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The INSIGHT project: reflections on the co-production of a quality recognition programme to showcase excellence in public involvement in health and care research

BackgroundThe quality of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in healthcare research varies considerably and is frequently tokenistic. We aimed to co-produce the Insight | Public Involvement Quality Recognition and Awards programme, based on the UK Standards for Public Involvement (UKSPI) alongside an incremental scale designed by Expert Citizens (a lived experience-led community group), to incentivise and celebrate continuous improvement in PPI.MethodsWe used Task and Finish Groups (19/44 [43%] public contributor membership) to co-produce the programme which we piloted in three organisations with different healthcare research models. We used surveys and review sessions to capture learning and reflections.ResultsWe co-created:A Quality descriptor matrix comprising four incremental quality levels (Welcoming, Listening, Learning, Leading) for each UKSPI standard.An assessment framework including guidance materials, self-assessment form and final report template.An assessor training package.The quality awards event format and nomination form. These materials were modified based on pilot-site feedback.Of survey respondents: 94.4% felt they had made at least ‘Some’ personal contribution (half said ‘Quite a lot’/‘A great deal’), 88.9% said they were ‘Always’/‘Often’ able to express their views freely and, 100% stated the programme would have ‘A lot of impact’/‘Quite a bit of impact’.During the project, we identified the importance of taking time to explain project aims and contributor roles, adapting to the needs of individual contributors and, using smaller bespoke sessions outside the main Task and Finish Groups.ConclusionsWe co-produced and piloted a quality recognition programme to incentivise and celebrate continuous quality improvement in PPI. One public contributor stated, “I feel strongly that the Insight framework and awards will raise awareness of the [public involvement] work going on in many community settings. [It] is likely to result in better sharing of positive practice, incentivising research groups of any size to start work or to improve the quality of [PPI] could be one of the main benefits. I’m excited that if this initiative takes off, regionally and then in the longer term nationally, it could be a significant step in advancing the [public] voice.”

ОЦЕНКА ОБЕСПЕЧЕННОСТИ ВИТАМИНОМ D ЮНЫХ СПОРТСМЕНОВ

Optimal vitamin D supplementation is necessary for the normal course of growth and develop-ment processes, bone formation, prevention of stress fractures, improvement of recovery after injuries and physical exertion in young athletes. There is a high prevalence of vitamin D deficien-cy in children and adolescents in Russia currently. The number of studies on the prevalence of vitamin D metabolic disorders in young athletes is insufficient. The purpose of this research was to assess the vitamin D availability in young athletes. Methods used: cross-sectional, single-center study included young athletes from 24 kinds of sports who underwent medical examination in March to July, 2022. Serum 25-hydroxycalciferol (25(OH)D3) was measured in all athletes using the chemiluminescence analysis. Results: 527 young athletes (254 (48.2%) boys/273 (51.8%) girls) aged 10 to 17 years and 11 months old (average 15.2 [14.2; 16.5] y/o) were examined. Vit-amin D deficiency (25(OH)D3 <20 ng/ml) was detected in 226 (42.9%) athletes, of which severe deficiency (25(OH)D3 <10 ng/ml) was in 5 (2%). Vitamin D insufficiency was diagnosed in 219 (41.6%), and the optimal level of 25(OH)D3 (>30 ng/ml) was detected only in 82 (15.5%). There were no statistically significant gender differences in the frequency of occurrence of vitamin D insufficiency (p=0.561) and deficiency (p=0.673). Conclusion: extremely low vitamin D availa-bility in young athletes was revealed. Conducting further research on the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and ways to correct it in young athletes is necessary to start working on recommended optimizing and preventive and therapeutic approaches to correcting of the vitamin D levels in high-performance youth sports.

ТЕХНІКА ДИРИГУВАННЯ ЯК ВАЖЛИВИЙ ЕЛЕМЕНТ ДИРИГЕНТСЬКО-ХОРОВОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ ВЧИТЕЛІВ МУЗИЧНОГО МИСТЕЦВА: МЕТОДИЧНИЙ АСПЕКТ

