Outreach Session Research Articles

Pemanfaatan Barang Bekas Menjadi Komposter Anaerobik sebagai Upaya Pengelolaan Sampah Organik di Desa Bluru Kidul, Sidoarjo

Indonesia's population reached 282,477,584 in 2024, presenting significant challenges in waste management, especially in densely populated areas. In Sidoarjo, the waste volume amounts to 598 tons per day, with a recycling rate of only 7-9%. The Kuliah Kerja Nyata Tematik (KKN-T) program in Bluru Kidul village aims to enhance waste management through the promotion of anaerobic composters, which convert organic waste into compost. This community service initiative involves identifying issues, observing conditions, formulating solutions, and educating on the importance of household waste management, particularly organic waste, for producing useful plant fertilizer. This outreach session provided residents of Desa Bluru Kidul with new understanding and skills to utilize used gallon containers as anaerobic composters and organic waste as raw material for oxygen-free compost, thereby supporting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12, which focuses on environmentally conscious consumption and production in villages

Pemanfaatan Barang Bekas Menjadi Komposter Anaerobik sebagai Upaya Pengelolaan Sampah Organik di Desa Bluru Kidul, Sidoarjo

Indonesia's population reached 282,477,584 in 2024, presenting significant challenges in waste management, especially in densely populated areas. In Sidoarjo, the waste volume amounts to 598 tons per day, with a recycling rate of only 7-9%. The Kuliah Kerja Nyata Tematik (KKN-T) program in Bluru Kidul village aims to enhance waste management through the promotion of anaerobic composters, which convert organic waste into compost. This community service initiative involves identifying issues, observing conditions, formulating solutions, and educating on the importance of household waste management, particularly organic waste, for producing useful plant fertilizer. This outreach session provided residents of Desa Bluru Kidul with new understanding and skills to utilize used gallon containers as anaerobic composters and organic waste as raw material for oxygen-free compost, thereby supporting Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12, which focuses on environmentally conscious consumption and production in villages

Preuniversity Students' Perceptions and Attitudes About an Anatomy and Physiology Outreach Program: Survey Study and Inductive Thematic Analysis.

Science and health outreach activities are aimed at motivating and sparking interest among prospective students to pursue careers in these fields; however, research studies supporting this hypothesis are limited. The aim of our study was to organize an integrated Anatomy and Physiology outreach to examine preuniversity students' learning experiences (learning tools, activities, and facilitators) and motivation to pursue a career in health care and to gather evidence on their attitudes and perceptions of such activities. A 2-day course on cardiorespiratory and gastrointestinal anatomical systems was presented at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine in Singapore using its key pedagogies, that is, multimodal practical and team-based learning. Ninety preuniversity students from 21 preuniversity institutions in Singapore participated in this 2-day course, and their experiences were evaluated using a 4-point Likert scale and open-ended survey questions. Free-text comments were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. The survey using the 4-point Likert scale was completed by 81 (92%) of the 88 participants. Most students felt that the course materials were adequate (mean 3.57, SD 0.57) and met the learning objectives (mean 3.73, SD 0.52). The students felt that the instructors were clear (mean 3.73, SD 0.52) and effective (mean 3.70, SD 0.53). They liked the organization of the outreach session (mean 3.64, SD 0.48) and were highly motivated to study medicine or allied/biomedical sciences (mean 3.69, SD 0.54). Practical and team-based learning were regarded as exceedingly satisfactory (mean 3.63, SD 0.53 and mean 3.58, SD 0.54, respectively). All the respondents said that they would recommend this course to peers. Thematic analysis revealed that the participants gained a new perspective of the human body structure and function, they liked the unique learning settings, they were motivated to pursue a career in health care, they were satisfied with the sessions, and interactions with the facilitators increased their understanding of the human anatomy and physiology. Structured health outreach activities provide students with unique opportunities to experience a preclinical learning environment in a medical school, deepen their understanding of human body structure and function, and increase their motivation and interest in science. Further, outreach programs may lay the foundations for potential students aiming to pursue health profession education.

