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Journal articles on the topic "Advisor interventions"
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Rhodes, Scott D., Kristie Long Foley, Carlos S. Zometa, and Fred R. Bloom. "Lay Health Advisor Interventions Among Hispanics/Latinos." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 33, no. 5 (2007): 418–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2007.07.023.
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Santos, Rebecca. "An action researcher in an advisor’s hat: A short reflection on lessons the OECD has learned from undertaking action research in the realm of policy and politics." IJAR – International Journal of Action Research 17, no. 1-2021 (2021): 102–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3224/ijar.v17i1.06.
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Action research has enormous potential for policymakers, and those who advise them, to work in more iterative, reflective, and collaborative ways. For complex systems facing wicked problems, any approach that gets it closer to framing a problem well and drawing upon diverse forms of knowledge to bring about change, is good. Advisors who do action research in policymaking or political settings should be sensitive to the fact that this methodology may confound expectations regarding the ‘traditional’ advisor role. As such, some careful navigation of this approach (and what it means for the relationship and perception policymakers may have with those they engage to advise them) is required. This opinion piece shares lessons from an advisor working in the OECD’s innovation team, which embraced the action research methodology to reflect on and design innovative policy interventions with public sector policymakers. Action researchers who are using this methodology to produce policy advice may be more successful in auguring, and better navigating, new kinds of relationships with government if they heed the following lessons: frame the value of action research with decision makers, diversify your data and follow the story, and prime practitioners to participate.
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Hish, Alexander J., Gabriela A. Nagy, Caitlin M. Fang, et al. "Applying the Stress Process Model to Stress–Burnout and Stress–Depression Relationships in Biomedical Doctoral Students: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study." CBE—Life Sciences Education 18, no. 4 (2019): ar51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-03-0060.
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Although doctoral students in the biomedical sciences have been recognized as a population at particular risk for mental health problems such as burnout and depression, little research has been conducted to identify candidate targets for intervention. To this end, we used the stress process model to evaluate potential mediators of stress–burnout and stress–depression relationships in biomedical doctoral students. A cross-sectional sample ( n = 69) completed validated self-report measures of stress; symptoms of burnout and depression; and perceptions of mastery, social support, and advisor support. In linear regression models, we found that academic stressors were most predictive of burnout, whereas family/monetary stressors were most predictive of depression. In mediation models, we found that the relationship between stress and burnout was partially mediated by mastery and advisor support, while the stress–depression relationship was partially mediated by mastery. These findings represent a first step in identifying interventional targets to improve mental health in this at-risk population. Whereas certain stressors are inherent to the doctoral training environment, psychosocial interventions to enhance one’s sense of mastery and/or to improve advisor relationships may mitigate the influence of such stressors on burnout and depression.
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Holdsworth, Elizabeth, Nicki Thorogood, Annik Sorhaindo, and Kiran Nanchahal. "A Qualitative Study of Participant Engagement With a Weight Loss Intervention." Health Promotion Practice 18, no. 2 (2016): 245–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839916659847.
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Background. Overweight and obesity are major public health problems and an increasing global challenge. In lieu of wider policy changes to tackle the obesogenic environment in which we presently reside, improving the design of individual-level weight loss interventions is important. Aim. To identify which aspects of the Camden Weight Loss randomized controlled trial weight loss intervention participants engaged with, with the aim of improving the design of future studies and maximizing retention. Method. A qualitative study comprising semistructured interviews ( n = 18) and a focus group ( n = 5) with intervention participants. Results. Two important aspects of participant engagement with the intervention consistently emerged from interviews and focus group: the advisor–participant relationship and the program structure. Some materials used during the program sessions were important in supporting the intervention; however, others were not well received by participants. Conclusion. An individual-level weight loss intervention should be acceptable from the patient perspective in order to ensure participants are engaged with the program for as long as possible to maximize favorable results. Providing ongoing support in a long-term program with a trained empathetic advisor may be effective at engaging with people trying to lose weight in a weight loss intervention.
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Jackson, Edward, Piyali Chatterjee, Susan Smith, Karen Badal, and David E. Griffith. "1330. Diagnosis and Management of NTM Lung Disease: Effect of Online Educational Interventions on Infectious Disease Specialist Knowledge." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5, suppl_1 (2018): S406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1163.
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Abstract Background Diagnosis and management of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease is challenging for clinicians due to its rarity and the need for complicated, multidrug antibiotic regimens. The objective of this study was to determine whether online educational interventions can effectively address knowledge gaps among ID specialists regarding diagnosis and treatment of patients with NTM lung disease. Methods Two educational interventions, consisting of a text-based activity with interactive questions, and a video-based discussion between two experts, were developed and made available online. Educational impact of each intervention was assessed using a 3-question repeated pairs pre-/post-assessment study design. Data from a sampling of learners were collected from September 11, 2017 through January 17, 2018. Statistical analyses included a paired (within-physician) two-tailed t-test and McNemar’s χ2 statistic, with Cramer’s V to determine the overall effect of each intervention. Results Overall, a total of 1,273 ID specialist learners participated in the two activities from launch through April 30, 2018. Analysis demonstrated a significant improvement (P < 0.05) in overall knowledge with considerable educational impact (V = 0.195 and 0.259). Improvements in specific areas included (figure). Despite gains in knowledge, additional gaps were also identified: (1) Regarding treatment of M. abscessus lung disease, 18% were unable to discern between guideline recommended therapies for M. abscessus and MAC complex NTM, and an additional 14% would treat with a less aggressive, noncurative regimen (n = 211), and (2) regarding treatment of fibrocavitary MAC complex NTM; nearly one-third (31%) would treat a using a thrice-weekly regimen, despite an indication for a daily regimen (n = 114). Conclusion Participation in interactive text-based as well as video-based activities improved the ability of ID specialists to make evidence-based decisions in the care of NTM lung disease. The findings also uncovered educational needs that warrant further education in selecting appropriate therapeutic regimens particularly in cases where aggressive therapy is indicated. Disclosures E. Jackson, Medscape: Employee, Salary. P. Chatterjee, Medscape: Employee, Salary. S. Smith, BioFire Diagnostics: Independent Medical Education, Educational grant. K. Badal, Medscape: Employee, Salary. D. E. Griffith, Aradigm Corporation: Advisor/consultant and Speaker’s Bureau, Consulting fee and Speaker honorarium. Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals: Advisor/consultant, Consulting fee. Grifols: Advisor/consultant and Speaker’s Bureau, Consulting fee and Speaker honorarium. Insmed Incorporated: Advisor/consultant, Grant Investigator and Speaker’s Bureau, Consulting fee, Grant recipient and Speaker honorarium.
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Patil, Sonal J., Melissa Lewis, Erin M. Tallon, et al. "Lay Advisor Interventions in Rural Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 57, no. 1 (2019): 117–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2019.02.007.
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Hubler, Thomas M. "Family Business Consultants as Leaders." Family Business Review 11, no. 3 (1998): 187–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6248.1998.00187.x.
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Consulting and working as an advisor to family businesses are awesome responsibilities. The interventions and advice we give will in some instances have an impact on a family for generations. As a result, it is critical to understand what factors create success as well as failure. In most instances, understanding our failures provides the richest opportunity to create future benefits for our clients. Accepting this challenge of learning from our mistakes requires courage and leadership to explore and understand our own depths and the five common shadows facing family business consultants and advisors. For those of us who take the risk and accept the challenge, the benefits are enormous—not only for ourselves and our profession but more importantly for our clients who are the recipients of our work.
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Law, Rebecca-Jane, Joseph Langley, Beth Hall, et al. "‘Function First’: how to promote physical activity and physical function in people with long-term conditions managed in primary care? A study combining realist and co-design methods." BMJ Open 11, no. 7 (2021): e046751. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046751.
