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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"PRIMARY INTERVENTION"”.
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The Impact of Health Education Among Communities w/ The Food Education Project: Exploring Healthy Eating to Modify Health Behaviors Among Youth, A Primary Intervention
<p>Obesity and diabetes among adults and children remains a public health concern. Rates of obesity among both demographics are slowly increasing. A plethora of research is available that unveils demographics of those who are at risk of obesity and diabetes. Barriers to healthy eating have also …
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Factors affecting recidivism at a transitional shelter for the homeless
… the provision of transitional shelter---as the primary intervention designed to return individuals and families to self-sufficiency. The study found that the three household types did not differ significantly in terms of recidivism. However, the groups evidenced significant differences in a …
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The Clinical Nurse Leader as Outcomes Manager in the Emergency Department: Improving Door-to-ECG Time for Patients Presenting with Chest Pain
… for improvement, a change package of practical interventions was developed and implemented to achieve improved outcomes. The primary intervention involved creating a chief complaint-based ECG guideline algorithm that streamlines the evaluation of potential cardiac patients. A secondary …
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A positive, culturally responsive, accountability based, and non-punitive approach to decrease challenging behavior in school
… study aimed to research, identify, and test interventions that could be used systematically by teachers, administrators, and schools to minimize challenging behavior and curb its effects. The research question investigated in this study is as follows: How can educators use a positive, …
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An 8-year retrospective review of Pyogenic Liver Abscesses at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
… blood samples, empiric antibiotic regimens used, interventions and outcomes. Results The five most common organisms cultured were Escherichia coli [26 (21%)], Klebsiella pneumoniae [24 (19.8%)], Pseudomonas aeruginosa [12 (9.9%)], Anaerobic organisms Isolated [11 (9%)] and Enterobacter cloacae …
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Career-Threatened Principals: Virginia Superintendents' Views
… sources of information about these principals, interventions initiated by superintendents to assist career-threatened principals, and final career outcomes for these principals. Relationships among demographic variables and all other variables were analyzed. A limited demographic profile of …
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Identification of transcriptional mechanisms downstream of nf1 gene defeciency in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors
… and mortality from this syndrome. Surgery is the primary intervention but it is not always effective due to the tendency of MPNSTs to infiltrate the surrounding tissue or grow in an inoperable location. Neurofibromin, the protein coded by the Nf1 gene, functions as a GTPase activating protein …
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Increasing the Awareness of Trauma Informed Care in the School Setting: Giving Practitioners the Tools to Actively Participate in Trauma Related Care
… presentation about trauma and its associated interventions. Participating school nurses subsequently received an evidenced-based module that reinforces the recognition and effective resource management for trauma informed care, in order to reduce the risk of trauma on the growth, development, …
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Statistical applications in the analysis of vaccine preventable diseases
… of spread.For vaccine-preventable diseases, the primary intervention strategy is vaccination but their effectiveness must be assessed. Vaccine effectiveness (VE) was assessed against various clinical outcomes which were associated with influenza to differing extents. Additionally, different …
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The retinal microvasculature as an early indicator of chronic disease risk in older populations
… the assessment of chronic disease outcomes. The primary aims of this thesis were to perform cross-sectional analyses of the baseline data from the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA), to investigate associations between variation in retinal microvascular …
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Engineering Biodegradable Vascular Scaffolds for Congenital Heart Disease
… system, synthetic grafts have been used as a primary intervention. However, current grafts suffer from deficiencies such as minimal biological compatibility, inability to grow and adapt, and high failure rates. Additionally, the grafts are not customized to the patient, which may lead to graft …
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Process Evaluation of an Evidence-Informed Parenting Support Programme in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… people in their care. Group-based parenting interventions are a promising approach to improve parenting, as well as to prevent and reduce physical and emotional maltreatment of children. While a billion of adolescents live in low- and middle- income countries, few evaluations have examined …
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Towards the Development of an Innovative Mahosi-Led Model: Primary Prevention Strategies in Fighting Against Male-Generated Gender-Based Violence in the Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… Africa; and, where feasible, propose a model for primary prevention strategies. From a feminist standpoint, this research examined how Mahosi’s interventions can challenge and dismantle the patriarchal norms that perpetuate GBV. The research used qualitative methods. The study design was …
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Exploring the applicability and utility of the subject-centered integrative learning model in client and family education
Client education is one of the primary intervention methods used by occupational therapists. However, existing models for client education within occupational therapy do not provide information on how practitioners can make the link between teaching interactions and occupation explicit for …
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The need for pre-marital counselling in combating domestic violence : case studies within the Madadeni area
… by literature that pre-marital counselling, as a primary intervention, is seldom applied by practitioner that are trying to stop domestic violence, motivated the researcher to undertake this study. In her introduction to this study, the researcher stated the problem, her motivation to undertake …
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The concept of mattering as critical to nursing-student recovery
… from academic failure to recovery.</p> <p>The primary intervention for recovery needs to focus on the student's recommitment to the profession of nursing. Resources need to be quickly identified to support the student's recommitment/mattering. In the case of this study, mobilization of family …
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The impact of a self-management intervention on work-related behaviors in customized employment for individuals with severe disabilities
… to conceptually model an on-the-job, customized intervention. Chapter 2 introduces a review of the literature on interventions that have been used in employment settings primarily with adults with severe disabilities (ASD, ID, and DD) over the past 30 years. The primary intervention category that …
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Enhancing the Effectiveness and Availability of Orthoses by Additive Manufacturing
… symptoms. Ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) are the primary intervention for treating and preventing recurrent sprains by providing timely external mechanical support to the ankle joint. However, traditional AFOs are often rigid, heavy, and ill-fitting due to their one-size-fits-all design and the …
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“Catching” emotions: Emotion regulation in sport dyads
… the development and subsequent delivery of an intervention to enhance interpersonal emotion regulation. Although emotion regulation has been emphasised due to its importance in explaining performance and well-being, the focus of research has predominantly been on intrapersonal emotion …
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Impact of Quality Improvement Curriculum on Intensive Care Unit Upgrades by Resident Physicians
… Poisson linear regression model to the data. INTERVENTIONS: The primary intervention consisted of a quality improvement curriculum that involved structured case review of qualifying patient encounters, focusing on resident education and exposure to common causes of intensive care unit …
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