Work Education Research Articles

Risk perception survey for healthcare-associated infections in a large teaching hospital in Rome

Abstract Background Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are the main complications of hospitalization. The goal of the study was to enhance awareness, improve risk perception, and facilitate measures to reduce the outcomes of HAIs. A bottom-up approach, in which the healthcare workers involved play a key role, can be adopted to decrease the spread of HAIs. Therefore, a survey was conducted in a large teaching hospital in Rome from 2019 to 2023, excluding 2020 due to COVID-19. Methods A longitudinal study was conducted in all integrated care departments with beds. The data was collected using a standardized, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire for healthcare workers. The questionnaire consisted of 61 items assessing socio-professional features, knowledge of HAIs, attitudes and barriers to hygiene compliance, self-analysis of professional behavior and advice for new interventions. The study lasted 21 days between November and December, which is considered a period of normal care activity. A multivariable logistic regression model was built. Statistical analyses were performed with STATA 18.0. Results There were 384 health workers respondents: female (67.7%) and nurses (56.5%). The most represented areas were internal medicine (37.9%) and surgery (27.3%). The correct frequency of perception of HAIs increased from 33.3% in 2019 to 36.3% in 2023. From 2022 to 2023, the multivariable model showed that physicians (OR 0.48, CI 95% 0.24-0.93, p-value 0.03) and elder staff (OR 1.02, CI 95%, 1.0-1.1, p-value 0.04) seemed to be more aware of the prevalence of HAIs in their ward. Conclusions Targeted training days were organized after the study to discuss the data collected. Staff awareness of the prevalence of HAIs in their ward is improving, even if it is complicated to quantify it by attending HAIs training events. The survey has been included as a corporate goal for 2024 as a useful tool to improve awareness of HAIs and to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing training. Key messages • A bottom-up approach, in which healthcare workers assume a pivotal role, can be employed to reduce the spread of HAIs as it serves as a valuable tool to evaluate the efficacy of targeted training. • The results indicate that the education of healthcare workers is a crucial factor in enhancing awareness of HAIs. Therefore, there is a need to improve the education of younger and non-medical staff.

4.Q. Scientific session: Global landscapes of healthcare worker migration: advancing effective and equitable solutions

Abstract Background Healthcare workforce migration not only increased in numbers, the mobility flows and migration patterns are also changing and becoming more diverse. The labour market push-and-pull factors and related risks of ‘brain-drain’ are still relevant and many countries, especially in the western world, heavily rely on foreign-born and foreign-trained healthcare workers to mitigate shortages and respond to the healthcare workforce crisis. However, this migration pattern increasingly co-exists with other patterns, blurring the categories of hosting and sending countries. For instance, some low- and middle-income countries have created the export of skilled healthcare workers as business model, others invest in healthcare worker education without advancing national labour market capacities. There is also an increase in crisis migration caused by wars, climate change, and other conflicts, yet these refugee healthcare workers are often excluded from the formal labour market. These examples illustrate that health policy across countries largely failed to respond to the changing global landscapes of migration and to govern education, recruitment and retention more effectively. The healthcare workforce debate is primarily driven by health labour market needs, while health policy and human rights remain marginal. There is also a lack of comprehensive data and research, that would allow for evidence-based decision-making. Ineffective policy and existing governance gaps exacerbate the global healthcare workforce crisis, increase stress and workload of the healthcare workers, and often ignore worker and human rights. Objectives This workshop looks beyond labour market push-pull factors and highlights the complexity of healthcare worker migration. It makes the diverse needs, stakeholder interests, and institutional frameworks visible that shape mobility patterns of healthcare worker, seeking to identify capacity for more effective governance and good-practice examples. The following major questions will be discussed, among others: What data and research are needed to better understand the global migration landscapes? What can we learn from cross-country knowledge exchange and good practice experiences? How can public health advance more equitable and effective education, recruitment and retention policy, and what role could global contracts and international organisations play? The interactive discussion will be facilitated by a commentary on global capacity building for equitable healthcare worker migration and the action taken by WHO. The presenters and the audience will advance knowledge exchange and critically explore novel solutions to the healthcare workforce crisis that are more sensitive to the needs of both individual migrant healthcare workers and less well-resourced countries, in the global South as well as within Europe. Key messages • Increasingly divers patterns of healthcare worker migration call for novel governance approaches that align labour markets, health policy needs, and human rights. • More effective, equitable and ‘humanised’ governance of healthcare worker migration needs a global public health and human rights approach.

