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Weber, Lynne, and Peg Lawrence. "Authentication and Access: Accommodating Public Users in an Academic World." Information Technology and Libraries 29, no. 3 (September 1, 2010): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ital.v29i3.3138.
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In the fall of 2004, the Academic Computing Center, a division of the Information Technology Services Department (ITS) at Minnesota State University, Mankato took over responsibility for the computers in the public areas of Memorial Library. For the first time, affiliated Memorial Library users were required to authenticate using a campus username and password, a change that effectively eliminated computer access for anyone not part of the university community. This posed a dilemma for the librarians. Because of its Federal Depository status, the library had a responsibility to provide general access to both print and online government publications for the general public. Furthermore, the library had a long tradition of providing guest access to most library resources, and there was reluctance to abandon the practice. Therefore the librarians worked with ITS to retain a small group of six computers that did not require authentication and were clearly marked for community use, along with several standup, open-access computers on each floor used primarily for searching the library catalog. The additional need to provide computer access to high school students visiting the library for research and instruction led to more discussions with ITS and resulted in a means of generating temporary usernames and passwords through a Web form. These user accommodations were implemented in the library without creating a written policy governing the use of open-access computers.
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Azevedo, Timothy. "Enough to Hang Your Hat On." Texas A&M Journal of Property Law 5, no. 3 (April 2019): 101–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.37419/jpl.v5.i3.1.
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Texas law is currently silent on the issue of whether insurance companies may sell insurance policies that require policyholders to bring coverage disputes to an arbitrator rather than the courts. As incentives increase for insurance companies to avoid costly litigation and for consumers to cut ever- increasing premiums, this creates a situation where a hasty, ill-considered proposal to allow such policy terms could shake the insurance market and public policy in the state for years to come. Rather than taking a reactive position, the Texas legislature should work with the Department of Insurance and stake- holders to affirmatively decide: (1) whether to allow such policies at all and, if so, (2) to create a robust legal framework that companies and consumers can both benefit from and rely upon. Other countries, such as the United Kingdom, have well-established frameworks in place that can be instructive, as University of Minnesota Law School professor Daniel Schwarcz has argued. Ultimately though, Texas must determine for itself what policy will suit such a vast and diverse state, particularly given its extreme weather. Texas should consider establishing an independent body to assist in insurance dispute resolution and to promote transparency. This Comment lays out the case for doing so: better outcomes, better insurance, and better access to justice.
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Huang, Jieyu, Yu Su, and Xiucai Mao. "Analysis of the Application Effect of Multidisciplinary Team Cooperation Model in Chronic Heart Failure under WeChat Platform." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2022 (August 25, 2022): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4051955.
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Background and Purpose. Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a complex clinical syndrome with a gradually increasing incidence that has become a public health problem of global concern. With the improvement of treatment modalities, great progress has been made in its treatment, but patients’ recovery outcomes are poor. The aim of this study was to apply the multidisciplinary teamwork model under the WeChat platform to the treatment of patients with chronic heart failure. Methods. From April 2020 to May 2021, 56 patients with CHF who were discharged from the cardiology department of our hospital after treatment were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (n = 28) and control group (n = 28). The control group was given conventional nursing measures and health education and discharge instructions, while the experimental group received collaborative multidisciplinary team nursing care based on the WeChat platform on the basis of the control group, all for 3 months. All enrolled patients underwent the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index Version 6.2 (SCHFI v6.2), the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), and the 6-minute walking test (6MWT test). The SCHFI v6.2 and MLHFQ scores, 6 MWT test results, and readmission rates within 3 months were observed and compared between the two groups. Results. There was no significant difference between the SCHFIv6.2 and MLHFQ scores of the two patients at admission and at discharge, and the scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the scores of the control group at the end of 3 months after discharge. On the other hand, the SCHFIv6.2 and MLHFQ scores of the two groups were significantly higher at discharge compared to admission; the 6-minute walking distance of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group at the end of 3 months. The readmission rate in the experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group. Conclusion. The multidisciplinary teamwork model based on the WeChat platform can significantly improve the self-care ability and quality of life of CHF patients and reduce the readmission rate.
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Leeds, Maureen, Miriam Halstead Muscoplat, Sydney Kuramoto, and Margaret Roddy. "Measles Outbreak in Minnesota (2017): Roles of an Immunization Information System." American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 4 (April 2020): 527–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2019.305526.
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The Minnesota Department of Health used its Immunization Information System—the Minnesota Immunization Information Connection—to respond to an outbreak of measles in the state in 2017 by assisting with the exclusion of unvaccinated exposed individuals from public activities, providing members of the public with their immunization records, and monitoring measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine uptake. Use of the Immunization Information System was found to be an efficient and sustainable tool in responding to the outbreak.
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BENDER, ALAN P., ALLAN N. WILLIAMS, REBECCA A. JOHNSON, and HELEN G. JAGGER. "APPROPRIATE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES TO CLUSTERS: THE ART OF BEING RESPONSIBLY RESPONSIVE." American Journal of Epidemiology 132, supp1 (July 1, 1990): 48–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115788.
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Abstract Between 1981 and 1988, the Minnesota Department of Health actively responded to over 400 reports from persons concerned about disease occurrence in their community, school, or workplace. Almost all of these reports involved perceived excesses of cases of cancer. Although there is little potential for identifying unsuspected public health problems or developing new etiologic insights, the Minnesota Department of Health has found that responding to reported clusters is a legitimate and necessary public health activity. To be responsibly responsive to these concerns, the Department has developed four steps to prioritize investigation of reported disease clusters, as well as six criteria for determination of the feasibility of environmental epidemiologic investigations. Approximately 95% of all concerns have been handled within the first two steps of this approach, generally requiring only education, or sometimes examination of readily-available data. Less than 5% of the concerns have required additional data collection and evaluation, and only about 1% have resulted in full-scale epidemiologic studies. Successful conclusions at all levels of this process require that public health officials develop effective communication, maintain objectivity, and provide leadership for controversial and difficult issues.
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Shubat, Pamela J., Kelly Albright Raatz, and Roberta A. Olson. "Fish Consumption Advisories and Outreach Programs for Southeast Asian Immigrants." Toxicology and Industrial Health 12, no. 3-4 (May 1996): 427–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/074823379601200314.
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Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees, in particular the Hmong people of Laos, have settled in large numbers in metropolitan areas of Minnesota. These communities, accustomed to hunting and fishing for food in Laos, now fish in some of the most contaminated waters of Minnesota. Fishing and fish- preparation customs of their homeland emphasize using all fish caught and discarding very little waste. These practices result in a potentially high exposure to PCBs and mercury. Educational outreach efforts to inform this population of the potential health hazards from consuming the fish are hindered by language and cultural barriers. While most Hmong anglers welcome information about contaminants and fishing, the typical press releases and mailings that convey fish advisory information to the public do not reach this community. The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources collaborated to determine the health messages and communication methods that would best meet the needs of these communities. Using the results of interviews and a behavioral survey, the Minnesota Department of Health has tailored fish consumption advisories to meet the unique needs of Southeast Asian anglers. Over the past four years, educational programs involving specialized advisories, translations, signs, a Hmong language video, and workshops have been used to inform Hmong anglers and other Southeast Asians about fish contaminants.
