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Cowley, Sarah. "Home visitors and child health in England: advances and challenges." Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP 45, spe2 (December 2011): 1810–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0080-62342011000800030.
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There is increasing interest in the early years as a focus for reducing health inequalities as well as one that is important for the children themselves. This paper describes the introduction in England of Sure Start Local Programmes, which included home visiting within a community development approach, and an intensive home visiting programme, the Nurse-Family partnership, for disadvantaged teenage mothers. It reflects on changes and challenges in service provision to mothers and their pre-school children in England, explaining that a long tradition of home visiting was, paradoxically, reduced as attention focused on the newer initiatives. This is now being addressed, with attention to a range of evidence based programmes and a specific focus on heath visitor provision.
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Flemington, Tara, and Jennifer Anne Fraser. "Maternal involvement in a nurse home visiting programme to prevent child maltreatment." Journal of Children's Services 11, no. 2 (June 20, 2016): 124–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcs-02-2015-0003.
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Purpose – Nurse home visiting programmes designed to reduce the likelihood of child maltreatment in families at risk have been widely implemented in Australia and overseas. The purpose of this paper is to examine the intensity and duration of maternal involvement in a nurse home visiting programme to prevent child maltreatment. Design/methodology/approach – A retrospective, longitudinal design was employed. The clinical records of 40 mothers who had received nurse home visits following the birth of a new baby for at least six months, and had provided consent for their details to be accessed for research purposes, were selected for analysis. The influence of antenatal characteristics and well-being on maternal involvement in a nurse home visiting programme was examined using reliability of change indices. Findings – Mothers with impaired family functioning reporting they experienced violence at home were more likely to leave the programme early and received fewer than the prescribed number of home visits compared to mothers who had been enroled into the programme for other complex psychosocial needs. At the same time, mothers enroled on the basis of impaired psychological functioning and who did not report violence in the home remained, and received more than the prescribed number of home visits over the course of their involvement. Originality/value – Results showed that domestic violence increased the risk of poor engagement with a targeted nurse home visiting programme. At the same time, home visitors responded to complex individual and family needs by increasing the number of home visits accordingly. This theoretically based pilot research has helped to disentangle antecedents of maternal involvement and the subsequent impact on programme outcomes. Further investigation using a larger study sample is needed.
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Basu, S., K. L. Evans, M. Owen, and T. Harbottle. "Outcome of Newborn Hearing Screening Programme delivered by health visitors." Child: Care, Health and Development 34, no. 5 (September 2008): 642–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00861.x.
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Holland, Amanda. "Development of an all Wales Health Visitor Observation and Assessment of the Infant tool." Journal of Health Visiting 7, no. 11 (November 2, 2019): 542–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/johv.2019.7.11.542.
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The Health Visitor Observation and Assessment of the Infant (HOAI) was introduced throughout Wales as a key intervention within the Healthy Child Wales Programme, launched by the Welsh Government in 2016. It is an approach used by health visitors in Wales to observe and assess an infant's physical development and emotional wellbeing. This article discusses the findings of the first phase of a research project aimed at developing an evidence-informed tool to guide and standardise health visiting practice when implementing and recording the HOAI. It will go on to explore health visitors' views of the current HOAI aids and the development of a HOAI tool. Phase one results indicate mixed views among health visitors relating to the accessibility, desirability and usability of current HOAI aids. A clear theme emerged relating to participants' desire for a HOAI tool that is user friendly, clear, concise and avoids duplication.
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Gray, Heather M., Layne Keating, Howard J. Shaffer, and Debi A. LaPlante. "Observations of the first GameSense-branded responsible gambling centre in a US casino." Health Education Journal 79, no. 1 (July 24, 2019): 104–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896919863121.
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Objective: To help mitigate potential gambling harm, responsible gambling information centres are launching across casino venues in North America. The launch of the first such centre in the USA provided an opportunity to achieve three goals: (1) document the centre’s reach among casino patrons, (2) generate a comprehensive description of services provided, and (3) explore the potential for a dose–response relationship between centre exposure and gambling beliefs and behaviour. Design: We documented services provided and surveyed consecutive centre visitors. Setting: We achieved these goals at the GameSense Info Center, located in the first Massachusetts casino. Method: Programme staff recorded their services via electronic checklist and administered one-page surveys to visitors with whom they discussed problem or responsible gambling. Results: Programme staff reported engaging directly with approximately 1% of daily patrons. About 70% of their interactions were casual. During conversations that did move beyond a casual nature, programme staff typically provided information about responsible gambling, consistent with patrons’ self-reported needs and concerns. Finally, among a sample of patrons who repeatedly engaged with programme staff at the most involved level ( N = 129), those with relatively little programme exposure were more likely to hold an accurate gambling belief but less likely to report having set time limits on their casino visits. Conclusion: We did not observe support for the notion that using an on-site information centre to teach patrons about important gambling concepts is associated with more responsible gambling behaviour.
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Sherring, Phill. "Declare or dispose: protecting New Zealand’s border with behaviour change." Journal of Social Marketing 10, no. 1 (June 3, 2019): 85–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsocm-09-2018-0103.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the case study of the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) Border Compliance Social Marketing programme. This programme aims to change the behaviour of international visitors to New Zealand. This is to protect New Zealand’s important horticultural and agricultural industries and environment from harmful pests and diseases. The programme encourages travellers to leave potential biosecurity risk items at home, or at least declare them to border staff or dispose of in special amnesty bins at New Zealand’s airports on arrival. It also influences local communities to advocate to friends and family overseas on MPI’s behalf. Design/methodology/approach Aimed at visitors with the highest identified risk, the programme uses a range of interventions in the pre-travel, in-journey and upon-arrival stages of travel. It is underpinned by social marketing theory and models, qualitative and ethnographic research and an understanding of the passenger journey. Findings The programme has delivered a significant reduction in the number of passengers being caught with prohibited items and has influenced behaviours in packing bags before travel and declaring items for inspection on arrival in New Zealand. Originality/value The programme contributes to the New Zealand biosecurity system, which protects the country’s key horticultural and agricultural industries. For example, the horticultural industry contributes $5.6bn annually to the New Zealand economy. It also protects native flora and fauna, which is a large attraction to overseas visitors, and contributes to the $12.9bn tourism industry.
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Mucavele, Patricia, Claire Wall, and Laura Sharp. "The ‘Eat Better, Start Better’ programme and opportunities for health visitors." Journal of Health Visiting 1, no. 1 (January 2013): 14–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/johv.2013.1.1.14.
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Williams, Margiad E., Zoe Hoare, Dawn A. Owen, and Judy Hutchings. "Feasibility Study of the Enhancing Parenting Skills Programme." Journal of Child and Family Studies 29, no. 3 (September 25, 2019): 686–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01581-8.
