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Isaksson, Nordmark Ann-Sofie. "Planerares arbetstillfredsställelse inom hemtjänsten i Luleå kommun." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-69412.
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Planeringen av brukarnas insatser inom hemtjänsten i Luleå kommun har förändrats. Antalet planerare har minskats, deras arbetsuppgifter har utökats och blivit mer strukturerade. Utöver planeringen arbetar planerarna även med omvårdnad hos brukare. Arbetsfördelningen varierar mellan enheterna. Syftet med studien var att undersöka planerarnas arbetssituation och arbetstillfredsställelse, om arbetsfördelningen har inverkan på arbetstillfredsställelsen och om det finns utvecklingsområden för ökad tillfredsställelse. Dataunderlag har samlats in med en webbenkät baserad på mätinstrumentet Measure of Job Satisfaction. Därtill ett antal öppna och slutna frågor angående arbetssituation och arbetsfördelning. Enkäten skickades till 39 planerare med en svarsfrekvens på 61.5% ( n =24). Resultatet visar att arbetssituationen för planerarna varierar vad gäller uppgifter, tidfördelning och hur arbetet är strukturerat. Planerarna är tillfredsställda med förhållanden relaterade till personlig tillfredsställelse, professionellt stöd, framtidsutsikter och standard på arbetet, liksom den övergripande arbetstillfredsställelsen. Planerarna är varken tillfredsställda eller otillfredsställda med förhållanden relaterade till arbetsbörda, utbildningsmöjligheter samt ersättning och lön. Studien visar att arbetsfördelningen har viss inverkan på tillfredsställelsen. Den viktigaste slutsatsen som kan dras av studien är att planerarna har en övergripande arbetstillfredsställelse i dagsläget. Samtliga arbetsfaktorer är av värde att underhålla och utveckla, däremot finns anledning att särskilt se över faktorer som kan få inverkan ur ett kompetensförsörjningsperspektiv.Planning of the user’s contribution in the home care service in Luleå municipality has changed. The quantity of planners has decreased; their duties have increased and become more structured. In addition to planning, the planners also work with caring for the users. The distribution of labor varies between units. The purpose of this study was to survey the planners work situations and job satisfaction, if the distribution of labor has an impact on job satisfaction and if there are areas which can be developed for increased satisfaction. Data has been collected using a web survey based on the Measure of Job Satisfaction surveying instrument. A number of open and closed questions were constructed regarding the work situation and distribution of labor. The survey was sent to 39 planners with a response rate of 61.5% ( n =24). The results show that the work situation for the planners varies regarding their tasks, time distribution and how the work is structured. The planners are satisfied with conditions related to their personal satisfaction, professional support, prospects and work standards, as well as overall job satisfaction. The planners are neither satisfied nor unsatisfied with conditions related to their workload, educational opportunities as well as reimbursements and salaries. The study shows that the distribution of labor has a certain impact on satisfaction. The main conclusion that can be drawn from the study is that the planners experience overall job satisfaction at the present time. All work factors are of value to maintain and improve, however, there is reason to specifically oversee factors that may impact work satisfaction using a supply of competence perspective.
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Miller, Amy Christine 1971. "Experiences with hospital transport for planned home births." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11075.
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xiii, 307 p.The midwifery model and the medical model constitute the two main bodies of knowledge and practice that characterize the way pregnancy and birth are viewed in the United States. The midwifery model emphasizes the normalcy of pregnancy and birth, while the medical model is characterized by a belief in the supremacy of technology over nature and in medical supervision and intervention during pregnancy and delivery. Although both models do espouse important information regarding pregnancy and birth and, at times, there is overlap in the practical application of the models, practitioners of the two models rarely interact with one another. The one situation where practitioners of these two models do come into contact is during home-to-hospital transports for planned home births. Through in-depth interviews with direct-entry midwives, mothers, obstetricians, and nurses, this dissertation explores what happens when practitioners of the two models are forced to interact during home-to-hospital transports in order to provide care for women and their babies. Building on Davis-Floyd's and Johnson and Davis-Floyd's work on home-to-hospital transport, interview data suggest that a series of professional and organizational level factors influence the interactions between obstetricians, direct-entry midwives, and nurses during transports. Findings indicate that care providers engage in emotion work as they navigate the disjuncture between home and hospital, managing their own feelings and the feelings of others during a home-to-hospital transport. Due to the lack of institutionalized protocols governing conduct during transports, practitioners of the two models of care are left to construct their own versions of protocols through micro-level interactions, which at particular times and among certain providers have the effect of transcending the boundaries that divide home and hospital. With the interaction that occurs during a home-to-hospital transport as the central focus, this dissertation provides insight into how the lack of integration between the more marginalized midwifery model and the dominant medical model of care in the U.S. affects care providers and laboring/birthing women during transport situations.
Committee in charge: Jocelyn Hollander, Chairperson; Yvonne Braun, Member; Linda Fuller, Member; Carol Stabile, Outside Member; Melissa Cheyney, Non-UO Member
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Field, Judith. "Exploring decision making to create an active offer of planned home birth." Thesis, Bangor University, 2018. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/exploring-decision-making-to-create-an-active-offer-of-planned-home-birth(72efa41b-b582-4f08-8b49-42ff5c37a3b9).html.
