Interests Of Members Research Articles

Children and depression: A view of a pediatrician. A review

Mental disorder is characterized by clinically significant impairment of cognitive function, emotional regulation or human behavior. Rapid development of technical progress, introduction of digital technologies into everyday life with daily processing of a large flow of heterogeneous information have led to a significant increase in the load on the nervous system of children and adolescents. Psychological problems are based on intrafamily and intrapersonal conflicts, so a specialist needs to build interaction with the maximum number of interested family members. The article provides information on the competencies of a pediatrician in identification of risk factors and diagnosing depression in children.

Stakeholder communication in academic libraries: An exploration of annual reports and Instagram

Annual reports are an opportunity to demonstrate transparency and communicate with stakeholders. This article presents an exploratory content analysis of library annual reports and Instagram accounts in a state university system. The researchers synthesized common themes in content and structure developing archetypal formats of annual reports. These archetypes clarify the interplay between audience, purpose, content and design in developing a cohesive product. Findings indicate that libraries are neglecting opportunities to repurpose content between Instagram and annual reports. Information collected for the annual report provides content that can be tailored for Instagram posts, which in turn directs interested audience members to the full annual report. Finally, the best practices and strategies to improve communication and engagement with stakeholders identified by the researchers will be shared.

Formation Evaluation and Petrophysical Analysis of Well Logging Data: an Example From Matruh-Shushan Basin, North Western Desert, Egypt

Petrophysical evaluation of well logging data is crucial for exploring and improving oil and gas reservoirs. This involves obtaining reliable information about the rocks and fluids in the reservoir to estimate reserves and make informed decisions about drilling, production, and development strategies. In this study, data from six wells in the Matruh-Shushan Basin were evaluated using Log Quality Control procedures. Two zones of interest, Lower and Upper Safa members, were identified, and quantitative interpretation was conducted to determine the most effective parameters defining reservoir quality: Shale Volume, Effective Porosity, and Water Saturation. Results were positive, with promising net pay for both reservoirs. Numerical models and statistical methods were used to account for data uncertainties and provide reliable estimates of reservoir properties. The study highlights the significance of correct interpretation in successfully exploring and producing hydrocarbons.

DiGeSt: The Journal’s Genesis

Ten years is an important period. DiGeSt, the academic journal for gender and diversity studies, was launched ten years ago. The idea of the journal, however, took shape three years earlier the summer of 2011. Until then, the Centre for Gender studies at Ghent University published an annual yearbook, collecting the presentations of researchers mainly working on projects that used gender as their crucial angle. These papers were presented at the Genderforum. This series of symposiums for academics and interested members of the public that had started in the early 1990s began quite low key, with the organisers, for instance, taking care of some sandwiches and coffee for the attendees. Researchers were invited to present their ongoing investigations and were later expected to send in their papers for publication in the Verslagen van het UGent Centrum voor Genderstudies [Reports of the UGhent Centre for Gender Studies]. A publication in the annual became a rite of passage into the world of publications for budding researchers.

The development of the Egyptian 24-h movement guidelines for adults aged 50 years and older: an integration of sleep, sedentary behavior, and physical activity by the Egyptian Academy of Bone and Muscle Health

BackgroundWith the vision of healthy aging, the Egyptian Academy of Bone and Muscle Health followed an established guideline development process to create the Egyptian 24-h movement clinical guideline for adults aged 50 years and older adults. This guideline highlights the significance of movement behaviors across the whole 24-h day. Online databases (PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library) were searched for relevant peer-reviewed studies that met the a priori inclusion criteria.ResultsA total of 53 studies met the inclusion criteria. Leveraging evidence from the review of the literature led to the development of 27 statements answering the 5 key questions. Results revealed a major change in the previous basic understandings as it shifts away from focussing on a sole movement behavior to the combination of all the movement behaviors. Based on this, the final guideline was developed providing evidence-based recommendations for a “Healthy 24-Hour Day”, comprising a mix of light-intensity and moderate-to-vigorous-intensity physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behavior.ConclusionThe developed guidelines are meant to help in the decision-making process and are intended for use by adults and older both nationally and internationally; also, for endorsement by the policy-makers. Dissemination and implementation efforts would impact positively on both health professionals and researchers and would also be useful to interested members of the public sector.

