Full-time Members Research Articles

Harnessing interactivity for online media outlets: Insights from Mexico’s digital landscape

This study examines interactions between full-time members and web traffic across 137 Mexican online media platforms, as cataloged by Sembramedia in May 2023, focusing on the number of technological platforms and the type of interactivity involved. We used descriptive analyses and a structural equation model to test our hypotheses. Findings highlight the crucial role of human-to-content interactivity in shaping online media design and significantly influencing user content consumption patterns.

Risk Factors for Delayed Treatment of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia in Active-Duty Service Members.

Sexually transmitted infections including gonorrhea and chlamydia are common in the active-duty military population, with historically higher rates than their civilian counterparts. Prevention and screening are 2 of the main strategies used to reduce the chronic medical complications and costs associated with untreated gonorrhea and chlamydia; however, there is little information in the literature regarding treatment time after a positive screening. To our knowledge, there has not yet been a study regarding delayed treatment of gonorrhea and chlamydia in the active-duty population. We performed a population-based retrospective observational study on active-duty service members (ADSMs) diagnosed with gonorrhea and chlamydia from 2010-2019. Statistical analysis was performed to determine differences in treatment times for key demographics. This study was reviewed and approved by the Brooke Army Medical Center Institutional Review Board. Average treatment time was 3.5 days for individuals with chlamydia and 5 days for those with gonorrhea. Treatment within 2 weeks was met for 94% of people diagnosed with chlamydia and 91% of people diagnosed with gonorrhea. Delay in treatment times for chlamydia were seen in men, ages 25-34, full-time active-duty service members, those with a history of prior infection, and soldiers in the Army. Gonorrhea treatment times were delayed in men, members of the Coast Guard, ages 35-44, and those with a history of prior infection. Significant differences in treatment time were seen based on sex, age, branch of service, rank, and history of prior infection.

Leadership as Métissage: Seeking to Indigenize our faculty of education

As a faculty of education, we have ethical, professional, and legal commitments that compel us to make meaningful and significant contributions to reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. This work is long overdue, justice has too long been denied, the ongoing legacies of colonization that play out through education need to be disrupted now. Yet this work must be done in a good way, decolonization is required, many complexities exist stemming from the past and present dominance of Eurocentric knowledge in our society, K-12, and post-secondary education systems. The authors of this paper made up all of the full-time staff members in a faculty of education. We used a collaborative scholarship of teaching and learning research project and a Métissage methodology to seek to collectively lead the Indigenization of learning, teaching, leadership, and scholarship in our faculty. In braided narrative vignettes, we situate ourselves in relationship to this work, explore tensions and complexities, wrestle with axiological considerations, reflect on practices we have engaged in, share how we have taken up this work with our students, colleagues, and school partners, identify questions and steps in front of us, and reflect on how Métissage has served as a shared leadership process to support the Indigenization of our faculty and our University as a whole. Our stories are situated in a Bachelor of Education after degree program that serves approximately 120 students located in the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuut’ina Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda Nations.

Organisation and delivery of a dedicated multidisciplinary prone ventilation team in the intensive care unit: Strategies and lessons from COVID-19.

COVID-19 placed immense strain on healthcare systems, necessitating innovative responses to the surge of critically ill patients, particularly those requiring mechanical ventilation. In this report, we detail the establishment of a dedicated critical care prone positioning team at University Hospital Southampton in response to escalating demand for prone positioning during the initial wave of the pandemic. The formation of a prone positioning team involved meticulous planning and collaboration across disciplines to ensure safe and efficient manoeuvrers. A comprehensive training strategy, aligned with national guidelines, was implemented for approximately 550 staff members from a diverse background. We surveyed team members to gain insight to the lived experience. A total of 78 full-time team members were recruited and successfully executed over 1200 manoeuvres over an eight-week period. Our survey suggests the majority felt valued and expressed pride and willingness to participate again should the need arise. The rapid establishment and deployment of a dedicated prone positioning team may have contributed to both patient care and staff well-being. We provide insight and lessons that may be of value for future respiratory pandemics. Future work should explore objective clinical outcomes and long-term sustainability of such services.

Academician Iakov Prinţ (1891-1966) – founder of the Moldovan entomological school

The article is dedicated to the outstanding scientist in the field of entomology and plant protection Ia. Prinţ, who made a significant contribution to the research of the biology and ecology of phylloxera and to the development of integrated vine protection systems. Professor Ia. Prinţ worked in various scientific institutions in the former Soviet Union (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, Moldova). Bioecological and systematic studies, as well as the registration and estimation of insects were carried out in the Laboratory of Invertebrate Zoology (1957-1966). In 1961, Ia. Prinţ was elected in the first group of full-time members of the Academy of Sciences of MSSR, being highly appreciated by the international and national scientific community. Significant contributions in entomofauna research were made by the Academician’s disciples B. Vereshcheagin, P. Kiskin, S. Plugaru, I. Plugaru.

