Programming Effort Research Articles

Patterns in COVID-19 vaccination among children aged 5–11 years in Alberta, Canada: Lessons for future vaccination campaigns

ObjectivesIn Alberta, Canada, the COVID-19 vaccination program for children aged 5–11 years was launched on November 26, 2021. Our objectives were to determine the cumulative vaccine coverage, stratified by age, during the first thirteen months of vaccine availability, and investigate factors associated with vaccine uptake. Study designThis retrospective cohort study used population-based administrative health data. MethodsWe determined cumulative vaccine coverage among 5–11 year olds, stratified by year of age, during the first thirteen months of vaccine availability and used a modified Poisson regression to evaluate factors associated with vaccine uptake. ResultsOf 377,103 eligible children, 44.8 % (n = 168,761) received one or more doses of COVID-19 vaccine during the study period (9.7 % received only one dose, while 35.1 % received 2 doses). Almost 90 % of initial doses were received within the first two months of vaccine availability. We found a step-wise relationship between increasing child age and higher vaccine coverage. ConclusionsPlateaued vaccine uptake indicates a need to adapt programmatic efforts to encourage parents to act on positive vaccination intentions, and reach the large contingent of parents who have reported that they remain undecided. In order to promote vaccine uptake, messaging around vaccine safety and need should be tailored to child age, rather than uniformly applied across the 5–11 year age range.

Persistence of stigma and the cessation of substance use: comparing stigma domains between those who currently use and those who no longer use substances.

Cessation of substance use, a facet of recovery, as well as mitigating stigma experienced by individuals with substance use disorder (SUD), are important to supporting health and well-being of those who use substances. But there is limited and mixed evidence on whether cessation of substance use has a positive impact on individuals' stigma experiences. This study examined whether there were differences in stigma perceptions between those who self-report using substances and those who self-report not currently using substances associated with their SUD. A survey was conducted among individuals in 10 counties of Michigan with self-identified history with SUD. The survey aimed to understand five dimensions of stigma perceptions: enacted stigma, anticipated stigma, internalized stigma, social withdrawal, and treatment stigma. Survey items for each measure were adapted from prior literature. The mean was calculated for each stigma measure for analyses. Data analyses tested whether there were significant differences in each of the five stigma domains between the two groups using either regression or t-test, depending on the necessity to include covariates. Findings suggested that among the five stigma domains, only internalized stigma showed statistically significant differences between the two groups (b = 0.19, se = 0.08, p < 0.05) after adjusting for covariates (as needed). Those who were no longer using substances had lower internalized stigma compared to those who were currently using substances associated with their SUD. Analyses suggested that the other four stigma domains, enacted stigma, anticipated stigma, social withdrawal, and treatment stigma, did not show statistically significant differences between the two groups. While self-stigmatization (i.e., internalized stigma) was lower among those who report no longer using, our patterns suggest a persistence of stigma regardless of cessation of substances associated with SUD, particularly among stigma domains that are based on perceptions of how others may still perceive individuals who have used substances. Though more research is needed, results suggest that public health programmatic, policy, and campaign efforts that aim to eliminate stigma should account for and tailor to both people who report using and those who report no longer using substances to capture the breadth of needs in communities.

The promotive and protective effects of parents' perceived changes during the COVID-19 pandemic on emotional well-being among U.S. households with young children: an investigation of family resilience processes.

