Dissertations / Theses: 'Communication Aids for Handica'

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吳紀徹 and Kei-chit Brenda Ng. "Acquisition of voice output communication aid by children with severe mental handicap: a case study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B26840583.

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Mugira, Fredrick. "PERFORMING ARTS FOR HIV/AIDS COMMUNICATION." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21060.

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Basing on drama theory, social learning theory and activation theory of information exposure among others, this thesis set out to explore the effectiveness of live drama as a communication tool for raising young people’s awareness about HIV/AIDS and to draw conclusions in terms of strength and weakness. This thesis used a case study of DramAidE organization in KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa which has since 1992 been using participatory drama and other interactive educational methodologies to control the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in especially KwaZulu Natal province which has the highest HIV prevalence rate in the country. Data collection methods ranging from in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, E-mail interviews, real life case studies, direct observations to desk reviews were employed to collect data. The findings depicted live drama as a creative, interactive and fun way to raise young people’s awareness about HIV/AIDS. It was found out that Live Drama is participatory, uses both word and emotion and combines entertainment to educate and communicate highly sensitive information. This makes it an ideal communication tool that easily attracts the young people’s attention, helps them to personalize the risk of HIV/AIDS and participate in finding their solutions to this problem. On the other hand, it was discovered that though live drama is highly effective in raising young people’s awareness about HIV/AIDS, it is disadvantageous because its performance might be limited due to the facilities, bad weather and the environment. Development of drama and preparation of performance takes long time, it is expensive to buy costumes and live drama might cause the audience to try to practice some of the bad ideas they watch.

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Mandla, Veliswa Maureen. "Intercultural communication in three Eastern Cape HIV/AIDS clinics." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1610/.

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Cardey, Sarah. "Integrated approaches to HIV/AIDS communication : Taking a vulnerability perspective towards HIV/AIDS in development communications." Thesis, University of Reading, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.529975.

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Clarke, Michael Timothy. "Conversational interaction between children using communication aids and their peers." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445394/.

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This thesis uses the principles and practices of Conversation Analysis in an examination of conversational interaction between non-speaking children with Cerebral Palsy using voice output communication aids (VOCAs) and their speaking peers. In order to capture the unique and subtle ways in which these interactions are organised this thesis presents a detailed examination of three dyads. Many children with Cerebral Palsy experience profound difficulty producing intelligible speech. Such children may be provided with communication aids, including VOCAs, as an alternative communication modality. Despite recognition of the value of children's peer relationships, few studies have focused on interaction between children using communication aids and their peers. The central aim of this thesis is to examine how such interactions are organised. In particular, this work is concerned with examining the role of the speaking partners in conversational organisation, how VOCAs contribute to interaction and how conversations are organised when non-speaking children participate through unintelligible vocalisations and non-verbal actions. A significant feature of each dyad is the work that speaking partners do in organising particular types of structural integrity for the conversation. This includes speaking partners locating the production of VOCA mediated turns and non-verbal actions within specific sequential contexts. Such practices provide frameworks within which VOCA mediated contributions and non-verbal actions may be understood. VOCA use initiated outside such predefined sequential locations may be realised problematically. Speaking children may also seek to organise the interaction through the treatment of their partners' unintelligible vocalisations and non-verbal actions with rich meaning. In so doing, speaking partners portray children with Cerebral Palsy with particular types of competence. By revealing the ways in which these children organise conversational interaction, this thesis highlights implications for intervention by Speech and Language Therapists who support children using communication aids in schools.

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Mays, Chelsea G. "African American family communication and its effects on HIV/AIDS prevention." Thesis, Bowie State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1585660.

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Open and sincere communication produces an atmosphere that allows family members to articulate love and respect for one another. Results make it obvious that family communication is an important untapped resource when discussing increasing rates of HIV/AIDS infections. This study examines family communication, African Americans and HIV/AIDS prevention.

With 32% of the reported cases of AIDS are African Americans and only 12 % of American population is African American. It is essential to find new preventative measure to suppress HIV rates in African American communities. By assessing the communication orientation(s) that work best when providing sex education to teenagers it can establish a foundation for further research on communication about sex education, HIV and STD prevention. With the findings of what communication style(s) work best it can alter the stigmas of homosexuality tied to HIV in the African American community, delineating the discouragement of homosexual sex education lowering the rate of HIV and STD transmission.

Using semi-structured interviewing with open-ended questions made interviews more informal and easy for participants to divulge specific information. Participants were African American men and women, between the age of 18-25, residing in Southern Maryland and had a younger sibling. With the use of spiral of silence theory the study found that mass opinion given by the black church of abstinence and the lack of education on HIV/AIDS prevention due to biblical text has created a moral divide for those within the congregation that would like to speak out for preventative provisions.

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Hasan, Muhammad Quamrul. "Investigation of the structured design of configurable aids for expressive communication." Thesis, University of Kent, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.278256.

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Hattam, Michelle, Brenda Louw, and Salome Geertsema. "Communication Characteristics of Children Infected With HIV/AIDS in South Africa." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2122.

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There is a dearth of locally relevant data in South Africa regarding the communication development of children infected with HIV/AIDS within the local context. The objective was to describe the characteristics of a group of children infected with HIV/AIDS being managed at a regional hospital in Gauteng, South Africa.

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Wilainuch, Pairote. "Communication between nurses and patients in HIV/AIDS counselling, in Thailand." Thesis, University of York, 2006. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10985/.

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Le, Pevedic Brigitte. "L'aide aux personnes en situation de handicap au cœur d'une recherche en informatique. Des outils d'interaction homme-machine au compagnon artificiel." Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université de Bretagne Sud, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00761330.

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L'interaction Homme-machine s'articule autour de plusieurs points-clés : établissement et maintien de l'échange, compréhension des signaux et réaction. Mes travaux de recherche s'inscrivent dans le thème de l'Interaction/Communication/Relation Homme-Machine avec pour fil conducteur l'aide à la personne en situation de handicap. Au cours de mes projets, j'ai traité la problématique de l'aide aux personnes en situation de handicap suivant quatre axes : * la réalisation d'aide technique dans le cadre de la communication écrite (interface de saisie de textes), * l'interaction émotionnelle (modèle d'affect computationnel), * la stimulation cognitive, * le robot compagnon ou compagnon artificiel Ce mémoire aborde également le thème pluridisciplinaire de l'acceptabilité et de l'intercompréhension dans les interactions et l'évaluation de l'acceptabilité d'un robot comme partenaire d'interaction par l'homme.