Implementation of VA care coordination program to improve transitional care for veterans post-non-VA hospital discharge: an incremental cost analysis.

The Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System Community Hospital Transitions Program (CHTP) was implemented as a nurse-led intervention to reduce barriers that patients experience when transitioning from community hospitals to VA primary care settings. A previous analysis indicated that veterans who enrolled in CHTP received timely follow-up care and communications that improved care coordination, but did not examine cost implications for the VA. A budget impact analysis used the VA (payer) perspective. CHTP implementation team members and study records identified key resources required to initially implement and run the CHTP. Statistical analysis of program participants and matched controls at two study sites was used to estimate incremental VA primary care costs per veteran. Using combined program implementation, operations, and healthcare cost estimates to guide key model assumptions, overall CHTP costs were estimated for a 5-year time horizon, including a discount rate of 3%, annual inflation of 2.5%, and a sensitivity analysis that considered two options for staffing the program at VA Medical Center (VAMC) sites. Implementation at two VAMCs required 3 months, including central program support and site-level onboarding, with costs of $34,094 (range: $25,355-$51,602), which included direct and indirect resource costs of personnel time, materials, space, and equipment. Subsequent annual costs to run the program at each site depended heavily on the staffing mix and caseload of veterans, with a baseline estimate of $193,802 to $264,868. Patients enrolled in CHTP had post-hospitalization VA primary care costs that were higher than matched controls. Over 5 years, CHTP sites staffed to serve 25-30 veterans per full-time equivalent transition team member per month had an estimated budget impact of $625 per veteran served if the transitional team included a medical social worker to support veterans with more social behavioral needs and less complex medical cases or $815 per veteran if nurses served all cases. Evidence-based care coordination programs that support patients' return to VA primary care after a community hospital stay are feasible to implement and run. Further, flexibility in staffing this type of program is increasingly relevant as the VA and other healthcare systems consider methods to reduce provider burnout, optimize staffing, reduce costs, and address other staffing challenges while improving patient care.

Perceptions of Factors Associated With Sustainability of Health Care Innovation Centers

Innovation centers in US health care systems are increasingly common but variably successful and sustainable. Few studies have examined how and why some centers achieve sustainable success but others do not. To explore whether and how innovation centers in US health care systems are able to successfully sustain themselves over multiple years. In this qualitative study, semistructured, qualitative interviews of leaders at 9 innovation centers across the US were conducted from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020. Data analysis was conducted from December 2020 to April 2021 using qualitative methods and a deductive framework based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Centers were identified through purposeful sampling. The 9 study centers had a mean age of 6 years (range, 2-15 years); most were affiliated with an academic teaching hospital and half with a medical school. Two were wholly separate from the health care system. Two-thirds had fewer than 10 full-time staff members. All interviewees were staff of a US-based innovation center. This study did not evaluate particular interventions or innovations. Perceptions of and views on factors associated with the success and sustainability of innovation centers. Staff interviewed at 9 innovation centers across the US described 3 key activities that appeared to be associated with long-term sustainability: facilitating innovation projects that were valued for quality improvement and cost avoidance, not just return on investment; acting as networking nodes for their institutions; and upskilling staff. These activities were associated with improved institutional culture. Two structural characteristics underpinned successful centers: finding an effective balance between being "internal" and being "external" to the organization and providing practical support and skills otherwise lacking within the wider institution. This qualitative study of 9 innovation centers explored how centers sustained themselves within US health care institutions and showed that success was often associated with interpersonal relationships and cultural benefits. Independent financial sustainability was not always essential to longevity; systems also valued how centers could create cultures of innovation and upskill staff.

Somewhere Between a Stopwatch and a Recording Device: Ethnographic Reflections From the Pool

As has recently been highlighted, despite the prevalence of methodological “confessional tales” in ethnography generally, the challenges of undertaking ethnographic research specifically in institutional sports settings remain underexplored. Drawing on data from a 3-year ethnographic study of competitive swimming in the United Kingdom (UK), here we explore some of the practical challenges of balancing different elements of the researcher’s role when undertaking ethnographic “insider” research in familiar settings. In particular, we consider the difficulties of balancing the role of a doctoral researcher and the chosen research role of a volunteer coach with a competitive swimming program. Employing the anthropological concept of liminality, we also analyze the lived challenges of leaving a highly familiar field and entering a state of liminality, where the researcher was caught on the threshold betwixt and between a return to full-time employment in the former “known” role of coach, and a move forward to embrace a new “unknown” role as a full-time member of academic staff.

