Protective Services Research Articles

Determinants of compliance with outpatient examinations for infants at risk for retinopathy of prematurity

PurposeTo assess the level and the determinants of compliance with outpatient retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) examination appointments at a tertiary academic center. MethodsThe medical records of babies scheduled for outpatient ROP examination between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, were reviewed retrospectively. Data collected included appointments scheduled and attended, birth weight, gestational age, ROP staging at discharge, maternal ethnicity (self-identified), household type, proximity to hospital and median family income (US Census based on home zip codes). Univariate and multivariable analyses were performed. A P value of <0.05 was considered significant. ResultsThe records of 66 babies were analyzed. Forty-nine babies (74%) attended all scheduled ROP examination appointments (fully compliant). The mean appointment compliance rate was 86%, with a 1.5% no-show rate. Seven children (11%) required the intervention of Child Protective Services. One baby was never seen in the clinic. In unadjusted analysis, maternal ethnicity (P = 0.028) and median family income lower than the national average (P = 0.049) were sociodemographic factors associated with lower compliance. Clinical factors associated with lower compliance were lower gestational ages (P = 0.005) and lower birth weight (P = 0.006). In multivariable logistic regression adjusting for all candidate predictors, only birth weight remained significantly associated with lower compliance (P = 0.036). ConclusionsClinical and sociodemographic factors may be associated with compliance with outpatient ROP examination recommendations. Extremely low-birth-weight babies were at the greatest risk for noncompliance.

СИСТЕМА ОБЛІКУ І АНАЛІЗУ ІНЦИДЕНТІВ ЯК ЗАСІБ ЗНИЖЕННЯ ВИРОБНИЧОГО ТРАВМАТИЗМУ

Purpose. The search for methods for the formation of comprehensive statistics of industrial injuries at the enterprises of Ukraine and the creation of a system of measures to reduce the level of injuries and incidents based on it. Methodology. To achieve the goal of the study, methods of information collection and generalization, critical analysis, analytical methods (analysis of injury statistics in a number of countries), system analysis methods (for formulating theoretical and applied generalizations) have been used. Results. The relevance of determining the root causes of incidents and injuries without loss of work capacity using the "injury pyramid" has been considered. On the basis of data from the International Labor Organization on the level of industrial injuries, it has been assumed that there is a significant percentage of hidden injuries in Ukraine and that employers are not interested in keeping records of microinjuries and incidents. The application of the "incident accounting and analysis system" has been proposed as a method that allows employers and labor protection services of enterprises to form comprehensive statistics about the state and working conditions at the enterprise. Based on the collected data, employers will be able to identify the causes of injuries and directly influence the causes of their occurrence. Scientific novelty. The novelty of the research consists in the first substantiated possibility of using record cards and incident analysis as a means to reduce the level of industrial injuries. Practical significance. Preservation of the life and health of employees in the process of work is a priority of work safety specialists. Decision-making regarding the implementation of labor protection measures should be based on reliable data. The use of the proposed incident accounting and analysis system allows identifying the root causes of production incidents and may become the basis for making informed decisions for their elimination. Keywords: occupational injuries, injury pyramid, accounting and analysis of incidents, occupational safety, level of injuries.

Impact of transaction costs, service quality and relationship quality on business results of enterprises using environmental protection services in Ho Chi Minh city

Impact of transaction costs, service quality and relationship quality on business results of enterprises using environmental protection services in Ho Chi Minh city

Obligations of the parties in the agreement for the provision of property protection services

Obligations of the parties in the agreement for the provision of property protection services

What influences pensioners to use social protection services?

What influences pensioners to use social protection services?

