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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Surveys and Questionnaires"”.
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AIDS policy implementation and the treatment of chemically-dependent African-American females
… over a three month period in which interviews, surveys and questionnaires were administered. Subjects consisted of counselors, administrators and African-American female clients who volunteered for the study. Five administrators and two counselors were interviewed from both inpatient and …
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How Age Friendly is This City? Strategies for Assessing Age-Friendliness
… response to the challenges of demographic aging and increasing urbanization. In 2010, London, Ontario, became the first city in Canada to join the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Communities. Network milestones require the measurement of the baseline age-friendliness of the community. The …
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Leveraging Unlabeled Data in Supervised Learning to Objectively Assess Depression
… Disorder, or MDD, is difficult to assess and diagnose due to lack of resources and the personal, private nature of the disease, which has symptoms that can vary greatly on a patient-by-patient basis [2]. Even so, the current standard methods of assessing depression are subjective and …
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Stage fright : a topical guide for singers concerning music performance anxiety literature
… explores the relationship between singers and music performance anxiety (MPA). It includes a historical summary of the malady’s epidemiologic evolution, and focuses on singer-specific research results. In addition to related concepts, theories, and clinical data results, pertinent items …
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The impact of social media on the access of music among Rowan University students
… study's primary goal was to determine the extent and impact of social media on Rowan University student's access of music. Social media and music have become a significant part of college student life. The vast majority of student age ranges from 18 to 24. The study's secondary goal was to …
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Implementing Mental Health Screening Assessment and Navigation (MH-SCAN) in a Community Oncology Clinic: Evaluations and Efficacy
… rates, deteriorates patients' quality of life, and disrupts adherence to cancer treatment. Despite widespread recommendations, there remains a significant gap in identification of depression and engagement in depression treatment. To fill this gap, the University of Texas Southwestern Moncrief …
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Implementing transformational, professional learning communities in an urban elementary school: An autoethnographic case study
… study examined the transformational growth and development over a four-year period of professional learning communities (PLCs) at an urban elementary school in New Jersey. I sought to uncover the relationship between the principal's leadership behaviors, vision, and systemic planning and the …
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Barriers to clinical research in Africa, a quantitative and qualitative survey of 27 African countries
… in Africa. The aim of this study was to understand the particular barriers to clinical research in this environment. Methods Electronic survey of African Surgical Outcomes Study (ASOS) investigators, including 29 quantitative Likert scale questions and eight qualitative questions with subsequent …
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Examining the influence of physics focused professional development on advanced placement physics teachers
… effect difference between the APD teachers and the NAPD teachers. The qualitative data from teacher interviews, surveys, and questionnaires was thematically analyzed and the result indicated that the APD teachers increased their PCK level after the intervention. In addition, the study found …
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STANDARDS-BASED GRADING MODEL: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FEEDBACK IN DEVELOPING 21ST-CENTURY LEARNER ATTRIBUTES
<p>The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) present clear academic expectations; however, research shows that students are still not well equipped with essential learning, literacy and life skills to succeed in school and the workplace. It is an uneasy task to prepare students for “lifelong learning …
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Development of the Multicultural Curriculum Appraisal (MCCA): A Process to Promote Multicultural Infusion into APA Accredited Doctoral Program Curriculum
… current American Psychological Association's standard for Diversity Education and Training in doctoral-level accredited Health Service Psychology programs is sparce and lacks a measurable expectation of programs. There is no published research on broad application or outcomes of this standard …
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Reflective practices for veterinary nurses
… Teaching reflectiveness to our veterinary nurses and educators is part of looking at how we can improve mental wellbeing and create sustainability in our industry. Reflective models from Schon (1983) and Gibbs (1998) were adapted and utilised depending on where and how the reflecting was …
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Perceptions of Childhood Abuse and Life Stress: Contributors to Increase in Binge Eating Behavior
<p>Many studies reported that childhood abuse and stress play contributory roles in the development and maintenance of disordered eating behaviors. However, these studies made no mentioned efforts to validate their self-report data, and thus failed to separate the effects of actuality versus …
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Relationship Adjustment in African American/White Interracial Couples
… African American male/White female pairings and African American female/White male pairings. This study sought to elucidate psychological variables that may be related to this sizable discrepancy. It was hypothesized that differences between these pairings exist with regard to …
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Essays on the econometrics of ordinal data
… variables like general health, mental health, and happiness level play a crucial role. Ordinal data is commonly used in surveys and questionnaires due to its ordered structure. However, incorporating an ordinal outcome variable in economic studies presents challenges. The categorical and fixed …
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Revitalizing a Dying School-Business Partnership
… business involvement faded somewhat in the 1960s and 1970s, a resurgence in business involvement began in the late seventies and early eighties. School-business partnerships have been steadily on the rise from around 40,000 in 1983 to over 200,000 by the mid-1990's. When schools and businesses …
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Pediatric Physical Therapists and Evidence Based Practice: A Participatory Action Research Project
… to describe in detail the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of a group of pediatric physical therapists regarding evidence-based practice. In addition, utilizing a collaborative, participatory action research approach, several strategies and outcomes were identified as a means to aid these …
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Safety Training for Spanish-Speaking Workers in the Logging Industry in the Southeastern United States
… U.S. There is a growing concern that injury and fatality rates could increase due to inexperience, possible lack of proper safety training, and language barrier problems attributed to the new Spanish-speaking workers. The study area is the Southeastern U.S., comprising twelve states ranging …
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Cancer Center Regional Benchmarks for Psychosocial Care
… (ACoS) Commissions on Cancer (CoC) formulated and implemented standard 3.2 for Psychosocial Distress Screening. This standard requires that all accredited cancer centers evaluate psychosocial distress and provide appropriate triage and intervention for all cancer patients. Over the past decade, …
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Cerebral palsy, online social networks and change
… (OSN) such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo and YouTube have proved to be the most popular Internet activity (Office of National Statistics, 2011). 49% of these users have updated or created an OSN profile and are making over 24 million visits a month (Dutton, 2009). These websites are often …