63 Virtual Community Outreach Simulation Programme

The community outreach programme paused during the global pandemic as schools were closed and we were unable to go into schools and colleges to use simulation-based training to educate and inspire young adults to consider a career in the National Health Service. Now that schools and colleges are open it is still difficult to go into schools and colleges due to COVID-19 restrictions. We needed a way to continue to reach out to these schools and colleges using simulation to educate and inspire young adults.The aim was to continue the outreach programme but virtually, via live streams and some pre-recorded simulations. Aiming to help to increase awareness of the different careers, routes into the National Health Service and skills required to work in healthcare. ‘A virtual learning environment is intended not simply to reproduce a classroom environment -’on-line’, but to use the technology to provide a new way of learning’, Britain and Liber [1]. By continuing to provide the outreach simulation project I hope to be able to engage with a larger number of learners at a single time.Streaming live simulations sessions with tutor groups from schools and colleges via platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom using a variety of simulation scenarios. These simulations will be mainly focussing on human factors with some teaching on specific subjects depending on the need of the learners. Example: Virtual work experience for young adults interested in medicine. We plan to mock up our simulation centre to replicate an accident and emergency department and have three admissions of different severity. We will be streaming this to two schools simultaneously and they will have the chance to help prioritize the three patients and explain their choice. The simulations will display good teamwork, good communications skills and leadership. One of the simulations will not include these skills and display poor communication, this will be intentionally included in a simulation for the learners to identify.Feedback forms will be given to all learners to complete asking them if the session has inspired them to consider a career in the National Health Service, feedback will then be used to adjust the way we deliver the virtual side of the outreach programme and perfect the programme so we can continue to educate and inspire young adults.

Das Nationale Krebspräventionszentrum

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Die Zahl der Krebserkrankungen wird sich in den nächsten Jahren deutlich erhöhen. Liegt die Zahl der Neuerkrankungen in Deutschland aktuell bei rund 500.000 pro Jahr, prognostizieren Experten für 2030 einen Anstieg um 20 % auf 600.000 Neuerkrankungen. Mit den zur Verfügung stehenden primärpräventiven Maßnahmen könnten schon heute rund 40 % aller Krebserkrankungen verhindert werden. Laut Schätzungen im europäischen Raum wäre über den gesamten translationalen Ansatz von Krebsforschung und onkologischer Versorgung einschließlich Ansätzen der Prävention ein krebsspezifisches 10-Jahres-Überleben von etwa 75 % im Jahr 2030 zu erreichen. Dennoch ist das Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland weit davon entfernt, dieses Potenzial voll auszuschöpfen – es fehlt an evidenzbasierten, kosteneffektiven und flächendeckenden Präventionsangeboten. Schlussfolgerung Ein systematischer Ausbau der angewandten Prävention und Präventionsforschung ist notwendig, um das Entstehen von Krebserkrankungen zu verhindern und den Anteil früh erkannter und mit heutigen Methoden heilbarer Krebserkrankungen messbar zu erhöhen. Hier setzt das im Herbst 2019 gemeinsam vom Deutschen Krebsforschungszentrum und der Deutschen Krebshilfe gegründete Nationale Krebspräventionszentrum an. Das Zentrum soll im Sinne eines Comprehensive Prevention Center hochrangige Präventionsforschung, Aus- und Weiterbildung sowie Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Politikberatung direkt unter einem Dach vereinen und über Outreach-Programme und Netzwerkbildung flächendeckend implementieren. Dabei folgt es einer translationalen Strategie von der Grundlagenforschung bis hin zur Einführung neuer Methoden in evidenzbasierte flächendeckende Präventionssysteme.

Deploying social robots in museum settings: A quasi-systematic review exploring purpose and acceptability

Social robots are increasingly used within public spaces, including museum settings. This quasi-systematic review identifies and synthesizes the evidence on social robots that have recently been deployed in museum settings. It specifically focuses on their intended purpose, their acceptability and factors important for successful human–robot interaction in this setting. Four databases (PsycINFO, SCOPUS, ACM Digital Library and IEEE Xplore) were systematically searched to retrieve literature published within the last 10 years on human–robot interaction studies with social robots deployed in museum settings. Due to the heterogeneous nature of the studies, qualitative and quantitative findings were summarized. A total of 604 items were identified, of which 12 were included in the review. Robots in 11 studies were physical and 1 was an embodied conversational agent presented as a virtual robot. In 75% of the studies ( n = 9), the purpose of the robots was to act as museum guides, while in 17% ( n = 2) they entertained visitors and in 8% ( n = 1) the robot taught visitors in a museum outreach programme. Overall, many of the robots were found to be acceptable for use within museum settings. Three main themes for successful social human–robot interaction were evident across the findings: (1) facial expressions, (2) movement and (3) communication and speech. There is a great opportunity for social robots to be deployed within museum settings, as guides, educators, entertainers or a combination thereof. State-of-the-art methods have led to the development of museum robots that are more capable of social interaction; however, more work is required to develop speech capabilities that work in the ‘wild’. Future work should combine the factors that have been identified within this review to improve human–robot interaction.

