Dissertations / Theses: 'Research Promotion Practices'

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McKenzie, Linda M. "The Stereotypes and Biases That Plague Millennial Leaders| Best Practices and Strategies for Job Promotion." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10615236.

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A dichotomy within U.S. organizations needs attention. Society has labeled millennials as a narcissistic people who have entitlement issues and lack the competencies necessary for globalization. Millennials are firing back with a desire for purposeful work. Meanwhile, the cohort is employed in the workforce with this stigma and experience challenges promoting into executive leadership roles. The purpose of this study is to understand the challenges that millennials face being promoted to executive leadership roles. The literature review explored the top U.S. organizations to discover what sets them apart in distinction. The findings determined that the most successful organizations followed three guided principles of (a) investing heavily in people, (b) valuing diversity inclusion, and (c) providing guidance in holistic leadership practices that promote emotional literacy. Fifteen millennial leaders were interviewed using a phenomenological methodology. Four research questions guided the study to address challenges, practices, strategies, measuring success, and recommendations. Findings from the study resulted in 849 characteristics and 58 themes. Three overarching challenges in addition to three overarching consequential lived experiences were interpreted through the data. Millennial leaders used holistic learning strategies, authentic leadership characteristics and ethical leadership practices to overcome challenges. Growth, meaning, and value were the three overarching desires that measured their success. Three overarching leadership themes emerged that recommended future aspiring leaders be authentic, purposeful and virtuous. Indeed, the millennials will birth virtuous leadership practices in U.S. organizations (McKenzie, 2017). The data revealed a series of personality traits and practices that coincide with the competency skills necessary for executive leadership and considered most important for success. Key findings discovered a common theme in the discussions on the benefits of feedback for leadership success. The crux of development for millennials is to resolve their definition of purpose and meaningful work, and then develop learning opportunities that support organizational outcomes. McKenzie (2017) postulates a T.E.A.M. (Teaching Empathy and Mindfulness) framework that uses the “U” and “I” in TEAM to facilitate purpose through positive psychology. The leadership model is guided by teaching empathy and mindfulness with the utilization of best practices, strategies, and measurements of success highlighted in the study.

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Murray, Ellen Reynolds. "Best Practices for Controlling Tuberculosis - Training in Correctional Facilities: A Mixed Methods Evaluation." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2615.

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According to the literature, identifying and treating tuberculosis (TB) in correctional facilities have been problematic for the inmates and also for the communities into which inmates are released. The importance of training those who can identify this disease early into incarceration is vital to halt the transmission. Although some training has been done by public health authorities for corrections, there is little to no evaluation of such training. The aim of this mixed methods retrospective study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a training to control TB in correctional facilities. The Southeastern National Tuberculosis Center (SNTC) conducted 12 trainings between 2010 and 2014 with custody, medical, and public health staff working in correctional facilities, as well as with TB program staff from health departments. A total of 442 participants quantitatively and qualitatively evaluated the trainings. Gagne-Briggs and tripod models comprised the theoretical framework of the study. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data were analyzed thematically. Analysis showed that the usefulness of the training was considered very good to excellent in each of the trainings. Also, many participants stated that they were going to educate others as well, in order to improve the management of TB in their facilities. The results of this study revealed that using systematic training can contribute to promote a more coordinated release of TB-infected inmates into the community, and therefore improve the quality of life of this population group, resulting in the promotion of social change.

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Niayesh, Hasibullah NA. "Complementary Infant Feeding Practices in Afghanistan." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4809.

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Children are at greater risk of malnutrition in Afghanistan than they are in many other countries. Malnutrition impairs the mental and physical growth of more than 50% of children in Afghanistan. It also exacerbates the risks of mortality by 45% in infants and children in Afghanistan. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding complementary feeding and malnutrition in children in Afghanistan. The precaution adoption process model served as a theoretical framework in this quantitative cross-sectional research study. Data analyzed were collected from 306 mothers and children at 6 randomly selected hospitals in Kabul Province. The results of logistic regression models indicated that mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding complementary feeding were statistically significant predictors of stunting in children, Ï?2 (9, N = 306) = 45.33, p < .001; Ï?2 (9, N = 306) = 26.71, p < .01; and Ï?2 (9, N = 306) = 56.97, p < .001 respectively. The strongest predictor was mothers' practicing responsive feeding, where mothers who did not practice responsive feeding were 7.1 times more likely to have stunted children than mothers who practiced responsive feeding. Moreover, the results indicated that mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices of complementary feeding were statistically significant predictors of underweight in children, Ï?2 (9, N = 306) = 37.49, p < .001; Ï?2 (9, N = 306) = 41.15, p < .001; and Ï?2 (9, N = 306) = 44.64, p < .001. The implications for positive social change include reviewing nutrition policies, investing in nutrition programs, and operationalizing nutrition education and behavior change interventions for promoting appropriate complementary infant feeding practices in Afghanistan.

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Harden, Samantha M. "Group Dynamics in Physical Activity Promotion: Research, Theory & Practice." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38690.

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The use of group dynamics principles such as group goal-setting, distinctiveness and cohesion has been the basis of a burgeoning area of physical activity (PA) promotion. Recent reviews of literature suggest that these interventions are robust and increase PA in a wide variety of populations. Still, a number of questions remain unanswered in the areas of theory development, intervention implementation, and translation of research into practice. This dissertation includes a series of manuscripts that focus on research, theory, and practice of group dynamics interventions intended to promote PA. Within research, a systematic review of literature explores group dynamics-based PA interventions in terms of generalizability (through RE-AIM evaluation) and the degree to which the interventions use research techniques that are more pragmatic (reflect typical practice) or more explanatory (testing under optimal conditions). This exploration is based on an initial review of 17 interventions that employ group dynamics strategies to increase PA, fitness, and/or adherence. The results suggest that this body of literature includes a range of pragmatic and explanatory trials, but still has gaps in reporting related to external validity. Embedded within the context of a PA promotion program for minority women, the second manuscript addresses a theory-based questionâ to what degree do group-interaction variables (cooperation, communication, and competition) differentially predict group cohesion over time. The results suggest that friendly competition is the strongest and most consistent predictor of different dimensions of group cohesion while task and socially related communication are consistent predictors of task and socially related cohesion, respectively. Two manuscripts are included in addressing the use of group dynamics principles within practice settings. The first practice manuscript details a small pilot study in which obese, limited income women successfully (p<0.05) limited gestational weight gain to the Institute of Medicine (2009) recommendation of 11-20 pounds. This study attempted to integrate a group dynamics approach into a group visit model for pregnant women. The quantitative findings were promising, but qualitative findings indicated a number of difficulties in implementation. The purpose of the final manuscript was to determine the attributes of the program agents consider when deciding to adopt a PA and fruit and vegetable promotion program and their understanding of key strategies related to group dynamics theory. Delivery agents were able to identify key underlying principles and propose adaptations that align with those principles. Ph. D.

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Ho, Mei-Yao. "Promoting research-based nursing practice in clinical settings." Thesis, Ulster University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400863.

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Kwedi, Sylvie Anne. "Evaluation of Capacity for Best Practice of Clinical Vaccine Research in Western Kenya." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1010.

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African institutions that perform health research need to continuously evaluate their practices in order to ensure compliance with international standards of good clinical practice (GCP). This mixed-methods study, undertaken at one clinical research site in Western Kenya, was an evaluation of GCP compliance at the site, research participants' satisfaction with research procedures, and research participants' comprehension of informed consent. The qualitative portion of the study involved audit of the site's compliance with GCP standards. The quantitative portion was an assessment of participant satisfaction and informed consent comprehension, undertaken through interviews with a sample of 297 participants. Thematic analysis of the qualitative data showed that the site's performance conformed with GCP standards. Descriptive statistical analysis of the quantitative data showed that the majority of study participants were content with study procedures. A majority understood those parts of the informed consent process related to study duration and purpose but not those parts of the informed consent process related to the purpose and benefits of the study. Univariate chi square analysis showed no statistically significant differences in the level of satisfaction by age, occupation, or level of education, and there were no statistically significant differences in the level of informed consent comprehension by duration in the study or staff levels of experience. Implications for positive social change include guiding future health research capacity-building efforts in Africa toward better compliance with GCP standards and development of higher quality of informed consent procedures.

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Pack, Robert P., and Stephanie M. Mathis. "Prescription Drug Abuse: Responding with Research and Promoting Evidence-Based Practice." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3203.

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Wosket, Valerie Jean. "Developing reflective practitioners : promoting clinical competence through counselling practice, supervision and research." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2000. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.525002.

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Hill, Geof. "Promoting congruence between the inquiry paradigm and the associated practices of higher degree research." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36661/1/36661_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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In this study I examine a number of educational practices in higher education from the insider perspective of a research student. By using my own stories of undertaking two research higher degrees, both with post-positivist research paradigms, I analyse the interrelationships between a student and their supervisors and examiners, and explore ways in which those relationships can be influenced by the student's nominated research paradigm. The research paradigm underpins the way in which a student undertakes their research and documents that research. Literature suggests that the research paradigm has potential to influence the supervision and examination of that research. In this study I have explored that potential with a particular focus on a research paradigm consisting of a constructivist ontology and a practice epistemology. While the use of my own story is not presented as being generalisable, the analysis generates a number of issues related to my own student practices and my expectations about supervision and examination of a higher degree. I believe these issues are relevant to other higher degree students and their supervisors and examiners.

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Li, Vincy. "Health promotion in Australia: An empirical study into the approaches adopted and evidence used by practitioners in their practice." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18849.

