Mental Performance Consultants' Perspectives on Content and Delivery of Sport Psychology Services to Masters Athletes
J Aging Phys Act. 2021 Oct 23:1-12. doi: 10.1123/japa.2021-0141. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn the absence of sport psychology resources for Masters Athletes, mental performance consultants could benefit from information to assist consultancy with older adult athletes. We conducted semistructured interviews to explore 10 Canadian professional mental performance consultants' (two men and eight women) perspectives of targeted content and the nature of service delivery to Masters Athletes. Following inductive thematic analysis, results for Content of Sport Psychology related to performance readiness (e.g., preparatory rout...
Source: Journal of Aging and Physical Activity - October 24, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tyler Makepeace Bradley W Young Source Type: research
7.M. Round table: The role of European schools of public health in the 2020 COVID-19 response
Abstract With its repeated waves of infection and a high death toll in countries all over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic places the public health (PH) discipline at the centre of public attention. The pandemic threatens the health of individual citizens, higher-risk population groups and society as a whole. It threatens national and global economies. Thus, it is a crucial ethical requirement to activate all available resources of PH knowledge and skills, nationally as well as internationally, in response to the pandemic. Universities, Schools and Departments of Public Health (SPHs) hold important resources in terms of ...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
8.M. Round table: The Why, the How, and the Tensions in the response of European SPHs to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract With its repeated waves of infection and a high death toll in countries all over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic places the public health (PH) discipline at the centre of public attention. Thus, it is a crucial ethical requirement to activate all available resources of PH knowledge and skills, nationally as well as internationally, in response to the pandemic. Universities, Schools and Departments of Public Health (SPHs) hold important resources in terms of theoretical and practical competences. In order that PH professionals will have the necessary competences to deliver the Essential Public Health Operations ...
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - October 20, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
The problem of energy poverty in the activities of agricultural advisory centres in Poland
by Arkadiusz Piwowar
It is necessary in agricultural consulting to take into account the current problems as well as economic and social challenges facing rural areas. Undoubtedly, sustainable economy and energy policy is such a problem in Poland, including the issue of access to energy from renewable sources and fina ncial possibilities of meeting the electricity demand of households and agriculture. Therefore, advisory and information activities in the field of reducing energy poverty and improving air quality are important. The main purpose of the paper was to identify and assess the role of advisory entities in the pr...
Source: PLoS One - October 8, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Arkadiusz Piwowar Source Type: research
Economic evaluations of scaling up strategies of evidence-based health interventions: a systematic review protocol
This study will help identify what are the trade-offs of scaling up evidence-based interventions to allocate resources efficiently.
Ethics and dissemination
No ethics approval is required as no primary data will be collected. The results will be published in a peer-reviewed, international journal and presented at national and international conferences. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - September 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Brundisini, F., Zomahoun, H. T. V., Legare, F., Rheault, N., Bernard-Uwizeye, C., Massougbodji, J., Gogovor, A., Tchoubi, S., Assan, O., Laberge, M. Tags: Open access, Evidence based practice Source Type: research
Supervision for organization consultants and the organizations they work with.
Supervision is a collaborative learning practice to continually build the capacity of anyone working in the helping professions, such as social workers, therapists, pastors, organization consultants, and coaches. The social-work profession claims a significant role in the development of supervision in the helping professions with arguably the most established tradition, which originates from the late 19th century. Supervision has become critical to the development, quality control, emotional processing, and competence enhancement of social workers, then therapists, then coaches. Supervision is now regarded as a foundation ...
Source: Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research - September 23, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Improving outcomes for trauma-experienced individuals through the delivery of trauma awareness training for multi-organisational public sector workers
Erin Richmond, Robert McColm, Marie McCaig, Vikki Binnie
The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print, pp.-
In support of the national requirement “to ensure that Scotland has a workforce that is fully aware of the impact of trauma, and is equipped to respond appropriately to people who have experienced trauma at any age”, Trauma Awareness Training was delivered to various public sector organisations across Dumfries and Galloway. Research has shown that trauma can significantly impact quality of life (Svanberg, Bonney and McNair, 201...