The COVID-19 pandemic may constitute a traumatic event for families with young children due to its acute onset, the unpredictable and ubiquitous nature, and the highly distressing disruptions it caused in family lives. Despite the prevalent challenges such as material hardships, child care disruptions, and social isolation, some families evinced remarkable resilience in the face of this potentially traumatic event. This study examined domains of changes perceived by parents of young children that were consistent with the post-traumatic growth (PTG) model as factors that facilitate family resilience processes. This study drew data from the RAPID project, a large ongoing national study that used frequent online surveys to examine the pandemic impact on U.S. households with young children. A subsample of 669 families was leveraged for the current investigation, including 8.07% Black, 9.57% Latino(a), 74.44% non-Latino(a) White families, and 7.92% households of other racial/ethnic backgrounds. In this subsample, 26.36% were below 200% federal poverty level. Approximately half of the parents reported moderate-to-large degrees of changes during the pandemic, and the most prevalent domain of change was appreciation of life, followed by personal strengths, new possibilities, improved relationships, and spiritual growth. Black and Latino(a) parents reported more changes in all five domains than White parents and more spiritual growth than parents of the other racial/ethnic groups. Moreover, parent-reported improved relationships were found to indirectly reduce young children's overall fussiness/defiance and fear/anxiety symptoms through reducing parents' emotional distress. Perceived changes in the new possibilities, personal strengths, and appreciation of life domains were found to serve as protective factors that buffered the indirect impacts of material hardship mean levels on child behavioral symptoms via mitigating parents' emotional distress. These findings shed light on resilience processes of a family system in a large-scale, disruptive, and stressful socio-historical event such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The five PTG domains could inform therapeutic and intervention practices in the face of future similar events. Importantly, these findings and the evinced family resilience should not negate the urgent needs of policy and program efforts to address material hardships, financial instabilities, and race/ethnicity-based structural inequalities for families of young children.

Automatic Parallelism Management

On any modern computer architecture today, parallelism comes with a modest cost, born from the creation and management of threads or tasks. Today, programmers battle this cost by manually optimizing/tuning their codes to minimize the cost of parallelism without harming its benefit, performance. This is a difficult battle: programmers must reason about architectural constant factors hidden behind layers of software abstractions, including thread schedulers and memory managers, and their impact on performance, also at scale. In languages that support higher-order functions, the battle hardens: higher order functions can make it difficult, if not impossible, to reason about the cost and benefits of parallelism. Motivated by these challenges and the numerous advantages of high-level languages, we believe that it has become essential to manage parallelism automatically so as to minimize its cost and maximize its benefit. This is a challenging problem, even when considered on a case-by-case, application-specific basis. But if a solution were possible, then it could combine the many correctness benefits of high-level languages with performance by managing parallelism without the programmer effort needed to ensure performance. This paper proposes techniques for such automatic management of parallelism by combining static (compilation) and run-time techniques. Specifically, we consider the Parallel ML language with task parallelism, and describe a compiler pipeline that embeds "potential parallelism" directly into the call-stack and avoids the cost of task creation by default. We then pair this compilation pipeline with a run-time system that dynamically converts potential parallelism into actual parallel tasks. Together, the compiler and run-time system guarantee that the cost of parallelism remains low without losing its benefit. We prove that our techniques have no asymptotic impact on the work and span of parallel programs and thus preserve their asymptotic properties. We implement the proposed techniques by extending the MPL compiler for Parallel ML and show that it can eliminate the burden of manual optimization while delivering good practical performance.

Improving Water Consumption in Underserved Elementary Schools: Implementation and Evaluation of a School-based Hydration Initiative

Objective: Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a school-based hydration initiative in elementary schools. Methods: Hydration initiative included (1) placement of hydration stations, (2) promotional and educational activities during “Water Week,” and (3) provision of reusable water bottles. Surveys were administered at baseline and follow-up to assess student beverage intake and perceptions about the school’s environmental hydration policies and practices. Water bottle fills were assessed objectively at baseline, post-Water Week, and followup via weekly counts from hydration stations. Results: Water use increased post-Water Week (2.97±2.14), declining to 0.71±0.47 2 weeks later. At follow-up, frequency of soda consumption decreased (-.01 times/day; p &lt; .001), self-reported water refill station use increased (p = .011), and a decrease (-.04 cups/day) in overall daily water intake (p = .043). At follow-up, there was an increase in the percentage of school personnel who reported their school promoted water as the best choice (p = .039). Students and teachers reported positive attitudes towards hydration stations, with some concerns about water bottle use in classrooms. Conclusion: The intervention reduced soda consumption and improved school hydration culture. Results can inform hydration policy and programming efforts for elementary school students.

Facilitators and barriers to Tuberculosis case notification among private health facilities in Kampala Capital City, Uganda.