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Background: Historically, the focus of the UK and international research exploring planned home birth decision making has been largely focused on understanding the experiences of women who decide to birth at home. As a result of high-profile research that suggests that non-OU birth locations are safe for low risk women, there has been a recent shift in focus resulting in research studies that aim to increase the rates of planned home birth, or more often the rates of all non-obstetric unit birth within the UK. However, despite this increased level of attention, the rate of home birth remains stubbornly low. Whilst there is some research to indicate why this might be the case, research that sheds a new light on the issue, and that develops an evidence base for new interventions is required. This thesis illuminates the factors that need to be considered in order to increase women’s abilities to make an informed decision about planned birth. Methodology: A pragmatic approach, using mixed methods, was used to explore the current way that we offer planned home birth to maternity service users, and to ultimately make suggestions about how this could be improved. The following studies have been undertaken: Study 1: Initial exploratory study: The case notes of one hundred and sixty nine women, from one health board and who had planned to birth at home, were audited. Non-participant observation of birth planning meetings at thirty-six weeks gestation were undertaken with seven community midwife and low-risk women dyads. These were followed by individual semi-structured interviews with the participants. Study 2: Scoping review: Qualitative and quantitative research, and non-research based literature, were analysed to produce a qualitative review of planned home birth decision making. Study 3: Active offer of planned home birth concept analysis The findings of the initial exploratory study and the scoping review, in addition to active offer literature that is predominantly applied to support the provision of services within minority official languages, were used to create an active offer of planned home birth. Study 4: Workshop study testing the findings of the concept analysis Narrative based exercises were used to explore the concept analysis findings with twenty previous service users who had birthed at home, nine previous service users who had chosen an institutional birth, and fourteen community midwives. Findings: Women will either take a ‘passive’ or ‘active’ approach to the offer of planned home birth, with a passive approach likely where no motivation for an active approach has been provided. Where a woman takes a passive approach, her ability to make an informed decision about planned home birth will depend on an active offer being made by her midwife. This will be most effective when it is supported by a midwife’s employing organisation. The findings of this thesis suggest that a two stage active offer of planned home birth (AOPHB) process, consisting of ‘Creating the conditions’ and ‘Positive reinforcement’ stages, can be used to underpin the offer of planned home birth. Discussion: There has previously been minimal understanding of how to facilitate the home birth decision making process, and a passive offer is routinely provided to women in the UK. The proposed two-stage AOPHB process provides a structured way for midwives to underpin their offer to women, in order that an increased percentage of women are able to make an informed decision about home birth and/or decide to birth at home. Where midwives apply the AOPHB, women who may take a passive approach could be ‘activated’ to engage in home birth decision making. A pilot intervention has been drafted to implement the AOPHB within clinical practice. The intervention provides support for the implementation of the two-stage AOPHB process through the use of individual components focused on midwives and their employing organisation; student midwives; and women, and their significant others. Implications: This thesis has contributed to the developing knowledge base about planned home birth decision making. The application of active offer theory to the offer of planned home birth has been undertaken for the first time, and this has generated a new and useful perspective on this area of midwifery practice. The resultant two-stage AOPHB process has the potential for developing midwifery practice in terms of supporting midwives to understand and facilitate women’s decision making around home birth, providing a flexible tool that can be used in clinical practice. This is the first approach that has been developed with the aim of increasing the ability of women to make an informed decision about whether they wish to birth at home. Additionally, the pilot AOPHB intervention has implications around the understanding of how employing organisations can best support midwives in this aspect of their role, and developing how student midwives are educated about offering home birth to women.
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Lindgren, Helena. "Hemförlossningar i Sverige 1992-2005. : Förlossningsutfall och kvinnors erfarenheter." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Medicinsk vetenskap, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-4502.
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Hemförlossningar i Sverige 1992-2005. Förlossningsutfall och kvinnors erfarenheter.Detta är den första nationella undersökningen av planerade hemförlossningar i Sverige. Istudierna har vi avsett att studera kvinnor som fött eller planerat att föda barn hemma underperioden 1/1 1992 till och med 30/6 2005.Kvinnor som födde barn hemma skiljde sig från kvinnor som födde barn på sjukhus i vissaavseenden (Studie I). Data från det svenska medicinska födelseregistret för perioden 1992 till2001, för 352 kvinnor som fött utanför sjukhus jämfördes med data från 1760 kvinnor som föttpå sjukhus. Kvinnorna som fött utanför sjukhus födde fler barn, hade högre utbildningsnivåmen en lägre sammanlagd familjeinkomst och de yrkesarbetade i mindre omfattning jämförtmed kvinnor som födde barn på sjukhus. Kvinnorna som fött barn utanför sjukhus var oftarefödda i ett annat europeiskt land än Sverige men mer sällan utanför Europa. Förekomsten avhemförlossningar i Sverige baserat på registerkod ”född utanför sjukhus” var 0.38 per tusenfödslar.Genom barnmorskor som bistår hemförlossningar, annonsering och via en intresseförening fördem som vill föda hemma, identifierades 757 kvinnor med sammanlagt 1045 planeradehemförlossningar under perioden 1/1 1992 till 30/6 2005. Av de tillfrågade kvinnorna svarade99 procent att de ville delta i studien. Data insamlades genom frågeformulär. Totalt 100 av detillfrågade kvinnorna med sammanlagt 141 planerade hemförlossningar återfanns inte i detmedicinska födelseregistret. Förekomsten av planerade hemförlossningar baserat på data förkvinnor som identifierats via hemförlossningsbarnmorskor och annonsering, var 0.95 per tusenfödslar. Förekomsten av planerade hemförlossningar baserat på registerdata för dessa kvinnorvar 0.85 per tusen födslar. Överföring till sjukhus under eller direkt efter förlossningen skeddevid 12.5 procent av de planerade hemförlossningarna (studie II). De vanligaste orsakerna tillöverföringen var långsam progress (46%) samt att barnmorskan inte kunde komma närförlossningen hade startat (14%). Var fjärde förstföderska avslutade sin planeradehemförlossning på sjukhus och den vanligaste orsaken för överföring bland förstföderskor varatt en annan barnmorska än den kvinnan besökt för vård under graviditeten kom för att biståförlossningen. Faktorer som påverkade överföring hos omföderskor var att tidigare hagenomgått kejsarsnitt och för både förstföderskor och omföderskor att graviditeten varöverburen.Data från det svenska medicinska födelseregistret jämfördes för 897 förlossningar identifieradegenom datainsamlingen till studie II och 11 341 sjukhusförlossningar (kontrollgrupp). Kriterietför urval av kontrollgruppen var enkelbörd i graviditetsvecka 37 - 42 samt att förlossningenstartat spontant. Kvinnor som planerat att föda hemma födde oftare spontant vaginalt och hademer sällan allvarliga bristningar i underlivet efter förlossningen (studie III). Risker i sambandmed valet av förlossningsplats hade övervägts av tre fjärdedelar av kvinnorna (studie IV).Genom egen förberedelse, samtal främst med sin partner och hemförlossningsbarnmorskan,hanterade kvinnorna tankar om att de själva eller deras barn skulle kunna skadas eller dö vidförlossningen. Kvinnorna undvek att diskutera risker med personal inom den konventionellavården.Konklusioner: I Sverige, under åren 1992 – 2005, planerade omkring 100 kvinnor att föda barni hemmet varje år. En fjärdedel av förstföderskorna avslutade sin planerade hemförlossning påsjukhus och den totala förekomsten av överföringar var 12,5 procent. Kvinnorna hade övervägtrisker med en hemförlossning men undvek att diskutera dem med personal inom sjukvården.Den neonatala mortaliteten bland nyfödda vid planerad hemförlossning var 2,2 per tusen inomfyra veckor efter förlossningen jämfört med 0,6 per tusen i sjukhusgruppen. Kvinnor somplanerade en hemförlossning hade oftare en spontan vaginal förlossning med färre allvarligabristningar i underlivet efter förlossningen jämfört med kvinnor som födde på sjukhus.