Insights into Bruneian students’ transformative mobility experiences from their community outreach activities in Vietnam

This article is concerned with the internationalisation of higher education and student mobility for society and community engagement purposes. Drawing on the specific case study of Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Community Outreach Programme overseas, it examines the programme’s operation in Vietnam as well as investigates Bruneian students’ experiences during their programme activities in this Asian country. The article also explores the impacts of such experiences on the students’ growth and transformations. The reported growth and transformations, on the one hand, demonstrate the importance of social engagement beyond campus and correspond to the internationalisation in higher education for society agenda recently advocated by international education scholars and practitioners. They also offer rich insights into (inter-Asian) student mobility for non-academic purposes, which remain largely under-researched. On the other hand, underlying the students’ transformative experiences are many issues associated with student safety and wellbeing that require ethical responses and appropriate adaptive pedagogies.

A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE AND UTILIZATION OF READY TO EAT FOOD PACKET UNDER ICDS PROJECT IN URBAN AREA YADUNANDAN NAGAR, BILASPUR (C.G.)

BACKGROUND:The Integrated child Development services (ICDS) is India's response to the challenge of meeting the holistic need of the child. ICDS is one of the world's largest and most unique outreach programme for early childhood care and development. In case of children between the age group of 6 months to three years, supplementary food item is provided to carry home. And this is in the form of “READY TO EAT” food packet. OBJECTIVE: 1. To assess the utilization of Ready to Eat food packets by children 6month to 36 month under ICDS project. 2. To assess the knowledge regarding Ready to Eat food packets by children 6month to 36 month under ICDS project. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A community based cross sectional study conducted in 11 Anganwadis. 20 Children of 6 months to 3 years were picked from each Anganwadi by convenience sampling method thus total sample were 220each.Mx-Excel and SPSS 20 was used for data analysis. RESULT: Mean score of knowledge was 5.95. 156 (71 %) had good knowledge scores .80% of respondent knew about the different type of available food packets, its contents and advantages. Mean score of utilization was 16.77. The responses with regard to practice were average only (52%) of the participants although only 72% consumed entire food packet .67% have noticed improvement of health 61% respondents wanted to continue food as it was good for health, 18% as it is free of cost, 14% as food tastes good, 7% as it is timely available. CONCLUSION: According to the study we concluded that knowledge of the Ready to Eat food packet under ICDS were adequate but utilization of the Ready to Eat food packet is just satisfactory in urban aanganwadis

A facility and community-based assessment of scabies in rural Malawi

Background Scabies is a neglected tropical disease of the skin, causing severe itching, stigmatizing skin lesions and systemic complications. Since 2015, the DerMalawi project provide an integrated skin diseases clinics and Tele-dermatology care in Malawi. Clinic based data suggested a progressive increase in scabies cases observed. To better identify and treat individuals with scabies in the region, we shifted from a clinic-based model to a community based outreach programme. Methodology/Principal findings From May 2015, DerMalawi project provide integrated skin diseases and Tele-dermatological care in the Nkhotakota and Salima health districts in Malawi. Demographic and clinical data of all patients personally attended are recorded. Due to a progressive increase in the number of cases of scabies the project shifted to a community-based outreach programme. For the community outreach activities, we conducted three visits between 2018 to 2019 and undertook screening in schools and villages of Alinafe Hospital catchment area. Treatment was offered for all the cases and school or household contacts. Scabies increased from 2.9% to 39.2% of all cases seen by the DerMalawi project at clinics between 2015 to 2018. During the community-based activities approximately 50% of the population was assessed in each of three visits. The prevalence of scabies was similar in the first two rounds, 15.4% (2392) at the first visit and 17.2% at the second visit. The prevalence of scabies appeared to be lower (2.4%) at the third visit. The prevalence of impetigo appeared unchanged and was 6.7% at the first visit and 5.2% at the final visit. Conclusions/Significance Prevalence of scabies in our setting was very high suggesting that scabies is a major public health problem in parts of Malawi. Further work is required to more accurately assess the burden of disease and develop appropriate public health strategies for its control.

Career decisions of further education college students: where does higher education 'fit in'?

In the context of a proliferation of post-16 options, the need for substantial individual financial investment in university education, and uncertainties of employment outcomes, this paper explores student agency and structural constraints around career planning and progression into Higher Education (HE). Analysing data collected on behalf of a National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) hub in England, this research considers the views of students and staff at further education colleges (FECs). It draws on fourteen in-depth interviews with students undertaking qualifications that facilitate university entry, and seven interviews with staff involved in delivering information, advice and guidance (IAG) in some capacity within FECs. The paper explores the similarities and differences in how IAG is perceived, regarding its timing, depth, focus and scope. Students and staff broadly agreed that IAG in their FEC was often too broad, generic and insufficiently tailored to individual needs. In the cost-benefit analysis on university progression, students weighed up individual circumstances, calculating their best option whilst negotiating the structural constraints. Self-sufficiency was a common desire and ambition, and as such, the financial risks of entering university needed to be mitigated by a clear promise of stability in the future.