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Little is known about effective implementation processes by which counties can improve treatment services to keep people with mental illness and substance use disorders out of local jails. This study examines hypothesized implementation mechanisms (relationship building, performance monitoring, interagency coordination, capacity building, and infrastructure programming) as predictors of outcomes (improved community services) and as mediators of the effects of a national implementation intervention (Stepping Up [SU]), on community services. A survey was conducted of mental health, substance use, jail, and probation administrators in 519 U.S. counties, of which 328 counties participated in a national jail reform effort (SU). Survey data were combined with descriptive data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Predictors included hypothesized implementation mechanisms (performance monitoring, interagency coordination teams, creating integrated systems of care, capacity building, relationship building, and quality programming). Covariates included county sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., size of county, size of jail, etc.) and general county service characteristics (e.g., primary care physicians per capita, Medicaid expansion). Implementation outcomes included number of evidence-based practices (EBPs) and evidence-based mental health treatments (MH-EBTs) for individuals with mental illness involved with justice systems. Multilevel regression analyses examined cross-sectional: (1) effects of Stepping Up on outcomes; (2) effects of implementation mechanisms on implementation outcomes; and (3) implementation mechanisms as mediators of the effects of Stepping up on implementation outcomes. SU was found to significantly predict the number of EBPs and MH-EBTs controlling for various demographic characteristics of the counties. When implementation mechanisms were added to these models, SU is no longer statistically significant. Instead, two implementation mechanisms (performance monitoring and interagency coordination) and Medicaid funding significantly predicted the availability of both EBP and/or MH-EBT. Other factors that predicted MH-EBTs include relationship building size of the county, rate of primary care physicians, rate of MH providers in the county, and jail population size. Mediation models found that SU significantly predicted these evidence-based outcomes through implementation mechanisms except interagency coordination. Little is known about the implementation mechanisms to decarcerate and build programming for mental health services in a county. SU is an important attribute to facilitate reform both directly and indirectly through implementation mechanisms. Counties can benefit from use of relationship building activities to advance policy and service reform efforts, identifying performance metrics of their system, and having infrastructure available to improve the availability of EBPs. Overall, policy changes are possible, but an emphasis should be on strategies that increase the availability of EBPs and MH-EBTs.

Representation has become increasingly important to people of color, espcially when media outlets create monolithic images of oppressed groups. In Gaza, Palestinians remain either invisible or portrayed as terroists while Isrealis are treated to countless articles and shows on antisemtism. In the same way, other people of color, see media represent them as victims of a water crisis, never capturing the dignity and power of a people who are resilient and defy the limited images they are given. My composition class at Mott Community College critiqued the topic of representation, determined to capture their identities and contest simplistic and erroneous depictions of their status. In doing so, they became political agents of change, learning much about hegemony in a time of war and why words--like genocide--are integral to justice and equality.

ABSTRACT Several gaps remain in understanding individuals' water consumption reliance outcomes in disadvantaged communities. We utilize a cross-sectional sample of household-level survey data from predominantly low-income, minoritized households in Detroit, MI, to examine the relationship between tap and tap-alternative drinking water consumption and purchase behavior. We collected survey data from one English-speaking adult per household in May–October 2021 (n = 259). Consistent with past studies, tap water consumption is negatively correlated with single-use bottled water consumption and consuming drinking water from multiple sources. We also find tap distrust is correlated with tap-alternative water consumption, yet there is a surprising positive relationship between tap and overall bottled water consumption levels. Very low-income households were more likely to rely on bottled water and multiple other water sources simultaneously. Female respondents reported lower levels of most types of water consumption. Black respondents reported lower tap water and bottled water consumption but had higher levels of other tap-alternative source consumption. Our results call into question whether higher tap water consumption is synonymous with tap trust or with reduced bottled water consumption. Public health interventions must further address high levels of bottled water consumption among low-income individuals, and low tap water consumption among Black individuals.

The sexual misperception bias is a cognitive bias in which men tend to overestimate sexual interest from women, potentially shaped by evolutionary mating strategies. Testosterone, often linked to mating behaviors, might play a role in sustaining sexual overperceptions. To explore this possibility, we conducted a placebo-controlled study with 190 heterosexual men, administering either 11 mg of testosterone or a placebo. Participants interacted with an attractive female confederate, while naïve raters assessed the confederate's affiliative behaviors. Our findings suggest that exogenous testosterone did not broadly impact sexual overperception. However, we found that affiliative behavior from the confederate was positively correlated with perceived sexual interest among testosterone-treated, but not placebo-treated men. In addition, we found that this effect among testosterone-treated men was contingent on their self-perceived attractiveness. Specifically, the confederate's affiliative behaviors were positively correlated with perceived sexual interest, but only for testosterone-treated men with average or above average self-perceived attractiveness. Furthermore, our data revealed that men's tendency to project their own short-term and long-term mating interests increases as a function of self-perceived attractiveness, and this coupling is enhanced by testosterone for long-term interest. Taken together, these results suggest that testosterone may potentiate existing biases, particularly when sexual motivation is high, and bias perceptions of friendly behavior when engaging in cross-sex mindreading. This study adds to the understanding of the neuroendocrine bases of social cognition, suggesting that testosterone can affect men's perceptions of potential mates.

Restoring urban greenspaces is an increasingly common nature-based solution aiming to bolster biodiversity while benefiting human wellbeing. However, there is limited understanding of the co-benefits, including potential trade-offs and synergies between outcomes for nature and people. Although passive acoustic recording may be a valuable outcome monitoring tool, appropriate analytical techniques are unknown. We explore how different acoustic analyses capture patterns in species diversity and harmful noise pollution using 2021– 2023 acoustic data from Detroit, Michigan. Data were collected as part of a longitudinal panel study aimed at quantifying the effects of park restoration on physical activity, stress, and cardio-metabolic health. We used AudioMoth recording devices at 100 sites: 10 in the neighborhood around each of 5 restored parks, where native plants were seeded, and 10 around each of 5 unmaintained control parks, matched to restored parks based on specified conditions. Recordings were analyzed by manually identifying bird species and noise in a subset of spectrograms, using an artificial neural network (BirdNET), and using acoustic indices. We found that using acoustic indices in a model could accurately predict bird species diversity and richness, but not community composition. We compared outputs from each type of analysis with mental health indicators of study participants.

Book Review| November 01 2017 Review: The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained by Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. By Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal. TarcherPerigee, 2016. 365 pages. $28.00 cloth; $11.00 paper; ebook available. Aaron John Gulyas Aaron John Gulyas Mott Community College Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Nova Religio (2017) 21 (2): 113–115. https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2017.21.2.113 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Aaron John Gulyas; Review: The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained by Whitley Strieber and Jeffrey J. Kripal. Nova Religio 1 November 2017; 21 (2): 113–115. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2017.21.2.113 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentNova Religio Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

In choosing to teach African American literature at my community college, I learned a great deal about a topic for which I thought I was well prepared. As a whole, the semester became a learning experience for the entire class, as we realized that much of the past—its racism and issues of identity—are still lingering with us today and that many of us share a poignant connection to Phillis Wheatley.