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Gunzo, Fortunate Takawira. "Informing an ICT intervention for HIV and AIDS education at Rhodes University." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003459.
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This study captures the process and methods used in selecting and organising content for an ontology. In the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field ontology refers to a way of organising and storing information and facilitating interaction between the system and its users. Ontologies are being used more frequently to provide services that deal with complex information. In this study, I record my experience of developing content for an HIV and AIDS ontology for Rhodes University students. Using several different methods, I started the process of selecting and organising HIV and AIDS information, free of scientific jargon and prescriptive language, and consisting only of relevant information. I used data derived from interviews with six HIV and AIDS experts to develop questions for a survey that was open to all Rhodes University students. The 689 people who responded to the survey indicated that they needed more information on testing, treatment and living with HIV. Responses also showed that students had a lot of information on HIV prevention and transmission. Four focus group discussions revealed that students were tired of repetitions of the „same‟ information on HIV and AIDS and wanted to know more about life after contracting HIV. Using this data, I propose some guidelines to populate HIV and AIDS ontology. Ontologies can be customized for particular groups of users, for example according to gender, race, year of study etc. Another advantage of the ontology is that it can be expanded or contracted depending on the scope of one‟s intervention.
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Oluwole, Oluwakemi Olufunmilayo. "Co-design of youth wellbeing indicators for ICT intervention in an underserved community in South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3097.
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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019The challenges faced by members of underserved communities in South Africa have frequently been reported in literature. To ameliorate these challenges, different interventions have been introduced both locally and internationally to improve the wellbeing of the members of these communities. One such intervention is the introduction of information and communication technology ICT as a means to close the digital divide and meeting the socio-economic needs of the community. Youth living in these communities are expected to derive more benefit from ICT interventions as they have been reported to be more technology savvy and dependent on technology than the older adults are. However, the failures of ICT interventions deployed by donors have also been reported in literature. Authors have identified several reasons for the failure of ICT interventions, but a lack of consultation with the beneficiaries of this type of intervention is common to many findings. The exclusion of the youth as major beneficiaries of ICT interventions causes a lack of alignment between the interventions deployed for their use and the actual wellbeing needs of the youth in underserved communities. The failure of ICT interventions increases the digital divide and frustrates the good intentions of local and national government as well as international donors to improve the wellbeing of the youth in underserved communities. By using the concept of wellbeing, the study aimed to explore how youth wellbeing indicators can be used to facilitate effective ICT interventions for youth empowerment and development in underserved communities in South Africa. Furthermore, the study aimed todesign an ICT-based artefact to prioritise youth wellbeing indicators in underserved communities in South Africa. The study was implemented through a qualitative research method using a service design strategy that allowed for a participatory research approach and co-design instrument for data collection from the youth living in Grabouw anunderserved community in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Data was collected from 40 youth aged between 15 and 30 at two workshops. Content analysis technique was used to analyse data. Findings from the research show that given the opportunity, the youth are able to determine their social-economic needs. A comprehensive set of wellbeing indicators was developed. Thirteen wellbeing indicators symbolising the issues in the community were prioritised, which are:unemployment, self-image, reaching full potential, family support,access to water, sanitation and electricity,meaning and purpose of life,being healthy,religious practice,educational level,future expectations,freedom of expression,skills to get a job, and access to skills and training. Overall, nine categories of wellbeing indicators were identified; of these, seven are similar to theGlobal Youth Wellbeing Index(GYWI) categories. Three new categories – aspiration, social support, and infrastructure and services – were realised. The three factors are an indication that the Grabouw youth may have special needs different from the global perspective as specified by the GYWI categories. Moreover, the priorities of the wellbeing indicators when compared to the GYWI rating for South Africa differ significantly, which may indicate that the needs of the youth living in underserved communities may vary largelyfrom other youth in the country. Furthermore, an artefact that can be used to prioritise wellbeing indicators was designed. It is important for stakeholders of ICT interventions to embrace participation of the beneficiaries as a means of aligning interventions to their needs. These stakeholders need to seek ways of developing artefacts that address the needs, not limited to health, so that the youth can take advantage of technology to improve their wellbeing on a continuous basis.
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Schneider-Richardson, Deborah Anne. "The Effects of the Use of an ICT-Based Reading Intervention on Students' Achievement in Grade Two." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/581128.
