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Administrative Data and Child Welfare Research: Using Linked Data to Improve Child Welfare Research, Policy, and Practice
Par Terry V. Shaw, Bethany R. Lee and Jill L. Farrell. 2018
Every day, social service agencies collect millions of pieces of data about the children and families they serve. Agencies depend…
on this data to inform decision-making by personnel throughout the organization and to provide meaningful research and evaluation on program effectiveness and outcomes. As capacity for collecting and utilizing data has increased so has the recognition that this data can and should be used more broadly. Further, it should include not just single-system data, but data across different human service agencies. Administrative/big data systems can be powerful tools in increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of public child welfare services. Understanding, harnessing, and using big data holds tremendous promise in creating transformative change in the social services. Data analytics and data mining can lead to a better understanding of what services work for specific populations (targeting and predictive modelling), provide a more nuanced understanding of service outcomes for the workforce and major stakeholders (transparency), and facilitate collaboration across existing service delivery silos to reduce duplication of services and enhance consumer access to services (efficiency). This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Public Child Welfare.Care Ethics: New Theories and Applications
Par Christine M. Koggel and Joan Orme. 2013
The ethic of care has developed to become a body of theory that has expanded from its roots in social…
psychology to many other disciplines in the social sciences as well as the humanities. This work on care has informed both theory and practice by generating complex accounts of care ethics for multiple and intersecting kinds of relationships, and for a variety of domains and contexts. Its application now extends from the moral to the political realm, from personal to public relationships, from the local to the global, from feminine to feminist virtues and values, and from issues of gender to issues of power and oppression.The developments in the theories and applications of care ethics over the past few decades make this book an appropriate and timely publication. It includes chapters by authors who are developing or expanding theories of care ethics and also by those who work on applying and extending insights from care ethics to practices and policies in personal and institutional settings. Care Ethics provides readers from different disciplines and professional groups with a substantial number of new theories and applications from both new and established authors. This book was originally published as two special issues of Ethics and Social Welfare.Pharmaceuticals in Aquatic Environments: Remediation Technologies and Future Challenges
Par Vinod Kumar Garg, Ashok Pandey, Navish Kataria, Caterina Faggio. 2024
This book covers pharmaceutical residue dispersion in the aquatic environment and its toxic effect on living organisms. It discusses conventional…
and advanced remediation technologies such as the use of biomaterials for the sequestration of contaminants, nanotechnology, and phytoremediation. The book includes topics such as the removal of pharmaceutical and personal care product residues from water bodies, green chemistry, and legal regimens for pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment. It also covers the application of modified biochar in pharmaceutical removal.FEATURES Explores the management of the environment through green chemistry Describes phytoremediation technology for decontamination of pharmaceutical-laden water and wastewater Covers the detection methods and quantification of pharmaceutical residues in various contaminated sources Discusses ecotoxicological aspects and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment Reviews degradation and treatment technologies including nanotechnology, biomaterials, and biochar This book is meant for pharmaceutical, toxicology, and environmental science industry experts and researchers.Nutrition and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: The Interplay
Par Senthilkumar Rajagopal, Musthafa M Essa, Saravanan Ramachandran, Geethalakshmi Sundararaman, Hanan Fahad Alharbi. 2024
Key features – Covers emerging therapeutic and nutritional approaches for the treatment and management of OCD Reviews the role of…
various micro-nutrients in OCD Discusses the prenatal genetic diagnosis and application of computational modelling in OCD Includes the nutritional and dietary roles in neuropsychiatric disorders like depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Explores the application of nano-biotechnology in OCDConquering Your Child's Chronic Pain: A Pediatrician's Guide for Reclaiming a Normal Childhood
Par Lonnie K. Zeltzer. 2005
“An important, compassionate book.” — Deepak Chopra“Parents! If you hava child in pain, read this book. There is hope.” —…
