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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This prescient book
presents the intellectual terrain of shrinking cities while
exploring the key research questions in each of the field?s
sub-domains and reviewing the range of methodologies within these
topics. The book begins with an introduction outlining what
shrinking cities are and how they are researched, highlighting both
the opportunities and challenges that arise in this field,
including the big ideas any researcher must grapple with. The next
six chapters are each devoted to a different sub-domain within
shrinking cities, offering a quick overview of the topics, relevant
problems, paradoxes and key research questions. The book concludes
with a review of the major themes and, most importantly, looks
toward the future, predicting and anticipating the most significant
future research trends related to shrinking cities. This accessible
and compelling Research Agenda will be of interest to researchers
looking to move into this area, urban studies and planning
instructors who are teaching research methods courses, and students
studying or independently researching shrinking cities.
Physical Activity in Public Health Practice provides the first
evidence-based, practical textbook to guide readers through the
process of conceptualizing, justifying, implementing, and
evaluating physical activity interventions across a broad array of
settings and populations. Section One begins with an overview of
epidemiology, measurement, critical milestones, and the importance
of moving beyond individual-level physical activity intervention,
to interventions aimed at policy-, systems-, and
environmental-level changes. Section Two considers planning
interventions across a variety of settings and populations,
including general concepts for implementation and evaluation, how
to build effective coalitions, steps for developing community-,
regional- or state-level strategic plans, and effectively
translating policy into practice. Section Three addresses how to
implement physical activity strategies across a variety of
settings, including worksites, faith-based settings, healthcare
settings, schools, and parks and recreation. This section also
provides guidance on the complexities and challenges of targeting
interventions for specific populations, such as families, older
adults, persons with disabilities, as well as different strategies
for urban and rural populations. Lastly, Section Four outlines
effective strategies for how to evaluate interventions depending
upon impact, outcome, and cost evaluation, and dissemination models
for your intervention. Presented from both a research and a
practice perspective while discussing the best available research,
this book provides the basis for planning and implementing physical
activity programs that work and can build healthier communities.
This hands-on text incorporates learning objectives, real-world
examples, case studies, and bulleted lists whenever possible so
that the content can be digested easily not only in undergraduate
and graduate course settings but also by public health workers and
other health educators in practice. Written by world experts and
augmented by practical applications, this textbook prepares public
health students and practitioners to develop effective
interventions and spur greater physical activity in their
communities. Key Features: Provides effective strategies for
properly measuring and increasing physical activity in communities
Demonstrates how to carry out physical activity interventions
across a variety of settings, including schools, communities,
worksites and many more Discusses methods for directing physical
activity interventions to specific populations Delivers strategies
for building successful partnerships and coalitions Practical group
activities, exercises, discussion questions, audio podcast
discussions, and a full instructor packet accompany the textbook
Includes access to fully searchable downloadable eBook
This handbook identifies the various social deficiencies widely
associated with children and youth diagnosed with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). It discusses possible causes as well as the
lifelong effects if these deficiencies are not addressed. The
handbook presents current behavioral and curriculum-based methods
for assessing social deficits. Chapters examine the various
interventions that have been used to improve social skills and
behavior, including video modeling, peer-mediated interventions,
and script fading. Chapters also assess various interventions using
empirically based procedures, evaluate the research of each of
these procedures, provide guidelines for treatment planning, and
offer clinical recommendations. The handbook concludes with future
directions for the development of both social behavior and clinical
social skills interventions. Topics featured in the Handbook
include: Impairments in social behavior that may result in negative
outcomes such as depression, loneliness, and suicide in individuals
with ASD. Bullying among youth with ASD. Behavioral skills training
to promote social behavior of individuals with ASD. The Early Start
Denver Model approach to helping young children with ASD. The
implementation of social skills groups for individuals diagnosed
with ASD. The Handbook of Social Skills and Autism Spectrum
Disorder is a must-have resource for researchers,
clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in clinical child,
school, and developmental psychology, behavioral therapy, and
social work, as well as such interrelated disciplines as child and
adolescent psychiatry, rehabilitation medicine/therapy, pediatrics,
and special education/educational psychology.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This prescient book
presents the intellectual terrain of shrinking cities while
exploring the key research questions in each of the field?s
sub-domains and reviewing the range of methodologies within these
topics. The book begins with an introduction outlining what
shrinking cities are and how they are researched, highlighting both
the opportunities and challenges that arise in this field,
including the big ideas any researcher must grapple with. The next
six chapters are each devoted to a different sub-domain within
shrinking cities, offering a quick overview of the topics, relevant
problems, paradoxes and key research questions. The book concludes
with a review of the major themes and, most importantly, looks
toward the future, predicting and anticipating the most significant
future research trends related to shrinking cities. This accessible
and compelling Research Agenda will be of interest to researchers
looking to move into this area, urban studies and planning
instructors who are teaching research methods courses, and students
studying or independently researching shrinking cities.