The article raises the issue of the role of conducting and choral training of future music art teachers of pedagogical institutions of higher education as a necessary component of the training process of a teacher-choirmaster, head of a school choir. The relevance of the mentioned problem is determined by the need for students to develop skills and abilities to manage children’s choral singing, as well as their preparation for practical work with a choral team. The article proves the importance of working on the technique of conducting with students in the framework of the discipline «Practicum of vocal and choral training». It is noted that the technique of conducting is included in the technological preparation of the future music art teacher as an important means of managing choral performance, and various approaches to the definition of this concept in the works of Ukrainian scientists are analyzed. In the process of analysis, it is justified that mastering the technique of conducting includes a whole set of abilities and skills that students – future teachers of musical art receive. The article highlights the stages of work on the conducting technique. The content of the specified work at each of the stages of training is highlighted. The work offers a variety of exercises aimed at improving students’ conducting techniques, their content and performance methods are presented. It is emphasized that the hands are the most important part of the conductor’s apparatus and require special attention and a number of special exercises. It is recommended to start work precisely with exercises to release this part of the conductor's apparatus. Attention is focused on exercises for general liberation, development of a sense of the integrity of the hands and the relationship of their individual parts (hands, forearms, shoulders), to develop muscle tension and relaxation, as well as a group of exercises that will reduce or completely eliminate stiffness of the hands during conducting. The article describes in detail the most interesting methods and techniques of conducting training of future music art teachers, which contribute to effective work in the class of choral conducting and development of the performance skills of the teacher-musician. Keywords: conducting and choral training, conducting technique, future music art teachers, conducting apparatus, a conductor’s gesture, auftact.

O Metamorfozach Owidiusza z Haarlemu

The article considers a series of relief prints by Hendrik Goltzius. The artist intended for these prints to become an ‘illustrated companion’ to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, or, alternatively, a sort of mirror image that reflects the poetic world of Metamorphoses in another creative medium. The first part of this analysis surveys Goltzius’ creative career and examines which life events might have encouraged the artist to start working on his adaptation of Metamorphoses. In the second part of the article, we discuss the creation of Goltzius’ drawings and copperplate engravings, explaining why the work of this Haarlem artist represents a historic breakthrough in the illustrative tradition of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Finally, the third part of the article assesses whether Goltzius’ Metamorphoses prints adhere to established conventions of the emblematic art (ars emblematica).

513 Surgical Science Secrets - an Innovative Way to Supplement Undergraduate Surgical Education

Abstract Aim In recent years undergraduate medical curriculum has been focusing on general practice. Together with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, time spent on surgical education has been significantly reduced. Hence, medical graduates feel stressful when start working in surgical rotations. Our team has designed a peer reviewed teaching derived from National Undergraduate Surgical Curriculum which aims to prepare medical graduates for their surgical jobs. Method Four fundamental series covering general, orthopaedics, head and neck and vascular surgery were delivered every fortnight online from April to October 2022. Audience was invited to rate from a Likert Scale 1-5 to assess their confidence levels before and after the sessions. Sign test is used to ascertain whether the change in confidence level is statistically significant. Mann-Whitney U test is used to compare inter-series difference. Results There were in total 744 participants from UK and overseas medical schools. The average confidence level before and after the teaching sessions were 3.23 and 4.19. The change was statistically significant in each series (p<0.05) Majority of the audience preferred case discussions and MCQ-based teachings which helped with their final exam preparation. There was no inter-series statistical difference between orthopaedics and head and neck series (p>0.05). However, other series had demonstrated differences due to inconsistent audience size. Conclusions Online peer-to-peer teaching is a new trend to medical education since COVID-19 pandemic. With high yield contents and practice questions, it can enhance participants’ confidence in making medical decisions. Future work should be conducted with a constructive aligned teaching to standardise undergraduate medical education.

Prevalence of musculoskeletal system problems in children working in Turkey's automotive industry.

This epidemiology study was conducted to determine the musculoskeletal system problems of children working in the automotive industry and related factors affecting them in the province of Şanlıurfa, the Turkish province where the child population is the highest at 44.9%. A cross-sectional descriptive type study of 256 children aged 7-17 years working in Şanlıurfa Evren Auto Industry Site and Birecik Fırat Auto Industry Site was carried out between April and September 2021. The majority (55.9%) of the children spent most of their time afoot while working and had musculoskeletal symptoms, with a duration of more than one year. The body areas with the most symptoms were the waist, feet, and hands, respectively. These symptoms had not occurred before a child started working and were affected by the posture they worked in, and their daily working and sleep hours. Public health nurses are in a position to ensure that tetanus vaccination of working children, employment examinations, routine health checks, and necessary personal protective equipment are available. They can also work to ensure that children work for legal periods, get paid their wages, have health insurance, receive apprenticeship training, and only start working when they reach the age of being an apprentice or apprentice candidate.

Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Resource for a Sámi Mathematics Curriculum

Northern Norway’s population comprises many different cultural groups. According to the Norwegian Education Act, education must give students insight into and a firm foundation in history and culture. This paper aims to present a proposal for how to start working with the creation of local rural mathematics curricula for which Sámi culture in particular, and Northern Norwegian culture in general, is the basis and foundation. It examines three activities that are examples of intangible cultural heritage from different non-urban Northern Norwegian cultures: i) Sámi traditional measuring, ii) fishermen’s traditional navigation at sea and iii) ruvden (a Sámi way of braiding). The activities are analysed with respect to the framework cultural symmetry, which was developed in research in Māori mathematics education. The analysis shows that the three activities are of great significance to local cultural reasoning to such an extent that they should be included in local rural mathematics education. Each of the three activities provides opportunities for developing a culture-based mathematics teaching that values the language and culture in which the activities are embedded. We conclude that cultural symmetry seems to function as a tool for developing a Sámi mathematics curriculum.

Selection, socialization, and risk preferences in the finance industry: Longitudinal evidence for German finance professionals

The financial sector plays a crucial role in society. Consequently, prior research has examined the preferences of professionals working in finance. However, these studies have tended to be cross-sectional and have neglected the dynamic roles played by (self-)selection and socialization. This paper uses longitudinal data from Germany to examine how individuals’ financial risk preferences affect their likelihood of starting and stopping work as a finance professional. Additionally, this work studies how socialization in the finance industry affects financial risk preferences. Our results indicate that individuals who are more risk tolerant are more likely to enter the finance industry, but their risk preferences do not affect their likelihood of exiting the industry. Furthermore, socialization in the finance industry does not appear to significantly strengthen finance professionals’ financial risk preferences. We conclude that the average financial risk preferences of finance professionals are mostly shaped by individuals entering the industry. As such, policies aimed at changing risk preferences in the finance industry should be targeted at recruitment, at least in Germany. This study has important practical implications for the finance industry, as it suggests that recruitment policies can play a crucial role in shaping the risk preferences of finance professionals.

Just-in-time interprofessional training: lessons from the NHS Nightingale London

The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic placed significant pressure on healthcare systems across the globe, with many clinicians redeployed in unfamiliar specialties or disciplines. In England, a just-in-time interprofessional training and education programme was rapidly established to upskill nearly 2,500 people who volunteered to work at the NHS Nightingale London Hospital. Of the 488 respondents in our evaluation, representing a 20% response rate, most felt confident and safe to start work in NHS Nightingale London. Key findings were: streaming of learners should be driven by predicted shared roles in the workplace and previous experience; in situ training to experience how teams work together in the real clinical setting was well received; and online learning should be focused on essential learning. A just-in-time interprofessional training programme can be effective in upskilling and redeploying healthcare staff in emergency situations, and can be useful for supporting staff redeployment or upskilling across the NHS more widely.

Adult Education in Institutions of Vocational (Technical and Vocational) Education. Current Performance and Development Prospects

The vocational (technical and vocational) education (V(TV)E) of adults constitutes an important component of the continuous lifelong learning. The article’s objective is to analyze the current performance of adult training in (P(PT)E) institutions and outline future development prospects for this component in the context of existing challenges of martial law and the postwar rebuilding of the Ukrainian infrastructure. The years of 2021 and 2022 witnessed the gradually increasing numbers of the unemployed population that were admitted to (P(PT)E) institutions for the primary professional training.
 Ukraine had been taking effective measures to engage adults, first and foremost unemployed ones, in V(TV)E institutions. Its legal and normative framework is the amendments in the current Law of Ukraine “Professional (Professional Technical) Education”, especially with respect to obtaining partial professional qualifications with purpose of training and retraining by short-term programs for specific needs in the country’s rebuilding. On the basis of centers for practical training, V(TV)E institutions and their social partners offer the adult population, including internally displaced persons, short-term module courses allowing one to quickly learn a profession and start working, which will help him/her quickly enter the labor market and meet the domestic economy needs in skilled staff. More than 30 types of short-term module courses for adult population are being offered in all the Ukrainian regions located at a distance from the warfare zone. The professional training in Ukraine is organized by the cluster approach, with high performing education & production clusters of industry focus, offering course training to the adult population. The existing situation can be improved, with adult population, unemployed one in particular, encouraged to train in V(TV)E institutions, though expanding public-private partnerships, especially the above-mentioned clusters. Another important step is elaborating and implementing effective actions aimed at popularization of V(TV)E among the adult population. Of the regulatory measures, the approval of new Laws of Ukraine “On Vocational and Technical Education” and “Adult Education” should be highlighted.