Private Health Facilities (PHFs), Uganda's main healthcare providers, are indispensable stakeholders in the national tuberculosis (TB) program's efforts to improve TB case notification and combat the epidemic. However, notification rates remain relatively low in PHFs compared to public providers. In this study, we sought to assess facilitators and barriers to TB case notification among private facilities in Kampala Capital City. We conducted a cross-sectional study utilizing a mixed-methods approach to assess facilitators and barriers to TB notification in Kampala Capital City between March and July 2022. For the quantitative strand of the study, we interviewed the TB focal persons at 224 PHFs using a structured questionnaire and for the qualitative, we conducted 14 key informant and in-depth interviews with Ministry of Health-Uganda staff, and TB focal persons at the Kampala Division administration level and at the PHFs. The quantitative analysis involved Modified Poisson regression and the qualitative analysis was carried out using thematic analysis to identify the facilitators and barriers to TB case notification. Of the 224 PHFs surveyed, the majority, 39.3%(88), were facilities in Nakawa division and 55.4% (124) of the respondents were male, with a mean age of 32.6 years (SD = 8.6). We found that the prevalence of TB case notification was significantly lower for facilities in Kawempe (PR 0.16; 95%CI 0.05,0.47) and Nakawa (PR 0.39, 95%CI 0.21,0.73). Notification was lower among facilities that had no guide for TB screening and diagnosis (PR 0.50; 95%CI 0.25,0.97) and among those facilities where training of other health workers at the facility in TB diagnosis was unknown (PR 0.35; 95%CI 0.13,0.93). Qualitative data showed that the main facilitators of TB case notification were: regular engagements between the NTLP and private health providers and, provision of materials and support to conduct case finding, while the main barriers included TB stigma, lack of resources such as TB diagnostic facilities. PHFs in Kampala Capital City are receptive to programmatic TB case notification. However, they need regular supervision and engagement activities to ensure that they have updated knowledge, equipment and funding support to carry out TB case notification according to policy.

Tool path planning for hole-flanging process using single point incremental forming

Hole-flanging is a process used to create flanges around holes in sheet metal parts. It traditionally relies on dies and punches, posing cost and time challenges for small quantities or prototypes. While Incremental forming does not require dedicated sets of tools and dies, and it provides more flexibility and adaptability with enhanced formability, and emerged as a better alternative to conventional press forming. However, precise and efficient tool path planning is essential to achieve high-quality hole-flanged components. Precise toolpath planning is one of the crucial and important part in designing of hole flanging process for both through numerical simulations and experiments. The objective of the present work is to generate tool paths as well as associated G-codes using MATLAB code for different geometries of incremental hole flanging process using SPIF. Six different geometries of hole flanges were considered to generate tool path using MATLAB code. The proposed methodology was successfully applied for different shapes of hole flanges. Since the proposed methodology provides unified programming technique in the current MATLAB environment, which performs dual duties, creating toolpath coordinates against time data and outputting a G-code file and it saves computational time and programming efforts. Hence, proposed methodology is found to be better for incremental hole flanging in contrast to previously existed methodology for development of toolpath for incremental forming cases. Thus, it was concluded that this proposed methodology can be effective for capturing any intricate shapes for incremental hole flanging. You should leave 8 mm of space above the abstract and 10 mm after the abstract. The heading Abstract should be typed in bold 9-point Arial. The body of the abstract should be typed in normal 9-point Times in a single paragraph, immediately following the heading. The text should be set to 1 line spacing. The abstract should be centred across the page, indented 17 mm from the left and right page margins and justified. It should not normally exceed 200 words.

Identifying and synthesizing components of perinatal mental health peer support - a systematic review.

Becoming a parent, while often perceived as a joyous event, can also be a vulnerable life transition, with approximately one in five mothers experiencing perinatal mental illness. Peer support is recommended for its preventive and therapeutic benefits. However, relevant program components of perinatal mental health peer support remain to be identified. This review aims to (1) identify peer support programs in perinatal mental health through existing reviews and to (2) synthesize the components of these programs. A systematic literature review guided by PRISMA was conducted searching four databases, supplemented by hand searches. The Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist facilitated the systematic extraction and synthesis of program components. Eleven peer support programs were identified from three reviews, largely conducted in English-speaking countries. The identified reviews highlight the benefits of peer support in perinatal mental health. Key components of individual programs were contextual background, materials, provider training and support, delivery modes and locations, and evaluation. Sharing lived experience and providing flexible support were central to all programs. Aspects of flexibility, authenticity and the challenges of program evaluation in peer support must be considered. Findings can now inform future planning and implementation efforts of peer support programs in periantal mental health.

