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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/tep0000461/) Scientific competence and health service psychology master’s training: An outline for an applied methodology course.
Feb 26th 2024, 14:18

Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Vol 18(1), Feb 2024, 21-30; doi:10.1037/tep0000461
As the American Psychological Association approaches the accreditation of master’s programs in health service psychology (HSP), an examination and reconsideration of training needs and goals is necessary. Considering the scientific standards that distinguish HSP from other master’s-level mental health fields, it is imperative that training programs produce similarly scientifically minded master’s-level practitioners. Furthermore, as clinical training moves toward a competency-based model, we put forward that scientific competence becomes imperative to ethical and effective master’s-level practice. However, few resources are available to structure programs and curricula to achieve the needed competencies. Therefore, we outline an applied methodology course designed to achieve scientific competence at the master’s level. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/2814144/) Options for Building a Diverse Health Care Workforce
Feb 26th 2024, 13:17

To the Editor A recent Viewpoint illuminated the legal challenges to building a diverse health care workforce in light of the US Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action. As members of the admissions committee at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, which seeks to matriculate future physicians to meet the diverse workforce needs of California, we want to clarify how the UC Davis Scale is used in our process. Although children of physicians generally receive a low score on this composite measure of socioeconomic disadvantage, that does not mean they cannot be accepted to medical school. This scale simply provides context to the advantages afforded certain applicants and the impediments encountered by others.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/surveillance-for-lyme-disease-after-implementation-of-a-revised-case-definition-united-states-2022/) Surveillance for Lyme Disease After Implementation of a Revised Case Definition — United States, 2022
Feb 26th 2024, 13:09

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/dq240212c-eng-htm/) Non-profit organizations in rural and small town Canada, 2021
Feb 26th 2024, 12:54

In 2021, more than 135,000 non-profit organizations (NPOs) were active in Canada. While the overall number of active NPOs in Canada remained relatively stable from 2020 to 2021 (+0.9%), the number of those operating in rural and small town (RST) areas dropped by 2.6%. 
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/the-advanced-hiv-disease-research-landscape/) The advanced HIV disease research landscape
Feb 26th 2024, 12:48

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/monographs-edited-collections/forced-out-migrant-mothers-in-search-of-refuge-and-hope-2/) Forced Out Migrant Mothers in Search of Refuge and Hope
Feb 26th 2024, 12:19

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/726528/) Of the State, against the State: Public Defenders, Street-Level Bureaucracy, and Discretion in Criminal Court
Feb 26th 2024, 12:18

Social Service Review, Volume 97, Issue 4, Page 675-718, December 2023. 
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/01634372-2023-2237076-2/) Social isolation, loneliness, and mental health among older adults during COVID-19: a scoping review
Feb 26th 2024, 12:17

Volume 67, Issue 2, February-March 2024, Page 143-156. 
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/podcasts/the-lost-subways-of-north-america-a-cartographic-guide-to-the-past-present-and-what-might-have-been/) The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been
Feb 26th 2024, 11:12

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/10778012231222489/) Intimate Partner Violence in El Salvador: A Relationship Between Femicide Attempts and Barriers to Help-Seeking
Feb 26th 2024, 11:08

Violence Against Women, Ahead of Print. Research has examined the relationship between femicides, understood as the killing of any woman, and intimate partner violence (IPV). Additionally, women have been found to seek out formal help when they deem their experiences to be severe, yet many reasons prevent them from doing so; hindering our ability to interrupt the cycle of violence and further victimization. Using the Salvadoran 2017 Violence Against Women National Survey, this study examines the relationships between femicide attempts, IPV, and formal help-seeking. We find a significant positive relationship between experiencing a femicide attempt and IPV, and specific reasons for not seeking formal help.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/video/social-work-faculty-and-students-participate-in-activist-lab-bootcamp/) Social work faculty and students participate in Activist Lab Bootcamp
Feb 26th 2024, 10:31

https://www.usf.edu/cbcs/news/2024/2024-activist-lab-bootcamp.aspx
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/guidelines-plus/overdose-prevention-and-response-toolkit/) Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit
Feb 26th 2024, 10:22