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Abstract Objectives This study reports on the feasibility and initial effectiveness of an individually delivered parent programme for parents of young children with behaviour problems. Whilst parenting programmes are known to be effective in reducing behaviour problems, numerous barriers can prevent families from accessing programmes. Individually delivered parent programmes may be more accessible. In the UK, health visitors provide support to all families with a child under 5 years of age and are ideally placed to deliver interventions for child behaviour problems. Methods Fifty-eight parents reporting children with behaviour problems were recruited from four areas to intervention (n = 29) and treatment as usual, wait-list control (n = 29) conditions. Feasibility outcomes included recruitment, retention, programme delivery, and satisfaction. Baseline and six-month post-randomisation follow-up measures were collected in parents’ homes and included parent-report measures of child behaviour, parenting skills, and parental mental health as well as an observation of parenting behaviour during a parent-child play task. Results Significant changes in child behaviour, lax parenting, and parental mental health were found for the whole sample but there were no significant differences between conditions. Recruitment and retention rates were lower than expected questioning the feasibility of delivering the parent programme as it is in existing services. Conclusions This paper provides limited evidence for the feasibility of the Enhancing Parenting Skills programme delivered in existing health services. Further feasibility work, particularly for recruitment and retention, would be needed before conducting a larger study to examine the effectiveness of the programme.
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Stonehouse, Bernard. "Monitoring shipborne visitors in Antarctica: a preliminary field study." Polar Record 28, no. 166 (July 1992): 213–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400020672.
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ABSTRACTDuring every austral summer since the International Geophysical Year 1957–58 several thousand scientists and support staff have worked in Antarctica. A more recent development is the annual advent of 4000–5000 tourists, who now probably outnumber expedition members in the area covered by the Antarctic Treaty System. Most tourists come by ship, visiting coastal areas of the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Orkney and South Shetland islands that arc readily accessible beween November and March: smaller numbers visit the Ross Dependency and Adelie Land sectors. This article reviews Antarctic Treaty and International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) attitudes to tourism, and outlines a preliminary study of shipborne tourism between late December 1991 and March 1992 on Half Moon Island, South Shetland Islands. Within one month (January) a survey team from the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, recorded 14 visits by six tour ships, bringing more than 2000 tourists. In addition, attitudes and expectations of visitors were studied on five ships. Arising from this study, a programme of visitor monitoring is planned as a joint project between British, Chilean, and Argentine scientific institutions during the next five years. Objectives are to find ways of minimizing both short-term and long-term impacts of tourists and other visitors on breeding birds and other ecological communities, and to provide a factual basis for regulation under the Antarctic Treaty System.
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Ahmad, Shamsidar, Mohamed Yusoff Abbas, Wan Zaiyana Mohd Yusof, and Mohd Zafrullah Mohd.Taib. "Museum Learning Experience:Turning visitors as participants." Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies 3, no. 10 (March 13, 2018): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.82.
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Public participation such as visitor satisfaction was directly related to experience of the effectiveness learning and discovery also involvement in motivating learning behaviour at the museum. These will enhance museum in direction shaping a sustainable future as the museums as institutions for lifelong learning. The study reports the current status of a study focusing on Research Framework (RF) towards an adult visitors’ learning within informal education setting through museum exhibitions that are a part of on-going doctoral research programme that correlated with the museum management in Malaysia.Keywords: visitors’experience and learning; public participation; informal learning; lifelong learning eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
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Abbas, Zaigham. "Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among visitors to a hepatitis awareness programme." Tropical Gastroenterology 34, no. 3 (September 1, 2013): 153–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.7869/tg.119.
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Doi, Lawrence, Kathleen Morrison, Ruth Astbury, Jane Eunson, Margaret A. Horne, Ruth Jepson, Louise Marryat, Rachel Ormston, and Rachael Wood. "Study protocol: a mixed-methods realist evaluation of the Universal Health Visiting Pathway in Scotland." BMJ Open 10, no. 12 (December 2020): e042305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042305.
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IntroductionThe growing political emphasis on the early years reflects the importance of these formative years of life. Health visitors in the UK are uniquely positioned to improve health outcomes for children and families and to reduce health inequalities. Recently, there has been a policy change in Scotland in an attempt to enhance the delivery of the universal health visiting service. This study aims to examine the extent to which the enhanced Universal Health Visiting Pathway is implemented and delivered across Scotland and to assess any associated impacts.Methods and analysisA mixed-methods study incorporating four methodological components and uses realist evaluation as the overall conceptual framework. It comprises three phases (1) initial programme theory development; (2) programme theory validation and (3) programme theory refinement. The programme theory validation will use interview and focus group data of parents and health visitors, and conduct a case note review at five study sites. It also involves a national survey of parents and health visitors and routine data analysis of existing secondary data. The analyses of the ensuing qualitative and quantitative data will be carried out using a convergent mixed-methods approach to ensure continuous triangulation of multiple data. The findings of the evaluation will provide contextually relevant understanding of how the Universal Health Visiting Pathway works and evidence the impact of increased investments in health visiting in Scotland.Ethics and disseminationThis protocol has been approved by the School of Health in Social Science Research Ethics Committee, University of Edinburgh. Additional approvals have been granted/will be sought from the Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for health and social care in Scotland for the case note review,survey and routine data analysis elements of the evaluation. The findings will be prepared as reports to the funders and presented at conferences. It will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
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O’Hare, Liam, and Paul Connolly. "A cluster randomised controlled trial of “Bookstart+”: a book gifting programme." Journal of Children's Services 9, no. 1 (March 12, 2014): 18–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcs-05-2013-0021.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of a free book gifting programme, called “Bookstart+”, in improving family reading outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – Bookstart+ consists of a pack of books and reading materials provided to families at their two-year-old child's statutory health visit. The pack is accompanied by a short priming demonstration, delivered by the health visitor, on shared reading. The evaluation took the form of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) with 460 families from the client lists of 115 health visitors. Findings – The study found evidence of: a positive significant effect on parents’ attitudes to reading and books (Cohen's d=+0.192, p=0.034); no significant effect on parental attitudes to their child reading (d=+0.085, p=0.279); and a negative effect, approaching significance, on public library usage (d=−0.160, p=0.055). Research limitations/implications – The attrition rate was high, with only 43.9 per cent of the target families completing all of the research. However, this level of attrition did not lead to any significant differences between the control and intervention groups on their pre-test measures. Practical implications – The study provides recommendations for free book gifting service provision in relation to pack contents and delivery. Originality/value – This paper contributes to the limited international RCT evidence on free book gifting programmes.
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Filopoulos, S., and N. Frittella. "Designing sustainable and responsible wine tourism experiences." BIO Web of Conferences 12 (2019): 03006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20191203006.
