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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Action planning"”.
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Leading Climate Action Planning: A Case Study of Local Community Practices
… cities, and regions begin to develop climate action plans that will assist them in coping with climate impacts. As a result, it is becoming evident that understanding how to effectively develop a climate action plan (CAP) and engage a community in the climate action planning process is a …
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Using probabilistic intelligence to influence course of action planning and optimization
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.
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Student-Teacher Collaboration and Exploring Student Voice to Improve Classroom Instruction and Action Planning in Grade Nine Health Education
The purpose of this action research study was to understand my role as a health educator by encouraging student voice in my grade nine health classrooms. My intent was to collaborate and facilitate student-centered learning with grade nine students to produce meaningful action/advocacy plans in …
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How Are American Cities Planning for Climate Change? An Evaluation of Climate Action Planning in Chicago, IL and Portland, OR
… a changing climate presents a necessary push for planning. Although climate change is considered a global environmental problem requiring a global commitment and trans-national action, more and more, policymakers are recognizing the vital need for action at the local level. In the US, especially …
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Examining a Community Action Planning Process to Mobilize a Coalition to Prevent Youth Violence: A Case Study of the ThrYve Initiative
… Based on the Framework for Collaborative Action and Community Engagement, when community partners initiate strategic collaborative action, they can initiate meaningful and sustainable change in their community. An empirical case study was conducted to examine the contributions of community …
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Expanding the Understanding of the Social Determinants of Health to Support Community Readiness for Change
… empowerment through the use of Photovoice and Action planning with a Rural Diabetes Community Coalition in Southeast Georgia. Engaging the coalition through these processes will potentially facilitate change in the county to impact long term diabetes outcomes. The qualitative inquiry included …
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Action Intention Modulates the Temporal Dynamics of Object Feature Representation: An Electrophysiological Approach
Action intention has been shown to influence the computation of visual features in a task-relevant manner. Ideomotor theories would suggest that the intention to act on an object is sufficient to integrate its task-relevant visual features, however, support for these theories draw from paradigms …
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Connections Through Stories In A Small Town in Rural Virginia
… and challenges as an input into strategic action planning (Campbell, 1949; Denborough, 2008; P. G. Foster-Fishman et al., 2009; Law, 2017, 2014; White, 2007). A guided storytelling workshop was designed and tested which delivered 80 stories. The stories were coded to identify themes, common …
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A comparative analysis of instructional techniques toward long-term positive ergonomics transformation for the early career sonographer
… scan period, comparing transmissional, transactional, and transformational learning results. The study’s goal was to determine whether transformative ergonomics learning in a collaborative and reflective environment could demonstrate a significant difference in the reduction of negative scan …
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Building a model for development of a national trauma registry: designing and implementing standardised trauma form at regional hospitals in Tanzania
… Methods: This mixed methods participatory action research utilised Susman and Evered's approach to develop and implement a standardised trauma form, using its five steps: diagnosis, action planning, intervention, evaluation and specifying learning. In the diagnosis phase, an assessment of …
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Changes in the status and distribution of mammals of the order Carnivora in Yorkshire from 1600. County history of the fox, badger, otter, pine marten, stoat, weasel, polecat, American mink, wildcat and domestic cat.
… a credible historical basis for biodiversity action planning and the substantial archived database and bibliography provide further research opportunities.
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Bandura's Social Cognitive Concepts and Physical Activity of People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Hierarchical Regression Analysis
… into health practices. The combination and interaction of the primary determinants of SCT (perceived self-efficacy, outcome expectations, goals, and perceived facilitators and barriers) not only determine, but also influence the health behaviors individuals engage in. Through the use of this …
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A system of research dissemination for clinical and counselling psychology
… thesis integrates the reflective components of action research, appreciative inquiry and autobiographical methods. Through the thesis, a model of dissemination of research in the fields of clinical and counselling psychology is presented. Its key components include collaboration and …
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#Twenty#First#Century#Recovery: embracing wellness, self management, and the positive interface of Eastern and Western psychology
Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) is a self management system, designed to enable individuals develop a range of effective strategies for self-directed care. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of WRAP on the Depression and Anxiety levels of Adult Mental Health, and Acquired Brain …
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A Telephone-Assisted Planning Intervention to Promote Parental Support for Physical Activity Among Children and Youth With Disabilities
… youth with disabilities (CYD). The multi-process action control (M-PAC) model highlights behavioral strategies such as action planning (AP) as critical in facilitating parental support. There is no known research examining AP as a tool to promote parental PA support among parents of CYD. Purpose: …
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From Collaboration to Knowledge: Planning for Remedial Action in the Great LAkes
The goal of planning is to use knowledge to determine action. Planning theory has focused specifically on how the process of achieving this occurs. Two dominant theories prevail: rational comprehensive and communicative planning theory. The former relies heavily on the scientific method as a model …
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Contextual Knowledge Sharing in Multi-Agent Long-Horizon Planning Settings with Centralized Communication and Coordination
… fields, from disaster response to healthcare, planning in these systems remains challenging due to partial egocentric observations and limited environmental awareness. This work addresses these challenges by introducing a software module that synthesizes a shared world state from individual …
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Beyond Carbon Toward Liberation: An Urban Bioethical Case for a Socially and Environmentally Just University Health System
… that the higher education institutional climate action planning process for medical schools and their attendant university health systems, in concert with public sector actors, can be a vehicle and accelerator for achieving health equity in urban communities and suggest what exactly that could or …
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Adoption of recommended eating behaviors following bariatric surgery : predicting group membership
… variables (e.g., maintenance self-efficacy, action planning, & depression) would accurately classify bariatric patients into one of three groups—maintenance, relapse, or recovery—related to adherence to post-surgical nutrition recommendations. One hundred sixty one female bariatric patients …
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Teacher's experiences of the teaching of personal capabilities through the science curriculum.
… of PCs through the Science curriculum. An action research methodology provided the basis for the development of the study which benefited from flexible, collaborative partnerships between teachers and the researcher. Facilitation and support prompted action and continuous reflection on …
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