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Background: Health promotion is commonly defined as “the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health”. This definition was originally found in the Ottawa Charter, which was written in 1986 and has been widely considered to be the founding document for health promotion practice. The existing health promotion literature suggests that practitioners have strong commitments to the values and principles presented in the Ottawa Charter and other iconic documents, but their practice contexts may not support the translation and implementation of those values and principles. We currently lack an empirical understanding of how the values and principles underpinning health promotion are conceptualised by practitioners and translated into practice. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted with health promotion practitioners in New South Wales, Australia. 58 semi-structured interviews and 250 hours of participant and non-participant observation were conducted with 54 practitioners. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, and field notes were written during the observations; these were analysed thematically. Results: Health promotion practitioners were committed to improving people’s health effectively and fairly and, to achieve this, worked iteratively between providing people with opportunities for healthy living and enabling them to use the opportunities available to them, concentrating on disadvantaged communities. Practitioners were also committed to evidence-based practice and used different types of evidence for different practical and strategic purposes. Their ideal evidence met both substantive and procedural criteria for evaluating evidence and was primarily generated by practitioners because they found it to be the most useful and relevant to their practice. However, this evidence was lacking in the current evidence base and was not often valued by the system they worked in. Conclusion: This thesis describes practitioners’ conceptualisation of health promotion and how it is translated into their day-to-day practice. It also clarifies the way evidence is valued and used by practitioners, and offers an empirically-based contribution to the ongoing discussions on what and how evidence should be used to guide health promotion practice.

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Sturt, Jacqueline Alys. "Implementation of self-efficacy theory into health promotion practice in primary health care : an action research approach." Thesis, Bucks New University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251328.

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Archibong, Uduak Emmanuel. "Promoting family-centred care through primary nursing practice in Nigeria : an action research project." Thesis, University of Hull, 1995. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11269.

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The context of the family in developing countries, especially in Nigeria, is very wide and embraces the immediate as well as the extended family members. The involvement of the family in health care can not be over-emphasised in the Nigerian society where every family member assumes the role of his/her brother's keeper. The expectations of and the role of the Nigerian extended family system in the health care of its members, the problem of incompatibility of the nursing process with the Nigerian nursing organisational pattern, which is predominantly functional nursing, and the increased call for the improvement of the quality of nursing care in Nigeria informed this study. The 'outsider' model of action research project using an 'insider' was undertaken to promote family-centred care through the introduction of primary nursing in Nigeria. The project involved introduction and evaluation of change in a model ward in a Nigerian hospital. The change was implemented in phases. A 37-bed medical-surgical ward in a 400-bed tertiary health institution formed the nucleus site for the change. Twenty-eight nursing staff (25 trained and 3 untrained), all patients and their families in the model ward and others took part in the change. In the pre-change evaluation study, 10 patients and 8 family members were assessed, while 8 patients and 6 family members were involved in the post-change evaluation. Data collection was carried out before and after the introduction of the change through observation, review of records, interview and self-report questionnaire. Measures used in the study included: QUALPACS, nurse-patient and nurse-family interaction sheets, modified Riser satisfaction questionnaire for patient and family satisfaction, questionnaire to determine the focus of nursing care and questionnaire to assess the practice of primary nursing in the model ward. Families and patients were supportive of the change, nurses were receptive of the change, hospital administration was helpful and other health care practitioners were neutral about the change. Other wards in the hospital and other hospitals expressed willingness to join in the change. After the introduction of primary nursing into the model ward, there appeared to be (1) marked improvement in the quality of nursing care received by the patients, (2) higher levels of family and patient satisfaction with nursing care, (3) an increase in the frequency of nurse-patient and nurse-family interactions, (4) improvement in the level of patient and family involvement in interactions and (5) an increase in the number of nurse-patient and nurse-family interactions in which supportive nursing activities were involved. Despite the study limitations, further research and replication studies are suggested to enable the spread of family-centred nursing care into other hospitals. Possibilities for continuity measures, outcomes for nursing staff and other health care practitioners have been raised as necessary variables for future evaluative studies. The need for more long term studies on primary nursing, and an in-depth study to ascertain the association between presence of family at patient's beside while the patient is under care and the level of patient satisfaction with nursing care have been implicated from this study.

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Greenwood, Joanne. "Educational professionals' experience of English educational policy : developing and promoting inclusive practice through collaborative action research." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/educational-professionals-experience-of-english-educational-policy-developingand-promoting-inclusive-practice-through-collaborative-action-research(71b447f1-6102-4817-9b61-0b4cf764cfd1).html.

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The focus of this thesis was to explore educational professionals' everyday experience of English educational policies; narrowing its focus to policy which promotes an inclusion agenda. The findings are presented in three sections with the first two papers prepared in accordance with the author guidelines of the journals proposed for submission. The first paper offers a review of literature which represents teacher relationship (see Braun, Maguire and Ball, 2010; Fullan, 2006; Luttenberg, Imants and van Veen, 2013; Luttenberg, van Veen and Imants, 2013; Wexler, 2002) with English educational policies. Teacher perspectives illustrate how the implementation and practice of policy heavily guides practice, both in terms of pedagogy and content, and detail the difficulties teachers have in establishing professional identity whilst trying to accommodate policy into practice. It is suggested that in order for teachers to adopt new educational policies they need to be able to take some ownership of both the policies themselves and of their own professional development; but most importantly, that they need the space to engage in dialogue around their practice to do this. The first paper provided a frame for the second by offering a description of the current climate teachers find themselves in and by discussing what might be needed to bring about the professional development necessary to embed policy into practice. The second paper then presents a description of a collaborative action research project within an English high school; a group of educational psychology, teaching, support and pastoral professionals worked collaboratively to develop person-centred practice through their engagement in an inquiry group. The inquiry group engaged in dialogue around practice; exploring their own personal and professional values as well as the values embedded within person-centred practice. This paper offers an account of the inquiry group's journey, highlighting key themes as identified by the group: ownership of, and confidence in, the learning process; developing reflective practice; and the challenge of engaging others in the learning process. The findings suggest that an action research approach can facilitate the learning and development necessary to embody collaborative person-centred practice. The third paper then offers a critical appraisal of the role that educational psychology can have in disseminating findings and promoting teacher development; in particular through the facilitation of collaborative action research within the school context.

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Fröding, Karin. "Public health, neighbourhood development and participation : research and practice in four Swedish partnership cities." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Hälsoakademin, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-15013.