This book analyses new software tools and social media data that
can be used to explore the attitudes of people in urban places. It
reports on the findings of several research projects that have have
experimented with using microblogging data in conjunction with
diverse quantitative and qualitative methods, including content
analysis and advanced multivariate statistics. Applied researchers,
planners and policy makers have only recently begun to explore the
potential of Big Data to help understand social attitudes and to
potentially inform local policy and development decisions. This
book provides an original analysis into how Twitter can be used to
describe the urban experience and people's perception of place, as
well as offering significant implications for public policy. It
will be of great interest to researchers in human geography, social
media, cultural studies and public policy.
Therapeutic hypothermia has emerged as a very important treatment
option for patients with cardiac arrest as it provides significant
protection from developing neurologic injury once the patient has
been successfully resuscitated. Studies have demonstrated over 15%
absolute risk reduction in death and neurologic injury using this
therapy. Although hospitals and medical centers have become
familiar with this important intervention it still remains greatly
under utilized due to an experience and lack of resources to safely
and effectively deploy such a program. The objective of this book
is to educate and familiarize both providers and institutions as to
how to develop and deploy and provide therapeutic hypothermia to
their patients. The current knowledge for this is provided by
speakers and national experts and also by literature review. There
are several courses being provided on this as well throughout the
US. These are good venues for people to come and see and get hands
on experience, but there still needs to be a concrete book with
references on how to go about getting this program started.
Brief, well-illustrated chapters, an easy-to-read format, and a
convenient, portable size make Penn Clinical Manual of Urology, 3rd
Edition, your go-to resource for fast reference on the effective
diagnosis and treatment of urologic disorders. Concise and
practical, this manual is indispensable for both residents and
practitioners as a daily clinical guide as well as an outstanding
review tool for board exam preparation. Covers key topics such as
recent advances in urologic oncology, including prostate cancer
diagnosis and treatment; pelvic surgery; urinary tract function,
dysfunction, and reconstruction; and male sexual health. Contains
self-assessment questions online for every chapter and suggested
readings for further study, making it an excellent resource for
clinical questions and answers, as well as for exam study. Includes
new algorithms and suggested core readings, clinical pearls, and
updated content on physical examination. Highlights new imaging
techniques that aid in the identification and treatment of a wide
range of urologic issues-from simple to complex. Includes an
abundance of clinical photos, algorithms, tables, charts, and
MRI/CT scans that highlight and clarify the text. An eBook version
is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of
the text, figures and references, with the ability to search,
customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content
read aloud.
This book paints an intimate portrait of an overlooked kind of city
that neither grows nor declines drastically. In fact, New Bedford,
Massachusetts represents an entire category of cities that escape
mainstream urban studies' more customary attention to global cities
(New York), booming cities (Atlanta), and shrinking cities (Flint).
New Bedford-style ordinary cities are none of these, they neither
grow nor decline drastically, but in their inconspicuousness, they
account for a vast majority of all cities. Given the complexities
of growth and decline, both temporarily and spatially, how does a
city manage change and physically adapt to growth and decline? This
book offers an answer through a detailed analysis of the politics,
environment, planning strategies, and history of New Bedford.
