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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"educational outreach"”.
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Development, implementation and evaluation of a diabetes educational outreach inervention for pharmacists
Increasing diabetes prevalence rates, poor involvement of and limited knowledge among health care professionals in disease management, and poor implementation of guidelines are barriers to quality diabetes care. This thesis aimed to develop, implement and evaluate an on-site diabetes …
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California Livestock Owners: An Assessment of Familiarity with New Antimicrobial Rules and Access to Educational Outreach
… of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) with education and outreach about recent changes regarding antimicrobial use in livestock, and to enhance their emergency communications network. This was done by characterizing a population of small-scale livestock owners underserved with regards to educational …
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Non-communicable diseases in public sector primary care clinics in South Africa: multimorbidity, control, treatment, socioeconomic associations, and evaluation of educational outreach with a clinical management tool
… tool implemented in primary care services using educational outreach training. It was evaluated using a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial: 38 clinics in the Eden and Overberg districts of the Western Cape were randomised to receive the intervention or to continue with usual care. 4393 …
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The Challenges for a Closed-to-the-Public Animal Sanctuary: Prioritizing animal welfare while engaging in educational community outreach
… a closed-to-the-public sanctuary can engage in educational outreach without compromising the welfare of the residents. I employed a combination of semi-structured interviews of sanctuary personnel, ethnographic participant-observation as a volunteer caregiver, and an online survey offered to the …
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Species Composition and Genetic Structure of Grassland Plant Communities and Their Influence on Spiders and Herbivorous Insects
… diversity in an urban environment. I believe educational outreach is a fundamental part of our jobs as scientists, so Chapter 5 provides an example of how we can use our research interests as models in an outreach program.
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Drug-related problems in the elderly - Interventions to improve the quality of pharmacotherapy
… between care levels were identified. (Paper III) Educational outreach visits were offered General Practitioner (GP) practices. Data on prescribing of benzodiazepines and anti-psychotic drugs to elderly before and after this education was compared with a control group of GP practices. (Paper IV) …
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Home Gardener Preferences, Perceptions, Knowledge and Behaviors Associated with Pest Management Strategies and Information Acquisition
… will help educators improve the efficacy of educational outreach on IPM and pesticide safety.
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Impacts of the Seattle sweetened beverage tax on perceived healthfulness of sweetened beverages
… the combination of tax price effects and pro-tax educational outreach.
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Implementation Strategies to Improve Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge of and Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines
… consisted of local opinion leaders, printed educational materials, and educational outreach. Improvements in nursing knowledge of and adherence to these guidelines were noted. Lastly, program evaluations were conducted using a mixed-methods study to understand neurocritical care nurses' …
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"Somos Parte de la Solución": Women Activists' Knowledge of Gendered Risk and Their Educational Responses to HIV/AIDS in the Peruvian Amazon
… crisis through social movement organizing and educational outreach. This dissertation exposes the nuanced gender relations perspectives of HIV positive and sex worker women activists and underscores the importance of including these subjugated knowledges in solution-oriented discourses in …
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Factors Associated with Ohio Tree Farmers'; Forest Management and Outreach Needs
… and constraints of forest management, 3) their educational outreach interests 4) how our results differ from a similar 1989 study and 5) to differentiate like groups of Ohio tree farmers through cluster analysis. Tree farmers were surveyed via a mailed questionnaire following a modified Dillman …
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An Assessment of the HIV Prevention Needs of Injection Drug Users in Montana
… a variety of sexual orientations, ethnicities, educational levels, incomes and employment statuses participated in the interviews, none of these variables appeared to be a distinct indicator of increased HIV infection risk. Factors indicative of higher risk for infection included family …
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An Assessment of the HIV Prevention Needs of Injection Drug Users in Montana
… a variety of sexual orientations, ethnicities, educational levels, incomes and employment statuses participated in the interviews, none of these variables appeared to be a distinct indicator of increased HIV infection risk. Factors indicative of higher risk for infection included family …
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Primary Health Care trainers' and nurses' learning experiences of using educational technology as part of an established in-service training programme in the Western Cape province, South Africa
… an evidence based clinical guide with an educational outreach training programme, focusing on Primary Health Care (PHC) providers in health facilities in South Africa. As the programme expands in South Africa and internationally, the health system challenges of distance, budget …
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The Interactive Effects of Multiple Stressors on Lithobates catesbeianus and Anaxyrus americanus
… amphibian declines. Conservation efforts such as educational outreach, effective land management and water quality regulation guidelines, captive breeding programs, and several others are discussed.</p>
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Second-Generation Thai American Women's Perceptions on Cervical Cancer Screening
… healthcare providers, friends, the internet, or outreach programs.</p> <p>Implications: Cervical cancer focused educational outreach programs for second-generation Thai American women should occur in college or sooner. Healthcare providers need to be sensitive to the generational differences of …
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Effectiveness of 2016 Watershed Protection Plan on Bacteria and Nutrient Concentration Loads in the Attoyac Bayou Watershed
… and nutrient concentrations in the watershed. Educational outreach programs, on-site-sewage facility repair, and livestock management were some of the strategies suggested by the protection plan that sought to decrease bacteria across the watershed. Monthly water quality sampling on five …
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Experiential Learning in School Gardens and Other Outdoor Environments: A Survey of Needs for Supplemental Programs
… Garden at Virginia Tech can best focus their outreach efforts to benefit the local public school community. The study assessed the needs of local science teachers and how their needs can be met through educational outreach programs. A self-administered online survey was used to inquire about …
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The impact of educational interventions on influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates in primary care
… care. Objectives. To investigate the impact of educational interventions for primary care teams on influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates in high-risk groups. Method. The research had the following components: a. Literature search examining current practice and policy in relation to …
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Characterization of manganese oxide coated porous carbon aerogel to isolate the effects of electro-less deposition time, li+ -ion exchange, and heat treatment on ion selectivity and specific capacitance
… a desalination cell. Additional work was done as educational outreach, for the purpose of investigating the most efficient methods to communicate scientific concepts to middle school students. In light of recent water contamination scandals, the students were taught methods used by engineers and …
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