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ObjectivesTo develop a taxonomy of interventions and a programme theory explaining how interventions improve physical activity and function in people with long-term conditions managed in primary care. To co-design a prototype intervention informed by the programme theory.DesignRealist synthesis combining evidence from a wide range of rich and relevant literature with stakeholder views. Resulting context, mechanism and outcome statements informed co-design and knowledge mobilisation workshops with stakeholders to develop a primary care service innovation.ResultsA taxonomy was produced, including 13 categories of physical activity interventions for people with long-term conditions.Abridged realist programme theoryRoutinely addressing physical activity within consultations is dependent on a reinforcing practice culture, and targeted resources, with better coordination, will generate more opportunities to address low physical activity. The adaptation of physical activity promotion to individual needs and preferences of people with long-term conditions helps affect positive patient behaviour change. Training can improve knowledge, confidence and capability of practice staff to better promote physical activity. Engagement in any physical activity promotion programme will depend on the degree to which it makes sense to patients and professions, and is seen as trustworthy.Co-designThe programme theory informed the co-design of a prototype intervention to: improve physical literacy among practice staff; describe/develop the role of a physical activity advisor who can encourage the use of local opportunities to be more active; and provide materials to support behaviour change.ConclusionsPrevious physical activity interventions in primary care have had limited effect. This may be because they have only partially addressed factors emerging in our programme theory. The co-designed prototype intervention aims to address all elements of this emergent theory, but needs further development and consideration alongside current schemes and contexts (including implications relevant to COVID-19), and testing in a future study. The integration of realist and co-design methods strengthened this study.
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Csipke, Emese, Lauren Yates, Esme Moniz Cook, et al. "Promoting independence in dementia: protocol for a feasibility trial of the PRIDE intervention for living well with dementia." International Journal of Clinical Trials 5, no. 4 (2018): 177. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-3259.ijct20184399.
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<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Dementia can lead to social exclusion, loss of identity and independence, due to deterioration in cognition and activities of daily living. The aim of the study is to investigate the feasibility of the Promoting Independence in Dementia (PRIDE) intervention, designed to facilitate independence in people with mild dementia.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> This is a mixed-methods feasibility trial of the PRIDE, in preparation for a future randomised controlled trial. Up to 50 people with dementia will be recruited. Demetia advisors will deliver the three session intervention. Quantitative outcomes will be taken at baseline and up to three months post baseline. Fidelity checklists will assess fidelity to the intervention. Qualitative implementation data will be gathered in a series of post-intervention semi-structured interviews with staff and participants. This will include data to examine participant experiences of and engagement with the intervention, and other aspects of delivery such as recruitment of DAWs, fidelity and experiences of receiving and delivering the intervention. This study aims to establish and field test the PRIDE intervention; determine the recruitment rate of sites, providers and participants; assess fidelity in delivery of the intervention and engagement with people with dementia; assess the feasibility and acceptability of outcome measure data and assess the acceptability of the intervention by stakeholders.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There has been increased need for non-pharmacological interventions for mild dementia. The results of this feasibility study will allow us to plan for a definitive RCT of a three session dementia advisor led intervention for mild dementia.</p>
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Aponte-González, Johanna, Paul Brown, and Javier Eslava-Schmalbach. "Preferences based interventions to address the use of antibiotics without prescription: a discrete choice experiment." Pharmacy Practice 19, no. 3 (2021): 2401. http://dx.doi.org/10.18549/pharmpract.2021.3.2401.
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Background: In many countries, concerns have arisen over the population using antibiotics without consulting a physician. This practice can place patients at risk and increase antibiotic resistance in the community.
 Objective: To evaluate individuals' preferences regarding the use of antibiotics. The study also assessed the likely effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing inappropriate use of antibiotics.
 Methods: A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted in Bogotá, Colombia. The attributes were determined by a systematic literature review and four focus group sessions. The DCE included nine factors – cost, time to get attention, level of symptoms, efficacy, safety, among others- and one label -using or not antibiotics. Data analysis was carried out using a generalized multinomial logit (GMNL) model. Marginal probabilities of different sets of attributes' levels were compared to estimate the likely effectiveness of interventions.
 Results: The survey was administered to 222 participants from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. The results suggest that participants preferred not taking antibiotics and having a physician as an advisor, but the probability of inappropriate antibiotic use increased as the waiting time or the cost of receiving advice rose. The pharmacy was the preferred source of antibiotics, and participants chose the pharmacy worker (nonprofessional) as an advisor over the nurse on the phone. In the absence of any interventions aimed at reducing the use of antibiotics, approximately 47.3% of people would misuse antibiotics. This reduces to 26.5% when people perceive the efficacy of the antibiotics as low and the potential risks of self-medicating as high. An alternative model using a nursing service would likely lower inappropriate use of antibiotics.
 Conclusions: Even though people prefer not using antibiotics or visiting a physician in case of disease rather than self-medicating, current access conditions might discourage them from appropriately use antibiotics. The results suggest that interventions that informing people about the risks of self-medication and the low efficacy might significantly reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics. Our results also suggest that programs that empower other health professionals to provide access to antibiotics would likely further lower inappropriate use.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Advisor interventions"
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McGuire, Wise Stephanie Dawn Ph D. "The Effects of Anti-Stigma Interventions in Resident Advisors' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo148016474472632.
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Marcelino, Mical de Melo. "Ensinar a escrever na universidade: a orientação de trabalhos de conclusão de curso em questão." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-09032016-101604/.
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Essa tese é escrita de um lugar em que se defende que a pesquisa deve estar no bojo da formação dos professores, não só como instrumento pragmático para solução de problemas práticos, mas como instrumento para a formação espírito científico (BACHELARD, 1996), que se relaciona com uma postura questionadora não só acerca de uma determinada realidade que pode ser tomada como objeto de investigação mas, também, acerca das produções científicas, oriundas da Universidade. Em síntese, a tese constrói-se com o intuito de procurar respostas para o que seja uma orientação de um trabalho acadêmico. Assim, seu objetivo primeiro é investigar a possibilidade de encontrar alguma correlação entre a natureza das intervenções efetuadas por um orientador em versões de trabalho de conclusão de curso em licenciatura em Pedagogia e o advento de um espírito científico, de modo que um sujeito se torne capaz de transformar demandas institucionais em um ato performativo com consequências para si e para sua comunidade. Desse modo, levanta a hipótese de que colocar o estudante em uma relação de continuidade de modo responsável com o desejo pode ser o grande desafio do trabalho de orientar. O corpus de análise constitui-se por diversos materiais produzidos durante todo o período de confecção do Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso de duas informantes, alunas de um curso de Pedagogia de uma universidade pública no interior do país. São estes materiais: versões de textos produzidas pelas estudantes, intervenções realizadas pela orientadora no texto das estudantes, correspondências eletrônicas trocadas entre orientadora e orientadas, assim como conversas virtuais registradas em chats. Na perspectiva da teoria do discurso como laço social de Lacan, conclui-se que ensinar a escrever um texto acadêmico ou orientar um aluno no percurso de uma pesquisa que se deseja consequente exige do professor orientador um duplo manejo: (a) Agir em consonância com Discurso Universitário, o que significa dizer que é trabalho do orientador ensinar ao seu aluno, integrante de uma nova geração universitária, a inserir-se no modo de dizer próprio da ciência, o que se relaciona com saber articular-se com saberes já estabilizados em uma determinada comunidade acadêmica; e (b)Agir em consonância com o Discurso do Analista, o que se relaciona, paradoxalmente, com a suspensão dos saberes estabilizados, provocando no Saber (enquanto agente), fissuras onde o aluno possa encontrar possibilidades de produzir pequenos deslizamentos, a saber, os produtos marcados pela criatividade.<br>This thesis is written of a place in which defends that survey should be at the bunt of teachers training, not only as a pragmatic instrument for a solution of practical troubles, but how a tool to training scientific spirit (BACHELARD, 1996), which relates with a questioning posture not only about in a particular reality that can be taken as an investigation object but also about of scientific productions deriving of University. In summary, the thesis is built with order to find answers to an orientation of academic work. Thus, the first objective is investigate the possibility to find some correlation between nature of carried interventions by a supervisor in versions of final work r in Pedagogy graduation and beginning of a scientific spirit, so that one people became able to transform institutional problems in an act performative with consequences for himself and her community. Therefore, hypothesize to put the student in a continuity relation responsibly the desire can be a big challenge for give an orientation. The corpus of analyze have a material made during the period of preparation of Final Work from two people, students on Pedagogy course in a public university of countrys interior. These are materials: text versions produced by students, interventions made by tutor in students text, emails exchanged between the tutor and students, and messages by chats conversation. In theory of speech as social bond of Lacan, its possible conclude as to teach a write an academic text and lead a student on way of a research, when desired about the advisor teacher a double handling: (a) Act in the same perspective of University Discourse, which means that is guiding the work to teach your student, part of a new university generation, must be in way to say the itself science, which relates with articulating about your intelligence balanced in an academic community; and (b) Act in the same perspective of the Analytic Discourse, which relates paradoxically with interruption of stabilized knowledge, causing the Saber (as an agent), fissures where the student can find opportunities to produce small landslides, namely Products marked by creativity.
