Journal articles: 'Health surveys Evaluation'

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Aromaa, A. "Evaluation of Health Interview Surveys and Health Examination Surveys in the European Union." European Journal of Public Health 13, Supplement 1 (September 1, 2003): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/13.suppl_1.67.

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Aromaa, A., P. Koponen, J. Tafforeau, and C. Vermeire. "Evaluation of Health Interview Surveys and Health Examination Surveys in the European Union." European Journal of Public Health 13, suppl 3 (September 1, 2003): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/13.suppl_3.67.

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Patrick, Rebecca, and Jonathan Kingsley. "Health promotion and sustainability programmes in Australia: barriers and enablers to evaluation." Global Health Promotion 26, no. 2 (August 23, 2017): 82–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757975917715038.

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In an era characterised by the adverse impacts of climate change and environmental degradation, health promotion programmes are beginning to actively link human health with environmental sustainability imperatives. This paper draws on a study of health promotion and sustainability programmes in Australia, providing insights to evaluation approaches being used and barriers and enablers to these evaluations. The study was based on a multi-strategy research involving both quantitative and qualitative methods. Health promotion practitioners explained through surveys and semi-structured interviews that they focused on five overarching health and sustainability programme types (healthy and sustainable food, active transport, energy efficiency, contact with nature, and capacity building). Various evaluation methods and indicators (health, social, environmental, economic and demographic) were identified as being valuable for monitoring and evaluating health and sustainability programmes. Findings identified several evaluation enablers such as successful community engagement, knowledge of health and sustainability issues and programme champions, whereas barriers included resource constraints and competing interests. This paper highlights the need for ecological models and evaluation tools to support the design and monitoring of health promotion and sustainability programmes.

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Saewyc, Elizabeth M., Greta R. Bauer, Carol L. Skay, Linda H. Bearinger, Michael D. Resnick, Elizabeth Reis, and Aileen Murphy. "Measuring sexual orientation in adolescent health surveys: Evaluation of eight school-based surveys." Journal of Adolescent Health 35, no. 4 (October 2004): 345.e1–345.e15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.06.002.

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Kessler, Ronald C., and T. Bedirhan Üstün. "A re-evaluation of the yield from national surveys of mental health." International Psychiatry 5, no. 1 (January 2008): 18–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s1749367600005440.

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Having spent a considerable amount of time thinking about the uses of large-scale descriptive psychiatric epidemiological needs assessment surveys in our capacity as co-directors of the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative, we agree with many of the conclusions of Henderson and Andrews. Most importantly, we agree: ∘that among the most important benefits of these surveys have been their political value in documenting high prevalence and high disability∘that the time has come to expand the focus to study causes.

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Purcell, Natalie, Kara Zamora, Daniel Bertenthal, Linda Abadjian, Jennifer Tighe, and Karen H. Seal. "How VA Whole Health Coaching Can Impact Veterans’ Health and Quality of Life: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Program Evaluation." Global Advances in Health and Medicine 10 (January 2021): 216495612199828. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2164956121998283.

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Purpose To examine the impact of a pilot VA Whole Health Coaching program, including whether and how the program helps veterans improve their health and quality of life. Intervention Whole Health Coaching is a structured program to support veterans in making healthy behavior changes to promote holistic well-being. Design This mixed-methods quality-improvement evaluation combined surveys (pre- and post-coaching) with follow-up qualitative interviews. Setting The setting was a large VA healthcare system, encompassing a medical center and six community-based clinics in Northern California. Participants 65 veterans completed surveys at both time points; 42 completed qualitative interviews. Method Telephone surveys administered at baseline and 3 months assessed global health (PROMIS-10), perceived stress (PSS-4), and perceived health competency (PHCS-2). Pre- and post-scores were compared using t-tests. A subsample of participants completed a qualitative interview evaluating program experience, goal attainment, and the coaching relationship. Results Surveys showed significant improvements over baseline in mental health (p = 0.006; d = 0.36), stress (p = 0.003; d = –0.38), and perceived health competence (p = 0.01; d = 0.35). Interviewees were highly satisfied with their coaching experience, describing both effective program components and improvement opportunities. Conclusion Whole Health Coaching can help participants make meaningful progress toward health goals, reduce stress, and improve quality of life. The Whole Health model’s emphasis on holistic self-assessment; patient-driven goal-setting; supportive, non-judgmental inquiry; and mindful awareness contributed to program success and enhanced participants’ experience.

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Marcinowicz, Ludmiła, Renata Sierżantowicz, Agnieszka Dudzik, Jolanta Sawicka-Powierza, Zbysław Grajek, and Sławomir Chlabicz. "Who needs patient satisfaction surveys? Perspectives of Polish doctors, nurses, and patients." Polish Journal of Public Health 125, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 72–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pjph-2015-0027.

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Abstract Introduction. Patient satisfaction surveys are still popular tools for obtaining feedback on the quality of health care. Nonetheless, there is a paucity of data to indicate whether health care providers even want patients to assess the quality of care delivered. Neither it is certain whether patients are interested in participating in such surveys. Aim. To present and compare the perspectives of doctors, nurses, and patients on the validity of health care customer satisfaction surveys. Material and methods. A cross-sectional survey design was used. The questionnaires were administered to doctors, nurses and patients in three hospitals of different sizes (small, medium, and large), all in the north-east of Poland. Each sample group was given 200 questionnaires; responses were received from 95 doctors (47.5%), 190 nurses (95%), and 182 patients (91%), and included in the final analyses. Results. Most respondents (doctors - 64.2%; nurses - 61.6%; patients - 87.4%) answered ‘Yes’ to the question ‘Do you think that patients should evaluate the quality of health care?’ Analysis of data allowed to identify the following main reasons why patients should evaluate the quality of health care: 1. to enhance the quality of care; 2. to recognise patients as evaluators; 3. to motivate providers to work more efficiently; and 4. to emphasise the impact of evaluation on a core value, i.e. health. Doctors and nurses outlined reasons why they did not advocate conducting patient satisfaction surveys: satisfaction surveys are redundant; negative evaluations; unwillingness to be evaluated by patients; satisfaction surveys hamper effective work with patients; surveys are not objective; survey results are not communicated to providers. Conclusions. Patient satisfaction surveys are desirable tools for evaluating the quality of health care delivery despite the fact that they frequently raise concerns amongst providers and patients. There is, therefore, a definite need for providers to experience the benefits of measuring patient satisfaction. Another important practical implication is that patients need to be convinced that their opinions do matter and contribute to improving the quality of services.

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Hein, A. M., and G. Lamé. "PEVALUATING ENGINEERING DESIGN METHODS: TAKING INSPIRATION FROM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND THE HEALTH SCIENCES." Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference 1 (May 2020): 1901–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dsd.2020.317.

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AbstractEngineering design methods are typically evaluated via case studies, surveys, and experiments. Meanwhile, domains such as the health sciences as well as software engineering have developed further powerful evaluation approaches. The objective of this paper is to show how evaluation approaches from the health sciences and software engineering might further the evaluation of engineering design methods. We survey these approaches and show which approaches could be transferred to the evaluation of engineering design methods.

