Dissertations / Theses: 'Centre for Prevention'

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Tsang, Mo-chau. "Fire research & education centre." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31982190.

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Tsang, Mo-chau, and 曾慕秋. "Fire research & education centre." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31982190.

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Hurst, Christine E. "Crime Prevention Ottawa as a responsibility centre: An interim analysis." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28212.

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There is a growing international interest in the use of crime prevention responsibility centres (Re) as mechanisms for organizing crime prevention initiatives. One model of RC-based crime prevention is that used in England and Wales, where the creation of CDRPs (municipal RCs) was mandated by the Crime and Disorder Act of 1998. Themes gleaned from analyses of this experience form the basis for this thesis. In 2005, Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) was created to be an RC in Ottawa. This thesis examines whether and how CPO faced challenges similar to those in England and Wales. It concludes that many challenges met by the English experience are not present in the CPO case, in response to the challenges that are experienced, it recommends that CPO: define 'community', and its political 'role'; sustain project funding; increase project proposal expectations; and discuss what the organization 'does' versus 'should do'.

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Lee, Chi-hang Joseph. "Tung Chung Fire Safety Research & Promotion Centre." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949627.

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LACLAVERIE, JEAN-LOUIS. "Experience d'un centre de depistage et de prevention des cancers colo-rectaux." Toulouse 3, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989TOU31214.

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Maliverney, Arnaud. "Le paludisme au centre médico-social de Bamako (mali) en 1999." Montpellier 1, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001MON11021.

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Gonzales, Jean-Dominique. "Le CAP : le club thérapeutique extra-hospitalier de Nîmes." Montpellier 1, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988MON11300.

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Mil-Homens, Mafalda Pedro. "Biosecurity in dairy cattle farms in the North and Centre of Portugal." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20927.

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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina Veterinária
There is an increasing understanding that lack of biosecurity and antimicrobial resistance are crucial points in animal production and the Animal Health Law emphasizes these two aspects. By implementing a questionnaire based on Biocheck from Ghent University‟s biosecurity assessment, this project aimed to make a characterization of dairy farms‟ biosecurity in North and Centre of Portugal, it aimed to create a biosecurity index, evaluate possible risk factors, characterize antibiotics use and create a tool that allows veterinarians to help and advise farmers. The questionnaire was implemented in 151 dairy farms through personal interview and through Googleforms; a report was built and sent to the veterinarians that participated in the project. The biosecurity aspects present in both questionnaire and final report are related to animal purchase, reproduction management, hygiene and disinfection, people and animal movements, health, calving, calf, adult animals, dairy and feed and drinking water management, with one group also added for antibiotic and vaccine use. A difference was observed between total biosecurity scores that went from 42 to 80.4 (in 100 points) and external and internal biosecurity mean scores of 71.3 and 67.7 (in 100 points) respectively. Variables with bigger influence in biosecurity scores were the ones related to the use of individual protective equipment, hands hygiene, cleaning of calving and sick pens and putting animals in quarantine. Regarding antibiotics‟ use, every farm treated animals with antibiotics, but only 47.4% had an antibiotic protocol for its responsible use. This means that there is still a lot to improve regarding biosecurity and awareness regarding the use of antibiotics, although a bigger sample should be taken to make a more reliable and significant characterization.
RESUMO - Biossegurança em explorações de bovinos leiteiros no Norte e Centro de Portugal - Existe um entendimento crescente de que a falta de biossegurança e a resistência aos antimicrobianos são pontos cruciais na produção animal e a Lei de Saúde Animal enfatiza esses dois aspetos. Ao implementar um questionário baseado na avaliação de biossegurança do Biocheck da universidade de Ghent, este projeto teve como objetivos caracterizar a biossegurança em explorações leiteiras no Norte e Centro de Portugal, criar um índice de biossegurança, avaliar possíveis fatores de risco, caracterizar o uso de antibióticos e criar uma ferramenta que permitisse aos veterinários ajudar e aconselhar os produtores. Foram amostradas 151 explorações leiteiras, implementando o questionário através de entrevista pessoal e online através do Googleforms, foi criado um relatório em html, o qual foi enviado aos veterinários que participaram no projeto. Os aspetos de biossegurança contidos no questionário e no relatório estão relacionados com compra de animais, maneio reprodutivo, higiene e desinfeção, movimento de pessoas e animais na exploração, controlo de pragas e contacto com outros animais, maneio sanitário, maneio de partos, de vitelos e de animais adultos, maneio de alimentação e abeberamento, tendo-se adicionado também um ponto referente à utilização de antibióticos e vacinas. Observou-se que havia grandes variações nas pontuações de biossegurança total, que iam do mínimo de 42 até máximo de 80,4 pontos (em 100 pontos), com pontuações médias de biossegurança externa e interna de 71,3 e 67,7 (em 100 pontos) respetivamente. As variáveis com maior influência nas pontuações de biossegurança foram as relacionadas com o uso de equipamentos de proteção individual, higiene das mãos, limpeza de maternidades e enfermarias e colocação de animais em quarentena. Em relação ao uso de antibióticos, apesar de os mesmos serem administrados em todas as explorações, apenas 47,4% possuíam um protocolo de utilização de antibióticos. Isto significa que ainda há muito a melhorar em relação à biossegurança e na sensibilização em relação ao uso de antibióticos, no entanto para obter uma caracterização mais confiável e representativa da realidade, uma amostra maior deveria ser coletada.
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Heliso, Tamene Ena. "South-African german centre transnational criminal justice and crime prevention: An international and African perspective." University of the Western Cape, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6381.

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Magister Legum - LLM (Criminal Justice and Procedure)
Corruption is a global problem, which poses a serious threat to the development of countries and their people. Although its impact varies, all nations are facing the evils of corruption and, therefore, the international community calls upon states to take preventive and deterrent measures against corruption. For example, the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AU Convention) obligate their member states to have both legal and institutional frameworks for effectively fighting corruption.

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ROBERT, CARLIER VERONIQUE. "Prevention de l'alcoolisme a travers l'experience de six annees d'activite du c. H. A. A. De clermont-ferrand." Clermont-Ferrand 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994CLF1M022.

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Lee, Chi-hang Joseph, and 李志恒. "Tung Chung Fire Safety Research & Promotion Centre." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31985269.

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TOUMELIN, THIERRY. "La consultation d'aide au sevrage tabagique du centre de prevention des maladies respiratoires de chalons-sur-marne." Reims, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989REIMM024.

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Timm, Maria. ""Are you a robot?" A discourse analysis of rapport-building in online crisis chats from a suicide prevention centre." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58652.

