Things in the library 8th October...

 Things to read... 

The next Reading Group book if 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' by Muriel Spark on 3rd November via Microsoft Teams - please contact the library if you would like to join. At the staid Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland, teacher extraordinaire Miss Jean Brodie is unmistakably, and outspokenly, in her prime. She is passionate in the application of her unorthodox teaching methods and strives to bring out the best in each one of her students. Determined to instill in them independence, passion, and ambition, Miss Brodie advises them, "Safety does not come first. Goodness, Truth, and Beauty come first. Follow me." And they do--but one of them will betray her.

Things for children to read... 

A new book published recently aims to help children stay hopeful and positive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The story is a sequel to ‘My Hero is You: how kids can fight COVID-19!’, published in April 2020. Both books have been released by a collaboration of 60 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the MHPSS  Collaborative for Children & Families in Adversity.

‘My Hero is You 2021: how kids can hope with COVID-19!’ draws on the daily realities of millions of children since the beginning of the pandemic. For many, the pandemic continues to disrupt their education, recreation, and time with friends, family and teachers. 

The story – aimed primarily at children aged 6-11 years – sees the return of Ario, a fantasy creature who travels the world helping children to find hope in the future and joy in simple pleasures. Together with old and new friends, Ario addresses the fears, frustrations and concerns children are facing in the current phase of the pandemic, and explores the various coping mechanisms that they can use when faced with difficult emotions like fear, grief, anger and sadness. 

Available to download  free in a variety of languages.

Things to attend...

ScHARR short courses for October-December have been announced.

• MASTERIE ONLINE Course 19th & 26th October 2021 (4 x half days) 20th & 21st October 2021 (2x half-days); Fees £349 

• How to Critically Appraise Research ONLINE Course Wed 20th & Thur 21st October 2021 (2 x half days) Fees; £149
  
  
• Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis ONLINE Mon 1st, Tues 2nd, Mon 8th and Tues 9th November 2021 (4 days) The course comprises live online sessions, plus a series of short, self-directed exercises to be undertaken in addition to the live sessions. Fees £499

• Introduction to Social Media ONLINE Course: Tues 2nd & Wed, 3rd Nov 2021 (2 x half days). Fees: £149
• How to Quickly Synthesise Research; ONLINE Course: Wed 10th & Thur 11th Nov 2021 (2 x half days) Fees; £149
• Advanced Simulation Methods ONLINE Tues 30th November - Thur 9th December 2021 (6 x half days) Fees; £599
• Scoping Reviews, Mapping Reviews and Evidence Gap Maps ONLINE 1-day course. Date tbc.

Things to keep children active... 

Physical activity among children and adolescents is associated with lower adiposity, improved cardio‐metabolic health, and improved fitness. Worldwide, fewer than 30% of children and adolescents meet global physical activity recommendations of at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per day. Schools may be ideal sites for interventions given that children and adolescents in most parts of the world spend a substantial amount of time in transit to and from school or attending school. 

The purpose of this Cochrane Review update is to summarise the evidence on effectiveness of school‐based interventions in increasing moderate to vigorous physical activity and improving fitness among children and adolescents 6 to 18 years of age.

Things to read and attend...

Next Journal Club:  Tues 12 October. Contact the library for a copy of the paper and joining information

Venue: Virtually/ Education and Skills Centre, F Floor, Grey Lifts.

Paper: Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine in Adolescents

Things spooky... 

Kelham Island Museum after dark - an event for children and an event for over-18s on October 28th. Book in advance.

Things about measuring well-being... 

While there is very good national data on the wellbeing of adults, the national statistics on children and young people’s wellbeing in the UK, is not collected regularly, or nationally.

A key role for the What Works Centre for Wellbeing is to create robust, consistent wellbeing measures that can be used with confidence for different purposes and groups in the UK. With this project, they have developed a framework to measure the subjective wellbeing of children and young people, an area with growing national interest, particularly as a result of Covid-19.

