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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"baseline assessment"”.
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Baseline Assessment of Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health in Yantaló, San Martin, Peru
… school students ages 11-19 to investigate their baseline reproductive health knowledge, religious values, family life, and their preferences regarding avenues of receiving sexual health information and sexual health classes. We also evaluated the proposed national curriculum on sexual health. All …
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Patients Safety Culture: A Baseline Assessment Of Nurses' Perceptions In A Saudi Arabia Hospital
… </strong></p> <p>PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE: A BASELINE ASSESSMENT OF NURSES' PERCEPTIONS IN A SAUDI ARABIA HOSPITAL</p> <p>by</p> <p>AHMAD E. ABOSHAIQAH</p> <p>May 2010</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Stephen J. Cavanagh</p> <p>Major: Nursing</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Patient safety (the …
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A controlled comparative investigation of psychological treatments for chronic sleep-onset insomnia
… or no treatment control groups. Following baseline assessment of sleep pattern and quality subjects received 8 weeks of treatment, comprising 4 weeks under counterdemand and 4 weeks under positive demand instruction to control for demand characteristics and expectancy effects. A further 14 …
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Pediatric feeding problems related to tactile defensiveness: a case study
… the child's acceptance of new foods. After a baseline assessment, the child and his parents participated in a 12-week intervention that included at least one new tactile activity and a selection of new foods the parents identified that they wanted their child to eat. In the process of …
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The Impact of Sunlight Variation on Depressive Symptoms Following Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder
… Sunlight intensity at the time of patient assessment was significantly inversely associated with the severity of depressive symptoms, and the strength of this relationship decreased over the follow-up period. At the baseline (treatment termination) assessment, a one standard deviation …
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An Assessment of Post-Taliban Media Development in Afghanistan (2002-2017)
… constitutes the first of its kind in-depth baseline assessment of the growth and development of the Afghan media sector post-2001. The assessment utilizes the United Nations Media Development Indicators (MDIs) for this specific purpose.In doing so, this thesis project tests the assumption …
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A descriptive analysis of the 1992 active-duty physician asset: with comparisons to the Kaiser-Permanente physician staff model data
… HMO, northern CA region, in Oakland, CA (K-P). A baseline assessment of the 1992 active-duty physician asset is done by first analyzing each Service's number of active-duty physician specialists and then by comparing DoD active-duty physician staffing levels to the corresponding physician staffing …
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Does cognitive control affect successful "sandbagging" of concussion symptoms?
The value of concussion baseline assessments is dependent upon athletes giving their best effort. If an athlete fakes poor performance or “sandbags”, a future injury may go undetected. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine if the SportGait concussion baseline assessment detects …
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Social jetlag and global sleep quality predict worse grades in first-year STEM students.
… and has not accounted for fluid intelligence or baseline mental health, thereby limiting understanding of causal direction. First year college students (N=489, Mage=18.3; 72.2% female; 53.8% BIPOC) were recruited to complete a baseline assessment that included measures of sleep quality, social …
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Sex education for children with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder
… homeroom teacher. A non-concurrent multiple baseline design was used in this study. Two baseline assessments in which knowledge of sexology was measured were conducted prior to the intervention, followed by an assessment one week after the intervention. No significant differences in knowledge …
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Problematic Alcohol Use and Marital Adjustment: An Interdependence Theory Perspective
… couples (N = 123 dyads) completed a web-based baseline assessment and two web-based follow-up assessments three- and six-months later. New theoretical models using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) were tested. Support was found for husband drinking problems affecting his own and …
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Analysis of an Online Support Group for Women with Breast Cancer
… emotional well-being and benefit finding using baseline assessment measures. Qualitative content analysis and computerized text analysis were used to characterize the emotional, cognitive, and structural components present in online therapy transcripts. Correlational analysis was also used to …
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The Impact of Mother and Adolescent Offspring Distress Reduction Training on Maternal Anxiety and Alcohol Related Behaviors Following Conflict
… maternal distress as well as multimodal assessment of subsequent maternal anxiety and alcohol use cravings. Fifty-nine mothers who endorsed alcohol use and elevated levels of anxious arousal and their adolescent offspring completed a baseline assessment, including a well-established, …
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Effects of detraining on cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses after six weeks high-intensity cycling
… completed a maximal and HCL exercise test for baseline assessment. The maximal test variables, VO₂ peak and lactate threshold (LT), were used to set loads for the HCL tests and the training protocol. Cycle ergometer training was done ~30 min/day, 5 days/week for 6 weeks at . 70(LT – VO₂ peak). …
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Understanding Self-Efficacy for Alcohol Use: The Roles of Self-Monitoring and Hypothesized Source Variables
… behaviors during the four weeks after the baseline assessment. All participants returned for a follow-up assessment four weeks later. Consistent with predictions based on social cognitive theory, heavy drinking, positive alcohol expectancies, and perceived norms of use were inversely …
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Longitudinal Change In Regional Cortices And Fluid Intelligence
… middle-aged and older adults were involved in baseline assessment. In addition, there were 3 follow-ups, and each of the 46 participants returned back for at least one follow-up. We observed longitudinal decline in Gf, which accelerated with advanced age. We proposed that the acceleration of Gf …
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Spatial Variability and Seasonal Patterns of Co-Occurrence between two Marine Biotoxins in the Puget Sound and Implications for Public Health Management
… harvesting closures. This thesis provides a baseline assessment of toxin co-occurrence during the first decade of co-monitoring for PSTs and DSTs and characterizes patterns underlying toxin co-occurrence, highlighting the need for further study into the human health effects of co-exposure to …
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Teaching adults with intellectual disabilities to use the Picture Exchange Communication System
… have considerable weaknesses such as lack of a baseline assessment of using PECS, lack of relevant discrimination skills of the participants, and a lack of treatment integrity measures. The purpose of this study was to provide further empirical data regarding the efficacy of PECS with adults …
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Lincoln University curriculum and the Sustainable Development Goals : A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master in Environmental Policy and Management at Lincoln University
… development. In addition to providing a baseline assessment of these degrees against the SDGs, the research demonstrates the potential of the Framework to be used as a tool for measuring and monitoring the progress of universities in providing education that advances the SDGs.
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Evaluation of a Web-based Intervention for College Marijuana Use
… marijuana use within the month preceding baseline. Conditions were the e-TOKE program or assessment only, crossed with brief vs. extensive baseline assessment (to assess assessment reactivity), producing four experimental conditions to which participants were randomly assigned. Thus, 161 …
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