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Nilsson, Malin, and Sophia Hoy. "We did it together : Fathers´ experiences of planned home birth in the Nordic countries." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-6179.
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Sammanfattning: Bakgrund: för många pappor kan det vara en av livets största och bästa stund att närvara vid när deras barn föds. Det finns studier som beskriver pappors upplevelse av sjukhusförlossning, däremot finns det få studier som beskriver pappors upplevelse av planerad hemförlossning. Syftet med den här studien är att beskriva pappans upplevelser och erfarenheter av planerad hemförlossning. Metod: i denna studie medverkar 105 pappor från de nordiska länderna som har deltagit i planerad hemförlossning mellan 2009-2011. Materialet från en öppen enkätfråga analyserades med hjälp av deduktiv ansats. Den öppna frågan löd ”beskriv gärna förlossningen med egna ord”. Resultat: papporna upplevde den planerade hemförlossningen som lugn och säker, mycket tack vare den professionella barnmorskan och den välbekanta miljön. Att få vara hemma med sin partner och om så önskades, sin familj var högt skattat. Födelseprocessen hemma beskrevs av papporna som att ”vi gjorde det tillsammans” och ”det var vår egen förlossning”. Papporna uttryckte delaktighet i förlossningsflödet. De kände också att de fick ett barn och var en del av en vacker förlossning full av kärlek. Konklusion: att välkomna ett barn hemma i en lugn miljö där paret känner sig trygga och ostörda, kan underlätta en positiv och meningsfull förlossningsupplevelse.
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Zhou, Ying. "Determining sustainable waste management practices in college and university dining services using the theory of planned behavior." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4153.
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Otterfjärd, Johannesson Kristina, and Emma Sellström. "Kvinnors upplevelse av planerad hemförlossning i Skandinavien : Women´s experience of planned home birth in the Scandinavian countries." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Omvårdnad, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-6047.
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Background: In Sweden and Norway planned home birth is not included in the health care system. In Denmark women with expected low risk birth have the right to choose home birth. Registrations of home births in the Nordic countries are not completed and women’s experiences of planned home birth in Scandinavian context are not earlier described.Objective: The aim of this study was to describe women’s experiences of planned home birth in the Scandinavian countries.Design: Inductive content analysis. Fifty-three Scandinavian women who have experienced planned home birth have replied an open question in a questionnaire. Findings: In the analysis five categories and twelve subcategories emerged. The categories were, to feel secure, experiences of support, being in control, harmony and insecurity. The women felt secure and calm in their own homes. They felt being in control, secure, support and trust in the midwife, relatives and the own body. What worried the women most in presence of the delivery was that the midwife should not be present. Keywords: Home birth, experiences, women.
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Li, John Zhang. "A planned approach to high collision risk area." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/129029.
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Thesis: S.M., Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), September, 2020Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.
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This thesis examines the transition of a vessel from the open ocean, where collisions are rare, to a high risk and heavy traffic area such as a Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS). Previous autonomy approaches generally view path planning and collision avoidance as two separate functions, i.e. a vessel will follow the planned path until conditions are met for collision avoidance algorithms to take over. Here an intermediate phase is proposed with the goal of adjusting the time of arrival to a high vessel density area so that the risk of collision is reduced. A general algorithm that calculates maximum future traffic density for all choices in the speed domain is proposed and implemented as a MOOS-IvP behavior. This behavior gives the vessel awareness of future collision risks and aids the collision avoidance process. This new approach improves the safety of the vessel by reducing the number of risky encounters that will likely require the vessel to maneuver for safety.
by John Zhang Li.
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S.M. Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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Arcia, Adriana. "Predictors of Nulliparas' Childbirth Preferences." Scholarly Repository, 2011. http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/671.
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The aims of this study were to describe the childbirth preferences of nulliparous women in early pregnancy and to develop a model of the predictors of those preferences. Participants were recruited with Facebook advertisements and data were collected from 344 women via online survey. Predictors were measured using the Utah Test for the Childbearing Year. Predictors of childbirth preferences (type of birth care provider, birth setting, mode of delivery, and use/avoidance of pain medication) were tested using structural equation modeling. Conventional content analysis was employed to analyze women’s reasons for selecting the type of provider and setting they expected for their delivery. Although the majority of respondents preferred physicians and hospital birth, the proportions of women who preferred midwifery care and planned home birth were higher than currently access those types of care in the U.S. More respondents preferred to use pain medication than to avoid it. Over 95% of respondents preferred vaginal delivery. Women who had an internal locus of control and perceived their childbearing role to be one of active participation were more likely than women who saw their role as a passive one to prefer midwifery care, home birth, vaginal delivery, and to avoid pain medication. Women who saw the provider’s role as dominant to their own were more likely to prefer physicians and hospital birth than those who viewed the provider’s role as a collaborative one. The more fearful/painful women expected birth to be, the more likely they were to prefer cesarean delivery.
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Evans, David A. "The Predisposition of Women to Use the Services of a Financial Planner for Saving and Investing." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259767469.
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Lindblom, Kristina, and Katarina Rask. "Karaktäristika för kvinnor i Norden som väljer en planerad hemförlossning : En jämförelse mellan Sverige och Norden." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Vårdvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-12567.
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Bakgrund: Endast ett fåtal kvinnor i Norden väljer en planerad hemförlossning. I Sverige har en studie gjorts för att undersöka vilka karaktärsdrag som går att urskilja hos dessa kvinnor men liknande studier saknas för Norden. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva vad som är karaktäristika för kvinnor i Norden som väljer en planerad hemförlossning samt jämföra karaktäristika hos kvinnor i Sverige med kvinnor från tre andra nordiska länder. Metod: Studien är en retrospektiv tvärsnittsstudie med kvantitativ ansats. Materialet är insamlat mellan 2009-2011 inom ramen för forskningsnätverket ”Nordic Homebirth” via enkätformulär på internetsidan www.nordichomebirth.com. Icke-parametriska analyser genomfördes med hjälp av Chitvå-test. Resultat: Totalt svarade 778 kvinnor på enkäten. Kvinnorna i Sverige var i genomsnitt två år äldre och i högre grad omföderskor och sammanboende/gifta. Fler kvinnor i Norden var ensamstående/ej sammanboende jämfört med de svenska kvinnorna. Ingen skillnad i utbildningsnivå fanns mellan kvinnorna i Sverige och Norden. Slutsats: Skillnader i karaktäristika för kvinnor som väljer en planerad hemförlossning i Norden finns avseende ålder, paritet, civilstånd och ursprungsland. Bättre registrering av planerade hemförlossningar behövs för att kunna göra säkrare undersökningar av denna grupp. Nyckelord: planerad hemförlossning, karaktäristika, kvinnor, Sverige, Norden
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Hoffman, Eliza Ann. "Value of Bundled Recreation Amenities in Southern Arizona Communities: A Hedonic Pricing Approach." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3360.