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/infographics/data-these-are-the-cincy-neighborhoods-with-the-most-life-years-lost/) Data: These are the Cincy neighborhoods with the most life years lost
Feb 26th 2024, 10:22

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/universities-accord-many-students-could-pay-less-for-their-higher-education-eventually/) Universities Accord: many students could pay less for their higher education … eventually
Feb 26th 2024, 10:02

The review also wants to see financial support for students who have to do work placements to complete their degrees, such as nursing, allied health and teaching. These compulsory placements can be very costly for students. For example, recent research on social work students has found the financial burden of doing these placements can be crippling, with students having to give up paid work, travel long distances and pay for clothing.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/cpp-2942/) Dynamic and static predictive modelling of psychotherapy outcome—Comparison of two statistical approaches
Feb 26th 2024, 09:54

Abstract
Objective
Improving prediction abilities in the therapy process can increase therapeutic success for a variety of reasons, such as more personalised treatment or resource optimisation. The increasingly applied methods of dynamic prediction seem to be very promising for this purpose. Prediction models are usually based on static approaches of frequentist statistics. However, the application of this statistical approach has been widely criticised in this research area. Bayesian statistics has been proposed in the literature as an alternative, especially for the task of dynamic modelling. In this study, we compare the performance of predicting therapy outcome over the course of therapy between both statistical approaches.
Method
Based on a sample of 341 patients, a logistic regression analysis was performed using both statistical approaches. Therapy success was conceptualised as reliable pre–post improvement in brief symptom inventory (BSI) scores. As predictors, we used the subscales of the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-30) and the Helping Alliance Questionnaire (HAQ) measured every fifth session, as well as baseline BSI scores.
Results
The influence of the predictors during therapy differs between the frequentist and the Bayesian approach. In contrast, predictive validity is comparable with a mean area under the curve (AUC) of 0.76 in both model types.
Conclusion
Bayesian statistic provides an innovative and useful alternative to the frequentist approach in predicting therapy outcome. The theoretical foundation is particularly well suited for dynamic prediction. Nevertheless, no differences in predictive validity were found in this study. More complex methodology as well as further research seems necessary to exploit the potential of Bayesian statistics in this area.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/jech-2023-220748v1/) Factors associated with the use of psychedelics, ketamine and MDMA among sexual and gender minority youths in Canada: a machine learning analysis
Feb 26th 2024, 09:19

Background
Substance use is increasing among sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY). This increase may be due to changes in social norms and socialisation, or due to SGMY exploring the potential therapeutic value of drugs such as psychedelics. We identified predictors of psychedelics, MDMA and ketamine use.
Methods
Data were obtained from 1414 SGMY participants who completed the ongoing longitudinal 2SLGBTQ+ Tobacco Project in Canada between November 2020 to January 2021. We examined the association between 80 potential features (including sociodemographic factors, mental health-related factors and substance use-related factors) with the use of psychedelics, MDMA and ketamine in the past year. Random forest classifier was used to identify the predictors most associated with reported use of these drugs.
Results
18.1% of participants have used psychedelics in the past year; 21.9% used at least one of the three drugs. Cannabis and cocaine use were the predictors most strongly associated with any of these drugs, while cannabis, but not cocaine use, was the one most associated with psychedelic use. Other mental health and 2SLGBTQ+ stigma-related factors were also associated with the use of these drugs.
Conclusion
The use of psychedelics, MDMA and ketamine among 2SLGBTQ+ individuals appeared to be largely driven by those who used them together with other drugs. Depression scores also appeared in the top 10 factors associated with these illicit drugs, suggesting that there were individuals who may benefit from the potential therapeutic value of these drugs. These characteristics should be further investigated in future studies.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/health-care-costs-top-the-publics-list-of-financial-worries-and-those-who-are-struggling-the-most-want-to-hear-presidential-candidates-discuss-economic-and-health-care-issues/) Health Care Costs Top the Public’s List of Financial Worries, and Those Who Are Struggling the Most Want to Hear Presidential Candidates Discuss Economic and Health Care Issues
Feb 26th 2024, 09:07