HIV testing services and HIV self-testing programming within emergency care in Kenya: a qualitative study of healthcare personnel to inform enhanced service delivery approaches

ABSTRACT In Kenya, persons insufficiently engaged in HIV Testing Services (HTS) are often treated in emergency departments (ED). There are limited data from healthcare workers on ED-HTS. A qualitative study was completed to understand challenges and facilitators for ED-HTS and HIV self-testing (HIVST). Data were collected via six focus groups of healthcare workers. Data were inductively analyzed and mapped to the Capability–Opportunity–Motivation Behavioral Model. Focus groups were completed with 49 healthcare workers: 18 nurses, 15 HIV counselors, 10 physicians and 6 administrators. HTS challenges included staff burdens, resources access, deficiencies in systems integration and illness severity. HTS facilitators included education of healthcare workers and patients, services coordination, and specific follow-up processes. HIVST challenges included accuracy concerns, follow-up barriers and psychosocial risks. HIVST facilitators were patient autonomy and confidentiality, resource utilization and ability to reach higher-risk persons. Mapping to the Capability–Opportunity–Motivation Behavioral Model interventions within the domains of knowledge, decision processes, environmental aspects, social influences and professional identities could support enhanced ED-HTS with integrated HIVST delivery. This study provided insights into challenges and facilitators on ED-HTS and identifies pragmatic approaches to improve healthcare workers’ behaviors and abilities to provide services to persons already in contact with healthcare.

Pedagogical aspects of professional criminal liability of physical education teachers

The article considers the existing problem of the need for legal protection for mandatory workers in the field of physical education. This category of employees includes physical education teachers of state-owned secondary schools, since the Law on Physical Education and Sports, Article 26 (Physical Education in the Sphere of Education), states that classes for this category of employees are mandatory, which means that automatically these employees are professionally criminally responsible under Article 137 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine "Improper performance of duties regarding the protection of the life and health of children", i.e. this applies to cases of various severity regardless of the circumstances of their occurrence, if only the investigation establishes that this teacher conducted classes with this injured student. In the course of the research, a pedagogical analysis of laws was carried out with the aim of identifying articles or provisions that belong to the legislative and legal protection of the professional risk of physical education workers. The existing safety instructions were consistently reviewed in order to find alternative actions for the justification of this category of workers, at the same time an analysis of the directions of legal safety protection of the existing professional risk offered by the main book of the field of theory and methods of physical education was carried out. Based on the data of the conducted questionnaire, the common factors of professional risk of physical culture teachers were established. The following steps have been chosen as ways to eliminate this problem: to involve the industry in cooperation with the justice authorities regarding the provision of reliable legal protection for its employees, since according to Article 54 of the Law on Education, Section 6, participants in the educational process, which talks about the rights and obligations of pedagogical, scientific- pedagogical and scientific employees and other persons involved in the educational process, that they have the right to safe and harmless working conditions. And this means that their educational branch, to which they belong, has the full right to provide modern one hundred percent legal protection for its employees in relation to their professional activities, which will prohibit the investigation from starting criminal cases using the professional actions of teachers and lecturers (means, methods, techniques, incentives, etc.) as material evidence for the accusation, regardless of the gravity of the circumstances and the consequence.

The effect of results-based motivating system on metabolic risk factors of non-communicable diseases: A field trial study.

Non-communicable diseases can be controlled and managed by reducing their associated metabolic risk factors. In this study, a set of intervention packages were designed to reduce the prevalence of three common metabolic risk factors (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity and overweight) in the community by motivating non-physician health workers. A field trial study was conducted in 4 districts of Iran. Thirty-two community health centers were randomly selected. A survey of 30 to 70-year-old was conducted to measure baseline metabolic risk factors. The intervention packages focused on improving hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity and overweight. The interventions included goal-setting, evidence-based education, operational planning, and incentive payments for non-physician health workers. A second survey to measure the final metabolic risk factors was performed after one year. The difference-in-difference method was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention packages. The average age of participants in both surveys was 49 years. The interventions had statistically significant effects only on decreasing the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The package with all the interventions except pay-for-performance decreased the odds of overweight and obesity to 0.57 (95% CI: 0.34, 0.95). Involving non-physician health workers and having action plans based on the health needs of the covered population can decrease obesity and overweight in the community. However, longer trials are needed to observe the effects on hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Prevalence of COVID-19 and Long COVID by industry and occupation: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2022.