Things to take part in... 

The Commission on Young Lives, an independent commission set up to research and design a new national system to support vulnerable young people in England, has opened a call for evidence. They are looking to hear from frontline workers, system leaders and commissioners, and those with lived experience. The closing date for submissions is 30 November 2021.

Things to make... 

I love butternut squash and this risotto is easy to make and fabulous in flavour - don't stint on the sage - the fried leaves on the top may be the best bit! I may have featured it before but make no excuses to do so again.

Things nearly finished... 

Next week will be my final Blog before I retire. There  will be a few weeks before my successor takes up the post so Sarah & Kate will be stretched to cover the  library services.  So there will be a few weeks gap in the blog. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible!

Things in the library 5th June...

Things about reading...

We had an excellent Reading Group meeting this week where we discussed 'God's Own Country'. Our next virtual meeting will be 1st July  at 18.15 - 19.15 and our next book is 'Before the coffee gets cold' by Toshikazu Kawaguchi  If you would like to join us please email the library.

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café’s time-travelling offer, but the journey into the past does not come without risks: customers must sit in a particular seat, they cannot leave the café, and finally, they must return to the present before the coffee gets cold . . .Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s beautiful, moving story – translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot – explores the age-old question: what would you change if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?

Things about training...

We are getting quite accustomed to online training for literature searches, managing references (Menderley) etc and are happy to do this. If you would like to Book a Librarian session with us please do so - all you need is a computer with audio and video capabilities and we can come to you wherever you are. We are hoping to expand the courses we can offer via this method and will probably keep this as a training option even when the library is fully open again. 

Things about learning...

The Learning Hub is a new digital platform that provides easy access to a wide range of resources that are pertinent to education and training in health and care.  New features will be frequently released to provide a comprehensive learning experience for users. You can access the Learning Hub either using eligible e-Learning for Healthcare log in details or by creating a Learning Hub account. 

The resources shared on the platform play a pivotal role in its success, in its vision for collaboration and supporting learners.  Many stakeholders from across the health and care workforce, including clinical commissioning groups, social care, professional bodies, charities and the simulation community, have already contributed a range of quality learning resources.  Many of the resources are in response to the COVID-19 efforts to support the health and care workforce.  These resources include videos, webinars, slide presentations, Q&A packs, simulation scripts, lesson plans and web links to support system readiness, recovery and beyond.

Things about nature...

From R S Illingworth 'Babies & Young Children'

Many of us are discovering nooks and crannies in our local area in which to enjoy the benefits of nature during this lockdown. This article caught my attention this week looking at the effect of nature play on the health and developmental outcomes of children. The studies they looked at showed "Nature play had consistent positive impacts on physical activity outcomes and cognitive play behaviours (imaginative and dramatic play)." although they pointed out this difficulty of comparing studies of this kind.

Things about assessing physical activity...

Although based on American recommendations this article in Pediatrics looks at the role of GPs and paediatricians in supporting physical activity amongst children & adolescents. Physical activity is known to shown to be associated with decreased rates of smoking and fewer symptoms of depression, and increased rates of inactivity and sedentary activity can predict future alcohol and drug use in adolescents. Benefits of increased activity on academic achievement, memory, attention are also cited along with the more obvious physical benefits of improved health.

Things about Coronavirus mental health...

The NSPCC has released figures which show that Childline has delivered 6,938 counselling sessions to children and young people in the UK who mentioned the coronavirus crisis since January 2020. Figures also show that more than half (16,644) of all counselling between 23 March, the start of lockdown, and 10 May 2020 related to mental /emotional health; suicidal thoughts and feelings; or self-harm.

Things online...

Don't forget that we have a good selection  of e-books (159) available to you which you can access via our library catalogue even if you are working at home. You can see all of the available titles here and if you have any specific needs you can search here and, depending on cost, you can ask us to authorise a purchase or short-term loan of new titles  - for this you will need to log in with your NHS Athens account.

Things to eat...