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Bosch, Steven. "The communication approach of the loveLife HIV/AIDS prevention programme / S. Bosch." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4150.

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loveLife, the South African national HIV/AIDS prevention programme for youth, is known for its brand-oriented billboards and mass media campaign that ranges over various print-, broadcast- and alternative media. However, the organisation also implements a national grass-roots peer motivation programme where various activities are co-ordinated by youths (GroundBREAKERS and Mpintshis) from the community. The organisation has been criticised for its communication approach, with many researchers primarily focusing on the organisation's mass media and billboards. This study investigates the communicative approach(es) in loveLife's programme implementation in the light of the normative theory of participatory communication. The focus of this study is to identify how loveLife describes its communication approach, what communication approach the organisation employs and how the organisation's communication approach is perceived by a sample of its target audience. The research was conducted by means of a literature review, qualitative content analysis of loveLife's policy documentation and a selection of the organisation's media. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted at head office, which are contrasted with focus groups with the participants at an implementation site. Broadly, it was found that loveLife's programme is more participatory than most critics would expect and that the organisation attempts to put its primary focus on face-to-face communication. But, there is also tension in what loveLife communicates on a national level and how it relates to grass-roots activities as the national / media-driven communication is more modernistic in its approach, whereas the grass-roots communication is more participatory.
Thesis (M.A. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

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Wilbraham, Lindy Anne. "Governing mother-child communication about sex in HIV/AIDS epidemic : positioning Lovelines." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12417.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-474).
Lovelines was a didactic textual series that appeared in Fairlady, a South African women's magazine, instructing mothers on how sex should be talked about with young people to inoculate them against the risk of HIV/Aids. My reading of this media discourse, and mothers' appropriation of it, sought to examine how the primary target audience of middle classed mothers were persuaded to adopt particular communicative positions. Foucault's normative apparatus of family-sexuality-risk concerns the distribution of expertise - epidemiological science of risk in populations, developmental psychology-inscribed micro-practices of childrearing in families - and self-responsibilization of disciplinary power. This finds mothers governmentally positioned as relay points between 'public' (health, economy) and 'private' (family, childrearing, sex) apparatuses, tasked with appropriately socializing a new generation of sexually responsible citizens. This governmental rationality of neo-liberalism is read against South African conditions of mass media persuasion, HIV/Aids risk and talking about sex in families.

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Stavinoha, Ludĕk. "Framing AIDS : communication, power and the global struggle for access to medicines." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2014. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=25806.

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Sanches, Conceição Aparecida. "AIDS NA REDE:UMA ABORDAGEM COMUNICACIONAL." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2006. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/732.

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This research aims to investigate whether a group of university students from São Paulo city has a dangerous sexual behavior towards HIV, what is the group s knowledge about HIV and what are its most frequent doubts about the subject. It has also a specific aim of investigating the group s use of Internet in order to solve doubts, its strategies of searching and faith on the information found. In this perspective, our job is a descriptive and exploratory research with qualitative character. A digital questionnaire was elaborated and answered on a notebook by 400 students at the gate of 4 Faculties from North, South, East and West Regions of São Paulo 100 students each. This research is done completely under the Brazilian Laws, especially as allowed by CNS 196/96 Resolution of National Health Counselor. In order to process, analyze data and verify its variants, quantitative proceedings were used. Finally, in order to contextualize our research, it was done a Health and Communication Historical panorama that articulates the methodological orientation of the bibliographical and documental research.
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo geral investigar se um grupo de universitários da cidade de São Paulo tem comportamento sexual de risco em relação ao HIV, qual é o conhecimento que o grupo tem sobre HIV/AIDS e quais são as suas dúvidas mais freqüentes sobre o assunto. Além disso, tem como objetivo específico averiguar se o grupo usa a Internet para esclarecer suas dúvidas, quais as estratégias de busca utiliza e se considera que a informação obtida é confiável. Trata-se, portanto, de uma pesquisa exploratória e descritiva, de caráter qualitativo. Como instrumento de campo, construímos um questionário digital de coleta de dados, aplicado pela pesquisadora, usando um computador portátil tipo notebook a 400 estudantes na entrada de quatro unidades de ensino superior da cidade de São Paulo, sendo 100 informantes em cada uma e sendo cada unidade em uma região: Norte, Sul, Leste e Oeste. Além disso, temos ainda o Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido TCLE- conforme determina a Resolução do Conselho Nacional de Saúde CNS 196/96. Para processar e analisar os dados e proceder ao cruzamento das variáveis foram usados procedimentos quantitativos. Para contextualizar nosso objeto, lançou-se um olhar sobre o panorama histórico da Comunicação e Saúde que se articula com a orientação metodológica da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental.

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Chasi, Colin Tinei. "A Kierkegaardian-existentialist critique of pragmatic communication on HIV/AIDS, with respect to selected Ikageng residents / C.T. Chasi." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2745.

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Allen, Jonathon. "Some problems of designing for augmentative and alternative communication users : an enquiry through practical design activity." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2002. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6913.