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/20597991241228978/) Bridging architecture and social sciences to study home-based work: A socio-spatial representation method
Feb 26th 2024, 08:58

Methodological Innovations, Ahead of Print. This article presents a methodology that combines methods of architectural representation with qualitative social science research to study housing, particularly, home-based work. Studies of home-based work have specialised in discussing the complexities of sharing the domestic and productive spaces. However, the literature shows that there is a methodological gap in approaching these complexities. Specifically, both social science and architectural techniques separately fail to represent the relationships and conflicts between these two spheres. This article addresses the following question: how to achieve a representation that corresponds to the complexity of the relationship between domestic and productive space in dwellings? To answer this question, our methodology combines the techniques of architecture (sketches, plans, maquettes and axonometries) and social science (observation, interviews and focus groups) to capture the relationship between domestic (reproductive) and work (productive) spaces in households. The method presents three scales of analysis: the micro (household), the meso (part of the neighbourhood) and the macro (neighbourhood). These different scales of analysis were applied in two case studies to test the performance of the method. These are the transitional emergency neighbourhoods built after the 2015 floods in Atacama (Chile). These cases were selected because, for many families, housing is also a place of income generation, and often emergency housing is a place of work, contributing to the economic recovery process after a disaster.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/tep0000448/) The paper chase: A team science training exercise.
Feb 26th 2024, 08:18

Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Vol 18(1), Feb 2024, 13-20; doi:10.1037/tep0000448
Over the past few decades of psychological research, there has been an important increase in both the application of multidisciplinary or collaborative science and in training and research that emphasizes social justice and cultural humility. In the current article, we report on the use of the “Paper Chase” as a team science training and research experience that also facilitates cultural humility in research and when working in teams. The Paper Chase is a synchronous writing exercise originally conceptualized by a cohort of health service psychology interns to reduce lag time between article writing and submission (Schaumberg et al., 2015). The Paper Chase involves a group of trainees coming together for a predetermined amount of time (e.g., 9 or more hours) with the aim of writing and submitting a full article for publication. In the current article, we extend a previous report on the Paper Chase by formally linking the training experience to the four phases of team science: development, conceptualization, implementation, and translation. We also discuss ways in which the Paper Chase as a training experience can promote cultural humility. Finally, we provide updated recommendations for successfully completing a Paper Chase project. Overall, the authors of this article who were predoctoral psychology interns across two recent cohorts at one academic medical center reported positive experiences from the Paper Chase. In addition, the present study suggests that the Paper Chase can be used as one activity that facilitates critical training in team science. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/s12992-024-01014-2/) Conducting co-creation for public health in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and key informant perspectives on implementation barriers and facilitators
Feb 26th 2024, 07:42

There has been an increase in the use of co-creation for public health because of its claimed potential to increase an intervention’s impact, spark change and co-create knowledge. Still, little is reported on …
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/unicef-supports-turkmenistan-in-introducing-new-medical-social-worker-profession-to-address-the-needs-of-children-and-families/) UNICEF supports Turkmenistan in introducing new Medical Social Worker profession to address the needs of children and families
Feb 26th 2024, 07:23

Today marks the completion of the 8-month course Foundations of Medical-Social Work with a Focus on Social Inclusion of Persons with Disability organized with support of UNICEF for the first batch of new graduate specialists on Medical-Social Work. 
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/jech-2023-221705v1/) Contribution of causes of death to changing inequalities in life expectancy by income in Finland, 1997-2020
Feb 26th 2024, 07:18