Connecticut Implements a Team-Based Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Using Community Health Workers and Mobile Medical Devices.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health's Early Detection and Prevention Program uses an integrated approach to deliver breast and cervical cancer screening services, cardiovascular disease risk assessment, health coaching, and the identification of social determinants of health to women from economically disadvantaged and minority communities. Statewide contracted providers who represent twenty hospitals and their fee-for-service providers employ community health workers (CHWs) to conduct outreach, screening assessments using mobile medical devices, and risk reduction counseling in community settings to reduce service access barriers, while also engaging eligible women who may not typically frequent clinical services. Mobile medical screening devices enhance healthcare accessibility by enabling screenings to be conducted in a participants preferred setting, whether it is a clinic or within the community, with the added benefit of delivering rapid screening results. Utilizing these results, CHWs provide risk reduction counseling to develop individualized health action plans at the outreach session.

PATIENT-SELECTION PROGRAM TRAINING FOR MENTAL HEALTH CADRES IN DEVELOPING INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FOR THE FAMILY

People with severe mental disorder (PSMD; Orang Dengan Gangguan Jiwa, ODGJ) are a vulnerable group of people who experience loss of their rights to life because of their mental limitations, namely the right to work and earn an income independently. In previous activities, there was an opportunity for PSMD to recover through a series of training. To achieve recovery, it is necessary to hold a patient selection program so that patients who take part in the training series are not in the acute phase. Mental health cadres who are close to the community have a big role in determining which PSMD will then take part in entrepreneurship training activities. Therefore, mental health cadres need to deepen their insight into mental disorders and increase their empowerment in patient selection programs for PSMD. This activity aims to increase the understanding of mental health cadres regarding mental disorders and increase their empowerment in implementing patient selection programs for PSMD. The method used was by conducting outreach to mental health cadres regarding the topic of mental disorders as well as providing patient selection program training to mental health cadres. Before counseling and training, a 10-minute pre-test was conducted for the participants, then continued with an outreach and training session as well as questions and answers and discussions for approximately 60 minutes, and at the end a 10-minute post-test was carried out. The results showed an increase in pre-test and post-test data on the topic of mental disorders as well as an increase in empowerment by mental health cadre participants in carrying out patient selection programs. Community service activities regarding patient selection program training for mental health cadres in developing independent businesses for PSMD families in the Gresik district have provided improvements to mental health cadres, namely in the form of increased insight regarding mental disorders and increased empowerment in carrying out patient selection programs for PSMD.

Defending cells against dangers in schools

Running an outreach session can be daunting, but it also gives us the opportunity to step away from the lab and have some fun! Around British Science Week 2024, I used a Biochemical Society outreach grant to create and distribute packs of a game I developed, Cell Survival, to schools. Using this, I introduced cells and the mechanisms they use to adapt to changes in their environment to primary school pupils around the country. These resources helped to teach, engage and inspire pupils, and (most importantly) let them have a great time!

Pelatihan Penggunaan Microsoft Forms Dalam Pembelajaran Online

SMPN 18 Tangerang Selatan has adopted online learning as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic situation.However, there are still challenges in optimizing the online learning experience. For this reason, training on theuse of Microsoft Forms was carried out to provide understanding and skills to teachers in using this tool toincrease interactivity and data collection in the online learning process. This training aims to provideunderstanding and skills to SMPN 18 Tangerang Selatan teachers in using Microsoft Forms in online learning.Teachers are expected to utilize this tool to create interactive quizzes, surveys, and forms that can be used in datacollection and student evaluation. Training method with socialization and introduction, the training begins withan outreach session about the purpose of the training, the benefits of using Microsoft Forms, and examples of usein the context of online learning, followed by step-by-step demonstrations, practical exercises and discussions.The results of this training had a positive impact on the knowledge and skills of the participants as seen from theresults of the training evaluation which achieved a 94% level of understanding in using Microsoft Forms. Theconclusion of this training activity, by paying attention to the needs of teachers and providing appropriate trainingmethods, this training is very effective in increasing teachers' ability to use Microsoft Forms in the context ofonline learning.