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Cook, Andrea Patrice. "Faculty intervention and sophomore retention in a liberal arts college /." view abstract or download file of text, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9947973.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 1999.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-169). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users. Address: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9947973.
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Spencer, Norrine Bailey. "The Impact of academic advising center interventions on freshmen." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/54430.
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Despite the fact that over one-third of all colleges and universities have an advising center staffed by non-faculty, current research does not include systematic investigations of the impact of routine interventions of advising centers. The purpose of this study was to assess such an impact on freshman academic achievement, involvement in the university, and certain developmental outcomes.
From a population of 628 freshman business students, 300 were randomly selected and assigned to three groups. Each group was randomly assigned to one of three treatments: a traditional advising center, an additional three interventions during the first term, or an additional six interventions during the first two terms. Academic persistence, progress and grade point averages were collected for each student. From the 260 students still enrolled at the beginning of the third term, 175 (67.3%) usable responses to the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ) and the Advising Survey Form (ASF) were analyzed.
Analysis of variance yielded no significant differences among the three groups in the three areas of academic achievement, involvement in the university, and developmental outcomes. However, the group receiving interventions for one term had the highest scores on five of the six ASF advising outcomes scales. Orthogonal contrasts between the no- intervention group and the two intervention groups yielded one unanticipated significant difference: the no-intervention group was more persistent than the two receiving interventions. Further orthogonal contrasts between just the two intervention groups yielded no significant differences. The number of student-initiated visits to the advisor did not appear to be a contributor to the impact; such visits had significant negative correlations with only academic progress and grade point average.
A loglinear logit model used to compare the responses to the six interventions yielded a significant difference among the interventions on perceived caring from the advisor and effectiveness of the intervention. Although all interventions elicited high levels of perceived caring, the first intervention, an introductory call, elicited less than expected. Also, although all the interventions were largely perceived as effective, the second, a registration meeting, was found even more effective than the others. Perceived caring increased across the two terms, and second-term interventions were more effective than first-term interventions. Analysis of variance indicated that the follow-up calls made to obtain these evaluations did not have a significant effect on the impact on academic achievement, involvement in the university, and certain developmental outcomes.<br>Ph. D.
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Clarke, Stephen J. "The impact of a community health advisor-based intervention on self-reported frequency of dental visits in a rural, low income African American Alabama community." Thesis, Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007. http://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2007p/clarke.pdf.
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Schmidt, Rossana Bogorny Heinze. "Transversalizando práticas : trabalhando em uma assessoria jurídica universitária em direitos sexuais e gênero." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/130521.
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O presente estudo analisa as estratégias de resistência em uma assessoria jurídica em direitos sexuais e de gênero. A análise é feita a partir das vivências no grupo G8-Generalizando do Serviço de Assessoria Jurídica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (SAJU-UFRGS), tensionando as lógicas instituídas e buscando formas possíveis de operar para além dessas. A proposta metodológica para essa pesquisa foi a de pesquisa-intervenção e de intervenção fotográfica, utilizando-se de ferramentas da análise institucional tais como a construção de analisadores, a análise de implicação e o diário de campo. Partindo do pressuposto teórico foucaultiano de que vivemos em uma sociedade imersa em relações de poder, e compreendendo que a possibilidade de resistir está intrínseca a essas relações, buscamos nesse estudo visibilizar os momentos em que o grupo G8-Generalizando rompe com instituído em busca de práticas que transversalizem as formas de trabalhar. A imagem enquanto intervenção possibilitou provocar deslocamentos no grupo, funcionando como um dispositivo de tornar visível o invisível do visível. Assim, as imagens permitiram que os integrantes do grupo olhassem para as mais diversas fotografias produzidas ao longo dos anos de 2013 e 2014 e analisassem suas práticas. Dessa forma, colocamos em análise os momentos em que o grupo consegue transver, enquanto uma potência de criação e imaginação. Para esse percurso focaremos em três fluxos que oportunizaram pensar as estratégias de resistência dentro do grupo: a transdisciplinariedade, o acolhimento e a militância. Esses analisadores surgiram ao longo das reuniões que participei enquanto pesquisadora e da problematização através das inúmeras fotografias que habitavam o campo de intervenção. As estratégias de resistência aqui pensadas mostram uma forma de transformação nas práticas do G8-G.Essas transformações tornam-se possíveis por constantes tensionamentos que são postos quando o grupo opera para fora da lógica normativa, tendo em vista que o Direito, a Psicologia e outras tantas disciplinas não dão conta de serem efetivas no acolhimento de sujeitos que desviam da norma. Por fim, esse estudo oportuniza visibilizar outras formas de se trabalhar em direitos sexuais e de gênero dentro de uma assessoria jurídica universitária. Essas formas se encontram pautadas pela ética do cuidado de si e comprometidas com práticas de resistência que problematizam aquilo que desvia da lógica disciplinar e de controle instituída.<br>This study analyzes the strategies of resistance in a legal advisory group that works on sexual rights and gender. The analysis is made from the experiences in the G8-Generalizando group of Legal Advisory Service of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS-Saju), tensioning the established logic and seeking possible forms to operate beyond that. The methodology for this research was the research-intervention and photographic intervention, using institutional analysis tools such as the construction of analyzers, the implication analysis and the field diary. Starting from Foucault's theoretical assumption that we live in a society immersed in power relationships, and understanding that the ability to resist is intrinsic to these relationships, in this study we seek to visualize the times when the G8-Generalizando group breaks away with the established in search of practices that transversalize the ways of working. As intervention, the image allowed us to have displacements within the group, working as a device to make visible the invisible of the visible. Thus, the images allowed the members of the group to look at a variety of photographs produced over the years 2013 and 2014 and analyze their own practices. This way, we put under analysis the times when the group can transsee, as a power of creation and imagination. To this path we will focus on three flows that allowed us to think the strategies of resistance inside the group: the transdisciplinarity, the embracement and the militancy. These analyzers have emerged over the meetings I attended as a researcher and from the questioning through the several photographs that dwelt in the field of intervention. The strategies of resistance designed here show a form of transformation in the G8-G. These transformations become possible by constants tensioning that are set when the group operates to away of normative logic, given that the law, psychology and many other disciplines cannot be effective in the embracement of the ones who deviate from the norm. Finally, this study provides an opportunity to visualize other forms of working on sexual rights and gender within a university legal advisory. These forms are based on ethics of self-care and committed to practices of resistance that question what deviates from the disciplinary logic and established control.
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Kassier, Susanna Maria. "Investigation of weight management-related focus areas in middle-class overweight/obese Black (Zulu) women to advise healthy weight loss intervention development." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15520.
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The South African Demographic and Health Survey (1998 and 2003) revealed that urban black women had the highest prevalence of overweight/obesity and central obesity across all population and gender groups. This trend was confirmed by the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1) who reported a substantial increase in the prevalence of obesity among black South African women. Hence, the high prevalence of overweight/obesity and central obesity among urban black South African women needs to be addressed through targeted weight loss/management interventions, as obesity and central obesity are risk factors for the development of a number of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, from the international literature, it is evident that overweight/obese black women are less likely to embark on a weight loss intervention, while those who seek treatment, are unlikely to complete the intervention, as weight loss interventions targeting as well as including black women have reported attrition rates ranging from 0to 79%. In addition, at this point in time, no common attrition tendencies have been documented for large clinic-based weight loss interventions targeting African-American women in the United States of America. As there is a serious paucity of published information on weight loss interventions targeting overweight/obesity in urban black South African women, the aim of this research was to investigate weight management-related focus areas in overweight/obese black (Zulu) women residing in an urban area in South Africa. This information is essential to advise the development of healthy weight loss interventions and appropriate messaging to promote weight loss and maintenance in black South African women. In order to achieve the this aim, the following research questions were formulated: (i) What is the weight management related profile of overweight/obese treatment-seeking black women; (ii) What is the outcome of a culturally sensitive healthy weight loss intervention in terms of weight loss, compliance (attendance of intervention sessions, lifestyle changes) and attrition: and (iii) Which factors may explain the outcomes of the culturally sensitive healthy weight loss intervention? To guide the investigation of these research questions the researcher first set out to identify weight management-related focus areas for overweight/obese black women from the literature. Ten succinct focus areas emerged and include the following: 1) treatment seeking behaviour; 2) weight loss success; 3) compliance to and attrition from weight loss programmes; 4) cultural influences on body shape and size perception and satisfaction; 5) cultural influences on food choices and eating patterns6) cultural influences on physical activity; 7) environmental factors and social support; 8)appropriateness of the weight loss programme for the target population; 9) dietary restraint, disinhibition, perceived hunger and bingeing and 10) psychological well-being (depression).