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Baron, Sherry, Thomas Hales, and Joseph Hurrell. "Evaluation of symptom surveys for occupational musculoskeletal disorders." American Journal of Industrial Medicine 29, no. 6 (June 1996): 609–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199606)29:6<609::aid-ajim5>3.0.co;2-e.

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Brandon, Paul R. "State-Level Evaluations of School Programs Funded under the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act." Journal of Drug Education 22, no. 1 (March 1992): 25–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/fk6n-mgaf-chgu-q2yj.

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Although the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 and the 1989 Amendments to the Act require states to evaluate their drug-education programs, no guidelines for conducting these evaluations have been produced, and little has been reported on how the states are conducting such evaluations. In this article, the results of a telephone survey on current state-level efforts to evaluate school programs funded under the Act are reported. Some states report studies of the implementation of the program and some report drug- and alcohol-use surveys. Together, these two types of evaluation efforts form the foundation of an approach for conducting evaluations under the Act. Reasons are presented why experimental and quasi-experimental designs might be inappropriate and impractical for the evaluations, and an evaluation approach linking program implementation findings and drug- and alcohol-use survey results is suggested.

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Parker, Jennifer, Kristen Miller, Yulei He, Paul Scanlon, Bill Cai, Hee-Choon Shin, Van Parsons, and Katherine Irimata. "Overview and initial results of the National Center for Health Statistics’ Research and Development Survey1." Statistical Journal of the IAOS 36, no. 4 (November 25, 2020): 1199–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/sji-200678.

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The National Center for Health Statistics is assessing the usefulness of recruited web panels in multiple research areas. One research area examines the use of close-ended probe questions and split-panel experiments for evaluating question-response patterns. Another research area is the development of statistical methodology to leverage the strength of national survey data to evaluate, and possibly improve, health estimates from recruited panels. Recruited web panels, with their lower cost and faster production cycle, in combination with established population health surveys, may be useful for some purposes for statistical agencies. Our initial results indicate that web survey data from a recruited panel can be used for question evaluation studies without affecting other survey content. However, the success of these data to provide estimates that align with those from large national surveys will depend on many factors, including further understanding of design features of the recruited panel (e.g. coverage and mode effects), the statistical methods and covariates used to obtain the original and adjusted weights, and the health outcomes of interest.

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Tahir, Muhammad, Ridwan Amiruddin, Sukri Palutturi, Fridawaty Rivai, Lalu Muhammad Saleh, and B. Owildan Wisudawan. "Quality Evaluation of Health Services at Community Health Centers: through Accreditation Surveys in Indonesia." Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development 11, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 1294. http://dx.doi.org/10.37506/v11/i1/2020/ijphrd/194021.

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Banh, My K., Jeremy Chaikind, Hillary A. Robertson, Mary Troxel, Justine Achille, Caroline Egan, and Bruno J. Anthony. "Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid USA Using the Mental Health Beliefs and Literacy Scale." American Journal of Health Promotion 33, no. 2 (July 9, 2018): 237–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0890117118784234.

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Purpose: This study assessed the impact of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) in the United States with a theoretically based and psychometrically sound measure, the Mental Health Beliefs and Literacy Scale (MBLS). Design: Online MBLS surveys were administered pre-MHFA training, 3-weeks post-training, and 6-months posttraining. Setting: Mental Health First Aid trainings carried out across the United States. Participants: Six hundred sixty-two trainees were contacted, and 273 (41%) completed the presurvey. Of those, 63% filled out the postsurvey and 35% completed the 6-month survey. Seventy-six individuals completed all 3 surveys. Intervention: Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour education program to help the general public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse; to date, almost 1 million people have been trained. Measure: The MLBS, based on the Unified Theory of Behavior Change framework, consists of attitudinal, social-, and skill-based constructs affecting the intention to perform and achievement of MHFA actions and reports of their actual completion. Analysis: Change across time points was assessed using multivariate repeated measures analysis of variance. Results: Significant short- and longer term changes were found in internally consistent constructs tapping positive beliefs about MHFA actions, the confidence and intention to perform them as well as mental health literacy. Conclusion: The MBLS documented strong positive effects of MHFA training that were greater in individuals without prior mental health training, the intended targets of MHFA efforts.

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Wassink, Heather L., Gwen E. Chapman, Ryna Levy-Milne, and Lisa Forster-Coull. "Implementing the British Columbia Nutrition Survey: Perspectives of Interviewers and Facilitators." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 65, no. 2 (July 2004): 59–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/65.2.2004.59.

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The British Columbia Nutrition Survey was the last of ten provincial nutrition surveys completed between 1988 and 1999. A qualitative process evaluation was conducted to identify strengths and weaknesses of British Columbia Nutrition Survey procedures, as perceived by 27 public health nurses and dietitians directly involved in data collection. Data for the process evaluation were collected through in-depth telephone interviews, during which interviewers and facilitators described their experiences working for the survey. Qualitative analysis of interview transcripts identified codes that were then organized into eight categories, including issues arising from interviewer and facilitator training, challenges in recruiting survey participants, reflections on safety for survey personnel and participants, facilitators’ key role, the flexibility required to implement the protocol, and communication within the survey research team. Two final categories related to rewarding aspects of the job: insights affecting professional practice, and meeting survey participants and personnel. Evaluation findings show the importance of establishing open communication between research planners and those conducting surveys. This communication is needed to ensure that workers’ needs are met, the quality of the study is maximized, and evaluations of study protocols include the perspectives of those directly involved in data collection.

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Drake, Bettina F., Marquita W. Lewis-Thames, Ambriah Brown, Danielle Rancilio, and Veronica Hicks. "An Evaluation of Follow-Up Activities of Participants From an Urban Prostate Cancer Screening Event." American Journal of Men's Health 13, no. 2 (March 2019): 155798831984435. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988319844353.

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This study aims to evaluate follow-up activities completed by participants attending community prostate cancer (PCa) screening events. On-site surveys were collected from participants of 17 free PCa screening events from 2007 to 2011 in the St. Louis, MO metropolitan area. Follow-up action surveys were mailed to all on-site participants to assess medical (i.e., made an appointment with a doctor, got additional testing for PCa, made an appointment to be screened) and nonmedical activities (i.e., sought social support, health information-seeking, health behavior modifications) completed after the PCa screening event. Further, t tests and chi-square tests characterized participant information from the on-site survey and within each follow-up activity category for the mailed surveys. Among 1,088 on-site community PCa screening participants, the mean age was 50 years old, 94% were Black, and 30% responded to the mailed follow-up action survey. For the recorded follow-up activities, 65% of participants reported medically reported activities, of which “made an appointment to get a yearly physical” was the most common action (29%). Health behavior modifications were the most common nonmedically related activities (44%). Health information-seeking behaviors were the least reported follow-up action (22%). Men with higher incomes, married, with health insurance, and a primary care physician, most often participated in post-PSA screening activities, namely medically-related and social support activities. Understanding the most common activities completed by participants of a community PCa screening suggests the effectiveness of community events to re-engage underserved populations in the health-care system and provides insight on acceptable health promotion opportunities.