The association between the COVID-19 pandemic and interpersonal relationships among youth with a child maltreatment history.

The COVID-19 pandemic had significant impacts on youth health and well-being. Youth with prior inequities, such as those exposed to child maltreatment, may have experienced greater psychosocial challenges and long-term difficulties than their peers, including sustained interpersonal relationships problems. Given the importance of healthy relationships during adolescence and early adulthood, the significant impact the pandemic had on youth, and the potential disproportionate challenges for youth with a child maltreatment history, the purpose of the present study was to better understand changes in relational conflict among youth with and without a child maltreatment history from the perspectives of youth themselves. Specifically, the aims were to examine if youth child maltreatment history was associated with an increased likelihood of reporting increased conflict with (a) parents, (b) siblings, or (c) intimate partners during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were drawn from the Well-Being and Experiences (WE) Study; a longitudinal and intergenerational cohort study of 1,000 youth/parent dyads in Manitoba, Canada that began in 2017. WE study data were collected annually via self-reported youth surveys between 2017 and 2022 for a total of 5 waves of data collection, and COVID-19 questions were included in Waves 3 (2020), 4 (2021) and 5 (2022) (n = 586, 56.43% female, ages 18 to 21 at Wave 5). Multinomial regressions models were computed to examine whether a youth's child maltreatment history was associated with increased, decreased, or consistent levels of conflict with parents, siblings, and intimate partners in 2020, 2021, and 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels. Results indicated that compared to youth with no child maltreatment history, youth with a child maltreatment history were more likely to report increased conflict across all three types of relationships during first three years of the pandemic. Findings contribute to our understanding of the association between the COVID-19 pandemic and interpersonal relationships among youth who have a child maltreatment history compared to their peers without child maltreatment histories, signal potential long-term challenges or inequities for youth and families with a history of maltreatment, and may inform policy, programming, intervention, and recovery efforts in the post-COVID-19 period, and for future global emergencies.

Programmatic Efforts to Provide Progressively Autonomous Clinical Education Experiences

Context In previous research, athletic trainers (ATs) have identified the formal coursework and clinical experiences of their professional program as contributing to preparedness for autonomous practice. However, new graduates have reported a perceived lack of skills necessary for practicing autonomously. Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate how programs provide progressively autonomous clinical education experiences and the role of these experiences in preparing future ATs. Design Qualitative study. Setting Virtual interviews. Patients or Other Participants A sample of 17 program administrators (program directors = 12, coordinators of clinical education = 5) representing 16 master of science in athletic training programs participated in this study. Main Outcome Measure(s) Each program completed a virtual interview guided by a semistructured interview protocol. A 3-person data analysis team identified emerging domains and categories through a multiphase approach. Member checking, multiple researcher triangulation, and auditing were used to establish trustworthiness. Results Four domains emerged from participant responses: (1) curricular design, (2) preparatory experience and outcomes, (3) preceptor role, and (4) assessments. We found that intentionality in curricular design to promote progressive autonomy was beneficial in facilitating transition to practice through improved knowledge, skills, and confidence. Due to the importance of clinical education in AT preparation, preceptors played a critical role in creating opportunities for learning in the clinical environment. However, the degree to which experiences were autonomous and the effectiveness of the student in those encounters were rarely measured. Limitations outlined by participants included accreditation and program length. Conclusions The development of knowledge, skills, and confidence through intentionally selected clinical experiences and guided by preceptor feedback are critical to establishing an autonomous practitioner. However, the program’s evaluations were predominantly traditional practice assessments and informal feedback, instead of an assessment of readiness for practice.

How a University Initiative Created/Implemented a Virtual Reality Classroom Design Activity

While augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) technologies have shown potential in educational contexts, existing literature has focused primarily on the applications, features, and potential limitations. Much of the early work has also focused on single applications, pilot studies, and the effectiveness of its use rather than its creation. Less work has examined structured, institutional, and programmatic efforts for designing and implementing VR educational technologies, looking at how organizations can create teams and processes that are likely to generate effective VR designs/tools. This programmatic design case proposes a theoretically informed approach to creating University-level teams that design authentic VR educational experiences. The findings/processes from this case are based on a real-world task force that was started to create and implement AR/VR across many different disciplines. In this paper, we describe how the task force utilized a backward design process and the SAMR framework to strategize how AR/VR technology could be leveraged in a teacher education course. We outline one specific example that came out of the process and explain how different steps carried the project through from concept to implementation. At various points, the SAMR framework helped guide design decisions and articulated practical goals that contributed to the success of the implementation. This article extracts lessons learned by the task force as they addressed problems, highlights specific technological designs/implementations that came out of that process and explains how a structured process that places instructional design at the forefront is an important part of facilitating authentic learning in VR.

