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Trusts and NHSE ‘neglecting whistleblower training’
Trusts and NHS England are failing to prioritise training for senior leaders on listening to whistleblowers — despite repeated findings of serious concerns going unheard — the National Guardian’s Office has said. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - April 18, 2024 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Detection of anomalies in cycling behavior with convolutional neural network and deep learning - Yaqoob S, Cafiso S, Morabito G, Pappalardo G.
BACKGROUND: Cycling has always been considered a sustainable and healthy mode of transport. With the increasing concerns of greenhouse gases and pollution, policy makers are intended to support cycling as commuter mode of transport. Moreover, during Covid-... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

The impact of scaffolded and non-scaffolded suicidal virtual human interaction training on clinician emotional self-awareness, empathic communication, and clinical efficacy - Yao H, Gomes de Siqueira A, Rogers ML, Bloch-Elkouby S, Lawrence O, Sarli G, Foster A, Mitelman SA, Galynker I, Lok B.
BACKGROUND: Clinicians working with patients at risk of suicide often experience high stress, which can result in negative emotional responses (NERs). Such negative emotional responses may lead to less empathic communication (EC) and unintentional rejectio... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Evaluating implementation of the EPIC peer bystander intervention program in basic law enforcement training (BLET) - Raines JB, Merenda F.
Mandated by a consent decree, the Ethical Policing is Courageous (EPIC) program was developed by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). The EPIC curriculum is based on active bystandership, encouraging officers to intervene when police misconduct could ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Understanding disproportionate female completion rates at police academies - Bowers Jr DA, Semukhina OB, Reynolds KM.
This paper investigates gender differences in graduation rates for police trainees in the nationwide sample of police academies collected in 2018 by the Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies. The study explores which characteristics of the police ac... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Ergo, SMIRK is safe: a safety case for a machine learning component in a pedestrian automatic emergency brake system - Borg M, Henriksson J, Socha K, Lennartsson O, Sonnsj ö Lönegren E, Bui T, Tomaszewski P, Sathyamoorthy SR, Brink S, Helali Moghadam M.
Integration of machine learning (ML) components in critical applications introduces novel challenges for software certification and verification. New safety standards and technical guidelines are under development to support the safety of ML-based systems,... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Teaching, learning, and climate change: anticipated impacts and mitigation strategies for educators - Newsome D, Newsome KB, Miller SA.
The impacts of climate change present numerous risks to the present and future state of teaching and learning. Natural disasters such as hurricanes, heat waves, flooding, blizzards, wildfires, sea level rise, and droughts threaten our ability to produce th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Fall prediction in a quiet standing balance test via machine learning: is it possible? - Pennone J, Aguero NF, Martini DM, Mochizuki L, do Passo Suaide AA.
The elderly population is growing rapidly in the world and falls are becoming a big problem for society. Currently, clinical assessments of gait and posture include functional evaluations, objective, and subjective scales. They are considered the gold stan... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Spanish primary care in pediatric trauma (AITP) consensus: an AITP checklist - G ómez-Veiras J, Lluna González J, Prieto Campo A, Gómez Tellado M, Alonso Jiménez L, López Díaz M, de Agustín Asensio JC, Díaz González M, Ruiz Domínguez JA, Fernández Córdoba MS, Barceló Cañellas C, Laín Fernández A, Prada Arias M.
INTRODUCTION: The course in Primary Care in Pediatric Trauma (ATIP in Spanish) has been taught in Spain since 1997, and there are currently 9 accredited training centers. Care of polytraumatized pediatric patients often takes place in an environment conduc... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Social support, distress, stress, anxiety, and depression as predictors of suicidal thoughts among selected university students in Bangladesh - Howlader S, Abedin S, Rahman MM.
This study examines the association of perceived social support with suicidal thoughts among a young adult sample of university students and estimates the degree to which perceived stress, distress, anxiety, and depression may explain the association. A cr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Shame, guilt, and drinking motives as mediators between child maltreatment and problematic alcohol use in college students - Julian K, Allbaugh LJ.
OBJECTIVE: Drinking for emotion regulation may be a concern for college students who have experienced childhood maltreatment, due to high levels of shame and guilt. The present cross-sectional survey study tested how trait shame-proneness, trait guilt-pron... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Introversion, alexithymia, and hostility: a path analysis from personality to suicidal ideation among university students - Guidotti S, Fiduccia A, Pruneti C.
PURPOSE: The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between state (i.e., hostility) and trait (i.e., social detachment, alexithymia) psychological constructs associated with suicidal ideation among university students. METHODS... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Social support and psychotherapy outcomes for international students in university/college counseling centers - Robbins KA, Bartholomew TT, Joy EE, Keum BTH, P érez-Rojas AE, Lockard AJ.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between international students' social support at intake and international student distress at end of treatment. Participants: Data was collected from participants (n = 40,085) from 90 United States universities using... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

"Just to jog my memory": an examination of forensic interviewers' note-taking behaviors and perceptions of notes with child witnesses - Williams S, McWilliams K.
In the current study, we surveyed forensic interviewers (N = 137) on their note-taking practices, perceptions of note-taking, and note-taking training. Many forensic interviewers surveyed (81%) reported that they take notes during forensic interviews. Of t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Enhancing prediction and analysis of UK road traffic accident severity using AI: integration of machine learning, econometric techniques, and time series forecasting in public health research - Sufian MA, Varadarajan J, Niu M.
This research project explored into the intricacies of road traffic accidents severity in the UK, employing a potent combination of machine learning algorithms, econometric techniques, and traditional statistical methods to analyse longitudinal historical ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news