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The submission is concerned with, and addresses, problems of designing for people with disabilities, with specific reference to people who are illiterate and cannot speak. People with such disabilities often depend on electronic AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices for interpersonal communication. A central theme of the thesis, however, is that such products, and products intended for people with disabilities more generally, have characteristics that inadequately attend to users' needs. Through a combination of practical product development and literature reviews, the thesis demonstrates how improvements to AAC devices 'can be made through user-participatory, usercentred and more sensitive and perceptive design. Literature reviews in the following subjects are reported: AAC; the operational knowledge base for design and disability; user participatory design; and wearable computing. At the core of the thesis is the presentation and discussion of an empirical case study, carried out by the researcher, to design and develop the Portland Communication Aid (PCA). The PCA was conceived as an AAC product that would attempt to redress the inadequacies of predecessor devices. The design activity for the PCA is traced in the thesis, from initial concepts and development models through to a working prototype. Key ideas and essential principles of the design are illustrated. Throughout the work on the PCA, many problems associated with designing for people with severe communication disabilities were encountered. These problems, as with their resolutions, comprised matters of both designing (as an activity) and design (as product specification). The thesis contains comprehensive exposure and analysis of these problems and resolutions. In particular, the value of shaping meaning, metaphor, and other product semantics into devices intended for use by people with disabilities is explored. The study provides two substantive conclusions. First, that both the activity and the outcomes of Industrial Design have a valuable role in the empowerment and rehabilitation of AAC users. And second, that key principles have been identified that will enable designers to better identify, articulate and respond to the needs of people with communication disabilities (and the needs of people with disabilities more generally)

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Stephanidis, C. "A study of methodologies of Information Technology in the provision of communication aids for the speech-impaired." Thesis, University of Kent, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.375837.

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Carson, Evelyn D. "The Importance of Relational Communication for Effecting Social Change in HIV/AIDS Prevention Messages: A Content Analysis of HIV/AIDS Public Service Announcements." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1269290096.

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Dickerson, Dawne D. "Effects of Medical Professionals' Communication with Men Sleeping With Men and HIV/AIDS." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7795.

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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) initially emerged in the 1980s and ever since, a battle has been underway with regard to understanding some of the root issues attributed to behavior and HIV/AIDS. AIDS is prevalent in the men sleeping with men (MSM) community. There is lack of studies evaluating the quality and quantity of communication between MSM and medical professionals, which can be a catalyst to help reduce HIV/AIDS within this community. The aim of this quantitative study was to evaluate the relationship between quantity and quality of medical professionals' communication and regular HIV screening and testing, as well as modifying high-risk behaviors attributing to HIV/AIDS MSM behaviors, controlled for race/ethnicity, educational level, and income. Universal precautions theory and health belief model were the theoretical framework of this study. A total of 126 MSM were evaluated via survey research. Chi-square analysis revealed that MSM who have ever visited a medical professional about HIV/AIDS were tested in significantly higher frequency compared with those that did not visit medical professional for this reason (51.5% vs. 18.5%, respectively, p < .001). Also, significantly more participants changed their sexual behavior during the last 5 years and considered that the approach of the medical professional contributed in this change, compared with those who changed their sexual behavior but did not consider this approach helpful (73.7% vs. 26.7%, p < .001). This research can provide positive social change to the MSM community as well as medical professionals, by encouraging MSM to seek more information pertaining to safe sexual health practices, prevention, and awareness.

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Hasler, Travis. "HIV/AIDS communication strategies in northern Uganda: development workers opinions on what works." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15784.

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Master of Science
Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
Nancy Muturi
The country of Uganda has an HIV rate of approximately 6.3% countrywide, but in northern Uganda rates have been significantly higher (UNAIDS, 2011). In northern Uganda, a region that has faced decades of war and conflict, 1.2 million people live with HIV. The Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) and Social Cognitive Theory (SCT) are used as the theoretical framework in examining how on the ground development practitioners create programming that is the most beneficial in behavior change. Both theories have been used extensively in the design and implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs. However, there tends to be little consistency among scholars on what types of behavior change approaches are the most effective, especially in those countries that are most impacted by the AIDS epidemic. The goal of this study was to examine the views of practitioners who work directly with recipients and identify some of the most effective strategies and messages tailored for Northern Uganda based on the EPPM and SCT. A qualitative approach was used in the study. A sample of current, or past long-term (at least two years working in the field) development practitioners from international agencies such as the United States Peace Corps, USAID, International Rescue Committee (IRC), among others. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews, which were conducted online due to geographic constraints of the interviewees, with selected participants currently scattered throughout the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. The study reports practitioners’ views on most effective communication strategies and messages based on experiences while working in northern Uganda. Some of the variables examined include the strategies for changing the belief systems of the population that curb the spread of the AIDS epidemic; self-efficacy strategies; and the nature and level of fear appeal appropriate for the Northern Ugandan situation; and their overall view. Findings of the study indicate respondents feel fear appeal messaging may be ill suited for use in Northern Uganda. Culture-centered approaches may be of best use during the transition from war to reconciliation. Results of the study will help to inform future HIV/AIDS prevention programs on best practices that are both theory and research based.

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Sanches, Conceição A. "AIDS NA REDE: UMA ABORDAGEM COMUNICACIONAL." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2006. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/896.

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This research aims to investigate whether a group of university students from São Paulo city has a dangerous sexual behavior towards HIV, what is the group s knowledge about HIV and what are its most frequent doubts about the subject. It has also a specific aim of investigating the group s use of Internet in order to solve doubts, its strategies of searching and faith on the information found. In this perspective, our job is a descriptive and exploratory research with qualitative character. A digital questionnaire was elaborated and answered on a notebook by 400 students at the gate of 4 Faculties from North, South, East and West Regions of São Paulo 100 students each. This research is done completely under the Brazilian Laws, especially as allowed by CNS 196/96 Resolution of National Health Counselor. In order to process, analyze data and verify its variants, quantitative proceedings were used. Finally, in order to contextualize our research, it was done a Health and Communication Historical panorama that articulates the methodological orientation of the bibliographical and documental research
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo geral investigar se um grupo de universitários da cidade de São Paulo tem comportamento sexual de risco em relação ao HIV, qual é o conhecimento que o grupo tem sobre HIV/AIDS e quais são as suas dúvidas mais freqüentes sobre o assunto. Além disso, tem como objetivo específico averiguar se o grupo usa a Internet para esclarecer suas dúvidas, quais as estratégias de busca utiliza e se considera que a informação obtida é confiável. Trata-se, portanto, de uma pesquisa exploratória e descritiva, de caráter qualitativo. Como instrumento de campo, construímos um questionário digital de coleta de dados, aplicado pela pesquisadora, usando um computador portátil tipo notebook a 400 estudantes na entrada de quatro unidades de ensino superior da cidade de São Paulo, sendo 100 informantes em cada uma e sendo cada unidade em uma região: Norte, Sul, Leste e Oeste. Além disso, temos ainda o Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido TCLEconforme determina a Resolução do Conselho Nacional de Saúde CNS 196/96. Para processar e analisar os dados e proceder ao cruzamento das variáveis foram usados procedimentos quantitativos. Para contextualizar nosso objeto, lançou-se um olhar sobre o panorama histórico da Comunicação e Saúde que se articula com a orientação metodológica da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental.