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A quasi-experimental research design was used to evaluate the efficacy of MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach (MVRC), an ICT-based reading intervention, in addition to regular daily language instruction provided by a classroom teacher. After attrition, participants included 170 students enrolled in eight second-grade classrooms (four classrooms in each school) in two public elementary schools in the southwestern United States. Examiners obtained reading achievement data for each participating student. Pre- and post-test measures included tests of the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement (WJ IV ACH), as well as the Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency (TOSWRF-2). A multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to determine whether there were significant mean differences in (a) non-word reading, (b) real word reading, (c) non-word spelling, (d) real word spelling, and/or (e) reading fluency post-test achievement scores favoring students assigned to use the MVRC online reading intervention, once the effects of differences in pre-test achievement scores and relevant demographic variables had been accounted for. Analyses revealed a significant main effect (λ= .668, F [5, 161] = 16.014, p < .001, multivariate η² = .332) of the intervention on achievement scores of participants assigned to the treatment condition, a result which was confirmed across three of the study's dependent variables: real word spelling (F[1, 165] = 16.341, p < .001, multivariate η² = .090), non-word spelling (F[1, 165] = 29.212, p < .001, multivariate η² = .150), and reading fluency (F[1, 165] = 58.348, p < .001, multivariate η² = .261).
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Soltani, Nejad Farideh. "SitLight : a Wearable Intervention for Improving Sitting Behavior." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-149740.
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Various studies have taken different approaches to persuade users into adopting a healthy sitting posture. In addition to the sedentary lifestyles we have come to adopt, the importance and reasoning of these studies stem from the adverse effects of poor posture on our health and mood. However, studies approaching this area with real-time visual modality integrated into clothing are rather sparse. Utilizing this integration might potentially fulfill the requirements of the ubiquitous computing era and inform the users in a calmer way. To evaluate various aspects of this concept, a mid-fidelity prototype was developed and tested with users. Semi-structured interviews were then conducted to obtain their thoughts and opinions on such an approach. In addition to the approval of the concept, further concerns, advantages and disadvantages were disclosed, and used to inform a design space for similar concepts. Although requiring more research, the results of this study outline a primary design space consisting of essential characteristics one needs to be aware of when designing a similar concept.
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Musiimenta, Angella. "Evaluating the computer-assisted HIV/AIDS education intervention implemented in schools in Uganda." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/evaluating-the-computerassisted-hivaids-education-intervention-implemented-in-schools-in-uganda(e44b1835-60c8-4a9b-85c1-1e8e69b6cbe8).html.
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Over 29 years into the epidemic, fighting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired, Immune, Deficiency, Syndrome) continues to be a global concern. School-based computer-assisted HIV/AIDS interventions can provide innovative ways of preventing HIV among young people from diverse backgrounds in Africa. However, questions of technological, social and organisational readiness cannot be overlooked. This is because of: (1) being health interventions implemented in educational centres; (2) limited technological facilities and skills; (3) the prevailing norms that associate young people's sex education with sex experimentation. Despite these concerns, there are significantly few studies evaluating school-based computer-assisted HIV/AIDS interventions in developing countries. In addition, the commonly used health promotion theories have limited application in HIV prevention. These theories tend to lack sufficient attention to contextual mediators that influence implementation and impacts of HIV interventions.This research addresses some of these gaps by evaluating the implementation and the impacts of a computer-assisted HIV/AIDS intervention, known as the World Starts With Me (WSWM), which is implemented in schools in Uganda. To overcome some of the criticisms voiced above, this research employed mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct three investigations. Investigation 1 is a quantitative controlled before-after intervention study that assessed the level of significance of the impacts of the WSWM intervention on in-school young people. Investigation 2 is a qualitative cross-case analysis study that explored in-depth why the WSWM intervention implementation was completed in one school but abandoned in another. Investigation 3 is a qualitative study that assessed in-depth the impacts and the computer-mediated benefits of the WSWM intervention on out-of-school young people. Overall, this research involved 584 quantitative questionnaires answered by 292 participants, 53 interviewees and 2 focus group discussions comprising of 50 participants.Findings indicate that: (1) the intervention significantly improved the in-school young people's HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes self-efficacy, sex abstinence and fidelity, but had no significant impact on condom use. (2) Implementation factors include technological facilities, perceived usefulness, confidence and skills, cultural-religious compatibility, management support, match with routine workflow, and institutional climate, all of which were more favourable in the school that completed the intervention than in the school that abandoned it. (3) The intervention had positive impacts on the out-of-school young people's sexual behaviours, HIV/AIDS knowledge and perception of vulnerability, attitudes and self-efficacy. (4) Contextual mediators such as familial mediators, relationship characteristics, peer influence, gender-biased social norms, economic constraints and religious beliefs influence young people's uptake of HIV preventive measures. (5) Computer-mediated benefits of the intervention include privacy and confidentiality of the otherwise sensitive information, unlimited geographical accessibility, source of the otherwise denied sexuality and HIV/AIDS information, and interactivity and social support.
