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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"evidence-informed"”.
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Increasing evidence informed decision making practices among senior non-clinical NHS managers.
There is limited engagement with research based evidence among senior managers within the NHS, and a failure to consistently integrate research findings into the decision making process. While much is known about the decision making and information behaviour of clinical staff and policy makers, …
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Using Spatial Analysis in an Evidence Informed Approach to Community Engagement in Design
… in research and practice of the analytical and evidence informed design approaches of Space Syntax in the UK. Urban design is a set of complex relationships between all the elements of built and unbuilt space in cities. It is imperative that the design processes address these complex …
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The Politics of Evidence-Informed Policymaking: a case study of the Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy
… policies has resulted in the prioritization of “evidence-based” social policy reform agendas worldwide, as well as a proliferation of research on effective evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM). However, studies on evidence use in policymaking tend to focus on singular aspects of the policy …
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Perceptions of Fidelity and Adaptation in Evidence-Informed Interventions by Women of Color Sexuality Health Educators
… manage implementation. Experts argue for evidence-informed interventions (EII), as opposed to evidence-based interventions (EBI), as the best way to incorporate research in applied settings. EBIs are solely guided by recommendations from current evidence, whereas EIIs recognize and …
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Process Evaluation of an Evidence-Informed Parenting Support Programme in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Background: Parent behaviours have a long-lasting impact on the health, education, and behaviour of the young 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. …
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Evidence-based vaccinology: supporting evidence-informed considerations to introduce routine hepatitis A immunization in South Africa
… Africa. The aim of this PhD was to generate evidence for decision making on whether a routine vaccination program against HAV should be considered for introduction into the South African Expanded Program on Immunizations (EPI-SA). The objectives included gathering context-specific evidence on …
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Integrating Participatory Modeling with Simulation Techniques for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making in Addressing Patient Flow and COVID-19 Challenges
… techniques to engage stakeholders and facilitate evidence-informed decision-making. It contributes to the development and application of innovative hybrid modeling and simulation approaches to enhance stakeholder engagement, tackle complex healthcare challenges, and improve the translation of …
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Moving towards an evidence informed approach to talent identification and development in Scottish soccer long term athlete development pathways.
… in nature, normally lacking quantitative evidence. By understanding what practices have been successful and can increase efficiency and productivity for academies, applied research can support practitioners in their future planning and development. Papers I, II and III utilised …
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Evidence-informed policy development and enactment: A policy content evaluation of a provincial policy for improving the educational outcomes of youth in out-of-home care in Ontario
… (b) development of capacity surrounding trauma-informed practice, (c) creation of common evaluation and performance measurement system.
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The development and origin of muscle fatigue after hexagonal-barbell deadlift exercise of different loads and velocities: contributing to a knowledge-base for coaches to make evidence-informed decisions regarding athletic training programmes
Athletes perform bouts of resistance exercise to develop athletic performance and reduce the risk of injury. Fatigue in response to exercise can be associated with alterations to voluntary muscle activation or contractile function. Recent literature has proposed terms of performance fatigability …
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DIET, EXERCISE, AND SMARTPHONES - A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATIONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS
… of features such as interactivity, adherence to evidence-informed practices and health guidelines, user engagement, and credibility of health information. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were calculated once the coding was done. Perhaps the most important finding of the …
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Assessment of capacity of the Ministry of Health to conduct health policy processes in the Republic of Tajikistan
… six characteristics were identified: holistic, evidence-informed, efficient, effective, feasible and sustainable. The conceptual framework distinguishes five components: MOH capacity to conduct policy processes (comprising elements of policy cycle, use of evidence, leadership and governance, and …
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Bridging the research–policy gap: How to improve and institutionalize knowledge translation practices in health policies
… realization of the urgent need to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making (EIP) to improve health systems and accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. In response, new knowledge translation (KT) initiatives and networks have been set up to facilitate and scale up …
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An Examination of HIV/AIDS Complacency, Attitudes and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Community Based Prevention Efforts, Practitioners and Social Work Education
… study related to direct community prevention and evidence informed social work practice and education are discussed.</p>
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The shifting shape of useful knowledge in literacy teaching
… position teachers and teaching in relation to evidence-based practice, and on the other, how Scottish teachers are professionalized to attend to empirical evidence. It highlights how the clash of rhetorical traditions creates a theory-practice divide which teachers are not well-placed to …
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Developing and evaluating “paraben-free & me”: an educational toolkit that targets parabens exposure reduction from personal care products
… health risks. This study aims to create an evidence-informed digital educational toolkit to reduce women's paraben exposure. The research includes three phases: (1) a systematic review identifying the characteristics of existing toolkits and the data collection methods to evaluate them; (2) …
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Antipsychotic prescribing as a treatment of dementia in British Columbia: physician-level characteristics associated with receiving potentially inappropriate prescriptions
… symptoms, which is not supported by evidence-informed guidelines. This manuscript investigated physician-level factors associated with prescribing antipsychotics to community-dwelling adults with dementia by primary care physicians in British Columbia. Most physician variables were …
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“Not In my backyard”: examining the influence of offender program participation, release plan, and personal proximity on mock parole decisions and comfort levels
… are crucial for fostering compassionate, evidence-informed attitudes and stronger support for reintegration efforts.
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Exercise Therapy for Mood Disorders in Retiring/Former Athletes
… research and development of structured, evidence-informed interventions tailored to former athlete populations.</p>
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A Conceptual Model to Enhance Employer Readiness: An Adaptive Leadership Approach to the Integration of Internationally Educated Nurses
… integration infrastructure, and equity-informed support practices. This Doctor of Nursing project introduces the conceptual model to enhance employer readiness for IEN integration (CMEERI), a field-based, evidence-informed framework designed to guide structured, sustainable, and …
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