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Buffington, Angela L. H., Carol Lange, Caitlin Bakker, Marilyn Susie Nanney, William O. Roberts, Jerica M. Berge, and Katie A. Loth. "The Collaborative Scholarship Intensive: A Research-Intensive Course to Improve Faculty Scholarship." Family Medicine 53, no. 5 (May 5, 2021): 355–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2021.534614.
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Background and Objectives: Learning to balance the clinical, educational, and scholarly elements of an academic career is challenging for faculty. To increase research output amongst family medicine faculty with limited to no publications, we developed the Collaborative Scholarship Intensive (CSI) to provide participants with intensive instruction in research methodology coupled with structured writing support and protected time for writing. Methods: The CSI was developed by the University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health as a six-session faculty development program that enrolled 23 participants in its first three classes. Results: Findings reveal that faculty participants significantly improved their pre- to postcourse self-ratings of 12 research competencies, and significantly increased their scholarly output. Conclusions: Our CSI faculty development program successfully engaged clinical faculty in a collaborative research program. Our results suggest that a program focused on intensive instruction in research methodology coupled with structured writing support and protected writing time may be a model for faculty development in other academic departments.
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Anfinson, Allison, Stephanie Autumn, Cammy Lehr, Nancy Riestenberg, and Sarah Scullin. "Disproportionate Minority Representation in Suspension and Expulsion in Minnesota Public Schools A report from the Minnesota Department of Education." International Journal on School Disaffection 7, no. 2 (July 1, 2010): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.18546/ijsd.07.2.02.
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Palombi, Laura C., Karen Bastianelli, and Kerry K. Fierke. "Living an Educational Mission to Meet the Needs of Community and Public Health: Community Engagement in Pharmacy Education." Pedagogy in Health Promotion 3, no. 4 (September 1, 2016): 265–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2373379916667750.
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The Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPPS) department on the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy (COP) was established in 2004 to meet the health-related needs of greater Minnesota with a mission to continuously improve “interdisciplinary pharmaceutical care education, research, practice and service focused on the health and well-being of underserved, rural, and indigenous communities.” In alignment with the PPPS mission and Boyer’s model of engaged scholarship, students and faculty have partnered with local communities through outreach events that have had a lasting impact on community health. Student-led programming can play a vital role in community and public health through health fairs and outreach activities that target the homeless, underserved, vulnerable communities, and individuals of all ages ranging from childhood to elderly. Over the past 10 years, these outreach events led by pharmacy students and faculty at the COP have provided educational and health-related services to more than 5,000 community members in northern Minnesota while providing valuable learning opportunities for students, faculty, and pharmacist preceptors.
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Klingner, Jill, Ira Moscovice, Michelle Casey, and Alex McEllistrem Evenson. "Implementation of Emergency Department Transfer Communication Measures in Minnesota Critical Access Hospitals." Journal of Rural Health 31, no. 2 (September 12, 2014): 121–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12090.
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Lari, Adeel Z., and Kenneth R. Buckeye. "Measuring Perceptions of Road Pricing Alternatives: Minnesota Public Outreach Effort." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1558, no. 1 (January 1996): 90–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196155800113.
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In Minnesota, as in many states, transportation funding is not keeping pace with needs. In partial response, the Minnesota state legislature directed the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities to study and implement, where appropriate, various concepts of road pricing. Road pricing includes congestion pricing, toll roads, and mileage-based tax. Road pricing measures serve as a demand management tool, a mechanism to raise revenue, and a development technique to construct toll facilities through public-private partnerships. The law recognized that a highly controversial concept like road pricing could not be accepted by the public unless there was substantial public discourse. Furthermore, it is believed that there can be little public support for the introduction of a new user fee on a facility or for a service not previously priced unless the added benefits are commensurate with the price. A comprehensive public outreach process was designed, which included the Citizens Jury process, focus groups, opinion leaders survey, personal interviews, and a telephone survey. The process was designed to learn from each preceding outreach activity and help refine the issues and frame acceptable pricing options. The results indicate that there is support for some road pricing options among Minnesotans, but the strength of that support depends on where and how the options might be implemented. Furthermore, support varies by how the collected revenues might be used and by what those revenues replace or supplement.
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Johnson, Kristin, and Kathleen Carlisle Fountain. "Laying a Foundation for Comparing Departmental Structures between Reference and Instructional Services: Analysis of a Nationwide Survey." College & Research Libraries 63, no. 3 (May 1, 2002): 275–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.63.3.275.
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Public services librarians in academe juggle multiple duties, with reference and instruction being the two most common and visible. A survey of midsized academic libraries measured the departmental relationship between librarians who provide reference services and librarians who provide instruction services. Results indicate that services are generally organized in one department and instruction coordinators are prevalent. Regardless of departmental structure, reference and instruction librarians have similar jobs; they nearly all teach classes and work at the reference desk. Summarization of the subjective commentary reveals underlying satisfaction levels with various organizational arrangements and insight into the pros and cons of maintaining integrated or separate reference and instruction services.
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Peck, Megan, Mickey Scullard, Craig Hedberg, Emily Moilanen, Deborah Radi, William Riley, Paige Anderson Bowen, Cheryl Petersen-Kroeber, Louise Stenberg, and Debra K. Olson. "Improving Team Performance for Public Health Preparedness." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 11, no. 1 (August 11, 2016): 7–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2016.65.
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AbstractObjectiveBetween May 2010 and September 2011, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health partnered with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to assess the effect of exercises on team performance during public health emergency response.MethodsParticipants were divided into 3 research teams exposed to various levels of intervention. Groups consisted of a control group that was given standard MDH training exercises, a didactic group exposed to team dynamics and communication training, and a treatment group that received the didactic training in addition to a post-exercise facilitated debriefing. To assess differences in team performance, teams engaged in 15 functional exercises.ResultsDifferences in team performance across the 3 groups were identified, although there was no trend in team performance over time for any of the groups. Groups demonstrated fluctuation in team performance during the study period. Attitudinal surveys demonstrated an increase in workplace satisfaction and confidence in training among all groups throughout the study period.ConclusionsFindings from this research support that a critical link exists between training type and team performance during public health emergency response. This research supports that intentional teamwork training for emergency response workers is essential for effective public health emergency response. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:7–10)
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Kunkel, Joseph A. "TRUMAN DAVID WOOD." PS: Political Science & Politics 43, no. 03 (June 30, 2010): 593. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049096510000880.
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Truman David Wood graduated from Delevan (Minnesota) High School in 1950. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Mankato State Teachers' College (later Minnesota State University, Mankato). He worked as a teacher in several high schools in Iowa and Minnesota. He earned a master's and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. He was a professor in the political science/law enforcement department of Mankato State University (now known as Minnesota State University, Mankato) from 1961 to 1991. He taught a variety of courses, but primarily focused on American political thought. Wood demonstrated great care for his students and understood quality teaching and careful advising to be the top priorities of his academic career. He was a leader in his department and the university for many years. He was particularly active in community service. He was a member of the Mankato Housing and Redevelopment Authority, the Mankato Planning Commission for 22 years, and chair of his church administrative council for 14 years. He frequently served as a public speaker for high school commencements and service clubs, and as an election analyst. He was active in Republican party politics until the 1980s, serving as a delegate to the National Convention in 1964. When he retired, he and his wife Reta established the Wood Scholarship for political science majors who demonstrate a record of community involvement and academic excellence. Truman Wood was an inspiring teacher, a caring advisor, and a model citizen. He shaped and touched many lives.