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Wright, Michael, Aunty Getta, Aunty Green, Uncle Kickett, Aunty Kickett, Aunty McNamara, Uncle McNamara, et al. "Co-Designing Health Service Evaluation Tools That Foreground First Nation Worldviews for Better Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16 (August 13, 2021): 8555. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168555.

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It is critical that health service evaluation frameworks include Aboriginal people and their cultural worldviews from design to implementation. During a large participatory action research study, Elders, service leaders and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers co-designed evaluation tools to test the efficacy of a previously co-designed engagement framework. Through a series of co-design workshops, tools were built using innovative collaborative processes that foregrounded Aboriginal worldviews. The workshops resulted in the development of a three-way survey that records the service experiences related to cultural safety from the perspective of Aboriginal clients, their carer/s, and the service staff with whom they work. The surveys centralise the role of relationships in client-service interactions, which strongly reflect their design from an Aboriginal worldview. This paper provides new insights into the reciprocal benefits of engaging community Elders and service leaders to work together to develop new and more meaningful ways of servicing Aboriginal families. Foregrounding relationships in service evaluations reinstates the value of human connection and people-centred engagement in service delivery which are central to rebuilding historically fractured relationships between mainstream services and Aboriginal communities. This benefits not only Aboriginal communities, but also other marginalised populations expanding the remit of mainstream services to be accessed by many.

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van Valey, Thomas L., David Hartmann, and William Post. "The Impact of Schools Self-Administering Substance Abuse Surveys: An Evaluation." Journal of Drug Education 35, no. 4 (December 2005): 255–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/1a69-dp80-9vuk-61m0.

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The literature suggests that administering drug surveys to public school students is best done by persons outside of the school system (or at least unfamiliar to the students). This is the approach used by the long-time Monitoring the Future project. Because of the increased costs that administration by outside research associates requires (both time and transportation), we decided to design an experiment that would compare it to administration by school personnel. Six school systems were split, and 3756 surveys were administered, about half by outside research associates and half by school personnel. The results indicate that there were minimal and non-significant differences between the two groups. On the basis of these results, we draw the conclusion that school personnel are able to administer survey instruments without affecting the quality of the results and, thus, that school districts may safely use such data in the evaluation of their drug education and drug prevention programs.

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Adegboye, Oyelola A., Tomoki Fujii, and Denis HY Leung. "Refusal bias in HIV data from the Demographic and Health Surveys: Evaluation, critique and recommendations." Statistical Methods in Medical Research 29, no. 3 (May 9, 2019): 811–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0962280219844536.

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Non-response is a commonly encountered problem in many population-based surveys. Broadly speaking, non-response can be due to refusal or failure to contact the sample units. Although both types of non-response may lead to bias, there is much evidence to indicate that it is much easier to reduce the proportion of non-contacts than to do the same with refusals. In this article, we use data collected from a nationally representative survey under the Demographic and Health Surveys program to study non-response due to refusals to HIV testing in Malawi. We review existing estimation methods and propose novel approaches to the estimation of HIV prevalence that adjust for refusal behaviour. We then explain the data requirement and practical implications of the conventional and proposed approaches. Finally, we provide some general recommendations for handling non-response due to refusals and we highlight the challenges in working with Demographic and Health Surveys and explore different approaches to statistical estimation in the presence of refusals. Our results show that variation in the estimated HIV prevalence across different estimators is due largely to those who already know their HIV test results. In the case of Malawi, variations in the prevalence estimates due to refusals for women are larger than those for men.

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Ferraro, Kenneth F., and Kimberlee B. Holland. "Physician evaluation of obesity in health surveys: “who are you calling fat?”." Social Science & Medicine 55, no. 8 (October 2002): 1401–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0277-9536(01)00272-6.

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Keating, Elizabeth M., Elizabeth M. Peterson, Amy Rule, Pia S. Pannaraj, Sophia Gladding, Adelaide Barnes, Heather Haq, Tania Condurache, and Christiana Russ. "16. DEVELOPMENT OF VALIDATED SURVEYS TO STANDARDIZE EVALUATION OF GLOBAL HEALTH TRACKS." Academic Pediatrics 20, no. 7 (September 2020): e10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2020.06.037.

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Hollier, Lauren P., Simone Pettigrew, Carolyn Minto, Terry Slevin, and Mark Strickland. "Assessing the potential to combine attitude tracking and health campaign evaluation surveys." Health Promotion Journal of Australia 27, no. 2 (April 6, 2016): 170–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/he15100.

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CLIFF, JULIE, FELICITY CUTTS, and RONALD WALDMAN. "Using surveys in Mozambique for evaluation of diarrhoeal disease control." Health Policy and Planning 5, no. 3 (1990): 219–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/5.3.219.

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van Hulst, Andraea, Tracie A. Barnett, Véronique Déry, Geneviève Côté, and Christine Colin. "Health-promoting Vending Machines: Evaluation of a Pediatric Hospital Intervention." Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research 74, no. 1 (March 2013): 28–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3148/74.1.2013.28.

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Purpose: Taking advantage of a natural experiment made possible by the placement of health-promoting vending machines (HPVMs), we evaluated the impact of the intervention on consumers’ attitudes toward and practices with vending machines in a pediatric hospital. Methods: Vending machines offering healthy snacks, meals, and beverages were developed to replace four vending machines offering the usual high-energy, low-nutrition fare. A pre- and post-intervention evaluation design was used; data were collected through exit surveys and six-week follow-up telephone surveys among potential vending machine users before (n=293) and after (n=226) placement of HPVMs. Chi-2 statistics were used to compare pre- and post-intervention participants’ responses. Results: More than 90% of pre- and post-intervention participants were satisfied with their purchase. Post-intervention participants were more likely to state that nutritional content and appropriateness of portion size were elements that influenced their purchase. Overall, post-intervention participants were more likely than pre-intervention participants to perceive as healthy the options offered by the hospital vending machines. Thirty-three percent of post-intervention participants recalled two or more sources of information integrated in the HPVM concept. No differences were found between pre- and postintervention participants’ readiness to adopt healthy diets. Conclusions: While the HPVM project had challenges as well as strengths, vending machines offering healthy snacks are feasible in hospital settings.

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Watson, Oliver J., Rich FitzJohn, and Jeffrey W. Eaton. "rdhs: an R package to interact with The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program datasets." Wellcome Open Research 4 (June 27, 2019): 103. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15311.1.