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Wine tourism involves a wide ecosystem of actors. It is not only a source of revenue for wine regions, for the wine business value chain and for local societies, but it can also reveal and safeguard the cultural heritage of wine and support wine regions sustainability. Wine in Moderation – Art de Vivre is an international programme of the wine sector for a sustainable wine culture looking to inspire well-being and contribute to the reduction of alcohol related harm. The article recognises the opportunity which arises through wine tourism, to introduce the visitor directly to wine culture and to educate him on how to best appreciate wine in moderation and responsibly, while looking to present activities and sustainable wine tourism business models that place sensible consumption in the design of their visitor experience. The article takes into consideration current consumer, policy and business trends, principles of sustainable business models, design thinking and systems’ theory, and good practices developed in the framework of the 10 years of the Wine in Moderation programme, to understand how to develop a sustainable wine tourism experience and help create and capture value for wineries, local communities and the wider wine tourism ecosystem. Sustainable wine tourism is an opportunity for growth for the wine value chain. Organising better the visiting areas and offering choices to the guest to experience wine responsibly will prove beneficial both for operators and visitors. Co-creation can provide solutions and far more services which visitors would be willing to experience and pay for. In a growing wine tourism market, wineries and related actors should be fit for purpose, creative and open for partnerships. Adapting a systemic approach, transforming and expanding current business model will be necessary to fully capitalise on the potential of more open and sustainable societies and economies.
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Holland, Amanda. "Educating Student Health Visitors About the Importance of Positive Parent–Infant Relationships: A Reflective Approach to Critically Explore the Planning and Delivery of a Teaching Workshop." Pedagogy in Health Promotion 4, no. 4 (December 19, 2017): 294–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2373379917747888.
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Specialist Community Public Health Nurses known as health visitors lead and deliver the U.K. government’s Healthy Child Programme aimed at promoting and protecting the healthy development of children from conception up to age 5 years. Health visitors work with families to influence the development of positive parent–infant relationships from the beginning of a child’s life. It is essential that health visitors are educated about the importance of promoting positive parent–infant relationships; however, research reveals health visitors report a lack of initial theoretical education surrounding the parent–infant dyad. Therefore, as a newly appointed public health nurse lecturer teaching student health visitors undertaking an academic diploma at master’s level within a university, a teaching workshop was developed to meet this need and facilitate the learning of registered professional nurses and midwives studying to become health visitors. This article takes a reflective approach to critically explore the evidence base underpinning teaching and learning strategies applied to educate 21 student health visitors about the importance of supporting the development of positive parent–infant relationships. The effects of andragogy as a combination of constructivist and humanistic learning theories applied to plan and deliver the teaching workshop is critically discussed with a focus on incorporating group work to facilitate active learning. Recommendations are made to promote professional development and quality learning opportunities for future student health visitors.
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Rourke, Grellan D. "Preserving the monuments on Skellig Michael for the future." Antiquity 76, no. 292 (June 2002): 542–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00090670.
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IntroductionThis article will concentrate on the current conservation works programme, which started in the summer of 1978 and is currently on-going. It will deal with the scope of the work on Skellig Michael and the management plan in place to preserve the site and still allow a reasonable number of visitors access each season. Here I can only give a brief overview of the works: in due course a series of volumes will appear and will record in full the major programme outlined below.
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Maulana, Mohd, Izza Nadia, Othman ., Nur Shakila, Safian Syahidatul Akmar, Ramli ., Zuraida ., et al. "Radiation Awareness among Secondary School Students in Perak, Malaysia." International Journal of Engineering & Technology 7, no. 2.29 (May 22, 2018): 830. http://dx.doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.29.14266.
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Currently, the number of student enrolment for Radiography programme in Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Royal College of Medicine Perak is the lowest compared to other programmes. Hence, this study is done to determine students’ tendency to further their study in radiography or related programme and determine the radiation awareness among the secondary school students. A survey was conducted on n=429 form four secondary school students under national standard curriculum. 75.5% of the data were collected from seven government secondary schools in Perak, while the remaining were collected from visitors of our institution. The result shows the average score of basic knowledge regarding radiation with mean score of 59.53% and standard deviation of 18.89%. Meanwhile, printed reading materials is the highest type of information source and video game is the lowest with 25.9% and 0.2% respectively. 46.2% claimed that they are fear to radiation and all of them agreed that the radiation disaster incidences was their main reason. 92.3% claimed that they will seek for their parents’ opinion and 17.5% claimed to follow their parents’ choice with regard to the choice of future career while 50.8% claimed that they may continue their higher education in radiography or related programme. Result also showed that fear to radiation effects the students’ tendency to choose radiography or related programme as their choice [p<0.05]. It can be concluded that the radiation awareness among secondary school students in this study is assumed as average and the tendency to further study in radiography or related programme is quite low mainly due to their fear to radiation disaster incidence.
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Gray, Selena, Judy Orme, Hannah Pitt, and Matthew Jones. "Food for Life: evaluation of the impact of the Hospital Food Programme in England using a case study approach." JRSM Open 8, no. 10 (October 2017): 205427041771270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2054270417712703.
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Objectives To evaluate the impact and challenges of implementing a Food for Life approach within three pilot NHS sites in 2014/2015 in England. Food for Life is an initiative led by the Soil Association, a non-governmental organisation in the UK that aims to encourage a healthy, sustainable food culture across communities. Design A case-study approach was undertaken using semi-structured interviews with staff and key stakeholders together with analysis of relevant documents such as meeting minutes, strategic plans and reports. Setting Three NHS Trusts in England. Participants Staff and key stakeholders. Main outcome measures Synthesis of key findings from semi-structured interviews and analysis of relevant documents. Results Key themes included the potential to influence contracting processes; measuring quality; food for staff and visitors; the role of food in hospitals, and longer term sustainability and impact. Participants reported that adopting the Food for Life approach had provided enormous scope to improve the quality of food in hospital settings and had provided levers and external benchmarks for use in contracting to help drive up standards of the food provided by external contractors for patients and staff. This was demonstrated by the achievement of an FFLCM for staff and visitor catering in all three organisations. Conclusions Participants all felt that the importance of food in hospitals is not always recognised. Engagement with Food for Life can produce a significant change in the focus on food within hospitals, and help to improve the quality of food and mealtime experience for staff, visitors and patients.
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Humphries, Heatha, and Mary Nolan. "Evaluation of a brief intervention to assist health visitors and community practitioners to engage with fathers as part of the healthy child initiative." Primary Health Care Research & Development 16, no. 04 (February 4, 2015): 367–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1463423615000031.