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Brown, M., M. Smith, S. Jabo, and A. Telfer. "The Smithsonian Institution's exhibit fossil preparation lab Volunteer Training Programme, part II: Training and evaluating student preparators." Geological Curator 9, no. 3 (September 2010): 179–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.55468/gc226.
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In November and December of 2008, the National Museum of Natural History hosted a training course for instruction of paleontological preparation methods in order to build a large pool of volunteers for the FossiLab public exhibition. Through a grant from the Smithsonian Women's Committee, the Department of Paleobiology funded four weeks of intensive, hands-on training for a group of 29 volunteers in moulding, casting and fossil preparation methods. Contracted instructors worked with institutional staff to create a curriculum for training specific tasks, as well as to create general knowledge of preparation methods. Classes consisted of lecture, demonstration, and hands-on components. Instructors monitored the students throughout the instruction period, and concluded the programme with written and practical examinations. The instructors provided written evaluations for each student and presented recommendations for placement with specific tasks within the department. After the conclusion of the programme students retained much of their instruction and have gone on to successfully keep the preparation laboratory staffed while preparing fossils for the visiting public.
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Samuelson, Anne, Leslie Lytle, Keryn Pasch, Kian Farbakhsh, Stacey Moe, and John Ronald Sirard. "The Physical Activity Climate in Minnesota Middle and High Schools." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 7, no. 6 (November 2010): 811–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.7.6.811.
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Background:This article describes policies, practices, and facilities that form the physical activity climate in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota metro area middle and high schools and examines how the physical activity climate varies by school characteristics, including public/private, school location and grade level.Methods:Surveys examining school physical activity practices, policies and environment were administered to principals and physical education department heads from 115 middle and high schools participating in the Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer-Identifying Determinants of Eating and Activity (TREC-IDEA) study.Results:While some supportive practices were highly prevalent in the schools studied (such as prohibiting substitution of other classes for physical education); other practices were less common (such as providing opportunity for intramural (noncompetitive) sports). Public schools vs. private schools and schools with a larger school enrollment were more likely to have a school climate supportive of physical activity.Conclusions:Although schools reported elements of positive physical activity climates, discrepancies exist by school characteristics. Of note, public schools were more than twice as likely as private schools to have supportive physical activity environments. Establishing more consistent physical activity expectations and funding at the state and national level is necessary to increase regular school physical activity.
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Estochen, Brad. "Specialty Vehicle Platform Results for Intelligent Vehicle Initiative: Minnesota Field Operational Test." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1826, no. 1 (January 2003): 45–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1826-07.
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In November 1999, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a major Intelligent Vehicle Initiative grant to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT). Minnesota’s project was a 3-year Generation 0 Specialty Vehicle field operational test for technology that gives lateral guidance and collision avoidance warnings to drivers in low-visibility conditions. Along with Mn/DOT and FHWA, other public and private partners participated in the project. Active operational testing was conducted over the winter of 2001–2002. The purposes of the project were to identify the technology’s safety and operational impacts, to guide future decisions on the technology’s installation on specialized vehicles, and to encourage the development and appropriate deployment of such systems on all vehicle platforms. The technologies were tested in four snowplows, a Minnesota State Patrol squad car, and an ambulance on a 50-mi rural highway. A key aspect of the project was optimizing driver interfaces from the perspective of study of the human factors involved. An overview of the project, including technologies, evaluation, and findings, is presented.
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Parker, D. L., W. R. Carl, L. R. French, and F. B. Martin. "Characteristics of adolescent work injuries reported to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry." American Journal of Public Health 84, no. 4 (April 1994): 606–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.84.4.606.
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Zellmer, Lucas, Laura Peters, and Rachel Sandler Silva. "Hennepin County Adult Detention Center’s Response to a 2019 Hepatitis A Outbreak in Minnesota." American Journal of Public Health 111, no. 5 (May 2021): 839–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2021.306159.
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Hennepin County Adult Detention Center (Jail) is Minnesota’s largest jail. In August 2019, the Minnesota Department of Health declared a statewide hepatitis A outbreak. Within three days, Hennepin County Jail Health Services made significant changes to vaccination protocols that increased vaccination rates from 0.6% to 7.1% among detainees, who have a greater risk of contracting hepatitis A. We highlight the opportunity for jails to develop sustainable public health interventions in the setting of community outbreaks.
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Kircher, Madison, Brenna Doheny, Kristin Raab, Emily Onello, Stephanie Gingerich, and Teddie Potter. "Understanding the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthcare Professionals toward Climate Change and Health in Minnesota." Challenges 13, no. 2 (November 1, 2022): 57. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/challe13020057.
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Climate change is an urgent public health issue that is impacting health locally and across the world. Healthcare professionals are on the front lines for public health, caring for people affected by climate change; yet few studies have assessed their knowledge and experiences of local climate change effects. The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of the health impacts of climate change in Minnesota from the perspective of healthcare professionals. An electronic survey was administered by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to a convenience sample of Board-certified nurses and physicians in Minnesota. Seventy-five percent of respondents agreed that climate change is happening, and 60% agreed that it is currently impacting the health of their patients. However, only 21% felt well prepared to discuss climate change, and only 4% discussed climate change with all or most of their patients. Similarly, results from open-ended questions highlighted the importance of climate change and acknowledged the challenges of discussing this topic. While most respondents recognized the health impacts of climate change, they also reported feeling uncomfortable discussing climate change with patients. Thus, there is an opportunity to develop targeted resources to support healthcare professionals in addressing climate change.
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HEDEEN, NICOLE. "Restaurant Policies and Practices for Serving Raw Fish in Minnesota." Journal of Food Protection 79, no. 10 (October 1, 2016): 1813–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-16-164.
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ABSTRACT The number of restaurants serving sushi within Minnesota is continuously increasing. The practices and protocols of serving raw fish are complex and require detailed planning to ensure that food served to patrons will not cause illness. Although the popularity of sushi is increasing, there is a lack of research on food safety issues pertaining to preparation of raw fish and sushi rice. To address this gap, the Minnesota Department of Health Environmental Health Specialists Network Food program collected descriptive data on restaurant practices and policies concerning the service of raw fish and sushi rice in 40 Minnesota restaurants. At each restaurant, a specialist interviewed a restaurant manager, conducted an observation of the sushi prep areas in the restaurant kitchen, and reviewed parasite destruction letters and invoices from fish supplier(s). Over half of the restaurants (59%) were missing one or more of the parasite destruction letters from their fish supplier(s) guaranteeing that fish had been properly frozen to the time and temperature requirements in the Minnesota Food Code. A total of 42 parasite destruction letters from suppliers were observed; 10% were considered “adequate” letters. The majority of the letters were missing details pertaining to the types of fish frozen, the length of time fish were frozen, or details on what temperatures fish were held frozen or a combination of all three. Most restaurants were using time as a public health control for their sushi rice. For those restaurants using time as a public health control, 26% had a written procedure on-site, and approximately 53% were keeping track of time. Bare hand contact during sushi prep was observed in 17% of restaurants, and in more than 40% of the restaurants, at least one fish was mislabeled on the menu. Findings from this study indicate that many Minnesota restaurants are not complying with the Food Code requirements pertaining to parasite destruction for the service of raw fish or the use of time as a public health control for sushi rice.