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Since 1985, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program has conducted more than 400 surveys in over 90 countries. These surveys provide decision markers with key measures of population demographics, health and nutrition, which allow informed policy evaluation to be made. Though standard health indicators are routinely published in survey final reports, much of the value of DHS is derived from the ability to download and analyse standardised microdata datasets for subgroup analysis, pooled multi-country analysis, and extended research studies. We have developed an open-source freely available R package ‘rdhs’ to facilitate management and processing of DHS survey data. The package provides a suite of tools to (1) access standard survey indicators through the DHS Program API, (2) identify all survey datasets that include a particular topic or indicator relevant to a particular analysis, (3) directly download survey datasets from the DHS website, (4) load datasets and data dictionaries into R, and (5) extract variables and pool harmonised datasets for multi-survey analysis. We detail the core functionality of ‘rdhs’ by demonstrating how the package can be used to firstly compare trends in the prevalence of anaemia among women between countries before conducting secondary analysis to assess for the relationship between education and anemia.

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Adhikhari, D., T. Henderson, M. Dolce, AR Banks, H. Zaim, A. Onwuka, and N. Jones. "An evaluation of PlayStreets in the South Side neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio." Perspectives in Public Health 141, no. 2 (February 18, 2021): 97–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757913921990411.

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Aims: Outdoor play, physical activity, and social cohesion are crucial indicators of community health. PlayStreets, a street play initiative to engage local children and families in outdoor play, physical activity, and social interactions, were implemented in a low-income neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio throughout the summer of 2019. This article aims to describe the implementation of a hospital-sponsored PlayStreets model executed through support from a community health initiative and to assess neighborhood impact through parent and child surveys. Methods: Approximately 350 children attended the events and 69 surveys were collected. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze survey data. Results: The mean age of children was 7 years, and the majority of children who attended were male. If not for PlayStreets, 55% of caregivers reported that their children would be inside. Event satisfaction levels were high, and 54% of caregivers said that they had more contact with their neighbors because of the events. Conclusions: Hospital buy-in and community support were crucial to the success of the event. We found that this model can successfully engage the local community while increasing opportunity for childhood outdoor play, physical activity, and neighborhood social interaction.

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Wu, Danny T. Y., Annie T. Chen, John D. Manning, Gal Levy-Fix, Uba Backonja, David Borland, Jesus J. Caban, et al. "Evaluating visual analytics for health informatics applications: a systematic review from the American Medical Informatics Association Visual Analytics Working Group Task Force on Evaluation." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 26, no. 4 (February 14, 2019): 314–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocy190.

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AbstractObjectiveThis article reports results from a systematic literature review related to the evaluation of data visualizations and visual analytics technologies within the health informatics domain. The review aims to (1) characterize the variety of evaluation methods used within the health informatics community and (2) identify best practices.MethodsA systematic literature review was conducted following PRISMA guidelines. PubMed searches were conducted in February 2017 using search terms representing key concepts of interest: health care settings, visualization, and evaluation. References were also screened for eligibility. Data were extracted from included studies and analyzed using a PICOS framework: Participants, Interventions, Comparators, Outcomes, and Study Design.ResultsAfter screening, 76 publications met the review criteria. Publications varied across all PICOS dimensions. The most common audience was healthcare providers (n = 43), and the most common data gathering methods were direct observation (n = 30) and surveys (n = 27). About half of the publications focused on static, concentrated views of data with visuals (n = 36). Evaluations were heterogeneous regarding setting and measurements used.DiscussionWhen evaluating data visualizations and visual analytics technologies, a variety of approaches have been used. Usability measures were used most often in early (prototype) implementations, whereas clinical outcomes were most common in evaluations of operationally-deployed systems. These findings suggest opportunities for both (1) expanding evaluation practices, and (2) innovation with respect to evaluation methods for data visualizations and visual analytics technologies across health settings.ConclusionEvaluation approaches are varied. New studies should adopt commonly reported metrics, context-appropriate study designs, and phased evaluation strategies.

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McLean, Susan F., Maureen Francis, Naomi L. Lacy, and Andres Alvarado. "Point-of-Encounter Assessment: Using Health Belief Model Constructs to Change Grading Behaviors." Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development 6 (January 2019): 238212051984035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2382120519840358.

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Objective: Fourth-year medical students need feedback to improve. Even during 1-month rotations, there needs to be a formal mid-clerkship feedback session. Better feedback involves multiple surgical evaluators at multiple levels. Constructs from the Health Belief Model of behavior change were used to assess faculty and resident grading behaviors to create a more usable evaluation system. A point-of-encounter (POE) system was created. The objective of this study was to review the efficacy of a POE clinical evaluation card (CEC) system which was initiated to increase evaluator’s participation in grading and formative feedback prior to mid-clerkship evaluation. Design: The study was a 1-year retrospective cohort study reviewing the CECs for level of evaluator, content, and student compliance. A Likert-type scale survey regarding the usage of the clinical cards was also completed by evaluators. Setting: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, during 2 fourth-year medical student rotations, Subinternship (Sub-I), and Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). Participants: 34 fourth-year medical students and 20 evaluators. Results: Students turned in a mean of 10 cards, 75% in SICU and 65% in Sub-I turned in all 10 cards. There were significantly greater advanced residents evaluating during Sub-I vs SICU: mean evals by PGY3 were 1.9 vs 0.75 ( p = .01) and mean evals by PGY5 were 1.4 vs 0.1 ( p < .0001). There were significantly more faculty completing evaluations during SICU vs Sub-I: 2.5 faculty evals/student vs 1.4 faculty evals/student ( p = .023). Evaluator ratings were high on a 5-point Likert-type scale, with most responses near the “strongly agree” rating of 4.7 to 4.8. Conclusions: Use of POE CECs met goals of having at least 7 CECs turned in by mid-clerkship and 10 at end-clerkships. Formative evaluations by mid-clerkship went from 0 to 7 evaluations. Evaluator surveys highlighted clarity and efficiency as reasons for using CECs.

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Mehralizadeh, Semira, Alireza Dehdashti, and Masoud Motalebi Kashani. "Evaluation of an undergraduate occupational health program in Iran based on alumni perceptions: a structural equation model." Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions 14 (July 26, 2017): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2017.14.16.

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Purpose: Evaluating educational programs can improve the quality of education. The present study evaluated the undergraduate occupational health program at the Semnan University of Medical Sciences in Semnan, Iran, with a focus on the associations between alumni perceptions of the learning environment and the outcomes of the occupational health program. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among alumni of the undergraduate occupational health program. We asked alumni to rate their perceptions of the items using a 4-point Likert scale. The associations between alumni perceptions of the educational program and curriculum, faculty, institutional resources, and learning outcomes were modeled and described using structural equation modeling procedures. Results: A descriptive analysis of alumni perceptions indicated low evaluations for the administrative system, practical and research-based courses, and the number of faculty members. We found that a structural model of the evaluation variables of curriculum, faculty qualifications, and institutional resources significantly predicted undergraduate educational outcomes. The curriculum had direct and indirect effects on learning outcomes, mediated by faculty. Conclusion: The findings of our study highlight the usefulness of the structural equation modeling approach for examining links between variables related to the learning process and learning outcomes. Surveys of alumni can provide data for reassessing the learning environment in the light of the professional competencies needed for occupational health graduates.