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Holmström, Inger. "Gaining Professional Competence for Patient Encounters by Means of a New Understanding." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-1975.
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Swedish health care is currently facing problems, such as lack of financial resources, staff shortage and dissatisfaction among patients and professionals. Patients’ dissatisfaction was the point of departure for the present study, and one approach dealing with this problem was investigated. It was hypothesised that a patient-centred perspective could offer a possible solution. The aim of the study was to explore health care professionals’ and medical students’ understanding of their professional role and the patient encounter. A further goal was to determine whether these understandings could be developed by educational interventions. Students and professionals have been either interviewed or responded to a survey about their professional role and the patient encounter. Qualitative analysis was used. One group- and one individualised intervention were carried out. The participants’ understandings of their professional role were taken as the starting point for learning. The results showed that a minority of medical students and professionals in diabetes care had incorporated a patient-centred perspective. Nurses in telephone advisory services recognised the patients’ needs, but experienced conflicting demands of being both carer and gatekeeper. A non-optimal match between patients’ needs and what professionals understand as their role could cause some of the problems. Competence development could be achieved by taking the participants understanding of the professionals’ role and of the patient encounter as a starting point for reflection. The results have implications for changes in organisation and education in health care, to optimise outcomes of care. Time for reflection, mentoring and professional development is needed.
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Duhamel, Sophie. "Les effets développementaux du couplage entre activités et situations de conseil : Analyse d’un dispositif d’échange entre conseillers agricoles accompagnant la transition agro-écologique des agriculteurs." Thesis, Paris, Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019IAVF0022.
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Le processus de développement professionnel et ce qui le soutient, dans des situations de travail en transition, ici celles de conseillers agricoles, sont au cœur de cette thèse. Dans le cadre de leur relation de service aux agriculteurs, les conseillers agricoles voient leurs activités et missions évoluer pour accompagner les agriculteurs lors d’une transition vers l’agro-écologie. Dans ce contexte, ils se questionnent sur l’efficacité de leur conseil et de la relation à construire avec les agriculteurs, dès lors que l’objet même de la relation s’élargit, tant sur le plan spatial que temporel, et qu’il active de nouveaux raisonnements agro-systémiques. L’exigence est de redonner une place centrale à l’agriculteur pour qu’il soit acteur et constructeur de son système d’exploitation plus qu’applicateur de règles de décisions énoncées par des prescripteurs scientifiques et techniques.L’enjeu pratique est de permettre aux conseillers agricoles à la fois de comprendre ce qui change pour eux comme pour les agriculteurs et d’élaborer de nouvelles pratiques efficaces dans ces situations de travail renouvelées. Notre question de recherche est alors: en quoi et à quelles conditions des rencontres entre pairs sont–susceptibles de produire des effets développementaux dans ce contexte de transition professionnelle ?Nous étudions cette question en mobilisant le cadre théorique de la didactique professionnelle pour mener une analyse longitudinale d’un dispositif d’échange entre conseillers sur leur métier. Ce dispositif alterne des temps collectifs et des temps de mises en pratique sur le terrain. Il conjugue réflexivité et mise en activités, pour que les conseillers impliqués analysent le couplage activité/situation, s’interrogent sur les sources d’incertitudes et prennent conscience de la complexité accrue de leurs situations de travail. Nous analysons les effets développementaux qui s’opèrent dans ce dispositif, tant pour les conceptrices-animatrices que pour le collectif et pour les conseillers.Ainsi, nous montrons comment les conseillers, en identifiant les dimensions agissantes de leurs situations de travail, apprennent à les manipuler autrement, et parviennent à en faire des situations potentielles de développement tant pour les agriculteurs, que pour eux-mêmes. Nous mettons également en lumière les débats collectifs émergeants, sur la façon de mobiliser l’agronomie, au détour des analyses conduites sur les couplages activité/situation de conseil et de leurs interrogations sur leurs postures et normes de métier.Nous mettons en évidence l’apport d’une progressivité didactique jouant sur l’articulation entre temps collectifs et mises en pratiques et suscitant de façon itérative une réflexivité à différents niveaux d’organisation de l’activité, et soulignons le développement professionnel qui en résulte pour les conceptrices-animatrices.Nous proposons de qualifier ce dispositif « d’intervention didactique » pour prendre en charge tant la progressivité construite dans les contenus travaillés pour aider les conseillers à repenser leur activité, que les ajustements réalisés pour réunir les conditions d’un travail collectif sur le métier. Nous discutons alors en quoi l’intervention didactique, structurante des échanges, ouvre des possibilités d’actions renouvelées de façon différenciée pour les conseillers selon leurs trajectoires et contextes d’action.In fine, nous formalisons cette intervention afin de permettre à d’autres professionnels d’en saisir les principes. Nous discutons de la pertinence de ce type d’intervention didactique et de sa formalisation pour penser un dispositif de formation favorisant un développement professionnel individuel et collectif, lorsque le travail à faire évoluer n’est ni défini à priori, ni stabilisé, mais se construit chemin faisant dans un processus qui mêle échange entre pairs et actions avec les agriculteurs<br>The professional development process and everything supporting it in transitional work situations – here, agricultural advisory services –, is the core subject of this thesis. Within their service relationship with farmers, agricultural advisors see their activities and missions evolve as they support the farmers during a transition to agro-ecology. In this context, they question the effectiveness of their advice and the relationship to be built with farmers, since the very purpose of that relationship is expanding, both spatially and temporally, and is activating new agro-systemic reasoning. Therefore, it appears necessary to restore farmer’s central role as the actor and designer of his operating system, rather than considering him as applying the rules laid down by scientific and technical prescribers.The challenge in practical terms is to enable agricultural advisors both to understand what is changing for them and for farmers, and to develop new effective practices in these unfamiliar work situations. Our research question is then: how and under what conditions are peer encounters likely to produce developmental effects in this context of professional transition?We study this question by applying the theoretical framework of professional didactics to a longitudinal analysis of a system of exchange between advisors about their profession. This device alternates between group discussions and practical work in the field. It combines reflexivity and activity, so that the advisors involved analyse the activity/situation coupling, examine the sources of uncertainty, and become aware of the increasing complexity of their work situations. We analyse the developmental effects owing to this device, for both the designer-facilitators, and for the collective and advisors.We thus show how advisors, by identifying the active dimensions of their work situations, learn to manipulate them differently, and succeed in making them “potential development situations” for both farmers and themselves. We also highlight the emerging collective debates on how to mobilize agronomy, through on-going analyses of the coupling of activity and advisory situations, and on-going questions on professional postures and standards.We highlight the contribution of a didactic progressiveness playing on the articulation between collective discussion and practice, and iteratively provoking reflexivity at different organizational levels of activity. We also highlight the resulting professional development for the designer-facilitators.We propose to qualify this device as "didactic intervention" to take into account both the progressiveness of the contents built to support advisors in rethinking their activity, and the adjustments made to create the conditions for collective work on the profession. We then discuss how the didactic intervention, which structures the discussions, opens up new possibilities for action for advisors in different ways, depending on to their trajectories and contexts of action.Finally, we formalize this intervention in order to allow other professionals to understand its principles. We discuss the relevance of this type of didactic intervention and its formalization in order to design a training device that promotes individual and collective professional development in work situations where the activity to be developed is neither defined a priori nor stabilized, but evolves during interaction between peers and with farmers
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Shaw, Dallas Eugene Jr. "Harsh and Philanthropic War: U.S. Success and Failure in Third Party Counterinsurgency." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89927.
