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Dress code is standard in the Australian public sector, with smart business casual the norm. However, over the last two years, as many workers relocated to the home office, bedroom or kitchen table during the COVID-19 pandemic , work attire has taken on new meaning. A key but under-researched advantage of remote working has been the relaxing in many professions dress codes, with ‘COVID casual’ becoming the norm for many workers. This report highlights the role of dress codes, appearance, and aesthetics in the Australian public sector and the refashioning of professional attire in the age of remote work.

Considerable concerns relating to the duration of protective immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) exist, with evidence of antibody titers declining rapidly after infection and reports of reinfection. Here, we monitor the antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) for up to 6 months after infection. While antibody titers are maintained, _13% of the cohort's neutralizing responses return to background. However, encouragingly, in a selected subset of 13 participants, 12 have detectable RBD-specific memory B cells and these generally are increasing out to 6 months. Furthermore, we are able to generate monoclonal antibodies with SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing capacity from these memory B cells. Overall, our study suggests that the loss of neutralizing antibodies in plasma may be countered by the maintenance of neutralizing capacity in the memory B cell repertoire.

Living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with hardships for patients and their care partners. Empowering patients and their care partners, including family members or friends involved in their care, may help minimize the burden and consequences of CKD-related symptoms to enable life participation. There is a need to broaden the focus on living well with kidney disease and re-engagement in life, including an emphasis on patients being in control. The World Kidney Day (WKD) Joint Steering Committee has declared 2021 the year of “Living Well with Kidney Disease” to increase education and awareness on the important goal of patient empowerment and life participation. This calls for the development and implementation of validated patient-reported outcome measures to assess and address areas of life participation in routine care. It could be supported by regulatory agencies as a metric for quality care or to support labelling claims for medicines and devices. Funding agencies could establish targeted calls for research that address the priorities of patients. Patients with kidney disease and their care partners should feel supported to live well through concerted efforts by kidney care communities including during pandemics. In the overall wellness program for kidney disease patients, the need for prevention should be reiterated. Early detection with a prolonged course of wellness despite kidney disease, after effective secondary and tertiary prevention programs, should be promoted. WKD 2021 continues to call for increased awareness of the importance of preventive measures throughout populations, professionals, and policy-makers, applicable to both developed and developing countries.

Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso apresentado ao Instituto Latino-Americano de Economia, Sociedade e Política da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, como requisito parcial à obtenção do título de Bacharel em Administração Pública e Políticas Públicas. A pandemia de COVID-19 teve um impacto significativo na sociedade, incluindo a economia da cultura. Este estudo examina o papel das políticas públicas de proteção social na mitigação desse impacto, com foco na implementação da Lei Aldir Blanc no Brasil. Essa legislação desempenhou um papel fundamental ao destinar recursos e adotar medidas abrangentes para apoiar os profissionais da cultura afetados pela crise. O estudo concentra-se na cidade de Foz do Iguaçu e analisa os efeitos da implementação da Lei Aldir Blanc nesse contexto, avaliando os benefícios e desafios associados a ela. Destaca-se também o papel da Fundação Cultural de Foz do Iguaçu como agente responsável pela implementação da lei. Os resultados enfatizam a importância contínua de políticas públicas eficazes para proteger os trabalhadores da economia da cultura no país, bem como a necessidade de fortalecer a estrutura da administração pública municipal para possibilitar uma implementação mais eficiente dessas políticas.

Student Summer Research Awards, University College Dublin, Ireland, 28 September 2021 An abundance of literature is being published reporting the negative mental health sequelae of the COVID-19 pandemic. This surge in mental health problems will likely present to primary care over the coming months. Initiatives are being proposed nationally and internationally to tackle this problem. It is of utmost importance for general practitioners to have interventions in place which can improve care of these mental illnesses. This research aims to undertake a scoping review of the literature to examine interventions which could be implemented in general practice post COVID-19 to improve care of mental health disorders arising from the pandemic.

Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso ao Programa de Pós-Graduação ILACVN-EAD da Universidade Federal Latino-Americana,como requisito parcial à obtenção do título de especialista em Gestão em saúde. Orientadora: Adriana Ribeiro Bessa.

Trata-se de um relato de experiência vivenciada no campo prático durante o internato em Urgência e Emergência do Sistema Único de Saúde, módulo esse necessário para a formação médica. Estão representados em forma descritiva os aprendizados adquiridos baseados na vivencia dos atendimentos prestados nos meses de agosto à dezembro do ano de 2021. As práticas foram em diferentes cenários de aprendizagem em Foz do Iguaçu: Hospital Municipal Padre Germano Lauck e duas Unidades de Pronto Atendimento (Dr. Walter Cavalcante Barbosa e João Samek). Ao todo foram 42 dias e meio de prática divididos em plantões de 12 horas/dia, diurnos e noturnos. Tem como objetivo descrever os casos clínicos vivenciados nos campos de prática selecionados elucidando as discussões com embasamento científico. A metodologia foi relato de caso e foi estruturado conforme orientado no plano de ensino do módulo de urgência e emergência da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana (UNILA). Ao todo foram selecionados sete temas clínicos estruturado em anamnese, exame físico, exames complementares, diagnósticos diferenciais, hipótese diagnóstica seguida de discussões das condutas clínicas. Justifica-se a escolha destes pela constante ocorrência nos diversos espaços.Ainda contempla a minha vivência pessoal durante o período da pandemia Covid-19. Concluiu se que o internato permite o aluno ampliar os horizontes, adquirir conhecimentos de outras realidades e aprimorar habilidades e competências, entre elas, raciocínio clínico e a organização. Conhecer diferentes locais e equipes possibilitou entender a dinâmica do processo de trabalho do médico e refletir sobre as possíveis soluções e ações para os problemas levantados.

Public health agencies tasked with improving the health of communities are poorly supported by many ‘business-as-usual’ funding practices. It is commonplace to call for more funding for health promotion, but additional funding could do more harm than good if, at the same time, we do not critically examine the micro-processes that lead to health enablement – micro-processes that are instigated or amplified by funding. We are currently engaged in a university-and-policy research partnership to identify how funding mechanisms may better serve the practice of community-based health promotion. We propose three primary considerations to inform the way funds are used to enable community-based health promotion. The first is a broader understanding and legitimising of the ‘soft infrastructure’ or resources required to enhance a community’s capacity for change. The second is recognition of social relationships as key to increasing the availability and management of resources within communities. The third consideration understands communities to be complex systems and argues that funding models are needed to support the dynamic evolution of these systems. By neglecting these considerations, current funding practices may inadvertently privilege communities with pre-existing capacity for change, potentially perpetuating inequalities in health. To begin to address these issues, aspects of funding processes (e.g., stability, guidance, evaluation, and feedback requirements) could be designed to better support the flourishing of community practice. Above all, funders must recognise that they are actors in the health system and they, like other actors, should be reflexive and accountable for their actions.

From March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic revealed the inherent vulnerability of our modern society to emerging infectious diseases. Globalisation of products and high travel frequency contributed to the rapid spread of infection, and particularly in densely populated urban areas.