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Miller, Eric A., Lewis Berman, Audie Atienza, Deirdre Middleton, Ronaldo Iachan, Robert Tortora, and John Boyle. "A Feasibility Study on Using an Internet-Panel Survey to Measure Perceptions of E-cigarettes in 3 Metropolitan Areas, 2015." Public Health Reports 132, no. 3 (March 30, 2017): 336–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033354917701888.

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Objectives: Internet-panel surveys are emerging as a means to quickly and cost-effectively collect health data, and because of their large memberships, they could be used for community-level surveys. To determine the feasibility of using an internet-panel survey to quickly provide community-level data, we conducted a pilot test of a health survey in 3 US metropolitan areas. Methods: We conducted internet-panel surveys in Cleveland, Ohio; New York, New York; and Seattle, Washington, in 2015. Slightly more than 500 people responded to the survey in each city. We compared weighted unadjusted prevalence estimates from the internet-panel data with estimates from the 2014 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) for the following question in each survey: “Compared to smoking cigarettes, would you say that electronic cigarettes are…much less harmful, less harmful, just as harmful, more harmful, much more harmful, or I’ve never heard of electronic cigarettes.” We used multivariable logistic regression to compare associations of respondents’ demographic and health characteristics with perceived harm from e-cigarettes. Results: The prevalence of the perception that e-cigarettes are less harmful than smoking cigarettes ranged from 35.9% to 39.9% in the internet-panel sites and was 43.0% in HINTS. Most patterns of beliefs and respondent characteristics in the internet-panel data were consistent with patterns in HINTS. We found inconsistent patterns between internet-panel sites and HINTS by race/ethnicity and education. Conclusions: This feasibility study found that internet-panel surveys could quickly produce community-level data for targeted public health interventions and evaluation, but they may be limited in producing estimates among subgroups.

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Harris, Carole V., Andrew S. Bradlyn, Nancy O. Tompkins, Melanie B. Purkey, Keri A. Kennedy, and George A. Kelley. "Evaluating the West Virginia Healthy Lifestyles Act: Methods and Procedures." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 7, s1 (January 2010): S31—S39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.7.s1.s31.

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Background:The West Virginia Healthy Lifestyles Act contained 5 school-based mandates intended to reduce childhood obesity. These addressed the sale of healthy beverages, physical education time, fitness assessment, health education and assessment, and Body Mass Index measurement. This article describes the processes and methods used to evaluate efforts to implement the legislation.Methods:University researchers and state public health and education staff formed the collaborative evaluation team. To assess perceptions and practices, surveys were completed with school personnel (53 superintendents, 586 principals, 398 physical education teachers, 214 nurses) and telephone interviews were conducted with a multistage, stratified sample of 1500 parents and 420 students statewide. Healthcare providers (N = 122) were surveyed regarding current child weight practices and interactions with families. Statewide data reflecting fitness, physical education plans, local wellness policies, and health knowledge were included in the evaluation.Results:The evaluation was facilitated by state officials and agencies, resulting in good access to survey groups and high survey response rates for school personnel (57% to 95% response rates); a substantially lower response rate was obtained for healthcare providers (22%).Conclusions:Collaborative design and implementation was a key factor in the successful conduct of this obesity policy evaluation.

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Caprio, M., G. Venoso, M. Ampollini, S. Antignani, C. Carpentieri, C. Di Carlo, S. Pozzi, et al. "EVALUATION OF REPRESENTATIVENESS OF SAMPLES USED FOR INDOOR RADON SURVEYS." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 191, no. 2 (September 2020): 125–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncaa135.

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Abstract The estimation of the indoor radon exposure of the population of a country is generally carried out by the means of surveys designed in order to have sample representativeness as a target (population-based survey). However, the estimates of radon concentration distributions could be affected by biases if sampling was not random or in case of differences between sample and target population characteristics. In this work, we performed a preliminary check of the representativeness of the sample used for the second Italian national survey aimed to evaluate radon concentration distribution in each Province. We found that sampled dwellings are mostly located in the main administrative centres, where average radon concentration is generally lower, as compared with the other towns of the Province. The potential source of bias identified in this work suggests to carefully control the occurrence of a sampling imbalance between ‘main’ cities and other cities of Province and to take it into account in data analysis.

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Segal, Lee S., Carla Plantikow, Randon Hall, Kristina Wilson, and M. Wade Shrader. "Evaluation of Patient Satisfaction Surveys in Pediatric Orthopaedics." Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 35, no. 7 (2015): 774–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/bpo.0000000000000350.

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Cueva, K., M. Cueva, L. Revels, M. Hensel, and M. Dignan. "Online Health Promotion to Reduce Cancer Risk: Lessons From Learning With Alaska’s Tribal Primary Care Providers." Journal of Global Oncology 4, Supplement 2 (October 1, 2018): 16s. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.40100.

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Background: Alaska's tribal primary care providers in rural Alaska - community health aides and practitioners (CHA/Ps) - requested online education about cancer for themselves and their communities. Aim: A research team at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium engaged in community-based participatory action research to develop culturally respectful online cancer education to support CHA/Ps to increase their knowledge, reduce their own cancer risk, and share cancer information. Methods: This project created ten online learning modules, a semester-long online course that combined the modules with synchronous conversations, and a supplemental webinar series. All modules were community-based and collaboratively developed with input from a community advisory group of CHA/Ps, content experts, and interested partners. Learners completed an evaluation survey at the end of each module and webinar. Course participants completed a precourse assessment, and evaluations at the end of each module, at the end of the course, two-months postcourse, and six-months postcourse. Results: While evaluation is ongoing, as of March 2018, 194 unique individuals, including 27 course participants, had completed 1,288 module evaluation surveys. Learners reported an increase in cancer knowledge, and intentions to reduce their personal cancer risk and share cancer information as a result of the online learning. On 98% of completed surveys, learners shared that they planned to change their interactions with patients as a result of the learning, including talking more about cancer screening, cutting down/quitting tobacco, being more physically active, and eating healthy. A total of 88% of unique learners planned to reduce their personal cancer risk as a result of the learning, including by quitting tobacco, having recommended cancer screenings, exercising, and eating healthier. Comparison of pre and postcourse survey responses showed CHA/Ps’ had changed to eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more, as well as felt more knowledgeable about cancer, and more comfortable both with finding medically-accurate cancer information online and talking to their patients, families, and communities about cancer. Conclusion: This culturally respectful education strategy may be adaptable to other populations to support primary care providers and their communities to reduce cancer risk. This intervention may be of particular interest to health care providers, public health professionals, and those interested in health systems in rural and remote regions and in areas with limited medical infrastructure.

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de Leeuw, Robert Adrianus, Michiel Westerman, Kieran Walsh, and Fedde Scheele. "Development of an Instructional Design Evaluation Survey for Postgraduate Medical E-Learning: Content Validation Study." Journal of Medical Internet Research 21, no. 8 (August 9, 2019): e13921. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13921.