Рынок углеродных единиц как экономико-правовой инструмент развития биоэкономических систем в России

The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the launch in 2022 of the Sakhalin experiment - a pilot project in the field of the carbon units market in Russia. The purpose of the article is to analyze the market of carbon units as an effective economic mechanism for the development of bioeconomy in the world and in Russia. The material for the work was the legislation in the field of the Sakhalin experiment, statistical data, as well as current publications by Russian and foreign authors on the topic of carbon markets. The authors used statistical analysis, as well as general economic and special methods of scientific research. As a result of the study, the mechanisms for the formation of the market for carbon units were studied, and the market for carbon units itself was analyzed as an economic and legal tool for the development of bioeconomic systems on a national and international scale. The analysis of statistical information showed that the carbon market almost doubled from 2018 to 2020, as well as its extremely uneven distribution among the countries of the world: 88% of the carbon market falls on the EU countries and 10% on the USA, the role of other countries is insignificant. In Russia, the carbon market was launched in an experimental form on Sakhalin only in September 2022, but the first results of the experiment can only be assessed in 2024, when the first quotas start working. In 2025, it is planned to achieve carbon neutrality in the Sakhalin Region.

Delay differential equation of the 2nd order and it's an oscillation yardstick

This study focuses on studying an oscillation of a second-order delay differential equation. Start work, the equation is introduced here with adequate provisions. All the previous is braced by theorems and examplesthat interpret the applicability and the firmness of the acquired provisions

Problems of protecting the rights of seamen in the conditions of the armed conflict in Ukraine: Ukrainian seamen are key workers

Ukraine is a recognized supplier of highly qualified maritime personnel in the international arena: every 20th officer in the merchant fleet in the world is from Ukraine. Therefore, protection of the rights of seafarers during the armed conflict in Ukraine and in emergency situations of various nature in general is an urgent problem today.
 With the introduction of martial law in Ukraine, a general mobilization was announced and the departure of men aged 18 to 60 from the territory of Ukraine abroad was restricted. However, the rule prohibiting travel abroad limits or even makes impossible the seafarer's right to work due to the peculiarities of his profession. While the recognition of Ukrainian sailors as key workers will provide an opportunity to overcome administrative restrictions and ensure the stability of maritime supply chains.
 The issue of working out the latest aspects of seafarers' labor standards in modern conditions indicates the need to ensure the rights of seafarers who, due to military operations, cannot update their qualification documents, as well as the extension of the terms of employment contracts of seafarers who are on ships, taking into account the peculiarities of the repatriation of seafarers, as well as provision of passage and visa support for seafarers for their passage on ships. Flag states should ensure the implementation of a number of measures to guarantee the right of seafarers to continue active work on ships and simplify as much as possible all visa restrictions for seafarers to start work on ships and use the seafarer's identity card as the main travel (transit) document for seafarers.

Setting priorities in CNF particle size measurement: What is needed vs. what is feasible

Measuring the size of cellulose nanomaterials can be challenging, especially in the case of branched and entangled cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs). The International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 6, Task Group 1—Cellulosic Nanomaterials, is exploring opportunities to develop standard methods for the measurement of CNF particle size and particle size distribution. This paper presents a summary of the available measuring techniques, responses from a survey on the measurement needs of CNF companies and researchers, and outcomes from an international workshop on cellulose nanofibril measurement and standardization. Standardization needs differed among groups, with Japanese companies mostly requiring measurements for product specification and production control, and other companies mostly needing measurements for safety/regulatory purposes and for grade definitions in patents. Among all the companies, average length and width with percentiles (D(10), D(50), D(90)) were the most desired measurands. Workshop participants concurred that defining the location(s) on the CNF at which to measure the width and the length is an urgent and complex question. They also agreed that methods are needed for rapid particle size measurement at the nanoscale. Our recommendation within ISO is to start work to revise the definition of CNFs and develop sample preparation and measurement guidelines. It was also recommended that further research be done to reproducibly prepare hierarchical branched CNF structures and characterize them, develop automated image analysis for hierarchical branched CNF structures, and develop a classification system encompassing measurements at multiple size ranges from micro- to nanoscale to fully characterize and distinguish CNF samples.