James Campbell, M.D., Professor of Jeurological Surgery and Director, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Founder and President, American Pain Foundation“An outstanding book for parents of children and adolescents with chronic pain. I recommend it highly.” — Charles Berde, M.D., Ph.D., Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital, Boston; Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School“A valuable and important book that will be appreciated by every family struggling with a child in pain.” — Neil L. Schechter, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine; Director, Pain Relief Program, Connecticut Children's Medical Center“Reassuring and informative. Parents will gain hope when they discover the many available treatment options.” — Kenneth R. Goldschneider, M.D., F.A.A.P., Director, Division of Pain Management, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center“I hope Dr. Zeltzer continues to do subjective research on yoga so that the young generation regains freedom from pain...” — B.K.S. Iyengar“A wonderful book! Dr. Zeltzer’s approach is loving, respectful, upbeat, and best of all - successful.” — Laura Schanberg, M.D., Associate Professor, Pediatric Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center“A must-read for any patient with chronic pain.” — Steven J. Weisman, M.D., Jane B. Pettit Chair in Pain Management, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin“Now [Dr. Zeltzer’s] wisdom is available to all.” — Patrick J. McGrath, O.C., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., Canadian Institutes of Health Research Distinguished Scientist; Killam Professor of Psychology and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Dalhousie University“This is an amazingly caring, competent, and useful book. It opens your mind but also your heart...” — Vanna Axia, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Psychology, Child Neuro-psychiatry Specialization School, School of Medicine; Director“All [Dr. Zeltzer’s] work has resulted in real solutions for children and their parents.” — David Geffen“One of the few [books] for laypeople on chronic pain in children.” — Washington Post“Informative, practical, and well written.” — Pediatric Pain LetterGroup Work Stories Celebrating Diversity
Par Andrew Malekoff. 2018
Group Work Stories Celebrating Diversity is a most timely book about group work practice and education that highlights the theme…
of diversity, which encompasses acceptance and respect for various dimensions of difference. Dimensions of diversity include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical or intellectual abilities, linguistic difference, religious beliefs, international or regional origin, lifestyle, political beliefs, or other ideologies, as well as the varying and complex intersection of these various dimensions. The thirty-one meaningful stories in this book explore these differences, leading to understanding and to moving beyond simple tolerance to mutual empathy, genuine and open encounter, and the celebration of the rich dimensions of diversity. Readers will enjoy this wonderfully intimate and intriguing collection, and will be moved to share them with others to help to spread the word about the importance of embracing, understanding and celebrating diversity. This book, with an international cast of authors – practitioners, educators and students – is a welcome antidote to the divisiveness and suspicion that swirl around difference and have become a sad hallmark of current times. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Social Work with Groups journal.My Blob Feelings Workbook: A Toolkit for Exploring Emotions! (Blobs)
Par Pip Wilson, Ian Long. 2024
My Blob Feelings Workbook provides the reader with a series of unique visual reflective exercises that help to reveal one’s…
own emotional portrait. Using a combination of Blob characters and open questions, the reader can gradually build up an image of themselves across a wide range of ‘who I am’ subjects and real-life scenarios.Packed with well-loved blob illustrations, this book includes a wealth of downloadable pages and will enable the individual to ‘draw’ a picture of themselves emotionally through the series of exercises. Sections covered include: My Charts My Feeling Scales My Scenarios Myself Scales Best used as a personal toolkit for self-awareness, this book is also a rich resource for professionals working in the field of feelings to use with their own clients. It is suitable for all ages from secondary school upwards and ideal for individuals, couples, groups and all who wish to go deeper in understanding their emotional strengths and areas for development.Contemporary Perspectives on Social Work in Acquired Brain Injury
Par Grahame K. Simpson and Francis Yuen. 2018
Contemporary Perspectives is the first book to address social work practice in the field of brain injury (BI). Contributions are…
written by social work authors from around the world, and highlight the diversity of social work practice and theory within this field. Chapters range from practice spanning interventions with families caring for a child with BI; interventions to assist the adjustment of families facing the challenge of supporting an adult relative with BI during the inpatient rehabilitation or post-acute community phase; work with parents with BI who are caring for children deemed to be at risk; and a literature review outlining the impact of a BI on siblings. Other chapters detail a program for self-advocacy; investigate the impact of violence-related BI; evaluate a peer-support program for people with BI; report on the role of support people in facilitating return to work after BI; and examine the role of social work within the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team. The volume highlights the valuable role social work makes to the field of BI and contributes to the knowledge base informing evidence-informed practice within this field. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation.Children of Incarcerated Parents: Challenges and Promise
