Safe Place Research Articles

Exploring space and practices of control in long-term residential care violence prevention strategies

Long-term residential care (LTRC) should be a safe place to work and to live, but it can be a site of violent situations for older people and staff. In this article, we draw on critical geographies, aging, and violence research to analyze how staff perceive, manage, and control the risk of violence in LTRC. Specifically, we explore the role of space as an instrument of control in places of care; the language of risk and risk containment in these places; and how movement figures into management of the risk of violence. Data included telephone and web-based semi-structured interviews with 29 staff in two Canadian provinces from 2021 to 2023, which were analyzed inductively. LTRC staff described having access to and support from other staff as an important feature of safe places. They also emphasized visibility, opportunities to escape from violent or threatening situations, being cognizant of objects that may be used as weapons and moving some residents to other tables, rooms, or specialized units. Finally, some staff acknowledged tensions between person-centered care and protecting staff and resident safety. Our analysis raises concerns about whether the management of space, objects, and activities employed to promote safety contribute to the care and dignity of older people. By drawing attention to the role of space, place, and risk containment in managing violent situations, we illustrate the important contributions of critical geography in troubling institutional care for older people.

Single-family rooms in neonatal intensive care: A qualitative analysis of fathers', mothers' and nurses' experiences

PurposeThe forced temporary relocation of part of a Danish neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) offered a unique opportunity to address the study aim of examining the real-time experiences of parents and nurses with SFRs. DesignTwo focus group interviews were conducted in June 2021: one with parents of newborns occupying SFRs (n = 6) and one with nurses (n = 5). Participants completed a self-reflection exercise as preparation for semi-structured interviews. Interview data were analyzed with thematic analysis. ResultsFour themes related to parents emerged from the data: 1) a place for joy and sorrow; 2) room for free speech and the father's expanded roles, 3) simulating home, and 4) self-paced connections to the world from a safe place. One theme related to nurses emerged: silence on the unit created tension. SFRs allowed parents to fully express their emotions, initiate family bonding, and decide when and how to connect with others outside their SFR. Fathers took a more active family role in the SFR setting. Nurses valued SFRs but struggled with assessing the unit as a whole while working in them. ConclusionsSFRs support speaking openly, expanded roles for fathers, and bonding, potentially enhancing family well-being and self-determination. Nurses found SFRs both valuable and challenging. Practice implicationsThis study provides new insights in SFRs and how it affects parents and nurses. This knowledge is useful for other hospital departments where remodeling from open bay units and shared rooms to SFR is being contemplated.

The Art of Forgiveness: Art-based inquiry into how art helped in the process of forgiveness

This article is a condensed summary of original qualitative and art-based research from the author’s doctoral dissertation. The focus of this research was to examine how eight participants had been assisted by various forms of art to work through their forgiveness process following grave injuries and injustices committed against them. Using response art-based research, their verbal accounts, gathered through semi-structured interviews, were examined and further reflected upon through summative poetic reflection and visual art created by the researcher. In so doing, the researcher captured key aspects of how art-making helped participants and communicated those findings artistically. Results indicate that art was facilitative in many ways including the externalization of complex emotions into concrete art forms that could be accessed and transformed into finding forgiveness in the safe place provided by the art.

A Case of Skin Burns Occurring during Laparoscopic Surgery

Skin burn injury from light cables is a rare complication of laparoscopic surgery. We report the case of a 57-year-old female who underwent laparoscopic-assisted right hemicolectomy under general anesthesia. During surgery, the anesthesiologist discovered that the tip of the light cable, with the light source powered on, penetrated the surgical drape and was positioned on the right forearm of the patient, where a bulla measuring 2.0× 2.5 cm in size and a second-degree burn were identified. All medical personnel participating in laparoscopic and arthroscopic procedures should always be aware that the light cable can cause burns to the patient. Additionally, after connecting the light cable to the scope, the light source should be activated. The light cable should not be placed around the patient or on the surgical drape while the light source is active. Immediately after completing the surgery, the power to the light source should be turned off, and the light cable should be placed in a safe place.

