D-3 2002-2 Dependent Adult Abuse Report, July-December 2002

Adult dependent abuse report from the Iowa Department of Human Services

D-3 2002-1 Dependent Adult Abuse Report, January-June 2002

Adult dependent abuse report from the Iowa Department of Human Services

D-3 2003-1 Dependent Adult Abuse Report, January-June 2003

Adult dependent abuse report from the Iowa Department of Human Services

D-3 2000-2 Dependent Adult Abuse Report, July-December 2000

Adult dependent abuse report from the Iowa Department of Human Services

D-3 2001-1 Dependent Adult Abuse Report, January-June 2001

Adult dependent abuse report from the Iowa Department of Human Services

Validation study of the French version of the observer-rater scales measuring coping and cognitive errors (CE-CAP) on a non-clinical population

This study examined the validity and reliability of the French version of two observer-rated measures developed to assess cognitive errors (cognitive errors rating system [CERS]) [6] and coping action patterns (coping action patterns rating system [CAPRS]) [22,24]. The CE measures 14 cognitive errors, broken down according to their valence positive or negative (see the definitions by A.T. Beck), and the CAP measures 12 coping categories, based on an comprehensive review literature, each broken down into three levels of action (affective, behavioural, cognitive). Thirty (N = 30) subjects recruited in a community sample participated in the study. They were interviewed according to a standardized clinical protocol: these interviews were transcribed and analysed with both observer-rated systems. Results showed that the inter-rater reliability of the two measures is good and that their internal validity is satisfactory, due to a non-significant canonical correlation between CAP and CE. With regard to discriminant validity, we found a non-significant canonical correlation between CAPRS and CISS, one of most widely used self-report questionnaire measuring coping. The same can be said for the correlation with a self-report questionnaire measuring symptoms (SCL-90-R). These results confirm the absence of confounds in the assessment of cognitive errors and of coping as assessed by these observer-rated scales and add an argument in favour of the French validation of the CE-CAP rating scales. (C) 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

D-3 2001-2 Dependent Adult Abuse Report, July-December 2001

Adult dependent abuse report from the Iowa Department of Human Services

D-3 2003-2 Dependent Adult Abuse Report, July-December 2003

Adult dependent abuse report from the Iowa Department of Human Services

Año Europeo 2012- Envejecimiento Activo y Solidaridad Intergeneracional. ¿De qué hablamos?

En los inicios del siglo XXI, se presentan nuevas exigencias de cambio en la educación. Hombres y mujeres mayores de 55 años anhelan ampliar sus conocimientos para participar de forma más activa y completa en el cambiante mundo que estamos viviendo, y quieren relacionarse más activamente con el medio donde viven sus años de madurez. Nunca un movimiento educativo de esas características ha pasado tan desapercibido para tantos pedagogos. La educación permanente supone una ruptura con el pasado y una opción para el futuro y se plantea como “el sistema de los sistemas educativos” con importantes repercusiones para la educación. Preocuparse por la participación de las personas mayores es una cuestión central en la agenda gerontológica actual.

Auditoria ètica en un centre d’atenció gerontològica per a gent gran amb dependència

L’ atenció a les persones grans en un establiment residencial ha experimentat una evolució important en els darrers anys: hem passat de l’atenció per beneficència dels ‘asils’ (marcada per un model clarament assistencialista, on l’usuari era un receptor passiu del servei) a l’atenció gerontològica integral (marcada per un model professionalitzat de servei, on l’usuari esdevé un consumidor actiu informat). Hi ha força acord que aquesta maduresa i professionalització ha de tenir en compte els aspectes ètics en l’atenció a la gent gran amb dependència, tant pel que fa a l’ètica assistencial pròpiament dita com a l’ètica de l’organització. Així, l’ètica esdevé un aspecte més a gestionar en aquestes organitzacions. Això requereix planificar com abordar els aspectes ètics en la dinàmica de l’organització, desenvolupar el treball planificat, avaluar els resultats i introduir millores a partir dels resultats obtinguts. En primer lloc hem de tenir identificats els temes ètics a contemplar en un centre gerontològic, que són diferents dels que es puguin plantejar en un centre sanitari, o en un centre educatiu, per exemple. Tot això, però, requereix un mètode i uns elements de mesura. Seria útil poder confeccionar una mena de radiografia de l’organització amb identificació del grau d’assoliment dels aspectes ètics. Es fa necessari disposar d’un instrument per mesurar la qualitat ètica en una residència. Una eina per assolir-ho seria l’auditoria ètica. Caldria disposar d’un model d’auditoria ètica adaptat a les necessitats d’un centre gerontològic d’atenció a persones grans amb dependència (popularment conegut per una ‘residència d’avis’). En aquest treball em proposo els següents objectius: 2.1.- Recerca documental per identificar sistemes d’auditoria ètica específics per a residències de gent gran; 2.2.- Si n’existeixen, fer una anàlisi i comparació dels diferents sistemes trobats, amb el punts forts i punts febles de cadascun d’ells i 2.3.- Valorar la seva idoneïtat en una residència per a gent gran