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The primary purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of family-recreation amenities to home valuation in Southern Arizona communities. Although recreation amenities have become a frequent addition to housing developments, little research exists regarding the value these amenities contribute to home valuation. The sample consisted of 600 homes in master-planned communities and 600 homes in comparable traditional subdivisions. Using the hedonic pricing method, this study examined whether the inclusion of recreation amenities provides additional value to homes after structural and locational characteristics were controlled for. Blocked multiple regression analyses were used to determine the contribution of both individual and bundled recreation amenities to home valuation. The results of this study revealed a positive significant relationship between the bundle of community parks, neighborhood parks, and trails located within master-planned communities and home valuation, accounting for 17.45% of home value in this sample. In addition, the inclusion of family-recreation programming was found to contribute 6.82% of home value within master-planned communities. The findings suggest the inclusion of recreation amenities may be an appropriate way to revitalize communities, to increase the tax base for new housing developments, and to attract residents during a time of economic recession.
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Albuquerque, Glauce Lilian Alves de. "Para que servem hoje nossas cozinhas? :uma an?lise de uso das cozinhas do Plano 100 (Natal-RN)." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2004. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/12397.
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Previous issue date: 2004-03-12This work investigates the using of kitchens of the apartments of PLANO 100 in Natal-RN, through one method s set of the functional and behavior evaluation. The theme was selected through of the emergence of the many questions that sought to understand what manners how individuals relates to the constructed space, what was the possible changes caused by these relation, also verifying how this space interferes in a daily life of theirs users. This research to search answers what to improve of the study s object and in futures production s architectonic too. The used approach combined an overview of new kinds of familiar arrangements and the evolution process of the brazilian s kitchens within social context of Brazil, with APO (Post-Occupation Evaluation), techniques through a physical space survey, questionnaires and interviews with users. Beyond to APO s implements were applied behavior setting s techniques too, what presented the most knowledge about to satisfactions levels pointed by the users
Neste trabalho, investiga-se o uso das cozinhas dos apartamentos do Plano 100 em Natal-RN, atrav?s de um conjunto de m?todos de avalia??o funcional e comportamental. A escolha do tema surgiu a partir de diversos questionamentos que buscam a compreens?o de qual maneira os indiv?duos se relacionam com o espa?o constru?do analisado, de como eles o utilizam, quais as poss?veis altera??es resultantes desta rela??o, bem como, de que forma este espa?o interfere na vida cotidiana de seus usu?rios. O desenvolvimento desta pesquisa buscou encontrar respostas que proporcionassem melhorias no pr?prio objeto de estudo, como tamb?m, subs?dios para futuras produ??es arquitet?nicas de mesma natureza. A abordagem metodol?gica adotada se apoiou no conhecimento dos aspectos sociais dos novos agrupamentos familiares e da compreens?o do processo de evolutivo das cozinhas brasileiras no contexto social brasileiro como embasamento te?rico, e utilizou as t?cnicas da APO (Avalia??o P?s-Ocupa??o), atrav?s de levantamento f?sico espacial, aplica??o de question?rios e entrevistas com os usu?rios. Al?m das ferramentas adotadas na APO, foram tamb?m aplicadas t?cnicas de observa??o comportamental (Behavior Settings), proporcionaram um maior conhecimento dos n?veis de satisfa??o apontadas pelos usu?rios dos espa?os analisados
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Bernardelo, Paola Alves. "Parto domiciliar planeado em Portugal - as famílias e as suas escolhas." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19602.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Família e GéneroAproximadamente 0,8% das mulheres em território português tem seus filhos fora do ambiente hospitalar (Pordata, 2019). As mulheres e famílias que optam por um parto domiciliar planeado (PDP) enfrentam muitas dificuldades e obstáculos. Este estudo descreve as principais razões e motivos que levam as famílias a optarem pelo ambiente domiciliar para o nascimento de seus bebês, bem como o impacto dessa escolha na vida pessoal e familiar. Para que fosse possível conhecer os fatores subjetivos à escolha do PDP, a técnica de recolha de dados utilizada foi a entrevista semiestruturada, realizada, separadamente, à mulher e ao seu parceiro. Realizaram-se um total de 16 entrevistas, das quais: 10 mulheres, 5 homens e 1 Enfermeira Especialista de Saúde Materna e Obstétrica. Tendo em vista a escolha pela não participação de alguns homens, somente as entrevistas onde os 5 homens e 5 mulheres que participaram da gestação e do parto dos mesmos filhos, foram descritos e tiveram os dados analisados. O trabalho de Guerra (2006) foi utilizado como norteador para a escolha da metodologia de análise de dados, que recaiu sobre uma Postura Analítica e Reconstrução do sentido. Todo o material recolhido na pesquisa foi sujeito a Análise de Conteúdo, no intuito de descrever situações e interpretar o sentido social. Foi realizada uma Análise Descritiva Temática aprofundada, onde os corpus centrais das entrevistas foram identificados permitindo a identificação de categorias e subcategorias com base no conteúdo das entrevistas e nos achados teóricos. Três caterorias foram identificadas como centrais para a escolha do PDP: (I) Autonomia (i. Capacidade de escolha; ii. Informações de Qualidade; iii. Liberdade); (II) Razões (i. Percepção de Segurança; ii. Evitar Interveções; iii. Experiências Hospitalares Anteriores; iv. Maior Controle do Processo; v. Ambiente Familiar; e vi. Conhecimento dos Modelos Obstétricos); (III) Implicações da escolha (i. estigmatização; ii. Conflitos Internos; iii. Conflitos entre os membros do casal; iv. Aspectos financeiros; v. Parto Idealizado X Parto Real). O estudo termina com a reflexção crítica sobre esta prática e as escolhas nesse domínio, incluindo questões de género, e propostas de investigações futuras.