ENVIRONMENTAL GEO-INFORMATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR THE CIVIL AND FIRE SAFETY SERVICES OF UKRAINE

Background.The purpose of the work is the development of a new ecological and geo-informational system for monitoring emergency situations, which allows quick predicting the consequences of various natural and man-made hazards at the stage of preventing their occurrence. This applies to possible cases of destruction on territories where there is a threat of flooding and, accordingly, the protection of coasts, structures, roads on mountain slopes, bridges, tunnels and dams built on soils with certain geological and geophysical characteristics, as well as the occurrence and spread of fires and pollution of air, water and soil with harmful substances associated with them. Methods. To implement the methods, available and purchased licensed software is used, creating convenient algorithms for solving practical tasks of civil protection. Information processing based on the used software packages that allow quickly processing large amounts of information, reducing the level of poor processing and data distortion. Results. An ecological and geo-informational monitoring system has been developed, designed to ensure the coordination of actions of civil and fire protection services in order to increase the efficiency of responding to emergency situations of natural and manmade origin. By conducting experiments, model results were obtained, which make possible to theoretically calculate and determine the critical permissible stress-deformed states of the soil massif in the area of engineering structures, bridge structures, to warn about the possible destruction of the massif due to excess stress and deformation under the action of loads. Proposed localization of fire-hazardous zones based on satellite data. As part of the developed system for space monitoring of forest fires, satellite information is used, in particular, the AVHRR radiometer of the Terra satellite. On its basis, a temperature map of the regions of Ukraine was formed. Conclusions. The geo-informational monitoring system was created to prevent the risks of emergency situations (including the destruction of slopes, fires, etc.) using software products, creating databases for mapping potentially dangerous objects. Its application will make it possible to assess the consequences of possible emergency situations of a natural and man-made nature and minimize their negative impact on the environment. The developed geo-information system can be used to coordinate the actions of civil and fire protection services, as well as increase the efficiency of emergency and rescue measures.

GERONTOLOGICAL AND GERIATRIC SERVICES FOR THE OLDER GENERATION

The article deals with measures aimed at the development of gerontological and geriatric services, the study of social and psychological determinants of the elderly in order to improve the processes of the organization of providing medical, social and psychological services to people with mental health problems. Attention is paid to topical issues of gerontpsychology, issues of adaptation of people with mental health disorders in society, development of abilities that allow them to live independently. The current state of the system of mental health and social protection services is presented from the point of view of the need to create alternative forms of services. The article pays attention to the importance and necessity of introducing and developing new forms and types of psychological and medical-social care, increasing the targeting of services based on individual psychological features and capabilities of elderly people with mental health problems. The data of the studies conducted by the author as well as those conducted with his participation are given. Conclusions are made and recommendations are provided on the measures necessary to improve the social and psychological condition of people with mental health disorders.

A Robust DCT-Based Scheme for Watermarking Deep Neural Networks

This paper proposes a new robust scheme to provide copy protection services to Deep Nural Network (DNN) models using digital watermarks. The rationale of the proposed technique is that robustness can be achieved by embedding a large watermark that can span the whole watermark. If an adversary attempts to destroy the watermark, he will end up destroying the DNN model. However, maximizing the embedding capacity will strongly degrade the performance of the DNN model. To control the performance-capacity-robustness trade-of, the proposed scheme utilizes the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) due to its strong compaction property, which becomes even stronger when applied to correlated segments of data. Therefore, the proposed technique extracts the DNN weights and groups them within correlated segments before applying the DCT. The experimental results have proven the effectiveness of the proposed DNN watermarking scheme as it was able to embed 1.73 Mb of data with only a 1.4% drop in the classification accuracy of a standard Residual Neural Network with 21 Convolutional layers.

The Most Vulnerable Children Faced Unique Risks During COVID-19: How Agencies Communicated with Communities on Parenting in Low Resource and Humanitarian Settings

Evidence suggests that children in low resource and humanitarian settings experienced added mental health burdens and violence in the home during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, which may have affected their health and development. For humanitarian response agencies, conducting child protection services during this pandemic had been constrained by safety concerns related to the risk of COVID-19 transmission, and logistical issues aligned with social and public health measures. This paper describes how agencies responded to the identified risks children face, integrating remote risk communication and community engagement approaches and safe in-person dialogues with parents and caregivers into child protection interventions to educate about the disease and prevention, encourage a positive parenting environment and mitigate negative effects on children. United Nations (UN) agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs) must reflect on these different approaches and share lessons learned and best practices internally and at an inter-agency level to support evidence-based responses for future epidemics and pandemics.

