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Background As public health becomes increasingly central to the practice of medicine, educational efforts are necessary to prepare medical students to apply public health concepts in their care of patients. There are few accessible and informative tools to prepare students to engage with population health challenges. Methods We distributed an online questionnaire to clinical students, querying gaps in their education on public health topics. Based upon the responses, we developed a web-based curriculum for medical students rotating at a public safety-net hospital on pediatrics, medicine, primary care, psychiatry, and surgery services from April–December 2017 (available at www.publichealthcommute.com ). Students received guiding questions and media-based resources (e.g. podcasts, TedTalks, YouTube videos) in weekly modules addressing topics in public health. Each module incorporated 30 min of mobile-optimized content, including specific data relating the topic to the Central Harlem community. Familiarity with public health was assessed with pre- and post-program quizzes, including 10 multiple-choice and 2 open-ended questions. Results Among the 70 participating students, 59 (84%) completed both the pre- and post-assessments. The five-week curriculum covered health systems, social determinants, race, substance use, violence, and alternative care models. After completing the five-week curriculum, the mean correct score on a multiple-choice quiz rose from 57 to 66% ( p  = 0.001). In the qualitative section of the test, students were asked what public health topics should be taught in medical school. Frequently suggested topics included social determinants of health (25%), epidemiology (25%), health systems (25%), insurance (21%), policy (17%), economics (17%), racism (15%), and health disparities (8%). When asked how public health will impact their medical career, students frequently responded that it would greatly impact their clinical practice (49%), choice of residency program (17%), and decision to pursue advocacy or additional degrees (15%). Conclusions Learners participating in this five-week online public health curriculum demonstrated a significant increase in public health knowledge. The online format allowed for high participation across five different specialty rotations, and community-specific data allowed students to recognize the importance of public health in medical practice.

We hypothesized that young children cared for by non-parents outside of the home are at higher odds of injury compared to children cared for by parents at home. Data were obtained from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health. Parent-reported injury prevalence within the last 12 months for 1–5 year-olds was compared for children with different childcare providers and settings. Child age, gender, race/ethnicity, special healthcare needs, residence in a Metropolitan Statistical Area, region of United States (U.S.), and measures of poverty, family structure, and parent education were considered as covariates in logistic regression models. The prevalence of injury in the U.S. for children aged 1–5 is 11.9 %. Children who attend childcare centers ≥10 h per week have a higher injury prevalence than those cared for by parents at home (13.9 vs. 10.4 % respectively, p  < 0.05), but this differs by age. Among 1-year olds, the odds of injury is lower for those with care at a center compared to at home, but among 2–5 year olds, the OR is 1.37 (95 % CI 1.04, 1.80) for childcare center versus home care, after adjusting for covariates. The relationship between care at a center and unintentional injury appears stronger when no parent in the household has a high school degree. National data indicate that children aged 2–5 who attend childcare centers may be at increased odds of injury. Future population-based studies should capture the severity and context of the injury and characteristics of the childcare center to better define this relationship.

AbstractIn this article, I argue that while the tween is understood as having transnational relevance and mobility, this is often emphasized in ways that overlook the national and cultural specificities of tween culture. I argue that the distinctive context of British television history augments the connections between national and transnational paradigms of tween culture in important ways. While authenticity, friendships, and honesty remain foregrounded in a number of Children’s British Broadcasting Corporation (CBBC) shows, these are constructed through a national discourse that connects to transnational models of the tween girl but also mobilizes a cultural specificity that is inextricable from the broadcasting context in which it is produced.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to convey the experience of medical cannabis users and growers in the UK.Design/methodology/approachBiography and personal ethnograpy.FindingsMedical cannabis users are forced into cultivating their own medicine.Research limitations/implicationsSingle case study.Practical implicationsThere is an urgent need for policy change to enable medical cannabis users to access their medication easily and affordably.Social implicationsA rising number of people are denied their constitutional right to health by a misguided policy.Originality/valueThis study fills a major gap in the literature on medical cannabis growers.

Domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, and sexual exploitation through prostitution, pornography and trafficking can have many significant adverse impacts on a survivor’s health and wellbeing, in the short, medium and long-term. Taking a life-course approach, the book explores what is known about appropriate treatment responses to those who have experienced, and those who perpetrate, domestic and sexual violence and abuse. The book also examines key factors that are important in understanding how and why different groups experience heightened risks of domestic and sexual violence and abuse, namely: gender and sexuality; race and culture; disability; and abuse by professionals. Drawing together results from specially commissioned research, the views of experts by experience, experts by profession and the published research literature, the book argues that sufficient is already known to delineate an appropriate public health framework, encompassing primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, to successfully tackle the important public health issue represented by domestic and sexual violence and abuse. Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse equips health and social care professionals and services to identify and respond to the needs of affected individuals with a view to the prevention and early intervention. Selected contents: Part 1 Setting the scene Catherine Itzin, Ann Taket and Sarah Barter-Godfrey 1. Introduction - the Victims of Violence and Abuse Prevention Programme (VVAPP) and its work Part 2 Violence and abuse through the life-course, Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catherine Itzin 2. Across the life-course 3. The importance of childhood 4. Across the lifespan: youth, young people and adolescence 5. Violence and abuse across the lifespan: adults Part 3 Addressing Inequalities 6. Gender and sexuality, Marianne Hester 7. Race and Culture, Hannana Siddiqui, Meena Patel and Jalna Hanmer 8. Violence, Abuse and Disabled People, Richard Curen, Valerie Sinason, Jackie Barron, Nicola Harwin and Ruth Marchant 9. Abuse by professionals, Sarah Barter-Godfrey Part 4 Tackling Sexual and Domestic Violence and Abuse Ann Taket, Sarah Barter-Godfrey and Catherine Itzin 10. Conclusions and implications for research, policy and practice Catherine Itzin was Emerita Professor in Mental Health Policy, University of Lincoln, UK until her death on 9 March 2010. Ann Taket is Professor of Health and Social Exclusion in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia. Sarah Barter-Godfrey is Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Australia.

As we move towards the second International Girls Studies Association Conference, to be held at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, in February 2019, we reflect on the work of the scholars and practitioners who presented at our first conference in April 2016, in Norwich, UK. In this special issue of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal we highlight the diversity of articles presented at the conference that provided us with a sense of the breadth of research in girls studies to date.

Understanding spatial and temporal change in distribution of endangered species within urban, fragmented landscapes has increased as an area of ecological study in the last fifty years in concert with improvement of environmental protection regulations. This research involves designing a species distribution model for Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembrus pacificus; PPM) to generate predictions about their habitat use. The main goal was to understand the relationship between distinct occurrence locations and environmental variables within a 0.12-km² Habitat Conservation Area in May 2009 for later spatio-temporal comparison. Environmental variable layers were generated using supervised classification of Digital Globe’s WorldView-2 high-resolution satellite imagery, in addition to other vegetation health measures and topography. A model was developed using the open source software program Maxent to spatially represent the distribution of PPM and the variables that may have influenced their presence. Results indicated that distance to houses and anthropogenic infrastructure strongly influences PPM distribution. Proximity to California sagebrush (Artemisia californica) and buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) show a positive relationship with PPM occurrence. Another strong positive influence on PPM presence was proximity to a recreational trail, which indicates that a level of moderate disturbance may benefit the species. This thesis presents the idea that appropriate habitat disturbance may be necessary to improve the spatial distribution of the PPM, and suggests ideas for further research to enhance understanding of human and environmental impacts to the species.

The artwork in Shards & Scraps reflects on Sarah Godfrey’s personal connections to glass and food throughout her life. Her smaller paintings study the interaction of light with glass plus the physical representations of peeling fruit, while larger multi-surface paintings study repaired, and broken glass objects used in foodservice and preparation. Large-format photographs tower over viewers and broken glass installations challenge you to assess the line between beauty and danger. Through Godfrey’s education at Iowa State, her work has transformed into a reflective narrative about her connections with glass vessels, from childhood until the present. In recent years, her studio practice has changed due to personal observations of the quantity of food waste made. Within the exhibition, food transforms into a medium of expression that gives participants opportunities to be more mindful of the waste they produce in their own homes.