Approximately 0.8% of women in Portuguese territory have their children outside the hospital environment (Pordata, 2019). Women and families opting for planned home birth face many difficulties and obstacles. This study describes the main reasons that lead families to choose the home environment for the birth of their babies, as well as the impact of this choice on personal and family life. The data collection technique used to learn about the factors that influence the family’s choice of planed home birth, was the semi-structured interview, conducted separately with the women and their partners. A total of 16 interviews were conducted, of which: 10 women, 5 men and 1 Specialist Nurse of Maternal and Obstetric Health. Since some men choose not to participate in the interviews, only the interviews where the 5 men and 5 women who participated in the pregnancy and childbirth of the same children, were analyzed and were described in this dissertation. The theoretical-methodological stance adopted was the Analytical Stance and Sense Reconstruction. Guerra's work (2006) was used as a guide for choosing the data analysis methodology. All the material collected was submitted to an Analysis of Content, with the intention of describing situations and interpreting their social meaning. In the Thematic Descriptive Analysis, the central corpus of the in-depth interviews was analyzed making possible the identification of categories and subcategories. The categories and subcategories were created based on the content of the interviews and on the theoretical findings. Three main categories were identified as the main reasons for the PDP option: (I) Autonomy (Ability to choose; Quality information; Freedom); (II) Reasons (Perception of Security; Avoid Interventions; Previous Hospital Experiences; Greater Control of the Process; Family Environment; Knowledge of Obstetric Models); (III) Implications of the choice (Stigmatization; Internal Conflicts; Conflicts Between the Members of the Couple; Financial Aspects; Idealized Delivery versus Real Delivery). The study ends with a critical reflection on this practice and the choices in this area, including gender issues and proposals for future research.
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Rollinson, Rebecca. "Understanding the factors that influence the provision of 1:1 care in residential homes for older adults : an application of the theory of planned behaviour." Thesis, Open University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252380.
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Turri, Geovanna Santana de Souza. "Crenças em saúde, Teoria da Ação Planejada e saúde do homem : predizendo a intenção de realização do exame do toque retal." Universidade Federal de Sergipe, 2017. http://ri.ufs.br:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5936.
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Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa e à Inovação Tecnológica do Estado de Sergipe - FAPITEC/SEThe present dissertation aimed to investigate beliefs and other constructs of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), to developing a model able to identifying the main predictors of the intention to perform Digital Rectal Exam (DRE). For this, we did three studies. In the Study 1, a theoretical chapter on TAP and its applicability to human health behaviors was carried out, with emphasis on the behavior of the ETR. The Studies 2 and 3 were empirical, men between 40 and 70 years old participated, dividing them into two groups: the men that did the DRE x the men that didn’t do the DRE. In the Study 2, we aimed to identify the main beliefs of men about DRE, comparing the responses pattern by group. Here, a questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical questions and the free word evocation technique were used. We found that men who had already done DRE tended to evoke more terms for the susceptibility and severity of prostate cancer, while men who had never done emphasized the susceptibility to cancer and also the benefits of doing the DRE. These data showed how each group looks at the DRE, allowing for occasional interventions. The Study 3 investigated the predictive model of TPB (attitudes, norms and perception of control), aiming to identify the main predictors of the intention to doing the DRE. A scale with TPB constructs was used, as well as sociodemographic and clinical issues. In short, the results revealed that the attitude is better to predict the intent of men who had never done the DRE, while the norms are better to predict the intention of men who had already done so. And the perception of control seemed to work with the male audience whatever if they did or not the exam. Finally, we understood that TPB and the study of beliefs can help social and health researchers to understand the single factors that induce a person to engage in the behavior of interest, in this case, to understand how men engage in the DRE.
A presente dissertação buscou investigar crenças e os demais construtos da Teoria da Ação Planejada (TAP), visando desenvolver um modelo capaz de identificar os principais preditores da intenção de realizar o Exame do Toque Retal (ETR). Para isto, realizou-se três estudos. No Estudo 1 foi realizado um capítulo teórico sobre a TAP e sua aplicabilidade a comportamentos de saúde do homem, com ênfase no comportamento de realização do ETR. Já os estudos 2 e 3 foram empíricos, realizados com homens entre 40 e 70 anos de idade, dividindo-os em dois grupos: Fez o ETR x Não fez o ETR. No Estudo 2, procurou-se identificar as principais crenças de homens acerca do ETR, comparando padrão de respostas por grupo. Aqui, utilizou-se um questionário com questões sociodemográficas e clínicas, além da técnica de evocação livre de palavras. Constatou-se que os homens que já fizeram o ETR costumaram evocar mais termos voltados à suscetibilidade e gravidade do câncer de próstata, enquanto que os homens que não o fizeram destacou a suscetibilidade ao câncer e, também, os benefícios de realizar o ETR. Tais dados mostraram como cada grupo vê o ETR, possibilitando intervenções pontuais. Já o Estudo 3 investigou o modelo preditivo da TAP (atitudes, normas e percepção de controle), visando identificar os principais preditores da intenção de realizar o ETR. Foi utilizada uma escala com os construtos da TAP, além de questões sociodemográficas e clínicas. Em suma, os resultados revelaram que a atitude prevê melhor a intenção de homens que nunca fizeram o ETR, enquanto as normas preveem melhor a intenção de homens que já o realizaram. Já a percepção de controle pareceu funcionar junto ao público masculino independentemente de ter feito ou não o exame. Enfim, entende-se que a TAP e o estudo das crenças podem auxiliar os pesquisadores sociais e da saúde a entender os fatores únicos que induzem uma pessoa a engajar-se no comportamento de interesse, neste caso, entender como homens se engajam na realização do ETR.
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Waggoner, Elizabeth. "Congruence between patients' and nurse-discharge planners' perceptions of post-hospitalization needs a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment ... /." 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68788046.html.
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YANG, YU-CHE, and 楊育哲. "Apply the Theory of Planned Behavior to Study the Home-Based Reabement Services." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/acegps.