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Despite an increase in the use of online crisis counselling services, little research has been conducted on how the therapeutic relationship is negotiated online. The prevalence of suicide in Canada as well the established importance of the therapeutic relationship when working with suicidal individuals led to the development of this study. The current study consisted of a discourse analysis of client-counsellor interactions in online crisis chats with individuals who reported thoughts of suicide. Data sources consisted of 24 transcripts obtained from two online crisis services: one for youth, one for adults. Of these, 16 were considered rapport-containing; eight were considered non-rapport-containing. Chats were separated into three phases: Initial Contact, Suicide Assessment, and Termination. Content analysis followed by discourse analysis found that, in the first two phases of the rapport-containing chats, the client tended to express a dialectic of wanting help and simultaneously feeling hopeless and of a person with a story to tell, and the counsellor positioned themselves as an empathic witness to the client’s narrative. The client-counsellor relationship in Phase 1 was characterized by themes of informality and equality/mutual respect. Main relational themes in the Suicide Assessment phase were client/counsellor collaboration and counsellor authenticity. In the Termination phase, main relational themes included shared humour, counsellor self-disclosure, and client trust. In the non-rapport-containing chats, in the Initial Contact phase, the client positioned themselves as a consumer of services and the counsellor positioned themselves as a service provider. The client-counsellor relationship in this phase was characterized by client frustration and counsellor helplessness with respect to the client’s unmet needs for counsellor directiveness, authenticity, and self-disclosure. In the Suicide Assessment phase, three main relational themes were found: client-perceived circularity of the conversation, feeling misunderstood, and feeling unheard. In the Termination phase, chats were frequently ended abruptly by the client, and the predominant theme was one of client rejection of the counsellor. Across all chats, client-perceived mattering (or lack thereof) was an observed theme. The results have important clinical implications for those working with suicidal individuals online.
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Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Lafon, Rodolphe. "Noyades : épidémiologie, prévention, expérience du centre hospitalier de Saint-Paul (1996-1998), île de la Réunion." Bordeaux 2, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999BOR2M066.

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Gozy, Pascale. "Enquête visant la mise au point d'un protocole de prévention et de soins des escarres dans un centre hospitalier général." Paris 5, 1995. http://www.theses.fr/1995PA05P145.

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CAMOIN, NATHALIE. "Effet paradoxal de la prevention par desitage du virus de l'immuno-deficience humaine : experience du centre de depistage d'aix-en-provence." Aix-Marseille 2, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990AIX20099.

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Douglas-Jones, Martin. "An explorative study of the factors possibly contributing to the burden of maxillofacial infection presenting at the Tygerberg Oral Health Centre." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7605.

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Magister Scientiae Dentium - MSc(Dent)
Over the last few decades, and throughout the world, there would seem to have been an increase in the number and severity of infections affecting the maxillofacial region. In the South African setting this seems to be especially evident in the state health system. Maxillofacial infection of odontogenic origin is largely preventable. If treated appropriately and early in the pathological process, the progression of the disease process is generally prevented and complications avoided. Management of maxillofacial infections once established has serious implications for patients and an already stressed health system. The reasons for this perceived increase in infections are likely multifactorial and it is hoped that this study may aid in understanding factors contributing to this burden.

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Kanaa, Muhammad. "Prevention of microbial colonisation of tunnelled haemodialysis catheters with Cathasept lock solution: multi-centre, prospective, randomised clinical trial of efficacy and safety." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578661.

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Infection is the second common cause of death in the dialysis population. Catheter- related blood stream infections (CRBSI) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in haemodialysis (HD) patients. The use of tunnelled haemodialysis catheters (t-HDC) seems to be rising in the western world. The management of CRBSI pose a great challenge to nephrologists due to the lack of a gold standard diagnostic method or a widely accepted treatment strategy. Endoluminal colonisation is regarded as the main mechanism for blood stream infection in patients with t-HDC, and may result in sub- clinical inflammation with adverse effects on anaemia control in HD patients. The use of anti-microbial lock solutions has been shown to reduce the rate of CRBSI in several studies. This thesis reports data derived from the Cathasept trial which compared the effectiveness of a novel anti-microbial lock solution made of Tetra-sodium Ethylene Diamine Tetra-acetic Acid 4% (EDTA) with the standard heparin lock solution in the prevention of microbial colonisation of t-HDC and its impact on CRBSI incidence rate and on inflammation and anaemia parameters in 117 haemodialysis patients with confirmed uncolonised t-HDC. The study showed a significant reduction in catheter colonisation rate in patients allocated to the Cathasept arm but a non-significant reduction in CRBSI rate. Cathasept was associated with more thrombotic complications and with reduced catheter patency rate compared to heparin. Despite lower catheter colonisation and CRBSI episodes, Cathasept was associated with higher C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. There was no difference between both groups with regards to haemoglobin or ferritin levels with similar iron and darbepoetin requirements. This thesis also reports data from fiver laboratory-based experiments. The impact of prolonged incubation time (48hrs vs 24 hrs as per clinical study protocol) and using 3 blood agar culture medium as opposed to C.L.E.D agar which was used in the clinical study to perform through-catheter quantitative blood culture (TCQBC) was assessed in a separate experiment with no improvement in the culture yield. In another experiment I was unable to prove that quantitative culture of heparin lock solution obtained from the catheter lumen before obtaining the blood sample yields more positive culture results. Endoluminal brushing was carried out on 23 explanted t-HDC. This technique was able to confirm colonisation of four catheters with previous negative TCQBC but, on the other hand, it was negative in three catheters which had yielded positive TCQBC. Forty four segments (0.5 cm each) from 11 ex-vivo t-HDC were examined by SEM prior to endoluminal brushing and quantitative culture to determine their colonisation status. Catheter colonisation rate detected by SEM was 36% which is in contrast to the findings of a previous study which reported universal colonisation of long-term HD catheters. I attempted to study the viability of biofilms generated on PVC tubes using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) but this experiment was unsuccessful due to auto- florescence of the catheter surface preventing the visualisation of bacteria when SYT09 stain was used, and the failure of Propidium iodide stain to penetrate biofilms which made it impossible to distinguish live and dead cells in the biofilm. 4

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BOURAT, HUGUES. "A propos du centre de post-cure sanitaire de limoges : centre de readaptation pour malades mentaux adultes : tentative de synthese de la notion de prevention en sante mentale : etude epidemiologique retrospective sur 181 dossiers." Limoges, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988LIMO0191.

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Plenecassagne, Régine. "Généralités sur les analyses microbiologiques des aliments et étude rétrospective dans un centre hospitalier sur six ans (1986-1991)." Paris 5, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA05P100.

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Laupies, Christine. "Intérêt et limites de la prise en charge des malades mentaux par une structure extra-hospitalière nîmoise : le C.A.P./ par Christine Laupies." Montpellier 1, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992MON11152.

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Normandin, Nathalie. "Prévention des lombalgies : exemple de prévention primaire au sein de trois services d'orthopédie du centre hospitalier universitaire de Bordeaux." Bordeaux 2, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998BOR23070.

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Gourc, Jeanne. "Les intoxications par baies : appels au Centre anti-poison de Bordeaux(1989-1994) : hospitalisations à l'Hôpital des enfants de Bordeaux (1989-1994) : prévention." Bordeaux 2, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996BOR2P051.

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Bweupe, Maximillian M. "An exploration of timing of disclosure to male partners by HIV positive women attending a health care centre in Lusaka, Zambia." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2011. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2124_1366189136.

