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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Measuring Outcomes"”.
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Measuring Outcomes of Occupational Therapy Facilitated in Natural Settings with Young Children
<p>To date, there is limited evidence to support the effectiveness of Occupational Therapy (OT) services delivered outside in nature. This study explored the benefits of OT intervention in Natural Settings (NS) for children by examining development in the areas of self-regulation, social skills, …
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Measuring Outcomes in Competence and Confidence in Clinical Skills Through the Use of Standardized Patients
… (SPs) in physical therapy education related to outcomes which are assessed. The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects SP implementation had on first year, doctor of physical therapy (DPT) student’s communication and patient interviewing skills and their confidence in those …
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The Effect of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics on Indicators of Lactose Intolerance: A Systematic Review
… This systematic review examined 25 studies measuring outcomes of lactose intolerance in subjects given probiotic, prebiotic, or synbiotic treatments. Bacterial strains with the greatest degree of evidence for the reduction of undesirable outcomes of lactose intolerance were …
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Measuring The Outcomes of Therapeutic Listening in Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities
… a standardized protocol to measure the specific outcomes of the TL-Q program using a practice-based evidence (PBE) approach for the purpose of aggregating data for clinical practice. The protocol was used to measure the outcomes of the TL-Q program in a convenience sample of 23 children, ages …
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Outcome Measurements in Economic Evaluations of Drug Misuse Interventions
… thesis critically evaluates the measurement of outcomes in economic evaluations of drug misuse interventions. Three different aspects of measuring outcomes are examined: one focusing on non-monetary outcomes at the individual patient level; one focusing on monetary outcomes within studies using …
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The Business of Education: Organizational Capacity In School Districts
… organizations in that they both deal in social outcomes and can be perceived as being ineffectively managed because social outcomes are exceptionally difficult to measure. Therefore, final organizational outcomes for nonprofits and school districts are difficult to report upon because current …
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The Use of Outcome Measures By Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists in Iowa
… services by investigating the use of outcomes measures by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs) in Iowa. Secondary purposes of the study are to collect basic demographic and practice data on LMFTs in Iowa and to examine the relationships between LMFTs' use of outcome measures …
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Longitudinal Tracking and Changes Over Time of Song-writing Workshops with Young People and Adults who are Experiencing Different Degrees of Social Exclusion
… that there is no official form of tracking for measuring outcomes within the UK, this presented the opportunity to explore five different measuring tools. Therefore, giving the scope to design, trial and implement a longitudinal tracking model focusing on an evaluation of the specific skills …
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Rhetorical functions of language and media in health education : effects of metadiscourse and the Internet on readers' attitudes and knowledge about stress management
… of the medium. Research in this area focuses on measuring outcomes of existing programs rather than on systematically identifying what works and why.The present study examined language use (i.e., metadiscourse) and medium (i.e., Internet) in health education about stress management. This study …
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A Critical Overview: Evaluation and Evidence for Cultural Policymaking and Practice in Wales (2004-2014)
… of culture in England, but for both nations, measuring ‘outcomes’ and ‘impacts’ for cultural policy is challenging due to issues of causality, in addition to the ongoing contention between policymakers/politicians and cultural professionals - the prior emphasising the ‘instrumental’ value of …
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Effective Collaboration in Public Services – The Views of Practitioners
… and then fully transcribed.The main research outcomes are that the elements of leadership, governance of the collaboration process and measuring outcomes are considered crucial to contributing towards a successful collaboration activity. The main recommendation of this thesis is that in …
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Is it what you know, who you know, or just ‘luck’? What are the experiences and challenges of Adult Educators having recently qualified from a university accredited post graduate teaching qualification in Further Education?
… and quantifiable nature of adult education where outcomes and employability precede learners needs and wants. This thesis argues that both the socio-economic and policy context mentioned above contributed to the lack of permanent contracts, but abundance of short-term, zero-hour contracts, pay …
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Development of an outcome measure for occupational therapists in mental health care settings
… South African context . The development of an outcomes measuring system is much needed in these crucial times of cost-cutting, rendering quality of care with the minimum resources and the quest for evidence of the effect of intervention. The purpose of this study was to fill the outcome …
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Initial Development of a Patient-Reported Item Bank to Assess Mobility of People Who Use Lower Limb Orthoses
… used to efficiently measure patient-reported outcomes that may be difficult to observe in a clinical or research setting. Item banks designed specifically for measuring outcomes among people who receive a specific intervention often include survey questions that are relevant to the individual …