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Background E-Learning has taken a firm place in postgraduate medical education. Whereas 10 years ago it was promising, it now has a definite niche and is clearly here to stay. However, evaluating the effect of postgraduate medical e-learning (PGMeL) and improving upon it can be complicated. While the learning aims of e-learning are evaluated, there are no instruments to evaluate the instructional design of PGMeL. Such an evaluation instrument may be developed by following the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) 7-step process. The first 5 steps of this process were previously performed by literature reviews, focus group discussion, and an international Delphi study. Objective This study will continue with steps 6 and 7 and answer the research question: Is a content-validated PGMeL evaluation survey useful, understandable, and of added value for creators of e-learning? Methods There are five phases in this study: creating a survey from 37 items (phase A); testing readability and question interpretation (phase B); adjusting, rewriting, and translating surveys (phase C); gathering completed surveys from three PGMeL modules (phase D); and holding focus group discussions with the e-learning authors (phase E). Phase E was carried out by presenting the results of the evaluations from phase D, followed by a group discussion. There are four groups of participants in this study. Groups A and B are experienced end users of PGMeL and participated in phase B. Group C are users who undertook e-learning and were asked to complete the survey in phase D. Group D are the authors of the e-learning modules described above. Results From a list of 36 items, we developed a postgraduate Medical E-Learning Evaluation Survey (MEES). Seven residents participated in the phase B group discussion: 4 items were interpreted differently, 3 were not readable, and 2 items were double. The items from phase B were rewritten and, after adjustment, understood correctly. The MEES was translated into Dutch and again pilot-tested. All items were clear and were understood correctly. The MEES version used for the evaluation contained 3 positive domains (motivation, learning enhancers, and real-world translation) and 2 negative domains (barriers and learning discouragers), with 36 items in those domains, 5 Likert scale questions of 1 to 10, and 5 open questions asking participants to give their own comments in each domain. Three e-learning modules were evaluated from July to November 2018. There were a total of 158 responses from a Dutch module, a European OB/GYN (obstetrics and gynecology) module, and a surgical module offered worldwide. Finally, 3 focus group discussions took place with a total of 10 participants. Usefulness was much appreciated, understandability was good, and added value was high. Four items needed additional explanation by the authors, and a Creators’ Manual was written at their request. Conclusions The MEES is the first survey to evaluate the instructional design of PGMeL and was constructed following all 7 steps of the AMEE. This study completes the design of the survey and shows its usefulness and added value to the authors. It finishes with a final, publicly available survey that includes a Creators’ Manual. We briefly discuss the number of responses needed and conclude that more is better; in the end, however, one has to work with what is available. The next steps would be to see whether improvement can be measured by using the MEES and continue to work on the end understandability in different languages and cultural groups.

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Du, Changliang. "Study on Lifestyle Evaluation Systems for the Health of Chinese Elderly." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 2 (January 21, 2019): 284. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020284.

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Background/Objective: China is now faced with a serious population aging challenge, and the health of the Chinese elderly is becoming an imminent concern. Consequently, it is critical to establish a lifestyle evaluation system for promoting the health of the Chinese elderly. Methods: Interviews with experts and questionnaire surveys were conducted. Factor analysis, analytic hierarchy process, and statistical analyses were also adopted in this study. Results: Besides evaluation metrics and standards, a two-level category system including 50 indices and associated weights from three level 1 categories (physical and mental health and social wellbeing) and thirteen level 2 categories were obtained. Discussion and Conclusions: Based on the confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach’s test, such an evaluation system excels in effectiveness and reliability, and is ready to be popularized in Chinese society. We expect that the Chinese elderly will benefit from our system and that it will lead to a healthy lifestyle accordingly.

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Okoro, Chinonso O. "Comparing the Quality of Household Age Distribution from Surveys in Developing Countries: Demographic and Health Survey vs Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey." Lietuvos statistikos darbai 58, no. 1 (December 20, 2019): 16–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/ljs.2019.16666.

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This paper focuses on the quality of household age distribution from two surveys in developing countries. Age and sex data serve as the base population for the estimation of demographic parameters (fertility, mortality, etc.) and other socio-economic indicators. The ultimate objective is to evaluate the age and sex data from two surveys to determine the one with better age and sex reporting that may provide quality base populations for the estimation of demographic parameters and socioeconomic indicators. Algebraic methods were applied to the data retrieved from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). The overall results show that the quality of data from the two surveys is poor. It is observed that age and sex data from the Nigerian DHS appear to be better than that of MICS while in Bangladesh, Malawi, and Nepal the reverse is the case based on the Joint Scores (JS). The result further shows that Malawi with high literacy respondents had better JS than the other countries indicating that the level of education may be one of the determinants of the quality of age and sex data. Therefore, it is recommended that care and caution should be taken during data collection to reduce the effect of misreporting of age and the usual practice of eliciting vital records of the respondents such as age from the head of the household instead of birth certificates should be discouraged. More importantly, evaluation of age and sex data from different surveys should be done before usage to ascertain the survey with a better quality of data without always presuming that one survey is of better quality than the other.

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Hallum-Montes, Rachel, Rohan D’Souza, Maria Isabel Tavarez, Russell Manzanero, Grace E. Dann, Helen M. Chun, and Michael P. Anastario. "Condom Use During Last Sexual Contact and Last 30 Days in Two Samples of Caribbean Military Personnel." American Journal of Men's Health 6, no. 2 (November 21, 2011): 132–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988311418218.

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Condom use during last sexual contact is a survey measure that may be used to inform monitoring and evaluation indicators of recent condom use in populations at risk for HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections, such as the uniformed services. The authors tested for differences in condom use measures that were fielded within separate Biological and Behavioral Surveillance Surveys conducted in the armed forces of two separate nations: the Dominican Republic and Belize. Both surveys included measures of condom use during last sexual contact with specified partners and both surveys included the Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA), which measures specific sexual acts and condom use frequency during a specified time period. In both samples, more than 40% of respondents who reported condom use during last sexual contact with a regular partner also reported engaging in unprotected sex when screened with the RBA. Furthermore, more than 60% of respondents who reported condom use during last sexual encounter with a commercial sex worker also reported engaging in unprotected sex when screened with the RBA. The results carry implications for monitoring and evaluation indicators of large-scale HIV prevention programs. The authors recommend that, when feasible, more in-depth instruments such as the RBA be considered to measure recent condom use in populations of uniformed services personnel.

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Naccarella, Lucio, Louise Greenstock, and Iain Butterworth. "Evaluation of population health short courses: implications for developing and evaluating population health professional development initiatives." Australian Journal of Primary Health 22, no. 3 (2016): 218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py14140.