Mixed Abilities and Varied Experiences: A Group Autoethnography of a Virtual Summer Internship

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to convert their daily work lives to a "virtual" format, in which they connected remotely from home. In this new, virtual environment, accessibility barriers changed, in some respects for the better (e.g., more flexibility) and in other aspects, for the worse (e.g., problems including American Sign Language interpreters over video calls). Microsoft Research held its first cohort of all virtual interns in 2020. We, the interns, full-time members, and affiliates of the Ability Team, a Microsoft research team focused on accessibility, report on our experiences navigating the challenges of working remotely. We constituted a variety of abilities, positions, and levels of seniority. Using an autoethnographic method, we provide a nuanced view of how the virtual setting affected the experiences of our mixed-ability team, the strategies we used to improve access, and areas for further improvement. We close by presenting guidelines for future virtual mixed-ability teams to improve workplace accessibility.

Assessing the implementation of nurse practitioner-led huddles in long-term care using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic created major challenges in long-term care (LTC) homes across Canada and globally. A nurse practitioner-led interdisciplinary huddle intervention was developed to support staff wellbeing in two LTC homes in Ontario, Canada. The objective of this study was to identify the constructs strongly influencing the process of implementation of huddles across both sites, capturing the overall barriers and facilitators and the intervention’s intrinsic properties.MethodsNineteen participants were interviewed about their experiences, pre-, post-, and during huddle implementation. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) was used to guide data collection and analysis. CFIR rating rules and a cross-comparison analysis was used to identify differentiating factors between sites. A novel extension to the CFIR analysis process was designed to assess commonly influential factors across both sites.ResultsNineteen of twenty selected CFIR constructs were coded in interviews from both sites. Five constructs were determined to be strongly influential across both implementation sites and a detailed description is provided: evidence strength and quality; needs and resources of those served by the organization; leadership engagement; relative priority; and champions. A summary of ratings and an illustrative quote are provided for each construct.ConclusionSuccessful huddles require long-term care leaders to consider their involvement, the inclusion all team members to help build relationships and foster cohesion, and the integration of nurse practitioners as full-time staff members within LTC homes to support staff and facilitate initiatives for wellbeing. This research provides an example of a novel approach using the CFIR methodology, extending its use to identify significant factors for implementation when it is not possible to compare differences in success.

Guarding Against Catastrophic Biological Risks: Preventing State Biological Weapon Development and Use by Shaping Intentions.

Guarding Against Catastrophic Biological Risks: Preventing State Biological Weapon Development and Use by Shaping Intentions.

외국인 교수의 연구 생산성 영향요인 분석

[Purpose]This study aims to analyze factors influencing the research productivity of international faculty members with a doctoral degree in Korean universities from an integrated perspective based on theoretical models of organizational behaviors.
 [Methods]To this end, Poisson regression model was used to analyze the data collected from international faculty members online between August 2018 and April 2019. The final sample consisted of 311 full-time faulty members, excluding those without an advanced degree.
 [Results]Its main findings are as follows. First, both job resource(number of graduate students) and motivators had a significant positive effect on their research productivity. Second, other job resource variables, such as average hours spent on teaching and research on a typical week and research funding had a significant effect on research productivity measured by research papers published in international journals. Third, cultural adjustment had a significant effect on domestic research productivity. Finally, such variables as gender, academic discipline, tenure, marital status, ethnic Koreans turned out to have a differential effect by the type of research productivity.
 [Conclusion]It concluded that research productivity of international faculty members was affected by job resources, cultural adjustment, and motivators, controlling for individual and institutional characteristics. Meanwhile, these factors had a differential effect by its type. Based on those findings, institutional implications were suggested in order to improve their research productivity.

Using wearable activity trackers for research in the global south: Lessons learned from adolescent psychotherapy research in Kenya.