The United Nations Environmental Program Efforts in the Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Nairobi City County, Kenya, 1992-2022

Urban areas have become a global concern as a significant source of environmental issues. As a leading authority in environmental matters, UNEP has stepped in to help states to protect urban environment as a wider strategy of safeguarding planetary health. This study sought to examine efforts made by the UNEP in implementing MEAs aimed at safeguarding urban environment of Nairobi City County between 1992 and 2022.The study employed a combination of descriptive and explanatory research designs. Interviews and questionnaires were utilized to collect qualitative and quantitative data respectively while document review was utilized to collect secondary data. The target population comprised officials from NEMA, KWS, MFA, UNEP, Nairobi County Government, members of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Lands, KFS staff, Nairobi residents, and environmental CBO employees. The study had a total of 104 respondents out of a sample size of 130. Grounded on Liberal Institutionalism theory, the study argued that UNEP has played a key role in the implementation of MEA in Kenya through technical assistance and capacity building to stakeholders, advocacy and awareness raising, facilitation of stakeholders’ engagements, funding and resource mobilization as well as data and information sharing. Study findings indicate that UNEP’s support for key projects such as Green Infrastructure Project, Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) Plan for Nairobi City County, Air Quality Improvement Programs, Sustainable Urban Transport System and Clean Energy Projects have reduced air pollution and mitigated climate change in the County. The study concluded that the UNEP has enhanced Kenya’s participation in international environmental debates, position Kenya as the regional leader on environmental matters and facilitated the country’s access to international environmental funding which has improved the overall environmental quality of Nairobi City County alongside other urban centers in Kenya.

Community Participation In The Waste Alms Movement Program Efforts To Strengthen Social Solidarity And Build Community Welfare In Purwokerto.

Community Participation In The Waste Alms Movement Program Efforts To Strengthen Social Solidarity And Build Community Welfare In Purwokerto.

Examining the Factor Structure of a Subjective Well-Being Measure in a Medical Student Sample

Accreditation standards for U.S. medical education programming require that training programs promote trainee wellness and well-being, although constructs such as psychological distress and depression commonly serve as proxies for well-being. A direct measure of subjective well-being would be invaluable to inform programming efforts to promote medical trainees’ well-being and advance the study of the well-being construct itself. This study investigated the structural validity of subjective well-being as measured by the Well-Being Scale in a sample of 548 osteopathic medical students. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated that subjective well-being is best represented by a bifactor model with a general subjective well-being factor and five well-being domain factors and that allowing items from two well-being domains to cross load brought significantly stronger model-data agreement. Some scale items were respecified to become pure indicators of the general well-being factor based on their patterns of factor loadings, and the final bifactor model brought an acceptable fit. To our knowledge, this study is among the initial research efforts to investigate the use of a holistic subjective well-being instrument in the medical student population. The use of a direct, multidimensional subjective well-being measure is foundational to medical education programs’ efforts to promote well-being, future investigations of predictors of medical students’ well-being, and longitudinal analyses of medical students’ well-being over their matriculation.

Understanding the Landscape of Cyberbiosecurity for Integrative Educational Programming

