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Recommendations for Future Practice. I propose two interventions for future practice; a curriculum for parents/caregivers, and adaptions to the Life Orientation Curriculum for adolescents. The course for parents/caregivers would serve to aid them in talking with their children about sex, and could be offered at various locations such as the Birth to Twenty clinic (at Bara Hospital), community centers, on a weekend day in a popular area, etc. This course could include incentives such as meals or other goods, resource permitting. Participants could be recruited through the already existing Birth to Twenty database, and given the strong relationships that are already in place, I would anticipate a positive response. The curriculum would be implemented by local staff members and would emphasize correct and medically accurate information about sex, sexual behavior, and the body. This is to ensure that adults feel knowledgeable enough to talk to their children, and their knowledge would increase. Social norms discussions would be included, as well as discussions with parents to encourage them that talking with their children about sex doesn’t mean that their children are having sex, as this was a fear that many participants mentioned as a barrier to conversation. In addition, parents and caregivers will be equipped with information about local and online resources so they can receive more information, or seek more information with their children. Various communication styles will be discussed, and activities with other parents in addition to homework assignments with their children will allow parents to practice the different communication styles, to identify which styles work best for them. The curriculum will also incorporate aspects of support and encouragement, so that parents, caregivers, and other family members will know ways to be supportive, all while increasing comfort talking about sex. In addition to having parents and caregivers learn about different communication styles, it would be valuable for adolescents to learn about these different styles as well. By having students practice the different styles and identify which styles work best for them, they will be better equipped to communicate with their parents, friends, and partners. To better address the obvious peer pressure experienced during adolescence, Life Orientation should put an emphasis on skills and strategies to stand up to peer pressure. Numerous sessions should be dedicated to this, and activities could include video clip...
Recommendations for Future Practice. The effective transition from a zone-based definition of seismic action and a “hazard” based one depends on the ability to disseminate the necessary information in the most accessible manner possible. For those regions where the seismic code has made this transition, web applications are available to allow engineers to access data from the region’s current hazard analysis (see previous). A similar deliverable is a recognised objective of the SHARE project, which could allow designers and engineers to directly determine the design ground motion at the location of the site under consideration from the hazard analysis. The precedent for the use of web applications in the implementation of seismic design provisions in other codes would suggest that a practical framework transition from zones to site specific hazard analysis is feasible. A further objective of SHARE is the production of a uniform hazard spectrum (UHS) for each site, and for this information to be made available alongside the hazard data currently required for EN 1998. On the assumption that this data is made available for design, then it becomes harder to justify continued use of seismic zones in further revisions to Eurocode.