Workers in healthcare and other essential occupations had elevated risks for COVID-19 infection early in the pandemic. No survey of U.S. workers to date has comprehensively assessed the prevalence of both COVID-19 and Long COVID across industries and occupations (I&O) at a detailed level. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for 2022 from 39 states, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands were used to estimate prevalence of self-reported history of COVID-19 and Long COVID, as well as the prevalence of Long COVID among those reporting prior COVID-19, by broad and detailed I&O. Adjusted prevalence ratios were used to compare outcome prevalence in each I&O to prevalence among all other workers combined. By broad I&O, workers in healthcare, protective services, and education had elevated prevalences of COVID-19. The prevalence of Long COVID was elevated in healthcare and protective service but not education workers. Detailed I&O with significantly elevated prevalences of COVID-19 but not Long COVID included Dairy Product Manufacturing industry workers and subsets of mining workers. Both COVID-19 and Long COVID were elevated among bartenders/drinking places and personal care and appearance workers. The prevalence of Long COVID was elevated among farmworkers who reported having had COVID-19. Industries and occupations with elevated levels of COVID-19 or Long COVID in this study may warrant increased measures to prevent transmission of airborne respiratory viruses. Accommodations are a key component for supporting workers in all workplaces. This new information about the distribution of Long COVID by I&O suggests where employer understanding and implementation of tailored workplace supports and accommodations are most needed to support continued employment of affected workers.

Learning About Mental Health Lived Experience in Social Work Education

ABSTRACT Lived experience education occupies an increasingly important space in mental health education for social workers. Despite being plagued by practices that continue to be discriminating and exclusionary, the mental health policy and practice context demand robust attention to the meaningful inclusion of service users and their families to achieve genuine partnership, reciprocity, and equality in mental health service provision. For social work educators, lived experience education is now an indispensable component of a critically informed mental health curriculum and pedagogy. Framed within an appeal for epistemic justice, this article reports on qualitative survey data from social work students who experienced teaching from people with lived experience. Findings show that students greatly valued lived experience education, as it created opportunities for authentic and more diverse understandings of mental health that fostered critical reflection. A curriculum that supports epistemic equality and a social justice agenda would help scaffold lived experience expertise for student learning. IMPLICATIONS Mental health lived experience education positively impacts social work students’ values and attitudes towards mental health service users. Lived experience education supports social work students to expand their understandings of mental health and recovery beyond dominant biomedical perspectives. Genuine valuing of lived experience knowledge and expertise in social work education helps address epistemic injustice.

Even if you build it, they may not come: challenges in the uptake of workplace mental health toolkits

BackgroundStrategies to promote workplace mental health can target system, organization, team, and individual levels exclusively or in concert with each other. Creating toolkits that include these different levels is an emerging innovative strategy to support employees working in various sectors. Our paper describes the development, implementation, and refinement of two different online toolkits: the Healthy Professional Worker Toolkit for Education Workers and the Health Worker Burnout Toolkit.MethodsThe Knowledge to Action Framework guided the team during the development and early interventions phases of toolkit development. Stakeholder engagement regarding the intended use of the toolkit of promising practices for workplace interventions was integrated throughout with different forms of feedback in a research capacity between 2022 and 2024.ResultsReflecting on the different phases of the KTA Framework, we describe first the engagement involved in building the toolkits and then on their utilization. Our toolkits were built to include different resources aimed at empowering workers, teams, and employers offering innovative ideas to address the mental health-leaves of absence and return to work cycle in one case and the different forms and consequences of burnout in the other. Criteria for inclusion were informed by ongoing research with a range of stakeholders and other intended toolkit users including managers, supervisors, executives, human resource specialists, staff, and others in healthcare and educational organizations and settings. In the implementation phase, the volume of resources available in each toolkit considered a strength by some was overwhelming for some partners and individual workers to navigate. Capacity, engagement, time, and readiness for change, are themes that heavily influenced if and when organizations interacted with each toolkit, and how much time they spent exploring the resources provided.ConclusionIt is critical to ground toolkits in the experiential evidence of workplace mental health as is linking these to evidence-informed interventions that correspond to workplace concerns. Organizational readiness to adopt and adapt resources and implement changes is a key consideration. Ultimately, user engagement is what brought these toolkits to life.