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博士南華大學
企業管理學系管理科學碩博士班
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The birth rate in Taiwan is declining year by year, and the overall population structure is rapidly aging. In order to meet the long-term caring demands of the physical challenged who are easily influenced by the aged society and to realize the policy goal of aging in place, the Executive Yuan has approved and promote the “long-term care ten-year plan” (2007-2016) in 2006 and the “Long-term Ten-Year Plan 2.0” (2017-2026) in 2017 respectively. The home-based reablement service can improve the quality of life of the disabled and achieve the goal of aging in place, which is a very important part of the Long-term Ten Year Plan 2.0. The purpose of this study is based on the theory of planned behavior to explore the intention of medical personnel to participate in home-based reablement service and the intention of the people with disability to accept home-based reablement service. In this study, purposive sampling was employed and the questionnaires were distributed to collect opinions of medical personnel who participated home-based reablement services in Yunlin County, Chiayi City and Chiayi County. A total of 101 valid samples were collected. Empirical results reveal that the social responsibility, attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control of medical personnel are respectively positive effect on their intention. Among these four variables, perceived behavioral control has the greatest impact on intention. The following rankings are for attitude, social responsibility and subjective norm. Attitude has a partial mediation effect on social responsibility to intention and subjective norm to intention. Perceived behavioral control has a partial mediation effect on subjective norm to intention. In the discussion about the intent of the residents with disability to accept home-based reablement services, the study was conducted with secondary sample data. The sample data was obtained from the home-based reablement service database provided by the Chiayi Occupational Therapist Association. 198 valid data were collected. The results of the data analysis show that the intent of the people with disability to accept the home-based reablement service will be positively influenced by their attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control. In particular, the attitude of the people has the greatest impact on their intention. The following rankings are for perceived behavioral control and subjective norm. Attitude and perceived behavioral control of the people have a partial mediating effect on subjective norm to intention. The results of the study show that through giving public recognition of the medical personnel by the public sector and positive reports by media or mass media, the public sector can establish a long-term professional development counseling team that can be a strong backing for medical personnel, both strengthening pre-employment training and encouraging the full-time service of medical personnel through policy formulation can help to enhance the intent of medical personnel to participate in home-based reablement service. In addition, in order to enable more people with disabilities to regain their ability to participate in activities, not to limit themselves to the home due to environmental, physiological and psychological reasons anymore, return to the life mode before disability, because of the intervention of the home-based reablement service. The public sector can report many successful stories by mass media, build the long-term care mutual aid units in the village, improve accessibility facilities of the community and integrate the social welfare groups and actively assist the people with disabilities in economically disadvantaged status who are unable to obtain social welfare benefits due to certain factors to obtain the reasonable subsidies. All policy above can improve the intention of the people with disabilities to accept the home-based reablement service.
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Tsai, Huei-chen, and 蔡蕙謓. "BY THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR, DISCUSSES THE FAMILY MEMBER TO NURSING HOME CONSUMER BEHAVIORAL MODEL." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/11819854375430354110.
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碩士南華大學
企業管理系管理科學碩博士班
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Taiwan has came into aged society at present, in order to increase the will of nursing home, so I took the nursing home''s folks had nursing home use wish experience for my research''s subject, furthermore, explored the factor of influencing nursing home use wish. This research designed framework of research and questionnaire by Theory of Planned Behavior, research''s subject is nursing home''s folks was registered by chia yi county government. It had been distributed 750 questionnaires during December in 2010, replied 218 questionnaires and 187 was effective, rating of replied was 24.93%. Questionnaires data were analysed by SPSS and AMOS statistic system. The research result shows that, when the resident relatives have more positive evaluations on the behavior, perceived behavioral control, and satisfaction of nursing home, the evaluations will raise behavior intention of nursing home. The level of behavior and satisfaction mutual effect prompts the consequence on behavior intention. The relatives’ positive behavior, improved satisfaction on nursing home, can prompt the willing to use nursing home. If the charge rationality becomes the interference factor, the higher charge rationality relatives have, the less satisfaction on behavior intention effects relatives have. Therefore, charge rationality is the decisive factor to use nursing home. Furthermore, this research suggests government and medical professionals to advocate exact opinions about nursing home, and build positive behavior , recognition, good quality service to prompt the folk willing to use nursing home, then decrease the wasting resources from families and society to take care the elderly.
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LYU, QUE-FEN, and 呂雀芬. "The phenomena of hope and related factors in planned discharged psychiatric patients." Thesis, 1990. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06797863825291548780.
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Chen, Yiwei, and 陳奕瑋. "An Empirical Study on Using Factors of Tele-home Care Systems with Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25986120953623730150.
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碩士國立中正大學
醫療資訊管理研究所
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There are some problems such as aging population and chronic disease in Taiwan. More and more people need long-term care as well as their family members. In recent years, the advanced medical and healthcare technology leads us into the new healthcare styles. One of them is the Tele-healthcare system (THC). By THC, the patients and caregivers can enhance more healthcare efficiency and reduce their burdens. Therefore, to understand those factors which will influence patients and caregivers to use THC assumed to be quite important. In this empirical study, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), and B & P model were integrated. Moreover, based upon the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior (DTPB) with related critical literature, the factor of trust was developed into the conceptual model, trying to explore patients and caregivers’ using factors with Tele-healthcare systems. We investigate the 250 patients and caregivers who use the THC currently in rural areas of eastern Taiwan and 112 effective questionnaires were responded. The statistical software package SPSS17.0 and SmartPLS were then applied for analysis. The results indicated that the attitude, subject norm, trust, perceived usefulness and system quality might have positive influence significantly on intention to use. The attitude, subject norm and perceived behavior control have also positive impact on trust. The perceived usefulness will influence attitude and the system quality will also influence perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. The model can explain the variance by 66.1%.
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Cardoso, Maria Cecilia de Freitas. "A study on the existence of friendship between group home residents and nondisabled persons through an exploration of planned contacts." 1987. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/17151368.html.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1987.Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-121).
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Liao, Li-Hsiang, and 廖麗香. "Evaluation of nursing home staff’s intensions to diabetes resident’s glycemic control by using a Two-component theory of planned behavior." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/53190746188886676796.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
健康產業管理研究所碩士班
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Objective：Taiwan’s diabetic population is steadily increasing , prevalence and incidence increased with increasing age ratio of up . Resident mental degradation common in some cases even unconsciousness bedridden, blood sugar control and life to take care of almost rely on nurses , but most of the research at home and abroad to the patient end do explore, rarely to the point of view of the staff analysis. The period can identify the impact of factors related to nurses resident''s blood sugar control, provide a reference for long-term care facility staff training and policy development. Methods：This research aimed to understand the behavioral intentions of nursing home staff to diabetes resident’s glycemic control, based on the theory of planned behavior proposed by Ajzen (1985), and intergraded with other literature to a two-component theory of planned behavior as the framework of this research. This research is based on questionnaires issued to registered nursing home in Yunlin, Chiayi and Tainan areas in Taiwan , the data is collected with structured questionnaires,total 463 copies of them issued. The result will be statically analyzed by SPSS17.0 and SEM. Results：Finally,332 questionnaires were returned,with an effective response rate of 71.7﹪. Results of this research , there was no significant difference for staff’s attitude,subject norm,perceived behavioral control of glucose control.There was a significant relationship between staff’s attitude and perceived behavioral control of glucose control. Conclusion：Excessive workload, lack of communication skills and changes in condition, resources, and a lack of education and training can not be easily performed than the resident''s blood sugar control.Therefore, proper training workload and facilitate the implementation of resident''s blood sugar control.