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Banerjee, E., J. Griffith, C. Kenyon, B. Christianson, A. Strain, K. Martin, M. McMahon, et al. "Containing a measles outbreak in Minnesota, 2017: methods and challenges." Perspectives in Public Health 140, no. 3 (September 4, 2019): 162–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757913919871072.
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Aims: We report on a measles outbreak largely occurring in Minnesota’s under-vaccinated Somali community in the spring of 2017. The outbreak was already into its third generation when the first two cases were confirmed, and rapid public health actions were needed. The aim of our response was to quickly end transmission and contain the outbreak. Methods: The state public health department performed laboratory testing on suspect cases and activated an Incident Command staffed by subject matter experts that was operational within 2 h of case confirmation. Epidemiologic interviews identified exposures in settings where risk of transmission was high, that is, healthcare, childcare, and school settings. Vaccination status of exposed persons was assessed, and postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) was offered, if applicable. Exposed persons who did not receive PEP were excluded from childcare centers or schools for 21 days. An accelerated statewide measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) recommendation was made for Somali Minnesota children and children in affected outbreak counties. Partnerships with the Somali Minnesota community were deepened, building off outreach work done with the community since 2008. Results: Public health identified 75 measles cases from 30 March to 25 August 2017: 43% were female, 81% Somali Minnesotan, 91% unvaccinated, and 28% hospitalized. The median age of cases was 2 years (range: 3 months–57 years). Most transmission (78%) occurred in childcare centers and households. A secondary attack rate of 91% was calculated for unvaccinated household contacts. Over 51,000 doses of MMR were administered during the outbreak above expected baseline. At least 8490 individuals were exposed to measles; 155 individuals received PEP; and over 500 persons were excluded from childcare and school. State and key public health partners spent an estimated $2.3 million on response. Conclusion: This outbreak demonstrates the necessity of immediate, targeted disease control actions and strong public health, healthcare, and community partnerships to end a measles outbreak.
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Arthy, Denis. "Beyond phrenology: the beginnings of vocational guidance in Queensland through ‘sagax, capax and efficax’." Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools 5 (November 1995): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1037291100001667.
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Vocational guidance emerged in Queensland in the early 1910s as part of a governmental plan to transform the colonial educational ladder to provide an efficient distribution and coordinated range of vocational outcomes. The central feature of this new educational ladder was the New Scholarship which would provide significantly expanded opportunities for children who had the talent for an education higher than the compulsory level of primary school to participate in secondary, university, agricultural, technical and continuing levels of education. A governmental strategy was formulated to improve the efficiency of these vocational distributions, to facilitate ambition in the family for this New Scholarship and to avoid talent wastage. The guiding strategy was first proposed from within the Department of Public Instruction under the heading of “Sagax, Capax and Efficax’ prior to the First World War. While it was first proposed to be trialled by the Department of Public Instruction at the Central Technical College in Brisbane, the governmental officer charged with the responsibility to provide both the parents and the child with the necessary guidance was the primary school teacher.
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Higa, Larissa Satico Ribeiro. "BEAL, Sophia. Brazil Under Construction – Fiction and Public Works. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013." Opiniães 5, no. 9 (December 21, 2016): 183. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-8133.opiniaes.2016.124631.
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O livro Brazil Under Construction – Fiction and Public Works (2013), de Sophia Beal (professora associada do Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, da Universidade de Minnesota), propõe importante reflexão sobre a relação entre a cultura brasileira elaborada ao longo do século XX e as obras públicas estatais, às quais a narrativa oficial atribuiu ideais de modernização, coesão identitária e progresso. O trabalho situa-se no campo de estudos culturais e abrange análises de textos literários, canções, peças teatrais, charges e filmes. A pesquisa é interdisciplinar – envolvendo, por exemplo, geografia, arquitetura, história e política – e inovadora, por trazer ao âmbito da crítica literária o debate sobre infraestrutura e proporcionar diferente chave de leitura para os textos apresentados.
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Howe, Sondra Wieland. "Elsie Shawe, Music Supervisor in St. Paul, Minnesota (1898–1933)." Journal of Research in Music Education 52, no. 4 (December 2004): 328–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002242940405200405.
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Elsie Shawe (1866–1962), supervisor of music in St. Paul, Minnesota, for thirty-five years, is an example of a music supervisor in the United States who was active in the formative years of the Music Supervisors National Conference (MSNC). Although she is cited only briefly in national accounts, there is a substantial amount of material on her career in local archives. In the St. Paul Public Schools, Shawe supervised classroom teachers, organized the school music curriculum, and conducted performances in the community. She served as a church organist and choir director in St. Paul and was president of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association. At the national level, Shawe was an officer of the NEA Department of Music Education and a member of the board of directors of the MSNC. Through her committee work, Shawe promoted the standardization of patriotic national songs.May 5, 2004November 10, 2004.
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Klimánek, Martin, and Miloš Cibulka. "Digital forestry maps representation using web mapping services." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 56, no. 2 (2008): 293–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun200856020293.
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The Web Mapping Services (WMS) are very useful means for presentation of digital geospatial data in the Internet environment. Typical Open Source example of these services is development environment MapServer, which was originally developed by the University of Minnesota ForNet project in cooperation with NASA and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. MapServer is not a full-featured Geographical Information System (GIS), but provides the core functionality to support a wide variety of web applications. Complex and open information system about forest (and cultural) land is presented in real example of MapServer application with data from the Mendel University Training Forest. MapServer is used in effective representing of data for the University Forest staff, students and general public from October 2002. MapServer is usually applied in education process of GIS and Remote Sensing and for sharing of the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology Departments geospatial data.
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Hyman, William A., and Bruce L. Johnson. "Assessing Public Benefits of Reusing Waste Materials in Highway Projects: A Framework and Decision-Support Tool." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1702, no. 1 (January 2000): 97–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1702-12.
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The State of Minnesota frequently receives requests from outside sources regarding the acceptance of waste materials for reuse in highway construction and maintenance projects. These waste materials can include glass, roofing shingle tabs, shredded tires, coal ash, railroad ties, and taconite tailings. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently established a policy requiring the use of such materials if they have both short- and long-term public benefits. MnDOT sought a framework to assess these benefits. A decision framework and decision-support tool—in the form of an electronic spreadsheet—were developed, tested, and refined through the application of three case studies. The framework and the spreadsheet decision-support tool are described, and results are presented from one of the case studies. This information illustrates the types of input the spreadsheet requires and the output it produces. The spreadsheet is a flexible tool that accounts for a variety of materials and their placement in highways. It compares ( a) the discounted present value over a 20-year period of incremental increases in highway construction and maintenance costs as a result of using broken glass in roads with ( b) the avoidable costs of disposal by transporting the waste and landfilling it or disposing of it at the source—that is, where the waste material is generated.
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Udoewa, Victor, and Andrew Maier. "Agile Corps - A Public Service-Learning Program Part II." International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship 16, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 58–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ijsle.v16i1.14491.