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Before 1950, the United States intervened in large scale counterinsurgencies twice as often and intervened almost exactly as long as interventions after 1950. Yet, U.S. supported states developed before 1950 tended to survive an average thirty years after U.S. withdrawal. In contrast, U.S. supported states after 1950 have tended to survive only three years. The central question of this examination is why did U.S. military counterinsurgency (COIN) interventions before 1950 produce host-nation governments and host nation security forces that tended to endure ten times longer than interventions after 1950?
My central argument is that when the U.S. military deeply embeds within and inhabits host-nation institutions (institution inhabiting strategies) then, state longevity improves in the course of counterinsurgency (COIN) interventions. Inversely, when the U.S. military employs strategies of lower embeddedness (institution influencing strategies) then, state longevity decreases in the course of counterinsurgency (COIN) interventions. I compare cases of intervention in tabula rasa or erased governance in the Philippines 1898-1913 and Iraq 2003-2010. The former employed high degrees of embeddedness in both governance and security development and the latter low degrees in both. I also compare cases of intervention in existing governance in Nicaragua 1912-1933 and Vietnam 1964-1972. The former employed a high degree of embeddedness in host-nation security force development and a low degree in host-nation government development while and the latter employed low degrees in both. My research finds a correlation between degree of embeddedness in developing security and governance and state longevity after withdrawal of U.S. forces.
The implications for this study are salient today. Where state fragility has progressed to the point where intervention by conventional military force is required to arrest it, institution influencing strategies like Advise and Assist are insufficient. And while trusteeship forms of relation have been largely dismissed since decolonization, the apparent efficaciousness of neo-trusteeships and shared sovereignty relationships in places like Kosovo, East Timor, and Sierra Leone hold out the promise of more effectual strategies for state building in counterinsurgency interventions.<br>PHD
Books on the topic "Advisor interventions"
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Commission, Colorado Governor's Suicide Prevention Advisory. Suicide prevention and intervention plan: The report of the Governor's Suicide Prevention Advisory Commission. The Commission, 1998.
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Virginia. Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits. Mandated coverage for early intervention services: Report of the Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia. Commonwealth of Virginia, 1998.
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United States. National Advisory Mental Health Council. Workgroup on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Development and Deployment. Blueprint for change: Research on child and adolescent mental health : report of the National Advisory Mental Health Council's Workgroup on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Development and Deployment. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institute of Health, 2002.
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Hettema, Jennifer, Christopher C. Wagner, Karen S. Ingersoll, and Jennifer M. Russo. Brief Interventions and Motivational Interviewing. Edited by Kenneth J. Sher. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199381708.013.007.
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This chapter focuses on the use of brief interventions for the treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders and risky use. The authors provide definitions of brief interventions and a rationale for their use. They review the evidence base for brief interventions across primary care, emergency medical, college, and correctional settings, and include analysis of the impact of brief intervention on drinking and drug use and the relative costs of such services. They also describe several widely used frameworks or organizing structures for brief interventions including FRAMES (provide feedback, emphasize responsibility, give advice, menu of options, express empathy, support self-efficacy), SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment), and the five As (ask, assess, advise, assist, arrange). Finally, the authors discuss the therapeutic approach of motivational interviewing as an interaction style that can be used within the context of many brief intervention structures.
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Lossef, Steven V. The Interventional Radiology Advisor (CD-ROM for Windows, Institutional Version). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
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Crawford, Laura, and Ruth Kleinpell. Principles and prevention of pressure sores in the ICU. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0279.
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A pressure ulcer, defined by the National Pressure Advisory Panel and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panels as localized injury to the skin or tissue as the result of pressure or pressure in combination with shear, can be an adverse complication of a hospital stay, especially for acute and critically-ill patients. Factors that can contribute to pressure ulcer development include the intensity and duration of pressure, tissue tolerance, shear, and friction. Common anatomical sites for pressure ulcers development are over bony prominences. The National Pressure Advisory Panel and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panels define pressure ulcers in six stages according to the degree of tissue damage present in the wound. A risk assessment should be performed to identify the vulnerability of pressure ulcer development and provide guidance for the implementation of preventative interventions. For the critically-ill patient, several specific measures are advocated for preventing pressure ulcers.
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Lossef, Steven V., and Lossef. The Interventional Radiology Advisor: Your Guide to the Best Choices in Interventional Radiology (Electronic Resources from Tki Medcon, Inc.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
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Narsinh, Kazim, Steven C. Rose, and Thomas Kinney. Portal Vein Tract Embolization After Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Interventions. Edited by S. Lowell Kahn, Bulent Arslan, and Abdulrahman Masrani. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199986071.003.0087.
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Bleeding complications during percutaneous biliary intervention result from injury to the hepatic artery, hepatic vein, or portal vein. If bleeding originating from a hepatic artery branch is suspected, hepatic arteriography should be performed with and without the drainage catheter in place over a wire, and subselective embolization can be performed if a suitable target is identified. If a bleeding hepatic artery branch is not identified, bleeding from a portal vein branch is suspected. Treatment of portal vein injuries is challenging in this situation because obtaining direct percutaneous portal vein access is ill-advised. Although injuries to the hepatic artery or vein can often be treated by tract tamponade or arterial embolization, iatrogenic communication between the portal vein and biliary system can be difficult to treat effectively. This chapter presents a method to identify portal vein-to-biliary tract communications via cholangiography, with subsequent embolization via the transhepatic tract.
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Sammons, Benjamin. The Role of the Gods and the Divine. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190614843.003.0007.
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This chapter discusses the role of the gods, with emphasis on divine intervention as a compositional device. Of the cyclic epics, the Cypria shows the greatest divine activity, with many parallels to the Iliad in the range and function of divine interventions, though the notion of a controlling “will of Zeus” added much irony to the basic scheme. However, it is the Aethiopis that shows a clearer parallel to the Iliad in its mixture of divine aid and divine conflict. The other poems of the Cycle show a much closer affinity to the Odyssey. Divine intervention is used sparingly, with relatively few gods being involved; divine conflict is less emphasized; and gods mainly serve to inspire, advise, or hinder heroes to provide direction to the narrative. Also included is a discussion of the much freer use of prophecies and omens in the Cycle as compared with Homer.
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Byrne, Gerard. Anxiety disorders in older people. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199644957.003.0045.
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Anxiety symptoms and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent among older people, including among those with physical frailty and cognitive impairment. Clinicians are advised to consider the effects of prescribed medication and other substances, and the influence of general medical conditions, in the older person presenting with anxiety. Psychological treatments are recommended for older people with anxiety disorders of mild to moderate severity. These include relaxation training, exposure-based interventions, and cognitive behaviour therapy. Pharmacological interventions are in widespread use, although there is little evidence in support of the long-term use of either benzodiazepines or antipsychotics in older people with anxiety disorders. Instead, treatment with antidepressant medication is recommended.
Book chapters on the topic "Advisor interventions"
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Eschleman, Kevin J., David Amaya, and Stephanie Swindler. "“I Object!” Overcoming Obstacles Between Organizational Researchers and Legal Advisors." In Derailed Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-Being. Springer Netherlands, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9867-9_16.
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Lim, Mei Shyan, Sin-Ban Ho, and Ian Chai. "Design and Functionality of a University Academic Advisor Chatbot as an Early Intervention to Improve Students’ Academic Performance." In Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4069-5_15.
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Asare-Nuamah, Peter, and Athanasius Fonteh Amungwa. "Climate Change Adaptation Among Smallholder Farmers in Rural Ghana." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42091-8_279-1.
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AbstractClimate change has the potential to disrupt sustainable development initiatives, particularly in developing economies. A substantial body of literature reveals that developing economies are vulnerable to climate change, due to high dependency on climate-sensitive sectors, such as agriculture. In Ghana, a growing body of literature has revealed multiple adaptation strategies adopted by smallholder farmers to respond to and reduce climate change impacts. However, there is a dearth of literature on the effectiveness of adaptation strategies. This chapter explores the adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers and analyzed the predictors of effective adaptation. Through the technique of simple random sampling, 378 smallholder farmers were selected, and data was collected using a questionnaire survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using the SPSS software. The findings indicate that smallholder farmers adopt multiple adaptation strategies to reduce the impact of climate change. In addition, it is revealed that marital status, years of farming experience, knowledge of climate change, and education are significant predictors of adaptation. Moreover, the chapter found that marital status, weedicide application, change in staple food consumption, and planting of early-maturing crops are good predictors of effective adaptation. The chapter recommends the need to intensify adaptation strategies through agricultural extension programs and interventions that improve rural food security and livelihood. In addition, the chapter recommends strengthening the capacity of farmer organizations and rural institutions, particularly agricultural extension and advisory services.