Adaptation of two woody plant species – Betula pubescens and Salix udensis to the high Arctic conditions (Tiksi settlement, Russia)

The positive trends in climate change that have become apparent in recent decades are accompanied by a shift in the range boundaries of many boreal plant species further north, to the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Monitoring the displacement of these boundaries, the introduction of plants unusual to the Arctic, as well as monitoring their adaptation to new conditions, is an important component of botanical research. In 2016, in the village Tiksi identified 2 species of woody plants – Betula pubescens and Salix udensis, known from the forest zone and not previously observed in this area. Obviously, both species appeared here due to the unintentional introduction of seeds by humans. Repeated observations of the condition of these species, conducted in 2023, showed that they exhibit stable vitality, withstood 7 winter periods and gave some increase in phytomass. Measurements of the area of the leaf blade of Betula pubescens and the size of 10 leaves of Salix udensis showed that these indicators are within the normal biological parameters of these species. Both species do not form generative structures yet. Salix udensis has grown significantly during the observation period, reaching a height of about 2.5 m. Perhaps this is the result of the protective influence of the building behind which it develops. Betula pubescens grows more slowly, hardly retains orthotropic shoots exceeding the average snow cover levels, which reach a height of 54 cm, but at the same time partially drained and deprived of foliage. Nevertheless, the lower part of the plant has fully leafy branches. Both species are valuable objects for further observations of their adaptation to Arctic conditions. Since Betula pubescens grows near the slope of the highway, it is recommended to move it to a safe place less susceptible to anthropogenic influence. Tiksi village, located in high latitudes, could serve as a good reference base for a wide range of scientific observations of plant adaptation to Arctic conditions. The optimal solution for this would be the creation of the Arctic Botanical Garden in Tiksi.

Psychological Well Being Wanita Pada Korban Kekerasan dalam Rumah Tangga

The household must be a safe place for all family members. However, in fact, many households become places of suffering and suffering due to acts of violence. For victims of domestic violence, achieving psychological well-being can be a big challenge considering the trauma they have experienced. The aim of this research is to find out the psychological well-being of victims of domestic violence. The research method employed involves conducting library research, which involves collecting secondary data from various sources such as literature books, research findings, journals, and articles. Research shows high rates of violence, depression, anxiety and PTSD among women receiving specialist domestic violence services.

“It turned out right for both of us”: A qualitative study about a preference for home death and actual place of death

This qualitative study was conducted in Norway to explore couples’ preference for home death when one of the partners was dying from cancer, and what made home death possible or not. We conducted dyad interviews with five couples. After the patients’ death, the spouses participated in individual interviews. The data were interpreted using thematic narrative analysis. One patient died at home, and three died in a healthcare institution. The narratives show how interdependency and mutual care were important when dealing with home death. When care needs were manageable at home, home was perceived a safe place and the preferred place for death. When care needs were experienced to become unmanageable at home, the sense of safety changed and admission to a health care institution was considered the best option. Regardless of place of death, the spouses experienced the end to have turned out right for their partner and themselves.

Unhomely Homes in Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, originally published in 1962, manifests the concept of "home" as both a physical space and a psychological state of the unhomely. This manifestation is an unsettling portrayal of home as a space and place, which serves as a locus of terror and estrangement within the narrative. The narration displays the idea of home through different locations such as room, house and prison each one of which deconstructs the idea of home by decentering it from its established conceptions of a safe, comfortable and cozy place. The juxtaposition of safe and unsafe situations related to home mainly reveals home within an estrangement through which home becomes a place of unhomely and uncanny, a location of terror framed by elements of family ties, cultural and political contexts. Through an examination of social and political dynamics, exemplified by the extreme actions of protagonist Alex and his gang of "droogs," the study aims to unravel the complexities of home as both a place and space of the unhomely and uncanny in Burgess's A Clockwork Orange.