A nice mixture of summer vegetables along with a bit of comfort food feel seems right for this 'not quite as hot' weather. Caponata with cheesy polenta, which is gluten-free and vegetarian.

Things in the library 3 Aug ...

Things about anti-social behaviour...

Sensation seeking was found to be a strong predictor of antisocial behaviors for youth across two different sociocultural contexts in this study. High parental monitoring buffered the association between sensation seeking and antisocial behaviors, protecting individuals with this trait. Low parental warmth was associated with high levels of antisocial behaviors, regardless of the sensation seeking level. Among those with high parental warmth, sensation seeking predicted antisocial behaviors, but the levels of antisocial behaviors were never as high as those of youth with low parental warmth.This study's findings underscore the relevance of person–family context interactions in the development of antisocial behaviors. Future interventions should focus on the interplay between individual vulnerabilities and family context to prevent the unhealthy expression of a trait that is present in many individuals.

Things about physical activity...
NICE will not update the guideline on physical activity for children and young people. The majority of new evidence was found to be broadly consistent with the current recommendations. They found new evidence on multicomponent interventions and after-school programmes, which was not fully in line with the current recommendations; however, no impact is expected due to high heterogeneity in study findings and small sample sizes in studies. They also found new evidence on the effect of classroom equipment and active video games, which are not mentioned in the guideline. Further research is required in these areas before the impact on recommendations can be considered. More information  on the 2018 surveillance and a link to the current guidance can be accessed here.

Things about dissection...and dinner...
Anatomy Lab LIVE is a touring human body-based anatomy event.  Their 2019 tour (Sheffield 16/2/2019) focuses on surgery and the corrective intervention methods used to treat pathology. After your two course evening meal the drapes will go up (literally) and a fully working state of the art operating theatre will reveal the patient. The surgery will offer a unique chance to follow a complete surgical procedure from start to finish observing and dissecting real anatomical specimens. All samples used in the performance are harvested from spent swine material, the surgical team use these as they are the most ethical and closest to human possible The level of content is undergraduate and offers CPD refresher for current healthcare practitioners.

Things about self-regulation...|

Self-regulation encompasses a range of skills, including controlling your own emotions, interacting positively with others, avoiding inappropriate or aggressive actions, and carrying out self-directed learning. This review looked at universal self-regulation interventions (those that were aimed at whole groups/cohorts of healthy children or teenagers), rather than those aimed at children with particular needs. Activities included mindfulness and yoga, family-based, exercise-based and social and personal skills-based tasks. This is a comprehensive review of rigorous evaluations including 49 trials mainly from the US providing moderate to strong evidence on effectiveness.

Things with muffins...
The next journal club will be Thursday 9 August 8.00 am - 9.00 am, in the Education and Skills Centre, F Floor, Stephenson Wing. Paper: Practice Change From Intermittent Medication Boluses to Bolusing From a Continuous Infusion in Pediatric Critical Care: A Quality Improvement Project. Journal Club is open to all health professionals and is a fun, informal way of learning to criticize papers and gather evidence to change practice.

Things on a tightrope...
Just across the road from the hospital there is the Western Bank Library Exhibition Gallery. The current exhibition is 'Circus Performers: Extraordinary Feats from Ordinary People' the exhibition examines the stories behind the pioneering showmen and Circus performers who have thrilled audiences around the world. From the equestrian skills of Philip Astley to human cannonballs, visitors can discover the reality behind the amazing talents of acrobats, aerialists, animal tamers and clowns and learn what made and continues to make them so special. Open Monday to Thursday from 9am to 7pm, Friday 10am to 7pm, Saturday 12pm until 6pm (excluding holidays).

Things to make and freeze...
The blackberries will soon be ready for picking - if you don't want to make pies or jam then why not try making this blackberry compote which is really easy and would then bring a taste of summer along with ice-cream later in the year. If you don't want to scrabble around in the undergrowth out in the countryside (the best way!) you could always try pick your own fruit (I think the nearest is at Dronfield Woodhouse)...contact them to find out what fruits are available...website not up-to-date)

Things in the library 25 May...