An intelligent social protection service beneficiary selection scheme using machine learning and a mobile application for social safety net program

An intelligent social protection service beneficiary selection scheme using machine learning and a mobile application for social safety net program

АДАПТАЦІЯ СИСТЕМ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ ДО ВИКЛИКІВ СУЧАСНОЇ ЕКОНОМІКИ

The article is devoted to the analysis of social protection systems in the context of technological development and demographic changes, as well as to the study of strategies for their adaptation to new conditions to overcome the challenges of the modern national economy. The basic methods of the article are scientific methods of analysis, synthesis and generalisation, which were used to study social protection systems; to identify the existing challenges of the modern economy caused by technological and demographic changes and their impact on social protection systems, as well as the comparison method, which demonstrated the existing problematic issues in the national social protection system and the development of strategies for its further development. The article establishes that changes in the modern economy, technology and demography require adaptation of social protection systems to new conditions. In this context, the article describes the content of social protection systems; substantiates the role of technological development in adapting social protection systems; considers demographic challenges and their impact on social protection systems; identifies innovations in social protection systems; and summarises strategies for adapting social protection systems to overcome the challenges of the modern national economy. In addition, the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the labour market and the need for social protection of working-age people due to forced unemployment is determined. The article identifies the possibilities of using digital technologies to optimise administrative processes and increase the availability of social protection services. At the same time, positive trends in the integration of information technology into the provision of social services in Ukraine have been identified. The author points out the consequences for pension systems and health care of the increase in the average age of the population and the decline in the number of labour force. The means of social protection in connection with the changing structure of families and the increasing number of single people are investigated. A comprehensive assessment is made and practical recommendations are provided on possible strategies for adapting social protection systems to new conditions to meet the challenges of the modern national economy, the priority of which is to overcome poverty in Ukraine and improve the quality of life of its citizens. Today, due to the permanent dynamic changes taking place in the modern economy, the topic under consideration still contains insufficiently researched and problematic aspects that require further scientific study and substantiation based on the materials of this article.

Entre « inadaptation » et stigmatisation sociale : la scolarité précaire des enfants placés (Fribourg et Neuchâtel, 1950-1980)

This paper looks at the discourse on « maladjusted » childhood and its impact on the life course of children placed in the cantons of Fribourg and Neuchâtel between 1950 and 1980. Based on a journal for social workers and a corpus of individual files from child protection services, it shows how the social stigma of « maladjustment » affects the primary schooling of children in care.

An intelligent social protection service beneficiary selection scheme using machine learning and a mobile application for social safety net program

An intelligent social protection service beneficiary selection scheme using machine learning and a mobile application for social safety net program

General characteristics of obligations arising from a contract for the provision of property protection services under Ukrainian legislation

General characteristics of obligations arising from a contract for the provision of property protection services under Ukrainian legislation

Public Health Protection Continuity of Operations During the Evacuation and Return to Community Phases of the Unprecedented Evacuation of Two-thirds of the Northwest Territories, Canada, 2023

Abstract Objective In August 2023, 68% (n=25,900) of the Northwest Territories, Canada, evacuated from wildfires, including the never previously evacuated capital, Yellowknife. Official evacuation orders extended from August 16 to September 6 for this region, impacting health protection services (HPS) in the Territory for remaining residents, and risks on return. Methods The Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO) reviewed and implemented priorities over a three-day period prior to the evacuation order for time critical HPS to continue remotely or transfer to receiving jurisdictions. On return to community, OCPHO implemented processes for reviewing surveillance objectives to assess for impacts to affected populations. Results During evacuation, over 15 reports of animal exposures were assessed remotely for rabies prophylaxis. Individuals requiring sexually transmitted infection (STI) follow-up were referred to receiving jurisdictions. One patient with infectious tuberculosis was transferred to another province. Water plant operators were supported with new communication and out-of-Territory testing protocols. On return, enhanced surveillance included: respiratory viruses, STI and blood borne infections, gastrointestinal illness, and toxic drug supplies. Conclusions While some HPS continued to mitigate risks, future surveillance will assess the scale of impacts. Updates to continuity of operations plans need to include considerations for remote and local services.