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Det finns betydande skillnader i hälsa beroende på utbildning, socioekonomisk status, etnicitet, ålder och kön och det har konsekvenser för människors livslängd, livskvalitet och hälsa. Ojämlikheter i hälsa blir särskilt tydliga när man jämför olika geografiska områden, där vissa områden har hög koncentration av fattiga och socialt utslagna människor med dålig hälsa, arbetslöshet och låg utbildning. Att vidta åtgärder mot de utbredda hälsoskillnader som finns mellan människor med vitt skilda förutsättningar är en viktig utmaning för hälsofrämjande arbete. En strategi för att minska skillnader i hälsa mellan människor är att arbeta med områdesutveckling i prioriterade bostadsområden. Ett svenskt samarbete, Partnerskap för Hållbar Välfärdsutveckling, bildades 2003 mellan Helsingborg, Norrköping, Västerås och Örebro, kommunala bostadsbolag i dessa städer, flera nationella parter samt forskare vid Örebro universitet. Det centrala i partnerskapet var att genom erfarenhetsutbyte, metodutveckling och kunskapsspridning arbeta för en hållbar välfärdsutveckling i prioriterade bostadsområden (ett område från varje stad valdes ut). Integrerat i detta arbete var forskningsprogrammet ”Den hälsosamma staden - social integration, nätverkspolitik och hållbar välfärdsutveckling”, som följt partnerskapet vetenskapligt mellan åren 2003 och 2010. Det är av stor betydelse att integrera politik, praxis och forskning för att få kunskap om förutsättningar för en hälsosam utveckling i utsatta bostadsområden. Detta är en unik del av det nästan sjuåriga partnerskapsarbetet. Avhandlingens övergripande syfte har varit att inom ramen för Partnerskap för Hållbar Välfärdsutveckling studera folkhälsostrategier och lokalt utvecklingsarbete i kommuner och bostadsområden med särskild betoning på boendes deltagande för en hälsosam utveckling. Avhandlingens första studie syftar till att beskriva och analysera strategiskt folkhälsoarbete och lokalt områdesutvecklingsarbetet i fyra svenska kommuner samt den tidiga implementeringsfasen av Partnerskap för Hållbar Välfärdsutveckling. Datamaterialet består av dokumenterade intervjuer med folkhälsosamordnare och områdesutvecklare, deltagande observationer och skriftliga dokument. Resultatet visar att det redan i början av partnerskapsperioden fanns formella strukturer för folkhälsoarbetet i kommunen, till exempel ett folkhälsopolitiskt program, en utsedd samordnare, ett kontor och administrativa resurser samt politiker med särskilt ansvar för folkhälsofrågor. I uppbyggandet av de formella strukturerna var också de svenska nationella folkhälsomålen ett viktigt underlag. Vad gäller det lokala bostadsområdes arbete kan det ta sig olika uttryck även om målet är det samma. I partnerskapet fanns också tidigt höga förväntningar KARIN FRÖDING Public Health, Neighbourhood Development, and Participation I 83 att det skulle fungera som en sammanhållande kraft för ömsesidigt lärande och en positiv utveckling av prioriterade bostadsområden. Avhandlingens andra studie syftar till att analysera vad som karaktäriserar människor som deltar i områdesutveckling. Boende från tre av partnerskapskommunerna svarade på en enkät och resultatet visade på att människor som försökt påverka politiken i kommunen på olika sätt i större utsträckning deltar i områdesutveckling. Denna påverkan kan ske genom att kontakta en politiker eller lämna in ett medborgarförslag. Högt engagemang och aktivt deltagande var oberoende av individens sociodemografiska faktorer såsom utbildning eller inkomstnivå. Det var endast personer födda utanför Norden som i mindre utsträckning deltog i områdesutveckling. Avhandlingens tredje studie syftar till att undersöka en områdesbaserad interaktion mellan professionella (anställda), boende och forskare i en av partnerskapets utvalda stadsdelar. Baserat på deltagande observation under två år visar studien ett entydigt resultat: för att processen skall fungera krävdes att deltagarna öppet diskuterade enskilda situationer, personliga åtaganden och ömsesidiga förväntningar. Vidare var det viktigt att demaskera makt och auktoritet bland dem som deltar i processen för att inte några skulle ha mer inflytande på arbetet än de andra. Tiden visade sig vara viktig, att processen fick ta den tid det tog med konsensus som ett ledord. Slutligen var det viktigt att acceptera olika nivåer av deltagande. Allt detta bidrar till att skapa en gemensam känsla av engagemang och demokratisk dialog som är så viktigt i ett interaktivt samarbete. I avhandlingens fjärde studie är syftet att studera utvecklingsprocesser för att nå hållbara strukturer för lokalt områdesutvecklingsarbete i de fyra partnerskapsstäderna. Arbetet i Partnerskap för Hållbar Välfärdsutveckling har liksom kommunerna och det lokal områdesarbetet följts mellan åren 2003-2009. Genom en serie studier inom forskningsprogrammet med intervjuer, enkäter, deltagande observation och dokumentanalys har det utformats en databas för fallstudier. Resultatet visar att det under partnerskapsperioden fanns byggstenar i form av politiskt stöd, lokala partnerskap och boendes deltagande i områdesarbetet. När Partnerskap för Hållbar Välfärdsutveckling upphörde fanns dock få hållbara strukturer för områdesutveckling kvar. Det politiska stödet för områdesutveckling var under partnerskapstiden konstant högt men cykliskt, vilket innebar att prioriteringar ändrades. I samtliga fyra studerade stadsdelar hade områdesarbetet delvis avstannat och politiskt stöd och resurser lagts på andra områden i respektive kommun. I ett lokalt partnerskapssamarbete mellan kommun och kommunalt bostadsbolag finns dock möjlighet att bilda hållbara strukturer när såväl det strategiska som det lokala involveras i den praktiska delen av områdesutveckling. Medborgarnas deltagande verkar också utgöra en viss hållbar struktur för områdesutveckling, trots minskat politiskt stöd och resurser. Sammanfattningsvis visar denna avhandling att ett partnerskap för lokalt folkhälsoarbete kan fungera som en sammanhållande länk för lärande och utveckling bland alla inblandade aktörer. För ett fungerande områdesutvecklingsarbete är den lokala kontexten av största vikt liksom formella strukturer och ett nationellt stöd. Det är dessutom nödvändigt att beakta alla boende som potentiella deltagare i områdesutveckling oberoende av utbildning, kön eller inkomstnivå. När ett projektbaserat partnerskap avslutas måste det dessutom finnas strukturer som kan ta vid efter projekttidens slut. Avslutningsvis visar avhandlingen att ett områdesbaserat samspel med deltagande av professionella, boende och forskare ställer krav på en öppen, jämbördig dialog med ett accepterande förhållningssätt till olika nivåer av deltagande samt stort tidsutrymme. Efforts to combat the widespread health disparities are an important challenge in public health and health promotion. A partnership between four Swedish cities was constituted to face this challenge. Within the context of that partnership, the overall aim of this thesis is to study public health strategies and local development work in municipalities and neighbourhoods, with a special emphasis on residents’ participation. Study I analyses strategic public health work, neighbourhood development, and the early implementation phase of the partnership. Interviews, participant observation, and documents were used as data sources. The study shows that a partnership for local public health work can serve as a connecting link for development and learning among stakeholders involved. Formal structures and national support are crucial preconditions for success in neighbourhood development. Study II analyses what characterizes people who participate in neighbourhood development. A cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1,160 participants from three of the partnership cities was analysed. Citizens who had previous experience of trying to influence policy in the municipality in some way were more likely to be active in neighbourhood development than those who had no such prior experience. Study III analyses a community-academic partnership and a communitybased participatory research process through participant observation. It shows that a community-academic partnership requires an open, equal dialogue, an accepting attitude toward different levels of participation, and a lengthy period of time. Study IV uses a case-study database to analyse the development processes for achieving sustainable structures in neighbourhood development in the four partnership cities. A partnership has the potential to allocate resources on a area-based level, but in this case few resources remained when the partnership ended.

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Rosenberg, John Patrick. "A study of the integration of health promotion principles and practice in palliative care organisations." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16586/1/John_Patrick_Rosenberg_Thesis.pdf.

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The modern hospice movement emerged in the 1960s as a grassroots social movement that attempted to restore an holistic and contextualised approach to the care of people at the end of life. This approach embraced the lived experience of the dying person at the centre of care across physical, emotional, social and spiritual domains of life. To achieve this, the care of dying people was largely removed from mainstream health care systems to promote more holistic and socially contextualised dying. In recent decades, the evolution of palliative care demonstrates the gradual return of palliative care services to the mainstream. It has been asserted that, in this process, palliative care services have progressively abandoned the social context of dying people, increasing instead an emphasis on "physical care [while] simultaneously de-emphasizing psychological, social and spiritual care" (Kellehear, 1999a, p.76). Kellehear and others have proposed that the repositioning of palliative care within mainstream health care systems has increased a focus upon illness and disease at the expense of health and wellbeing. Subsequently, conventional palliative care services have been criticised for not adequately locating end of life care within the social contexts in which death and dying take place. In an attempt to address this problem, Australian sociologist Allan Kellehear proposed an approach to end of life care that brought together the core concerns of palliative care with the principles and practices of health promotion (Kellehear, 1999b). Whilst their congruence is not immediately apparent, these two fields have been increasingly examined for their potential benefits in the provision of end of life care. In the current policy climate in Australia, there is an imperative to consider how end of life support services might be improved through adopting a health promoting palliative care approach. The aim of this study has been to investigate the integration of health promotion principles and practice by a selected palliative care service by examining the qualitative impact of this change on the organisation. Specifically, it endeavoured to identify the factors that advanced or impeded this integration by examining how the structures and processes of, and outcomes for, the organisation reflected a health promoting approach. To meet these aims, this study undertook an in-depth examination of the implementation of a health promoting palliative care model by a community based palliative care organisation. Based in a constructionist-interpretivist paradigm, a mixed-method (QUAL+quant), instrumental case study research design was utilised to capture multiple perspectives of the implementation process. Data collection comprised examination of 127 organisational documents, 32 in-depth interviews with staff, volunteers and consumers, 5 focus groups with staff and volunteers, and 25 carer questionnaires. Qualitative data were subject to thematic analysis, with supplementary quantitative data analysed to generate descriptive statistics. The findings demonstrated a large number of complex and interrelated enabling and impeding factors to the implementation in the case study site. These factors have been grouped into four key themes which have been examined in light of the aims of this study and the issues identified in a comprehensive review of the literature. This study found that: ◦ Conceptual congruence between health promotion and palliative care was a fundamental starting point in the implementation of a health promoting palliative care model. ◦ Where conceptual congruence was clear, activities associated with the model that were regarded as beyond conventional approaches to palliative care core business were viewed favourably by stakeholders and were less likely to encounter resistance within the organisation. ◦ When systematic approaches to organisational change, such as quality improvement systems, were rigorously applied, the impact of the transition upon stakeholders was qualitatively less. ◦ Where this transition had been effectively made, consumers, staff, volunteers and members of the wider community were seen to benefit. This study adds to the current discourse regarding the intersection between end of life support and health promotion, and provides insight into how palliative care organisations might undertake the transition from conventional models to a health promoting palliative care approach.

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Rosenberg, John Patrick. "A study of the integration of health promotion principles and practice in palliative care organisations." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16586/.