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Asare-Nuamah, Peter, and Athanasius Fonteh Amungwa. "Climate Change Adaptation Among Smallholder Farmers in Rural Ghana." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_279.
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AbstractClimate change has the potential to disrupt sustainable development initiatives, particularly in developing economies. A substantial body of literature reveals that developing economies are vulnerable to climate change, due to high dependency on climate-sensitive sectors, such as agriculture. In Ghana, a growing body of literature has revealed multiple adaptation strategies adopted by smallholder farmers to respond to and reduce climate change impacts. However, there is a dearth of literature on the effectiveness of adaptation strategies. This chapter explores the adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers and analyzed the predictors of effective adaptation. Through the technique of simple random sampling, 378 smallholder farmers were selected, and data was collected using a questionnaire survey. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed using the SPSS software. The findings indicate that smallholder farmers adopt multiple adaptation strategies to reduce the impact of climate change. In addition, it is revealed that marital status, years of farming experience, knowledge of climate change, and education are significant predictors of adaptation. Moreover, the chapter found that marital status, weedicide application, change in staple food consumption, and planting of early-maturing crops are good predictors of effective adaptation. The chapter recommends the need to intensify adaptation strategies through agricultural extension programs and interventions that improve rural food security and livelihood. In addition, the chapter recommends strengthening the capacity of farmer organizations and rural institutions, particularly agricultural extension and advisory services.
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Tofthagen, Cindy, and Sherry S. Chesak. "Creativity, Optimism, Planning, and Expert Advise (COPE): A Problem-Solving Intervention for Supporting Cancer Patients and Their Family Caregivers." In Hospice Palliative Home Care and Bereavement Support. Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19535-9_13.
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Njarui, D. M. G., M. Gatheru, and S. R. Ghimire. "Brachiaria Grass for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Livestock Production in Kenya." In African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45106-6_146.
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AbstractBrachiaria grass is a “climate smart” forage that produces high amount of palatable and nutritious biomass for livestock and performs well in infertile soils, sequesters carbon in soil, and provides several environmental benefits. The objective of the study was to validate the productivity of Brachiaria grass and upscale the suitable cultivars for improved livestock feed resources in Kenya. We assume integrating Brachiaria grass into mixed crop-livestock system will enhance feed availability and livestock productivity, leading to increased food and nutrition security. Farmer participatory approach was adopted to evaluate and promote four Brachiaria grass (Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk, B. brizantha cvs. Xaraes, Piata, and MG-4) in the Central Highland and Eastern Midland of Kenya. The extension/advisory approaches used to promote Brachiaria grass cultivars included field days, village knowledge centres, agricultural shows, posters, and linkages with other institutions through multi-actor platform established under the InnovAfrica project. Generally, Brachiaria grass cultivars were more productive than the control (Rhodes grass) in most harvests reaching peak of 5.1–7.7 t/ha in the fifth harvest. For Rhodes grass, DM was less than 4 t/ha in all harvest and died by sixth harvest. Similarly, based on farmers’ evaluation using phenotypic traits, the Brachiaria grass cultivars had higher score than Rhodes grass except cv. Piata. The mean score ranged from 2.75 to 3.19 for Brachiaria cultivars, while for Rhodes the mean score was 2.63. Within 2 years of intervention, over 4000 farmers in the 2 project sites and additional 1500 farmers from other parts of the country have planted the Brachiaria grass. The demand for Brachiaria grass seeds is increasing due to benefits gained, e.g., increased milk production from dairy cattle fed on the grass. Our study will quantify the associated benefits from cultivation of Brachiaria grass with respect to a set of ecological, food and nutrition security, and social-economic indicators.
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Brucia, Emily, Matthew J. Cordova, and Josef I. Ruzek. "Critical Incident Interventions." In Police Science. IGI Global, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7672-3.ch008.
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Police officers are exposed to many critical incidents throughout their careers. This chapter discusses critical incident exposure and psychological sequelae in police officers, police culture, obstacles to mental health care, currently utilized early interventions, existing research for these approaches, alternative evidence-based early interventions, emerging models, and directions for future research. Given the frequency and potential impact of critical incidents, early intervention for exposed police officers is of central importance. One of the most commonly utilized group early interventions, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), has limited empirical support, such that some departments are being advised against its use. That said, there are important challenges in identifying better, evidence-based alternatives.
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Brucia, Emily, Matthew J. Cordova, and Josef I. Ruzek. "Critical Incident Interventions." In Police Psychology and Its Growing Impact on Modern Law Enforcement. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0813-7.ch006.
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Police officers are exposed to many critical incidents throughout their careers. This chapter discusses critical incident exposure and psychological sequelae in police officers, police culture, obstacles to mental health care, currently utilized early interventions, existing research for these approaches, alternative evidence-based early interventions, emerging models, and directions for future research. Given the frequency and potential impact of critical incidents, early intervention for exposed police officers is of central importance. One of the most commonly utilized group early interventions, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), has limited empirical support, such that some departments are being advised against its use. That said, there are important challenges in identifying better, evidence-based alternatives.
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Dionne-Odom, J. Nicholas, Marie A. Bakitas, and Betty Ferrell. "Psychoeducational Interventions for Cancer Family Caregivers." In Cancer Caregivers, edited by Allison J. Applebaum. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190868567.003.0007.
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The term psychoeducation, first employed by Anderson et al., was used to describe an approach to psychotherapy that included helping individuals better understand their illness and acquire basic skills in problem-solving, communication, and coping. This chapter first provides an overview of the components of psychoeducation in the context of cancer caregiving, then describes therapeutic goals and the counseling techniques employed to reach these goals. A recent literature review of cancer family caregiver interventions is then presented with particular focus on the dose, content, format, and reported effectiveness of tested psychoeducational interventions. Finally, an overview of one psychoeducational intervention for cancer caregivers, ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends), is detailed with an accompanying case example.
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White, Jim. "The Advice Clinic or ‘What I did in my 30 minutes’." In Oxford Guide to Low Intensity CBT Interventions. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199590117.003.0035.
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Chapter 35 outlines the Advice Clinic, which offers a one-off 30-minute appointment with a clinician. Logistics of the clinic are considered, as well as the use of 'advisors' rather than 'therapists', and the clinic's aims, evidence, challenges and potential solutions.
Conference papers on the topic "Advisor interventions"
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Prior y Llombart, Jaime, Pablo García Borja, Joan Enric Palmer Broch, and Fermin Font Mezquita. "El Castell Vell de Castelló o el paradigma de la ocupación antrópica del territorio de La Plana hasta el siglo XIII." In FORTMED2020 - Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean. Universitat Politàcnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/fortmed2020.2020.11372.
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The Castelló’s old castle (Castell Vell), or the paradigm of the anthropic territory’s occupation in La Plana until the thirteenth centuryThe Castell Vell of Castelló (Castelló’s Old Castle) is an andalusian structure located at the top on a hill, placed on northern region of La Plana, in the land of Castellón. It’s organized on three interconnected platforms, as many andalusians castles: alcazaba, albacara and the village itself. With 1,1 hectares surface, it follows the pattern of “castle associated with a rural habitat” according the Bazzana’s classification. Its conservation status advises a series of interventions, the last one dated in 2018. Defensive structures have, in general, a high homogeneity in terms of construction techniques, but different moments and build phases can be identified. Its configuration is not uncommon in the almohad military structures of the Iberian land that can be dated between the twelfth and the thirteenth centuries. The presentation at this congress of this heritage piece and the description of the last intervention made is the objective of this study.
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Zalake, Mohan. "Advisor: Agent-based Intervention Leveraging Individual Differences to Support Mental Wellbeing of College Students." In CHI '20: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3375026.
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Dehghani, Hossein, Sumit Laha, Pankaj Kulkarni, Pradipta Biswas, Ulas Bagci, and Sang-Eun Song. "“Air Slicer” for Immersive Visualization of Medical Images." In 2018 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2018-6870.