Faculty peer-to-peer learning and support online during difficult times: Main types of interactions and engagement during structured faculty conversations

The Faculty Conversation Series at North Carolina State University, offered by the Office for Faculty Excellence, is a virtual option to connect faculty across campus to discuss topics immediately relevant to the unique teaching needs that we are currently experiencing, ranging from technical aspects of teaching online to mental health needs of faculty and students. The purpose is to engage faculty in discovery and discussions that will be helpful to their teaching practice. To this end, we provide the attendees with reading materials, invite a subject matter expert, and facilitate a confidential conversation among interested faculty members in a secure online learning environment. In this article, we discuss the outcomes of the first year of this program, both qualitatively and quantitatively, including a content analysis of written faculty comments collected during the sessions, as well as best practices to organize similar meetings and to facilitate this kind of inclusive faculty engagement.

Vocal Pedagogues Training Dysphonic Voices: Treatment Seeking Approaches and Practices

ObjectiveThis study examined the practices of current professional voice teachers' management of voice disorders. Type of StudySurvey. MethodsAn online survey was developed and made available to vocal educators who had membership in organizations within the field of voice. Respondents rated their comfort with management of voice disorders, criteria for accepting a dysphonic student, and their approach within the multi-disciplinary environment. ResultsOf 786 responses from professional vocal educators, 48% had worked with a vocalist recovering from dysphonia, vocal surgery, or a vocal pathology. Two thirds reported management of nodules, polyps, or cysts. The majority of respondents working with injured voices had advanced degrees in vocal performance, but few had cross training as an SLP. Pedagogues focused on breathing strategies while SLP pedagogues focused on resonance and reduction of phonotrauma. Pedagogues sought information on voice science and medicine from scholarly journals, attending conferences, and medical professionals. ConclusionsVocal pedagogues were interested members of the interdisciplinary team with a desire to seek knowledge beyond their initial career training, even though additional continuing education or licensure is not mandated for vocal educators. Findings show a need for vocal degree programs to include anatomy and physiology and multidisciplinary management of voice disorders.

“Talking about something no one wants to talk about”—navigating hepatitis B-related work in remote Australian Aboriginal communities: a decade of learning and growth

Abstract Background Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is one of the leading causes of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer globally. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of the Northern Territory (NT) have the highest prevalence of CHB (6%) and are six times more likely than non-Aboriginal people to be diagnosed with liver cancer. In 2010, a “liver one-stop shop” model of specialised care and research was initiated to address this disparity. Despite many challenges, the program was accepted in NT Aboriginal communities. This study aimed to identify the key elements linked to this success. Methods We conducted a retrospective case study using Stake’s methodology to understand the hepatitis B phenomenon. A constructivist approach allowed a holistic understanding from the real-life perspectives of those involved in the hepatitis B work. Information was sourced from the Aboriginal workforce, patients of remote clinics, interested community members and service providers. Results We identified six elements critical to the successful conduct of our hepatitis B program, which included the essential role of the local Aboriginal workforce, providing health education in a patient’s preferred language, addressing shame and stigma, respecting culture, taking time, and building trust in the community. Conclusions Commitment over the long term was crucial for the success of our hepatitis B program. Adhering to the identified elements was essential to create a culturally safe environment and engage more Aboriginal people in clinical care and research. This study provides powerful lessons and insights that can be applied to other programs and comparable settings worldwide.

Psychotherapy Section Survey of Members 2023

This paper presents findings and analyses from a survey conducted by the Psychotherapy Section committee with the BPS Research Team to understand the needs and perspectives of its members. The online survey, carried out between 20 September and 23 October 2023, targeted 1237 members and achieved a 14% response rate. The results reveal a ‘U-shaped’ trend in Section membership length, indicating lower renewal rates after the first year. Key insights include a lack of awareness (34%) about the BPS Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy (ROPSIP) and low social media engagement. The paper offers recommendations, including developing an onboarding process for new members, promoting ROPSIP, collaborating with allied organisations, continuing publications, improving social media impact, and ensuring interested members are actively engaged in Section activities. The findings underscore the importance of aligning Section strategies with member preferences for a more effective and inclusive approach.