Entre invisibilidade e resistência: saúde e demografia indígenas durante a ditadura militar brasileira

Abstract This article aims to systematize and analyze, from a historical perspective, the discussions that permeated the topic of indigenous health in interface with the demography of these populations, based on the political dimension that the quantification of indigenous peoples assumed during the military dictatorship in Brazil. Covering an extensive period that extends from the establishment of the Indian Protection Service in 1910 until the end of the 1980s, this article offers a comprehensive view of the topic. The analysis focuses primarily on the 1970s, highlighting the actors involved in this debate: indigenous leaders, indigenists, academics, health professionals, and missionaries.

ALGORITHM AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRACTICAL USE IN THE METHODOLOGY OF COEXISTENCE OF TELEVISION, FM AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING IN DAB AND DRM+ STANDARDS

The parameters of the network model are determined on the basis of data contained in the database on frequency assignments of a radio frequency service organization or radio frequency application materials for obtaining an EMC examination conclusion submitted to a radio frequency service organization to obtain permission to use frequency blocks / radio frequency channels for the declared radio broadcasting stations. The problem of sharing the spectrum in the VHF band by terrestrial digital television broadcasting services (DVB-T standard, etc.), analogue television broadcasting, analogue FM audio broadcasting, digital audio broadcasting DAB/DAB+, DRM+ and RAVIS and the conditions for them coexistence are considered. The most common cases of the developed methodology application can be the following options for calculating EMC and conditions for using electronic distribution systems for television and radio broadcasting: Calculation of reference service area of the protected service; Calculation of EMC between existing and planned for use service and declared service; Calculation of service area of the proposed distribution zone.

ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF READINESS OF THE CIVIL PROTECTION SERVICE AN EXAMPLE OF SOLUTIONS APPLIED IN UKRAINE. LEGAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECT

The article is devoted to analysing the forms, methods and mechanisms of diagnosing the state of readiness of the civil protection service in Ukraine. Based on the results of the study, it was found that: 1) legal regulation of diagnostics of the state of readiness of the civil protection ser-vice in Ukraine is carried out, first of all, by the Code of Civil Protection of Ukraine, as well as by a significant number of subordinate regulatory legal acts, which are characterised by dyna-mism; 2) there is a multi-level approach to its organisation based on the structural construction of functional and territorial subsystems of the unified state system of civil protection; 3) diagnosis of the state of readiness of the civil protection service in Ukraine is carried out through such forms as fire and man-made safety audits; state supervision (control) in matters of civil protec-tion; certification of emergency and rescue services and rescuers. An independent type of state supervision (control) in civil protection is state supervision (control) in technogenic and fire safety. Such state supervision (control) methods are scheduled and unscheduled inspections. Internal audit and internal assessment of the quality of internal audit occupy an essential place in the system of internal control of the State Emergency Service.

Bullying Behavior in Generation Z Youth: Case Study at Palu City DP3A Children's Forum

This research aims to determine bullying behavior among Generation Z youth at the DP3A Children's Forum in Palu City. This research used qualitative research methods with a case study design. There were 10 informants in the research using purposive sampling techniques. Data management using matrix techniques. The results of research on the behavioral belief variable were that the perpetrator understands the dangers of bullying quite well, but bullying behavior was still carried out. Regarding the evaluation variable or behavioral impact, most did not know and did not feel the impact of bullying. In the behavioral motivation variable, the perpetrators were motivated to bully because it was fun for them and had thought about stopping bullying because they had received warnings and advice from those closest to them. It is suggested that the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service (in Indonesia known as DP3A) of Palu City should find out about providing maximum education and guidance to the parents of the perpetrators so that bullying behavior by those who become administrators or new members in the Palu City Nosarara children's forum does not occur. Parents should pay attention and always ask about the activities they are carrying out and understand their children's feelings so that they trust them and do not hesitate to talk about their children's problems

Exploratory Study on Interagency Collaboration in Child Protective Services

Exploratory Study on Interagency Collaboration in Child Protective Services