Iowa Commuting Patterns, 2000

A century ago, the majority of workers were employed near their homes—on farms or in cities and towns. As industrialization increased and suburbs surrounded central cities, commuting meant going from homes in suburbs to jobs in cities. Today, there is a growing trend of workers commuting between suburbs. On any given day, 61,775 workers commute to jobs in Iowa counties other than the one in which they live. The most important reason for increased commuting has been employment growth. Rising incomes and the growth of suburbs have also been factors. In the past, the increased employment of women added to the number of commuters. Commuting patterns are a key consideration in transportation planning. In more urban states than Iowa, there is concern that the use of mass transit continues to decline. In Iowa, where so much of our commuting is between counties, private vehicles are often the only practical means of getting to and from work. On any given day, 1,155,008 single-occupancy vehicles are driven to and from jobs somewhere in Iowa. At the same time, an additional158,699 workers share rides by participating in carpools.

Invisible work, unseen hazards: the health of women immigrant household service workers in Spain

Backgroud: Household service work has been largely absent from occupational health studies. We examine the occupational hazards and health effects identified by immigrant women household service workers. Methods: Exploratory, descriptive study of 46 documented and undocumented immigrant women in household services in Spain, using a phenomenological approach. Data were collected between September 2006 and May 2007 through focus groups and semi-structured individual interviews. Data were separated for analysis by documentation status and sorted using a mixed-generation process. In a second phase of analysis, data on psychosocial hazards were organized using the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire as a guide. Results: Informants reported a number of environmental, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards and corresponding health effects. Psychosocial hazards were especially strongly present in data. Data on reported hazards were similar by documentation status and varied by several emerging categories: whether participants were primarily cleaners or carers and whether they lived in or outside of the homes of their employers. Documentation status was relevant in terms of empowerment and bargaining, but did not appear to influence work tasks or exposure to hazards directly. Conclusions:Female immigrant household service workers are exposed to a variety of health hazards that could be acted upon by improved legislation, enforcement, and preventive workplace measures, which are discussed.

Sexuality in the puerperium: the experience of a group of women

Puerperium is a period of great changes in women's lives, in physiological, psychological and socio-cultural terms. Female sexuality is a broad topic that should be explored vis-à-vis the singularity of woman's experiences which themselves vary at different moments in time. This article is part of the project: Sexuality in the Puerperium, the objective of which was to understand what women's experience of their sexuality is in the postpartum period. Observation and semi-structured interview were used. The research approach was qualitative and narrative was used as the conceptual and methodological method. Six primiparas who gave birth in a public hospital in São Paulo took part in the study. Observation took place in the in-patients unit in the immediate post-partum period. The interviews were conducted in the women´s homes. The results of the study have enabled an understanding to be formed of the meanings and changes in sexuality during the postpartum period as well as of the experiences every woman faces in her new roles, relationships and difficulties.

A longitudinal study of environmental tobacco smoke exposure in children: parental self reports versus age dependent biomarkers

Background: Awareness of the negative effects of smoking on children's health prompted a decrease in the self-reporting of parental tobacco use in periodic surveys from most industrialized countries. Our aim is to assess changes between ETS exposure at the end of pregnancy and at 4 years of age determined by the parents' self-report and measurement of cotinine in age related biological matrices.Methods: The prospective birth cohort included 487 infants from Barcelona city (Spain). Mothers were asked about maternal and household smoking habit. Cord serum and children's urinary cotinine were analyzed in duplicate using a double antibody radioimmunoassay. Results: At 4 years of age, the median urinary cotinine level in children increased 1.4 or 3.5 times when father or mother smoked, respectively. Cotinine levels in children's urine statistically differentiated children from smoking mothers (Geometric Mean (GM) 19.7 ng/ml; 95% CI 16.83–23.01) and exposed homes (GM 7.1 ng/ml; 95% CI 5.61–8.99) compared with non-exposed homes (GM 4.5 ng/ml; 95% CI 3.71–5.48). Maternal self-reported ETS exposure in homes declined in the four year span between the two time periods from 42.2% to 31.0% (p < 0.01). Nevertheless, most of the children considered non-exposed by their mothers had detectable levels of cotinine above 1 ng/mL in their urine.Conclusion: We concluded that cotinine levels determined in cord blood and urine, respectively, were useful for categorizing the children exposed to smoking and showed that a certain increase in ETS exposure during the 4-year follow-up period occurred.

Work and health conditions of sugar cane workers in Brazil

This is an exploratory research, with a quantitative approach, developed with the objective of analyzing the work and of life situations that can offer risks to the workers' health involved in the manual and automated cut of the sugar cane. The sample was composed by 39 sugar cane cutters and 16 operators of harvesters. The data collection occurred during the months of July and August of 2006, by the technique of direct observation of work situations and workers' homes and through interviews semi-structured. The interviews were recorded and later transcribed. Data were analyzed according to Social Ecological Theory. It was observed that the workers deal with multiple health risk situations, predominantly to the risks of occurrence of respiratory, musculoskeletal and psychological problems and work-related accidents due to the work activities. The interaction of individual, social and environmental factors can determine the workers' tendency to falling ill.