Par Marian S. Harris, J. Mark Eddy. 2018
This book highlights the myriad factors that can impact the children of incarcerated parents. It is no secret that the…
United States continues to be the leading nation for the incarceration of men and women, and this this large prison population includes approximately 120,000 incarcerated mothers and 1.1 million incarcerated fathers. Incarceration of a parent is recognized as an ‘adverse childhood experience’, an acute or chronic situation that for most people is stressful and potentially traumatic. Children of incarcerated parents may experience other adverse childhood experiences such as poverty, homelessness, parental substance abuse and other mental health problems, and family violence. The chapters in this book document some of the challenges as well as some promising ways that can help parents and families begin to meet these challenges. It is our hope that the compendium of chapters presented in this book will be a resource for practitioners, policy makers, educators, researchers, and advocates in their work to ensure that the children of incarcerated parents, their caregivers, and their mothers and fathers, are provided the support they need to address the challenges they face during and after parental incarceration. This book was originally published as a special issue of Smith College Studies in Social Work.Das menschliche Gehirn für Dummies (Für Dummies)
Par Frank Amthor. 2024
Ein faszinierender Einblick in die Erkenntnisse der Neurowissenschaft Haben Sie sich auch schon einmal gefragt, warum die Menschen sich so…
verhalten, wie sie sich verhalten? Leicht verständlich und anhand vieler Beispiele erläutert Frank Amthor, wie das Gehirn, das Nervensystem und die fünf Sinne funktionieren. Er erklärt Ihnen, wie das Gehirn unsere Bewegungen, unser Bewusstsein, unsere Wahrnehmungen und Emotionen steuert. Sie erfahren, was passiert, wenn die Arbeitsteilung im Gehirn gestört ist, und wie die Medizin dann weiterhelfen kann. Darüber hinaus lernen Sie, was Intelligenz ausmacht, wie wir Sprache erwerben und verarbeiten und wie das Lernen und die Erinnerung funktionieren. Sie erfahren Was es über das vegetative und das motorische Nervensystem zu wissen gibt Wie das Gehirn Gedanken verarbeitet Wie Reize verarbeitet werden Wie das Gehirn mit Maschinen interagieren kannPopulation Science Methods and Approaches to Aging and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research
Par Chau Trinh-Shevrin. 2024
Gain a thorough understanding of the determinants of health among aging populations, how disparities arise in diverse communities, and what…
can be done Reducing health disparities among older people is critical to slowing or reversing the individual and societal impacts of aging-related conditions like Alzheimer's and dementia. The field of population science can help us understand disparities and prevent them using community-wide strategies. Population Science Methods and Approaches to Aging and Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Research offers an overview of the population health approach, applying this framework to aging-related conditions and their determinants. By working hand-in-hand with diverse communities to address these conditions we can develop primary and secondary prevention strategies that can increase health equity for all Americans. Included topics range from population health trends and approaches to understanding community and patient engagement to caregiver perspectives and emerging trends. Learn about the population science approach to understanding aging-related health concerns in diverse communities See how factors like race, income, sexual orientation, sleep, and community engagement affect Alzheimer's and related dementias Read about proactive approaches to primary and secondary prevention within aging populations Discover emerging research and public health initiatives currently underway to promote health equity Students, researchers, and practitioners alike will benefit from this primer on participatory approaches to reducing health disparities. This introduction to the landscape of aging research in the most vulnerable of our communities will facilitate creativity, compassion, and meaningful next steps in biomedical and socioecological research, community support, and clinical care.Towards the emancipation of patients: Patients' experiences and the patient movement
Par Charlotte Williamson. 2010
Despite a policy focus on involving patients in health care and increasing patient autonomy, much covert coercion of patients takes…