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Disclosure of HIV positive status to male partners is well established as a key element in the success of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV programmes, as it helps improve adherence to ARVs by the women within these programme. However, partner notification rates remain low in the urban areas of Lusaka, Zambia against a high HIV prevalence of 25%. The purpose of this study was to explore the timing of disclosure as part of the process of disclosure amongst women who were part of the PMTCT services at Kaulu health centre in Lusaka. An exploratory descriptive study using qualitative research methods was conducted. 15 women, who were attending the Kaulu health centre PMTCT programme, were requested to participate in a semi-structured interview. The women, who were purposively selected with the aid of the health centreâs PMTCT focal point nurse, had to have disclosed their HIV positive status to their partner, either before or during the course of their pregnancy or after delivery. To increase rigour,
individual interviews were conducted with 5 health workers associated with the PMTCT programme so as to obtain their perspective and experiences on the issue of HIV disclosure amongst their PMTCT patients. Participation in the study was voluntary and all information obtained during the course of the interviews remained confidential and secure. Potential participants were each provided with an explanation of the purpose and process of the study and their informed written consent obtained before the researcher embarked on the interviews. Content analysis of the transcripts was done so as to develop coding categories and identify emerging themes. Disclosure to male partners is an important step in PMTCT and facilitates adherence to HIV care for the family and should be done as early as possible after the woman receives her HIV test result, though there exists a range of alternative times when it can be done. The relationship existing between a couple is very important in determining the timing of when a woman chooses to disclose. PMTCT services need to provide ongoing counselling for HIV positive women during pregnancy and after giving birth that supports, informs and equips them with the necessary skills to make an informed and timely decision about disclosure to a partner. In addition, the PMTCT service providers need to be encouraged to implement couple counselling as a strategy to facilitate disclosure as well as establishment of a peer support network for HIV positive pregnant women. The study findings will be used to contribute to health workersâ capacity to support women manage the disclosure process to their male partners, thus helping to increase the disclosure rate and also contributing to improving the positive effect of the PMTCT services, in Lusaka, Zambia

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Chandratilake, (nee Weerasekara) Sonali Evanjali. "Spatial Modelling of Gastroenteritis Prevalence Following the February 22, 2011 Earthquake and Identification of Successful Factors Preventing Outbreaks at Emergency Centres." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Department of Geological Sciences, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9185.

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The potential for a gastroenteritis outbreak in a post-earthquake environment may increase because of compromised infrastructure services, contaminated liquefaction (lateral spreading and surface ejecta), and the presence of gastroenteritis agents in the drinking water network. A population in a post-earthquake environment might be seriously affected by gastroenteritis because it has a short incubation period (about 10 hours). The potential for a gastroenteritis outbreak in a post-earthquake environment may increase because of compromised infrastructure services, contaminated liquefaction (lateral spreading and surface ejecta), and the presence of gastroenteritis agents in the drinking water network. A population in a post-earthquake environment might be seriously affected by gastroenteritis because it has a short incubation period (about 10 hours). The aim of this multidisciplinary research was to retrospectively analyse the gastroenteritis prevalence following the February 22, 2011 earthquake in Christchurch. The first focus was to assess whether earthquake-induced infrastructure damage, liquefaction, and gastroenteritis agents spatially explained the recorded gastroenteritis cases over the period of 35 days following the February 22, 2011 earthquake in Christchurch. The gastroenteritis agents considered in this study were Escherichia coli found in the drinking water supply (MPN/100mL) and Non-Compliant Free Associated Chlorine (FAC-NC) (less than <0.02mg/L). The second focus was the protocols that averted a gastroenteritis outbreak at three Emergency Centres (ECs): Burnside High School Emergency Centre (BEC); Cowles Stadium Emergency Centre (CEC); and Linwood High School Emergency Centre (LEC). Using a mixed-method approach, gastroenteritis point prevalence and the considered factors were quantitatively analysed. The qualitative analysis involved interviewing 30 EC staff members. The data was evaluated by adopting the Grounded Theory (GT) approach. Spatial analysis of considered factors showed that highly damaged CAUs were statistically clustered as demonstrated by Moran’s I statistic and hot spot analysis. Further modelling showed that gastroenteritis point prevalence clustering could not be fully explained by infrastructure damage alone, and other factors influenced the recorded gastroenteritis point prevalence. However, the results of this research suggest that there was a tenuous, indirect relationship between recorded gastroenteritis point prevalence and the considered factors: earthquake-induced infrastructure damage, liquefaction and FAC-NC. Two ECs were opened as part of the post-earthquake response in areas with severe infrastructure damage and liquefaction (BEC and CEC). The third EC (CEC) provided important lessons that were learnt from the previous September 4, 2010 earthquake, and implemented after the February 22, 2011 earthquake. Two types of interwoven themes identified: direct and indirect. The direct themes were preventive protocols and indirect themes included type of EC building (school or a sports stadium), and EC staff. The main limitations of the research were Modifiable Areal Units (MAUP), data detection, and memory loss. This research provides a practical method that can be adapted to assess gastroenteritis risk in a post-earthquake environment. Thus, this mixed method approach can be used in other disaster contexts to study gastroenteritis prevalence, and can serve as an appendage to the existing framework for assessing infectious diseases. Furthermore, the lessons learnt from qualitative analysis can inform the current infectious disease management plans, designed for a post-disaster response in New Zealand and internationally Using a mixed-method approach, gastroenteritis point prevalence and the considered factors were quantitatively analysed. A damage profile was created by amalgamating different types of damage for the considered factors for each Census Area Unit (CAU) in Christchurch. The damage profile enabled the application of a variety of statistical methods which included Moran’s I , Hot Spot (HS) analysis, Spearman’s Rho, and Besag–York–Mollié Model using a range of software. The qualitative analysis involved interviewing 30 EC staff members. The data was evaluated by adopting the Grounded Theory (GT) approach. Spatial analysis of considered factors showed that highly damaged CAUs were statistically clustered as demonstrated by Moran’s I statistic and hot spot analysis. Further modelling showed that gastroenteritis point prevalence clustering could not be fully explained by infrastructure damage alone, and other factors influenced the recorded gastroenteritis point prevalence. However, the results of this research suggest that there was a tenuous, indirect relationship between recorded gastroenteritis point prevalence and the considered factors: earthquake-induced infrastructure damage, liquefaction and FAC-NC. Two ECs were opened as part of the post-earthquake response in areas with severe infrastructure damage and liquefaction (BEC and CEC). The third EC (CEC) provided important lessons that were learnt from the previous September 4, 2010 earthquake, and implemented after the February 22, 2011 earthquake. The ECs were selected to represent the Christchurch area, and were situated where potential for gastroenteritis was high. BEC represented the western side of Christchurch; whilst, CEC and LEC represented the eastern side, where the potential for gastroenteritis was high according to the outputs of the quantitative spatial modelling. Qualitative analysis from the interviews at the ECs revealed that evacuees were arriving at the ECs with gastroenteritis-like symptoms. Participants believed that those symptoms did not originate at the ECs. Two types of interwoven themes identified: direct and indirect. The direct themes were preventive protocols that included prolific use of hand sanitisers; surveillance; and the services offered. Indirect themes included the EC layout, type of EC building (school or a sports stadium), and EC staff. Indirect themes governed the quality and sustainability of the direct themes implemented, which in turn averted gastroenteritis outbreaks at the ECs. The main limitations of the research were Modifiable Areal Units (MAUP), data detection, and memory loss. It was concluded that gastroenteritis point prevalence following the February 22, 2011 earthquake could not be solely explained by earthquake-induced infrastructure damage, liquefaction, and gastroenteritis causative agents alone. However, this research provides a practical method that can be adapted to assess gastroenteritis risk in a post-earthquake environment. Creating a damage profile for each CAU and using spatial data analysis can isolate vulnerable areas, and qualitative data analysis provides localised information. Thus, this mixed method approach can be used in other disaster contexts to study gastroenteritis prevalence, and can serve as an appendage to the existing framework for assessing infectious diseases. Furthermore, the lessons learnt from qualitative analysis can inform the current infectious disease management plans, designed for a post-disaster response in New Zealand and internationally.

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Perrin, Petament Claire. "Activités physiques et sportives et sante : étude des représentations sociales et expérimentation dans un centre de médecine préventive." Nancy 1, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994NAN10354.

