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Enablers and barriers for hearing parents with deaf children: Experiences of parents and workers in Wales, UK
Get PDFMore than 90% of deaf children are born to hearing families who know little about deafness. Benefits from hearing screening at birth are often lost, as families find little information about pathways for deaf children but are key to ensuring deaf children receive relevant language and communication support. Systems surrounding deaf children and family members are crucial for children's health and social development. Experiences of hearing parents raising deaf children and understanding factors that influence families' experience of navigating pathways for deaf children through health and education services are currently underreported
Developing networks to improve practice, policy and education with Deaf communities
Get PDFThis reflection explores my journey working with Deaf communities around improving mental health and learning how Deaf people are affected by health inequalities. It includes information on why Deaf people are at risk of mental health problems and how we can work together to improve mental health services particularly for Deaf people
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Quantitative structure of stable sets in finite abelian groups
Get PDFWe prove an arithmetic regularity lemma for stable subsets of finite abelian groups, generalising our previous result for high-dimensional vector spaces over finite fields of prime order. A qualitative version of this generalisation was recently obtained by the first author in joint work with Conant and Pillay, using model-theoretic techniques. In contrast, the approach in the present paper is highly quantitative and relies on several key ingredients from arithmetic combinatorics
‘A Mindful ACT’- testing the feasibility and acceptability of a brief psychosocial intervention designed to accompany osteopathy treatment for people who live with persistent pain
Get PDFBackground: Persistent pain represents a significant burden for individuals and society, exerting a profound effect on quality of life and posing a significant strain on healthcare resources. Novel interventions are needed to reduce the impact of psychological comorbidities on people who live with pain but also to improve pain self-management.ObjectivesThe aim of this research was to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a brief group-based ACT intervention designed to osteopathy for people who live with persistent pain and psychological comorbidities.MethodsA mixed-method approach has been utilized that comprised of qualitative interviews providing an insight into peoples’ experiences of participating and quantitative data including psychological flexibility, depression, anxiety, fear avoidance and general health status. This preliminary report will only present the qualitative findings.ResultsA total of 9 participants took part in the intervention. The participants engaged well with the exercises and with the ACT model in general. Program attendance was high (4 out of the 9 participants attended all the 6 sessions, (further attendance is shown in the Supplementary file 7); all 9 took part in the post-intervention interview). Three major themes were identified from the interview data: Engaging with the ACT model, Experiences of taking part in the intervention and Perceived changes. The participants reported positive experiences: they found being able to connect with people who experience similar issues valuable and expressed that they liked the content and structure of the program. The intervention appeared to be feasible with the support of the osteopaths.ConclusionDelivering a brief ACT-based intervention for people living with persistent pain was found to be feasible and acceptable. The collaboration between osteopaths and psychologists in supporting people who live with persistent pain demonstrates potential and should be further explored in the future
Quantitative structure of stable sets in finite abelian groups
Get PDFWe prove an arithmetic regularity lemma for stable subsets of finite abelian groups, generalising our previous result for high-dimensional vector spaces over finite fields of prime order. A qualitative version of this generalisation was recently obtained by the first author in joint work with Conant and Pillay, using model-theoretic techniques. In contrast, the approach in the present paper is highly quantitative and relies on several key ingredients from arithmetic combinatorics
The Relevance of Statistics to Prove Discrimination: A Typology
Get PDFSubstantial confusion exists among lawyers, litigants and the courts about how to identify and prove discrimination. The difficulty is primarily a result of the absence of a definition of discrimination in the federal civil rights statutes, and uncertainty as to what social policies the anti-discrimination statutes seek to accommodate. This Article provides an approach for identifying and proving discrimination through the use of statistical evidence. The Article begins by classifying discrimination cases into five basic types, based on the nature of the harm involved in each type of case. The Article then describes the potential uses of statistical evidence by each type of plaintiff and analyzes the probative value of statistical evidence in proving the various types of discrimination. The Article then concludes with the argument that statistics are of great practical value as evidence of discrimination
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