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Annually, the U.S. government invests $94 billion on IT products and services. The majority of these projects fail--they are late, over budget, canceled outright, or, if delivered, are outdated or not user-friendly. Due to barriers in hiring and training, the government tends to outsource IT talent at a premium through contractors, but outsourcing talent has not changed the results. Inside the government, the small amount of talent that exists tends to be senior, and there currently are very few, viable options for high-quality, junior and mid-level technologists to find a job in government and professionally develop and progress. Agile Corps is a program designed to identify, recruit, train, and retain junior and mid-level technology talent in the government. Agile Corps exemplifies public service-learning, a learning approach and strategy that combines learning objectives, instruction, and reflection with government service for the public. After completing a discovery research process followed by prototyping and testing the program design, we piloted the Agile Corps program at the US Department of Labor. This paper presents the Department of Labor pilot of Agile Corps and the concept of public service-learning, and measures the impact of the Agile Corps pilot at the Department of Labor.
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Hammerness, Karen, Anna MacPherson, Maritza Macdonald, Hudson Roditi, and Linda Curtis-Bey. "What does it take to sustain a productive partnership in education?" Phi Delta Kappan 99, no. 1 (August 29, 2017): 15–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0031721717728272.
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What does it take to sustain a productive partnership between a public school system and local cultural institutions? This article describes the genesis, evolution, and continued success of a long-term partnership between the New York City Department of Education, the American Museum of Natural History, and seven other leading cultural institutions, promoting inquiry-based science instruction in local middle schools.
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Egüz, Şule. "Social Studies Instruction With Educational Music: Write, Compose, and Apply." SAGE Open 12, no. 3 (July 2022): 215824402211206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221120651.
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The present study aimed to assist pre-service social studies teachers in the production of song lyrics adequate for the curriculum, composition of songs that would be of interest for secondary school students to construct functional educational music in social studies courses and determine the impact of this music on academic achievements and learning processes of the students. In the present study, exploratory sequential design, a mixed research method, was employed. In the first stage, song lyrics were written by 55 pre-service teachers attending the education department in a public university in Malatya province, Turkey, and songs were composed with these lyrics by a music teacher, and two music department students. The second stage (application phase) was conducted with 48 secondary school students. In the final stage, the views on the use of educational songs in the classroom were obtained. The study data were analyzed with quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques. The study findings demonstrated that the songs created by pre-service teachers improved the achievements of secondary school students in the social studies course, supported learning by fun, provided better comprehension of the course topics, and were effective in maintaining the student motivation and attention.
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May, Josephine. "The national in the transnational." History of Education Review 47, no. 2 (October 1, 2018): 197–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/her-12-2017-0030.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to relate the compelling story of Viennese-born and educated Anna Marie Hlawaczek (c.1849–1893) and her employment as the second headmistress at Maitland Girls High School in the colony of New South Wales (NSW) from 1885 to 1887. Design/methodology/approach Through a biographical lens, this paper uses traditional documentary research mainly in the school administration files in the NSW State Archives to explore Hlawaczek’s experiences. Findings The first set of findings forms the narrative of Anna Hlawaczek’s troubled employment in the NSW teaching service at the beginnings of public girls’ secondary education. It shows the ways in which ethnicity, gender, career history and expectations worked on both sides to exacerbate the potential for misunderstanding between her and the all-male administrators of the NSW Department of Public Instruction. The second set of findings suggests two ways in which the national worked as a transnational shaping factor in her story, both constraining and empowering her. Originality/value The careers of non-Anglo women working in the early colonial secondary schools for girls have been rarely studied. This paper presents a previously untold story of one pioneering transnational headmistress in the NSW Department of Public Instruction. Her story complicates the transnational approach in the history of women’s education by highlighting the power of the national within the transnational.
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Berends, Mark, and Kristi Donaldson. "Does the Organization of Instruction Differ in Charter Schools? Ability Grouping and Students’ Mathematics Gains." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 118, no. 11 (November 2016): 1–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146811611801103.
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Background Although we have learned a good deal from lottery-based and quasi-experimental studies of charter schools, much of what goes on inside of charter schools remains a “black box” to be unpacked. Grounding our work in neoclassical market theory and institutional theory, we examine differences in the social organization of schools and classrooms to enrich our understanding of school choice, school organizational and instructional conditions, and student learning. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study Our study examines differences in students’ mathematics achievement gains between charter and traditional public schools, focusing on the distribution and organization of students into ability groups. In short, we ask: (1) How does the distribution of ability grouping differ between charter and traditional public schools? And (2) What are the relationships between ability group placement and students’ mathematics achievement gains in charter and traditional public schools? Research Design With a matched sample of charter and traditional public schools in six states (Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio), we use regression analyses to estimate the relationship between student achievement gains and school sector. We analyze how ability grouping mediates this main effect, controlling for various student, classroom, and school characteristics. Findings We find significant differences in the distribution of students across ability groups, with a more even distribution in charter compared to traditional public schools, which appear to have more selective placements for high groups. Consistent with prior research on tracking, we also find low-grouped students to be at a significant disadvantage when compared with high- and mixed-group peers in both sectors. Conclusions Although we find some significant differences between ability group placement and student achievement gains in mathematics, these relationships do not differ as much by sector as market theory (with its emphasis on innovation and autonomy) would predict. Consistent with institutional theory, both sectors still group students by ability and have similar relationships between gains and grouping.
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Fathi, Zohreh, and Diptendu Kundu. "Supporting Student Success: An Interview With David Arendale." Journal of College Academic Support Programs 6, no. 2 (May 31, 2024): 36–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.58997/6.2jc1.
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David Arendale, at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, served as an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction within the College of Education and Human Development and manager for the Educational Opportunity Association Best Practices Clearinghouse. Arendale formerly served at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in several capacities, including senior research fellow for the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, national project director of Supplemental Instruction, and interim director for the Center for Academic Development. Since the mid-1980s, he has been an active member of both the College Reading and Learning Association and the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE; renamed as the National Organization for Student Success). He served as president of NADE from 1996 to 1997. In 2000, Arendale was recognized by the Council for Learning Assistance and Developmental Education Associations (CLADEA) for induction as a Founding Fellow of the profession. Arendale is devoting more time to the use of social media such as websites, YouTube channels, podcasting, and Twitter (renamed as X) to communicate in addition to publishing in print and online open-access journals. The use of the Internet, publications, presentations, and workshops communicate the best practices that others have already created. Part of this priority is reflected in his leadership of the Educational Opportunity Association National Best Practices Clearinghouse, which identifies, validates, and disseminates best practices developed by TRIO programs to increase the success of students who are low-income, first-generation college, and historically underrepresented.
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Davis, Viktoria, and Lilien Vogl. "Gertrude Stanton (1863-1931)." Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History 51, no. 1 (December 9, 2019): 5–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/hindsight.v51i1.28765.
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Dr. Ella Gertrude Smith Ayer Stanton Jones (1863-1931), better known as Gertrude Stanton, was the first woman licensed to practice optometry in the United States. A native of Iowa, Stanton began her career as a teacher, but eventually moved to Minnesota where she received training and began to work as an itinerant refracting optician or optometrist, building her professional reputation through clever marketing. In 1901, shortly after the passage of the first optometry licensure law in Minnesota, Stanton applied for and received a license by exemption. Stanton went on to become an in-store optometrist at Dayton’s Department Store and eventually set up her own storefront where she employed her daughter and ran an optical business run entirely by women. During her career, she participated in optometry and professional associations and public service projects and was active in her community. Thrice married with three children, Stanton’s abiding popularity with her patients and the public as well as her financial success despite leading an unconventional life for a woman at the turn of the twentieth century is a testament to her fierce independence, indomitable spirit and impressive business acumen. This article, constructed from meticulous research in archival records, paints a detailed portrait of Stanton’s life and career as an optometric pioneer.