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L'association systématique des activités physiques et sportives (APS) à la santé constitue une image consensuelle qui ne se confond pas avec les représentations des APS et les représentations de la santé, dont les points de convergence s'organisent autour de quatre thèmes, mis en lumière par notre étude auprès des consultants d'un centre de médecine préventive (CMP). Une analyse factorielle des correspondances réalisée à partir des données recueillies auprès d'un échantillon de 794 adultes, a permis d'objectiver des représentations selon quatre grandes tendances propres à des profils de mécanismes cognitifs: l'hédonisme, l'hygiénisme, le volontarisme et le fatalisme, en liaison avec le sexe, l'âge, le niveau de formation et la catégorie professionnelle et sociale. L'analyse approfondie de deux séries de 28 entretiens réalisés auprès de personnes appartenant aux profils hygiéniste et hédoniste, a permis d'affiner l'objectivation des représentations et de faire émerger l'importance des histoires personnelles dans le processus d'ancrage des représentations. Les histoires ne se confondent pas avec la succession des événements rencontrés, mais se construisent en fonction de la manière singulière dont chacun les a vécus. Les relations d'affinité entre les représentations des APS et les représentations de la santé s'actualisent également dans les représentations du corps au travers des quatre thèmes qui s'appliquent de façon régulière aux argumentations quotidiennes. Ils rendent compte de quatre dynamiques cognitives et affectives différenciées se construisant dans une articulation de données individuelles (histoire singulière) et collectives (positions sociales). Cette étude, enrichie d'une expérimentation dans le cadre de l'examen de sante du CMP, permet d'envisager une structure d'aide à la santé mise à la disposition des personnes dont les représentations s'inscrivent dans la tendance hygiéniste: un entretien ou une auto-analyse de la gestion de la vie physique et une séance pratique d'activité physique de détente

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SAINT, MARTIN MONIQUE. "Interet de l'inhalation d'oxygene dans la prevention des accidents de plongee sportive : evaluation par exploration doppler du debit de bulles circulantes lors de soixante plongees simulees au centre hyperbare de toulouse." Toulouse 3, 1990. http://www.theses.fr/1990TOU31100.

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Montague, Carl Thomas. "Developing a strategy for a centre of competence for HIV research and development in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/892.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
The government has identified the need to transform the South African economy from one that is primarily resource based to one that is knowledge-based and has formulated a 10 year plan in order to accomplish this objective. The plan involves the creation and funding of five theme-specific consortium-based centres of competence that focus on the five top national health priorities, linked to the growth of the local pharmaceutical industry. This research study proposed that if collaboration and communication between academic researchers and the biotechnology industry in South Africa was improved it would lead to an increase in the development of innovative products for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. The objective of the study was the development of a strategy for a centre of competence for HIV research and development that brings together academic researchers and industry in a public private partnership and that will enable the proposal to be tested. Centre of competence programmes in both developed and developing countries, including Sweden, Austria and Estonia, were reviewed. The success factors for the various programmes were discussed. The strategic planning analysis began by considering the mandate of the CoC for HIV R&D. The requirements and expectations of the DST in establishment of the centres of competence were examined. An analysis of the external environment relevant to the South African biotechnology industry was then performed. This involved a detailed macro-environmental analysis in which political, economic, social, technological and environmental factors were considered. It was followed by an analysis of the current biotechnology industry in South Africa. The industry’s dominant economic features were identified as were its future driving forces. In a competitive environment analysis the South African biotechnology industry was found to be extremely competitive. Two industry issues, price controls and access to capital, were identified and discussed. The industry key success factors identified included access to large and sustained capital, attracting and retaining talented employees, an efficient and high quality regulatory authority, continued government support, productive and appropriate partnerships and skilled intellectual property management. An internal environment analysis was performed which identified competencies and resource strengths of the CoC for HIV R&D, including the high level of academic research in the HIV/AIDS field and expertise in clinical trials of HIV/AIDS products. Competitive deficiencies and resource weaknesses identified included shortages of skills and talent and the lack of co-ordination for funding of HIV/AIDS research. The analysis of the internal environment continued with the examination of the internal value chain of the CoC for HIV R&D. This consisted of discovery, pre-clinical development and clinical development stages. Gaps in the value chain were identified, including the lack of facilities for high-throughput screening of compounds for anti-HIV activity, lack of pre-clinical testing facilities and lack of manufacturing plants capable of producing products for use in clinical trials. The results of the external and internal environment analysis were used in a SWOC analysis and a number of strategies were identified to capitalise on opportunities and to address challenges. A subsequent competitive strength assessment identified a competitive advantage in the formation of the CoC for HIV R&D. In addition a number of strategic issues facing the centre were identified and ways to address or manage the issues were proposed. The strategic planning process was completed by the selection of a strategic approach for the CoC for HIV R&D. The study concluded that a PPP of public and private organisations operating under a corporate strategy of related diversification developed and implemented by the CoC for HIV R&D, would be suitable for testing the Proposal. The study’s conclusion also highlighted the need to ensure that the CoC for HIV R&D receives a long term commitment of funding from public sources, and that is managed by an experienced team with strong leadership skills. Important strategies emerging from the study and specifically from the SWOC analysis were development of a national HIV research plan and funding of the highest priority projects; focusing research funding on research with greatest potential for generation of HIV/AIDS products; and establishment of new technology platforms to fill gaps in the value chain. Finally, a number of recommendations were made for implementation of the results of this study or as the basis for further study.