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The modern hospice movement emerged in the 1960s as a grassroots social movement that attempted to restore an holistic and contextualised approach to the care of people at the end of life. This approach embraced the lived experience of the dying person at the centre of care across physical, emotional, social and spiritual domains of life. To achieve this, the care of dying people was largely removed from mainstream health care systems to promote more holistic and socially contextualised dying. In recent decades, the evolution of palliative care demonstrates the gradual return of palliative care services to the mainstream. It has been asserted that, in this process, palliative care services have progressively abandoned the social context of dying people, increasing instead an emphasis on "physical care [while] simultaneously de-emphasizing psychological, social and spiritual care" (Kellehear, 1999a, p.76). Kellehear and others have proposed that the repositioning of palliative care within mainstream health care systems has increased a focus upon illness and disease at the expense of health and wellbeing. Subsequently, conventional palliative care services have been criticised for not adequately locating end of life care within the social contexts in which death and dying take place. In an attempt to address this problem, Australian sociologist Allan Kellehear proposed an approach to end of life care that brought together the core concerns of palliative care with the principles and practices of health promotion (Kellehear, 1999b). Whilst their congruence is not immediately apparent, these two fields have been increasingly examined for their potential benefits in the provision of end of life care. In the current policy climate in Australia, there is an imperative to consider how end of life support services might be improved through adopting a health promoting palliative care approach. The aim of this study has been to investigate the integration of health promotion principles and practice by a selected palliative care service by examining the qualitative impact of this change on the organisation. Specifically, it endeavoured to identify the factors that advanced or impeded this integration by examining how the structures and processes of, and outcomes for, the organisation reflected a health promoting approach. To meet these aims, this study undertook an in-depth examination of the implementation of a health promoting palliative care model by a community based palliative care organisation. Based in a constructionist-interpretivist paradigm, a mixed-method (QUAL+quant), instrumental case study research design was utilised to capture multiple perspectives of the implementation process. Data collection comprised examination of 127 organisational documents, 32 in-depth interviews with staff, volunteers and consumers, 5 focus groups with staff and volunteers, and 25 carer questionnaires. Qualitative data were subject to thematic analysis, with supplementary quantitative data analysed to generate descriptive statistics. The findings demonstrated a large number of complex and interrelated enabling and impeding factors to the implementation in the case study site. These factors have been grouped into four key themes which have been examined in light of the aims of this study and the issues identified in a comprehensive review of the literature. This study found that: ◦ Conceptual congruence between health promotion and palliative care was a fundamental starting point in the implementation of a health promoting palliative care model. ◦ Where conceptual congruence was clear, activities associated with the model that were regarded as beyond conventional approaches to palliative care core business were viewed favourably by stakeholders and were less likely to encounter resistance within the organisation. ◦ When systematic approaches to organisational change, such as quality improvement systems, were rigorously applied, the impact of the transition upon stakeholders was qualitatively less. ◦ Where this transition had been effectively made, consumers, staff, volunteers and members of the wider community were seen to benefit. This study adds to the current discourse regarding the intersection between end of life support and health promotion, and provides insight into how palliative care organisations might undertake the transition from conventional models to a health promoting palliative care approach.

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Mackenzie, Kristen. "Nutrition for promoting gains in lean mass in rugby athletes: Considerations for applied sports nutrition research and practice." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2014. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/114504/1/Kristen_MacKenzie%20Thesis.pdf.

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Nutrition is important to promote adaptations to rugby training. Rugby athletes undertake regular training to enhance performance, endurance, strength, speed and power and promote desired changes in body composition. Through a series of studies this research focussed on the roles of energy and macronutrient intake to promote protein synthesis to optimise skeletal muscle mass (SMM). Assessments of rugby athletes' resting metabolic rate, body composition and nutritional intake were undertaken to characterise their energy requirements. Based on protein's critical contribution to promoting muscle protein synthesis, the role of manipulating protein distribution to enhance chronic gains in lean mass was explored. Finally, due to the high satiating efficiency of protein, the effect of protein dose on appetite and food intake was examined in rugby and resistance training athletes. Collectively the findings support that a range of dietary factors including total energy and macronutrient intake will impact on chronic changes in lean mass in rugby athletes. Despite a series of analytical and methodological challenges when performing applied sports nutrition research, field studies are critical to inform sports nutrition practice.

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Cambon, Linda. "Étude de la transférabilité des interventions de promotion de la santé dans une perspective de promotion des démarches "evidence based health promotion" : développement d'un outil d'analyse de la transférabilité des interventions." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012LORR0276/document.

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Contexte : Les interventions de promotion de la santé agissent sur l'ensemble des déterminants de la santé. Cette caractéristique en fait le levier nécessaire à la lutte contre les inégalités sociales de santé mais rendent ces dernières complexes à mettre en oeuvre, à évaluer et à transférer. Il y a un enjeu à développer en France la promotion de la santé fondée sur les preuves et donc à favoriser le transfert d'interventions. La question de la transférabilité, c'est-à-dire la mesure dans laquelle l'effet d'une intervention dans un contexte donné peut être atteint dans un autre contexte, devient alors cruciale à étudier. Objectif : Les objectifs de ce travail étaient : définir le concept de la transférabilité dans le champ de la promotion de la santé ; développer un outil d'analyse de la transférabilité et d'accompagnement au transfert d'intervention de promotion de la santé. Méthodes : Pour répondre à ces objectifs, nous avons mis en oeuvre un projet, EVATRAPS (EVAluation de la TRAnsférabilité des interventions en Promotion de la Santé). Ce projet s'est déroulé en deux étapes. La première consistait en une revue de la littérature qui visait notamment à définir le concept de transférabilité, en déterminer les facteurs d'influence, repérer s'il existait des outils permettant d'analyser la transférabilité des interventions. La deuxième étape a été réalisée grâce à une méthode de concept mapping qui permettait de faire générer par un groupe d'experts une liste de critères de transférabilité des interventions en promotion de la santé, de les organiser en catégories et de coter leur pertinence. Ces critères ont ensuite été organisés en un outil d'analyse de la transférabilité et testé à deux reprises sur le terrain par des chefs de projets et experts. Résultats : L'outil conçu, nommé ASTAIRE (outil d'AnalySe de la Transférabilité et d'Accompagnement à l'adaptation des InteRventions en promotion de la santE), est organisé en deux grilles, l'une de 18 critères et 56 sous-critères destinée aux producteurs d'interventions nouvelles afin qu'ils intègrent, dès la conception de leur intervention, des paramètres de transférabilité ; une deuxième grille de 23 critères et 69 sous-critères, destinée aux acteurs de terrain et visant à analyser la transférabilité d'une intervention de promotion de la santé et accompagner son adaptation dans un nouveau contexte. Discussion : Ce travail a permis de proposer des perspectives concernant l'utilisation d'ASTAIRE, l'intégration de la démarche fondée sur les preuves dans la conduite de projets en promotion de la santé et plus globalement, le développement du transfert de connaissances en France. Enfin, nous avons poursuivi nos réflexions sur les modalités de recherche prenant davantage en compte la complexité des interventions de promotion de la santé Context: Health promotion interventions influence all health determinants and contribute to reduce social inequities in health. So, interventions in this field are considered complex, both to implement, to evaluate and consequently to transfer in another setting. That is why, it is difficult to develop, in France, evidence-based health promotion and, consequently, to transfer health promotion intervention experimented in another setting. Transferability, that is the extent to which the result of one intervention in a given setting can be achieved in another setting, becomes an important subject to study. Objective: The objectives were: (1) to define the concept of transferability in health promotion; (2) to develop a tool to analyze transferability and to support the adaptation of health promotion interventions to new setting. Methods: We implemented a project named, EVATRAPS (EVAluation of TRAnsferabilty of health Promotion interventionS). The project developed in two steps. The first step was an review of international literature intended to define factors that influence transferability and tools and criteria available to assess transferability. The second step used a concept mapping method that allowed to a group of experts, to generate a list of ideas associated with a concept, to group them statistically into categories and to score them for their relevance. From the final list of criteria thus structured, a tool to analyze transferability was created. This tool was subsequently tested by stakeholders and experts. Results: After testing, a tool, named ASTAIRE (for ASsessment of Transferability and Adaptation of health promotion InteRvEntions), contained 23 criteria structured into four categories. It consists of two grids?one for reporting data from primary interventions and one for analyzing transferability of intervention and supporting their adaptation to the new setting. Discussion: This project contributed to develop perspectives to facilitate the transfer of health promotion interventions, leverage evidence-based practices and more globally develop a knowledge transfer system in France. Finally, we have suggested reflexions about research methodologies in health promotion in order that they take into account of complexity of health promotion intervention, notably in evidence based practices perspective

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Price, Alan Charles. "Action research in outdoor learning : promoting social and emotional learning in young people with social emotional and behavioural difficulties." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2017. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7428/.

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This research applies a non-typical action research approach to design, implementation and monitoring of an outdoor learning intervention situated within a UK special school for learners with social emotional and behavioural difficulties (SEBD). The rationale for the research is based upon practitioner assumptions that an earlier skills orientated outdoor learning curriculum was inappropriate and that change was required to incorporate opportunities for the learners to develop their social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. The thesis describes the historical role of outdoor learning in relation to SEBD intervention and applies structuration theory (Giddens, 1984) to gain an understanding of previous outdoor learning interventions. The theory has also been used to create a narrative from which to describe the augmentation of SEL skills within the participant group. It was found that SEL augmentation in individuals contributed toward the production of improved social structures within the participant group. Participant attendance on the outdoor learning intervention is also reviewed in the context of alternative curriculum discourse. It was found that participants had improved attendance, punctuality and motivation on intervention days.

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Garrecht, Carola [Verfasser], Ute [Akademischer Betreuer] Harms, and Michael J. [Gutachter] Reiss. "The promotion of socioscientific decision-making : Addressing four challenges in science education practice and research / Carola Garrecht ; Gutachter: Michael J. Reiss ; Betreuer: Ute Harms." Kiel : Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1225349222/34.

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Avital, Liz. "Moving knowledge into practice : evaluating cross cultural applicability of the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Service (PARIHS) framework." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2017. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/101807/.