Highlights Alignment of terminology and community building are crucial in cyberbiosecurity. Agriculture and life sciences in a digital age present unconventional challenges. Data and digital literacy are baseline skills for integrative cyberbiosecurity education programming. Cyberbiosecurity education framework offers a foundation for intentional, integrative programming efforts. Abstract. As an emerging and interdisciplinary field at the nexus of digital technologies and agriculture and life sciences (ALS), the integration of cyberbiosecurity education for professional training and skills development remains challenging. Educational practices and related workforce development efforts associated with cyberbiosecurity may be best generalized as pseudo-shadow education, occurring outside standardized practice and lacking known ‘best practice’ to mimic. The current state of cyberbiosecurity education reflects a lack of sequenced and developed knowledge, values, judgments, and ways of thinking, which serve as windows into the underlying cultures of a disciplinary field. Coupled with this gap, the continuous deployment and convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) within ALS creates new vulnerabilities that are unfamiliar to the workforce. These vulnerabilities expose critical ALS infrastructures to cyber-attacks and terrorism and hold significant consequences for the bioeconomy. Securing the bioeconomy and preventing negative multiplier effects in other related sectors depend on adequate cyberbiosecurity education programming and workforce development. This exploratory report of current realities and future prospects provides insights into integrative cyberbiosecurity education programming for workforce development. The study explicates underlying concerns to be addressed in developing integrative cyberbiosecurity education for professionals in agriculture and life sciences and suggests an expandable framework to facilitate workforce development programming. Concerns to address regarding the creation of educational programming in cyberbiosecurity include alignment in definition, cross-boundary community building, the peculiar dynamics of the cyberbiosecurity threat landscape, and baseline requirements for cyberbiosecurity education and practice. Keywords: Agriculture and life sciences, Bioeconomy, Cyberbiosecurity, Education and workforce development, Threat landscape.

Considering the food environment can help to promote the consumption of aquatic foods for healthy diets

Aquatic foods ensure food and nutrition security for billions of consumers around the world. As part of food systems, aquatic foods provide nutritious, affordable, convenient options for healthy diets, and can also foster sustainable food production. Within the food system framework, the food environment is the space that connects food procurement to consumption. The food environment influences consumer decisions on which foods to acquire. To date there has been relatively little focus on creating an enabling food environment that supports consumers in decisions to obtain aquatic foods. To fill this gap, we conducted a narrative review of literature from 2000–2020 to document the availability, affordability, convenience, promotion, quality and sustainability of aquatic foods within diverse food environments. Our review highlighted several opportunities that can support development and promotion of convenient, high quality aquatic foods. We also noted several research gaps. For example, some consumers, especially those in high income countries, respond well to labels related to sustainability and also to messaging to consume diverse types of fish, especially lower tropic species like anchovy. However, less is documented on how promotion influences consumers from LMIC. The paper also notes a gap in assessment of the price and affordability of aquatic foods. Most price and affordability assessments do not provide details on which aquatic foods were considered in the costing assessment. In addition, wild or home-harvested aquatic foods are often not accounted for in price and affordability assessments. Using case studies, we demonstrate how considering the food environment in research and implementation strategies can add value to program design. For example, processing tuna frames and underutilized small fish species into powder is one innovation that reduces food waste and also creates a convenient, quality product. These results provide the foundation for deepening our understanding of how key elements of the food environment influence consumers’ decision-making and how these elements can be considered in future research, programming and policy efforts.

The promise of AI in medicine: A call for greater education for Pakistani medical professionals.

Madam, AI is revolutionizing the world in all spheres and the institution of medicine worldwide is no exception. While we are most familiar with its contribution to radiology, AI has now extensive applications within dermatology, ophthalmology, pathology, medicine, ophthalmology, neurosciences and more. Through progressive efforts of both doctors and programmers, AI is now becoming more adept in the field of medicine. Some of its applications in modern medicine include staging of skin cancers by looking at dermatoscopic images (1), classifying age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema by through OCT images (2), and more. The accuracy by which AI performs these tasks is comparable to a human being. However, Pakistan being in the developing stage is still lagging behind. With inadequate resources, constant economic desolation, and limited knowledge and data in the field of IT, the country is far behind in this rapidly progressive field. According to a study that included participants throughout Pakistan 74% of doctors and 68.8% of medical students had a basic knowledge of AI but only 27.3% of doctors and 19.4% of students were aware of its medical applications (3). In another study only 56.7% of the participants were familiar with AI and its subtypes, which highlighted the unawareness about AI in more than 40% of the participants. These studies clearly show the deficit in knowledge that medical personnel have about AI, its applications and impact on health care. AI and its rapid progress in health sectors worldwide are creating discrepancies between them and us. Hence, the senior authorities in our education system should come up with a proposition that can shorten this gap. By introducing basic levels of AI in the medical curriculum with a course spanning only around 1 week, including basics of coding and computational thinking (5), our medical personnel will be able to incorporate a fundamental level of computational thinking and coding language. This will help them in adapting to the revolutionized healthcare system as well as give them enough command to grapple with it and give feedback to improvise AI even more. And since medical science is based on logical reasoning and problem-solving, much like IT, we believe that our medical students can and will be able to inculcate this into their skills. This can be our very first step towards a much more efficient and progressive healthcare system.