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Guerrier, Yohan. "Proposition d'une aide logicielle pour la saisie d'information en situation dégradée : application à des utilisateurs IMC athétosiques dans des contextes liés au transport et aux activités journalières." Thesis, Valenciennes, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015VALE0027/document.

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L’objectif de cette thèse était d’étudier et développer une aide logicielle, nommée ComMob (communication et mobilité), permettant d’aider l’utilisateur lors de la saisie d’information en situation dégradée, en se centrant sur des utilisateurs à fort handicap moteur. La thèse se situe dans le domaine de l’interaction homme-machine, domaine particulièrement important puisque les interactions homme-machine se déroulent désormais continuellement et en tous lieux (domicile, lieux publics, travail…). Sous l’angle applicatif, cette recherche est plus particulièrement centrée sur la mobilité, en lien avec les transports collectifs, l’accès aux informations voyageur, l’incitation à utiliser ceux-ci, tout en faisant le lien avec des activités journalières. Mais dans ce cadre on s’intéresse plus particulièrement aux utilisateurs de profil Infirme Moteur Cérébral de type tétraplégique athétosique ; ces utilisateurs éprouvant des difficultés à effectuer des actions à l’aide de leurs membres supérieurs à cause de fréquents mouvements parasites. De plus, ces personnes ont un problème de dysarthrie. Le système ComMob exploite des pictogrammes pour accélérer la saisie des phrases ; différentes fonctionnalités sont proposées incluant une aide à la programmation. Plusieurs évaluations ont été effectuées, aussi bien en mobilité qu’en laboratoire. Différentes pers-pectives de recherche sont également proposées
The objective of the thesis is the study and development of a software aid named ComMob (Communication and Mobility) aimed at assisting disabled users when inputting information, nota-bly those with high mobility impairment. The thesis is in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, a particularly important area given that user interfaces are present on every device used continuously in all places (home, public places, offices ...). This research targets increased public transport use, better access to traveler information, and also daily activities of users with athetoid quadriplegic cerebral palsy. These users have difficulties performing actions with their arms because of frequent uncontrolled movements. In addition, they also have a dysarthria problem. The ComMob system uses pictograms to accelerate the input of sentences via different functions, including a program-ming aid. Several evaluations have been conducted in mobility situations and in laboratory condi-tions. Different research perspectives are also proposed

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Moore, DaKysha. "HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, Involvement, and Predictors of Condom Use Among African American College Students: Implications for Communication Strategies for HIV/AIDS Prevention." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1206305876.

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Holmstrand, Emilie, and Natalie Caballero. "Reporting for social change : HIV and AIDS in Namibian press 2009." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Communication, Media and it, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3197.

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The purpose of this BA-thesis is to identify the patterns in the HIV/AIDS communication in four Namibian newspapers and examine the causes to why it is portrayed in that manner. The newspapers, The Namibian, New Era, Windhoek Observer and Informanté, vary in ownership, funding and style; from government loyal to tabloid and the journalists themselves have different backgrounds. A combination of quantitative content analysis of issues from September and October 2009, and interviews have been used. Main theories are Thomas Tuftes version of the Model for Communication on HIV/AIDS, Denis McQuails interpretation of framing and the media’s informative role and finally Silvio Waisboards Strategic communication. The results found are that articles on HIV and AIDS are common in the daily range of news but that HIV/AIDS is generally not the main subject in the text. According to the journalists the reason for this is that by isolating the subject it can enhance the risk of stigmatizing the people with HIV/AIDS. None of the newspapers have a policy on how to address HIV and AIDS, New Era is, however, in the progress of implementing one. All newspapers have had discussions on how to report on HIV/AIDS. The most common way to report about HIV and AIDS is to write about the spread of the disease and the people affected by it. Even though they appear frequently they do not get their own voice in the texts. Instead official representatives and civil society are the most common sources. The reason for this is not only lack of resources but also, as one journalist points out, an unwillingness from the reporters side due to the sensitivity of the subject. Some of the journalists stress the importance of writing to change individual behavior but none of the journalists mention that they include the structural causes behind the disease in their reporting. Reader fatigue is mentioned as a cause for the seemingly decreasing trend of coverage on HIV/AIDS. Some of the journalists say that their own personal opinions and experiences on HIV/AIDS affect their writing. They believe that committed reporting is not in conflict with the journalistic convention of impartialness. All the reporters have a journalistic aim of creating social change in the Republic of Namibia and they believe that the media has the power to do that.

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Mankayi, Andiswa. "A situation analysis of sex education and communication and the implications thereof for HIV/AIDS prevention work." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007447.

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This study explores the history of sex communication and education over a period of fifty years (1950 to the present), in a deep rural area of the Eastern Cape. It describes patterns of sex communication between peers, between siblings, between children and parents and between young people and other non-familial agencies within communities. Communication trends are traced from the period before contraception was introduced, through to the introduction of female birth control methods into the HIV/AIDS era where the focus has been on attempting to introduce condoms. Twelve semi-structured interviews and two four-person focus groups were conducted to gather information on how the participants acquired information about sexuality and their responses to the same. The findings of the present study suggest that the widespread use of injectable contraceptives has had a marked effect on the sexual culture of the community under investigation. It has led to the collapse of the regulatory practices which were previously in place. This in turn has significantly affected the sexual communication and negotiation context. Furthermore, it has had a determining influence on male involvement in sexual reproductive health matters and has created a poor context for the adoption of condoms as a prophylactic. There were no major changes in the sexual communication context within families and within communities in that education has always been limited to instructions to avoid pregnancy. Of note was a culture of collusion between adults and children surrounding sexuality, which absolved the parties involved in addressing sexuality. These factors are understood have mediated response to HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, and need to be taken into consideration in the development of sex communication and education programmes.