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Mohamed, Nadia. "An investigation of early childhood caries in the lower socio-economic areas surrounding Tygerberg Oral Health Centre in order to plan a community appropriate intervention strategy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95833.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The long waiting lists for general anaesthesia and sedation services for children with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) at the Tygerberg Oral Health Centre highlighted the problem of ECC in this area. This was confirmed by a retrospective study of patient records at the Centre. ECC is largely caused by a combination of lifestyle factors, especially feeding and oral hygiene practices. Socio-economic status and parental factors such as education and employment have also been shown to play a role in the development of ECC. In order to address this problem, a study was designed to determine the prevalence of ECC in children from the lower socio-economic communities which drain to the Tygerberg Oral Health Centre and assess the knowledge of the caregivers of these children. A total of 659 children were examined at crèches and schools as well as community health clinics. The children examined at the clinics accompanied others and did not have any health reason for the visit themselves. As the aetiology is largely behaviour-driven and children are dependent on their caregivers to meet their basic needs, 366 caregivers attending the community health clinics with their children, were interviewed to determine their practices and knowledge of oral health. A total of 83 health care workers at these clinics were also interviewed to assess their knowledge of oral health matters and determine the role that they can play in the prevention of this disease. A cross-sectional community survey was carried out by means of clinical assessments and structured interviews with the aid of questionnaires. The survey was divided into 3 parts: 1. Prevalence of ECC amongst the children 2. Knowledge of the caregivers about oral health care 3. Knowledge of health care workers at the clinics in these communities about ECC The prevalence study revealed that 71.6% of children in the study population presented with caries. This is extremely high and highlights the need for serious interventions. Parents/ caregivers were shown to be ill-informed regarding their children’s oral health care needs which include dietary and oral hygiene practices as well as how this disease can be prevented. It is clear that caregivers need to be educated regarding feeding practices, weaning time, dietary content and the importance of basic oral health. The importance of preserving the primary dentition and regular dental attendance also needs to be emphasized in this community where dental health does not seem to be a priority. Health care workers such as nurses who come into contact with children from an early age would be the ideal vehicle to impart this information. However, as revealed from the results of this study, there is a serious lack of knowledge amongst these professionals regarding oral health matters. Time and resources therefore have to be invested to improve their knowledge and lessen their load so that more emphasis can be placed on prevention. Small changes can make a big difference towards addressing the burden of this disease on the health care system.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die lang waglyste vir algemene narkose en sedasiedienste vir kinders met Vroeë Kinderkaries (VKK) by die Tygerberg Mondgesondheid Sentrum het die probleem van VKK in die area uitgelig. Dit is bevestig deur 'n retrospektiewe studie van pasiënterekords by die Sentrum. VKK word grootliks veroorsaak deur 'n kombinasie van lewenstyl- faktore, veral voeding en mondhigiëne praktyke. Daar is ook aangetoon dat sosio-ekonomiese status en ouerlike faktore soos opvoeding en werkstatus 'n rol speel in die ontwikkeling van VKK. In 'n poging om hierdie probleem aan te spreek is 'n studie onderneem om die prevalensie van VKK in kinders van laer sosio-ekonomiese gemeenskappe wat van die Tygerberg Mondgesondheid Sentrum gebruikmaak te bepaal. Die kennis van mondgesondheid van die vernaamste toesighouers van die kinders in die studie is ook bepaal. 'n Totaal van 659 kinders is by crèches en skole sowel as gemeenskapsklinieke ondersoek. Die kinders wat by die klinieke ondersoek is, het nie self 'n gesondheidsrede vir die besoek gehad nie maar het saam met ander mense gekom. Die etiologie van VKK word hoofsaaklik deur gedrag gedryf en kinders is van hulle toesighouers afhanklik vir hulle basiese behoeftes. Dus is 366 toesighouers wat gemeenskapsklinieke besoek het ondervra oor hulle praktyke en kennis rakende mondgesondheid. 'n Totaal van 83 gesondheidswerkers by die klinieke is ook ondervra oor hulle kennis van mondgesondheid om die rol wat hulle kan speel in die voorkoming van hierdie siekte te ondersoek. 'n Dwarsdeursnit gemeenskaps-opname is uitgevoer deur middel van kliniese ondesoeke en gestruktureerde onderhoude met behulp van vraelyste. Die opname is in drie dele aangepak: 1. Prevalensie van VKK onder die kinders 2. Kennis van die toesighouers oor mondgesondheidsorg 3. Kennis van gesondheidsorgwerkers by die klinieke in hierdie gemeenskappe oor VKK Die prevalensiestudie het getoon dat 71% van kinders in die studiepopulasie karies gehad het. Dit is baie hoog en het die behoefte aan ernstige ingryping beklemtoon. Ouers/ toesighouers het geblyk om baie swak ingelig te wees oor hulle kinders se mondgesondheid-behoeftes wat dieet- en mondhigiëne praktyke ingesluit het, asook hoe die siekte voorkom kan word. Dit is duidelik dat versorgers onderrig moet word oor voedingspraktyke, die beste tyd vir soog, dieetinhoud en die belang van basiese mondgesondheid. Die belang van die behoud van primêre dentisie en gereelde tandsorgafsprake behoort ook in hierdie geneemskappe beklemtoon te word, gesien in die lig van die lae prioriteit wat hierdie gemeenskappe op mondgesondheid plaas. Gesondheidsorgwerkers soos verpleegpersoneel wat reeds in kontak kom met hierdie kinders op 'n jong ouderdom is die ideale persone om sulke inligting te versprei. Dit het egter uit die studie geblyk dat daar 'n ernstige gebrek aan kennis by hierdie professionele persone bestaan oor mondgesondheid. Tyd en hulpbronne sal belê moet word en hulle werkslading verlig moet word om hulle kennis te verbeter sodat meer klem op voorkoming gelê kan word. Klein veranderinge kan 'n groot verskil maak om hierdie siektelas op die gesondheidsorgstelsel te verlig.

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Dumas, Eric. "Prévention de la récidive des chutes de la personne âgée : étude interventionnelle menée en service de court séjour gériatrique au Centre Henri Choussat de Bordeaux." Bordeaux 2, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000BOR2M095.

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Hamman, Abraham John. "The impact of anti-money laundering legislation on the legal profession in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4766.

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This thesis investigates the legislative measures employed in South Africa to combat the implication of lawyers in money laundering schemes. Criminals make use of sophisticated technological means to transfer money and launderers routinely approach lawyers to assist them in their illegal endeavours. The legal profession is almost tailor-made for abuse by launderers, because lawyers work with huge amounts of money, clients are entitled to legal professional privilege and the right to legal representation is guaranteed constitutionally. The South African anti-money laundering regime, for the most part, is contained in two statutes, the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA) and the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA). Whilst FICA and POCA require the legal profession to be vigilant and accountable in the fight against money laundering, unfortunately they also infringe on hard-won rights, such as legal professional privilege, the right to legal representation and attorney-client confidentiality. The study considers South Africa’s efforts to fulfil its international anti-money laundering obligations whilst upholding the criminal procedural rights guaranteed in the Constitution. It is suggested that certain sections of FICA and POCA fail to find the required balance between protecting citizens from the harms of money laundering and protecting the fundamental rights of attorneys and their clients. Lawyers are in a unique position of trust and in some instances have access to information that may incriminate their clients. Unfortunately, in its quest to combat money laundering, Parliament did not consider seriously enough the position of lawyers and took the easy option of criminalising fees paid with tainted funds, as well as the non-submission of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) and cash transaction reports (CTRs). As a result, the South African legal profession is saddled with unacceptable constraints.

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Jaspart, Alice. "L'enfermement des mineurs poursuivis par la justice: ethnographie de trois institutions de la Communauté française." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210127.

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Première forme de traitement spécialisé pour mineurs délinquants depuis la moitié du 19ème, l’enfermement est, à l’heure actuelle, la réponse qui occupe le devant de la scène politico-médiatique face à la délinquance des jeunes en Belgique. Depuis la fin des années 70, les dénonciations du « manque de places » en régime fermé sont fréquemment relayées. L’augmentation de la capacité institutionnelle est la réponse apportée par les pouvoirs publics. Pourtant, rares sont les connaissances empiriques existantes qui portent sur le fonctionnement « concret » de ces institutions qui allient des missions sécuritaires et éducatives. Maigres sont aussi les productions qui cherchent à dépasser les paroles des intervenants et des jeunes pour saisir « in situ » les modes respectifs de socialisation et les rapports qui interviennent entre ces acteurs.

C’est au regard de ces premiers constats que le projet de thèse de doctorat en criminologie, intitulée « L’enfermement des mineurs poursuivis par la justice. Ethnographie de trois institutions de la Communauté française », a vu le jour. Comprendre le fonctionnement des trois institutions d’enfermement en Communauté française en se basant sur une approche ethnographique paraissait pertinent.

La thèse s’articule autour de trois parties. La première pose le cadre historique et contemporain de l’enfermement en Belgique et présente un bilan critique (recension, synthèse et examen) des connaissances produites sur ces institutions en Communauté française. La seconde explicite les choix méthodologiques empruntés ainsi que les questionnements réflexifs qui se sont imposés durant les immersions. La troisième constitue le véritable cœur de la thèse et présente sept thématiques ressorties suite à l’analyse inductive du matériel d’immersion, suivant le cheminement dans l’enfermement et la progression dans le quotidien institutionnel :la structuration des espaces qui révèle la conception dichotomique de la vie communautaire s’y déroulant avec d’un côté les jeunes, de l’autre les professionnels ;la présentation des acteurs et de leurs modes de socialisation respectifs ;les différents temps du placement :un temps court cadenassé et un temps long qui se doit d’être libéré et rentabilisé ;les rapports entre intervenants et jeunes où l’observation réciproque permet aux uns d’assumer leurs fonctions officielles (sécuriser, éduquer, évaluer), aux autres d’apprendre à être observés et ce faisant de développer des processus de résistance « en coulisse » ;les ressorts de l’humour :rire « entre soi » « des autres » qui permet tantôt la cohésion, tantôt l’exclusion ;des parcours de placement qui mobilisent les équipes et révèlent les limites du régime fermé, les moments particuliers où les enjeux de l’enfermement se dévoilent et des embryons de confiance se décèlent loin du quotidien collectif, loin du regard « des siens » et « des autres ».