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Things about Dept of Health...

The Department of Health and Social Care has set out its objectives and how it will deliver them. The full report can be read here. Their objectives are:

• Keep people healthy and support economic productivity and sustainable public services
• Transform primary, community and social care to keep people living more independent, healthier lives for longer in their community
• Support the NHS to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable hospital care and secure the right workforce
• Support research and innovation to maximise health and economic productivity
• Ensure accountability of the health and care system to Parliament and the taxpayer; and create an efficient and effective DHSC
• Create value (reduced costs and growing income) by promoting better awareness and adoption of good commercial practice across the DHSC and our arm’s length bodies

Things about health and greenspace...

The Department of Landscape and Improving Wellbeing through Urban Nature (IWUN) project invites you to the fifth seminar of the 2017/18 'Health in Place' seminar series. In the fifth of this series of seminars, Dr Paul Brindley IWUN, University of Sheffield discusses the relationship between urban greenspace and general health. The seminar will take place:

Date: Tuesday 12 June 2018

Time: 4pm-5pm

Venue: ICOSS Conference room, University of Sheffield, S1 4DP

Book your place

There has been a growing body of research exploring the health benefits of greenspace. Most, however, treat all urban greenspaces as the same and does not explore distinctions between types of greenspace. In our presentation they will explore the health benefits associated with (1) domestic gardens; (2) landscape metrics (measures that quantify specific spatial characteristics of areas of land, i.e. exploring the configuration of space); (3) trees and areas of woodland; and (4) the differing 'quality' of publicly accessible urban greenspace. Their work includes innovative techniques to explore the potential of quality measures extracted from social media (including Twitter and Flickr data).

Things about Quality...

The BMJ in partnership with and funded by The Health Foundation are launching a joint series of papers exploring how to improve the quality of healthcare delivery. The series aims to discuss the evidence for systematic quality improvement, provide knowledge and support to clinicians and ultimately to help improve care for patients.

Things about physical & mental health...

A new collaborative to support the physical health of people with a mental illness is being created following models in New Zealand & Australia. The Centre for Mental Health, Kaleidoscope and Rethink Mental Illness are working together with support from the Royal College of GPs and the Royal College of Psychiatrists to create an Equally Well collaborative here in the UK. They want to bring together health and care providers, commissioners, professional bodies, service user and carer organisations, charities and many more, working nationally or locally, to form a collaborative in the UK to bring about equal physical health for people with a mental illness.

They plan in their first year to:

• Co-produce a Charter for Equal Health, setting out the shared principles, aims and objectives of Equally Well in the UK
• Develop a web resource to provide up-to-date information, briefings and case studies
• Bring together organisations that become part of Equally Well for a national event to share good practice and agree priorities for the future

Things about patient information...

The Patient Information Forum are  holding an event on the Perfect Patient Information Journey on Thursday 28 June 2018 in London. Draft agenda for the day and the link for booking.This event will include the launch of the final report of their Perfect Patient Information Journey project. 

Things about obesity...

An meta-analysis and systematic review in 'Obesity Reviews' was published this week which looks at 'Maintenance interventions for overweight or obesity in children'. In summary, this review shows that, although there is limited quality data to recommend one maintenance intervention over another, continued treatment does have a stabilizing effect on BMI-Z-score. Considering the magnitude of the problem of childhood obesity, this is an important finding that highlights the need for further research on weight loss maintenance.

Things about opening hours...

Next week we will be closed on the bank holiday Monday and then closing at 5pm the rest of the week due to staff annual leave. Mine will be spent working on the nearly finished extension and so will soon be able to return to 'proper' cooking!

Things to eat...

I am looking forward to being able to cook pieces of meat that are bigger than my microwave so this Greek roast lamb is likely to make an appearance before too long. Perfect with a green salad and feta cheese.