Empowering the religious minority: examining the mobilizing role of social media for online political participation in an Asian democracy

ABSTRACT Most current studies examining the mobilizing or reinforcing role of social media for political participation focus on gender and socioeconomic stratifications and are based in Western democratic societies. Attention to religious status as a form of social stratification concerning social media use for political participation, more so in non-Western settings, is nearly absent. This study, through survey data from India, investigates the roles of political interest, social media news use, and religious status in explaining online political participation gaps. Results show that individuals with higher political interest and frequent social media news use are likelier to engage in online political participation. Next, social media news use can moderate the relationship between political interest and online political participation, exacerbating the participatory gaps between politically interested and disinterested citizens. However, we also find that these relationships are further conditional upon the religious status of the citizens. Specifically, we observe that social media mobilizes politically interested members of religious minorities more than the majority group. The findings reveal the subtleties of the effects of social media on online political participation in a non-Western context. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of political engagement in the digital age.

Creating Earthquakes

Eugenio Barba has honoured NTQ by entrusting to its pages his very personal introduction to his most recent book, Le Mie vite nel terzo teatro: Diffrenza, mestiere, rivolta (My Lives in the Third Theatre: Difference, Craft, Revolt), which has here been specially translated into English by Judy Barba, the co-dedicatee, along with Julia Varley and Vera Gaeta, of his book: the ‘origins and accomplices of my journey to the archipelago of floating islands’. NTQ received this translation, here prepared by the journal’s editor, Maria Shevtsova, ahead of the book’s launch on 5 October 2023 at the Biblioteca Bernardini in Lecce in Puglia. On a grander scale, a few days later, the occasion also saw the opening in Barba’s honour of his and the Odin Teatret archives under the banner of LAFLIS (Living Archive Floating Islands), located in a wing of the three-dimensional immersive museum of the Bernardini. LAFLIS’s rich collection includes written material, film and video documentaries, recordings of performances, and such artefacts and equipment as instruments, masks, and costumes gathered during Third Theatre work. The latter is neither established-classical nor avant-garde theatre but ‘other’ – small-group, sometimes unofficial, and often self-taught theatre. LAFLIS is not exclusively intended for researchers and scholars, but is open as well to interested members of the general public. Barba’s introduction to My Lives in the Third Theatre is here published in full, clearly signposting, together with the author’s succinct commentary, the itinerary of his life’s multifarious work, which involved, and still involves, a wide range of participants and collaborators in different times, places, and languages, and in differing forms and patterns of creativity.Barba’s account begins with his departure from Italy to Norway (1954), and his apprenticeship as a welder, and then a mariner, before tracing his move to study in Poland (1961), where he meets and works with Grotowski, his return to Oslo, where he founds Odin Teatret (1964), and then his emigration to Denmark (1966), where Odin Teatret establishes its niche within the larger framework that Barba named the Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium. Barba’s journey continued, encompassing numerous theatre endeavours, including the development of the idea of a Third Theatre (the ‘floating islands’ alluded to above); the seminal ISTA (International School of Theatre Anthropology, 1979); and, although quite clearly not at journey’s end, the Fondazione Barba Varley established in 2020.

Adapting educational speech-language pathology services during a pandemic

Background: Hanen Programs® have a research-based history of helping parents learn to support the oral language, social communication, and literacy development of their young children. Programs are delivered by Hanen-certified speech-language pathologists, usually in preschool speech and language centers. The global COVID-19 pandemic that began in March 2020 required school-based clinicians to adjust their professional practices to meet the needs of students during disruptive school years. Method: This clinical case study describes the two-year project launched to incorporate Hanen Programs® through telepractice, and discusses the feasibility of offering them as part of a continuum of services at the Toronto District School Board in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Results: Favorable responses from stakeholders led to the expansion of the project. Attrition rate and staff allocation were found to be problematic. Discussion/conclusion: Reasons for the high attrition rate were explored, and a response plan was developed. Additional training for interested staff members was scheduled. Ongoing monitoring is needed to determine the long-term feasibility of offering Hanen Programs® in a school board setting.

