TRAINING CHURCH YOUNG PEOPLE FOR LAY SERVICE

Involving young people in service design.

I read with interest the article Garrett and Kirkman et al. wrote on the limited success of the pilot telemedicine sexual health service and their reflections on needing more advice from what young people thought to have got it right. A 2008 UNICEF statement entitled ‘Young People: Partners for Health’ written by an international group of young people states: “Young people need to be at the for...

Training lay-people to use automatic external defibrillators: are all of their needs being met?

AIMS We explored the experiences of lay people who have been trained to use automatic external defibrillators. The research questions were: (1) How can training courses help prepare people for dealing with real life situations? (2) Who is ultimately responsible for providing critical incident debriefing and how should this be organised? (3) What is the best process for providing feedback to tho...

The influence of People - The Service Marketing benefits of training

The Effect of Endurance Exercise Training on Vaspin, Lipid Profile, and Anthropometric Indices in Young People

Background: Exercise training affects the adipose tissue, which may lead to the secretion of adipokines. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of endurance exercise training on vaspin, lipid profiles, and some anthropometric indices among young people. Methods: The participants included 26 young men selected and categorized into the intervention and control groups randomly. The intervention g...

Psychiatric decision-making for the courts: judges, psychiatrists, lay people?

Until two decades ago the results of forensic psychiatric assessments were accepted more-or-less uncritically by the courts. Clinical opinions translated fairly directly into judicial decisions and these mental-health-inspired rulings often resulted in the seemingly unnecessary and unfair detention of patient prisoners. Over the past twenty years several strident critics have pointed out how th...