Source: The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice - September 3, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erin Richmond
Robert McColm
Marie McCaig
Vikki Binnie Source Type: research
Attitudes of Married Muslim Women Regarding Family Planning Methods During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Western Turkey
This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of married Muslim women regarding family planning methods during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 611 married Muslim women who presented to the family planning outpatient clinic of a public hospital in Western Turkey between 1 September 2020 and 1 March 2021. The mean Family Planning Attitude Scale score of the women was found to be 137.53 ± 27.11. It was observed that, as the mean age of the women increased, their family planning attitudes were more positive, and as their number of pregnancies, abortions and...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - August 17, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Improving Evidence-Based Practice through Preregistration of Applied Research: Barriers and Recommendations
Account Res. 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1969233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPreregistration is the practice of publicly publishing plans on central components of the research process before access to, or collection, of data. Within the context of the replication crisis, open science practices like preregistration have been pivotal in facilitating greater transparency in research. However, such practices have been applied nearly exclusively to basic academic research, with rare consideration of the relevance to applied and consultancy-based research. This is particularly problematic as such research is typic...
Source: Accountability in Research - August 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thomas Rhys Evans Peter Branney Andrew Clements Ella Hatton Source Type: research
Improving Evidence-Based Practice through Preregistration of Applied Research: Barriers and Recommendations
Account Res. 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1969233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPreregistration is the practice of publicly publishing plans on central components of the research process before access to, or collection, of data. Within the context of the replication crisis, open science practices like preregistration have been pivotal in facilitating greater transparency in research. However, such practices have been applied nearly exclusively to basic academic research, with rare consideration of the relevance to applied and consultancy-based research. This is particularly problematic as such research is typic...
Source: Accountability in Research - August 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thomas Rhys Evans Peter Branney Andrew Clements Ella Hatton Source Type: research
Improving Evidence-Based Practice through Preregistration of Applied Research: Barriers and Recommendations
Account Res. 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1969233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPreregistration is the practice of publicly publishing plans on central components of the research process before access to, or collection, of data. Within the context of the replication crisis, open science practices like preregistration have been pivotal in facilitating greater transparency in research. However, such practices have been applied nearly exclusively to basic academic research, with rare consideration of the relevance to applied and consultancy-based research. This is particularly problematic as such research is typic...
Source: Accountability in Research - August 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thomas Rhys Evans Peter Branney Andrew Clements Ella Hatton Source Type: research
Improving Evidence-Based Practice through Preregistration of Applied Research: Barriers and Recommendations
Account Res. 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1969233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPreregistration is the practice of publicly publishing plans on central components of the research process before access to, or collection, of data. Within the context of the replication crisis, open science practices like preregistration have been pivotal in facilitating greater transparency in research. However, such practices have been applied nearly exclusively to basic academic research, with rare consideration of the relevance to applied and consultancy-based research. This is particularly problematic as such research is typic...
Source: Accountability in Research - August 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thomas Rhys Evans Peter Branney Andrew Clements Ella Hatton Source Type: research
Improving Evidence-Based Practice through Preregistration of Applied Research: Barriers and Recommendations
Account Res. 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1969233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPreregistration is the practice of publicly publishing plans on central components of the research process before access to, or collection, of data. Within the context of the replication crisis, open science practices like preregistration have been pivotal in facilitating greater transparency in research. However, such practices have been applied nearly exclusively to basic academic research, with rare consideration of the relevance to applied and consultancy-based research. This is particularly problematic as such research is typic...
Source: Accountability in Research - August 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thomas Rhys Evans Peter Branney Andrew Clements Ella Hatton Source Type: research
Improving Evidence-Based Practice through Preregistration of Applied Research: Barriers and Recommendations
Account Res. 2021 Aug 16. doi: 10.1080/08989621.2021.1969233. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPreregistration is the practice of publicly publishing plans on central components of the research process before access to, or collection, of data. Within the context of the replication crisis, open science practices like preregistration have been pivotal in facilitating greater transparency in research. However, such practices have been applied nearly exclusively to basic academic research, with rare consideration of the relevance to applied and consultancy-based research. This is particularly problematic as such research is typic...
Source: Accountability in Research - August 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thomas Rhys Evans Peter Branney Andrew Clements Ella Hatton Source Type: research
