Neumann University

The WHO defined age-friendly cities (AFCs) as places with policies, services, settings, and structures that enable people to age in place. Although AFCs have gained attention recently, little is known about the applicability of age-friendly domains to low-income cities. We conducted flexible semistructured interviews with 28 adults aged 65 and older who had lived in New Jersey cities with high poverty rates and low median incomes for at least 15 years.Participants described their neighborhoods in ways that mapped onto the eight AFC domains. Themes of agency and safety linked the domains. Participants suggested ways to change neighborhoods in low-income cities that would make them age friendly. Findings suggest that the AFC domains have utility as a framework for how older long-term residents of low-income cities describe their neighborhoods. They provide unique information about how these domains relate to one another and identify strategies for making low-income places better environments for older people.

Seven bacteriophages were isolated from soil in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin using the host Microbacterium foliorum . These bacteriophages range in the number of predicted genes encoded, from 25 to 91, and are distributed across actinobacteriophage clusters EB, EC, EE, and EK.

An increasing number of individuals who identify as transgender and gender diverse require informed and compassionate health care, yet there is a dearth of research about which educational strategies are best used to provide nurses and nurse practitioners the foundation upon which to provide appropriate health care.

This study evaluated a multimodal approach that included guided readings, a transgender patient panel, standardized patient simulation, and group discussion.

The Sexual Orientation Counselor Competency Scale was administered pre- and postintervention.

Results demonstrated increases in knowledge, skills, and attitudes among the 16 participants. A high level of satisfaction was expressed for the overall program, but especially for the patient panel and standardized patient encounter.

Nurse educators are encouraged to include information about health care of the transgender patient into curricula.