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Clinical practice guidelines are developed worldwide, at an ever increasing rate (Sandström et al., 2015) and accessed internationally without a full understanding as to whether they are applicable in cross cultural settings. Informed by a review of the literature which identified a range of theories, frameworks and models to guide knowledge translation, the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) framework (Kitson et al., 1998b), was selected as a suitable framework to explore evidence based clinical guideline development work in a cross cultural context. This research study was an exploration of the appropriateness and utility of the PARIHS framework, in the cultural translation and adaptation of an evidence based clinical practice guideline into clinical practice in the healthcare system in Malta. It also aimed to identify challenges and barriers to successful cultural translation and implementation to inform future cross cultural knowledge translation programs. A case study using an embedded single case was used. Data collection consisted of two focus groups with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals (n=11 and n=5), eighteen semi structured interviews (n=9 pre and n=9 post) and non-participant observation of two guideline development groups. Data was analysed both inductively and deductively using Framework Analysis. Findings of the study indicate that the components of the PARIHS framework of evidence, context and facilitation are useful to guide the cultural translation and adaptation of an evidence based clinical practice guideline. In addition, a number of challenges and barriers to successful translation and potential implementation were identified; the influence of politics, culture and context, stakeholder involvement including patient involvement, and resources, both human and financial. Overall the PARIHS framework is a useful tool to guide the cultural translation and adaptation of an evidence based clinical practice guideline. The study identified important additions to the PARIHS framework to improve its utility: expanding the use of culture in the PARIHS framework to include macro, meso and micro dimensions; the need for a definition of what context means within the PARIHS framework; the inclusion of politics as a sub element of context; the importance of resources, and acknowledging the role of the patient within the framework.

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Douglas, Natalie Franko. "Supporting Speech-Language Pathologist Evidence-Based Practice Use: A Mixed-Methods Study in Skilled Nursing Facilities within the Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services Framework." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4663.

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As the management of dementia is a significant public health concern, efforts to increase access to effective treatments to a greater number of residents with dementia in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are warranted. The treatment addressed in this study, non-electronic external memory aids, is an evidence-based practice that has been found to increase positive communicative interactions and decrease negative behavioral problems of residents with dementia in SNFs. Although use of memory aids is recommended, there are significant barriers such as lack of time and resources that inhibit the use of effective treatments in typical clinical settings. To address such barriers to evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation, the Promoting Action on Research in Health Services (PARIHS) framework is available. The PARIHS framework accounts for elements outside of the clinician knowledge base that may impact EBP delivery such as perceptions of the specific EBP and the specific context in which the EBP will be delivered. Organizational variables such as culture, leadership priorities, and resource availability are considered. Although the PARIHS framework has been used to successfully study and support EBP uptake in other areas of health care such as nursing, this framework has not to date been used in the field of Speech-Language Pathology, the clinician group of interest in this study. This study utilized a transformative, mixed-methods design within the PARIHS framework to investigate potential impacts of Speech-Language Pathologists' (SLPs) and Facility Rehabilitation Directors' (FRDs) perceptions of the evidence and organizational context on the use of non-electronic external memory aids in SNFs. The project explored differences between FRDs' and SLPs' perceptions of such variables, as well as the relationship between those variables and the SLPs' reported percentage of use of non-electronic external memory aids. Qualitative methods through semi-structured interviewing of SLPs further provided contextualized and detailed data regarding facilitators and barriers to the use of memory aids in SNFs. Results of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences between SLP and FRD groups in terms of perceptions of the organizational context in the SNF, with the FRDs viewing the organizational context more favorably. There were no significant quantitative differences between SLPs and FRDs in terms of perception of the evidence for the practice of non-electronic external memory aids. Both groups demonstrated relatively favorable perceptions of the practice (3.8 on a 5-point scale with 5 being strongly favorable). Each additional point regarding favorable perceptions of SLPs in terms of the evidence for non-electronic external memory aids were associated with a 24% increase in percentage of use of the practice. Perceptions of the organizational context in the SNF were not significantly associated with higher percentages of SLP use of the practice; however, issues of organizational context were heavily present in the qualitative data. Analysis of the interview data yielded a total of 318 codes and 191/318 (60%) of those codes addressed issues of organizational context. Qualitatively, the most common codes related to issues of lack of necessary staff to both implement and sustain the use of non-electronic external memory aids. Further, lack of physical materials and time to create memory aids was also a frequently reported barrier in the interview data. There was not mention of local performance data or systems for which to evaluate performance in relationship to non-electronic external memory aid usage in the interview data. Results of this study may contribute to the acceleration of a successful, systematic uptake of non-electronic external memory aids for residents with dementia in SNFs by considering SLPs' perceptions of evidence and by engaging the end organizational context. This project may also serve as a model to contribute to the successful implementation of other EBP for patients with cognitive-communicative impairments.

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Hamadneh, Shereen. "The impact of implementing a sudden infant death syndrome education package in Jordan." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2014. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1086.

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Background: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a problem worldwide. In North Jordan, SIDS rate was high as 1.32 per 1,000 live births and contributed 6% to the infant mortality rate (Bataineh, Shawagfeh, & Twalbeh, 2008). However, SIDS risk factors are preventable and can be reduced by improving knowledge and changing relevant behaviours of parents and healthcare providers (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2013; American SIDS Institute, 2011; Bataineh, Hussein Shawagfeh, & Twalbeh, 2008; Bredemeyer, 2004; Grazel, Phalen, & Polomano, 2010b; Moon, Oden, & Grady, 2004; NICHD, 2010). Still educating Jordanians about SIDS has not been a national health policy priority. Currently, Jordanians demonstrate infant care practices that increase the risk of SIDS, such as side sleep position and excessive bedding and clothing being the most common practices. Commonly, home environments also are not SIDS safe because of smoking and poor ventilation. Healthcare providers can assume the role of information provider and change agent by working with mothers, families and the community to change practices. Aims: This study aimed to determine whether a hospital-based SIDS education intervention program, relevant to Jordanian settings, would encourage Jordanian neonatal healthcare providers to revise parent education and training practices regarding SIDS prevention. The long-term goal was to reduce the incidence of SIDS by influencing Jordanian lifestyles and infant care practices. Methods: This mixed method intervention study included both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods and was conducted at a major education hospital in Jordan, King Abdullah University Hospital (KAUH), over three phases. Phase-1 used two main surveys, an observation-survey explored baseline data on SIDS-safe sleeping positioning practices using an audit of sleeping positions of healthy and medically stable infants in open cots in the neonatal units. The questionnaire-survey explored baseline data on available SIDS teaching resources and staff knowledge and their parental/family instruction regarding SIDS and relevant prevention practices. Phase-2 investigated the development, implementation, and impact of a Jordanian SIDS Infant Education Package (JSEP) among a sample of neonatal healthcare providers at the hospital using the same tools as in the pre intervention phase. This phase examined the impact the JSEP on neonatal healthcare provider SIDS-knowledge, access to appropriate SIDS resources, SIDS-safe sleeping positioning practices in the neonatal units at KAUH. Phase-3 used focus groups of the JSEP participants to explore participants’ experience in undertaking the JSEP. Results: Phase-1 revealed that high proportion (47%) of a total of 403 infant positioning observations; infants were placed in a high SIDS risk sleeping position. In addition, 33% of a total 231 neonatal healthcare providers who completed the questionnaire-survey had never accessed information or resources for SIDS at baseline. Moreover, 40% of the 231 neonatal healthcare providers who completed the questionnaire-survey did not have any knowledge about national SIDS prevention guidelines released by the American Academy of Paediatrics. In addition, the neonatal healthcare providers had not played an active role in the education of parents and families in Jordan regarding SIDS prevention practices. Only 21% of neonatal healthcare providers sometimes provided SIDS information to parents and families and another 33% rarely advised them. The questionnaire-survey discovered that most advice provided for parents and families regarding infant sleep care practices were inappropriate and, in fact, could heighten the risk of SIDS. The JSEP in phase-2 resulted in significant improvement in infant positioning practices at KAUH. The proportion of infants who were placed in a high SIDS risk sleeping position decreased to only 21% of the total post-intervention infant positioning observations (N=400), and this change was statistically significant (Chi-square= 40.777; df= 1; p Conclusions: The SIDS education program targeted at neonatal healthcare providers within the Jordanian context was effective in improving staff knowledge, practices and preparedness to instigate parental/family education. Healthcare providers were identified as an effective education and training group for community health promotion. However, challenges were identified in achieving this goal, including overwork, time limitations, staff shortages, and hospitalisation policies, as well as resistance from Jordanian families to adopting SIDS-safe infant sleep care or having a SIDS-safe home environment. Recommendations: SIDS education programs for health care providers need to be extended, with continued research and evaluation on the effectiveness of specific initiatives in Middle Eastern countries. Further research is needed to explore the incidence of SIDS, SIDS risk factors and associated cultural issues. Furthermore, research need to targeted potentially high risk groups such as refugees, rural and remote residents, and Bedouin families living in isolated regions of Jordan.

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Toledo, Renata Ferraz de. "Educação, saúde e meio ambiente: uma pesquisa-ação do distrito de Iauaretê do município de São Gabriel da Cachoeira/AM." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6135/tde-11012007-110339/.

