theory, health and safety literature and the factors which characterise small firms, is used to develop the framework.FindingsKey components of the framework include the presence of intrinsic and extrinsic components, appropriate health and safety policies and procedures, the type of work environment, the operatives (i.e. attitude, experience and training) as well as the presence of appropriate management and supervision. The study revealed that operatives in small firms are less likely to be extrinsically motivated due to the absence of training, management commitment, policies and the wider working environmentResearch limitations/implicationsFailure of motivational support can result in increased danger and risk in exposing operatives to injury in the small firm environment. In this context, the damage caused to operative's health and safety in small construction firms is dependent mainly on the extrinsic factors.Practical implicationsThe framework provides a basis for improving our understanding of how to motivate operatives to act safely and will help to improve the health and safety performance of small firms. It is therefore vital to emphasise enhancement efforts on these extrinsic strategies in the small firms' environment especially in the initial stages of the project (or activity), so that the health and safety of operatives in small firms can be improved.Originality/valueThis study proposes a contribution in developing an understanding of the motivational factors and their influence on the health and safety of operatives in small construction firms. The study revealed that operatives in small firms are less likely to be extrinsically motivated and have only intrinsically motivated elements in their workplace. The study proposes an indirect link between the extrinsic and intrinsic factors that affect motivation.