Our results highlight the importance of identifying at-risk individuals so that effective interventions can be developed to reduce or prevent the adverse consequences of wandering.

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This paper analyses relations between human trafficking, modern slavery, and information communication technology. It looks at the history of the technology-trafficking nexus and flags some key advances in the counter-trafficking discourse in the last two decades. It provides an overview of how technology has been framed as both a part of the problem and part of the solution in the trafficking/slavery context and emphasises the impact of such developments on a range of actors, in particular, potential victims, NGOs, and the nation state. We suggest that the technology-slavery/trafficking connections, while often elusive, act as potent narrative and policy setters that can advance existing challenges and create new points of tension in the counter-trafficking context. We critically analyse these points of tension and destabilise some of their underpinning assumptions. In the conclusion, we highlight the need for rigorous empirical evidence, arguing that a more robust scholarly engagement with the role of technology in enabling and disrupting exploitation is essential. We also point to the importance of ensuring that technology is not a distraction from addressing the root causes of exploitation and abuse.

Aim:To examine the evidence for the contribution of weight status or nutritional status to the incidence of falls. Methods: A systematic review was completed to determine if weight status or nutritional status affects incidence of falls. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were applied to studies published from 2000 which reported weight status and/or nutritional status and falls incidence. Electronic databases searched were CINAHL, MEDLINE, AMED, EMBASE, PUBMED and PsycINFO. Quality assessment and data extraction were performed on studies that met the inclusion criteria. Results: Twenty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria. Six studies found no difference in weight between fallers and non-fallers. Two studies found an association between low weight or weight loss and falls. Eleven studies found no difference in body mass index between fallers and non-fallers. One study found body mass index to be lower in fallers. Five studies found fallers had a higher body mass index than non-fallers or that a higher body mass index was associated with falls. Three studies found malnutrition risk to be statistically significantly higher in fallers. Two descriptive studies identified 45% of a falls population as malnourished or at high risk of malnutrition. Conclusion: This review found limited evidence that being either overweight or underweight increases falls incidence. Referrals for nutritional management to decrease falls risk should not be based on weight status alone. Malnutrition screening should be used to identify appropriate patient referrals to dietitians in falls clinics.

Previous research found adolescents with low self‐worth often utilize delinquency as a method of “self‐enhancing” as proposed by Kaplan, which suggests the effects of delinquency can be both enhancing and damaging to adolescents' later reports of self‐worth. We tested Kaplan's self‐enhancing thesis to determine the extent to which different levels of self‐worth in early adolescents foretell long‐term levels of self‐worth associated with delinquency among adolescents placed at‐risk. Data from a sample of 982 primarily Black American (95%) adolescents living in high‐poverty neighborhoods were analyzed using global and behavioral self‐worth measures collected annually between the ages of 12–17, with school delinquency as the self‐enhancing mechanism. Gender (45% female, 55% male) and baseline self‐worth measures were included in the model. We found empirical support for the positive effects of school delinquency consistent with self‐enhancing theories, although with younger female participants only. Specifically, engaging in delinquent behaviors at age 12 had a positive effect on a females' behavioral self‐worth. There were, however, differential effects for males. Although delinquency increased self‐worth among females in the short‐term, long‐term effects were negative, as greater school delinquency resulted in lower self‐worth at age 17. Additional gender results and implications for findings are discussed.