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O aumento da concentração populacional e as alterações do modo de vida tradicional da comunidade indígena do Distrito de Iauaretê, Município de São Gabriel da Cachoeira/AM, na Terra Indígena do Alto Rio Negro, têm resultado em inúmeros agravos à saúde da população, principalmente devido a ausência de saneamento básico. O objetivo da pesquisa foi identificar os principais problemas sanitários e socioambientais que interferem diretamente na saúde e qualidade de vida dos habitantes de Iauaretê, visando a melhoria dessas condições. O método utilizado foi a pesquisa-ação, por meio de diversos instrumentos aplicados em reuniões comunitárias, como questionários, entrevistas, mapas-falantes, painéis de fotos e observação participante. Identificou-se que os indígenas, mesmo reconhecendo situações de causa e efeito sobre os agravos à saúde a que estavam expostos, ainda não haviam incorporado esse conhecimento na vida cotidiana. Os moradores que interagiram na pesquisa demonstraram o desejo por melhorias sanitárias. Contudo, ficou claro que a oferta de infra-estrutura não será suficiente para garantir a saúde e romper ciclos de transmissão de doenças, fazendo-se necessário o desenvolvimento de um processo educativo em saúde e meio ambiente voltado para uma reflexão crítica da realidade e a sua transformação, reforçando práticas saudáveis que possam contribuir para a melhoria da qualidade de vida da população. O método da pesquisa-ação mostrou-se extremamente adequado em um processo que objetiva a busca de soluções para determinada problemática de forma participativa e dialógica e a melhoria das condições de vida da população. The increase in population concentration and the changes in the traditional way of life of the indigenous community of the District of Iauaretê, City of São Gabriel da Cachoeira/AM, in Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Land, have been producing negative consequences for the general health of the population. This is mainly due to the lack of basic sanitation. The objective of the research was to identify the major sanitation and socio-environmental problems that directly interfere in the health and living standards of the inhabitants of Iauaretê, in order to improve such conditions. The research methodology used is known as action-research, by means of different techniques used during the community meetings, such as questionnaires, interviews, talking-maps, photography panels and active observation. Despite the indigenous population's awareness of the causes and effects of certain situations which were potentially hazardous to their health, they were as yet unable to incorporate that knowledge to their daily life. The inhabitants who interacted with the research were keen to improve sanitation. However, it was clear that infra-structural improvements will not be enough to guarantee their health, nor break the cycle of disease transmission. It is also necessary to develop environmental and heath education processes which bring about a critical understanding of reality and its transformations, thus reinforcing healthy habits which might contribute to an improvement in their quality of life. Action-research proved itself as an extremely adequate methodology for processes which aim at finding solutions to a given problem through participation and dialogue, as well as improving the general standard of living.

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Makhanya, Buhle. "The impact of employee wellness programme on employee wellness and performance : a Kwazulu Natal case study." Diss., 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27424.

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The general aim of this study was to gain insight into the perceptions and experiences of line managers regarding the impact of an employee wellness programme (EWP) on employee wellness and performance at a selected municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. As a purposive sample, ten line managers were selected to participate in the study by means of semi-structured interviews. The literature review aimed to conceptualise wellness, employee wellness and employee performance, as well as to explore the impact of EWPs on employee wellness and performance. The specific empirical study aims were to determine line managers’ level of awareness and knowledge of the municipality EWP and its purpose, to explore the challenges faced by line managers within the EWP, to explore if the line managers perceived and experienced the municipality EWP as being beneficial to employee wellness and whether participating in the EWP improved employee performance. Lastly, the aim was to make recommendations for improvement that can assist the municipality in enhancing the impact of the EWP on employee wellness and performance within the industrial psychology discipline, and in particular when it comes to employee wellness. The research findings reveal that line managers were aware of and had knowledge about the existence of the EWP through marketing campaigns, inductions and activities. They also confirmed they had personal engagement experience through participation in the programme. They perceived the main purpose of the EWP as being to support employees in achieving a work-life balance and providing counselling and advisory services. Participants noted certain challenges with regard to participating in the programme, such as fear of being judged, victimised and stigmatised, and a lack of confidentiality and trust, which affects employees’ privacy and security. Also, they doubted wellness officer competence, which included the necessary skills and training for dealing with complex cases. Lastly, gender and cultural beliefs also posed challenges. Line managers found it beneficial to participate in the EWP. It improved employee wellness and performance. Employees developed mechanisms to cope with work, personal and emotional problems. Wellness officer availability, competence and skills were recommended by participants as ways of enhancing the EWP. Involvement of other stakeholders was another recommendation for improvement. This involvement would include wellness champions, organised labour and line managers. Programme managers should consider increasing EWP awareness by improving marketing, while emphasising programme benefits and confidentiality. Industrial and Organisational Psychology

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Frandsen, M. "Promoting community bushfire preparedness: Bridging the theory – practice divide." Thesis, 2012. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15309/1/front-frandsen.pdf.

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The present study adopts a mixed-methods action research approach to examine the validity of a model developed to predict adoption of bushfire preparedness measures, and to subsequently apply the motivational factors found in this model to develop more effective and sustainable community bushfire preparedness initiatives. The research focuses on how individual, social, and societal factors interact to influence the adoption of protective measures against bushfire hazards. The premise upon which the Social Attachment Model of Bushfire Preparedness (Model) is based argues that it is not perception of threat or information per se that determines action, but rather how residents interpret this in the context of experiences, beliefs, and expectations that are developed and enacted in their social environment. These influential social processes were thus integrated into the development and implementation of a fire agency community bushfire preparedness pilot. The goal of this pilot was to increase the adoption and sustainment of community bushfire preparedness behaviour. The first component of the present study was therefore to develop and test the theoretical Model of bushfire preparedness to assess the underlying individual, social, and societal influences of preparing for bushfires. Data for this analysis were collected from questionnaires delivered to participants living in four bushfire risk areas in Tasmania, Australia (Bagdad, Binalong Bay, Fern Tree, and Snug). Findings demonstrated that individual, community, and agency components of the Model interact to influence residents’ decisions to adopt bushfire mitigation strategies. The second component of the study utilised qualitative data obtained from telephone interviews with a sample of 34 residents living in the four target areas. Thematic analysis was used to elicit further insight into residents’ bushfire preparedness decision making processes. These data were also used to validate the Model with major findings including the significant influence of place attachment and responsibility on residents’ decisions to prepare for bushfire. The third component of the study involved the application of the Model to inform the development and implementation of a community bushfire preparedness program. The collaboration of the researcher with the Tasmania Fire Service’s Community Development Officer, and the trialling of the Bushfire Ready Communities Tasmania Pilot (Pilot), provided an opportunity to conduct action research to determine how the Model findings could be practically applied to a bushfire preparedness promoting community initiative. This action research therefore bridges the theory-practice divide that commonly plagues hazards research. The efficacy of the Pilot, and the value of the applied model findings, was evaluated by collecting data from feedback surveys, focus groups, and interviews with participating residents. Longitudinal qualitative data obtained from re-interviewing the original 34 participants following their participation (or not) in the Pilot activities, provided data on the long-term benefits and sustainability of its initiatives. The findings indicate that developing community bushfire preparedness programs based on community engagement and empowerment principles results in more effective, sustainable, and economical ways of delivering preparedness education to communities. By utilising a community engagement approach, residents were more receptive of bushfire protective information and more likely to adopt these measures as information provided was more specific and contextualised, and communicated in a manner eliciting ‘shared responsibility’. Overall, the findings indicate that the conceptual Social Attachment Model of Bushfire Preparedness can be successfully applied to develop and implement more effective community bushfire preparedness initiatives. These findings have important implications for emergency management agencies who wish to employ more effective community engagement strategies, and for communities themselves who aspire to increase the collective bushfire preparedness of their communities. The thesis concludes with the caveat that for positive outcomes of these community engagement programs to be realised, fire agencies need to first realise the potential of community engagement principles to foster community bushfire preparedness, ensure that these messages filter down to their volunteer fire brigades (who represent the front line of this ‘dual process community engagement approach’), and provide support and training to the volunteer fire fighters to ensure that the effective implementation and sustainment of these initiatives are achieved. If these feats are realised, community bushfire preparedness, fostered through the reciprocal and complementary relationship between the community and the fire agency, will ensure that these measures are sustained and resilience to future hazards promoted.

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Makhanya, Buhle. "The impact of employee wellness programme on employee wellness and performance : a Kwazulu-Natal Municipality case study." Diss., 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27424.

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The general aim of this study was to gain insight into the perceptions and experiences of line managers regarding the impact of an employee wellness programme (EWP) on employee wellness and performance at a selected municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. As a purposive sample, ten line managers were selected to participate in the study by means of semi-structured interviews. The literature review aimed to conceptualise wellness, employee wellness and employee performance, as well as to explore the impact of EWPs on employee wellness and performance. The specific empirical study aims were to determine line managers’ level of awareness and knowledge of the municipality EWP and its purpose, to explore the challenges faced by line managers within the EWP, to explore if the line managers perceived and experienced the municipality EWP as being beneficial to employee wellness and whether participating in the EWP improved employee performance. Lastly, the aim was to make recommendations for improvement that can assist the municipality in enhancing the impact of the EWP on employee wellness and performance within the industrial psychology discipline, and in particular when it comes to employee wellness. The research findings reveal that line managers were aware of and had knowledge about the existence of the EWP through marketing campaigns, inductions and activities. They also confirmed they had personal engagement experience through participation in the programme. They perceived the main purpose of the EWP as being to support employees in achieving a work-life balance and providing counselling and advisory services. Participants noted certain challenges with regard to participating in the programme, such as fear of being judged, victimised and stigmatised, and a lack of confidentiality and trust, which affects employees’ privacy and security. Also, they doubted wellness officer competence, which included the necessary skills and training for dealing with complex cases. Lastly, gender and cultural beliefs also posed challenges. Line managers found it beneficial to participate in the EWP. It improved employee wellness and performance. Employees developed mechanisms to cope with work, personal and emotional problems. Wellness officer availability, competence and skills were recommended by participants as ways of enhancing the EWP. Involvement of other stakeholders was another recommendation for improvement. This involvement would include wellness champions, organised labour and line managers. Programme managers should consider increasing EWP awareness by improving marketing, while emphasising programme benefits and confidentiality. Industrial and Organisational Psychology M. Com (Industrial and Organizational Psychology)

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LIANG, WEN-CHEN, and 梁文振. "Promoting Research and Improvement Strategy of Medicinal Good Distribution Practice (GDP)." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06140098612913678332.