Gaps in vaccine management practices during vaccination outreach sessions in rural settings in southwestern Uganda

BackgroundOutreach efforts were developed to bolster people’s access to and use of immunization services in underserved populations. However, there have been multiple outbreaks of diseases like measles in Uganda, prompting policy makers and stakeholders to ask many unanswered questions. This research study was created to uncover the discrepancies between vaccine management practices at immunization outreach sessions in rural South Western Uganda compared with existing standards.MethodsThe observational qualitative study, was done in 16 public health facilities across four districts of Uganda. Data were collected using in-depth interviews, facility record reviews, and observation. We assessed the vaccine management procedures before immunization session, transportation used, set up at the outreach site, management practices during the outreach session and packing of vaccines - according to World Health Organization immunization practice recommendations. The data were transcribed, coded and categories were formed and triangulated. Themes were generated based on a socio-ecologic framework to gain a better understanding of healthcare provider practices during immunization sessions.ResultsFifty-one individuals were interviewed; four Assistant District Health Officers, four cold chain technicians, 15 focal persons for the Expanded Program on Immunization, and 28 health care providers. The respondents’ mean age was 35, 43 (84.3%) were females and 24 (47.1%) had a diploma. 11 (69%) outreaches were conducted at a distance of 5-12 km from the health facility and 7 (44%) were conducted in a building. For 8 outreaches (50%) health facility staff did not check the vaccine vial monitor status before the outreach while 12(75%) did not keep the vaccine hard lid cover closed during the sessions. The main areas of concern were insufficient vaccine integrity monitoring, improper handling and storage practices, deficient documentation, and inadequate vaccine transportation. These were similar across immunization outreach sites regardless of vaccine preventable disease outbreaks occurrences. The majority of these gaps were located at the individual level but were enabled by policy/environmental factors.ConclusionsThere are poor vaccine management procedures during outreach sessions contrary to established guidelines. Specific tactics to tackle knowledge deficiencies, health worker attitude, and fewer equipment shortages could improve compliance to guidelines.

Millions of Bangladeshi Children Missed Their Scheduled Vaccination Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Government of Bangladesh imposed a movement control order as a mass quarantine strategy to control the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Adherence to the home quarantine may put children at risk by missing routine vaccination. In this study, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 on child routine immunization in a rural area of Bangladesh and consider the broader implications. Data for this study comes from the Chakaria Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) of icddr,b with a population of 90,000 people residing in 16,000 households in 49 villages in a rural, coastal area of Southeast Bangladesh. We used an explanatory sequential mixed methods design which involved two phases between March 1, 2020, and May 31, 2020: first, we observed 258 outreach sessions of 86 EPI centers. We calculated the number of Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) outreach sessions suspended and the number of children who missed their routine vaccination due to the COVID-19. We extrapolated the number of Bangladeshi children who missed their routine vaccination using Chakaria HDSS observations. Secondly, we conducted in-depth interviews to explain the quantitative results. The EPI outreach session (EOS) declined to 74.42% (95% CI 63.97–83.22), 10.45% (95% CI 5.00–18.94), and 3.45% (95% CI 1.00–9.75) from 2019 levels in March, April, and May 2020, respectively. By extrapolation, in Bangladesh, between March and May 2020, 3.2 million children missed their scheduled vaccination compared to 2019. Results from in-depth interviews showed that the unwillingness of villagers to hold EOS and the absenteeism of the vaccinators due to social distancing recommendations and lack of personal safety measures were the main reasons for the discontinuation of the EOS. Resuming EPI outreach sessions and introducing a special catch-up program is essential to prevent future outbreaks and deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases in Bangladesh and the countries where children missed their routine vaccination due to COVID-19. This health system failure should be considered a factor in all future pandemic preparedness plans.

Assessment of Strengths and Weaknesses of Inactivated Polio Vaccine Practices in Qasimabad, Pakistan