How NGO staff understand Maslow's hierarchy of needs and MHPSS pyramid in Iraq: a pilot descriptive study

BACKGROUND: The Maslow's hierarchy of needs (Maslow's pyramid) and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) pyramid are integral frameworks in humanitarian settings whose aim is to address individual and community needs. However, confusion often arises among non-governmental organization (NGO) workers about the application and differentiation of these models. AIM: This study aims to investigate the extent of confusion among NGO workers in Iraq as regards the Maslow's and MHPSS pyramids, identify the causes of this confusion, and explore its implications in the context of humanitarian mental health support. METHODS: A pilot descriptive study was conducted in December 2023 through an online survey involving 61 local NGO workers from MHPSS components in Iraq. We created a measure to assess the participants’ familiarity with both models, their perceived differences, and their views on the models’ applicability in humanitarian contexts. RESULTS: Male participants represented 55.7% (n=34) of the sample, while females accounted for 44.3% (n=27). Most participants were aged 25–34 (57%, n=35) and 35–44 (34%, n=21). A majority held bachelor’s degrees (67.2%, n=41), with 21.3% (n=13) holding master’s degrees. In terms of occupation, 49.2% (n=30) were engaged in the protection sector (gender-based violence and child protection), followed by health (19.7%, n=12), education (4.9%, n=3), and MHPSS staff roles in other sectors (26.2%, n=16). The study revealed that 54.1% (n=33) of the participants struggled to understand or differentiate between Maslow's and MHPSS pyramids. The causes of this confusion were related to perceived structural similarities (18.03%, n=11), lack of awareness and knowledge about the MHPSS pyramid (63.93%, n=39), and a combination of both (18.03%, n=11). CONCLUSION: The study underscores the importance of better training and education for NGO workers to improve their understanding of the Maslow's and MHPSS pyramids. Addressing this knowledge gap can increase efficacy in humanitarian aid provision, ensuring that individual and community needs are adequately met in crisis situations.

“We Realized That Institutions Are Not Prepared”: Strategies and Challenges in the Filiation Processes of Lesbian-Parent Families in Chile

This study examines the experiences of lesbian-parent families in Chile regarding the civil registry and the registration of their children, highlighting how heteronormative structures persist despite significant legislative advancements. Through semi-structured interviews with lesbian mothers, it explored how the policies and practices occurring at the civil registry affect their rights and legal recognition. The qualitative data analysis revealed significant barriers in the filiation processes due to outdated forms and lack of training among officials, reflecting a disconnect between progressive legislation and its practical implementation. The findings indicate that while there is growing social recognition of family diversity, lesbian-parent families face institutional discrimination, limiting their full participation in society. These barriers not only perpetuate occupational injustices but also negatively affect the emotional and social well-being of these families. This study underscores the need for legislative and administrative reforms to ensure effective inclusion and recognition of lesbian-parent families, recommending policies that update administrative processes to reflect the realities of all families adequately. The research highlights the importance of continuous education and awareness for civil registry workers, ensuring that existing laws are applied fairly and equitably.

Analysis of Organizational Culture in Improving the Performance of Educators and Educational Staff at Tanggamus Islamic Education College

This study aims to implement an organizational culture to support the achievement of set goals. Specifically, the study aims to analyze how implementing organizational culture enhances performance, as well as identify the factors that support and hinder this process. The research approach used in this study is descriptive qualitative. Collecting data from field studies is a crucial part of every research project. Data for the study was gathered through interviews, documentation, and observation. Educators and education staff may benefit from examining corporate culture, according to the study's findings. To be responsible, one must be free and independent, and one must also comprehend the duties of one another. Leadership: The organization's objectives and standards are laid out in a clear and concise manner. Incentives like pay raises and promotions are part of the reward system. How much horizontal or vertical communication there is depends on the communication system. The results of this study point to the importance of leadership in raising the efficiency and effectiveness of school staff and teachers. As a theoretical framework or point of reference, the results of this study can be used by universities to improve the performance of education workers and instructors. Furthermore, the researcher found that to establish a higher education institution operating in the Islamic field, universities must overcome both supportive and inhibiting factors. They also need the assistance of competent teaching and education personnel to implement quality enhancements, thereby creating a superior higher education institution.