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Population health as an approach to planning is key to improving the health and well-being of whole populations and to reduce inequities within and between population groups. The Victorian Department of Health North and West Metropolitan Region, in collaboration with The University of Melbourne (School of Population Health), have delivered four annual population health short courses. The short courses were designed to equip participants with knowledge and skills to implement population health approaches upon their return to their workplaces. For three consecutive years, online surveys (n=41) and semi-structured interviews (n=35), underpinned by participatory and realist evaluation approaches, were conducted to obtain the perceptions and experiences of the population health short course participants. Evaluation findings indicate that participants’ understanding of population health concepts increased; however, there were mixed outcomes in assisting participants’ implementation of population health approaches upon their return to their workplaces. A core list of perceived requirements, enablers and barriers emerged at an individual, organisational and system level as influencing the capability of participants to implement population health approaches. Evaluation recommendations and actions taken to revise short course iterations are presented, providing evidence that the evaluation approaches were appropriate and increased the use of evaluation learnings. Implications of evaluation findings for professional development practice (i.e. shift from a ‘Course’ as a one-off event to a Population Health ‘Program’ of inter-dependent components) and evaluation (i.e. participatory realist evaluation approaches) are presented.

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Enslen, Andrew W., Antonio S. Lima Neto, and Marcia C. Castro. "Infestation measured by Aedes aegypti larval surveys as an indication of future dengue epidemics: an evaluation for Brazil." Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 114, no. 7 (April 29, 2020): 506–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traa021.

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Abstract Background Aedes aegypti rapid larval surveys are mandatory in Brazil. Here, we retrospectively examined whether the house index estimated by larval surveys served as a useful tool in anticipating epidemics within Brazilian municipalities from 2009–2015. Methods We used correlation indices and classification analysis stratified by year, region, population size and time after the national larval survey. Results We found no association between the house index and the proportion of municipalities experiencing an epidemic. The sensitivity of a high score house index in predicting an epidemic was 7.20% (95% CI 6.22 to 8.33%) for all years combined. The positive predictive value of a high score house index to predict a ‘true epidemic’ was 38.96%, lower than the negative predictive values of a low score house index for predicting ‘no epidemic’ (56.96%). The highest overall sensitivity was observed in the North region (20.15%; 95% CI 17.14 to 23.53%). The sensitivity of a high score house index demonstrated a monotonic decrease with increasing time from larval collection. Conclusions Larval surveys are surveillance tools with the potential to risk-stratify and guide dengue control programs towards judicious resource allocation. However, the national rapid larval survey performed in Brazil, in its present form, consistently underpredicts dengue epidemics.

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Lasek, Rebecca J., William Barkley, Dwain L. Harper, and Gary E. Rosenthal. "An Evaluation of the Impact of Nonresponse Bias on Patient Satisfaction Surveys." Medical Care 35, no. 6 (June 1997): 646–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005650-199706000-00009.

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Martinez, Jenny, Carin Wong, Catherine Verrier Piersol, Dawn Clayton Bieber, Bonita L. Perry, and Natalie E. Leland. "Stakeholder engagement in research: a scoping review of current evaluation methods." Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research 8, no. 15 (November 2019): 1327–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/cer-2019-0047.

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Aim: Evaluating stakeholder engagement can capture what meaningful engagement in research entails, how it develops, and how it is experienced by all collaborators. We conducted a scoping review of recent approaches for evaluating engagement in research and present a descriptive overview of our findings. Methods: We searched peer-reviewed journal articles published worldwide in English between January 2013 and June 2018. Results: Our final sample consisted of 17 articles. Various approaches for evaluating stakeholder engagement were identified including qualitative approaches, surveys and engagement logs. Discussion & conclusion: We identified evaluation approaches that varied in quality, detail and methods. Valid, systematic and inclusive approaches that are developed with research partners and are inclusive of diverse perspectives are an important area for future research.

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Nord, Erik, Jeff Richardson, and Kelly Macarounas-Kirchmann. "Social Evaluation of Health Care Versus Personal Evaluation of Health States: Evidence on the Validity of Four Health-state Scaling Instruments Using Norwegian and Australian Surveys." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 9, no. 4 (1993): 463–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300005390.

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AbstractIn most of the cost-utility literature, quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) gains are interpreted as a measure of social value. Given this interpretation, the validity of different multi-attribute health-state scaling instruments may be tested by comparing the values they provide on the 0–1 QALY scale with directly elicited preferences for person trade-offs between different treatments (equivalence of numbers of different patients treated). Norwegian and Australian public preferences as measured by the person trade-off suggest that the EuroQol Instrument assigns excessively low values to health states. This seems to be even more true of the McMaster Health Classification System. The Quality of Well-being Scale appears to compress states toward the middle of the 0–1 scale. By contrast, the Rosser/Kind index fits reasonably well with directly measured person trade-off data.

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Day, Neil Atherton, David R. Dunt, and Susan Day. "Maximizing Response to Surveys in Health Program Evaluation At Minimum Cost Using Multiple Methods." Evaluation Review 19, no. 4 (August 1995): 436–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193841x9501900405.

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Gordon, Ben, Jake Barrett, Clara Fennessy, Caroline Cake, Adam Milward, Courtney Irwin, Monica Jones, and Neil Sebire. "Development of a data utility framework to support effective health data curation." BMJ Health & Care Informatics 28, no. 1 (May 2021): e100303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjhci-2020-100303.

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ObjectivesThe value of healthcare data is being increasingly recognised, including the need to improve health dataset utility. There is no established mechanism for evaluating healthcare dataset utility making it difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of activities improving the data. To describe the method for generating and involving the user community in developing a proposed framework for evaluation and communication of healthcare dataset utility for given research areas.MethodsAninitial version of a matrix to review datasets across a range of dimensions wasdeveloped based on previous published findings regarding healthcare data. Thiswas used to initiate a design process through interviews and surveys with datausers representing a broad range of user types and use cases, to help develop afocused framework for characterising datasets.ResultsFollowing 21 interviews, 31 survey responses and testing on 43 datasets, five major categories and 13 subcategories were identified as useful for a dataset, including Data Model, Completeness and Linkage. Each sub-category was graded to facilitate rapid and reproducible evaluation of dataset utility for specific use-cases. Testing of applicability to >40 existing datasets demonstrated potential usefulness for subsequent evaluation in real-world practice.DiscussionTheresearch has developed an evidenced-based initial approach for a framework tounderstand the utility of a healthcare dataset. It likely to require further refinementfollowing wider application and additional categories may be required.ConclusionThe process has resulted in a user-centred designed framework for objectively evaluating the likely utility of specific healthcare datasets, and therefore, should be of value both for potential users of health data, and for data custodians to identify the areas to provide the optimal value for data curation investment.

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Szarpak, Łukasz, and Andrzej Kurowski. "The Evaluation of Readiness of Medical Personnel to Act Under Conditions of Chemical Contamination." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 8, no. 4 (June 16, 2014): 297–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2014.52.