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AimsTo improve engagement of Health Visitors and Community Practitioners delivering the Healthy Child Programme with fathers. To evaluate a one-day, father-focused workshop with a supporting handbook for Practitioners. To identify institutional and organisational barriers to engagement with fathers.BackgroundThe UK government policy encourages health professionals to engage with fathers. This derives from robust evidence that fathers’ early involvement with their children impacts positively on emotional, behavioural and educational development. Yet, there is little evidence that the importance of engaging fathers is reflected in Health Visitor training or that primary-care services are wholly embracing father-inclusive practice. The Fatherhood Institute (FI), a UK charity, has developed a workshop for Practitioners delivering the Healthy Child Programme.MethodA ‘before and after’ evaluation study, comprising a survey followed by telephone interviews, evaluated the impact of the FI workshop on Health Visitors’ and Community Practitioners’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in practice. A total of 134 Health Visitors and Community Practitioners from eight NHS Trusts in England attended the workshop from November 2011 to January 2014 at 12 sites. A specially constructed survey, incorporating a validated questionnaire, was administered before the workshop, immediately afterwards and three months later. Telephone interviews further explored participants’ responses.FindingsAnalysis of the questionnaire data showed that the workshop and handbook improved participants’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviour in practice. This was sustained over a three-month period. In telephone interviews, most participants said that the workshop had raised their awareness of engaging fathers and offered them helpful strategies. However, they also spoke of barriers to engagement with fathers. NHS Trusts need to review the training and education of Health Visitors and Community Practitioners and take a more strategic approach towards father-inclusive practice and extend services to meet the needs of fathers.
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Baldwin, Sharin, Rachel Stephen, Philippa Bishop, and Patricia Kelly. "Development of the Emotional Wellbeing at Work Virtual Programme to support UK health visiting teams." Journal of Health Visiting 8, no. 12 (December 2, 2020): 516–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/johv.2020.8.12.516.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way in which health visiting services are delivered in the UK. Health visitors are now having to work more remotely, with virtual methods for service delivery as well as using personal protective equipment where face-to-face contacts are necessary. This rapid change has resulted in many health visiting staff working under greater levels of pressure, feeling isolated, anxious and unsettled. This article discusses a virtual programme that has been funded by the RCN Foundation and developed by the Institute of Health Visiting to support the emotional wellbeing of health visiting teams in the UK. It outlines the background to the project, the theoretical underpinnings to inform the programme model and the evaluation process that will be used to further refine the programme before wider implementation.
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Kafatos, Fotis C., and Russ Hodge. "EMBL: a gateway to European science." European Review 6, no. 3 (August 1998): 365–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1062798700003409.
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Created in 1974, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has achieved renown for outstanding research, training and methodology development. It has also provided crucial services to European molecular biology. Its headquarters are in Heidelberg and it is funded by 15 member states. The combination of the Visitors Programme, Outstations and International PhD Programme provides access to resources rarely available in national laboratories. EMBL was conceived as a magnet to hold quality scientists in Europe or to attract them back after an education elsewhere, and has been signally successful in this. Its open international style sets a standard for the way that research is done in molecular biology in Europe.
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Viljoen, Armand, Martinette Kruger, and Melville Saayman. "The art of tastings: enhancing the arts festival experience." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 9, no. 3 (October 8, 2018): 246–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-03-2018-0023.
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PurposeThe role and importance of arts festivals are well documented within the festival and events literature. Art and culture, as well as the subsequent enhancement thereof, are especially significant in multicultural societies. However, little is known regarding the role of culinary experiences within an arts festival setting. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachThe case study was a well-known and popular Afrikaans national arts festival held annually in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Visitors to three distinct tasting experiences (brandy, whisky and sparkling wine, including Méthode Cap Classique), offered as part of the festival programme, were surveyed.FindingsIn the analyses, 292 completed questionnaires were included, which revealed three managerial factors for a successful tasting experience, as well as six tasting experience dimensions. In all cases, the experiences exceeded the expectations. This research greatly contributes towards the body of knowledge regarding tasting experiences at national arts festivals, an aspect that has not been researched to date.Practical implicationsBased on the results, practical implications are provided to enhance the current tasting experiences as well as visitor loyalty. This research is a stepping stone towards understanding the needs and preferences of the visitors, as well as identifying how the festival can capitalise on delivering these experiences.Originality/valueThis research identified for the first time the factors that contribute to a memorable tasting experience, as well as evaluated the tasting experience dimensions.
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Bryson, Maria, Natalie Tidy, Michael Smith, and Sharon Levy. "An online survey of nurses’ perceptions, knowledge and expectations of the National Health Service modernization programme." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 11, no. 1_suppl (July 2005): 64–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/1357633054461732.
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We conducted an online survey to investigate nurses’ perceptions, knowledge and expectations of the National Health Service (NHS) modernization programme in the UK. The questionnaire was available for 28 days via the Website of the Royal College of Nursing. The questionnaire was completed by 2020 nurses, midwives and health visitors working in all sectors of the health service in a wide range of specialties and environments of care. Less than one-quarter of respondents felt that they had adequate information about NHS information technology (IT) developments. In all, 528 (26%) said this was the first they had heard of the initiatives. Only 383 respondents (19%) felt adequately informed about the development of electronic health records; 470 (23%) felt inadequately informed and 456 (23%) had only heard something about it. The findings of this survey suggest that nursing staff are not widely aware of current IT plans and programmes in the NHS. They suggest that nurses also lack confidence in using advanced IT, which is compounded by lack of training.
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Ozascilar, Mine, Rob I. Mawby, and N. Ziyalar. "Perceptions of risk on vacation among visitors to Istanbul." Safer Communities 18, no. 1 (January 14, 2019): 16–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sc-06-2018-0017.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the perceptions of risk from specific crimes held by tourists at the start of their vacation in the Turkish city of Istanbul.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes findings from Phase 1 of a two-phase research programme, during which 210 arrivals at the Ataturk airport were asked about their perceptions of their safety from crime while in the city and their intentionsvis-à-visthe adoption (or otherwise) of basic safety precautions, using a 32-question self-completion questionnaire.FindingsThe findings confirm those of earlier studies that tourists, unlike citizens in general, tend to have low expectations of their vulnerability to crime. However, variables associated with fear in conventional surveys were not generally related to the perceptions of risk. The clearest association was between prior knowledge of crime in Istanbul and perceptions of risk. The lack of any strong relationship between perceptions of risk and intent to adopt safety precautions is then discussed.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited to visitors to one city and to English-speaking tourists.Practical implicationsThe implication here is that if tourist centres wish to reduce crime it is not sufficient to focus on “educating” tourists on the dangers, but that more emphasis should be placed on crime prevention methods that put the onus on the host environment.Social implicationsFrom a criminological perspective, two points appear particularly important. First, the relationship between fear (in all its manifestations) and risk is not constant. It may differ in different physical and social contexts. Second, if, following routine activity theory, policy makers wish to focus on changing people’s behaviour in order to maximise their safety, in different contexts different publics may vary in their willingness or resistance to change.Originality/valueThis study is original as it focusses on tourists to a specific destination at the beginning of their holiday.