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碩士 中原大學 國際經營與貿易研究所 105 In the past few years, Taiwan''s security in the food security, food and drug safety is already the most concerned about the issue, but in addition to the industry by the conscience of the manufacturing, the most important thing is to rely on the government with the most Strict regulations and regular liquidity checks can prevent illegal industry from continuing to manufacture products that are not in compliance with regulations. Therefore, how to establish the stringent laws and regulations to keep up with the international trend, and to promote the industry to allow the implementation of norms, the end of the poor, so that Taiwan''s food and drug products with international standards, increase international competitiveness, but the government today''s most important issues. In order to ensure the quality of the drug and prevent the entry of counterfeit medicines into the supply chain, the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare has been in the hands of the People''s Republic of China since the end of the Republic of China. In addition to continuing to follow the EU''s global pharmaceutical system PIC / S GMP, (PIC / S GDP), the supply chain for drug traffickers who hold pharmaceutical licenses and their supply and marketing of drugs, and fully promote the norms of western medicine, In the Republic of China 105 years since the implementation and counseling, will be completed on December 31, 107, January 1, 108, did not pass the GDP certification of the industry will not be practicing. In this study, the use of secondary data analysis, for the current certification of pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug storage and transportation industry, to the regulations and practical manufacturers on the common lack of to explore the implementation of GDP work, analysis of the industry in the implementation of GDP, The difficulties encountered and its improvement measures, to provide other industry reference, to develop improvement strategies.

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McFarlane, Kathryn Ann. "Strengthening health promotion and research in practice: the experiences of an Aboriginal community controlled health service." Thesis, 2017. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/53004/1/53004-mcfarlane-2017-thesis.pdf.

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Introduction: Health promotion is recognised as an essential element of comprehensive primary health care. Primary health care organisations in Australia need to increase their capacity to deliver health promotion to reduce the growing burden of disease. Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) have been identified as ideal models for integrating clinical care, health promotion and community capacity building into primary health care services. Yet very little is known about how health promotion is practised, and what the enablers and barriers to health promotion practice are in an ACCHS. Methods: The aim of this research was to explore how health promotion is practised and how it can be strengthened in an ACCHS. A mixed methods research design was used in this research, with a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach. Using this approach, participants were actively involved in deciding the focus of knowledge generation, in collecting and analysing information and in taking action to address the priorities identified. Participants were staff at Apunipima Cape York Health Council, an ACCHS located in Cairns, Australia. The thesis contains seven papers (three published, two in press, the remainder are under review). Paper one is a narrative literature review that identified the enablers and barriers to building health promotion capacity in health organisations. Paper two describes the steps the candidate undertook to establish and maintain a research partnership with an ACCHS. Papers three to seven report on the findings drawn from each of the five PAR cycles. Multiple data collection methods were used and included cross-sectional surveys, semistructured interviews and document analysis. A pre- and post-workforce survey (electronic) was conducted in cycle one and five. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected to explore how health promotion is practised in the organisation, attitudes to health promotion in a primary health care context, confidence to perform health promotion and staff's perceived enablers and barriers to health promotion work. The second PAR cycle focused on workforce development to build health promotion evaluation capacity. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected via surveys (electronic) to assess staff confidence, satisfaction, and usefulness of the workshop series and mentoring support. The third PAR cycle explored how health promotion practice was captured and reported in the organisation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with staff using a purposive sampling approach. Organisational documents such as operational, business and team plans, quality standards, reporting requirements and templates used by staff for reporting health promotion practice were reviewed. The combination of staff interviews and document analysis was used to triangulate the findings. The fourth PAR cycle explored how staff accessed skill development and expertise in health promotion to assist their work practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using a purposive sampling technique. The fifth PAR cycle repeated the baseline survey and in addition explored changes staff had noticed over the previous year. Results: Staff in this ACCHS valued the role health promotion practice provides as part of comprehensive primary health care. Participants demonstrated a good understanding of and described practising health promotion at both individual and population levels. However, a number of areas were identified where health promotion practice could be strengthened. These areas focused on: workforce development in evaluating and sharing findings of health promotion projects; improving the way health promotion practice is captured and reported to decision-makers; and, understanding and formalising how staff access health promotion skill development and expertise. As a result of this research, there were a number of changes to health promotion workforce and organisational practice. Changes included: an increase in skilled staff to complete health promotion project evaluations and document work for publication in peer-reviewed journals; updated project planning and evaluation templates; an increase in staff sharing their health promotion project outcomes with other staff, community members and peers at conferences; the development of strategic documents detailing activity aimed at individual and at population levels; and the development of new organisational performance indicators to capture the impact of health promotion practice. As a result of these changes, staff were significantly more confident in the organisation's ability to lead health promotion practice in 2016 compared to 2015. Discussion: By identifying and understanding what influences health promotion practice, strategies can be put in place to strengthen practice. PAR provided practice-based evidence on how health promotion is practised and what influences this practice. By basing the researcher within the organisation and involving the workforce in identifying priorities to action, the researcher was able to understand the work context and current influences on practice, tailor strategies to the current enablers and address the gaps specific to this workplace. Through the research process, the scope of health promotion practice that was already occurring became more visible in the organisation. The organisation was able to identify ways that health promotion practice could be strengthened through changes to workforce and organisational practice. The primary health care workforce needs to be skilled and knowledgeable in health promotion practice and needs the organisational support in place to effectively work at individual and population levels. Having the skills and capacity to share health promotion learnings with other staff, with community members, with other colleagues, and importantly, with decision-makers advances understanding of how health can be improved in disadvantaged populations such as those in Cape York. The research also identified a number of external influences that affect the capacity of the organisation to practice health promotion. National and state leadership, investment in resources for health promotion practice, and the development of individual and population measures are needed to increase the capacity and capability of health promotion practice. Conclusion: The research conducted within this ACCHS is the first study of its kind and provided practice-based learning and insights into how health promotion capacity can be strengthened in an ACCHS. The research aligns with current national policies that identify a need to increase health promotion and prevention approaches in primary health care. A number of recommendations for future research, policy and practice have been made that will increase health promotion practice in Indigenous primary health care settings.

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(9895850), G. Austin. "Translating research to practice : using the RE-AIM framework to examine an evidenced-based physical activity intervention in primary school settings." Thesis, 2009. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Translating_research_to_practice_using_the_RE-AIM_framework_to_examine_an_evidenced-based_physical_activity_intervention_in_primary_school_settings/13458869.

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"The purpose of this research was to examine the translatability of an existing, effective, school-based physical activity intervention. More specifically, this research sought to identify the barriers and facilitators in adopting, implementing and maintaining a school-based physical activity intervention utilising the RE-AIM Framework. A total of eight of a possible 49 primary schools in Central Queensland participated in the study"--Abstract.

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Huang, Yu-hua, and 黃玉華. "A Managerial Practice of Applying Action Research on Business Promotion- An Example of Personal Loan in Taiwan." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85600660906919586955.

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碩士 世新大學 傳播管理學研究所(含碩專班) 100 In this article, an assistant branch manager of a traditional commercial bank in Taiwan reports her practical managerial experience of using action research methodology on the promotion of a new line of business - personal loans - focusing on the continuous improvement process in changing the management model of the branch. At the start, the organization faced zero sales on top of strong resistance to change from employees. After the manager devoted herself to applying action research techniques and leveraging tools such as distance education, activity logging, and analysis of the complex issues confronted during the promotion process as well as developing solutions to address these issues, conditions gradually improved with each cycle. Consequently, she helped the organization achieve its goal, allowing employees to outperform sales targets by developing a way to effectively target potential customers. This study demonstrates that core action research principles can be successfully integrated into the research candidates’ full-time work; that is, they can collaboratively solve a significant real-life problem in their workplace to assist in their organization’s business need, while incorporating this fieldwork into their own theses.

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Chiang, Ta-Cheng, and 蔣大成. "The Research on Store Promoting Good Store Practice Quality Assurance System and Business Performance." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28062609701968093823.

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碩士 長榮管理學院 經營管理研究所 87 With the increasing personal income and consumption ability, consumers have been more aware of consumption consciousness; meanwhile, stores pay more attention to service quality and satisfaction of consumption environment. In view of this new getting-bigger trend, the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Economic Affairs (DOC, MOEA) are actively promoting “Good Store Practice Recognition System” (GSP Recognition System) to upgrade domestic store service and shape better-quality consumption environment. In the Recognition Ceremonies of 1997 and 1998, with the estimated 11 lines of business and 403 stores which have acquired GSP, we can learn that the promotion of GSP Recognition System has worked. Although GSP has established above-mentioned accomplishments, a number of stores do not know how to prepare effectively for GSP and don’t recognize it. Therefore, this study proposes systematic “Maintenance Model” and “Improvement Model” to assist store business to establish rapidly a suitable operation of GSP quality assurance system with GSP general/ professional principles. In the context of business performance, we have a deep discussion on the effect of business performance of GSP-recognized stores. The goal of this study is to assist stores effectively to prepare for and pass through GSP Recognition, and to underlie GSP quality assurance system with the circulation operation of System Maintenance Model and System Improvement Model. At the same time, it can also inspire the non-GSP stores to run for GSP and to enhance their business system and performance through the effect of GSP Recognition Operation on the business performance of the GSP-recognized stores.