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to assess the strengths and weaknesses of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) practices in Qasimabad, Pakistan. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional survey study was conducted in Hyderabad, Sindh, from June 22, 2017, to September 22, 2017. It included seven expanded programs on immunization (EPI) centers in Taluka Qasimabad, as well as outreach settings. Data were collected through convenience sampling with the help of an EPI Monitoring Checklist and a pre-designed questionnaire. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23.0 was used for the descriptive analysis. Results: Six of the seven health facilities were found to be screening for missed opportunities. During power outages or load shedding, the majority of EPI centers (85.7%) had a backup plan in place. However, the major shortcoming was the failure to obtain parental consent before vaccination by vaccinators at all 7 (100%) EPI centers. At 5 (71.9%) of the centers, outreach activities to vaccinate children were organized, and IPV was only given to infants at 1 (19.2%) of the sessions. The vaccinator opened the vial before using it, and the used IPV vial was not discarded at the end of the outreach session. Because one center’s vaccinator was female (19.2%), and another center’s vaccinator was single (19.2%), no outreach activity was planned at those two locations. Conclusion: This research highlights the benefits and drawbacks of the current EPI program for the IPV vaccine. The presence of EPI centers at all health facilities, as well as the availability of IPV and cold chain equipment, as well as permanent and fully-trained employees, are some of the most important strengths. Lack of pre-service training and adverse events following immunization vaccine training were identified as weaknesses. There are a lack of IPV refresher training, as well as improper arrangements for outreach vaccination sessions, and a lack of transportation for vaccinators.

Strengthening the immunization supply chain: A time-to-supply based approach to cold chain network optimization & extension in Madhya Pradesh

Expansion of immunization coverage is dependent in part on delivering potent vaccines in an equitable and timely manner to immunization outreach session sites from Cold Chain Points (CCPs). When duration of travel between the last CCP and the session site (Time-to-Supply) is too long, three consequences may arise: decreased potency due to exposure to heat and freezing, beneficiary dropouts due to delayed session starts, and, increased operational costs for the Health Facility (HF) conducting the outreach sessions. Guided by the Government of India’s recommendation on cold chain point expansion to ensure that all session sites are within a maximum of 60 min from the last CCP, CHAI and the State Routine Immunization Cell in the state of Madhya Pradesh collaborated to pilot a novel approach to cold chain network optimization and expansion in eight districts of Madhya Pradesh. Opportunities for realignment of remote sub-health centers (SHCs) and corresponding session sites to alternative existing CCPs or to HFs which could be converted to new CCPs were identified, and proposed using a greedy adding algorithm-based optimization which relied on health facility level geo-location data. Health facility geo-coordinates were collected through tele-calling and site visits, and a Microsoft Excel based optimization tool was developed.This exercise led to an estimated reduction in the number of remote SHCs falling beyond the permissible travel time from CCPs by 56.89 percent (132 remote sites), from 232 to 100. The 132 resolved sites include 73 sites realigned to existing CCPs, and 59 sites to be attached to 22 newly proposed CCPs. Both the network optimization approach and the institutional capacity built during this project will continue to be useful to India’s immunization program. The approach is replicable and may be leveraged by developing countries facing similar challenges due to geographical, institutional, and financial constraints.

“Bringing the plague”: Groundwork for a transformative outreach of psychoanalysis

ABSTRACT The authors lay the groundwork for a theory and technique of transformative outreach of psychoanalysis, a process of group building of a shared emotional experience by way of a discourse on issues of psychoanalytic relevance. The subject of interest is the public conference, where the “outreach session” is defined as a situation built on the basis of a well-defined setting, which allows the unfolding of the informative process to the best effect. Being able to grasp the quality of the experience that one is creating, while respecting individual differences, is a specific analytical capacity. To the audience, being able to feel that someone minds how it may experience being there, in that moment, means being able to experience in person the containing and transformative capacity of psychoanalysis. This frame of mind can be maintained much more easily if the speaker shows up without a written speech: “placing a sheet” between him or herself and the audience shields his or her perceptual-receptive capacity, which is necessary to give space to the waking dream activity. As theoretical background, the recent developments of the Bionian perspective proposed by Ogden and Ferro seem the most suitable to root our proposed ideas for good psychoanalytical outreach practices.

Supervision and monitoring to assess quality of outreach immunization sessions in a rural area using a checklist

Background: Immunization is one of the most cost-effective interventions to prevent the suffering that comes from avoidable sickness, disability and death. Outreach immunization services ensure that immunization is available to children who are unable to access a general practice in a timely fashion for their immunization events. Effective supervision and monitoring will help in improving quality and coverage of immunization.Methods: This was an observational cross-sectional study conducted in the rural field practice area of a tertiary care hospital. 50 outreach sessions held in various outdoor places including Anganwadi were supervised and monitored using checklist. 110 mothers and 20 stakeholders were interviewed. Immunization records were assessed.Results: Outreach immunization sessions were found to be of good quality. 89% children were fully immunized. ANMs and ASHAs were of the opinion that outreach session has significantly raised immunization coverage. 75.4% mothers had knowledge about services provided by outreach sessions.Conclusions: There was increase in immunization coverage due to outreach sessions. There is need for adequate supervision on safety injection practices and regular timely incentive to ASHA.