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Komatsu, Maki, and Juanita C. Liu. "Cross-cultural Comparison Between Japanese and Western Visitors for the Effectiveness of the Hanauma Bay Education Programme." Tourism Recreation Research 32, no. 3 (January 2007): 3–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2007.11081534.
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Hills, S., R. Birks, and B. McKenzie. "The Millennium Dome “Watercycle” experiment: to evaluate water efficiency and customer perception at a recycling scheme for 6 million visitors." Water Science and Technology 46, no. 6-7 (September 1, 2002): 233–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2002.0684.
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Thames Water's “Watercycle” project at the Millennium Dome was one of the largest in-building recycling schemes in Europe, designed to supply up to 500 m3/d of reclaimed water for WC and urinal flushing. It catered for over 6 million visitors in the year 2000. Overall, 55% of the water demand at the Dome was met by reclaimed water. The site was also one of the most comprehensive studies ever carried out of water conservation in a public environment, evaluating a range of water efficient appliances and researching visitor perceptions of reclaimed water. Within the Dome there were six identical core buildings housing the washrooms, which were equipped with a variety of different water-efficient devices for comparison. Water usage by the different appliances was monitored using a sophisticated metering and telemetry system. The importance of correct installation and maintenance of “high tech” water efficient devices was highlighted during the research programme, as some water wastage occurred due to poor installation. The results prove that metering should complement any large-scale water efficient system, so that any faults with the appliances can be quickly identified. The visitor survey showed very positive attitudes to the use of reclaimed water for non-potable uses.
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Linke, S., R. Harrison, and P. Wallace. "A Web-based intervention used in general practice for people with excessive alcohol consumption." Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare 11, no. 1_suppl (July 2005): 39–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/1357633054461895.
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Down Your Drink is a Web-based brief intervention for hazardous drinkers. We conducted a pilot study of its usefulness in general practice. Visitors to the Website were invited to complete the Fast Alcohol Screening Test and positive responders were offered a six-week interactive Web-based programme. There were 1 319 registrations in the six-month study period. In all, 815 (62%) registrants completed week one, and 79 (6%) stayed with the programme until the end. Usage of the Website was distributed through the day, with the highest levels between 10:00 and 14:00. Two focus groups with general practitioners were conducted to explore the potential for using the site in primary-care settings. Website interventions for excessive drinkers therefore appear to be feasible and may prove a useful additional tool for intervention in general practice.
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Redler, Hannah. "From interventions to interactions: Science Museum Arts Projects’ history and the challenges of interpreting art in the Science Museum." Journal of Science Communication 08, no. 02 (June 19, 2009): C04. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.08020304.
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Hannah Redler’s paper examines the 13 year history of Science Museum, London’s contemporary art programme and explores how changing cultural conditions and the changing function of museums are making the questions raised by bringing art into the Science Museum context increasingly significant. It looks at how Science Museum Arts Projects started as a quirky, experimental sideline aimed at shaking up the Museum and its visitors’ assumptions, but has now become a fundamental means by which the Science Museum chooses to represent the impact of science, medicine, engineering and technology on peoples’ everyday lives.
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Weiss, Claudia. "Representing the Empire: The Meaning of Siberia for Russian Imperial Identity." Nationalities Papers 35, no. 3 (July 2007): 439–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00905990701368696.
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Would you like to travel to outer space? Explore like real astronauts the slow, gentle movements characteristic of a weightless environment? The Houston Space Center offers its visitors such a trip through the ISS, the International Space Station. It presents America's space programme by using a simulator to create a compelling environment, complete with 3,000 accurately placed stars that mimic what the real astronauts experience in the ISS.1 You can feel the glory of current-day American scientific progress, the power of the US, the world's number one power.
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Redsell, Sarah A., Helen Bedford, A. Niroshan Siriwardena, Jacqueline Collier, and Philippa Atkinson. "Health visitors’ perception of their role in the universal childhood immunisation programme and their communication strategies with parents." Primary Health Care Research & Development 11, no. 01 (December 3, 2009): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1463423609990284.
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Saayman, M., A. Saayman, and E. Slabbert. "Who spends and who does not: Clustering visitors at a national arts festival." South African Journal of Business Management 42, no. 1 (March 31, 2011): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v42i1.485.
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The Grahamstown National Arts Festival is the oldest National Arts Festival in South Africa and was founded in 1974. This celebration of the arts takes place over a period of eleven days with the main festival running over eight days, which also makes it the longest (in terms of number of days) arts festival in the country. The literature review revealed that high spenders at arts festivals are also the visitors who buy the most show tickets. The success of these events is determined by ticket sales and not necessarily by the number of visitors. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to determine who the high spenders at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival are. Data obtained during the festival in 2008 by means of a questionnaire survey (N=446) was statistically analysed by means of K-means clustering, Pearson‟s chi-square test and ANOVAs. Results indicated two clusters, namely high and low spenders and can assist festival organisers in developing a more focused marketing strategy and festival programme. This was the first time that K-means clustering was applied to festival data in South Africa.
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Wulandari, Anak Agung Ayu. "Taman Mini Indonesia Indah: Education or Entertainment?" Humaniora 4, no. 1 (April 30, 2013): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.21512/humaniora.v4i1.3425.
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With combination of attractive appearance, taste, smell and sound, open air-museums can offer so many things to visitors; from educate to educate and entertain. Here, ‘edutainment’ concept starts to take place. The problem is there can be misconception between the creators and visitor’s perception. In this research, qualitative methodology, through interviews to get information form creator’s perspective and visitor survey to get information form the visitors’ perspectives were conducted with Taman Mini Indonesia Indah as the case study. The findings show that there is still misconception about education and entertainment perceptions in Taman Mini. Taman Mini has strong educational purposes, but because of ack of attractive educational programs, lack of information and interpretation and no encouragement to participate in the educational programmes, visitors considered their visits as recreational, rather than educational. In relation with postmodern phenomenon, Taman Mini can be considered as postmodern and adopting ‘edutainment’ concept, but this concept has became blur and vague, thus Taman Mini now only famous as a recreation venue.