Gender Conflict and its Effect on Women before and after the World War II

Purpose: Women and men are completing each other, this is nature, and the conflict of women and men is historical, they both have the right in living, enjoying and producing, humans love power naturally and always seek for their rights. Both men and women are struggling to stand and make remarkable things to show their abilities to each other and to take a role in life.
 The purpose of this article is to discuss this historical conflict between the two genders and show the effect of this conflict on women before and after World War II by discussing the A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf and The Homecoming by Harold Pinter. There are many faces of this conflict but this article will discuss two of them, the educational and the sexual ones as they are the main two faces of this gender conflict.
 Methodology: The problem that has no name is in fact the rights of women, the role of women in society, and the conflict between gender equality. Women were killed, raped, left without education, abused only because of their gender, from birth her parents teach her not to ask about her rights or think of herself but to obey her husband, father and brother, just like a salve, educated women present threaten to the patriarchal society for this reason they insisted not to educate women to keep the power in men’s hand. Although women conditions were very hard and they needed a long time but they also could make some change (Doolittle n.p)
 After the end of the Second World War there were emerging issues concerning the role of women in the society, whether they should be part of the small society inside their homes or start working and engage with the large society outside. Such significant issues of women's role in the society escalated conventional notions of male and female roles and responsibilities in the society. The identity of women started developing and emerging as a topic started taking its role in the society. The role-played by women themselves in constructing these identities and the insights gained into the ambivalence of the female role in the 1950s, lead her to urge a re-evaluation of 'consensus' politics and a redefinition of what we mean by work (Shaw).
 Findings: After a long struggle through decades asking about their rights women had a great role in the civil society in the 1950s. In the Second World War they found themselves in front of a big challenge, either they survive and defend their homes, country and families, or they lose them. Women start filling the missing part of men who went to war. They involved in different sectors, Industry, Agriculture, Army and others to stand up for the country. After the war ends women tried hard to keep their jobs but many of them were forced by men to leave their jobs and go back home that the society did not give the role of woman the value it deserves (History At a Glance: Women in World War II).
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study presented a highly negative image of the society and ignored the presence of virtue and ethics in both American and English societies, which resulted in an unrealistic and flawed depiction of both men, and women in that era. Therefore its recommended that more studies should be done to resolve the conflict of gender roles and dominance in the society.

30 years of primary health care reforms in Estonia: The role of financial incentives to achieve a multidisciplinary primary health care system

Estonia has a legacy of hospital-focused service provision, but since the 1990s, has introduced a series of reforms to strengthen primary health care (PHC). The recent PHC reforms have placed an increasing focus on multidisciplinary care, involving home nurses, midwives, and physiotherapists, and emphasize PHC centres over single physician practices. These incremental reforms, without a supporting legal basis nor explicitly defined timelines and targets, nonetheless demonstrated the ability of financial incentives to drive change. EU structural funds in particular provided essential funding for infrastructure investments in PHC. Yet not all stakeholders supported these initiatives, largely due to the uncertain sustainability of funding. The EHIF also adjusted contract and payment terms to support PHC reforms, with some concessions to PHC providers operating as single practitioners. Despite substantial progress over the last three decades to shift the focus to PHC, there are some important bottlenecks that hinder the progress. These include PHC providers’ hesitance to give up their freedom as single practitioners, low interest from specialists to start working at the PHC level, and a lack of financial incentives and adequate funding for a broader scope of PHC services. This looks to become more challenging in the future, as nearly half of family physicians are 60 years old or older. The development of the new PHC strategy in 2023 is very timely to comprehensively address these bottlenecks and to set the vision for the future of PHC in Estonia.