The Translational Work of Interoperability: Digital Health and Data Enabling Integrated Care Special Interest Group Workshop

Introduction: Members of the Digital Health and Data Enabling Integrated Care Special Interest Group came together at ICIC22 to discuss priority issues. One critical international struggle is the challenge of interoperability to support information and data sharing and communication as cornerstones of integrated health and social care systems. 
 Aims and Objectives: The emphasis of SIG work in 2023-2024 will be to deeply engage with the critical challenge of interoperability. From an integrated care perspective what is required is understanding the translational work needed to make the sharing of information and data useful and meaningful to those who need it. In this meeting, delegates will work together to unpack the translation problem of interoperability in terms of translating information between stakeholders (e.g. between patients, families and their care teams), between disciplines (e.g. between different clinicians and providers), and between sectors (e.g. between health and social care sectors), with the aim to share current work and identify knowledge and practice gaps that we can address as a SIG for the next year. 
 Audience: All existing and newly interested members of the SIG are welcome to join for this discussion. Our membership consists of patients and family caregivers, researchers, frontline providers, managers, system leaders and decision-makers, policy makers, informaticians, and industry partners. 
 Structure and engagement: This session will use the hour largely to engage with delegates to meet session objectives. To set up the discussion we will begin with a short introduction from SIG leads (C. Steele Gray, L. Lewis, I. Meyer) followed by SIG member (J. Piera-Jiménez) to present the case example of Catalonia’s Digital Health Strategy and their efforts towards improved interoperability that addresses limitations of current information systems, reduces loss of meaning in information exchange, and advances standardization of care processes. Delegates will next break into small groups (5-6 per table with one facilitator), to discuss what translation needs would be required to implement an interoperable system (like Catalonia’s), and how those needs could be met (e.g. consensus group discussions, technological solutions like Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing). Facilitators will use a live Google Jamboard to record ideas shared by the individual groups. 
 Structure: 1) Introduction (10 minutes); 2) Catalonia Example (10 minutes); 3) Table Discussions (25 minutes); 4) Identification of current work and gaps (15 minutes)
 Summarizing take home messages: In the final 15 minutes of the session the full group will reconvene to review the live Google Jamboards and engage in priority setting of translation needs. Delegates will be asked to identify where they may already be working on identified needs, and where current gaps might exist. This exercise will allow us to bring together sub-groups to tackle translation problems who would then engage in webinars and/or discussion groups between ICIC23 and ICIC24 with the aim to generate a white paper, report, or journal special issue that would bring together current and new knowledge generated by SIG members of the translational work of interoperability.

Book review: Mathieu, Jon: Mount Sacred. A short global history of holy mountains since 1500