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Chang, Shu-Fang, and 張淑芳. "A Study of Applying Theory of Planned Behavior to Award-winning Behavior of Contestants in National Home Economics-Related Skills Competition." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/21536019457312106149.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
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The Skills Competition is a national annual key event for professional skill exchange. Its importance has already been recognized. Therefore, how to make contestants actively participate in trainings, learn knowledge and skills from trainings, and improve their Skills Competition results have become quite important as well. To understand contestants’ behavior intentions and their relationships with winning behaviors would be very useful for more effective future trainings for Skills Competition contestants. This study aimed to apply the theory of planned behavior to explore the relationships between the behavior intentions of contestants and their award-winning behaviors in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition. For this research purpose, this study adopted the questionnaire survey method, with the contestants of the 2011 National High School Home Economics-Related Skills Competition as the research subjects. A total of 380 questionnaires were distributed to the ones selected using purposive sampling. The effective sample size was 313, and the effective response rate of the questionnaire was 82.37%. Then SEM was applied to explore the relationships of the constructs, in order to test the research hypotheses. The specific research results of this study are summarized below: 1.The planned behavior model was built to fit the award-winning behaviors of the contestants in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition. 2.The influence of “Behavior Belief and Outcome Evaluation” of the contestants in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition on their “Attitude” was positive and significant. 3.The influence of “Normative Belief and Motivation to Comply” of the contestants in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition on their “Subjective Norm” was positive and significant. 4.The influence of “Control Belief and Control Power” of the contestants in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition on their “Perceived Behavioral Control” was positive and significant. 5.The influences of “Attitude”, “Subjective Norm”, and “Perceived Behavioral Control” of the contestants in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition on their “Behavior Intention” were all positive and significant. Among them, the influence of “Perceived Behavioral Control” on “Behavior Intention” was the largest, followed by that of “Attitude”. 6.The influence of “Behavior Intention” of the contestants in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition on their “Award-Winning Behavior” was positive and significant. 7.The influence of “Perceived Behavioral Control” of the contestants in the Home Economics-Related Skills Competition on their “Award-Winning Behavior” was not significant, unless with the mediating effect of “Behavior Intention”. Key words: theory of planned behavior, home economics, skills competition, award-winning behavior
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Nunn, Teresa L. "The presence of universal design features in consumers' current residences and planned use in future homes." 2003. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/nunn%5Fteresa%5Fl%5F200305%5Fms.
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Veerasamy, Gregory Gnasegran. "A study to investigate and quantify the value added by Home Owner Associations to residential developments of Moreland Developments (Pty) Ltd focussing primarily on the area north of Durban." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2448.
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The Residential Department at Moreland Developments (Pty.) Ltd. (Moreland), the property development arm of the Tongaat-Hulett Group (THG), has for some time questioned the benefits of setting up and maintaining Home Owner Associations (HOAs) for the residential suburbs that they develop. This concern is a consequence of the significant time and cost incurred in setting up and maintaining these associations with very little perceived added value. The intention of this study is to quantify this added value (if it exists) and in so doing, assist management in matching the right product in the right market with the right price. In an effort to try to understand the concept of added value, the writer has chosen a theoretical framework on which to base the research methodology. The writer has used Michael Porter's Value Chain system as this theoretical foundation. The Value Chain disaggregates the various value-adding activities a company performs and establishes which value-creating activities lead to sustainable competitive advantage. This study develops Moreland's Value Chain and enables the writer to hone in on the value creating activity of setting up and maintaining HOAs. A scientific approach is adopted in the research design. A stratified disproportionate random sample was used because of its greater statistical efficiency. A sample size of 93 were interviewed telephonically using a standardized questionnaire containing a mixture of structured and unstructured questions. The five projects chosen were Broadlands, Somerset Park, Gardens, Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate (MECCE) and Zimbali. Both descriptive and analytical statistical analyses were performed on the 93 data sets. The data shows that the main drivers of value within a HOA are security, architecture, landscaping, general environmental upkeep and maintenance, communication and rules and regulations. In Broadlands and Somerset Park, the main drivers of value at the time of purchase and presently are architectural theme and rules and regulations. For Gardens, MECCE and Zimbali, the main drivers of value at the time of purchase and presently are security and architectural theme. The research objectives were reduced to two hypotheses, which were tested at the 95% level of confidence :- Hypothesis 1: The presence of a HOA has no effect on the decision to purchase vacant land. This hypothesis was not rejected for Broadlands but rejected for the remaining projects as well as for the full population. Judging from the confidence intervals for the project means, it is evident that the presence of a HOA had a positive effect on the decision to purchase in all projects (except Broadlands) and for the full population. Hypothesis 2: The presence of a HOA will not allow Moreland to command a price premium on the sale of vacant land. This hypothesis is rejected for all projects as well as for the full population implying that Moreland can charge a price premium on the sale of vacant land. The only limitation is that the Broadlands price premium cannot, in real terms, be charged as Hypothesis 1 was accepted for Broadlands, as prospective purchasers perceived value but are unwilling to pay for it. The price premium that could be achieved for the projects are as follow Somerset Park 4% to 20% Gardens 1% to 17% Mecce Zimbali 16% 13.5% to to 45% 24.5% Further analysis revealed that when the added value items of HOA are tested against the project, the location of the project is the prime driver of value. However, when security is tested against the project, the project value subordinates to the security effect indicating that security is the only added value item that is more important than location. The writer has made two recommendations to Moreland. The first is that immediate withdrawal from the Broadlands Home Owners Association is necessary as the value created by the establishment of a HOA is not captured, either in full or in part, by Moreland. The second is that Moreland restructure its commitment to the other HOAs in line with the quantified added value ranges. There is no doubt that this work greatly enhances the existing, very limited, body of knowledge on this subject area in South Africa. It is hoped that future research students will expand the existing body of knowledge by future investigating the issues that have limited this study.Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, 2002.