Analyzing the roles, workflows, and communication dynamics of social workers within interprofessional care teams

ABSTRACT Social workers frequent interprofessional healthcare teams, but few studies examine the day-to-day experiences of these providers on interprofessional teams. Our study utilized semi-structured interviews with 54 medical social workers practicing on interprofessional healthcare teams. A thematic analysis was used to analyze the day-to-day functions of these social workers. The analysis resulted in three primary themes: 1) Social Workers’ Self-Perceptions of their Roles within Interprofessional Teams, 2) Social Workers Shifting Roles on Interprofessional Teams, and 3) Interprofessional Team Dynamics that Impact the Role of a Social Worker. Social workers perceived their primary roles as contributing a unique systems approach to interprofessional healthcare teams while emphasizing patient self-determination. These self-perceptions influenced their shifting roles on interprofessional healthcare teams (e.g. clinician, case manager, bridge builder). In addition to individual self-perceptions, the healthcare system infrastructure influenced social work roles. For example, social workers in outpatient settings more frequently assumed the role of a mental health practitioner compared to those in inpatient settings. Last, there was variation in interprofessional communication and workflow assignment based on the healthcare infrastructure. Future research should examine the education and training efforts of social workers and other allied health professions for interprofessional healthcare teams.

Creating Positive Customers Evaluation: The Impact of Efficient CRM Processes on Increasing Client Satisfaction

Commodity creation took precedence over endurance as the industrial revolution of the first half of the twentieth century led to the digitization of industrial techniques. Subsequently, the focus shifted to promotional elements that gave priority to consumer satisfaction. The technological advancements of the 20th century and globalization have brought humans to the highest levels of the asset organization, which has had a profound impact on employment. Ancient Hindu texts such as demonstrate the importance of human resources and demonstrate that structured management of human personnel dates back thousands of years. However, the first signs of the evolution of Hrd (human capital administration) approaches date back to the 1780 factory insurrection. During this time, technological breakthroughs necessitated improved work practices, productivity, and quality. The financial advantages of splitting of labor were discussed by Smith (1776) in his work “An Enquiry into the Causes and Nature of Wealth of Nations.” He suggested that specialization could increase the efficiency of labor. He perceived three benefits from a separation of labor: skill growth, time savings, and the ability to use specialized instruments. The creative endeavor of Owen (1825) demonstrates the significance of individuals in the operation of businesses. He maintained that one of the most effective expenditures managements can make is money invested in personnel development. Babbage (1832) investigated and developed the concept of specialization of labor in an even more thorough matching of individual expertise and abilities with particular tasks, based on his work, he came to that conclusion. As the work of Taylor (1911) tried to codify worker situations, procedures, methods, and tacit talents into concrete norms and formulae, a revolutionary shift occurred in the realm of interpersonal management practices. Research on the connection among productivity and the workplace was first undertaken by Mayo and his colleagues in 1927–1932. Barnard (1938) and other researchers followed up on these groundbreaking studies, which completely changed the realm of hiring and firing methods. The controversy about if effective human resources management is just jargon or a real concept is still up for debate, despite the fact that there has been a sizable body of literature on the subject. By analyzing the level of strategic HRM implementation and its effects on organizational performance in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector, this report aimed to expand the scope of previous research. The stated goal of the multi-respondent survey, which included 21 manufacturing organizations in the nation of Nigeria, had been to find a fit among corporate success and strategic staffing practices. The data obtained was evaluated using descriptive statistics, regression analysis, and correlational analysis. Results indicate that production enterprises in Nigeria employed moderate amounts of tactical HRM. Findings also show this path The main tactical human resources procedures that affect the effectiveness of organizations in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector are management devolution, creative hiring and hiring methods, ongoing workers education and training, based on shares compensation, performance appraisal, professional development, and active employee involvement in decisions and actions. It follows that businesses involved in production should focus more on these procedures in order to enhance their use throughout the sector.