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Báez-Montenegro, Andrea, and María Devesa. "Understanding the determinants of festival attendee spending: the role of cultural capital." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 11, no. 2 (March 11, 2020): 145–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-04-2019-0023.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore which factors determine visitor spending at a cultural festival, focusing particularly on cultural capital variables.Design/methodology/approachThe case study is the Valdivia International Film Festival. Data from a survey conducted amongst a representative sample of attendees at the festival is used and ordinary least square (OLS) and Tobit regression models are applied.FindingsSix of the variables included from the model prove statistically significant: gender, age, place of residence, participation in other activities at the festival, and “leisure and sharing” motivation.Practical implicationsFestival organisers should draw up a programme and prepare activities that are balanced so as to attract local film lovers, but that should also appeal to outside visitors, who would see the festival as an opportunity to enjoy a wider tourist experience, all of which would have a broader economic impact on the city.Originality/valueUnderstanding which factors determine spending leads to an improvement in the event's viability and ensures its future sustainability. This study adds to the growing literature establishing a sound theoretical corpus on the topic.
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Rowe, Caron. "The effects of unexpected pregnancy loss on the social and emotional development of subsequent children." Journal of Health Visiting 7, no. 12 (December 2, 2019): 576–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/johv.2019.7.12.576.
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A range of factors can have an impact on a child whose parents have dealt with the grief of losing a baby, including unresolved grief and maternal mental health, encompassing depression, anxiety and stress. This article will discuss these factors and reasons why early recognition of additional needs, intervention, implementation and deliverance of specialised care plans is fundamental in ensuring all children get the best start possible, optimising their chances of fulfilling their potential. It will also consider why health visitors play a vital role through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and 4-5-6 model of health visiting.
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Koli, Seth, Conrad-J. Wuleka Kuuder, and Getrude Poku. "The Impact of Fee and Liability Waivers on Patronage of Rattray Park in Ghana." Ghana Journal of Development Studies 17, no. 2 (October 23, 2020): 49–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjds.v17i2.3.
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The study assessed the relationship between fee and liability waivers introduced at Rattray Park vis-a-vis its patronage by low income earners within the Kumasi Metropolis. Barriers to park use as well as safety awareness were also analysed. The research design adopted as a guide was the survey study method. In all, 141 revellers were contacted through questionnaire administration within a 3-day period during the programme. Indepth Interview (IDI) schedules were also conducted with key stakeholders who were incharge of organising the waiver programmes. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS while qualitative data were manually transcribed. The study revealed that low income earners took advantage of the waiver programmes (attested by 44% of respondents) with p-value of 0.034 to make use of the park. Similarly, about 70% of respondents consideredinability to afford the cost of entry tickets a factor which hindered their recreational use of the park. The fee waiver concept was noted in the study as well-intended and a strategic recommendation suggested by park-goers signaled the need for boosting recreational activities in the park to engage visitors all day long for a richer experience.
Keywords: Fee Waivers, Liability Waivers, Revellers, Rattray Park, Low Income Earners
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Gerrard, J., J. M. Holden, S. A. Elliott, P. McKenzie, J. McKenzie, and J. L. Cox. "A trainer's perspective of an innovative programme teaching health visitors about the detection, treatment and prevention of postnatal depression." Journal of Advanced Nursing 18, no. 11 (November 1993): 1825–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1993.18111825.x.
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Clare, Ajay, Sarah MacNeil, Tamzin Bunton, and Stephanie Jarrett. "‘The Doctor doesn’t need to see you now’: reduction in general practice appointments following group pain management." British Journal of Pain 13, no. 2 (November 16, 2018): 121–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2049463718812501.
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Background: Patients living with chronic, non-malignant, musculoskeletal pain are frequent visitors to general practice (GP) services, placing a large burden on resources. Pain management programmes (PMPs) are recommended for chronic pain patients and aim to teach self-management techniques. While there is evidence for their clinical effectiveness, few studies have explored whether there is a reduction in primary care healthcare use after attending a PMP. Aim: This study sought to address this by gathering data on pain-related primary care appointments before and after attending a PMP. Design and setting: Medical records of 50 patients attending a group outpatient PMP were obtained to determine whether the number of pain-related GP appointments differed 1 year after attending the programme compared with the year beforehand. Robust data were obtained from GP appointment systems and a retrospective observational design was utilised. Results: The results indicated a 43.9% decrease in the number of GP appointments in the year following a PMP, a change that was statistically significant. Conclusion: The findings of the study show that there are fewer pain-related appointments in primary care in the year following a group outpatient PMP compared with the preceding year. It is possible that the self-management techniques taught on the programme lead to a reduction in patient’s need to consult their GP as frequently about their pain. However, limitations in the current research mean that the reduction in appointments cannot be definitively attributed to PMP attendance and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Kinnunen, Maarit, and Antti Haahti. "Visitor discourses on experiences: reasons for festival success and failure." International Journal of Event and Festival Management 6, no. 3 (October 19, 2015): 251–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijefm-01-2015-0003.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to unfold factors anchored in visitors’ experiences possibly determinant of the success or failure of cultural festivals. Design/methodology/approach – The studied data included 931 experience descriptions, 23 interviews and 51 empathy-based stories collected from 17 cultural festivals around Finland during the summers of 2012 and 2013. The nature of the study was exploratory, the theoretical framework was social constructionism, and the analysis was done using Foucauldian discourse analysis. The Method of Empathy Based Stories, a non-active role-playing technique, was used in the data collection. Findings – The identified success factors were the programme, good quality food, sense of community, chill-out opportunities and building blocks of one’s identity. The factors that might cause failures were commercialised and low-quality programme, the low quality of services, commercialism demonstrated by elevated ticket and service pricing, VIP services confronting egalitarianism, crowd control and queueing and anti-social behaviour. Practical implications – Three areas of particular interest were: how to nurture identity construction and personal well-being, how to enhance egalitarianism within the festival community, and how to promote the desired code of conduct without applying unnecessary rules and restrictions. If successful in these, the festival could boast of features that are not easy to replicate and that could create a competitive edge. Originality/value – Empathy-based stories combined with discourse analysis contributed new insights on the issues of the success and failure of festivals. The empathy-based stories were particularly useful in retrieving informants’ perceptions of the future and for identifying factors that might cause failures.
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Harding, Clare, Susan Liggett, and Mark Lochrie. "Digital Engagement in a Contemporary Art Gallery: Transforming Audiences." Arts 8, no. 3 (July 11, 2019): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/arts8030090.
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This paper examines a curatorial approach to digital art that acknowledges the symbiotic relationship between the digital and other more traditional art practices. It considers some of the issues that arise when digital content is delivered within a public gallery and how specialist knowledge, audience expectations and funding impact on current practices. From the perspective of the Digital Curator at MOSTYN, a contemporary gallery and visual arts centre in Llandudno, North Wales, it outlines the practical challenges and approaches taken to define what audiences want from a public art gallery. Human-centred design processes and activity systems analysis were adopted by MOSTYN with a community of practice—the gallery visitors—to explore the challenges of integrating digital technologies effectively within their curatorial programme and keep up with the pace of change needed today. MOSTYN’s aim is to consider digital holistically within their exhibition programme and within the cannon of 21st century contemporary art practice. Digital curation is at the heart of their model of engagement that offers new and existing audience insights into the significance of digital art within contemporary art practice.