PROMOTING A SUSTAINABLE LOW-CARBON COMMUNITY THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY'S KNOWLEDGE ENDOWMENT PROJECT FOR MOSQUE

Climate change has emerged as a critical global concern, adversely affecting energy consumption and community living environments. Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions primarily contribute to global warming and climate change, necessitating increased awareness and adoption of low-carbon lifestyles among communities at a micro-scale. While addressing this growing concern, a collaborative effort involving ten university researchers, incorporating faculty members from the built environment department, professional landscape architects, the Masjid As-Siddiq congregation, and related agencies, culminated in the development of the Recycle Edible Garden (REG) as a knowledge endowment project for communities. This paper delves into the methodologies and challenges of knowledge transfer in developing REG as a community low-carbon landscape project. It encompasses low carbon living initiatives, including a recycling and reusing workshop, tree planting with the community, and landscape maintenance sharing sessions with experts. The project was accomplished within a 12-month timeline, yielding favourable results regarding community well-being, mosque landscape enhancement, and heightened awareness regarding carbon mitigation. In summary, the knowledge endowment project, aimed at fostering sustainable low-carbon community awareness, met its objectives within the REG initiative at the community mosque. However, there is a need for continued follow-up and sustainability efforts for the ongoing programs.

Parenting Program in Overcoming the Negative Influence of Information Technology on Students

The aim of the research is to describe the efforts and approaches of parenting programs in overcoming the negative influence of information technology at Islamic Vocational School 02 Durenan Trenggalek. The method used to conduct this research is based on the location of the data source, including the field research category, with a qualitative research type. The research design is a case study. Data collection methods use observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis is carried out starting from data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the research show that the parenting program's efforts to overcome the negative influence of information technology on Class an and Al-Hadith. 2) Schools together with parents guide students to behave in a healthy direction which can help them choose alternative behavior that will bring maximum benefits to students in determining their choice of good social interactions, likes to help, loves the weak and respects other people. 3) School together with parents provides a good example. The approach taken by the parenting program in overcoming the negative influence of information technology on Class through a habituation approach to moral character, b) exemplary, by giving students an example to follow the example of the Prophet's morals, c) according to the characteristics of the student, even if possible, calling the parents and students to the office in order to successfully overcome these negative influences. 2) A group approach, namely: a) the school provides guidance in the guidance and counseling room to students who are negatively impacted by information technology, b) the school gathers students who violate school rules to provide counseling regarding the positive and negative benefits of information technology.

Improving Student Literacy Skills in Research and Scientific Articles: Arabic Language Education Study Program Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University (2015-2020)

Indonesian education is currently faced with low interest in literacy. The results of the latest study/research from The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2018, which was released on December 3 2019 by the Ministry of Education and Culture, stated that Indonesia was ranked 62nd out of 71 countries. This research aims to describe the efforts of the UIN SuKa Arabic Education study program in improving students' literacy skills in research and scientific articles. This research is descriptive qualitative research. Data collection was carried out using observation and documentation methods. The data obtained will be analyzed using the Miles and Huberman model through three stages: data reduction, data display, then data conclusion drawing. The results of this research indicate that in the UIN SuKa Arabic Education study program's efforts to improve students' literacy skills in scientific articles, it can be viewed from three things, (1) viewed from classroom learning, (2) viewed from activities outside the classroom and (3) efforts others obtained independently by students. Viewed from classroom learning, the efforts made are (1) assistance in writing scientific articles, (2) motivating students. Viewed from learning outside the classroom, the efforts made are (1) developing the Al-Mahara Journal, (2) involving students in managing the Al-Mahara Journal. In terms of other efforts obtained independently by students which are also inseparable from the efforts of the UIN SuKa Arabic Education study program, is holding scientific writing seminar activities.