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AbstractObjectiveWe evaluated the knowledge of physicians, nurses, and paramedics in Poland about the procedures in a chemical contamination.MethodsAn anonymous survey was mailed to 600 randomly selected physicians, nurses, and paramedics. The survey included questions concerning the process of decontamination, knowledge of toxidromes, and the use of selected antidotes.ResultsCompleted surveys were received from 510 respondents (85%). A very low level of knowledge was observed regarding decontamination techniques (from 8.3% to 34.2%), use of antidotes (from 13.7% to 61%), and knowledge of toxidromes (from 10.2% to 22.7%).ConclusionsOur findings showed that for all aspects of chemical rescue procedures queried, the knowledge of medical personnel was not satisfactory. Both practical and theoretical training of medical personnel is urgently needed for life-saving procedures during a chemical contamination. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2014:0:1–4)

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Andrenucci, Andrea, Hercules Dalianis, and Sumithra Velupillai. "Knowledge patterns for online health portal development." Health Informatics Journal 25, no. 4 (September 20, 2018): 1779–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1460458218796601.

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This article describes the development and evaluation of a set of knowledge patterns that provide guidelines and implications of design for developers of mental health portals. The knowledge patterns were based on three foundations: (1) knowledge integration of language technology approaches; (2) experiments with language technology applications and (3) user studies of portal interaction. A mixed-methods approach was employed for the evaluation of the knowledge patterns: formative workshops with knowledge pattern experts and summative surveys with experts in specific domains. The formative evaluation improved the cohesion of the patterns. The results of the summative evaluation showed that the problems discussed in the patterns were relevant for the domain, and that the knowledge embedded was useful to solve them. Ten patterns out of thirteen achieved an average score above 4.0, which is a positive result that leads us to conclude that they can be used as guidelines for developing health portals.

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Adamson, Ashley, Suzanne Spence, Lowri Reed, Ruth Conway, Alison Palmer, Eve Stewart, Jennifer McBratney, Lynne Carter, Shirley Beattie, and Michael Nelson. "School food standards in the UK: implementation and evaluation." Public Health Nutrition 16, no. 6 (April 11, 2013): 968–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980013000621.

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AbstractObjectiveTo outline the evolution of school food standards and their implementation and evaluation in each of the four countries of the UK since 2000.DesignReview of relevant policies, surveys and evaluations, including country-specific surveys and regional evaluations.SettingUK: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.SubjectsPrimary and secondary schools and schoolchildren.ResultsBy September 2013 standards will have been introduced in all primary and secondary schools in the UK. Evaluations have varied in their scope and timing, relating to government forward planning, appropriate baselines and funding. Where standards have been implemented, the quality and nutritional value of food provided have improved. Emerging evidence shows improved overall diet and nutrient intake by school-aged children as a result.ConclusionsThe re-introduction of school food standards in the UK has not been centrally coordinated, but by September 2013 will be compulsory across all four countries in the UK, except in England where academies are now exempt. Provision of improved school food has had a demonstrable impact on diet and nutrition beyond the school dining room and the school gate, benefiting children from all socio-economic groups. Improved school food and dining environments are associated with higher levels of school lunch take up. Implementation of school food standards requires investment. It is critical to policy development that the value of this investment is measured and protected using planned, appropriate, robust and timely evaluations. Where appropriate, evaluations should be carried out across government departments and between countries.

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Schaller, Andrea, and Carina Hoffmann. "Impact Model-Based Physical-Activity Promotion at the Workplace: Study Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study in Germany (KomRueBer Study)." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11 (June 4, 2021): 6074. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116074.

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There is great potential for the implementation of physical-activity measures at the workplace, especially in smaller companies. The present paper describes the study protocol for evaluating an impact-model-based multicomponent intervention promoting physical activity at the workplace within a cross-company network. The evaluation is based on a logic model focusing on outputs and short-term outcomes for the purpose of physical-activity promotion, physical-activity-related health competence, and knowledge about physical activity. A mixed-methods approach is applied. The quantitative evaluation is conducted as a natural design, and combines a retrospective evaluation of the acceptance, usage, and satisfaction (output) at the end of the measures, and two surveys that capture physical activity, knowledge about physical activity, and physical-activity-related health competence (outcome) of the employees in the form of a trend study. The qualitative evaluation comprises semistructured interviews to investigate knowledge of the existence of and attitude towards the content of the multicomponent intervention and the study. The challenges evaluating complex interventions are widely debated. Through an impact-model-based approach, the study will provide a promising framework for the systematic evaluation of a multicomponent intervention promoting physical activity.

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Kim, Glen, Suzanne Griffin, Hedeyat Nadem, Jawad Aria, and Lynn Lawry. "Evaluation of an Interactive Electronic Health Education Tool in Rural Afghanistan." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 23, no. 3 (June 2008): 218–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00064918.

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AbstractIntroduction: Low education levels may limit community-based health worker (CHW) efforts in rural Afghanistan. In 2004, LeapFrog Enterprises and the United States Department of Health and Human Services developed the Afghan Family Health Book (AFHB), an interactive, electronic picture book, to communicate public health messages in rural Afghanistan. Changes in health knowledge among households exposed to the AFHB vs. CHWs were compared.Methods: From January–June 2005, baseline and follow-up panel surveys were administered in Pashto-speaking Laghman and Dari-speaking Kabul provinces. Within each province, an AFHB and a CHW district were randomly sampled using a stratified, 2-staged cluster sample design (total 98 clusters and 3,372 households). Surveys tested knowledge of 17 health domains at baseline and on follow-up at three months. For each domain, multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the effect of the AFHB on follow-up pass rates, controlling for demographics and differences in baseline knowledge.Results: Both AFHB and CHW resulted in statistically significant changes in pass rates on follow-up, although there were greater gains among AFHB users for five domains among Pashto-speakers (micronutrients, malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, postpartum care, and breast-feeding) and seven domains among Dari-speakers (diet, malaria, mental health, birth-spacing, and prenatal/neonatal/postpartum care). Community-based health workers effected greater knowledge gains only for the Dari breast-feeding module. Participants favored CHW over the AFHB, which they found poorly translated and difficult to use.Conclusions: The AFHB has potential to improve public health knowledge among rural Afghans. Future efforts may benefit from involvement of local health agencies and the integration of interactive technology with traditional CHW approaches.

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XU, Jian, Mei ZHANG, Long SHAO, and Jian KANG. "SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY IN CHINA’S INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS." JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT 24, no. 1 (March 24, 2016): 21–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2015.1100997.

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Based on 270 questionnaire surveys in 8 cities of 5 industrial corridors in China, this study aims to examine the effects of industry construction on the evaluation of environmental pollution, natural environment, built environment, personal perception and development and policy. The results show that the evaluations on environmental pollution and landscape design are both below the medium level, but the evaluations of the living comfort and safety are both above the medium level. Further analysis, females usually give lower evaluation scores than males, and age and health situations are negatively related to the evaluation results; People indicate a great desire to reduce the environmental pollution and protect the natural environment. Moreover, the landscape was analysed using colour extraction techniques based on video recording, there are significant correlations between industrial pixel ratio and evaluation results of air quality, vegetation pixel ratio and evaluation results of river water quality, and public facilities pixel ratio and evaluation results of comfort levels.

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