Mathieu, Jon: Mount Sacred. A short global history of holy mountains since 1500. 155 pp. 11 figs. The White Horse Press. Winwick 2023. ISBN 978-1-912186-716, 30 £. eISBN 978-1-912186-72-3, OA ebook.Mathieu, Jon: Mount Sacred. Eine kurze Globalgeschichte der heiligen Berge seit 1500. 192 pp. 11 figs. Böhlau. Wien 2023. ISBN: 978-3-205-21702-2, eISBN: 978-3-205-21703-9, 35 €.
 The topic of sacred mountains has been fascinating for mountain researchers that had access to varied peaks on different continents and opened up comparative perspectives. Edwin Bernbaum’s (1990) famous book on Sacred mountains of the world was published a generation ago at the same time when Karl Gratzl (1990) edited his book on Die heiligsten Berge der Welt. It was a time when the human sphere of mountain regions attracted more attention by anthropologists, archaeologists and geographers. Embedded in a less prophane approach their descriptive books hinted towards more rigorous studies on indigenous practices and rituals, emphasized the historical rootedness of mountain communities and led to changing appreciations over time on the path to highlighting mountain exceptionalism and its exalted representation of pristine environments.The recent publication of Jon Mathieu’s Mount Sacred is a welcome reflection about how mountains became sacred objects and sanctified entities covering a period of half a millennium. The author, himself an authority on European Alpine history, has been fascinated by global mountain studies earlier on in his seminal work on the ‘third dimension’ (Mathieu 2011). This as well as the present book were simultaneously published in German and English.It is fascinating to read how sacred mountains have been created and imagined, how belief systems and scientific approaches shaped the perception of mountain peaks. The opening two chapters are devoted to an enquiry that is inspired by seminal works on Eurasian studies with a focus on place and position of mountains in structuring human environments, environmental control and scientific approaches. Eight chapters are devoted to selected mountains, among which we find at the beginning Mount Kailash and at the end Uluru. The former has probably gained the highest attention among Western readers and has been further promoted since being popularised as the ‘holiest mountain’ (Tichy 1937) suggesting a hierarchy of sacredness. In contrast, Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock in Australia, has been rather neglected in the above-mentioned books, probably because the mountain towers only 350 metres above the surrounding plains. Uluru has gained in popular appreciation and became a symbol in the recently debated treaty for Indigenous Australians.The two cases from China and Korea – Tai Shan and Paektusan/Changbaishan – have been canonized in their respective political contexts. Beginning with ritual importance and a deep historical rootedness they have been instrumentalized for less religious purposes and fixed on the political maps of China and North Korea. Presenting cases from the Christian realm in the European Alps seemed to be more challenging as there were pilgrimage places in villages and valleys, rather than a tradition of attributed sacredness and mountain worship on Alpine peaks and passes. Jon Mathieu entertains the reader with a number of anecdotes and historical turns in placing crosses there and in a subsequent chapter on erecting crosses in Italy and neighbouring countries on places in order to celebrate Catholic Christians’ persistence at the beginning of the 20th century. Here a comparison with the wider Himalayan arc and its manifold iconography and materiality on passes, springs and rivers would have been interesting because of its pilgrimage practices, plentiful stocks and great variety of expression and ritual veneration. The chapter devoted to North America puts the Black Hills where Black Elk and Lakota Sioux used to pray to their ‘six grandfathers’ (Tunkasila Sakpe Paha) into the centre of attention; it is the same place where the conflict about Mount Rushmore with the rock sculptures of four American presidents emerged. Competition about sacred places occurs as well where adventure sports and rock climbing take place in spiritually laden or only respected places and peaks. This applies for North American national parks obviously more than for the East African volcanoes; the latter having become attractive tourism destinations with the Kilimanjaro and victims of myth creation. Marketing of mountains has often contributed to generating legends and stories about alleged sacredness and spiritual capacities of mountains. In this context many more prominent case studies and mountain regions would come to our mind that are not covered or mentioned in this book. Jon Mathieu made his selection in order to investigate the underlying processes of creating Mount Sacred.Jon Mathieu’s approach to unearth the roots of the sacredness of some mountains and telling us revealing stories about influential actors and changing factors over time has resulted in an entertaining and enlightening text that broadens the horizon of mountain veneration. His book is highly recommended to interested members, promotors and curious visitors of mountain communities.

Serious leisure and sociolinguistics: English-speaking homebrewers in South Korea and their leisure speech community

ABSTRACT Increasing global mobilities bring more non-native speakers into new countries where they face obstacles in establishing successful acculturation and leisure lifestyles. Leisure and acculturation are attracting limited research interest, but serious leisure’s role in assisting new arrivals in overcoming social and language challenges when they establish amateur, hobby or volunteer careers is unknown. This study explores that research gap by examining qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with 18 long staying English speaking professional workers who pursue hobbyist homebrewing in South Korea. Analysis revealed they experience creative fulfilment by their sharing of brewing activities with Korean family and friends and they improve social acceptance by their volunteer organising of beer tasting events with interested community members. Usefully, language contact with native speakers through all aspects of their hobby enhances their language acquisition and socialisation. Theorising from further analysis supports these rewards are taking place in a serious leisure speech community featuring brewing activity and volunteer activity spaces combined with English, Korean and blended language contact. Generalising, these findings imply that involvement with continuing leisure activities that offer possible serious leisure pathways within mixed language formats can significantly assist non-native speaking arrivals with acculturation in their new countries.