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Sanjay, Rijal Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem. "Impact of behavior change communication program on knowledge of HIV/AIDS among ever married women evidence from Nepal /." Abstract, 2007. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2550/cd404/4938537.pdf.

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Smith, James Ross. "A participatory health communication strategy for sustainable development : HIV/AIDS in Potchefstroom / J.R. Smith." Thesis, North-West University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/290.

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A participatory health communication strategy for sustainable development: HIVIAIDS in Potchefstroom Participatory communication is a relatively new and innovative means through which development in the community can be achieved. As a communication medium it differs substantially from the traditional approaches in that it practices a horizontal approach to communication and assumes that the community at whom the development is directed knows best what they require. It advocates the inclusion of the community into the planning and implementation phases of the development project. Focusing on HNIAIDS, it is required that participatory communication is discussed from a health perspective. Therefore the participatory approach for health communication is discussed as the most suitable communication for health communication pertaining to the context of this study. An extensive literature study revealed previous studies on participatory communication had been done but none specifically focused on participatory communication in a health context. With the present research the Potchefstroom Municipal Health Authority and the Local AIDS Council had been selected, in order to identify the steps that need to be followed in implementing a participatory health communication strategy in the community. The general aim of the study was to describe these steps in order to propose guidelines to the Potchefstroom Municipal Health Authority that would assist in the implementation of this strategy to the community. The assumption was made that without buy-in from the community into the participatory health communication strategy, the communication strategy would end and this would end the communication process, resulting in an unsustainable development initiative with regard to HIVIAIDS in the Potchefstroom community. Content analysis, interviews and literature review as research methods had been used during the study in order to triangulate the findings made. The available literature had been analysed to find the guidelines on the unique characteristics of the participatory communication and the role of health communication. The National and Provincial HIVIAIDS policy documents had also been analysed focusing on the requirements from government and determining what the participatory health communication strategy should focus on with regard to the HIVIAIDS pandemic. The results of the content analyses were compared to the findings made in the interviews conducted with the members of the Potchefstroom Municipal Health Authority and Potchefstroom Local AIDS Council. After an in-depth review of the literature the broad guidelines regarding participatory communication in a health context were established for a participatory health communication strategy at community level for HIVIAIDS communication.
Thesis (M.A. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.

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Takahashi, Michiko. "AIDS-prevention campaigns : sensation seeking, interpersonal communication and condom use in college-age students." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020177.

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Currently, the prevention and control of the spread of AIDS is one of the foremost international health concerns and one of the biggest social expectations in the United States as well. Until a medical solution to AIDS is found, the only viable means of AIDS prevention is to educate the public about AIDS and persuade those who are sexually active to avoid high-risk sexual behaviors.Because many studies have showed that college students are considered to possess the highest risk toward AIDS, in this study, possible factors that can change college students' behavior were examined.One hundred and ninety seven students who enrolled in two undergraduate general classes (biology and anthropology) at Ball State University were asked to complete a questionnaire concerning their sensation-seeking type and level, frequency of their interpersonal communication with their sexual partners, and quality of their AIDS/HIV education in middle and high schools. One student from this population refused to complete the questionnaire.This study showed that public relations practitioners would need to stimulate the target audience to interpersonal communication with their sexual partners, know each type of risk takers need different information from each other, and educate the target audience how to talk about this issue with their sexual partners, rather than educate them knowledge of AIDS or social norm of safe sex.
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Apraiz, Elvira. "Using pictures of paintings as aids to communication with people who have learning disabilities." Thesis, University of Reading, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247315.

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Terblanche-Smit, Marlize. "The impact of fear appeal advertising on disposition formation in HIV/AIDS related communication /." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1275.

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Gudmunds, Ahnna. "”They want to do sex rather than talk about it” - a study on hiv/aids communication problems in Uganda." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMK), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-40015.

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This is a study about hiv/aids communication between low- and non-educated women andhiv/aids organisations in Uganda. The purpose of the thesis is to define potential disturbance inthe communication using three organisations and 9 women as examples. The research is made with qualitative methods and most of the data is collected through field studies and group interviews.

The result of the study is that there are a lot of disturbance causing problems in the communication between the women and the organisations. Most of the disturbances can be connected to the women’s limited access to media exposure. It is also a problem that the interviewed women are more or less isolated in their villages, which mean they are directly excluded from all the information activities placed on billboards, posters, fairs, and events thattake place in the city centre or elsewhere. Even though there are a lot of community based information activities arranged by the organisations, these women will not be reached since most of the activities take place in schools where they don’t have access.The poor level of education results in two problems, first, the women cannot read and will therefore not access any print material and second, their English skills are not good enough to understand the meaning of the majority of the information material.It is pointed out that all disturbances are not communication problems. One of them is the gender inequality in Uganda. The gender roles and structures are too unequal and dominating that even if the women, despite all disturbances, receive information it is often impossible for her to implement the knowledge without consensus from her man.

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Mbure, Wanjiru G. "Women of the Epidemic: Gender Ideology in HIV/AIDS Messages in Kenya." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1180990409.

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Chandler, Rasheeta N. "Communication systems and HIV/AIDS sexual decision making in older adolescent and young adult females." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002492.

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Hattam, Michelle, Brenda Louw, and Salome Geertsema. "Communication Characteristics of the Pediatric HIV and AIDS Population in a Regional Hospital in Gauteng." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1983.

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HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) has been shown to have significant effects on the development of a child. Currently there is limited South African research regarding HIV and specific characteristics of communication development, and the treatment thereof, in the child infected with HIV. The objective of the research was to describe the communication characteristics of a group of children between the ages of 0 – 5 years infected with HIV at a hospital in Gauteng, South Africa. Clinic records of 203 children infected with HIV between the ages of 0-5 years were reviewed by using a pre-designed checklist within the outreach clinic of a large regional hospital. A questionnaire was completed by 4 medical practitioners working with this population within the outreach clinic. A total of 91.62% of the infected children were diagnosed as being either in Stage III or IV of the disease (according to the WHO classification system of 2005), with all infants presenting with a CD4 count of ≤ 60. The majority (75.37% of the total sample) were receiving HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) at the time the data was collected. According to their medical, social, communication and general development, almost all the children qualified for Early Communication Intervention (ECI) but were not recorded as being referred for such services. A large proportion of the target population presented with opportunistic infections and/or HIV associated conditions. The results highlight the developmental characteristics of children living with HIV, and identify the need for medical doctors and allied health professionals to be provided with relevant literature or training regarding the communication development of children infected with HIV. This will facilitate appropriate referrals for ECI services.

