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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"formative research"”.
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Formative research for the development of an appropriate, acceptable and feasible intervention aimed at reducing type 2 diabetes risk in disadvantaged women after gestational diabetes in South Africa
… of care are lacking. This thesis constitutes the formative research for a complex intervention study aimed at developing and evaluating a novel health system intervention to reduce the subsequent risk of developing type 2 diabetes among women with GDM. The findings will inform the planning, …
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Creating persuasive messages to promote abstinence from alcohol during pregnancy
… America, they have rarely been developed using formative research nor have they been comprehensively evaluated (Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, 2009; Elliott et al., 2008). This lack of published information on the development and evaluation of campaigns makes it difficult to determine what …
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Boundary Objects: Exploring the Benefit of Using Iconic Design Objects in Teaching Colour, Material, and Finish (CMF) in Undergraduate Industrial Design Education
… of their differentiation. Explorative and formative research into the discipline of CMF preceded qualitative research of observing undergraduate students using the xDX teaching collection of chairs, producing CMF design products, and a thematic analysis of the student reflection papers at …
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Development and scaling up of a psychological intervention for common mental disorders among people living with HIV in Zimbabwe
… in Harare, Zimbabwe. The thesis formed part of formative research leading to a cluster randomized controlled trial(RCT) of a psychological intervention and provides supplementary research to the RCT to support the scale up of the intervention. The first chapter describes the magnitude of the …
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Advancing Knowledge toward the Development of an Effective Healthy Beverage Lesson Plan for School-Age Children
The purpose of this thesis study was to conduct formative research that would ultimately lead to an effective healthy beverage lesson plan for children ages 6-9. Education professionals in the Sparks-Reno area who expressed interest in using a healthy beverage lesson plan served as research …
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Anorexia Nervosa in Wales: Patient Treatment Experience and Healthcare Professional Awareness
… marketing approach (NSMC: 2013): including formative research, process evaluation and outcome evaluation. Formative research included audience research (interviews and focus groups with healthcare professionals and healthcare professionals in training) in combination with theories of social …
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Visual and participatory research methods in the development of mass communication health messages for underserved populations
… the benefits of using visual and participatory research techniques towards health message development. Demographic information and levels of physical activity were first obtained in a sample of older Hispanic women (n=23; aged 71.9 ± 7.6 years) living in the city of Chicago. Perceptions of …
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The Formative Evaluation of an Educational Tool to Help Curb Children's Intake of Sugary Beverages
… to reduce their intake is an active area of research (Boles et al., 2014). For this reason, the Rethink Your Drink campaign is an effort to limit children's consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and support healthier selections. The purpose of this thesis was to conduct formative research …
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An assessment of health hazards associated with the use of water mist systems as a cooling intervention in Australia
… well understood. The primary aim of this thesis research was to advance understanding of the health risks associated with OPPPs in WMS used to cool ambient air temperatures for thermal comfort. A literature review was the foundation (1st study) of this research and aimed to characterise the state …
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Using the Theory of Reasoned Action and Planned Behavior to Create a Point-of-Use Water Treatment Behavior-Change Campaign Within the Safe Water System
<p>During the summer of 2010, formative field research was collected in Kibera, Africa’s largest urban informal settlement, located in Nairobi, Kenya. Research explored how a Western-developed behavior-change theoretical model could be applied in a developing country. Data was collected through …
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Reducing Sugary Drinks Among Young, School-Age Children: Formative Assessment of Print Materials for Parents
Formative research (aka formative assessment) has been used previously as a means to strengthen social marketing campaigns, public health interventions and health education materials. The purpose of this study was to conduct a formative assessment of print materials for parents of young school-age …
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Male-Female Workplace Friendships: Third Party Coworkers' Perceptions of and Behavior toward Organizational Peers in Cross-Sex Workplace Friendships
… are especially important for women, as research suggests they may help women to break through the "glass ceiling." Cross-sex workplace friendships are often perceived as romantic (e.g., Elesser & Peplau, 2006; Marks, 1994) and workplace romances are generally perceived negatively (Cowan …
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Factors affecting condom usage among Cape Town high school students
… behaviour, namely condom usage, and used as its research target adolescents, a key risk group for HIV infection in South Africa. It aimed to investigate the key variables that influence condom usage among adolescents in the Cape Town metropolitan area. The study was based on an integrated …
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Computer mediated communication for health behavior change
… was used to demonstrate the basic technology. Formative research and pilot-testing was conducted, to identify psychological and communication variables that are potentially critical to facilitating behavior change through the CMC medium. The resulting system was used to compare two forms of CMC …
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Teachers' perceptions of school climate: Implications for professional development
… and learning environment. The purpose of this formative research study was to assess urban teachers' perceptions about school climate, and their perceived level of preparedness' to respond to school violence. The following research questions were used to guide the study: (1) What perceptions do …
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Variation On A Theme: Comparing Strategies For Choosing Health Communication Campaign Message Topics
… health domains around the world. One element of formative research to develop these campaigns is selecting the topic or topics to be addressed in the campaign, called themes, or groups of beliefs. Extant approaches to theme selection consider each theme individually, and do not consider the …
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Instructional Messaging to Support Diet Management in Young Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Text Message Intervention
… and subsequent health outcomes. Through multiple research phases, I developed and employed instructional text messages to support diet management in young adults (18-45) with Type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to address the effectiveness of instructional text messages in increasing self-efficacy, …
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Strengthening Mission through Strategy: An Analysis of the Mission-Driven Excellence Strategy
<p>The Office of Strategy and Research (OSR) for the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) churches in the North America Division (NAD) is beginning to implement a new strategy that focuses on mission. The OSR designed the strategy, created tools and materials to support the churches in implementing the …
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Identifying and Exploring Capacity and Readiness of Faith-Based Organizations Implementing Lifestyle-Related Chronic Disease Health Programs
… sustain programs more effectively. Methods: This research includes three phases: 1) preliminary research to gain the perspective of FBO, community, health and research partners actively involved in development and implementation of a collaborative lifestyle-related faith-based health program and …
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Technology use in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders
… eating disorders. PURPOSE: The purpose of this formative, mixed method, two-phase research study was to examine the usage, usefulness, effectiveness and convenience of technologies utilized by health care providers (HCP) in eating disorder (ED) treatment programs. METHODS: In phase one, HCP …
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