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Wiens, Terra, Elisabeth Bilden, Stefan Saravia, Jason Peterson, Matthew Wogen, Kaila Hanson, Roon Makhtal, Nate Wright, Jon Roesler, and Ruth Lynfield. "Biosurveillance of Drug Overdoses and Substance Misuse Treated in Selected Emergency Departments in Minnesota, 2017-2020." Public Health Reports 136, no. 1_suppl (November 2021): 87S—95S. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00333549211042834.
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Objectives Increasing knowledge about the toxicology of drug overdose and substance misuse (DOSM) is important in improving our understanding of the epidemic. We describe the Minnesota Drug Overdose and Substance Use Pilot Surveillance Activity, which started collecting data on emergency department (ED) visits attributable to DOSM in 2017, with a focus on the toxicology results of a subset of clinical encounters. Methods From November 1, 2017, through January 30, 2020, we collected near–real-time data on DOSM-related ED encounters. The Minnesota Department of Health Public Health Laboratory tested leftover clinical specimens (blood and/or urine) for the presence of various substances for patients who died, were hospitalized, had an atypical clinical presentation, or were part of a local drug overdose cluster. Testing looked for >250 drugs or their metabolites, including those commonly misused (eg, methamphetamine, cocaine), prescription medications, synthetic cannabinoids and cathinones, and opioids. We describe characteristics of the overall group and a subgroup of clinical encounters with toxicology results. Results Specimens submitted from 6 EDs during the study period represented 239 clinical encounters. Methamphetamine was the most frequently detected substance (67.4%) but was suspected in only 45.6% of encounters. At least 1 opioid was detected in 42.5% of encounters but suspected in only 29.7%. Testing also detected potential adulterants and additives (eg, fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, levamisole) and showed frequent patient exposure to substances not reported by patients or suspected by clinicians. Nearly half (44.4%) of clinical encounters had >1 substance detected. Conclusions ED surveillance for DOSM encounters, enhanced by toxicology testing, can provide local situational awareness on overdoses, prevent potential mischaracterization of the true drug overdose epidemic, and inform harm reduction and drug overdose prevention efforts.
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Sepillo, Jesseca Jean A., and Novrina Bigilda A. Orge. "Challenges in Gender Mainstreaming in the Department of Education: Basis for Proposed Intervention Program for Secondary Teachers in the Division of Zambales." International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research 2, no. 10 (October 23, 2021): 960–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.11594/ijmaber.02.10.14.
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The study aimed to determine the challenges in gender mainstreaming in the Department of Education. The study made use of descriptive research design with the aid of questionnaires the main instrument in gathering the data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The study revealed that a typical respondent was in their middle adulthood aged thirty-one to forty, majority were female, most have rendered zero to four years in service, more than half of the public secondary teachers are Teacher I, and most of the public secondary teachers attended three to five numbers of relevant training on gender mainstreaming. The public secondary teachers identified that the security, health and other student services was moderately serious problem while facilities, administration, instruction and curriculum was not a problem. There was a statistically significant difference on the problems encountered by the public secondary teachers on the gender mainstreaming implementation in terms of administration and curriculum when grouped according to age and number of relevant training attended on gender mainstreaming. There was a statistically significant difference on the problems encountered by the public secondary teachers on the gender mainstreaming implementation in terms of instruction when grouped according to number of relevant training attended on gender mainstreaming. There was a significant difference on the problems encountered by the public secondary teachers on the gender mainstreaming implementation in terms of facilities when grouped according to sex, length of service and number of relevant training attended on gender mainstreaming. There was a significant difference on the problems encountered by the public secondary teachers on the gender mainstreaming implementation in terms of security, health and other student services when grouped according to sex and number of relevant training attended on gender mainstreaming. The proposed intervention program addresses the gender mainstreaming implementation for public secondary teachers in the Division of Zambales
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MEDUS, CARLOTA, KIRK E. SMITH, JEFFREY B. BENDER, FE LEANO, and CRAIG W. HEDBERG. "Salmonella Infections in Food Workers Identified through Routine Public Health Surveillance in Minnesota: Impact on Outbreak Recognition." Journal of Food Protection 73, no. 11 (November 1, 2010): 2053–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-73.11.2053.
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The frequency of Salmonella-infected food workers identified through routine surveillance from 1997 to 2004 in Minnesota was determined in order to evaluate the impact of surveillance on the detection of outbreaks in restaurants and to quantify the duration of Salmonella shedding in stool. Of 4,976 culture-confirmed Salmonella cases reported to the Minnesota Department of Health, 110 (2.2%) were identified as food workers; this was less than one-half the number expected based on the incidence of Salmonella in the general population. Twenty food workers (18%) were associated with outbreaks. Twelve were involved in nine independent outbreaks at the restaurants where they worked. The identification of the index food worker in six of these outbreaks was critical to the initiation of outbreak investigations that revealed much larger problems. Among food workers who submitted specimens until at least one negative result was obtained (n = 69), the median duration of shedding was 22 days (range, 1 to 359 days). Among the four most common serotypes (Enteritidis, Typhimurium, Heidelberg, and Newport) the median duration of shedding was significantly longer for Salmonella Newport (80 days; P = 0.02) and for Salmonella Enteritidis (32 days; P = 0.04) than for Salmonella Heidelberg (8 days). Food workers should be considered an important source of Salmonella transmission, and those identified through surveillance should raise a high index of suspicion of a possible outbreak at their place of work. Food service managers need to be alert to Salmonella-like illnesses among food workers to facilitate prevention and control efforts, including exclusion of infected food workers or restriction of their duties.
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Megan DeVoss. "Models of Instruction for Multilingual Learners: Facets of the ESOL Co-Teacher Role." Georgia Journal of Literacy 45, no. 2 (November 13, 2023): 4–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.56887/galiteracy.107.
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With nearly five million multilingual learners in U.S. schools, research is warranted for effective instruction that permits equal access to content standards through language diversification. Multilingual learners (MLs), students learning English who benefit from linguistic support to attain academic achievement, are served through models in U.S. schools that vary according to student needs and staffing capability, with English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) as the dominantly implemented format. ESOL is a federally and locally funded program that provides structured academic and linguistic support and accountability for MLs across all grade levels. The purpose of this literature review is to compare the utility and effectiveness of the four program models approved by the U.S. Department of Education to effectively teach content and language to MLs in public schools: (a) structured English immersion, (b) bilingual education, (c) dual language or two-way immersion programs, and (d) English for Speakers of Other Languages (U.S. Department of Education & U.S. Department of Justice, 2015). Furthermore, this article is intended to examine the overarching model of ESOL—the most employed model in the U.S.—and the prominent delivery format of co-teaching. Each of the models mentioned above is discussed in this paper, followed by a delineation of state and federally-approved formats of ESOL: pull-out, push-in, resource labs, sheltered classes, innovative delivery models, and co-teaching. This article concludes with an examination of co-teaching, a subset of ESOL in which a general education educator and an ESOL teacher co-plan, co-instruct, and co-assess an integrated classroom of MLs and non-MLs.
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Mallinger, Mary, Tricia Markle, Ben Minerich, Cale Nordmeyer, Erik Runquist, and Seth Stapleton. "Understanding How the Unique Context of the Minnesota Zoo Shapes Our Local Conservation Initiatives." Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 4, no. 2 (May 17, 2023): 427–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jzbg4020032.