Background
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality originate from different causes of death. Alcohol-related and smoking-related deaths are major drivers of mortality inequalities across Europe. In Finland, the turn from widening to narrowing mortality disparities by income in the early 2010s was largely attributable to these causes of death. However, little is known about recent inequalities in life expectancy (LE) and lifespan variation.
Methods
We used individual-level total population register-based data with annual information on disposable household income and cause-specific mortality for ages 30–95+, and assessed the contribution of smoking on mortality using the Preston-Glei-Wilmoth method. We calculated trends in LE at age 30 and SD in lifespan by income quintile in 1997–2020 and conducted age and cause-of-death decompositions of changes in LE.
Results
Disparity in LE and lifespan variation by income increased in 2015–2020, largely attributable to the stagnation of both measures in the lowest income quintile. The LE gap between the extreme quintiles in 2018–2020 was 11.2 (men) and 5.9 (women) years, of which roughly 40% was attributable to alcohol and smoking. However, the recent widening of the gap and the stagnation in LE in the lowest quintile over time were not driven by any specific cause-of-death group.
Conclusions
After a decade of narrowing inequalities in LE and lifespan variation in Finland, the gaps between income groups are growing again. Increasing LE disparity and stagnating mortality on the lowest income levels are no longer attributable to smoking and alcohol-related deaths but are more comprehensive, originating from most cause-of-death groups.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/sextrans-2023-056008v1/) Reactive HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use in a London sexual health clinic
Feb 26th 2024, 06:19

There are concerns pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) may delay HIV seroconversion, but data are limited. We present a descriptive case note review of HIV testing outcomes from 56 Dean Street, a London sexual health clinic, from 1 January to 31 December 2021. Gender, age, sexual risk, PrEP history (using tenofovir disoproxil and emtricitabine) and HIV testing outcomes (see figure 1 for definitions) were collected.
Figure 1

PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis.

292 screening tests were reactive. Median age was 34.5 years old (IQR 28.5–39.5). 90.4% (n=264) were cis male, of whom 93.2% (n=246) were men having sex with men (MSM); 5.1% (n=15) were cis female with high-risk partners and/or sex workers, and 4.4% (n=13) were transwomen having unprotected anal sex.
Our data show no patients with initial reactive, triple-assay negative tests progressing to a positive HIV test, regardless of PrEP usage. However, it was a retrospective observational review in one clinic with…
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/bmjsrh-2023-201856v2/) Contraception prescribing in England during the COVID-19 pandemic
Feb 26th 2024, 05:23

Background
National lockdowns in England due to COVID-19 resulted in rapid shifts in healthcare provision, including in primary care where most contraceptive prescriptions are issued. This study aimed to investigate contraception prescribing trends in primary care during the pandemic and the impact of socioeconomic deprivation.
Methods
Prescribing data were accessed from the English Prescribing Dataset for the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (1 March 2020–28 February 2021) and the year prior (1 March 2019–29 February 2020). Data were analysed by geographical region (London, Midlands and East of England, North of England, South of England) and contraceptive type (progestogen-only pill (POP), combined oral contraception (COC), emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) and contraceptive injections). Differences in prescribing rates were calculated using Poisson regression. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated for the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores for each Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in the North East and North Cumbria (NENC).
Results
Contraception prescribing rates decreased overall during the COVID-19 pandemic in England (Poisson regression coefficient (β)=–0.035), with a statistically significant (p<0.01) decrease in all four regions. Prescriptions decreased for COC (β=–0.978), contraceptive injections (β=–0.161) and EHC (β=–0.2005), while POP (β=0.050) prescribing rates increased. There was a weak positive correlation between IMD and prescribing rates in NENC (p>0.05).
Conclusions
Contraception provision was impacted by COVID-19 with an overall decrease in prescribing rates. The deprivation results suggest that this may not be a significant contributing factor to this decrease. Further research is recommended to better understand these changes, and to ensure that services respond appropriately to population needs.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/grey-literature/alcohol-taxation-and-pricing-policies-and-their-impact-on-alcohol-consumption-in-ukraine-from-2011-2021-country-report/) Alcohol taxation and pricing policies and their impact on alcohol consumption in Ukraine from 2011– 2021: country report
Feb 26th 2024, 04:56