Library Outreach and Instruction to Academic Departments of Military Science and ROTC Cadets

ABSTRACTColleges and universities across the United States have seen increases in the number of students of traditional college age choosing to enter college and the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) simultaneously to attain college degrees and begin their military careers. ROTC students, cadets, will benefit from knowledge of library services and resources and from specialized library outreach and instruction. Librarians who understand the military system and culture, and who examine their own attitudes toward military service, will be better prepared to work with military science faculty and ROTC cadets. The outreach session to the Department of Military Science/ROTC and the one-session library instruction provided to ROTC cadets by librarians at a Midwestern, comprehensive university are described and assessed.

Impact of an Intervention to Use a Measles, Rubella, and Polio Mass Vaccination Campaign to Strengthen Routine Immunization Services in Nepal.

BackgroundThe potential to strengthen routine immunization (RI) services through supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) is an important benefit of global measles and rubella elimination and polio eradication strategies. However, little evidence exists on how best to use SIAs to strengthen RI. As part the 2012 Nepal measles-rubella and polio SIA, we developed an intervention package designed to improve RI processes and evaluated its effect on specific RI process measures.MethodsThe intervention package was incorporated into existing SIA activities and materials to improve healthcare providers’ RI knowledge and practices throughout Nepal. In 1 region (Central Region) we surveyed the same 100 randomly selected health facilities before and after the SIA and evaluated the following RI process measures: vaccine safety, RI planning, RI service delivery, vaccine supply chain, and RI data recording practices. Data collection included observations of vaccination sessions, interviews with the primary healthcare provider who administered vaccines at each facility, and administrative record reviews. Pair-matched analytical methods were used to determine whether statistically significant changes in the selected RI process measures occurred over time.ResultsAfter the SIA, significant positive changes were measured in healthcare provider knowledge of adverse events following immunization (11% increase), availability of RI microplans (+17%) and maps (+12%), and awareness of how long a reconstituted measles vial can be used before it must be discarded (+14%). For the SIA, 42% of providers created an SIA high-risk villages list, and >50% incorporated this information into RI outreach session site planning. Significant negative changes occurred in correct knowledge of measles vaccination contraindications (−11%), correct definition for a measles outbreak (−21%), and how to treat a child with a severe adverse event following immunization (−10%). Twenty percent of providers reported cancelling ≥1 RI sessions during the SIA. Many RI process measures were at high proportions (>90%) before the SIA and remained high afterward, including proper vaccine administration techniques, proper vaccine waste management, and availability of vaccine carriers and vaccine registers.ConclusionsFocusing on activities that are easily linked between SIAs and RI services, such as using SIA high-risk village list to strengthen RI microplanning and examining ways to minimize the impact of an SIA on RI session scheduling, should be prioritized when implementing SIAs.

Process evaluation of child health services at outreach sites during health and nutrition day (Mamta Day) in urban slums of Western India

Introduction:Health indicators of rural and urban India show a wide variation. Rural areas have received large focus in child health services, but on the flip side, urban areas have been the last to receive such attention.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted to include one randomly selected outreach session from all the 19 urban primary health centers of Vadodara city from April 2013 to May 2014. Nineteen session sites were observed for the process evaluation of three components of child health care, namely, “planning of Health and Nutrition Day,” “availability of vaccines/logistics,” and “direct observation of actual immunization process” at the site using a structured checklist.Results:Most of the vaccines and logistics were present at all 19 sites visited, but adverse events following immunization kit were observed at ten sites (52%) only. Open vial policy, no-touch technique, and immediate cutting of syringe with hub cutter were implemented at all sites; however, completely filled Mamta Card was observed at 9 (47%) sites only. All four key messages were given at 5 (26%) sites only.Conclusion:Immunization services such as proper vaccine administration with no-touch technique and open vial policy were mainly focused; however, other services such as biomedical waste management, record keeping, and delivery of all four key messages need to be strengthened during Mamta Divas. Strengthening of other child health care services such as growth monitoring, Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illnesses, and referral services is required in urban areas.