place in everyday healthcare. This book, by a leading patient activist, examines for the first time how the patient movement, which works to improve the quality of healthcare, can actually be considered an emancipation movement when led by its radical elements. In this highly original book the author argues that radical patient groups and individual activists who repeatedly challenge or oppose some standards in healthcare, can be seen as working in the direction of freeing patients from coercion and from its associated injustice and inequality. Combining new academic theory with rich empirical evidence, the book explains how looking at healthcare from an emancipatory perspective could improve its quality as patients experience it. It will appeal to health professionals, managers, patient activists, policy makers and others concerned with the quality of healthcare.Behind the Mask: Vernacular Culture in the Time of COVID
Par Ben Bridges, Ross Brillhart, Diane E. Goldstein. 2023
Vernacular responses have been crucial for communities seeking creative ways to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. With most people locked…
down and separated from the normal ebb and flow of life for an extended period of time, COVID-19 inspired community and creativity, adaptation and flexibility, traditional knowledge, resistance, and dynamism. Removing people from assumed norms and daily lives, the pandemic provided a moment of insight into the nature of vernacular culture as it was used, abused, celebrated, critiqued, and discarded. In Behind the Mask, contributors from the USA, the UK, and Scandinavia emphasize the choices that individual people and communities made during the COVID pandemic, prioritizing the everyday lives of people enduring this health crisis. Despite vernacular’s potential nod to dominant or external culture, it is the strong connection to the local that grounds the vernacular within the experiential context that it occupies. Exploring the nature and shape of vernacular responses to the ongoing public health crisis, Behind the Mask documents processes that are otherwise likely to be forgotten. Including different ethnographic presents, contributors capture moments during the pandemic rather than upon reflection, making the work important to students and scholars of folklore and ethnology, as well as general readers interested in the COVID pandemic.Interpreting Qualitative Data
Par David Silverman. 2024
In his signature pragmatic and friendly style, David Silverman acts as your stand-in supervisor in the seventh edition of this…
book, taking you step-by-step through different methods for making sense of qualitative data. Whether you are interested in analysing visual images, interviews, focus groups or online data, this book provides a clear framework for using qualitative data to answer your research questions. The book provides: • A strong grounding in research design principles so you can embed best practice into your research project. • Diverse real-world examples so you can see how principles are applied in practice. • Coverage of new developments in qualitative research including working with online data. If you are new to qualitative research or conducting your first research project in the social sciences, this book gives you the practical grounding in qualitative methods you need to get started.Interpreting Qualitative Data
Par David Silverman. 2024
In his signature pragmatic and friendly style, David Silverman acts as your stand-in supervisor in the seventh edition of this…
book, taking you step-by-step through different methods for making sense of qualitative data. Whether you are interested in analysing visual images, interviews, focus groups or online data, this book provides a clear framework for using qualitative data to answer your research questions. The book provides: • A strong grounding in research design principles so you can embed best practice into your research project. • Diverse real-world examples so you can see how principles are applied in practice. • Coverage of new developments in qualitative research including working with online data. If you are new to qualitative research or conducting your first research project in the social sciences, this book gives you the practical grounding in qualitative methods you need to get started.Understanding Ethics for Nursing Students (Transforming Nursing Practice Series)
Par Peter Ellis. 2024
Ethics have an significant impact on the decisions nurses make in their day-to-day work, so it’s important for all student…
nurses to develop their understanding of ethical frameworks as preparation for future practice. In this book, the author explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms, focussing on real-life nursing situations in order to make applying these principles to practice easy. This book will make student nurses consider their own values, and how ethics fit into who they are and how they behave, helping them to unlock this interesting and complex subject. Key features: Fully mapped to the NMC Future Nurse standards of proficiency (2018) A practical guide that explores how ethics applies to nursing and shows you how the theory fits in to the realities of practice Contains real work case studies with an emphasis on ethical decision making Activities challenge students to reflect on their own values, experiences and prejudices and to think about how ethics fits in with who they are and how they behaveUnderstanding Ethics for Nursing Students (Transforming Nursing Practice Series)
Par Peter Ellis. 2024
Ethics have an significant impact on the decisions nurses make in their day-to-day work, so it’s important for all student…