Healthcare professionals' perspectives on optimizing pain care-related education at a Canadian children's hospital: A qualitative study.

Pain affects all children and youth, yet acute and procedural pain remains undertreated in Canadian hospitals. To improve pain management practices in paediatric hospitals, it is necessary to understand how healthcare professionals (HCPs) wish for educational interventions to be designed to improve their pain management practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 18 HCPs between October and December 2020. Snowball sampling was used to first recruit interested members from the hospital's Pediatric Pain Management Committee. Interviews were conducted per participant preference and included Zoom, telephone, and in-person interviews. Recruitment ceased when data were determined sufficiently rich. A thematic analysis of verbatim transcripts and reflexive field notes were used to create a data set focused on knowledge mobilization and clinical education. Three core themes were identified: (a) the necessity for just-in-time education for HCPs; (b) the availability of clinical pain champions to educate staff; and (c) the provision of resources to educate children and their families about available pain management interventions. Just-in-time education included suggestions for in-service training, hands-on training, and regular updates on the latest research. Pain champions, including clinical nurse educators, were stressed as being important in motivating staff to improve their pain management practices. Participants noted the lack of resources for patient and family education on pain management and suggested providing more multimodal resources and educational opportunities. Having local champions introduce pain management initiatives and just-in-time education positively impacts the implementation climate, which also helps HCPs provide evidence-based education and resources to patients and families.

STRATEGIC INNOVATION FOR IRAQI WOMEN AND THEIR ROLE IN ACHIEVING ADMINISTRATIVE EXCELLENCE/EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE VIEWS OF THE ANNUAL CAREER STAFF AT THE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS

Strategic innovation is a systems approach that focuses on generating ideas in a scientific and systematic manner, and when innovation is a deliberate and repetitive process, it provides great value to customers. Women's managerial functions at work are also a source of excellence through their many practices, supporting organizational effectiveness and the process of attracting, maintaining, developing, evaluating and compensating their performance to improve organizational performance. The purpose of the research was to analyse the impact of strategic innovation components on the achievement of managerial excellence of women employees in the Faculty of Economics and Management, by estimating a sample of a staff member imembersFaculty, the results of the research showed the staff member's interest in administrative functions and excellence in her work in the faculty. Quantitative research on strategic innovation dimensions, while clarifying the strategic dimension of innovation 7.79% and changes in polarization and selection 7.92%, changes in training and development, 1.75%, and changes in performance reviews 9.92%

Study of Interest of Farmer Group Like Forward in The Use of Trichoderma Asperellum in Rice Cultivation in Bomba Village, Sigi District

The intensive and excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides can have various impacts on soil fertility, farmers' health, and impacts on the environment. One alternative to minimize this impact is by using microorganisms, namely the fungus Trichoderma asperellum. This study aims to find out how interested or interested members of the Suka Maju Farmer Group in Bomba Village, Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi, are in applying Trichoderma asperellum to rice cultivation land. The method used is quantitative descriptive analysis with primary data collection including observation, direct interviews, and semi-structured questionnaires that have been prepared, while secondary data is obtained from literature studies or source tracing related to research issues. Respondents in this study were all members of the Suka Maju Farmer Group, totaling 25 people. Data analysis used descriptive analysis using Microsoft Excel 2013 software. The observational variables of this study were the internal and external factors of the respondents, the level of interest of the respondents based on indicators of disinterest, lack of interest, interest, and very interest as well as the distribution of interest indicators (satisfaction, willingness, spirit, skill) with the use of T. asperellum. The results obtained were that members of the Suka Maju Farmer Group in Bomba Village had an interest of ≥ 70% in the use of T. asperellum in rice cultivation. To attract farmers' interest, counseling strategies, training, and continuous assistance from agricultural extension workers are needed, information delivery using effective and optimal media and supported by effective communication between extension farmers and related parties.