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Medical imaging plays an essential role in screening, diagnosis, and pre- and intra-procedural intervention and therapy planning. The prime imaging modalities are Ultrasound (US), Computerized Tomography (CT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Each modality has its advantages and disadvantages, thus, an appropriate one is advised by physicians depending on clinical needs.
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Xie, Jinyu, and Qian Wang. "A Personalized Diet and Exercise Recommender System in Minimizing Clinical Risk for Type 1 Diabetes: An In Silico Study." In ASME 2017 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dscc2017-5136.
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Risk of having hypoglycemia is one of the biggest barriers preventing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) patients from performing exercise. In addition, management of diet and exercise levels needs to be personalized for each patient to avoid hypoglycemia and to achieve a good glycemic control. In this paper, we developed a model-based diet and exercise recommender system that could be used to provide an (optimal) personalized intervention on diet and exercise for T1D patients. The recommender system makes prediction of blood glucose at each intervention time based on a patient-specific model of glucose dynamics, and then provides the optimal meal sizes, target heart rates during exercise, pre-exercise carbohydrate and bedtime snack by minimizing a clinical risk function under constraints. Patient-specific models of glucose dynamics were identified for 30 virtual subjects generated from a modified UVa/Padova simulator with an added exercise-glucose subsystem. The performance of the recommender system was then compared to two self-management schemes (the Starter and the Skilled). The latter represents an off-line optimal solution providing a lower bound on the risk index. The average clinical risk under the recommender system was reduced by 49% compared to that under the Starter, and it was comparable to the risk of the Skilled. In addition, the recommender system had less number of post-exercise/nocturnal hypoglycemia events occurred than that under the Starter or the Skilled. Such recommender system can be implemented as an “App” patient advisor to improve T1D patients’ self-management of glucose control.
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Tillner, Silja. "Climate crisis adaptation - strategies towards resilience - from differet perspectives and in comparable conditions as starting points for Urban and Architectural interventions in Milan and Vienna." In Post-Oil City Planning for Urban Green Deals Virtual Congress. ISOCARP, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47472/erpa2777.
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Most large cities worldwide have recently experienced the dramatic effects of the climate crisis. The focus of this paper lies on illustrating different scenarios for cities on a 1.5-degree pathway, which means a 50-55% net emissions reduction by 2030 versus 2010 levels. The two selected cities, Milan and Vienna, are comparable in size and social set-up. The commonalities form the base for a comparison and for the definition of the next steps. Current strategies, urban and architectural interventions, future initiatives in both cities will be compared with more innovative ones that go beyond the status quo in which economic and private interests outweigh public ones. The COVID-19 outbreak and the severe lockdown in Vienna and Milan have acted as game-changers. Closed streets and reduced driving lanes to facilitate pedestrian and cycle movement became possible. The question is how many of these interventions remain or if business as usual returns. Although the negative health consequences of constant exposure to air pollution, especially for the lungs, were known before, addressing them has now gained additional weight. Governments are well-advised to use the strategies they developed for fighting COVID-19 also for making serious efforts in fighting climate change.
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Simons, Luuk PA. "Health 2050: bioinformatics for paid self-repair; a design for future quantified self." In Enabling Technology for a Sustainable Society. University of Maribor Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-362-3.17.
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About 75% of our healthcare costs go to four domains (cardio-, onco-, neuro- and metabolic) of diseases which are largely preventable or even reversible. Instead, they are ‘managed’ and made chronic, not cured. This is very costly and unsustainable for the future. Research is showing new opportunities for enhancing our body’s self-repair in a matter of hours or days. We want to empower personal cure with rapid feedback for self-management. What could be an interventionand bio-feedback portfolio to promote health self-repair within hours or days? Using a cross-case design analysis, we found large differences across the four health domains regarding: intervention aims, (self-)measurement options, focus on symptoms vs causes, plus degree of attention for health selfmanagement. Given recent developments in rapid cure, we advise advanced daily bioinformatics feedback, instead of current quarterly cycles, to improve our self-repair effectiveness.
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Noble, Lilia, Hugh Rees, Pradyumn Thiruvenkatanathan, and Tommy Langnes. "Well Integrity Diagnostics Using Acoustic Event Classification on Distributed Acoustic Sensing Data." In Offshore Technology Conference. OTC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/30930-ms.
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Abstract Injection wells experience extremes of pressure and temperature as well as expansion and contraction during their normal operating cycles. This can cause numerous well integrity issues related to corrosion, leakage, degradation of barrier elements, operational practices that all put the health of the well at risk and require appropriate management. This paper will describe a case of a North Sea injection well that over time had developed sustained casing pressure (SCP) in the B-annulus. As a critical well in the development it was necessary to understand the origin and nature of the SCP as this would set further operational plans for the well helping to decide whether the well could continue to be operated safely, would require an intervention, or potentially will be abandoned. A leak investigation was needed to try to determine the source of the pressure, the type of fluid causing the pressure, the fluid path, and whether there was an injection out-of-zone as a result. To address all of the set objectives Distributed Fibre Optic (DFO) system was selected as a technology of choice. DFO provides an advantage over traditional leak detection methods through the ability to simultaneously monitor entire length of the well recording both acoustic and temperature profiles. Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) was used to record acoustic signature of the well helping to determine the leak origin and likely pathway, while Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) was used to record well outflow profile and advise on possibility of out-of-zone injection. Use of pattern recognition techniques allowed to extract leak signature from background noise and other acoustic signals helping to pinpoint leak location. As a result of the application of DFO technology coupled with appropriate processing techniques way ahead for the well was identified providing an operator with a confident answer and saving on further intervention costs.
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Bolsover, Andy, and Eric Hansen. "Pipeline Integrity Management Made Simple." In 2006 International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2006-10341.
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Over the years, new regulations, safety and environmental concerns from the public have emphasized the requirement for pipeline owners to demonstrate and document the safe operation of their facilities. In Europe, the “Seveso 2” regulation has mentioned pipelines in the requirement for safety and integrity management of hazardous facilities. What were originally technical issues related to inspection and maintenance have now been wrapped up in the general concept of pipeline integrity management. The safety of pipelines has indeed become a social accountability issue at Corporate level for every Operator. Bureau Veritas has been involved since its inception in the conformity assessment, the certification of facilities and organisations and has developed a vast experience in the field of QHSE and Regulatory compliance. Based on this experience, Bureau Veritas is developing a practical approach to Pipeline Integrity Management, providing guidelines and methodologies for operators. The paper describes a performance-based and risk-based approach to Pipeline Integrity Management. The approach includes: assessment of the condition of facilities (through audits and inspections), performing risk analysis and engineering criticality assessments, drawing up the priority list of further inspections, interventions, repairs and maintenance, assisting and advising in the selection of the appropriate methodologies and tools, controlling the execution of such inline inspections, cathodic protection surveys, safety systems upgrades, maintenance and repair works. Bureau Veritas has also developed calculation criteria to interpret inspection data and to advise on fitness for service of the facilities to prioritize the repair works.
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Berton, Marie-Anne, Julian Cruickshank, Catherine Ollivier-Dehaye, Horst Monken-Fernandes, and Peter Orr. "Progress With Nuclear Energy Agency Task Group on Nuclear Site Restoration." In ASME 2013 15th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2013-96265.
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The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Co-operative Programme for the Exchange of Scientific and Technical Information Concerning Nuclear Installation Decommissioning Projects (CPD) is a joint undertaking of a limited number of organisations, mainly from NEA member countries. The objective of the CPD is to acquire and share information from operational experience in decommissioning nuclear installations that is useful for future projects. The information exchange includes biannual meetings of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and supporting projects on topics. The TAG has decided to form a Task Group to review nuclear site restoration starting in March 2012 that involves nuclear operators, experts and regulators. The group is supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that is leading similar work on legacy sites. Within NEA Counties, several nuclear sites are being restored for beneficial reuse. Restoration is normally considered the last activity in a sequence of decommissioning steps but increasingly the value of long-term planning and parallel remediation is being recognised. It is essential that regulators know that liabilities are well understood (well characterised) and there is adequate financial provision to carry on the remediation works. Operators are also learning that early intervention is needed to ensure prevention and minimisation of leaks and spills of radioactive and non-radioactive contaminants in order to reduce groundwater and soil contamination, thus reducing overall liabilities and ensuring protection of the environment. Early intervention needs to be guided by good practices that include adequate site characterisation, reliable conceptual models and defined goals. Currently most nuclear site restoration work takes place at the legacy nuclear sites. This work has emphasised the need for better clarity in terms of the regulatory expectations for site restoration. At other nuclear sites the drivers are less evident and there is a risk that land quality issues are overlooked. The aim of the Task Group is to share information on experiences, approaches and techniques for land quality management at selected nuclear sites to ensure risks to workers and the environment, costs and disruption to decommissioning programmes are minimised. The project will also highlight the successes and lessons to learn from experience of remediation that will be helpful to operational situations on nuclear sites. The paper will report on progress with analysis of national and site level questionnaires and early consideration of case studies. The questionnaires will provide a snapshot of the current status, issues and best practice with site restoration and the case studies will provide in depth illustrations of practice with nuclear site or remediation projects.