텍스트 마이닝을 활용한 교직단체 운영 특성 분석

The purpose of this study is to analyze Teachers’ Organizations’ Operational Characteristics by using text mining. To solve this research problem, press releases issued by Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations(KFTA), Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union(KTU), and Korean Federation of Teachers Unions(KFTU) were collected, and the collected data were analyzed for keyword frequency analysis, centrality and network analysis, CONCOR analysis using Textom, UCINET. Through this, the following research results were derived. First, as a result of keyword frequency analysis, ‘teacher’, ‘education’, and ‘school’ were identified as the top keywords. Second, through keyword frequency analysis, it was possible to identify keywords that were ranked relatively higher by group or derived only from specific groups. Third, as a result of centrality analysis, the keyword with the highest degree centrality was ‘teacher’. Fourth, as a result of CONCOR analysis, 8 clusters were formed like ‘Response and support for civil complaints’, ‘Improvement of field-centered educational environment’, ‘Revision of the law for fair life guidance’, ‘Request for legislation through the National Assembly’, ‘The response to child abuse’, ‘Infringement and protection of teachers’ authority’, ‘Improving the school violence system’, ‘reduction of administrative work’. Based on these results, implications for the management of teachers’ organizations were presented.

Enthusiastic Study of Children of Indonesia Migrant Workers in Selangor, Malaysia Who Do Not Have Access to Formal Education

The purpose of this study is to provide a description of the results of observations on the children of Malaysian migrant workers, especially about the enthusiasm or enthusiasm for learning children not only learning about understanding social sciences but one of them is learning religious science through religious science lessons and forms of application in the form of daily prayers, prayer readings, recitations and da'wah practices in the form of lectures. This material not only conveys the knowledge but also in practice and application as well as the way of delivery and good and correct lecture techniques, besides that also with lectures children can learn public speaking, speaking in public with good and directed conduct. Indonesia's children are future leaders and future generations of the Indonesia nation for the next 10 years, therefore the position of the young generation of Indonesia's children is very much needed. The enthusiasm for learning children in the Sungai Buloh area of Selangor has a very extraordinary spirit of learning. Most of the residents of the community in the Sungai Buloh Selangor area are Indonesia citizens who have lived in Malaysia, so there are quite a lot of children aged 7-13 years who are in elementary school. The Sungai Buloh Learning Studio is one of the main avenues for children of migrant workers to learn social and religious sciences, most of the people in the Sungai Buloh area of Selangor lack access to education due to their incomplete documents so that it is difficult for children to continue to public schools in Kuala Lumpur, this is one of the things that is worrisome because of the lack of access to education for the children of Indonesia migrant workers who are domiciled in the Sungai Buloh region of Selangor, Malaysia. With the enthusiasm of good children to learn but hindered by their incomplete documents, access to education for migrant workers living in the Sungai Buloh Selanggor area, Malaysia is quite difficult.

Support workers knowledge, skills and education relating to dementia – a national survey

Background Dementia affects over 55 million people globally, projected to double by 2050. In the UK, non-registered staff, including healthcare assistants (HCAs) and clinical support workers, provide a significant portion of dementia care, yet receive limited training. This study explores the knowledge, training, and attitudes of support workers towards dementia. Methods A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted from February 1 to April 1, 2024, targeting support workers in England. The survey included demographic information, dementia knowledge (using the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, DKAS), and attitudes (using the Dementia Attitudes Scale, DAS). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, t-tests, and Pearson’s correlation. Results One hundred and nine support workers responded, predominantly female (90%) and white British (76.4%), from various NHS settings and occupational groups. The majority (79.8%) had received dementia training, primarily from their organisations. Challenges included managing behavioural and psychological symptoms and communication difficulties. There was no significant correlation between years of experience and dementia knowledge (r = -0.019) or attitudes (r = -0.057). However, higher occupational grades were associated with greater dementia knowledge (p = <0.01). A moderate positive correlation was found between dementia knowledge and attitudes (r = 0.35, p = <0.01). Despite high levels of knowledge, support workers often feel inadequately prepared to provide optimal dementia care, indicating a need for more comprehensive training. Challenges in communication and managing symptoms highlight areas for improvement. The study suggests that better training can improve both knowledge and attitudes, enhancing care quality for people living with dementia. Conclusion Support workers play a crucial role in dementia care but require more robust training programs to meet the growing demands. Enhanced training can improve their knowledge and attitudes, leading to better care outcomes for people with dementia.