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Dhange, Vijay, Kumar Sumit, and Sanjay M. Pattanshetty. "SWOT analysis of IEC implementation in RMNCH+A program in Udupi district." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 5, no. 5 (April 24, 2018): 2109. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20181732.
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Background: Information education and communication (IEC) activities in “Reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health programme” (RMNCH+A) plays an important role in creating awareness in the community about the key domains of reproductive and child health. The main purpose of the IEC activities is to bring about changes in knowledge, attitude, belief and behavior of the community towards healthcare.Methods: A qualitative cross-sectional study was conducted among the stakeholders involved in the IEC activities of RMNCH+A programme in Udupi district, Karnataka. In-depth interviews were conducted among the Medical officers, Accredited social health activist (ASHAs) Auxiliary nurse midwifes (ANMs) and lady health visitors (LHV) in the health facilities of Udupi District. Thematic analysis was used for data analysis.Results: Mobilizing the community members and local logistics management at the field level are the main barriers identified in the implementation of IEC activities.Conclusions: It is necessary to leverage and comprehend the strengths of the IEC programs, improvise on the weaknesses, explore the opportunities and minimize the threats associated with the IEC activities under RMNCH+A program.
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Green, Anita. "A utilisation-focused evaluation of a clinical supervision programme for nurses and health visitors in one national health service trust." Journal of Vocational Education & Training 51, no. 4 (December 1999): 493–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13636829900200096.
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Eikeland, Ingrid, and Merethe Frøyland. "Pedagogical considerations when educators and researchers design a controversy-based educational programme in a science centre." Nordic Studies in Science Education 16, no. 1 (February 17, 2020): 84–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.5617/nordina.7001.
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This article reports from a 1,5 yearlong co-design process where mainly one researcher and four science centre educators collaboratively designed a controversy-based educational programme for upper secondary school in a Norwegian science centre. Its aim was to contribute to our understanding of the transition in science centres from embracing neutral, science facts, to invite visitors to discuss and think critically about contemporary issues. The data for this study consists of sound recordings from one group interview, eight workshops and three informal meetings. In the analysis, we identified barriers related to both choosing a controversial issue and choosing pedagogical activities. For example, to address an issue that was both science and society based, and finding ways to engage students in discussion. Based on our findings, we recommend paying special attention to the role of sparking students’ emotional engagement, the aspect of no right or wrong answer, and the balance between hands-on activity and dialogue when designing controversy-based activities in these institutions.
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Malallah, Hanaa. "Coexistent ruins: Exploring Iraq’s Mesopotamian past through contemporary art." Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World 15, no. 1-2 (March 1, 2021): 221–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jciaw_00050_3.
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The project will initiate and conduct interdisciplinary, expanded media, collaborative research at four ancient sites in Iraq, Mesopotamia: Ur, Babylon, Nippur and Nimrud as well as, through a series of workshops, talks, exhibitions and online coverage with the specific aim of exploring the critical question of how contemporary collaborative art projects conducted at these key archaeological sites can enable a re-engagement with this ancient heritage and history, facilitating a greater engagement with that past and thereby contribute to the local tourism and knowledge economies at these locations. A female lead artist at each of the sites will facilitate a socially engaged programme that will utilize creative responses at these repeatedly colonized sites with participation from local residents, visitors to the sites and female art students; the programme aims to generate a renewed interest in the significance of this ancient heritage. The main aim is for this project to enable the small museums at these sites, which have been neglected for many years, to become more responsive to the needs of the local community. It intends to help with issues of post-conflict healing and reconciliation addressing issues of postcolonial conflict and survival.
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Eades, David N. "Displacement through incarceration: an opportunity for personal re-engagement." Journal of Adult Protection 21, no. 1 (March 7, 2019): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jap-09-2018-0017.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight that interpersonal relations within a visits venue in a carceral space can be restorative. This provides implications for staff working in institutions to support a visits programme to assist those incarcerated. Design/methodology/approach The experiences of those formerly incarcerated are captured through an ethnography of engagement by way of semi-structured interviews and field notes. In methodology it draws upon the fields of criminology and prison sociology, and in particular using an ethnographic approach within the field of Carceral Geography. Findings Interpersonal relationships developed, with a “significant other” within the liminality of displacement, are therapeutic in nature and potentially contribute to ongoing healthier relationships than previously experienced, once a person is released from incarceration. These also assist those incarcerated transition into the community when released. Research limitations/implications The sample within the study was only small, did not include the impact of family members, nor the impact of not having visitors upon people who are incarcerated. The feedback received was all positive. Other people might have had alternative experiences that were not captured in this study. Practical implications A practical outcome of this research is to encourage the development of interpersonal relationships and the reconstruction of social networks for those incarcerated as a means of early intervention for their recovery and future progress reintegrating back into society. Social implications The impact of a significant other helps those formerly incarcerated to value the importance of close supportive relationships in contributing to the lives of others socially. Originality/value Assisting those incarcerated develop a relationship with a significant other provides a unique protective element as a social intervention. Staff within institutions have a unique role within their service to facilitate visitors and to encourage those incarcerated to connect with a significant other so as to help their mental health, support their general well-being and give them hope for the future.
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Ahmed, Marion L., Alison D. Allen, David B. Dunger, and Aidan Macfarlane. "The Oxford Growth Study: A District Growth Surveillance Programme 1988–1994." Journal of Medical Screening 2, no. 3 (September 1995): 160–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096914139500200313.
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Objectives — To develop a method of community based growth assessment. Setting — Oxford District, United Kingdom. Methods — A system of growth surveillance involving a community consultant paediatrician, a paediatric endocrinologist, a clinical auxologist, a project coordinator, and the many primary health care teams was started. Letters and meetings were arranged to introduce the programme to general practitioners and health visitors, emphasising the importance of growth assessment in normal child development. They were asked to measure all children as part of their routine developmental checks at 3 and 4·5 years of age. Community growth assessment clinics staffed by an experienced auxologist were established. Children whose heights were more than two standard deviation (SD) scores below the mean or whose height SD score decreased between the two ages were referred to the clinic. Any child whose height was more than 3 SD scores below the mean was referred directly to the paediatric endocrinologist. Those seen in the community clinics were followed up for a year and if their velocity was >25th centile, karyotype normal, and bone age appropriately delayed, they were discharged to the general practitioner for further follow up. Any child with an annual velocity <25th centile was referred to the endocrinologist. Results — Of 20 338 children monitored, 260 (1·3%) had heights >−2 SD scores. Seventy six were lost to follow up, 35 were measuring errors, 69 were already seeing a paediatrician, leaving 80 children to be evaluated. Of these, 69 were “short normals” and 11 were newly identified diagnoses. Conclusions — This system of secondary referral keeps normal healthy children out of hospital, avoids unnecessary over-investigation, reduces travel and anxiety for families, avoids filling specialist clinics with normal children, and provides an inexpensive system of growth surveillance.