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Chandler, Rasheeta D. MS ARNP FNP-BC. "Communication Systems and HIV/AIDS Sexual Decision Making in Older Adolescent and Young Adult Females." Scholar Commons, 2008. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/169.

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a national priority for several reasons including its endemic/pandemic status and economic demand. Adolescents 15 to 24 years old who are sexually active acquire nearly half of all new Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Recent findings from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) have documented increased teen birth rates, escalating births to unwed mothers, and STIs ascribed to one in four adolescent females, are reasons to enhance effective prevention efforts. The specific aim of the study, based on Bandura's social cognitive theory, was to test associations among communication system methods and HIV/AIDS self-efficacy, perceived risk, knowledge, and sexual decision-making among older adolescent females. Communication systems consist of interpersonal relationships, mass and print media. Research questions are: (1) What are the associations among demographic variables (age, race/ethnicity, education, socioeconomic status) in young women and the types of communication systems preferred (media and interpersonal)? (2) What are the associations among the types of communication systems preferred by young women and person factors (HIV/AIDS self-efficacy, perceived risk, and knowledge)? (3) What are the associations among the types of communication systems preferred by young women (media, print, interpersonal) and behavior (sexual-decision making)? (4) What are the associations among young women's person factors (HIV/AIDS self-efficacy, perceived risk, knowledge) and behaviors (sexual decision-making)? The study used a non-experimental cross sectional design. The sample included 866 females, 18 to 21 years old, attending the the second largest public university or a historically black university in Florida. Data was collected using validated instruments transcribed into an electronic survey program. Data analysis consisted of frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, and Multiple Regression Analysis. Results indicated that there were associations beween all proposed constructs that constitute the theoretically derived conceptional model. Interpersonal relationships explained the most variance (parents--22%; partners-12%) when associated with other communication systems. Overall, students reported that parents had more influence on their decisions with regards to basic beliefs, value systems, sexuality, dating, and alcohol use. The communication systems associated with older adolescents' sexual decision-making may assist public health advocates in developing related preventive interventions for young adult females.

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Zondi, Gabriel Jabulani. "An investigation of communication strategies aimed at curbing the extent of HIV & AIDS transmission." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1414.

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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Communication Science in the Department of Communication Science at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2015
Amidst growing concerns about the impact of Human Immuno Deficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV & AIDS) on the political, social and economic spheres of our country, comes the responsibility of government to address this pertinent issue, especially through communication within the uThungulu District Municipality Structures. This research emerges within the context of rising levels of human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) infection amongst young adults, and the escalation of deaths from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS. This study critically examines the commonly used theories and models used during HIV & AIDS preventative care communication strategies. Failure to acknowledge the communication context in campaigns theory has various negative implications. One implication is that the messages are sender-oriented, however there has been sufficient campaigns for grassroots dialogue but the recipients are unable to identify with the message as they are divorced from the context of its production. Furthermore, because of a lack of engagement by the recipient in the development of messages, retention of knowledge is minimal, and this leads to a lack of acceptance of the message. Clearly, then, there exists a need for the communication strategies, theories and models to be rearticulated so that they are more relevant and may be adapted for application within various cultural contexts. This study examines the role of communication campaign theory and audience participation as central components during planning, implementation and evaluation phases of HIV & AIDS prevention.

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Franco, Maria Helena. "Mulheres e HIV/aids: um estudo de recepção radiofônica." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6136/tde-08112010-114422/.

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Este estudo situado na área da Comunicação e da Saúde, teve por objetivo analisar sentidos relacionados à vulnerabilidade feminina ao HIV/aids produzidos por receptoras de um programa radiofônico voltado ao enfrentamento do HIV/aids, transmitido por uma rádio comunitária da cidade de São Paulo. Para isso, articula conceitos de gênero, da produção social dos discursos, produção de sentidos, vulnerabilidade feminina ao HIV/aids. A análise, realizada com base em entrevistas com receptoras do programa radiofônico, elegeu a categoria gênero como instância de mediação para interpretação dos sentidos produzidos na recepção. Os resultados indicam que possíveis transformações/mudanças relacionadas à sexualidade e à prevenção ao HIV/aids nos relacionamentos afetivo-sexuais são muito permeáveis ao desejo do homem. Indicam também que a inserção do programa radiofônico Silvia e Você na rede discursiva provocou deslocamentos importantes tendo em vista o enfrentamento da epidemia
This study is located in the area of Communication and Health, had intended to analyze senses related to women\'s vulnerability to HIV/aids produced by receivers of a radio program targeted to confront HIV/aids, transmitted by a communitarian radio of Sao Paulo city. To do this, articulates concepts of gender, social discourse production, production of senses, women\'s vulnerability to HIV/aids. The analysis, based on interviews with receivers of a radio program, named category genre as instance of mediation for interpretation of the senses produced at reception. The results indicate that possible transformations/changes related to sexuality and HIV/aids prevention in affective-sexual relationships are very permeable to the desire of man. Also indicate that the insertion of radio program Silvia and You on the discursive network caused major shifts in order to confront the epidemic

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Dasgupta, Satarupa. "Communication and Community Mobilization, Anti-Trafficking and Legitimization, Participation and Empowerment: HIV/AIDS Intervention and the Sonagachi Project." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2011. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/205971.