What makes a successful outreach kit?

The research has been carried out in order to create an effective portable maths outreach kit, using readily available sources and collating the information. The report explores the types of outreach and their benefits. Our findings indicate that an outreach session should be interactive with a range of activities. Research also showed that most young people do not see mathematics as a career option so for maths outreach to be effective there should be strong focus on linking the activities to careers. The research highlighted the importance of avoiding stereotypical views regarding gender, age and ethnicity within mathematics and other STEM careers, encouraging young people to consider a STEM career.

Process evaluation of maternal health service at outreach sites during health and nutrition day (Mamta day) in urban slums of Western India

Background: The concept of health and nutrition day (Mamta Divas) evolved under Reproductive & child health programme to strengthen the outreach maternal and child health services. So the current study was conducted to monitor the antenatal care services provided at outreach sites during Mamta Divas by urban health centers in slum areas of Vadodara in Western India. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted to include one randomly selected outreach session from all of the 17 urban primary health centers of Vadodara city from April-2013 to March-2014. 17 session sites were observed for process evaluation of three components of maternal health care viz, availability of ‘service providers’, ‘equipment’s and supplies’ and ‘direct observation of actual service provision’ at the site using a structured checklist. Results: Out of 17 session sites visited, auxillary nurse midwife was present at 14 sites but health supervisors were not present at any site. Most of the equipments and supplies were present at all sites but Iron folic acid tablets were observed at 9 sites only. Antenatal history taking, weighing of the pregnant woman, injection tetanus toxoid was done at all sites but correct blood pressure measurement and hemoglobin estimation was observed at 4 and 3 sites respectively. Abdominal examination was not observed at any site. Conclusions: Antenatal services like registration of antenatal women, their weighing and providing tetanus toxoid were mainly focused but other services like identification of high risk pregnancy, abdominal examination, blood pressure measurement and hemoglobin estimation needs to be strengthened during Mamta divas.

Sensibilizar professores para o desenvolvimento de carreira dos alunos: relato de uma experiência

A literatura destaca a importância de realizar sessões de sensibilização dos professores para promover a sua influência positiva e intencional, enquanto docentes, nas trajetórias de carreira dos alunos. Este artigo relata uma experiência de realização de uma sessão de sensibilização junto a professores da educação básica de um agrupamento de escolas no noroeste de Portugal. Procurou-se esclarecer o conceito de desenvolvimento de carreira junto dos professores, conscientizá-los para o papel da escola no desenvolvimento de carreira dos alunos e estimular a dinamização de atividades promotoras desse processo. Apresenta-se a estrutura da sessão, as estratégias adotadas para alcançar os objetivos propostos e as reflexões partilhadas e debatidas pelos professores. As apreciações dos intervenientes quanto à sessão de sensibilização mostraram-se favoráveis. Esta experiência ilustra a importância de realizar sessões de sensibilização dos professores nesse domínio, as quais podem sustentar a promoção do desenvolvimento de carreira dos alunos, ao longo da escolaridade.

Able sea chicks... Adventures in acoustical oceanography

The Able Sea Chicks blog introduces readers to the exciting field of acoustical oceanography by following two female scientists on research cruises to deploy acoustic moorings in the Philippine Sea. The blog was designed for a special outreach session at the April 2010 Acoustical Society of America meeting titled “Listen up and get involved,” aimed at girls involved in the Girl Scouts of America. This session included a video explaining some of the principles of underwater sound propagation and showcasing some of the instrumentation used to collect underwater acoustic data. A live, interactive question and answer session with the scientists onboard the research vessel followed the video presentation. Both the blog and the outreach session were designed to reach girls at the age where research has shown that interest in STEM fields begins to decline. The blog illustrates how ocean acoustics experiments are conducted using examples from the PhilSea10 deployment and recovery cruises. Blog posts cover topics such as hydrophone testing, signal processing, mooring deployment, and long-baseline navigation. Since 2010, the Able Sea Chicks video and blog have been used in other Girl Scout sessions at ASA and in talks for high school and university audiences.