Dans cette perspective, les rapprochements entre les jeunes et les adultes, la confiance et le sens qui peuvent en découler pour les jeunes, s’observent particulièrement dans les interstices de l’enfermement, loin des normes rigides qui le gouvernent. Et il apparait que ce sont surtout les missions d’évaluation demandées par les autorités mandantes qui nuisent à la relation de confiance. Cette observation complexifie les réflexions scientifiques antérieures qui mettaient en évidence le caractère paradoxal des objectifs sécuritaires et éducatifs de ces institutions. Ce n’est pas uniquement le « duel » sécuriser / éduquer ou aider mais bien, le « triptyque » sécuriser / éduquer ou aider / évaluer et communiquer qui caractérise la « prise en charge » dans l’enfermement et qui mérite d’être davantage questionné et investigué.

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Kopp-Bigault, Céline. "Etude exploratoire des déterminants psychosociaux et psychopathologiques à l'oeuvre dans les phénomènes suicidaires en pays Centre Ouest Bretagne : perspectives pour une prévention du suicide et des tentatives de suicide en pays COB et en Bretagne." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017STRAG018/document.

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Cette thèse analyse la surmortalité par suicide sur le territoire du Pays COB au travers des facteurs psychosociaux et psychopathologiques et repose sur l'hypothèse d'interactions entre les conceptions sociales du suicide et les trajectoires personnelles des individus, freinant sa prévention. Une étude des représentations sociales du suicide montre qu’il existe des RS spécifiques en Bretagne et en Pays COB. L’étude des trajectoires de vie met en évidence une sur-représentation de la dépression et les troubles de la personnalité. On trouve aussi une faible estime de soi, une difficulté d'accès à la parole et à la demande d’aide, des violences transgénérationnelles et actuelles, un climat incestuel et une stigmatisation (auto et hétéro) liée aux RS du suicide, de la dépression et des « psy ». L’étude de l’effet d’un suicide montre qu’il a un impact sur les proches : traumatisme psychique individuel et familial, deuils traumatogènes. À la suite de ces résultats, des actions spécifiques pourront être menées sur ce territoire pour améliorer la prévention du suicide et des tentatives de suicide
The present thesis analyzes the role of psychosocial and psychopathological factors in the abnormally high rate of deaths by suicide in the “Pays COB” territory. It is based on the hypothesis according to which the interactions between the social conceptions of suicide and the personal trajectories hinders suicide prevention. We studied the structure of social representations of suicide (SR) with Vergès’method (double analysis of the evocation rank) and uncover specific SR in Brittany and in “Pays COB”. A study of the life trajectories highlighted the excessive rate of depressions and personality disorders. We also found amoung suicide victims a weak self-esteem, a difficulty to talk and to ask for help, transgenerational and current violent tendencies, an incestual climate and (self-) stigmatization related to the SR of suicide, depression and psychiatric services. A study about the effect of a suicide showed that it has an impact on the close relatives: individual and family psychic trauma, traumatic grief. Following these results, specific actions can be carried out in this territory to improve the prevention of suicide and of suicide attempts

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Hagaman, Angela M., and Stephanie M. Mathis. "The ETSU Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3200.

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Van, der Westhuizen Claire. "Mental disorders and violence-related injuries : prevention opportunities in emergency centres." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13049.

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Mental disorders and violence-related injuries make significant contributions to the global disease burden, mostly affecting young people. In emergency centres, mental disorders and violence-related injuries are commonly seen and, according to international data, violently injured patients are at-risk for mental disorders. Despite the scale of this problem, little evidence exists, especially from low- and middle-income-countries, regarding predictors of mental disorder and violence-related injuries, and data concerning interventions have not been synthesised.

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Hassett, Tiffany D. "Evaluation of a family support center : a case study /." View abstract, 1998. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1527.html.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Central Connecticut State University, 1998.
Thesis advisor: Dr. Marc Goldstein. " ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-67).

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Gutierrez, Michael J. "Intelligence and high intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA's) : a critical evaluation of the HIDTA investigative support center (ISC) /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Sep%5FGutierrez.pdf.

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Wolf, Stacia. "Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Through the Alive Center (A Local Information and Volunteer Exchange)." TopSCHOLAR®, 2005. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/436.

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Risk and protective factors for juvenile delinquency are identified and addressed at national and local levels. A need for an information, referral, and volunteer center to reduce risk factors and promote protective factors in youth was identified in Warren County. The ALIVE Center (A Local Information and Volunteer Exchange) was founded to address this need. Qualitative research of services and programs offered by information, referral, and volunteer centers and a survey to specific local agencies as regards their use of the ALIVE Center was conducted to guide the development of services at the ALIVE Center. Information, resource, and referral centers across the nation were researched to determine the scope of programs and services offered. A 19-question survey was developed to assess the current status and use of the ALIVE Center and administered to center coordinators at Kentucky Family Resource and Youth Services Centers affiliated with Warren County and Bowling Green City Schools. Qualitative research from the information, resource, and referral centers yielded contact information, program descriptions, website information, and brochures of 39 centers. This research was used during the formative stage of the center and generated ideas for the center's website and guided youth program development. The results of the survey indicated that the ALIVE Center was extremely familiar to center coordinators at Family Resource and Youth Service Centers and regarded as extremely effective in providing services.

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Danish, Tawfig Yousef. "A knowledge-based decision support system for computer disaster prevention in IT centres." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2005.

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In analysing the extent to which adequate research work may have been undertaken in the specific area of computer disaster prevention, it was found that little work had been done. In the real-life situation, it was also concluded that, in the vast majority of cases, no adequate disaster prevention controls were in use at IT installations. Guidance for the analysis and management of the risk associated with computer disasters, as a result, has also been inadequate and lacking in uniformity, specially in the areas of risk identification and risk entities interactions and relationships. This research has involved developing and delivering a methodology which would help IT risk managers in implementing effective computer disaster prevention controls. A knowledge based system (KBS) approach has been used to build a prototype system which provides full support in this important area of decision making, and to show how the representation of risks can be handled.

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Hagemeier, Nicholas E., and S. T. Melton. "The Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment: A Community-University Partnership." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5423.

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Fletcher, William S. "An accident centred approach to primary safety strategy development for vehicles." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2000. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7255.

