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1. New Mental Health Approaches to the School Failure (a Therapeutic-Educational Center for a Disadvantaged Population).

Author

Wayne, Martin S.

Abstract

This is a report on one attempt to provide an educational setting designed to incorporate some psychiatric treatment modalities as a way of reaching disadvantaged school failures, called the Onna Maloney Center. The report focuses on the structure of the center and the results of the first school year. The center ran for two school years; unfortunately, following the trend elsewhere in the country, it did not re-open in September of 1972 due to drastic budget cuts. The staff consisted of one psychiatrist working half time; a full time social worker administrator; a psychologist half time; a remedial reading teacher half time; a full time case aide; a secretary and cook. Two teachers were supplied by the Board of Education, and during the second year a full time group worker joined the staff. A research psychologist acted as consultant to the staff in developing instruments to try and determine the program's effectiveness by evaluating change in the children. Our goal was to help school failures to reach a point of maturity and educational ability which would enable them to return to the regular school system and benefit from it. Small class size was essential. The school day ran the length of a regular school day and used the regular school calendar. The children accepted represented the population of the community of Yonkers, New York, proportionately. (Author/JM)

Published
1973

14. Population Estimation and Trappability of the European Badger (Meles meles): Implications for Tuberculosis Management.

Author

Byrne, Andrew W., O'Keeffe, James, Green, Stuart, Paddy Sleeman, D., Corner, Leigh A. L., Gormley, Eamonn, Murphy, Denise, Wayne Martin, S., and Davenport, John

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OLD World badger, TUBERCULOSIS, BCG vaccines, BADGERS, IMMUNIZATION, HEALTH promotion
Abstract

Estimates of population size and trappability inform vaccine efficacy modelling and are required for adaptive management during prolonged wildlife vaccination campaigns. We present an analysis of mark-recapture data from a badger vaccine (Bacille Calmette-Gué rin) study in Ireland. This study is the largest scale (755 km2) mark-recapture study ever undertaken with this species. The study area was divided into three approximately equal-sized zones, each with similar survey and capture effort. A mean badger population size of 671 (SD: 76) was estimated using a closed-subpopulation model (CSpM) based on data from capturing sessions of the entire area and was consistent with a separate multiplicative model. Minimum number alive estimates calculated from the same data were on average 49-51% smaller than the CSpM estimates, but these are considered severely negatively biased when trappability is low. Population densities derived from the CSpM estimates were 0.82-1.06 badgers km-2, and broadly consistent with previous reports for an adjacent area. Mean trappability was estimated to be 34-35% per session across the population. By the fifth capture session, 79% of the adult badgers caught had been marked previously. Multivariable modelling suggested significant differences in badger trappability depending on zone, season and age-class. There were more putatively trap-wary badgers identified in the population than trap-happy badgers, but wariness was not related to individual's sex, zone or season of capture. Live-trapping efficacy can vary significantly amongst sites, seasons, age, or personality, hence monitoring of trappability is recommended as part of an adaptive management regime during large-scale wildlife vaccination programs to counter biases and to improve efficiencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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15. Temporal Clusters of Salmonella Serovars in Humans in Alberta, 1990-2001.

Author

Guerin, Michele T., Wayne Martin, S., and Darlington, Gerarda A.

Subjects
SALMONELLA, ENTEROBACTERIACEAE, FOOD pathogens, FOOD poisoning
Abstract

Copyright of Canadian Journal of Public Health is the property of Springer Nature and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Published
2005
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19. Syndromic Surveillance of Norovirus Using over the Counter Sales of Medications related to Gastrointestinal Illness

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L Edge, Victoria, Pollari, Frank, King, Lai, Michel, Pascal, A McEwen, Scott, B Wilson, Jeffrey, Jerrett, Michael, N Sockett, Paul, and Wayne Martin, S

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether over-the-counter (OTC) sales of gastrointestinal illness (GI)-related medications are associated with temporal trends of reportable community viral, bacterial and parasitic infections.METHODS: The temporal patterns in weekly and seasonal sales of nonprescription products related to GI were compared with those of reportable viral, bacterial and parasitic infections in a Canadian province.RESULTS: Temporal patterns of OTC product sales and Norovirus activity were similar, both having highest activity in the winter months. In contrast, GI cases from both bacterial and parasitic agents were highest from late spring through to early fall.CONCLUSIONS: Nonprescription sales of antidiarrheal and antinauseant products are a good predictor of community Norovirus activity. Syndromic surveillance through monitoring of OTC product sales could be useful as an early indicator of the Norovirus season, allowing for appropriate interventions to reduce the number of infections.

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2006
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