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Reddicharla, Nagaraju, Subba Ramarao Rachapudi, Indra Utama, et al. "A Novel Well Test Data Analyzer and Process Optimizer Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques." In SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/206137-ms.
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Abstract Well testing is one of the vital process as part of reservoir performance monitoring. As field matures with increase in number of well stock, testing becomes tedious job in terms of resources (MPFM and test separators) and this affect the production quota delivery. In addition, the test data validation and approval follow a business process that needs up to 10 days before to accept or reject the well tests. The volume of well tests conducted were almost 10,000 and out of them around 10 To 15 % of tests were rejected statistically per year. The objective of the paper is to develop a methodology to reduce well test rejections and timely raising the flag for operator intervention to recommence the well test. This case study was applied in a mature field, which is producing for 40 years that has good volume of historical well test data is available. This paper discusses the development of a data driven Well test data analyzer and Optimizer supported by artificial intelligence (AI) for wells being tested using MPFM in two staged approach. The motivating idea is to ingest historical, real-time data, well model performance curve and prescribe the quality of the well test data to provide flag to operator on real time. The ML prediction results helps testing operations and can reduce the test acceptance turnaround timing drastically from 10 days to hours. In Second layer, an unsupervised model with historical data is helping to identify the parameters that affecting for rejection of the well test example duration of testing, choke size, GOR etc. The outcome from the modeling will be incorporated in updating the well test procedure and testing Philosophy. This approach is being under evaluation stage in one of the asset in ADNOC Onshore. The results are expected to be reducing the well test rejection by at least 5 % that further optimize the resources required and improve the back allocation process. Furthermore, real time flagging of the test Quality will help in reduction of validation cycle from 10 days hours to improve the well testing cycle process. This methodology improves integrated reservoir management compliance of well testing requirements in asset where resources are limited. This methodology is envisioned to be integrated with full field digital oil field Implementation. This is a novel approach to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence application to well testing. It maximizes the utilization of real-time data for creating advisory system that improve test data quality monitoring and timely decision-making to reduce the well test rejection.
Reports on the topic "Advisor interventions"
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Jorgensen, Frieda, Andre Charlett, Craig Swift, Anais Painset, and Nicolae Corcionivoschi. A survey of the levels of Campylobacter spp. contamination and prevalence of selected antimicrobial resistance determinants in fresh whole UK-produced chilled chickens at retail sale (non-major retailers). Food Standards Agency, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46756/sci.fsa.xls618.
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Campylobacter spp. are the most common bacterial cause of foodborne illness in the UK, with chicken considered to be the most important vehicle for this organism. The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) agreed with industry to reduce Campylobacter spp. contamination in raw chicken and issued a target to reduce the prevalence of the most contaminated chickens (those with more than 1000 cfu per g chicken neck skin) to below 10 % at the end of the slaughter process, initially by 2016. To help monitor progress, a series of UK-wide surveys were undertaken to determine the levels of Campylobacter spp. on whole UK-produced, fresh chicken at retail sale in the UK. The data obtained for the first four years was reported in FSA projects FS241044 (2014/15) and FS102121 (2015 to 2018). The FSA has indicated that the retail proxy target for the percentage of highly contaminated raw whole retail chickens should be less than 7% and while continued monitoring has demonstrated a sustained decline for chickens from major retailer stores, chicken on sale in other stores have yet to meet this target. This report presents results from testing chickens from non-major retailer stores (only) in a fifth survey year from 2018 to 2019. In line with previous practise, samples were collected from stores distributed throughout the UK (in proportion to the population size of each country). Testing was performed by two laboratories - a Public Health England (PHE) laboratory or the Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Belfast. Enumeration of Campylobacter spp. was performed using the ISO 10272-2 standard enumeration method applied with a detection limit of 10 colony forming units (cfu) per gram (g) of neck skin. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to selected antimicrobials in accordance with those advised in the EU harmonised monitoring protocol was predicted from genome sequence data in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates The percentage (10.8%) of fresh, whole chicken at retail sale in stores of smaller chains (for example, Iceland, McColl’s, Budgens, Nisa, Costcutter, One Stop), independents and butchers (collectively referred to as non-major retailer stores in this report) in the UK that are highly contaminated (at more than 1000 cfu per g) with Campylobacter spp. has decreased since the previous survey year but is still higher than that found in samples from major retailers. 8 whole fresh raw chickens from non-major retailer stores were collected from August 2018 to July 2019 (n = 1009). Campylobacter spp. were detected in 55.8% of the chicken skin samples obtained from non-major retailer shops, and 10.8% of the samples had counts above 1000 cfu per g chicken skin. Comparison among production plant approval codes showed significant differences of the percentages of chicken samples with more than 1000 cfu per g, ranging from 0% to 28.1%. The percentage of samples with more than 1000 cfu of Campylobacter spp. per g was significantly higher in the period May, June and July than in the period November to April. The percentage of highly contaminated samples was significantly higher for samples taken from larger compared to smaller chickens. There was no statistical difference in the percentage of highly contaminated samples between those obtained from chicken reared with access to range (for example, free-range and organic birds) and those reared under standard regime (for example, no access to range) but the small sample size for organic and to a lesser extent free-range chickens, may have limited the ability to detect important differences should they exist. Campylobacter species was determined for isolates from 93.4% of the positive samples. C. jejuni was isolated from the majority (72.6%) of samples while C. coli was identified in 22.1% of samples. A combination of both species was found in 5.3% of samples. C. coli was more frequently isolated from samples obtained from chicken reared with access to range in comparison to those reared as standard birds. C. jejuni was less prevalent during the summer months of June, July and August compared to the remaining months of the year. Resistance to ciprofloxacin (fluoroquinolone), erythromycin (macrolide), tetracycline, (tetracyclines), gentamicin and streptomycin (aminoglycosides) was predicted from WGS data by the detection of known antimicrobial resistance determinants. Resistance to ciprofloxacin was detected in 185 (51.7%) isolates of C. jejuni and 49 (42.1%) isolates of C. coli; while 220 (61.1%) isolates of C. jejuni and 73 (62.9%) isolates of C. coli isolates were resistant to tetracycline. Three C. coli (2.6%) but none of the C. jejuni isolates harboured 23S mutations predicting reduced susceptibility to erythromycin. Multidrug resistance (MDR), defined as harbouring genetic determinants for resistance to at least three unrelated antimicrobial classes, was found in 10 (8.6%) C. coli isolates but not in any C. jejuni isolates. Co-resistance to ciprofloxacin and erythromycin was predicted in 1.7% of C. coli isolates. 9 Overall, the percentages of isolates with genetic AMR determinants found in this study were similar to those reported in the previous survey year (August 2016 to July 2017) where testing was based on phenotypic break-point testing. Multi-drug resistance was similar to that found in the previous survey years. It is recommended that trends in AMR in Campylobacter spp. isolates from retail chickens continue to be monitored to realise any increasing resistance of concern, particulary to erythromycin (macrolide). Considering that the percentage of fresh, whole chicken from non-major retailer stores in the UK that are highly contaminated (at more than 1000 cfu per g) with Campylobacter spp. continues to be above that in samples from major retailers more action including consideration of interventions such as improved biosecurity and slaughterhouse measures is needed to achieve better control of Campylobacter spp. for this section of the industry. The FSA has indicated that the retail proxy target for the percentage of highly contaminated retail chickens should be less than 7% and while continued monitoring has demonstrated a sustained decline for chickens from major retailer stores, chicken on sale in other stores have yet to meet this target.