Strategi Positif dalam Mengatasi Tantrum Pada Anak Usia Dini

Tantrums in early childhood are a phenomenon that often causes worry and stress for many parents. However, dealing with tantrums is not an easy task and often tests parents' patience and emotional resilience. Early childhood is at a stage of development where they are starting to learn to recognize and express their emotions. Lack of language skills and managing emotions makes them vulnerable to experiencing frustration which leads to tantrums. Therefore, it is important for parents to understand the causes of tantrums and know how to deal with them positively and constructively. This research uses a library research design that relies on primary data in the form of literature or previous research related to strategies for dealing with tantrums. The researcher carefully read the data sources. to identify parental parenting patterns on children's emotional stability. The information collected is then used as a guideline for educators' synergistic efforts in dealing with tantrums, so that they can overcome tantrums that often occur in everyday life. This research uses library sources, including research results in the form of books, journals, articles and other relevant sources. This article concludes by analyzing the data obtained from these sources and drawing conclusions. Based on the results of the theoretical study analysis, it can be concluded that a positive strategy for dealing with tantrums in early childhood is to (1) Recognize the factors that cause Tantrums including ( a) Child factors, namely the obstruction of the child's desire to get something (b) Parental factors or parenting style. Parental parenting styles influence the emergence of tantrums (c) children's needs that are not met. and (2) Get to know efforts to overcome tantrums. (a) Parents and educators can prevent this from happening by being aware of children's habits and knowing exactly when tantrums occur. (b) When a tantrum occurs, parents and educators should try to remain calm and control emotions. (c) After the tantrum is over, parents and educators should provide a sense of calm to the child, not punish or strengthen. (d) Parents and educators can minimize children's anger and ensure the safety of children and other people. (e) If anger causes confusion, immediately move the child to a safe place or away from other children. (f) Parents Educators can also observe children closely to observe when anger occurs most often. (g) If the tantrum occurs again, handle it with a time out

The Interactions of Musical Elements

This study analyses the early intersections between melody, rhythm and harmony, up to the recent emergence of new musical styles. Psychological studies of rhythm have shown that it has played an important role in social and relational experience. At the same time, it creates a sense of bonding between people and can alter the moods of several people at once and lead them in a unified direction. Melody, rhythm and tempo tell the listener that they are in a safe and good place, expressing a psychological need for a sense of security, providing a sense of life’s pulse, similarly to the heartbeat. Unfortunately, modern human life lacks the life-like rhythm that God provided for us in creation. Ritual is our identity, our memory, a continuation of the old, an exit from the individual sphere and an entry into a communal one, into a new role, suggesting a transition, accompanied by sounds, rhythm, song, music and dance Keywords: music, rhythm, melody, rites, syncopation phenomenon, Christian, Old Testament

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLE FORMATION AMONG EMPLOYEES OF HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

In recent years, there has been a sharp decline in the population of Ukraine. For this reason, the promotion of measures aimed at maintaining and improving health is becoming increasingly important. Its implementation requires financial and social support from the state, which is essential. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of economic and social factors on the adherence to a healthy lifestyle by medical school staff and future doctors. Methodology. The study involved 73 respondents in the age groups of 22-24 and 25-35, of whom 37 were students of 4-6 years of KNMU; 26 were KNMU educators and 10 were educators from V. N. Karazin KNU. The sociological research was conducted by means of a survey. The questionnaire was distributed using Google forms in the relevant groups on Viber, Telegram and Instagram. Results. When analysing the data of the study, the following data were obtained: the observance of a healthy lifestyle is mainly influenced by the lack of financial support, the lack of preferential conditions for the purchase of season tickets or sports equipment. In addition, there is a lack of safe places for mass sports and/or physical culture. Another factor that has a significant impact on the observance of a healthy lifestyle is insufficient health education, as none of the respondents mentioned the implementation of educational activities to clarify the importance and benefits of maintaining and improving one's health and the degree of responsibility that the individual bears. At the same time, the data obtained point to a number of issues that need to be addressed: firstly, it is necessary to improve the legal framework to ensure compliance with a healthy lifestyle; secondly, it is essential to implement measures to support and promote the maintenance of health, in particular the abandonment of bad habits. It is also advisable to provide funding for the creation of safe places for mass sports/physical culture and assistance in the provision of subscriptions and necessary sports equipment on preferential terms. Conclusion. Thus, summarising the above information, it can be concluded that the issue of supporting a healthy lifestyle requires close attention from the state, justification for attracting economic resources and society as a whole. The data obtained are a prerequisite for the development of measures to promote a healthy lifestyle, in particular the promotion and clarification of the positive consequences of observing and maintaining health, with mandatory visual confirmation and clear justification of this statement. At the same time, in order to implement this line of action, it is necessary to take into account the experience of the countries of the European Union, especially with regard to the improvement of the regulatory and legal framework.