Wearable activity trackers have emerged as valuable tools for health research, providing high-resolution data on measures such as physical activity. While most research on these devices has been conducted in high-income countries, there is growing interest in their use in the global south. This perspective discusses the challenges faced and strategies employed when using wearable activity trackers to test the effects of a school-based intervention for depression and anxiety among Kenyan youth. Lessons learned include the importance of validating data output, establishing an internal procedure for international procurement, providing on-site support for participants, designating a full-time team member for wearable activity tracker operation, and issuing a paper-based information sheet to participants. The insights shared in this perspective serve as guidance for researchers undertaking studies with wearables in similar settings, contributing to the evidence base for mental health interventions targeting youth in the global south. Despite the challenges to set up, deploy and extract data from wearable activity trackers, we believe that wearables are a relatively economical approach to provide insight into the daily lives of research participants, and recommend their use to other researchers.

Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity and Activity Limitation Among Older Canadians

<h3>Research Objectives</h3> To i) estimate the prevalence of activity limitation among Canadians with cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CM); and ii) to quantify the association between CM and activity limitation. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity is the diagnosis of two or more of stroke, heart disease and diabetes. <h3>Design</h3> Cross-sectional population study (n=13,118,474) using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data. <h3>Setting</h3> Canada. <h3>Participants</h3> The CLSA includes Canadians aged 45–85 years, and excludes persons living on federal First Nations reserves, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces, individuals living in institutions, and people who were not able to respond in English or French. In our analyses, we further excluded individuals with missing or incomplete data. <h3>Interventions</h3> None. <h3>Main Outcome Measures</h3> CM was operationally defined as the diagnosis of two or more of diabetes/prediabetes, myocardial infarction, and stroke. Activity limitation as defined in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, is "difficulties an individual may have in executing activities." Activity limitation was evaluated using the Older Americans Resources and Services scale. <h3>Results</h3> The estimated prevalence of activity limitation among participants living with CM was 27.4% compared with 7.5% with no cardiometabolic conditions. Activity limitation increased in prevalence and severity with increasing numbers of cardiometabolic conditions. People with CM had increased odds of activity limitation compared with those without any cardiometabolic conditions (adjusted relative risk ratio = 3.99, 95% confidence interval [3.35–4.75]), and the odds increased with each additional condition. Stroke survivors had greater odds of activity limitation than those without a history of stroke and the same number of cardiometabolic conditions. <h3>Conclusions</h3> Activity limitation is common among Canadians living with CM. Odds of activity limitation increase with each additional cardiometabolic condition, especially for stroke survivors. <h3>Author(s) Disclosures</h3> None to report.

Organisational capabilities for successful digital transformation: a global analysis of national football associations in the digital age

PurposeThe aim of this study is to identify organisational capabilities (OC) for a successful digital transformation (DT) and associated structures of internal teams to orchestrate and support DT.Design/methodology/approachAn explorative, qualitative study, comprising semi-structured interviews with 82 executives from 43 diverse National Football Associations (NFA) spread across five continents was conducted.FindingsThe results show that organisational culture, strategic sensitivity, up-to-date ICT-infrastructure, a digitally skilled workforce, leadership support, knowledge management and internal DT-teams are important capabilities to enable successful DT.Research limitations/implicationsDue to the different levels of maturity of digitalisation and the financial constraints, not every NFA intends or is able to assign a full-time staff member exclusively to digital issues. Therefore, the most appropriate person was interviewed in each NFA.Practical implicationsAdapting an organisational culture to the requirements of the digital age is one of the most important steps in implementing DT. It is equally important for the leadership to form the strategic framework and enable the necessary training of employees to improve the results of the digitalisation processes.Originality/valueThis is the first study investigating NFA's DT from a worldwide perspective, identifying the most important factors for successful DT-processes.

Differences in alcohol screening and alcohol problems among United States veterans based on military service history.

Military deployment is a risk factor for alcohol problems, and postdeployment alcohol problems are more prevalent among part-time reservists than full-time active duty service members. However, emerging research suggests that reservists who never experience deployment are also at risk. We examined if never-deployed/activated reserve veterans differed from active duty/deployed veterans in alcohol screening and misuse. Using pooled cross-sectional data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH; 2015-2019), we estimated the prevalence of past-year self-reported alcohol screening by a health care provider and measured DSM-IV alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence among U.S. veterans aged 18-49 years with at least one health care visit in the past year (N = 4,148). We used regression models to examine for differences in these outcomes between never-deployed/activated reserve veterans and active duty/deployed veterans. Overall, 15% of veterans reported not being screened for alcohol use, despite 1 in 11 meeting DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse/dependence. Active duty/deployed veterans were more likely to have been screened for alcohol use than never-deployed/activated reserve veterans (p < .05). However, there was no difference in past-year alcohol abuse (p > .05) or dependence (p > .05) between never-deployed/activated reserve veterans and veterans with a history of active duty service/activation. Never-deployed/activated reserve veterans are less likely to be screened for alcohol use than active duty/deployed veterans, despite no significant difference in meeting alcohol abuse/dependence criteria. Providers may not recognize never-deployed reservists as veterans. We recommend systematic screening for military service history and alcohol use for all veterans, regardless of deployment/active duty service. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Produce prescription projects: Challenges, solutions, and emerging best practices – Perspectives from health care providers