Connecting Black families in Houston, Texas, to hereditary cancer genetic counseling, genetic testing, and cascade testing by using a simple cancer genetic risk assessment and telegenetics.

TPS10638 Background: Hereditary breast and colorectal cancers accounts for 5-10% of all cases, but less than half of all eligible patients undergo NCCN guideline-concordant screening. This proportion is even lower among Black patients, who have a higher breast cancer and colorectal incidence and mortality. Recruitment through community organizations has been shown to identify patients who are eligible for genetic testing but have not been offered it by their doctor. Our one-page cancer genetic risk assessment (CGRA) and telegenetics were previously shown to improve adherence to genetic testing guidelines for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Our objective is to identify adults eligible for hereditary breast and colorectal cancer syndromes genetic testing using trusted community organizations that serve the Black community as entry points, reach them with our tailored program, and measure impact. Methods: In this prospective single-arm trial, adults of > 18 years old who self-identify as Black or African American are recruited during events put together by community organizations in Houston, Texas. The CGRA was modified to encompass hereditary breast and colorectal cancer syndromes based on NCCN guidelines. To improve convenience, eligible participants can be consented and fill out the CGRA in-person or via QR code link using a smart phone. Study team members attend community events and are also available via phone to help with informed consent, CGRA, etc. Those at high risk for hereditary breast and colorectal cancer syndromes are provided with educational materials and can be sent the saliva-based kit or complete it on-site. When results of genetic testing include a pathogenic mutation (PV) or variant of uncertain significance, individuals receive telegenetic counseling and risk reduction resources, including about cascade genetic testing. Others are notified of negative results. The program includes education for interested community organization members about importance of genetic testing. The program is projected to reach 1,000 participants with 300 completing genetic testing and identification of 11 PV. The study is overseen by a Community Advisory Board. Impact will be evaluated via a multiple methods design using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance (RE-AIM) Qualitative Evaluation for Systematic Translation (QuEST) framework six months after program start. Quantitative data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics and standard tests of association. Data collected via semi-structured interviews with participants and program implementers will be audio-recorded, transcribed, double-coded, and analyzed via thematic analysis. Enrollment started December of 2022. 15 participants patients enrolled during two community events. Clinical trial information: NCT05694559 .

Supporting a climate of belonging: Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (B-JEDI) at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (NCI-designated).

e18626 Background: Diversity fuels discovery and is, thus, essential to the well-being of a cancer center and its members. To implement our efforts, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) appointed an Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) who welcomed interested faculty, staff, and trainees to gather to consider principles, coordination, aims, and priorities to achieve Center priorities for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Methods: After an initial town-hall type gathering, an analysis of approaches at peer institutions, and subsequent subgroup incubator meetings that engaged the Associate Directors for Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination and Community Outreach and Engagement and the SKCC Scientific Programs, additional members became involved, missing potential strategic partners were identified and invited to participate, and a workplan was developed. Results: Through our inclusive process, the SKCC community affirmed equity as a cornerstone value, identified a climate that supports belonging and pathways to success as strategic priorities, and committed to disseminating a survey to guide progress towards the priorities. Our group, initially known as the DEI Committee selected as its name, Belonging-Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (B-JEDI), and invited everyone to “B-JEDI”, acknowledging that to succeed, we must all be working towards our ideals. The B-JEDI strategic planning subgroup drafted, tested, and disseminated the survey to yield a strategic plan; and another subgroup developed a DEI mission statement for SKCC. Incubator subgroups composed of faculty, staff, trainees interested in the topic (Investigation, Awareness and Education, Health Care Delivery, Community Outreach Partnership & Engagement (COPE), and Advocacy) are actively working with institutional partners to advance strategic goals and priorities. Conclusions: B-JEDI (Belonging-Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) provides guidance and fuel to SKCC in its mission to improve lives through discovery. Composed of interested members of the SKCC community, B-JEDI is welcoming to all, has strategically engaged institutional leadership partners, and is developing processes to engage our catchment community at large. [Table: see text]