Things about life, the universe and everything...
The 24 Hour Inspire event for 2017 will be taking place 30-31 March 2017 at University of Sheffield. A series of 30min talks throughout the night on a wide variety of topics
details here. Everything from 'How will Brexit affect your breakfast' to 'A journey into biomechanics'. All proceeds to Teenage Cancer Trust & Western Park Charity.
Things in the news...
The
Yorkshire Post talked about the work Dr Marta Cohen and colleagues are doing to develop minimally invasive techniques for autopsies. The autopsy, which minimises the surgical intervention in youngsters’ bodies has been developed at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, where counsellors and charity backers believe it will make a huge difference at “the most horrific moment any parent could ever face”. Dr Cohen said it could be “the biggest step forward in pathology for a century”.
Things about anxiety...
Group Mindfulness Therapy (GMT) is a program tailored for adolescents that targets anxiety with mindfulness skills including present moment awareness, mindfulness in everyday life (breathing, eating, walking), body scan, loving-kindness, and self-acceptance. Youth with anxiety may benefit from mindfulness exercises precisely because they learn to redirect their mind, and presumably their attention, away from wandering in the direction of worry and negative self-appraisals and toward greater acceptance of internal states. This open trial
"Innovations in practice: group mindfulness for adolescent anxiety – results of an open trial" assessed the feasibility and initial effectiveness of GMT in a school setting.
Things about SEND...
This
Decision Making Toolkit is designed to support social workers, health practitioners, school and college staff, parent carers, families and anyone working directly with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), to support young people to make their own decisions and to participate as fully as possible in decisions made on their behalf in line with the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Things about disparity...
A study by seven British universities and has revealed significant inequalities in child welfare across the UK, with children in the poorest areas at least 10 times more likely than those in the most affluent to become involved in the child protection system. The
study is funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Researchers found ‘strong social gradients’ in the rates of intervention across the four countries, with each step increase in neighbourhood deprivation bringing a significant rise in the proportion of children either ‘looked after’ in care (LAC) or on a child protection plan (CPP). Academics from the universities of Coventry, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Stirling and Queen’s University Belfast were funded by the Nuffield Foundation to investigate data on over 35,000 children who are either LAC or on CPPs – over 10% of all such cases open in March 2015, when the study began.
Things about mental health...
Five Year Forward View for Mental Health – one year on This report marks the anniversary of the publication of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health. It highlights the progress made in the first year of the programme, and takes a look at the achievements that need to be build upon to deliver next year and beyond. Improvements in access to high quality services, choice of interventions, integrated physical and mental health care, prevention initiatives, funding and challenging stigma were people’s top priorities as to how the system needs to change by 2020.
Things about systematic reviews...
Do systematic reviews on pediatric topics need special methodological considerations? This recent article discusses this topic as they believe available guidelines including PRISMA do not cover the complexity associated with the conduct and reporting of systematic reviews in the pediatric population; they require additional and modified standards for reporting items. Such guidance will facilitate the translation of knowledge from the literature to bedside care and policy, thereby enhancing delivery of care and improving child health outcomes. They propose to develop a consensus-based checklist of essential items which researchers should consider when they are planning (PRISMA-PC-Protocol for Children) or reporting (PRISMA-C-reporting for Children) a pediatric systematic review.
Things about rhubarb...
I spotted the first Yorkshire rhubarb in the shops yesterday and whilst very expensive at the moment it does mean some lovely eating coming up. The word "rhubarb" derives from the Latin expression rheum barbarum, the barbarian from the banks of the river Rha (Volga), but the large-leaved Siberian native was a welcome immigrant to the Yorkshire Dales. Local farmers in the Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle developed secret methods to produce the tender and sweet version of rhubarb that has won a global fan base. As well as all the lovely puddings and cakes why not try something more unusual like this
Pork with black pudding & roasted rhubarb
For many years we have wanted to enable people to be able to pay for their photocopying, library fines and hot drinks by card and (thanks to a pandemic) we now have the ability to do so. So for those of you arriving at the library counter and unable to pay your dues ("I have no money with me") we are now able to accept cards and other contactless devices!