nurses to develop their understanding of ethical frameworks as preparation for future practice. In this book, the author explains ethical ideas, theories and concepts in simple to understand terms, focussing on real-life nursing situations in order to make applying these principles to practice easy. This book will make student nurses consider their own values, and how ethics fit into who they are and how they behave, helping them to unlock this interesting and complex subject. Key features: Fully mapped to the NMC Future Nurse standards of proficiency (2018) A practical guide that explores how ethics applies to nursing and shows you how the theory fits in to the realities of practice Contains real work case studies with an emphasis on ethical decision making Activities challenge students to reflect on their own values, experiences and prejudices and to think about how ethics fits in with who they are and how they behaveThyroid Disease in Pregnancy - A Guide to Clinical Management
Par Haritha Sagili, Jayaprakash Sahoo, Swaramya Chandrasekaran. 2023
This book focuses on all aspects of thyroid disease in women during pregnancy, preconception and the postpartum period. Exceptional emphasis…
is provided on screening for thyroid dysfunction before and during pregnancy and interpretation of thyroid function tests in pregnancy. The chapters cover the topics on the role of Iodine, thyroid autoantibodies, hypothyroidism , thyrotoxicosis and thyroid nodules / cancer in pregnant women and postpartum thyroiditis with helpful illustrations and clear flow charts. This book serves as a resourceful guide for clinicians and medical practitioners in managing thyroid disease and related complications in women at different stages of pregnancy.GDPR Requirements for Biobanking Activities Across Europe
Par Sabrina Brizioli, Alessandra Langella. 2023
The book deals with the effective operation of the rules related to biomedical research and pays attention to the activities…
of the national legislatures of the 27 Member States in the field of scientific research. This multilevel system has an impact on biobanking activity. The book answers questions realized by operators on the main biobanks around the EU in the field of GDPR. The authors and editors used the questions born from brainstorming among members of the Association European, Middle East & Africa for Biopreservation and Biobanking (ESBB) to offer to the operators in biobanking activity and researchers quickly answer to their daily questions, but with authors highest quality. Further the book provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of biobanking. It provides researchers and scholars working on biobanking and bio-sharing and more in general in the university hospitals and clinical trial consortiums, and companies, biomedical researchers, but also jurists and the professionals (in particular judges, lawyers, officers) an instrument rigorous but easy to use of the GDPR in the case of biobanking activities. The book identifies a methodological path to tackle the legal or ethical problem on a specific scientific-technological to verify existing solutions and give ideas for future applications. The importance of the legal solution influences the implementation of the development of the biobanking activity service itself.Manual of Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery: Volume 2 - Breast Reshaping
Par Mohan Thomas, James D‘silva. 2023
This comprehensive plastic surgery manual on breast reshaping explains in detail the various surgical procedures carried out towards increasing the…
aesthetic appearance of the breast. Today the surgical management of the breast crosses the lines of gender. Male breast or gynaecomastia is an equally vexing problem for the young as well as the old alike. This volume discusses the surgical management of this aesthetic nightmare in a step by step manner with photographs, illustrations, schematics and short videos. This book comprehensively covers the four major conditions requiring surgical breast reshaping. The first being a small breast, requiring solutions including fat grafting or a US FDA approved cohesive silicone gel implant. Needless to say this is a very gratifying procedure providing immediate results with little or no downtime. This volume also covers important topics such as breast reduction in young and older patients which are a very challenging operation for most surgeons’ particularly recent graduates. This volume also deals with the complexities of this procedure taking into account all the factors that will help the reader have a successful outcome. It contains important chapters on the situation of post pregnancy when the women experience the ‘post-partum blues’ secondary to dysmorphic changes to the body, particularly the Breast and its management. Additionally it also explains the commonly encountered complications, pitfalls and useful recommendations stemming from experienced authors. This Manual in Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery sets the standard for Doctors entering the field of aesthetic medicine and surgery. It is a reference book for people who are in practice as well as a step by step manual for students and young doctors wanting to pursue this field. Other five volumes are on: • Nose procedures• Genital procedures • Non Invasive procedures• Cosmetic procedures of the face• Body Contouring surgeries