Inovasi Dan Promosi Unit Usaha Dan Lembaga Pendidikan

The development of the business world and educational institutions is increasingly rapid. Business units and educational institutions are required to be able to compete so that their products can be accepted and survive. Presenting innovation and promotion is a necessity so that business units and educational institutions continue to exist. This research will discuss innovation and promotion of educational institutions. The research method used in this research is qualitative literature study. The results of this study show that innovation in business units can be done by understanding various types of innovation, empowering reliable innovators, redefining metrics and incentives, providing facilities and creating a safe place. Innovation in educational institutions is carried out with 2 models, namely top-down models and bottom-down models. Meanwhile, the promotion of business units and educational institutions is carried out in several stages, namely: planning, organizing, actuating and controlling.

Peer-Run Respite Approaches to Supporting People Experiencing an Emotional Crisis.

Research shows that guests experience peer-run respites as empowering and safe places where they feel more seen, heard, and respected than they do in conventional settings. This column describes the successful and unique processes of peer-run respites that support guests in emotional crisis and facilitate healing. In a discussion informed by their experiences and the literature, the authors examine how peer-run respites differ from conventional psychiatric crisis response services in their basic philosophy: how emotional crisis is understood, the goal of crisis response, how trauma is viewed, the importance of self-determination, power dynamics, and relationality.

Identifying how pre-existing resources combine to shape the experiences of work and family life of a diverse sample of working parents with at least one child in primary school in Scotland during COVID-19 pandemic-related social restrictions: a qualitative descriptive design

ObjectivesThis study aimed to identify factors that shaped working parents (WPs’) experiences of COVID-19-related social restrictions and analyse the relationships between those factors.DesignA qualitative descriptive design was used to collect...

“There Is No Safe Place in This Plant”: Refugee Workers in Canadian Meatpacking and the Limits of Permanent Legal Status

Following spring 2020’s deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in the Alberta meatpacking industry, we conducted research with meatpackers who were formerly resettled refugees and now Canadian permanent residents (PRs) or Canadian citizens. Research with temporary foreign workers often promotes permanent legal status as a solution to poor conditions of precarious work in Canada, but even with permanent immigration status, former refugees experienced a large gap between their rights as “guaranteed” by the state through their PR status and their daily work in meatpacking plants in rural Alberta. Work in the plants is dangerous, dirty, and difficult, and employees found it difficult to enact their rights as workers. Access to adequate breaks, sick days, and other mandated requirements was reported to be contested and contingent. Former refugees working in this sector experience unexpected “unfreedom.”

“It’s Comfortable at Camp”: Emotional Safety at a Summer Camp for Youth with Visual Impairments

Research has shown that summer camps provide unique opportunities for positive youth development, due in part to the emotionally safe environments they can provide (Garst et al., 2016; Henderson et al., 2005; Sibthorp et al., 2010). Emotionally safe environments consist of “a combination of inclusion, belonging, trust, care, and the absence of bullying and exclusion” (Wong et al., 2022). Summer camp programs can also be emotionally safe places for young people to develop self-determination skills, while school may not provide the same safety, particularly for students with visual impairments (Garst et al., 2011; Opie, 2018; Sibthorp et al., 2010). This research utilizes a theoretical framework of positive youth development to investigate emotional safety for children with visual impairments at summer camp. This research on emotional safety was part of a larger mixed- methods study on self-determination at an educational sports camp for youth with visual impairments. Athletes and coaches at an educational sports camp for youth with visual impairments in the mid-Atlantic United States completed qualitative questionnaires regarding self-determination at camp. Five randomly selected athletes also participated in semi-structured interviews. Both questionnaires and interviews highlighted instances of meaningful adult interaction, emotional support, and inclusion throughout the week of camp. Additionally, the data resulting from questionnaires and interviews revealed that comfort in asking questions and relationships between athletes contributed to an emotionally safe environment. Limitations included low sample size, compounding impact of multiple years of camp attendance, differences between this camp and other similar camps, and familiarity of the researcher. The present study supports the prior research on summer camp, finding that low child-to-staff ratios, emotional support, and inclusion contribute to emotionally safe environments (Garst et. al, 2011; Henderson et al., 2005). Additionally, at a summer camp for youth with visual impairments, relationships between athletes and comfort asking questions supported emotional safety.