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HIV/AIDS infection is a serious threat to the health and welfare of India. HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STI) are primarily propagated through heterosexual intercourse in India. Sex workers having multiple partners are considered to be conduits of virus transmission. Hence interventions targeting sex workers form a significant part of India's effort to curb the HIV/AIDS pandemic within its borders. The Sonagachi Project is a HIV/AIDS intervention program in India that targets sex workers. The initiative is being undertaken in a red light district of Calcutta, India. The district, which houses more than 50,000 sex workers, is the largest of its kind in South and South-East Asia. The project is spearheaded by the sex workers themselves, who act as peer outreach workers, and there are no external organizations involved. Statistics from UNAIDS show a significant drop in HIV/AIDS prevalence rate and significant increase in condom usage in Sonagachi after the project was implemented. The project achieved results like unionization of the sex workers, and formation of micro-credit societies and vocational training centers. The different facets of the Sonagachi Project were examined in the current dissertation. The articulation of trafficking and sex work in the formulation of global HIV/AIDS policy documents was assessed to understand the relationship between trafficking and sex work. The Sonagachi Project's stance on redefining sex work, legalization of sex work and rejection of rehabilitation propositions was explored. Environmental and structural barriers to health were analyzed and the impact of the contextualization of sexual health behavior on HIV/AIDS intervention initiatives studied by examining the case of the Sonagachi Project. The application of community mobilization as a strategic intervention method in HIV/AIDS harm reduction and awareness was explored by assessing the strategies of the Sonagachi Project. Finally the participatory framing of health discourse and practice in the Sonagachi Project was analyzed. For my dissertation I performed in-depth interviews of 37 sex workers and 5 project workers in Sonagachi. I reviewed policy documents of global aid organizations and project documentation from the Sonagachi Project such as research papers, internal project reports and unpublished manuscripts produced by the sex workers' union, and results of surveys performed by the sex workers' union and non-governmental organizations. The implications of the dissertation findings will extend beyond the red light district of Calcutta and provide a useful paradigm of sustainable intervention among historically marginalized populations.
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Odirile, Shumie T. "Mareledi: An Audience-Reception Study of an HIV/AIDS Entertainment-Education Serial Television Drama in Botswana." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461322756.

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Stewart, James William. "The communication role of influentials in promoting condom use in rural Tswana settings /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6172.

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Fullwood, Christopher. "Video-mediated communication : psychological and communicative implications for advice on good practice." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/932.

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This thesis investigates whether certain practices improve the use of video-mediated communication; specifically video-mediated gazing (the act of looking directly into the camera) and face-to-face familiarisation prior to video-mediated meetings. This is done through comparisons of conditions where such practices are employed and control conditions. The successful adoption of these practices is assessed using a multi-level approach: investigating the communicative process, participant perceptions and task outcome. Participant perceptions are directed towards assessing the media, assessing other participants using the media, perceptions of task performance and communicative success, and perceptions of social co-presence. In cases where task outcome is assessed, an objective measurement of performance is taken. Communicative process is assessed through investigating participants use of gazing behaviour and verbal aspects of process: for example turn length, dialogue length and the numper of interruptions. Verbal aspects of process are also measured using Conversational Games analysis, where the functions of participants' utterances are assessed. The results show that participants who gaze at the camera are perceived more favourably. Accompanying speech with video-mediated gazing also results in improved recall of information. Face-to-face familiarisation alters participant perceptions of others using the media and feelings of social co-presence. It is concluded that for certain applications (specifically social tasks) and with an appropriate level of training (specifically with the use of video-mediated gazing) the use of such strategies benefits video-mediated communication.

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Carvalho, Sonia Lidia Valentim de. "A iconografia da AIDS: um estudo comparativo da comunicação impressa na prevenção à AIDS para o público adolescente no período de 1993 a 2007." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27152/tde-26102010-104725/.

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Na história dos meios visuais de comunicação de massa, o cartaz desempenha um papel importante no contexto das sociedades urbanas, mantendo um status privilegiado e duradouro na história da publicidade, das artes gráficas e do design. Desde seu surgimento, no séc. XIX , o cartaz dialoga com os espaços urbanos ao expressar em suas linguagens as narrativas dos contextos nos quais se insere. O presente estudo tem como objetivo entender a dinâmica da função comunicativa do cartaz voltada para as questões sociais, mais especificamente na área de saúde pública, bem como as peculiaridades de seu público alvo, o adolescente, no que se refere aos diferentes níveis de alfabetismo verbal e visual, assim como suas singularidades culturais. No percurso do desenvolvimento do projeto contextualizamos as políticas de comunicação em saúde, a questão da Aids e o perfil do adolescente. Por meio da leitura diacrônica dos principais períodos da evolução do cartaz e da análise de sua tipologia e funções, identificamos sua inserção como mídia dirigida para a educação em saúde. O estudo dos conceitos de imagem, visualização, percepção e significação envolvidos no processo de comunicação nos permitiu analisar os aspectos pertinentes à linguagem visual, seus códigos e sua adequação aos objetivos propostos, segundo a abordagem teórica da semiótica da cultura.
In the mass visual communication history, posters play a significant role within the context of urban societies, where they have achieved lasting, privileged status in advertising, graphic arts and design. Since their inception in the 19th century, posters have established a dialogue with urban spaces as they express narratives that comprise the contexts within which they exist. The objective of this study is to understand the dynamics behind the communication value of posters geared to social issues, more specifically to public health, as well as the particularities of their target audience adolescents as regards different levels of verbal and visual literacy and their cultural singularities. During the development of our project, we sought to contextualize media policies in health services, the AIDS issue and adolescents profile. Through a diachronic reading of the main periods of evolution of posters and through analysis of their typology and functions, we identified their insertion as a medium for health education. Our studies based on the concepts of image, visualization, perception and meaning that comprise the media communication process enabled us to analyze aspects pertaining to visual language, its codes and its adequacy to proposed objectives according to a theoretical approach to the semiotics of culture.

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John, Vikas. "Interactivity and health communication : content analysis of interactive elements on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention websites /." Online version of thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/5762.

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Kranich, Emily R. "Parents' Perspective on Their Child's Use of Voice Output Communication Aids| Challenges, Benefits and Missing Pieces." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10749976.