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This thesis addresses the development of a methodology to determine primary safety strategy with respect to the choice of appropriate technological solutions to the problem of accidents in cars. In motorised societies in the 1990s, road accidents are a major cause of loss of life, injury and property damage. Motor manufacturers have increasingly been concerned with reducing the effects of accidents and have recently been developing technologies to attempt to reduce the number of accidents on the roads. Traditionally, these technologies have been transferred from other domains into vehicles, (principally from aerospace). Two problems however exist with this approach. Firstly, developing solutions on the basis of what is technologically feasible may ignore the requirements of the drivers in terms of systems that would actually be of benefit whilst driving. In part, this is due to an incomplete understanding of the reasons why drivers have accidents in cars. Secondly, motor manufacturers are faced with an ever increasing number of potential systems that they may develop and eventually implement in cars. Currently, they have no methodology to determine which of these systems, if any, should be researched or developed further. This thesis addresses both of these issues. Firstly, a large scale questionnaire survey was conducted using a population of recently accident involved drivers drawn from the insurance group of a major motor manufacturer. The survey was designed to obtain information from drivers pertaining to the reasons for the occurrence of their accident. This information was more detailed than had previously been gained from drivers after they have been involved in accidents in cars. This data was built upon in the second study of the thesis, which used real life accident data to develop a methodology to determine safety strategy for a motor manufacturer. Focus groups using a variety of employees of the motor manufacturer were employed to correlate accident scenarios with a series of functionally defined accident countermeasures. When combined with quantitative data from the questionnaire survey, assessments of the overall efficacy of the countermeasures could be deduced. From this, an outline strategy for primary safety system development was deduced.

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Banyeres, Badia Llúcia. "Disseny i aplicació d'una intervenció, basada en el model Transteòric, per incrementar o mantenir l'assistència en un centre de wellness." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Lleida, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/404296.

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Aquest estudi pretén realitzar un abordatge científic sobre els factors que intervenen en la constància de la pràctica d’exercici físic en els usuaris d’un centre de wellness. En primer lloc, es valida la traducció a la llengua espanyola dels qüestionaris basats en el model Transteòric utilitzats per BH Marcus i LH Forsyth. Després es dissenya un programa d’intervenció d’un any de durada. L’entrenador personal és el responsable de fer arribar la informació als seus clients (n=114). Resultats: L’estadi de canvi per exercici físic intens, l’autoconfiança, el balanç decisional i el procés de canvi Substituir alternatives són els únics constructes del model que s’associen de forma directament proporcional i estadísticament significativa en algun moment de la intervenció amb l’assistència al centre. Considerem que aquesta informació és interessant per facilitar el manteniment de la pràctica esportiva en aquelles persones que ja s’han iniciat i pot ajudar a captar nous practicants.
Este estudio pretende realizar un abordaje científico sobre los factores que intervienen en la práctica regular de ejercicio físico de los usuarios de un centro de wellness. En primer lugar, se valida la traducción al español de los cuestionarios del modelo Transteórico utilizados por BH Marcus y LH Forsyth. Posteriormente, se diseña y aplica una intervención de un año de duración. El entrenador personal es el responsable de hacer llegar la información a sus clientes (n=114). Resultados: El estadio de cambio por ejercicio físico intenso, la autoconfianza, el balance decisional y el proceso de cambio Sustituir alternativas son los únicos constructos del modelo que se asocian en algún momento de la intervención con la asistencia al centro de forma directamente proporcional y estadísticamente significativa. Se considera esta información interesante para facilitar el mantenimiento de la práctica deportiva a largo plazo y también se considera que puede ayudar a la captación de nuevos usuarios.
The aim of this study is to make a scientific insight of the outcomes related to exercise adherence of customers attending a wellness center. First, we validated the Spanish version of BH Marcus and LH Forsyth questionnaires, based on the Transtheoretical model. Then, we designed and applied a 12-month intervention program. The personal trainer is the responsible for giving the information to their clients (n = 114). Results: The stage of change for vigorous-intensity exercise, self-confidence, decisional balance and the process of change called substituting alternatives are the constructs associated with the attendance to the wellness center. This association was directly proportional and statistically significant at some point during the intervention. We suggest that this information may be useful to maintain exercise adherence for clients already active as well as for recruiting new clients to start an exercise program.

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Pack, Robert P., and S. Loyd. "Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemiology and Prevention Efforts." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1352.

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Hagemeier, Nicholas E. "Prescription Drug Abuse: Past, Present and Prevention." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1426.

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Wipplinger, Eduard. "Marketingová strategie Centra zdravotní prevence." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113273.

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The diploma thesis is focused on the marketing strategy of QMI's Health prevention center. The aim of the study is to make a situation analysis, through its own research to assess consumer attitudes to health and health care, evaluate opportunities and threats arising from the marketing environment and to define on the basis of the results achieved for the development strategy of health prevention centers. The theoretical part deals with theoretical background of strategic marketing, its specifics in the health care, marketing environmental analysis, market and consumer decision-making motives. It describes the legislative framework and the importance of health prevention in public health care. The practical part presents the concept and mission of the QMI's Health prevention center. It deals with the survey of consumer attitudes, application of theoretical knowledge in situation analysis and attempts to explain the current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats arising from the marketing environment. The main contribution of the thesis is a detailed situation analysis, application of knowledge gained from research and defining the marketing strategy for the development of Health prevention center.

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Obatoyinbo, Adesunloye. "Supply chain packaging : packaging for optimal inter-region distribution center operations and damage prevention." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37238.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 65).
Honeywell International Corporation is a $27.5 billion [1] conglomerate with a diverse portfolio of businesses covering Aerospace, Automation and Controls, Specialty Materials and Transportation. Honeywell's Automation and Controls Solutions (ACS) business is the second largest business group with $9.4 billion in sales in 2005. This business group is further divided into the following strategic business units: * Security (Facilities) * Life Safety * Building Solutions * Process Solutions * Sensing and Control * Environmental and Combustion Controls The Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) business unit of Honeywell ACS maintains a global manufacturing and distribution presence. ECC delivers complex systems that control air, water and combustion for both homes and industrial customers. Historically, ECC plants in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region have either had their own warehouses or had a captive third party provider that provided warehousing services offsite. However, recent initiatives in the region have culminated in the adoption of a regional distribution center model. Essentially, clusters of plants are grouped into regions that are served by the same warehouse or distribution center.
(cont.) The regional warehouse in Heilbronn Germany (ERD) is the pilot for such a system. Plants in Emmen in the Netherlands, Brno in the Czech Republic, Nagykanisza in Hungary and Schoenaich and Mosbach in Germany, as well as some small Low Risk Distribution (LRD) centers - which stock emergency volumes - in western Europe will all be consolidated and served from the distribution center in Heilbronn. This essentially means that instead of storing their own inventory, all the affected plants will truck all production to the Heilbronn warehouse on a daily basis. The Heilbronn warehouse, which commenced operation in May, 2005 subsequently fulfills all customer orders associated with the locations listed above. During the consolidation exercise, while planning for receipt of goods from the different plants, it became clear that there were multiple packaging standards in use throughout Europe. There thus arose the need to consolidate the different standards into a coherent well-defined standard to enable the new distribution center established at Heilbronn, Germany, to properly handle goods from the different plants.
(cont.) Additionally, the newly built ERD had a need for an established set of packing guidelines that may include procedural changes or the establishment of new procedures, changes to the physical setup of the outbound lines (freight and parcel), presentation and replenishment of packaging material and suggestions for improvement for the long term. Receiving guidelines have also been newly instituted for products arriving at the ERD, which also creates a case for compliance for goods being shipped from suppliers including a counterpart warehouse - the Louisville Distribution Center (LDC) - in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition, the LDC had been having difficulty receiving freight from the European plants. The major problems included inadequate labeling, lack of overpacking, inconsistency in packing of mixed pallets and the non-usage of Honeywell 40" X 32" pallets. Since all European plant shipments that formerly shipped directly from each plant would be shipping from ERD in Heilbronn going forward, it became imperative that appropriate packaging standards be developed (in Europe) in order to ensure compliance with receiving guidelines in Louisville at the LDC. Fulfillment through the distribution centers is what drives customer satisfaction.
(cont.) No matter how efficient the plants may be, transit through the distribution centers is the proverbial "last mile" that delivers all the efforts of the firm to the customers. I have developed and recommended a packaging standard, which outlines the levels to which packaged products must be tested in preparation for safe shipping. I analyzed current packing practice at the ERD showing relevant cost drivers and made recommendations on ways to pack in order to improve service to the downstream distribution center while keeping costs contained. I developed a framework to guide warehouse management with regards to pallet shipping decisions between the ERD and LDC. Finally, I developed a carton replenishment framework for the ERD that can be adopted for other appropriate ECC warehouses.
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De, Man Martin. "Emergency medicine registrars' attitudes towards youth violence prevention interventions in Cape Town emergency centres." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25044.