The relationships between religion, spirituality, health,
biomedical institutions, complementary, and alternative healing
systems are widely discussed today. While many of these debates
revolve around the biomedical legitimacy of religious modes of
healing, the market for them continues to grow. The Routledge
Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is an outstanding
reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this
exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind.
Comprising over thirty-five chapters by a team of international
contributors, the Handbook is divided into five parts: Healing
practices with religious roots and frames Religious actors in and
around the medical field Organizing infrastructures of religion and
medicine: pluralism and competition Boundary-making between
religion and medicine Religion and epidemics Within these sections,
central issues, debates and problems are examined, including health
and healing, religiosity, spirituality, biomedicine,
medicalization, complementary medicine, medical therapy, efficacy,
agency, and the nexus of body, mind, and spirit. The Routledge
Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health is essential reading for
students and researchers in religious studies. The Handbook will
also be very useful for those in related fields, such as sociology,
anthropology, and medicine.
Autoethnography in Undergraduate Writing Courses blends narrative
and analysis in an engaging and applicable account of how the genre
of autoethnography can be a valuable addition or alternative to
traditional research assignments. Many writing teachers struggle to
motivate and equip students to conduct meaningful and effective
research. Practicing autoethnography-the scholarly combination of
personal reflection, artistic representation, and social/cultural
research-provides an opportunity for students to research and write
about something that genuinely interests them: their own
experiences. A genre of personal writing, autoethnography is
comparable to pedagogy pioneered by expressivists like Donald
Murray, Peter Elbow, and Wendy Bishop, among others. However,
combining personal writing with research-as autoethnography does-is
more rare. Some compositionists have already used autoethnography
in their own research and teaching, but this book demonstrates why
more compositionists should consider adopting autoethnography into
their pedagogy. The author shares his own experience teaching
autoethnography at the undergraduate level, modeling its potential
and demonstrating its impact. Written in a lively, conversational
voice, the book presents substantial qualitative research,
including samples of student writing, supplemented by student
interviews and surveys. These data indicate that practicing
autoethnography can have unusually, if not uniquely, positive
effects on students' lives. Specifically, the author identifies and
illustrates eight outcomes of practicing autoethnography: increased
reflexivity, improved research and writing skills, greater
awareness of ethical issues, critical empowerment, therapeutic
catharsis, enjoyment, and the development of a sense of community.
In clear and straightforward language, Justin B. Richland and Sarah
Deer discuss the history and structure of tribal justice systems;
the scope of criminal and civil jurisdictions; and the various
means by which the integrity of tribal courts is maintained. This
book is an indispensable resource for students, tribal leaders, and
tribal communities interested in the complicated relationship
between tribal, federal, and state law.
Embracing a biological and evolutionary perspective to explain the
human experience of place, Urban Experience and Design explores how
cognitive science and biometric tools provide an evidence-based
foundation for architecture and planning. Aiming to promote the
creation of a healthier and happier public realm, this book
describes how unconscious responses to stimuli, outside our
conscious awareness, direct our experience of the built environment
and govern human behavior in our surroundings. This collection
contains 15 chapters, including contributions from researchers in
the US, the UK, the Netherlands, France and Iran. Addressing topics
such as the impact of eye-tracking analysis and seeing beauty and
empathy within buildings, Urban Experience and Design encourages us
to reframe our understanding of design, including the narrative of
how modern architecture and planning came to be in the first place.
This volume invites students, academics and scholars to see how
cognitive science and biometric findings give us remarkable
21st-century metrics for evaluating and improving designs, even
before they are built.
Embracing a biological and evolutionary perspective to explain the
human experience of place, Urban Experience and Design explores how
cognitive science and biometric tools provide an evidence-based
foundation for architecture and planning. Aiming to promote the
creation of a healthier and happier public realm, this book
describes how unconscious responses to stimuli, outside our
conscious awareness, direct our experience of the built environment
and govern human behavior in our surroundings. This collection
contains 15 chapters, including contributions from researchers in
the US, the UK, the Netherlands, France and Iran. Addressing topics
such as the impact of eye-tracking analysis and seeing beauty and
empathy within buildings, Urban Experience and Design encourages us
to reframe our understanding of design, including the narrative of
how modern architecture and planning came to be in the first place.