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/news/the-uk-government-aims-to-stop-publishing-stats-on-homeless-peoples-deaths-heres-why-thats-a-problem/) The UK government aims to stop publishing stats on homeless people’s deaths – here’s why that’s a problem
Feb 26th 2024, 04:27

The UK government claims that these statistics are “experimental” and that “further development work” is needed to bring them up to “national statistics status”. As part of its consultation, which closes on March 5 2024, the government is looking for feedback on “the relative importance” of these statistics.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/bji-2023-32/) Is mental health in South Africa moving forward?
Feb 26th 2024, 04:19

A landmark South African Mental Health Conference took place in April 2023, marking the first national collaborative conference between government and mental health professionals. The theme was Join the Movement, and a ‘whole of society’ approach was emphasised, imploring various sectors to collaborate in relieving the country’s burden of mental illness. Challenges in mental health were raised and possible solutions presented. This article discusses the conference, aspects of psychiatric care in South Africa, South Africa’s health system issues and the importance of moving forward measurably.

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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/jme-2023-109326v2/) What is fair? Ethical analysis of triage criteria and disability rights during the COVID-19 pandemic and the German legislation
Feb 26th 2024, 03:21

This essay discusses the ethical challenges and dilemmas in allocating scarce medical resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the German legislative process as a starting point. It is guided by the right to non-discrimination of people with disability and generally contrasts utilitarian and rights-based principles of allocation. Three approaches that were suggested in the German discussion, are presented, the lottery principle, the first come first served principle and the probability to survive principle. Arguments in favour and against each principle are discussed. The focus is on the utilitarian probability to survive principle, which was adopted in German legislation in 2022, and its discriminatory potential against people with disability. The essay suggests ways to mitigate the concerns of discrimination related to the probability to survive principle. It concludes that resolving the triage dilemma requires a balanced approach between utilitarian and rights-based concerns, which promotes both maximising the number of patients surviving and the right not to be discriminated against and be treated equally. It calls for a further debate on how many ethical values such as equity, fairness and non-discrimination we are willing to sacrifice for a higher number of survivors and when we are willing to sacrifice survivors to secure ethical values.
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/open-access-journal-articles/s43045-023-00371-9/) The impact of smartphone addiction on attention control and sleep in Egypt—an online survey
Feb 26th 2024, 03:19

The widespread use of smartphones makes it imperative for researchers to study the adverse effect of smartphone addiction. We aimed to study the risk factors of smartphone addiction, insomnia, and attention de…
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(https://ifp.nyu.edu/2024/journal-article-abstracts/tc-2023-058232v1/) Impact of regulatory tightening of the Hungarian tobacco retail market on availability, access and cigarette smoking prevalence of adolescents
Feb 26th 2024, 02:22

Introduction
Policies that reduce tobacco retail density to decrease tobacco use among the youth are critical for the tobacco endgame. This paper reviews a Hungarian tobacco regulatory measure, which, since 2013, has confined the sale of tobacco products exclusively to so-called National Tobacco Shops, summarises the changes in the national tobacco retail marketplace and reports on analyses of the impact of this intervention on illegal sales to minors and adolescent smoking behaviour.
Methods
We reviewed the available national statistical data on the structure and dynamics of the tobacco retail market. Changes in lifetime and current (past 30 days) use of cigarettes among Hungarian adolescents aged 13–17 years were assessed using data from international youth surveys on health behaviours collected in 2010–2020.
Results
Since the start of policy implementation, the density of tobacco shops in Hungary decreased by 85%, from 4.1 to 0.6 per 1000 persons. The prevalence of lifetime and current cigarette smoking among adolescents declined by 13–24 percentage points (pp) and by 4.8–15 pp, respectively. The rate of illegal sales of tobacco products to minors decreased by 27.6 pp, although the prevalence of compensatory access strategies, especially asking others to buy cigarettes for minors, increased.
Conclusions
After a significant decrease in the nationwide availability of licensed tobacco retailers, Hungary experienced short-term reductions in youth smoking prevalence. However, the sporadic implementation of complementary, evidence-based tobacco control strategies might limit further declines in youth smoking initiation and tobacco product use.

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