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This study investigated parents’ experiences, challenges, benefits, and needs regarding their child’s voice output communication aid (VOCA). Three mothers who had children who use a VOCA device as their primary form of communication were recruited from Goodwill of Orange County’s Technology Exchange Center and Prentke Romich Company (PRC) and were interviewed by phone or email questionnaire. Thematic analysis of the interview data revealed four major themes: (a) benefits of VOCA use, (b) barriers to VOCA use, (c) facilitators of VOCA use, and (d) continuing needs of families. The information obtained from this study can be used to better serve families and children who use VOCAs and other AAC devices to avoid barriers (e.g., insufficient training) and abandonment and to foster more successful outcomes. Further research is necessary to continue to investigate the needs of parents in terms of their child’s device as well as the effectiveness of device training programs.

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Hand, Erin Marlene Flowers. "Speech Understanding in Noise as a Function of Microphone Placement in Hearing Aids." PDXScholar, 1996. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5190.

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Hearing aid users often complain of poor speech understanding in the presence of background noise. There have been many attempts to overcome this problem by hearing aid manufactures and dispensers. The purpose of the present study was to determine if differences existed between three different styles of hearing aids (i.e. in the ear (ITE), in the canal (ITC), and completely in the canal (CIC)) in the presence of a multi-talker babble. Five sensori-neural hearing impaired subjects were selected from the Portland State University audiology clinic. The subjects were required to listen to a recording of the California Consonant Test (CCT) against a background noise of multi-talker babble. Stimuli were presented through headphones in the sound booth. The stimuli were recorded through three different hearing aids placed on KEMAR's left ear and adjusted to a 10 dB signal-to-noise ratio. Once the speech samples were recorded and digitized, they were routed through a GSl-16 audiometer to the listener. In order to determine performance differences across the three hearing aid configurations from within a single-subject design, each subject's performance was compared in a pairwise fashion between the hearing aid configurations. An analysis of the data was completed using the Randomization test. Using this statistical model, no significant difference was found between the individual scores. Further research is warranted to determine if a better measure exists that qualitatively defines the effect of microphone placement on speech understanding ability in hearing aid users.

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Behrendsen, Lynn. "Hearing aid satisfaction and rate of return for repairs : a comparison of two Kaiser dispensing programs." PDXScholar, 1990. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3958.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that a dispensing program utilizing rehabilitative follow-up in the form of a post-fitting check appointment would show: (1) less return for repairs for hearing aids; (2) higher patient satisfaction with the aid; and (3) higher patient satisfaction with the service received during the hearing aid dispense than would a clinic with no follow-up. Data for comparison between the two clinics were drawn from medical chart review, frequency of hearing aid repairs, and from a questionnaire which assessed satisfaction levels. Patients were also asked to estimate the amount of use with the aid and success with manipulation of the aid for purposes of comparison with other groups previously studied.

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Gwemende, Titus M. "Caught between Scylla and Charybdis: Exploring the Effects of Zimbabwe's Political Crisis on HIV and AIDS Behavior Change Communication Programming." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1276846213.

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Kaltenbach, Aimee J., Marc A. Fagelson, Sherri L. Smith, and Lindsay Bondurrant. "Hearing Aids and Quality of Life in Rural Appalachia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5405.

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Menzies, Alisha Lynn. "“Black Americans and HIV/AIDS in Popular Media” Conforming to The Politics of Respectability." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6324.

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This dissertation examines narratives about racialized gender, sexuality, and class through media images of black Americans with HIV/AIDS. Through textual analysis of media sites featuring HIV/AIDS and blackness (The Announcement, Precious, and Marvelyn Brown’s website, www.marvelynbrown.com), this project analyzes how the politics of respectability—a set of precepts that govern how black men and women can present themselves in public spaces to align with white ideals of gender and sexuality—construct black people in media representations of HIV/AIDS. This work examines how respectability politics deployed in media representations of HIV/AIDS and black Americans reclaim notions of acceptable black sexuality by reifying age-old stereotypes of black masculinity femininity. I argue that the goal of respectability politics in countering anti-blackness through limited parameters for acceptable presentations of racialized gender and sexuality continue to challenge and complicate media representations of HIV/AIDS and black Americans.

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Nothnagel, Ignatius. "Conceptual metaphors in media discourses on AIDS denialism in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1653.

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Thesis (MA (General Linguistics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
According to Nattrass (2007:138), the denial and questioning of the science of HIV/AIDS at government level by, amongst others, Thabo Mbeki (former State President) and Manto Tshabalala-Msimang (former Minister of Health) resulted in an estimated 343 000 preventable AIDS deaths in South Africa by 2007. Such governmental discourse of AIDS denialism has been the target of criticism in the media and by activist groups such as the Treatment Action Campaign. This study investigates the nature of this criticism, specifically considering the critical use of metaphor in visual texts such as the political cartoons of Jonathan Shapiro, who works under the pen name of “Zapiro”. The purpose is to determine whether the nature of the criticism in visual newspaper texts differs from that of corresponding verbal newspaper texts, possibly providing means of criticism not available to the verbal mode alone. A corpus of texts published between August 1999 and December 2007 that topicalise HIV/AIDS was investigated. This includes 119 cartoons by Zapiro, and 91 verbal articles in the weekly newspaper Mail & Guardian. The main theoretical approach used in the analyses is Conceptual Metaphor Theory, developed by Lakoff and Johnson (1981), and its extension to poetic metaphor, developed by Lakoff and Turner (1989). Because of the socio-political nature of the problem of HIV/AIDS, the study also draws on Critical Discourse Analysis, including complementary concepts from Systemic Functional Linguistics. The study reveals that visual and verbal texts make use of similar sets of conventional conceptual metaphors at similar frequencies, which confirms the predictions of Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The study further reveals that the cartoons enrich these metaphors through four specific mechanisms of poetic metaphor, which the verbal articles do not. This indicates a significant difference between the two types of texts. Furthermore, it is found that the use of such poetic metaphors directly contributes to the critical power of the political cartoons. The study indicates that multi-modality in cartoons, which triggers single metaphoric mappings, adds a dimension to the critical function of the text that is absent in the verbal equivalent. The finding that the visual texts enable a form of cognition that is not available to verbal texts, poses one of the most significant avenues for future research. Thus, cartoons apparently achieve a type of criticism that is not found, and may not be possible, in the verbal texts alone. This makes the political cartoon a text type with an important and unique ability to articulate political criticism.

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