This volume invites students, academics and scholars to see how
cognitive science and biometric findings give us remarkable
21st-century metrics for evaluating and improving designs, even
before they are built.
This handbook addresses evidence-based practices in Applied
Behavior Analysis (ABA) for individuals diagnosed with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). It provides an overview of the history of
evidence-based practices and their importance as applied to the
law, school settings, and factors that influence the use for
treatment of ASD. Additional areas of coverage include
evidence-based and non-evidence-based ABA interventions for autism
as well as decision-making ethics related to these treatments. In
addition, the book addresses cultural considerations as they relate
to these treatments and examines procedural aspects of ABA
interventions for autism. Key ABA treatments addressed include:
Discrete trial teaching. Pivotal response training. Video modeling.
Parent-mediated intervention. Early Start Denver Model, PEAK, PECS,
and AAC. Script fading/activity schedules and differential
reinforcement/extinction. Response interruption and redirection.
Self-management and self-monitoring. The Handbook of Applied
Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism is a must-have
resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well
as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals across such
interrelated disciplines as clinical child, school, and
developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social
work, rehabilitation medicine/therapy, pediatrics, and special
education.
This handbook offers a comprehensive examination of wide-ranging
issues relevant to adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Coverage includes a detailed review of such issues as psychiatric
comorbidity, family relationships, education, living in different
settings (e.g., group homes, community), meaningful and effective
interventions, functional goals (e.g., social, language,
vocational, and adaptive behaviors), and curriculum. In addition
the book provides unique perspectives of parents as well as
individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who have
reached adulthood.Key areas of coverage include: Transitioning
adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder from educational
settings to vocational settings. Strategies that can help create
independence for adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Effective approaches to address issues relating to sexuality for
adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The effectiveness
of early intensive behavioral intervention to help adults diagnosed
with autism spectrum disorder. Handbook of Quality of Life for
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder is an essential reference
for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as
clinicians, therapists, and related professionals in clinical child
and school psychology, social work, behavioral therapy and related
disciplines, including clinical medicine, clinical nursing,
counseling, speech and language pathology, and special education.
Clinician’s Guide to Sexuality and Autism: A Guide to Sex
Education for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders is the
first book to provide clinicians with comprehensive curriculum of
sexuality education skills for people with Autism Spectrum
Disorders (ASD). Starting with the importance of teaching sexuality
skills to people with autism, this book provides an outline and
overview of the recommended teaching strategies (e.g., Behavioral
Skills Training, Cool vs. Not Cool, video modeling). This book also
reviews the fourteen skill domains directly related to sexuality,
including the key skills one should acquire in each domain. A
timeline focusing on what skills should be targeted at what age and
what skills to teach across the lifespan are also discussed. The
curriculum covers domains that are often neglected in sex education
for people with different disabilities in general (e.g. values,
types of relationships, gender identity, or preferences).
Additionally, this curriculum addresses component skills of
sexuality in a way that allows early teaching to build upon areas
of learning systematically over time, thus likely to have an
improvement in teaching over time.
This handbook addresses evidence-based practices in Applied
Behavior Analysis (ABA) for individuals diagnosed with autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). It provides an overview of the history of
evidence-based practices and their importance as applied to the
law, school settings, and factors that influence the use for
treatment of ASD. Additional areas of coverage include
evidence-based and non-evidence-based ABA interventions for autism
as well as decision-making ethics related to these treatments. In
addition, the book addresses cultural considerations as they relate
to these treatments and examines procedural aspects of ABA
interventions for autism. Key ABA treatments addressed include:
Discrete trial teaching. Pivotal response training. Video modeling.
Parent-mediated intervention. Early Start Denver Model, PEAK, PECS,
and AAC. Script fading/activity schedules and differential
reinforcement/extinction. Response interruption and redirection.
Self-management and self-monitoring. The Handbook of Applied
Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism is a must-have resource
for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as
clinicians, therapists, and other professionals across such
interrelated disciplines as clinical child, school, and
developmental psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, social
work, rehabilitation medicine/therapy, pediatrics, and special
education.
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