From one flooding crisis to the next: Negotiating ‘the maybe’ in unequal Karachi

AbstractEvery few years, Karachi floods during the summer monsoon. The flooding brings latent manoeuvrings by political actors looking to establish their hold over the city to the surface. Politicians, urban administrators, and relevant state and non‐state institutions blame historical planning failures, informal and illegal constructions, institutional conflict, incapable municipal governance, and widespread corruption for the flooding. They move quickly to establish authority and consolidate power while offering ‘fixes’. Eviction drives against ‘illegal settlements’ built along storm‐water drains, heavy taxes, fines, and demolitions of non‐conforming constructions, institutional reforms, budget allocations, and project approvals for new infrastructure all happen at once. Once the emergency ceases, key players in urban politics – resident groups, community associations, political parties, municipal authorities, land developers, planners, international non‐governmental organisations, and military institutions – start working on projects of accumulation and entrenchment, in preparation for the next crisis. In this paper, we look at the space–time of Karachi's certain and yet uncertain flooding crisis as a moment to study the politics of the maybe in the Pakistani megacity. Outlining marginal and affluent residents' lived experiences in a flooding city and relating their politics with governmental responses to immediate and possible future floods, we study the conditions of inhabitation, citizenship claims, and governmental relations in Karachi. We argue that the monsoon's expectant arrival becomes a locus for articulating and modulating different kinds of popular vernaculars, governmental practices, and political manoeuvrings for institutional and individual actors seeking profit and power in and through Karachi. The politics of the maybe hinges on actors entrenching their political positions without care, taking away any possibility for a shared, coherent worldview for all Karachiites. In conclusion, we argue that distant interests and logics of this politics of governance and inhabitation are inherently exploitative, threatening to pull apart the very city they thrive on.

Exploring readiness for implementing goal-oriented care in primary care using normalization process theory.

To use normalization process theory (NPT) to build a strategy for the implementation of goal-oriented care (GOC) in primary care in Flanders, Belgium. GOC is a possible approach to more coordinated and integrated care and tailors care to patients' personal life goals. The concept has gained interest among policy makers and researchers, but the main drivers for successful implementation are the primary healthcare professionals (PHCPs) who need to see added value of GOC in order to embed it into their daily practice. NPT, developed to understand the processes of implementing new ways of organizing care, offers a useful lens to understand adoption of GOC in primary care practice. PHCPs (n = 131) who participated in a 2-hour community meeting on GOC were asked to complete the Normalization MeAsure Development survey. This 23-item survey is based on NPT and describes participants' views about how an intervention would impact their work, their expectations about it, and whether it could become a routine part of their work. The NPT constructs coherence (sense-making work) and cognitive participation (relational work) showed positive tendency toward implementation of GOC. The participants had an initial understanding on GOC and there was much interest in supporting and start working with this approach. The other constructs collective action (operational work) and reflexive monitoring (appraisal work) will need further efforts to trigger implementation. A common ground is needed to integrate GOC as a common practice which can be achieved by intensive interprofessional collaboration.

Psychosocial preparedness among homeless people: A study from an urban rehabilitation center in South India.

Homeless people have difficulties in their basic necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter and they are prone to physical abuse and assault. Homeless mentally ill persons are found to have unhealed injuries and they lack help-seeking behavior, which leads to further deterioration of physical and mental health. In view of the alarming increase in this marginalized population, there is a need to understand their psychosocial needs and enhance their well-being and quality of life. The study aims to understand the psychosocial preparedness of homeless people admitted to a relief and rehabilitation center in Bengaluru. The study followed a descriptive research design with 90 participants (10% of total inmates), 45 participants each falling under the categories of homeless persons with mental illness (HMI) and homeless persons without mental illness (NMI), selected using a simple random sampling method. A semi-structured interview schedule was used for data collection. Statistics procedures used frequency distribution, mean, median, and standard deviations and inferential statistics such as the Chi-square test. The results of the study show that the majority of the respondents (56% in HMI and 73% in NMI) were male, 62% in HMI and 60% in NMI were literate, 60% in HMI and 86.66% in NMI were employed before institutionalization, 73% in HMI and 69% in NMI belonged to nuclear family. The study also shows that the majority of the HMI (56%) had no plans to start work; however, the majority of the NMI (49%) had plans to start work. Mean scores indicate persons with mental illness have more psychosocial preparedness than persons without mental illness. The results showed that there was no significant difference between the mean level of psychosocial preparedness among persons with mental illness and persons without mental illness.

Potential labor force in Russian regions: GRP production loss estimate

The paper presents an assessment of losses in the production of gross regional product from underutilization of labor in the regions of the Russian Federation. The analysis was carried out on the development of 1 employed person, losses in GRP production were calculated on the basis of the number of potential labor force according to the Rosstat Labor Force Surveys for 2021. In our country, the number of potential labor is decreasing, in the structure of potential labor, the largest number of inactive population is observed in a group of people who are not looking for work, but are ready to start work. It is noted that there remains a significant regional differentiation in the production of 1 employed and the number of potential labor. Analysis of losses in GRP production from the non-use of potential labor showed that the greatest losses are characteristic of regions with a relatively high unemployment rate.