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CHI, RU-YI, and 紀儒嬑. "Brand Promotion Practical Research-Taking Taiwan Small Motor Product And Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) As An Example." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5ween7.

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碩士 東吳大學 國際經營與貿易學系 106 The aim of the thesis study focuses on understanding the sales market and brand promotion current situation of Taiwan small motor product and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Besides, we simultaneously make an approach to the successful brand promotion situation and the global market distributions to the listed leader SMEs’ cases ; and further, we compare the brand promotion practice and global market difference the leader and follower SMEs’ cases. Although Taiwan’s mechanical and industrial products have such good export grades, we still need to be faced current overseas competitive industrial market. The overseas competitive countries become more and more, what’s more, the China has also been Taiwan’s current big competitor with the red supply chain power. In industries market, the brand is the important reference indicator before purchasing. To compete with current overseas competitors, Taiwan’s small motor product and small and medium-sized enterprises need to strengthen the brand of their export industrial products to improve the brand recognition of overseas consumers. The brand promotion is current important task. To investigate this thesis, we adopt case study method of qualitative research to interview the ones of Taiwan’s small and medium-sized motor enterprises(SMEs) for proof.

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Cusack, Cheryl. "Development of a public health nurse professional practice model using participatory action research." 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30240.

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Public health nurses (PHNs) are ideally situated to reduce health inequities and based on documents articulating their role, should be working upstream to promote equity, prevent chronic diseases, and improve population health outcomes. In reality however, numerous barriers contribute to lack of role clarity for PHNs, and this goal has not been attainable in practice. A common vision for PHN practice based on discipline specific competencies and full scope of practice has been identified as a priority by Canadian experts. The intention of this study was to develop a model to support PHN practice in an urban Canadian city. This study used a participatory action research approach, grounded in local experience and context. The action was the development of a professional practice model. Data were gathered using semi-structured interview guides during audio-recorded research working group (RWG) meetings from November 2012 to July 2013. A researcher reflexive journal and field notes were kept. The data were analyzed using qualitative methods. A significant feature was full participant involvement throughout the course of the study. A professional practice model was a key organizational tool that provided the framework to develop an autonomous PHN role and the structures necessary to support PHN practice within the health system. The professional practice model fostered full scope of practice and role clarity, with a focus on population health and equity, so that a consistent and evidence-based practice was attainable. The result was that RWG participants reported a shift in their practice, with greater awareness of theory. Participatory action research was essential in developing the framework and common language, and is a research methodology that should continue to be explored with nurses in Canada.

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Chao, Wen-Te, and 趙文德. "Action Research on Promoting School-Based International Education Project in Taiwan - An Analysis of Reflective Practices in Houlong Elementary School (Miaoli County)." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/pjp3ja.

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博士 國立暨南國際大學 國際文教與比較教育學系 104 In this research, the author used action research to promote four-year international education at Houlong Elementary School in Miaoli County. Interviews and documentary analyses were conducted to analyze how rural schools started an school-based international education, and from the guidance of Ministry of Education’s white paper on international education for primary and secondary schools, the author found out sustainable and systematic modes. The purposes of this research were as follows: First, to analyze the practice of international education based on "school-based management" case schools; secondly, to explore the influence of school-based international education on teachers’ teaching, students’ learning, parents’ involvement and external support; third, to provide reflective feedback and suggestions for schools to promote international education. The findings of this research were as follows: 1. International education dimenstion (1) A few enthusiastic teachers took the initiative for an international education project, could creat opportunities for the rural children! (2) Through the development of "positive discrimination", more children would benefit from international education! (3) The school members should open mind to face different opinions about direction or spindle of school development, looking for the development orientation of international education! (4) From an one-off opportunity to a sustainable development of international exchange model, constructing the progressive development of school! (5) Taiwan and Japan applied different learning arrangements of school to construct long-term development for the two schools exchange model; combining cultural diplomacy deepened the effectiveness of communication. (6) School sought the guidance of experts and scholars from the school to strengthen dialogue of theory and practice through reflection of the practice, deepening thinking of international educational. (7) School set school-based development of international education indicators to inspect the system and effect. (8) For enforcing students’ learning across borders, the school should promote language skills, life adaptation, cultural understanding, and develop an international perspective. (9) Visiting sister school could be developed into an opportunity to in-depth exchanges and learning events, such as the development of "Japanese Culture Week" and "Taiwan Cultural Experience Course", to promote mutual understanding and respect for culture. (10)International education is not exclusive to urban cities. Schools could develop the school's goals of international education and models for international exchanges, even in remote rural schools. (11)By the action research, we could have the platform to collect the feedback and reflection in order to promote the next phase of international education. 2. School-based management dimenstion (1) To break through disadvantages of remote rural thinking was a starting point, and to develop the perspective of an even distribution of cultural capital was the foundation of international education. (2) By the action research, it was essential to reflect from the plight of promotion, to redefine spindle of school development, to strengthen the concept of "volunteer first", and to increase the participation of teachers. (3) Through the actual visit, the development of positive and effective training programs, and international communication ability, the value of the students' growth and exchange could be revealed. (4) Special activities of school combined with the development of Japanese sister school reception mode, and strategic alliances with other schools to increase the depth and breadth of cultural exchange. (5) The development of sustainable modes was constructed annually via the concept of "Participation is the resource. Participation increased identity.", the establishment of parent support group, and a division of labor. (6) Schools combined government and civil resources to build strong support models, funding, staff, and equipment in place to maximize the exchange of benefits. Suggestions from this research were as follows: 1. Practice to promote international education (1)At the beginning of promoting international education, analysis of the school's situation could gradually build consensus and establish the vision and position of international education in schools. (2)Principals and teachers could play positive team roles to lead the participation of international education; it also could create a professional community through flying geese effect "volunteer first". (3) School could use the existing curriculum as a starting point to establish school-based programs of international education, and construct the scaffolding of International Education Learning. (4)The promotion of international education needed clearly administrative status, and implementation of personnel training within the organization to construct cultural organization of heritage. (5)"International exchanges" promoted the development of international education. The resource "great benefits" of international education did not equal to international exchange, so that more children could benefit from it. (6) It was recommended to integrate international education into the school curriculum, teachers could use the community approach, and the use of workshops to lead the teachers towards a more thematic approach of international education curriculum. (7)International education was not an elite education. Schools should return to the concept of the development of an even distribution of cultural wealth to deepen international education programs and to create pluralistic opportunity. (8)Action research could be further combined with "nested bull's-eye diagram" to evaluate the benefits of international education. (9)The positive ability of "cultural self-pleasing" built a culture of self-exploration, and a deep cultural diplomacy. (10)Teachers could actively participate in international education-related learning, seek the development of international education opportunities, and increase the development of international education in the future. 2. Recommendations for the follow-up study (1)Research on the position of international education organizations should be discussed, and how to incorporate it into international education formal curriculum and to implement long-term development. (2)With a comparative approach to research, analysis international education between two schools could construct a different thinking of international educational development. (3)By applying methods of comparative education to do case studies of schools in different countries, the development of international education should be based on the school-based thinking,. (4)Researchers could further use quantitative research to understand the impact of international education for teachers, students, parents or community, providing a different forum for further study. (5)Researchers could deepen study courses of international education, and to explore how to develop school-based programs of international education. (6)Researchers could track the development of "international exchange" or "international education" for students, and to analyze long-term benefits of international education. (7)Reserchers could provide some advice and reflection of the overall international education policy by action research.

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Chen, Chao-Yow, and 陳昭佑. "Research on the Practice and Connotation of the Promoting Environmental Education by the Corporate Social Responsibility of Enterprise － A Case Study of an Optronics Corporation." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/376ase.

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碩士 國立交通大學 工學院永續環境科技學程 105 In the past, most enterprises only focused on the consideration of economy and interests. In recent years, enterprises have introduced sustainable thinking, and have integrated the environment and society into the enterprise management so as to create corporate social responsibilities and sustainable future. This study is to take the promotion of environmental education by an Optronics Corporation as an example, supplemented by the case of staff survey and statistical methods. A total of 105 questionnaires were collected and SPSS statistical software was used to compute and analyze the data to understand the possible significant differences between the different background variables of the employees. This study also carried out analytical studies of environmental education practices for the content of corporate social responsibility reports issued by a number of photovoltaic plants. The results of this research show that 89.5% of employees agree that enterprises are responsible for playing the role of social citizenship and to help promote environmental education. The respondents focus on environmental education issues mainly for climate change, disaster prevention and conservation areas. There are 80% of the employees who are looking forward to the multi-faceted environmental education activities. Through this research, it was found that with the elder age and higher education, the percentage of employees who have environmental education concerns and sensitivity tend to increase. In gender differences, men are obviously more concerned about the field of pollution prevention and control than female employees. It seems that optoelectronics companies have touched all areas of environmental education. It is done through internal and external education, training and cooperation. And planning to set up environmental education venues can also provide a wide range of environmental education and professional commentary for enterprises and the community as an environmental education information exchange platform.

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George, Nancy M. "Hispanic cultural influences on the antecedents for sexual behavior in the context of Pender's Model of Health Promotion in Nursing Practice a research report submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Science, Community Health Nursing, Primary Care Specialty ... /." 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68797232.html.

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