Research on the Innovative Path of Ideological and Political Education Psychology

Ideological and political education psychology is a discipline that applies psychological theories and methods to study the psychological activity patterns of ideological and political education teaching objects, and belongs to a branch of applied psychology. Due to the late start of ideological and political education psychology, there are still unresolved issues in its current development status. How to achieve innovative development of ideological and political education psychology is a problem that ideological and political education workers in the new era should consider.

The environmental effects of non-invasive cardiac imaging

The healthcare sector is a major contributor to the universal climate footprint, of this a significant proportion is attributable to medical imaging and further to dedicated cardiac imaging. The increasing availability and utility of cardiac imaging techniques for prognosis, diagnosis and management raises concerns for the impact of these investigations on the environment.Our objective was to review the published literature assessing the environmental impact of non-invasive imaging modalities within cardiology, subsequently helping guide physicians toward a more sustainable approach to cardiac imaging and improved awareness of the environmental impact of healthcare within this field.We conducted a systematic review of studies measuring the environmental impact of non-invasive cardiac imaging. A total of 8 studies were included in the final analysis.Cardiac imaging has a significant environmental impact, which varies by modality: lowest for echocardiography and highest for MRI. As a whole this field represents a significant contributor to climate-related threats to human health, which we should strive toward harm minimisation. This may be mitigated through the conscious utilisation of energy consumption and contrast media, as well as healthcare worker education and quality improvement to guide imaging choice based on environmental impact alongside conventional determinants such as patient characteristics, clinical guidelines and cost (visual abstract).

Education of Future Language Workers: Supporting Students’ Startups as a Teaching Strategy

The article discusses the role of student start-ups in general and their introduction into the academic curriculum as graduation projects in particular. The paper provides an overview and short history of the student start-up as a concept and the term, underlining, on the one hand, a contemporary demand for student entrepreneurship encouragement, their social capital built-up and University-industry collaboration but problematic ambiguity of their realization, on the other. The authors claim the innovations as it goes is most challenging for both teachers and students of non-business academic programs and requires a certain shift in teaching strategies as well as the curriculum. The paper dwells on the existing background of student start-ups in non-business fields and underlines that in such circumstances teaching and extracurricular activities become a major tool to promote the entrepreneurial intentions among the students. The authors claim the academic training can benefit from a suchlike approach and the transdisciplinary projects may serve as a practice-oriented cumulative ground for student start-ups. The paper illustrates how these projects can be implemented. The authors have stepped up their efforts towards introducing a student start-up to show how a certain student project can later launch them into business resulting in creating a new venture.

Innovative Approaches to the Training of Social Workers for Work with Psychoactive Substance Dependence: An Interdisciplinary Strategy

The article analyzes the need for implementing an interdisciplinary approach in the education of social workers specializing in assisting individuals, including those dependent on psychoactive substances and those living with HIV. The main focus is on integrating knowledge from medicine, psychology, law, and social work to improve the quality of training and enhance the professional competencies of these specialists. The study highlights existing deficiencies in the educational programs for social workers in the Kyrgyz Republic, particularly in addressing the specific needs of individuals dependent on psychoactive substances. The article proposes an educational module (a teaching and methodological complex) designed to fill the gaps in the education of social workers in the field of addiction services. The pilot testing of this educational module showed its relevance and effectiveness in raising the level of knowledge on issues related to addiction, methods of providing social support, and social accompaniment. It is important to note that the interdisciplinary approach, which combines theoretical knowledge with practical training, helps in understanding the complexities of the issue and improves the outcomes of social adaptation for individuals with psychoactive substance dependence. The main conclusion of the article is that the use of innovative educational models (teaching modules) significantly enhances the quality of social work within the continuum of addiction services. The author stresses the importance of further developing and implementing such educational programs/modules for social workers, as this will overall improve the rehabilitation and socialization process for individuals with psychoactive substance dependence.