Produce prescription projects are becoming increasingly common. This study explores perspectives and experiences of a sample of health care providers throughout the United States participating in implementing produce prescription projects with funding from the United States Department of Agriculture. Surveys (N = 34) were administered to collect demographic and descriptive data. Subsequently, individual key-informant interviews with participating health care providers (N = 16) were conducted via videoconference. Participants in this study included physicians and clinical staff (e.g., nursing, nutrition, social work) who work at health care organizations that facilitate a produce prescription project. Interview transcripts were coded using thematic qualitative analysis methods. Four cross-cutting key themes emerged. First, interviewees shared operational challenges, including lack of time/staff, difficulty with provider/patient engagement (some related to COVID-19), steep “trial and error” learning curve, and formidable barriers related to data sharing and research-related requirements (e.g., Institutional Review Board approvals). Second, interviewees elucidated their solutions, lessons learned, and emerging best practices as a response to challenges (e.g., importance of having a full-time paid staff member to manage PPR within clinic). Third, interviewees expressed satisfaction with produce prescription projects, particularly related to positive patient experiences (e.g., improved clinical outcomes and improved food security). Fourth, interviewees also shared appreciation for rigorous program evaluation to establish sustained funding and advance policies. However, they contextualized this appreciation within challenges outlined regarding collecting and sharing patient-related data outcomes.Findings provide emergent best practices and inform additional resources that are needed to sustainably implement and rigorously evaluate produce prescription projects.

Spiritual Care Professionals as Unit-Based Interdisciplinary Team Members? Considering Patient and Staff Perceptions in a Forensic Mental Health Care Setting.

This project considers two co-occurring studies accounting perceptions of patients (n=8) and staff (n=8) related to assignment of Spiritual Care students as full-time interdisciplinary team members at a Forensic mental health facility. Students on 12-week placements were individually assigned to care units. Qualitative method consistent with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was employed. The co-occurring studies identified that enhanced access to Spiritual Care was valued. Staff and patients indicated a desire for more spirituality focused participation.

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF FACULTY WELL-BEING AND INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR IN THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR: ASSESSING THE MODERATING ROLE OF ORGANISATIONAL JUSTICE AND INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP

Innovative behaviour and its antecedents have become very important for higher education institutions (HEIs) and attracted research interest recently. To address this need, the researcher draws on Human relation theory (HRT) and equity theory to examine the impacts of employee well-being (EW) and employee absorptive capacity (EAC) on innovative employee behaviour. The researchers examined the mediating variable of EAC in this study and the moderation effect of organisational justices and innovative leaders. Data were collected and analysed from 239 full-time academic members working within the HEIs in Jordan. The smart partial least square SmartPLS analysis outputs reveal that EW affects EAC, consequently affecting innovative employee behaviour. Surprisingly, innovative leadership behaviour plays a moderating role in the relationship between EAC and IB. Also, organisational justice affects EAC. These findings provide administrators in HEIs about enhancing innovative academic behaviours by assuring well-being through fairness and leader innovative support.

Investigating faculty perception of instrument used for evaluating teaching effectiveness: A case of two universities in Sunyani

This study aimed at examining the perception of faculty members towards the use of student evaluations of faculty members as a basis to assess teaching effectiveness and for decision-making for annual faculty review. The study was conducted with the participation of 62 full-time members at Catholic University and Sunyani Technical University. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through questionnaires and interview guides. The main findings revealed that faculty members positively perceive the current Students’ Evaluation of Faculty (SEF) instrument as effective in evaluating teaching effectiveness but do not perceive the use of the current instrument as effective in decision-making for annual review. The study also revealed that there was no association between the objectives for the adoption and usage of the Students’ Evaluation of Faculty (SEF) instrument for private and public universities. Finally, the findings show that faculty are challenged both administratively and humanly in their endeavour to effectively implement SEF. Based on the findings, it was concluded that the evaluation method and instrument needed to be revised further to include a multidimensional procedure. This multifaceted method should produce independent instruments for annual faculty reviews and teaching improvement. Keywords: Faculty evaluation, perception, teaching effectiveness, decision-making.