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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Skills model"”.
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Utility Of The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model In Measuring And Predicting Protection Behaviors Among Skin Cancer Patients
… utility of the information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) model in measuring and predicting SPB among people who have had NMSC. For this descriptive cross-sectional study, a convenience sample of NMSC patients was recruited at the University of Mississippi Medical Center between July 2015 and …
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Psychometric Testing of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of Behavior Change Questionnaire in Mexican-Americans with Diabetes Type 2
… The Information-Motivation-Behavioral (IMB) Skills Diabetes scale was tested with 83 Mexican-American adults with type 2 diabetes from a community in Orange County, CA. Methodology: A cross-sectional correlational study design was conducted with 64 female and 19 male Mexican-American adults …
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Understanding the Behavioral Determinants of Retention in HIV Care: A Qualitative Evaluation of the Situated Information, Motivation, Behavioral Skills model of Care Initiation and Maintenance
… informational, motivational, and behavioral skills related facilitators and barriers influencing retention in HIV care in an inner-city clinic population receiving clinic- and outreach-based HIV care services. Elicitation of retention-relevant factors was guided by the Situated …
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The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model: An Examination of Obesity Prevention Behavioral Change in Children Who Participated In The Afterschool Program Virginia Beach Let’s Move
… utility of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model (IMB) as a foundation to design childhood obesity prevention afterschool programs. This study employed a secondary analysis of pre (n=172), post (n=170), and 1-year follow-up (n=32) evaluations of the obesity prevention afterschool …
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Promoting the integration of vocational and academic skills using the principles of the Let Me Learn model: a case study of transformational leadership
Two educational models, the Let Me Learn Model (TM) and the Integration of Academic and Vocational Skills Model IV were implemented at the Cumberland County Technical School in New Jersey. The purposes of the study were (a) to introduce and enhance the teachers' knowledge about the two educational …
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Kesan gaya berfikir dan kemahiran penyelesaian masalah inventif terhadap kemahiran penyelesaian masalah
The Critical and Creative Thinking Skills Model (CCTS) aims to adopt critical and creative thinking skills among students in order to solve problems effectively. However, the majority of teachers have overlooked the importance of this thinking style because of focusing on problem-solving. …
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An investigation into the factors which influence heterosexual social interactions (dating) success in Australian youth
… of adolescent dating and Cook's (1981) social skills model of date initiation to suggest a more comprehensive account of the factors which influence dating success in Australian youth. The research comprised a pilot study and two separate but interrelated studies. The purpose of the pilot study …
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Smoking behaviour, risk perception and attitude to anti-smoking legislation among students at the University of the Western Cape
… was the Information-Motivation-Behavioural (IMB) skills model. The study was a quantitative one, making use of a cross-sectional survey design to obtain data about the three variables of interest. Responses to statements about risk perception and attitudes to anti-smoking legislation in the …
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Perceptions of illicit drug use and risky sexual behaviour among first year psychology students at the University of the Western Cape
… study is the information motivation behavioural skills model. Participants were selected using non-probability sampling of 279 first year students registered for Psychology I at the University of the Western Cape. This study employed a quantitative research approach using a survey design. …
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Identifying and facilitating a community of practice in information literacy in higher education.
… but that it is often found in a traditional, skills-based form, owing to an absence of staff development opportunities for those involved in curriculum design and teaching (i.e. academic and professional staff), and that this, in turn, is impacting upon the student experience. Through an …
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'Separate Realities': An Investigation Into The Social Behaviour Of A Group Of Adults With Severe Learning Difficulties And A Discussion Of The Factors Which Appear To Motivate This Behaviour
… viewed as unacceptable by the wider population a skills deficit approach to the issue is frequently adopted. This dissertation argues that this view is both over-simplistic and inappropriately judgmental and that the behaviours demonstrated often serve an important purpose in the lives of the …
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The development and effect of a text message intervention on physical activity and healthy eating behaviors in African American women who are overwight or obese
… on knowledge, motivation, and behavioral skills for physical activity and healthy eating among overweight and obese AA women and the intervention's acceptability. The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model guided the development of motivational text messages, focusing on building …
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Exploring Men who have sex with men’s HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Decision-making Processes in the Southern United States
… motivations to initiate PrEP; and (c) behavioral skills and abilities to adhere to PrEP. Guided by the Information-Motivation Behavioral (IMB) skills model, a six-item questionnaire was constructed and used to conduct one-on-one semi-structured interviews. Fourteen MSM (71% African-American) …
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Expert patient programme for recently diagnosed patients with chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG)
… employed an Information-Motivation-8ehavioural Skills Model to understand the association between knowledge, motivation and behavioural skills in an attempt to improve adherence amongst recently diagnosed patients. Patient participation was at the heart of every component of the study. In this …
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Access to nutrition education and counselling by people living with HIV and aids in Lusaka district Zambia : a hermeneutic phenomenology approach.
… knowledge, motivation, and behavioural skills. The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to uncover the lived experiences of PLWHIV regarding their access to NEC. The study used a qualitative approach and applied hermeneutic phenomenological research design. A purposive …
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Understanding the Employability of College Graduates for Success in the Workplace
… enter the workplace with the appropriate skills to not only survive but also grow their career. Current college graduates have not consistently acquired the skills needed for success in the workplace to learn and thrive continuously in our rapidly changing world. The Virginia Tech College …
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Impathy: Consultoría en Recursos Humanos enfocada en modelos de evaluación con enfoque a perfiles de innovación y estructuras líquidas
… del talento humano que permite, a través de un modelo remoto de medición de competencias enfocadas en los desafíos del entorno de trabajo actual, acompañar a las empresas de más de 300 colaboradores, en la toma de decisiones informadas, generando resultados y proponiendo planes de acción que …