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Othman, F., and R. M. Parkin. "Modelling and Simulation of a System of Mobile Service Units for the Large-Scale Event Industry." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering 219, no. 5 (August 1, 2005): 349–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/095965105x9632.
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A proposed system of mobile service units (MSUs) is modelled and simulated for the mega-scale event of the Hajj, where millions of visitors move about in four nearby cities for about two weeks and the proposed MSUs will be transported accordingly to serve them. The model consists of subsystems that represent the master plan for the four cities, the event programme of the Hajj, the MSUs, the transportation system, and the control centre. Simulation results show that the proposed system can be modelled and the MSUs can be used successfully for the Hajj. Simulation results also show that a significant reduction in resources, compared with the fixed service centres currently in operation, can be achieved using the proposed MSUs.
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Reith, Charles C., and E. Griff Blakewood. "Transforming a Production Demonstration Farm into an Agricultural Learning Landscape." Outlook on Agriculture 31, no. 2 (June 2002): 87–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000002101293921.
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Education is essential for improving agriculture, both in productivity and environmental performance. Effective education must reach not just farmers, but also the public and policy makers so that the challenge of agricultural sustainability may be widely appreciated. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has implemented a sweeping programme of educational improvements to transform a production demonstration farm into an agricultural learning landscape. Key features include instructional signs at overlooks; a discovery trail with activity stations and research bulletin boards; an ‘environmentally responsive’ home with energy-saving innovations; and a wildlife corridor, nature trail and outdoor classroom. The farm has attracted visitors of all ages and interests to learn about agriculture, stewardship and sustainability, whereby food is produced and economic benefit derived, but with no net degradation of earth resources.
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Souza, Michelle Matos de, and Ana Silvia Pereira Santos. "Água potável, água residuária e saneamento no Brasil e na Holanda no âmbito do Programa de Visitação Holandês - DVP: Dutch Visitors Programme." Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental 21, no. 2 (June 2016): 387–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1413-41522016153703.
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RESUMO: O presente trabalho se desenvolveu a partir da participação no Programa de Visitação Holandês (em inglês, Dutch Visitors Programme - DVP), que permitiu o conhecimento da estrutura da prestação dos serviços de saneamento ambiental da Holanda e, posteriormente, possibilitou a realização de uma análise comparativa simplificada desses serviços prestados no Brasil. Dentro desse contexto, foi verificada uma grande disparidade em relação à gestão como um todo dos serviços de saneamento entre os dois países, como já era esperado. Apesar de ambos apresentarem pequenas diferenças nos padrões de potabilidade de água e diretrizes de lançamento de efluentes, notam-se grandes diferenças não somente em relação às características geográficas e ambientais, como extensão territorial e disponibilidade de recursos, mas, principalmente, em relação à gestão e ao envolvimento das partes, i.e., governo, prestadora de serviços e população atendida. Enquanto o Brasil foca em elevar os seus índices de atendimento sem se preocupar com a qualidade e com o impacto no ambiente, a Holanda, com elevados índices de qualidade e atendimento (quase totalidade), preocupa-se em buscar parcerias, novas tecnologias mais sustentáveis e um envolvimento mais efetivo da sociedade nas questões relacionadas ao saneamento ambiental.
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Lajic-Mihajlovic, Danka, and Mirjana Zakic. "Dragacevo trumpet festival in Guca: A place of networking music cultures." Zbornik Matice srpske za drustvene nauke, no. 139 (2012): 223–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/zmsdn1239223z.
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A traditional event Dragacevo trumpet festival, which is being held since 1961 in Guca (a small town in Western Serbia), represents the most visited cultural manifestation in Serbia. A growing popularity of the Festival (according to the organizer?s statistics, a number of visitors at the last few festivals was around 800 000) has to do with, among other things, its programme conception whose evolution reflects changes in cultural policies of the organizer. The analysis of a diachronic dimension of the Festival in this paper is aimed at marking main points in several decades of the Festival?s development which contributed to re-positioning and affirmation of brass bands practice in Serbia. The local event evolved into a manifestation of intercultural profile not only by the structure of the audience, but also by the music presented there. Nowadays, the concept is recognized practically in all events of this convocation festival: in competition programmes - at national and, recently introduced, international level, and especially at revue performances of brass bands with free programmes. In specific situations at the Festival, different trumpet practices are manifested predominantly as the products of intercultural relations, implied in this paper as an active coexistence of cultures. A way and a degree of interaction between cultures result in the contents in which ?cultures in a dialogue? can be clearly identified, but also in the hybrids with transcultural characteristics. The exact interactive processes present a paradigmatic value of the whole Dragacevo trumpet festival in Guca - as a meeting point of (music) cultures of the world.
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Darma Putra, I. Nyoman, Syamsul Alam Paturusi, and Widiastuti . "Denpasar heritage track: Revitalisasi paket wisata ‘Denpasar city tour’." Jurnal Kajian Bali (Journal of Bali Studies) 7, no. 2 (October 31, 2017): 39. http://dx.doi.org/10.24843/jkb.2017.v07.i02.p03.
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Bali’s capital city of Denpasar has a number of heritage sites, including several buildings, museums and monuments. These sites have yet to be developed optimally as tourist attractions, as evidenced by their small number of annual visitors. This study explores the potential in reutilizing those cultural heritage sites for the development of heritage tourism, and to support the city government’s tour programme. Two interrelated issues discussed here include how the government of Denpasar preserves its cultural heritage, and how it promotes these sites as heritage tourism. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and a literature review employing heritage tourism theory and framing theory. The study presents two packages of heritage tourism tours with a duration of approximately three hours each: the Denpasar Heritage Track (DHT), which starts and finishes at the Bali Hotel, taking in the Puputan Badung Monument, Bali Museum, Jero Kuta Palace, and Maospait Temple; and the Sanur Heritage Track (SHT), which begins and concludes at the Grand Bali Beach Hotel, visiting the Belanjong Heritage, Intaran Market, Bajra Sandhi Monument, and Museum Le Mayeur. The DHTs are expected to increase the number of tourist attractions in Denpasar, contributing to more tourist visits to Bali, especially in its capital city.