‘Welcome to Dounreay’: Ideological narratives of hospitality at the Dounreay visitor centre, c.1960–2007

Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment (NPDE) was built in the far north-east of Scotland due to the possible ‘misbehaviour’ of the technology and the dangerous nature of the materials involved. From 1960 to the eve of decommissioning in 2007, despite numerous health and safety issues across the Dounreay nuclear facility, a visitor centre operated there. Initially, its purpose was to satisfy public curiosity and provide information about the atomic work being undertaken. From the 1970s, however, the objective of the Dounreay visitor centre shifted, to focus on overcoming public objections to nuclear power. Archive material made available by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) was analysed according to themes addressed in the literature review. Findings reveal an ideological narrative curated by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and presented to the public via exhibitions, brochures, hands-on displays and outreach activities. At the visitor centre, Dounreay and its associated technologies were simplified, ‘banalized’, via a narrative that sought to frame an inhospitable destination (Dounreay) as a safe, welcoming and hospitable place to visit.

Swindle instinct of the beetle Bactrocera cucurbitae coquillett (Diptera: tephritidae), A study at Ramgarh (Jharkhand, India).

The insect pest Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: tephritidae ) exhibit remarkable resistance to achieve the goal of life in adverse condition. This insect pest is one of the most successful worrier of the pest community. This beetle is commonly known as the lemon fruit fly. Higher degree of adaptation in any adverse climatic condition as extreme temperature, scarcity of food, extreme dryness, extreme cold it protect itself and make its life easy to successful survival and reproduction, this character explore its population to world-wide. The beetle Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett is a serious agriculture pest of Ramgarh (Jharkhand, India) damage the crop and tender a significant loss to the farmers. Morphology of adult, camouflage with crop field, mating at dusk and good fleer are the character to make the life of beetle successful. Larva of Bactrocera cucurvitae Coquillett have a remarkable degree of adaptation at any disturbance or threaten it become motionless and feigning death and after a minute it move fast to the safe place, it is a defensive mechanism also. These character makes the Bactrocera cucurbitae coquillett crucial, serious and a challenge for effective pest management strategies and also attract the researcher for observation and experimental studies. To control the pest population biological control is effective some braconids as Opius fletcheri and Opius compensan parasitize the pupa of pest. For rapid control some synthetic insecticides may be effective as Malathion, Dimethoate and Fenitrothion .. KEYWORDS :Beetle, adaptation, climate, survival, agriculture, feigning death, biological control, insecticide.

“This is Not My War:” Moral Challenges Faced by Migrant Home Care Workers at Times of War

ObjectiveThe present study aimed to examine the experiences of migrant home care workers following the October 7 massacre and the Israel-Hamas war that followed. MethodsAbout 25 interviews with migrant home care workers were conducted. Interviews were analyzed thematically. ResultsAn overarching theme of moral challenges at times of war was identified. The first theme addressed the challenges faced by migrant home care workers who find themselves during a war that is not theirs. A second theme concerned the requirement to seek shelter within a very short period, which means that at least some older care recipients under certain conditions are unable to reach a safe room on time. The third theme concerned the dilemma of staying in Israel versus going home to a safe place, given the ongoing war. ConclusionsThe findings highlight the interdependence which is formed within the migrant home care arrangement and the challenges faced by migrant home care workers, who transitioned for financial reasons, but found themselves in a war situation with financial, emotional, and social commitments that challenge their loyalties.

Prevent Bullying at SDN Margosono as an Implementation of A Safe and Comfortable School Life

As a second home, schools should be a safe and comfortable place for students to gain knowledge. However, a safe and comfortable environment is always overshadowed by a scary specter with the rampant cases of bullying that occur in the school environment. Bullying is an act carried out with the aim of hurting in the form of verbal, physical or psychological by someone who feels strong to someone who is weaker. This is the background to the socialization of bullying prevention at SDN Margosono. With several stages that have been carried out by the community service, it can be obtained that the socialization of bullying prevention can greatly reduce bullying activities that often occur in the school environment. This is proven by the evaluation carried out by the community service after the socialization that there were no more bullying cases because the students themselves understood the forms and impacts of bullying