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The field of wildlife conservation is comprised of a variety of players with different contexts and approaches. Zoos and aquariums, historically largely focused on public entertainment, are shifting more towards conservation-minded missions and can play a unique role in wildlife conservation by leveraging their distinct assets. The Minnesota Zoo is an AZA-accredited institution and an agency of the State of Minnesota that has been conducting wildlife conservation for over 40 years. Here, we review our current portfolio of local field projects, including initiatives targeting pollinators, native mussels, turtles, and bison, using several considerations to structure and better understand how our unique context has shaped our work. Our designation as a state agency has impacted our initiatives by necessitating a focus on local efforts and has facilitated many partnerships with other government agencies. Indeed, partnerships have been vital to our success and have shaped our programs significantly since their inception. All of the Zoo’s conservation initiatives are built on a bedrock of sound science, and we continue to contribute to the field through research, utilizing the expertise of department staff. In addition, the various funding streams that support our programs have dramatically shaped our work and have created some siloing of staff within the department. However, grant funding can serve as a buffer against the impacts of economic uncertainty, as evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lastly, our programs have expanded and our objectives have pivoted over the years in response to changing needs and opportunities; such flexibility—and increased flexibility for our staff—is imperative to the future success of these efforts. The Minnesota Zoo’s narrative is unique and helps us understand how we can continue to most effectively carry out local conservation efforts. As we work to protect habitats and save species from extinction, it is important to utilize the distinct assets that each organization can contribute in order to have the greatest collective impact.
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Renzulli, Linda A. "Entrepreneurial Ambitions in the Public Sector." education policy analysis archives 10 (April 10, 2002): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v10n19.2002.
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In this article, I study charter schools as social innovations within the population of established public educational institutions. I begin by briefly outlining the history of public schools in the United States. Organizational theories are applied to explain the perpetuation of the structure of public schools since World War II. Next, I delineate the characteristics of educational reform movements in the United States by focusing on the charter school movement. Then, I use an evolutionary approach to study the environmental characteristics that drive the perceived need for innovation and the promotion of experimentation. Using data compiled from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Census Bureau, and North Carolina State Data Center, I examine the characteristics of the local environment that promotes the submission of charter school applications in North Carolina over a three-year period, 1996-1998. It is shown that school districts in need of school choice do have a higher mean charter school submission rate. Also, some community characteristics and available resources are important for the initial stage of charter school formation.
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Brady, Tony James. "“Raw, free”, and “almost rude”: educating warders’ children on St Helena Penal Establishment." History of Education Review 45, no. 1 (June 6, 2016): 103–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/her-03-2014-0021.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the education of children at St Helena Penal Establishment in Queensland and the trials faced by the educators that delivered their formal schooling. The paper will add to the growing research into the prison island and will provide an insight into a unique facet of education in the newly established Australian State of Queensland. Design/methodology/approach – The historical analysis draws on original documents and published works to chronicle the provision of education to the children of warders at the St Helena Penal Establishment. Findings – The establishment of the Department of Public Instruction and the introduction of the State Education Act of 1875 were intended to provide Queensland children from 6 to 12 years of age with free, compulsory, and secular primary education. The full implementation of the Act took until 1900, and in the process, initiatives like St Helena State School No. 12, through issues of administrative control, saw teachers excluded from the Department of Public Instruction in order to include schoolchildren under the auspices of the same department. Research limitations/implications – The research paper is an initial investigation into the subject and limited by the paucity of primary data available on the topic. Originality/value – The case study adds to the growing literature on other aspects of the prison at St Helena, Queensland and adds to knowledge of life on the island. Furthermore, the aspects of control over staff on the island and the requirement for the teachers to double as guards, ready to take up arms in defence of the prison, provides new insights into the obligations placed on some early educators.
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Heger, Sara, Elizabeth Boor, Jack Distel, Daniel Wheeler, Sondra Larson, and Neile Reider. "Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Minnesota Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 40, no. 1 (2024): 79–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.15774.
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Highlights CEC are quantified in septic tank effluent, soil, and groundwater within septic systems. The success of septic system treatment of specific CEC is discussed. Treatment of CEC is compared between wastewater in septic systems and land-applied septage. Advanced treatment impact on CEC levels is analyzed. Abstract. Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) are gaining attention as they continue to attract public awareness and more environmental and health consequences are recognized. This study showcases CEC concentrations within Minnesota’s Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS). The study identifies a broad range of CECs associated with subsurface sewage treatment at four sites. Three sites are Minnesota Department of Transportation rest area SSTS with high user inputs, and one site is a septage land application field that receives septage from residential and septic commercial tanks. The studied CEC include antibiotics, chronic disease prescriptions, veterinary medicine, stimulants, hormones, antihistamines, pain and fever relief prescriptions, and a plasticizer. CEC were quantified in the septage, septic tank effluent, advanced treatment effluent, soil, and shallow groundwater. The samples were analyzed via mass spectrometry coupled with light chromatography, revealing that CEC concentrations decrease as they move through the SSTS system. Septage had the highest concentrations of CEC, followed by septic tank effluent. Groundwater had the third highest concentrations, and soils had the lowest concentrations of CEC. CEC concentrations are being reduced through SSTS, but some persist in shallow groundwater. Keywords: Decentralized wastewater system, Groundwater, Pharmaceuticals, Septage, Septic system, Septic tank, Wastewater.
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Brady, Tony. "Nambour." Australian and International Journal of Rural Education 22, no. 3 (November 1, 2012): 87–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v22i3.623.
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This paper examines the Rural Schools of Queensland. Starting with Nambour in 1917, the scheme incorporated thirty schools, and operated for over forty years. The rhetoric of the day was that boys and girls from the senior classes of primary school would be provided with elementary instruction of a practical character. In reality, the subjects taught were specifically tailored to provide farm skills to children in rural centres engaged in farming, dairying or fruit growing. Linked to each Rural School was a number of smaller surrounding schools, students from which travelled to the Rural School for special agricultural or domestic instruction. Through this action, the Queensland Department of Public Instruction left no doubt it intended to provide educational support for agrarian change and development within the state; in effect, they had set in motion the creation of a Queensland yeoman class. The Department’s intention was to arrest or reverse the trend toward urbanisation — whilst increasing agricultural productivity — through the making of a farmer born of the land and accepting of the new scientific advances in agriculture.
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Osterholm, Michael T. "Infectious Disease in Child Day Care: An Overview." Pediatrics 94, no. 6 (December 1, 1994): 987–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.94.6.987a.
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In the early 1980s, the Minnesota Department of Health began to address the growing concern of the risk of infectious diseases in child day care by initiating a planning process that resulted in the first national symposium on infectious diseases in child day care. That symposium, which was held in June 1984 in Minneapolis, highlighted the fact that different vocabularies and points of reference would need to be bridged if day-care providers and regulators, clinicians, and public health practitioners are to work side-by-side in defining the risk of infectious diseases in day care and in developing appropriate prevention strategies.1 As a result of this meeting, the Minnesota Public Health Association submitted a resolution to the American Public Health Association (APHA) in the fall of 1984, stating that child-care standards, especially in the area of prevention of infectious diseases, were needed. This resolution, together with a simultaneous recommendation from the APHA's Maternal and Child Health Section for the development of health and safety standards for out-of-home child-care facilities, began a process which eventually led to the monumental effort now known as the American Public Health Association/American Academy of Pediatrics, National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs.2 In June, 1992, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sponsored the "International Conference on Child Day Care Health: Science, Prevention and Practice," a historic meeting bringing together concerned individuals from many disciplines to further define and set the future agenda for the science, prevention and practice of child day-care health.