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LI, YI-CHEN, and 李宜蓁. "The Influence Factors of Family Physicians Team’s Home Care Time on Reducing the Re-admisson of Non-planned the Same Condition within 14 Days." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7jzux7.
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碩士國立陽明大學
醫務管理研究所
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Objectives: In order to cope with the trend of fewer children and more aging society, it is necessary to reduce unnecessary social hospitalization and waste of medical resources, especially in limited human and medical resources. Therefore it is particularly important to integrate resources, to provide human-centred care and to create high-value care. One regional hospital in Taipei city provides in-home care services through the Family Physicians Team, including to understand the living environment and family relationship of the cases, to discover the causes, to provide relevant health education consultation, to out-patient clinic, to prescript, hospice care and related inter-professional visits. It provides services at least once every two months and establishes data file after each home care service. However, in order to improve the value of care, to find out the care of gap and early intervention, this study intends to discuss the in-home care provided by the Family Physicians Team of one regional hospital in Taipei City from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017. The factors that influence the re-admission of the same condition are to assess the utilization of care resources, to facilitate the establishment of integrated care models and to provide future reference for goverments. Methods: This study is a retrospective study that collects case data from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017 and has been treated with Family Physicians Team in one regional hospital in Taipei City. After the data is collated and debugged, the SPSS24.0 statistical software is used for descriptive statistical analysis, including descriptive data such as the number of times and percentages to present the distribution of case characteristics. Verify the distribution difference of each variable by Chi-square test and and the Logistic regression analysis of the differences in the characteristics of all hospitalization cases and Family Physician Team Care cases, as well as the impact factors of non-planned re-amission of the same condition within 14 days. Results: After correcting the relevant factors, the data shows that the Family Physicians Team care cases have higher risk of non-planned re-admission within 14 days (OR: 1.490, 95% CI: 1.361~1.631). Further analysis reveal that the Family Physicians Team has significantly in group care cases of higher solitary living (OR: 3.217, 95% CI: 2.902~3.567), of low-income households (OR: 1.462, 95% CI: 1.285~1.663), of physical and mental impairment (OR: 3.050, 95% CI: 2.879~3.231) and of other socially vulnerable ones. The analysis also shows that the Family Physicians Team care period more than 6 months (58.2%), significantly low unrecognized risk of re-admission in the same condition within 14 days (OR: 0.670, 95% CI: 0.567~0.790). Conclusions and Suggestions: Family Physicians Team takes care of cases having more socioeconomic weakness, poor physiological function and multiple medical needs than general hospitalization cases. So it may be easier to have the risk of re-admission of the same condition within 14 days. However, if the Family Physicians Team cares for more than 6 months, it can reduce the risk of re-admission of the same condition within 14 days. It shows that the care of the Family Physicians Team has certain effects. The Family Physicians Team wants to provide high-value home care services in the future super-age society and in-home care is the future trend, the priority should be given to those who take care of high-risk factors to maximize it’s effectiveness, especially under the premise of limited human resources.
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Mark, Rachel. "Testing the effectiveness of interactive game bikes on physical activity motivation among parents and young children in the home: a pilot study." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1987.
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Interactive stationary bikes provide positive affective experiences and physiological benefits; however research has been limited to adults within laboratory settings. Using a randomized, controlled trial design (RCT), this study sought to examine usage of GameBikes (GB) compared to traditional stationary bikes (TSB) among families in the home-setting including the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to understand motivation for use. Parents completed questionnaires after having a ten minute trial with the bike (T1) and then again after six weeks (T2). Usage was tracked by all family members and belief elicitation was performed with GB families following the trial. Repeated measures (RM) ANOVA for frequency of use yielded a large time effect (F5,34 = 3.15, p < .05; η2 = .32); post-hoc analysis illustrated decrease by TSB (t18 = 3.77, p < .01; d = .89) and GB (t20 = 1.02, p = .32; d = .32). Parents in the GB group increased the proportion of those meeting Health Canada’s Physical Activity guidelines by 33.3% compared to 8.34% for TSB (h = .51). RM ANOVA for affective attitude (AA) of parents yielded large time and intervention effects (F1,22 = 32.73, p < .01, η2 = .60; F1,22 = 8.54, p = .01, η2 = .60 respectively). GB (t11 = 6.08, p < .01, d = 1.67) and TSB (t11 = 3.27, p < .01, d = .88) lowered across time; GB experienced higher levels of AA at T1 (t25 = 2.69, p < .01, d = 1.55) and T2 (t22 = 2.58, p < .05, d = 1.39). Elicited beliefs were primarily affective- and control-based and concerned the equipment and sizing for children. From this study, it is noted that usage decreases less rapidly with the GB than with TSB. Also, differences in AA between groups highlight the importance of AA in PA interventions. This study provides support for the use of interactive video games to augment current PA initiatives with larger scale trials.
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Bukula, Thembani. "A pilot study on the influence of educational interventions on domestic electricity consumers." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13825.
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This pilot study consists of two parts. The first part investigates the extent to which the domestic electricity consumers intend to use and use energy efficiently using the Theory of Planned Behaviour. The second part investigates the extent to which the Energy @ Home educational intervention changed the domestic electricity consumers’ behaviour. For the first part of the study an advertisement was published and a convenience stratified sample of 61 domestic electricity consumers were selected from the 290 respondents. Data was collected from the domestic electricity consumers via a questionnaire and a telephone response log. The co-relational research design was used to investigate the relationship between the predictor variables the independent variables in the constructs of the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Simple linear regression analysis resulted in F statistic for the predicted behavioural intention was 29.74 with a p value less than 0.0001 which indicates significant statistical evidence of a linear relation between the predictor variables and the independent variables. The r2 of 0.87 implies that data points that fall closely along the best fit line. Therefore the predictor variables were good predictors of the response variable. All the participants that intended to use electricity efficiently confirmed via the telephone that they were using electricity efficiently. In the second part of the study 11 out of the 61 participants were chosen to participate in the Energy @ Home educational intervention and television program. Data was collected via the Energy audit log and the electricity consumption log. The participants intended to save between 2% and 35% of their electricity consumption and the actual electricity consumption savings were between 2% and 30%.Science and Technology Education
M. Sc. (Mathematics, Physics & Technology Education (Physics Education))