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Background: The City of Cape Town, South Africa, has a large youth violence problem with the highest percentage of non-natural deaths per age group in Cape Town occurring between 15 and 24 years of age. Many authorities suggest that youth violence is preventable and there is a fast growing international knowledge base on how emergency centres (ECs) and EC personnel can contribute to youth violence prevention (YVP). In order to utilise this opportunity most effectively, it is important to understand the challenges faced by EC staff, their perceptions of youth violence, and their willingness to engage in YVP interventions in the EC. There is currently no known EC-based YVP intervention in South Africa. Objectives: This study explored the perceptions and attitudes of Cape Town emergency medicine doctors on youth violence, their role in YVP and how it applies to their practice in the EC. Methods: Semi-structured focus groups, each with 3-5 Cape Town emergency medicine (EM) registrars, were conducted, using five basis questions for discussion to elicit participants' perceptions of and attitudes towards YVP. Data saturation was reached after three focus groups. Thematic analysis as described by Braun and Clarke was carried out on the focus group data sets. Results: The three focus groups were all diverse in terms of race, gender, and level of training. In terms of the "Extent of the problem" themes around acceptability and increased burden were explored."Youth Violence Prevention in the EC" focused on the need for a champion, role of the emergency doctor vs. other stakeholders and sustainability issues. Conclusions: EM registrars in Cape Town have a very limited knowledge of YVP in general and specific to the EC. They are faced with immense challenges that relate to patient load, violence directed to EC personnel, and a sense of despair or despondence in terms of ability to effect change. Concerns about the possible implementation of YVP interventions were sustained funding and sustainability in general. These and other factors influenced attitudes towards EC initiated YVP. Notwithstanding challenges, this study has shown an overwhelmingly positive attitude of EM registrars towards the concept of YVP intervention in the EC, and them being the champion or co-champion of it. Recommendations: It is recommended that EM registrars in their training time should receive theoretical and practical training on YVP which can lead to increased awareness of YVP issue, the need to know resources in the community, and in the future will make it easier to implement a pilot intervention project in a selected EC. Further research is needed on a relevant screening tool to identify high risk patients in local ECs.

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Mathis, Stephanie M. "National Prevention Week: A Focus on Prescription Drug Misuse." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3199.

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Dowling, Karilynn, Marc Fleming, Sarah Melton, and Nicholas E. Hagemeier. "Quaternary Prevention: Four States’ Approaches to Naloxone Dissemination." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1411.

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Naloxone has received increased public health attention in recent years given its effectiveness in the reversal of opioid overdoses. Despite continued increases in overdose death rates attributable to opioids, approaches to naloxone dissemination, prescribing and dispensing are quite variable across states. On the public health prevention continuum, naloxone dissemination and use could be considered quaternary prevention —actions taken to identify individuals at risk of over-medication, protect them from new medical invasion and suggest interventions which are ethically acceptable. This presentation will describe approaches to overdose death prevention with naloxone in four states: Maine, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of community pharmacies in increasing naloxone dissemination. Attendees will be informed about recent legislative, educational and profession-specific prevention strategies and will thereafter engage in active learning to apply prevention strategies in their respective states. In addition to discussing barriers to and suggestions for increased naloxone uptake, presenters will describe assessments that can be used to evaluate overdose risk and subsequent naloxone co-prescribing/dispensing.

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Runeskog, Henrik. "Continuous Balance Evaluation by Image Analysis of Live Video : Fall Prevention Through Pose Estimation." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297541.

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The deep learning technique Human Pose Estimation (or Human Keypoint Detection) is a promising field in tracking a person and identifying its posture. As posture and balance are two closely related concepts, the use of human pose estimation could be applied to fall prevention. By deriving the location of a persons Center of Mass and thereafter its Center of Pressure, one can evaluate the balance of a person without the use of force plates or sensors and solely using cameras. In this study, a human pose estimation model together with a predefined human weight distribution model were used to extract the location of a persons Center of Pressure in real time. The proposed method utilized two different methods of acquiring depth information from the frames - stereoscopy through two RGB-cameras and with the use of one RGB-depth camera. The estimated location of the Center of Pressure were compared to the location of the same parameter extracted while using the force plate Wii Balance Board. As the proposed method were to operate in real-time and without the use of computational processor enhancement, the choice of human pose estimation model were aimed to maximize software input/output speed. Thus, three models were used - one smaller and faster model called Lightweight Pose Network, one larger and accurate model called High-Resolution Network and one model placing itself somewhere in between the two other models, namely Pose Residual Network. The proposed method showed promising results for a real-time method of acquiring balance parameters. Although the largest source of error were the acquisition of depth information from the cameras. The results also showed that using a smaller and faster human pose estimation model proved to be sufficient in relation to the larger more accurate models in real-time usage and without the use of computational processor enhancement.
Djupinlärningstekniken Kroppshållningsestimation är ett lovande medel gällande att följa en person och identifiera dess kroppshållning. Eftersom kroppshållning och balans är två närliggande koncept, kan användning av kroppshållningsestimation appliceras till fallprevention. Genom att härleda läget för en persons tyngdpunkt och därefter läget för dess tryckcentrum, kan utvärdering en persons balans genomföras utan att använda kraftplattor eller sensorer och att enbart använda kameror. I denna studie har en kroppshållningsestimationmodell tillsammans med en fördefinierad kroppsviktfördelning använts för att extrahera läget för en persons tryckcentrum i realtid. Den föreslagna metoden använder två olika metoder för att utvinna djupseende av bilderna från kameror - stereoskopi genom användning av två RGB-kameror eller genom användning av en RGB-djupseende kamera. Det estimerade läget av tryckcentrat jämfördes med läget av samma parameter utvunnet genom användning av tryckplattan Wii Balance Board. Eftersom den föreslagna metoden var ämnad att fungera i realtid och utan hjälp av en GPU, blev valet av kroppshållningsestimationsmodellen inriktat på att maximera mjukvaruhastighet. Därför användes tre olika modeller - en mindre och snabbare modell vid namn Lightweight Pose Network, en större och mer träffsäker modell vid namn High-Resolution Network och en model som placerar sig någonstans mitt emellan de två andra modellerna gällande snabbhet och träffsäkerhet vid namn Pose Resolution Network. Den föreslagna metoden visade lovande resultat för utvinning av balansparametrar i realtid, fastän den största felfaktorn visade sig vara djupseendetekniken. Resultaten visade att användning av en mindre och snabbare kroppshållningsestimationsmodellen påvisar att hålla måttet i jämförelse med större och mer träffsäkra modeller vid användning i realtid och utan användning av externa dataprocessorer.

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