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Altay, Mehmet, Samantha Curle, Dogan Yuksel, and Adem Soruç. "Investigating academic achievement of English medium instruction courses in Turkey." Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 12, no. 1 (March 21, 2022): 117–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/ssllt.2022.12.1.6.
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This article reports a quantitative study that investigated academic achievement in English medium instruction (EMI) courses at a public university in Turkey. Student test score data on EMI and Turkish medium instruction (TMI) courses as well as general English proficiency scores were collected in two academic divisions: the mathematical, physical, and life sciences (MPLS, N = 357); and the social sciences (N = 359). Analysis conducted at the macro (academic division), meso (academic department), and micro levels (academic program) showed subtle differences at each level. Overall, results were consistent: English language proficiency was a strong predictor of academic achievement of social science participants, whereas success in TMI courses predicted EMI success of MPLS participants. These results reinforce the notion that more language support should be given to social science students, whereas learning some content through TMI should be prioritized for MPLS students. Implications for language professionals and EMI practitioners are discussed, and suggestions are made for further research.
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Howe, Sondra Wieland. "Julius Eichberg: String and Vocal Instruction in Nineteenth-Century Boston." Journal of Research in Music Education 44, no. 2 (July 1996): 147–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3345667.
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Julius Eichberg (1824-1893) made valuable contributions to the development of music education through his string and vocal instruction in Boston. Educated in Europe, Eichberg was a violin professor in Geneva before immigrating to the United States in 1857. He directed the Boston Museum Concerts 1859-1866 and composed four operas. In 1867, he founded the Boston Conservatory, developed its string department, and published string method books and chamber music. In the Boston public schools, Eichberg taught high school vocal music, supervised music for the entire school system, and taught teacher-training courses. Boston s school system became a model for other school systems. The annual Music Festivals in Boston, with Eichberg conducting choruses and orchestras, brought the schools positive publicity. Eichberg also composed choral works for his school choruses and edited music textbooks. Eichbergs work in string education and high school choral music laid foundations for programs in the twentieth century.
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Robinson, Richard K., David A. Kuemmel, Ronald C. Sonntag, Stephen F. Shober, and Robert J. Griffin. "Public Perceptions of Wisconsin Pavements and Trade-Offs in Pavement Improvement." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1699, no. 1 (January 2000): 66–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1699-09.
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Findings are reported from Phase II of a three-phase pooled-fund project in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota to determine perceptions of drivers regarding pavement of rural two-lane highways. Among the survey topics were drivers’ trust in the state department of transportation (DOT), pavement improvement trade-offs, and pavement evaluation. Results of the Wisconsin portion of the survey data are the focus of this study. The survey questionnaire was based in part on Phase I focus groups conducted to gauge beliefs about pavements as well as the language describing ruts, tining, and other pavement characteristics. Phase II entailed a statewide telephone survey of at least 400 randomly selected drivers in each of the three states. Although the focus here is on Wisconsin results, survey responses across the three states were very consistent. Included in the findings discussed are perceptions of pavement and the state DOT and pavement improvement options relating to construction, travel time, and delays. Results disclose key public perceptions of priorities with regard to spending limited funds. Also discussed are statistically significant relationships providing additional insights into public perceptions and pavement improvement on rural two-lane highways.
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Chiu, David, Ronald Lavoie, Larry Nathanson, and Leon Sanchez. "An Automated Tobacco Cessation Intervention for Emergency Department Discharged Patients." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 22, no. 4 (July 19, 2021): 1010–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2021.2.49489.
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Introduction: Nearly 14% of US adults currently smoke cigarettes. Cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. Emergency department (ED) patients are frequently asked for their use of tobacco. Manual selection of pre-formed discharge instructions is the norm for most ED. Providing tobacco cessation discharge instructions to ED patients presents another avenue to combat the tobacco use epidemic we face. The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an automated discharge instruction system in increasing the frequency of discharging current tobacco users with instructions for tobacco cessation. Methods: The study was done at an urban academic tertiary care center. A before and after study was used to test the hypothesis that use of an automated discharged instruction system would increase the frequency that patients who use tobacco were discharged with tobacco cessation instructions. Patients that were admitted, left against medical advice, eloped or left without being seen were excluded. The before phase was from 09/21/14-10/21/14 and the after phase was from the same dates one year later, 09/21/15-10/21/15. This was done to account for confounding by time of year, ED volume and other factors. A Fisher’s Exact Test was calculated to compare these two groups. Results: Tobacco cessation DC instructions were received 2/486 (0.4%) of tobacco users in the pre-implementation period compared to 357/371 (96%) in the post-implementation period (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The automated discharge instructions system increases the proportion of tobacco users who receive cessation instructions. Given the public health ramifications of tobacco use, this could prove to be a significant piece in decreasing tobacco use in patients who go to the emergency department.
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Macindoe, Claire. "Mothers Need To Know Better: Radio, the Department of Health, and improving the Nation." Back Story Journal of New Zealand Art, Media & Design History, no. 10 (June 24, 2022): 7–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.24135/backstory.vi10.68.
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When radio broadcasting first crackled onto the airwaves it was met with great enthusiasm from the wider public. Although we may now associate it more with late night talkback sessions and music’s top forty, educational broadcasting was a key feature of early radio and helped to establish a deeply ingrained listening culture within New Zealand. Educational broadcasts helped to legitimise radio as more than just a source of light entertainment. Women were a key target for many radio-based educational efforts, viewed as both the main consumers of broadcast content and in the greatest need of instruction within the domestic sphere. Health and the idea of ‘scientific motherhood’ were a key component of these efforts. When World War Two required the Department of Health to adopt new methods of connecting with the public, radio was deemed the most effective option. Women were responsible for the health of the family, and there was already a well-established culture of educating women within the domestic sphere via the radio.
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Nelson, Barbara L., Robert C. Johns, and Robert J. Benke. "Challenges of Upgrading Strategic Capability in Public Sector." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1558, no. 1 (January 1996): 122–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196155800117.
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Noting significant shifts in public expectations of government transportation policy, management at the Minnesota Department of Transportation concluded that its approach to internal operations and external affairs required adjustment. After thoughtful discussion of the options, management decided to import and adapt advanced management techniques from the private sector in ways that were consistent with public sector values and introduce them by means that would support healthy development of a learning organization. This innovative approach produced benefits for the organization. It also demonstrated the unique challenges public sector organizations have in upgrading strategic capability: creating a framework of outcomes that are clear and congruent; adapting strategic techniques to agree with public sector organizational values and introducing them in ways that garner public acceptance; being accountable for shaping a future according to shared public aspiration; creating systems to provide the grist for strategic analysis in forms compatible with the methodologies; creating clarity in the organization's conceptual and strategy framework so that strategic techniques achieve their promise; producing an aspiration for the future that is shared by the general public; and setting a longer-term goal that inspires commitment. A conceptual framework is offered. Analysis of the challenges—challenges anticipated and challenges apparent only in after-the-fact reflection—highlights complex issues faced by public-sector management executing a strategic upgrade.