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Dashevska, Julia. "What are the success strategies for changing behaviour? : An explorative intervention study of an application based and a non-application based approach for reducing smartphone overuse with focus on persuasive design." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-329469.
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With the growing role the smartphone technology is gaining in our daily life the concerned voices about its negative impacts on human social skills, social interactions and mental health are getting louder. Smartphone use has become a habit not at least due to high access to different kind of rewards provided by this technology. In this thesis, a qualitative explorative study analyses two approaches, an application based and a non-application based, in their ability to deal with the subjectively perceived smartphone overuse in order to find weaknesses and advantages behind those approaches. The study design is based on behaviour change theories such as the Goal-Setting Theory, the Social Cognitive Theory, and the Cognitive Dissonance Theory and on the persuasive design strategies. The results of the five weeks long intervention study, during which eight participants tried both approaches in a within-group design setup, suggests that a combination of an application based and a non-application based intervention could be more beneficial than relying on technology alone in order to support the user with means to reduce the smartphone overuse. The results furthermore suggest that the application based approach functioned well as an eye opener and as an incentive to prepare participants to take own actions.
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Ibrahim, Dasuki Salihu. "Investigating the link between ICT intervention and human development using the capability approach : a case study of the computerised electricity management system." Thesis, Brunel University, 2012. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/7622.
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There has been an increasing amount of investment in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) interventions in developing countries under the premise of accelerating the process of social, economic and political development. These interventions are usually driven by the symbolic power of ICTs which signify progress and upon which the governments of developing countries try to draw to modernise the functioning of the state and to further enhance public service delivery to citizens. However, in this thesis it is argued that the actions and events that lead to the design and implementation of ICT4D tend to be politically motivated because ICT4D are simply interventions used by powerful actors and institutions to achieve their goals. These powerful actors include international donor agencies, politicians, top bureaucrats and private entities. In addition, it is argued that, due to these politically motivated agendas, ICT4D projects tend to be implemented in a top-down fashion and within an economic development perspective that appears to isolate the concerns of the country itself and the wellbeing of its citizens. In an attempt to try and redress social exclusion and imbalance, the capability approach drawn from the work of Amartya Sen (1999) stresses the enhancement of human capabilities and the moral aspects of development. Theoretically, the study is based on the key concepts of Sen’s Capability Approach. However, Lukes’s (1974) concepts of power are also drawn upon to address the limitation of the capability approach in addressing the concept of power. The research questions guiding this thesis are as follows: (1) How do the underlying motivations of different actors drive the design and implementation of ICT4D initiatives in developing countries? (2) How can researchers usefully conceptualise the relationship between ICT and development given the complexities in which ICT4D initiatives are undertaken? What conceptual framework could help theorise the complex relationship between ICT and development? Epistemologically, the study was conducted by following an interpretive research approach. The research was carried out in two states of Nigeria, Abuja and Plateau, and took place during the period of 2010-2011. The case-study centres on the initiation and implementation of the Computerised Electricity Management System (CEMS). Empirically, data collection techniques include 65 individual interviews, field observations and document analysis. The following are key findings of this thesis: ICT4D interventions are a complex process shaped at two levels. At the international level, they are shaped by donor agendas such as privatisation, and at the national or local level they are shaped by political and private interests. These agendas and interest are driven by powerful actors such as international donor agencies that often impose such interventions as a condition of aid, politicians who often use such interventions as campaign tools, and other top public and private actors who often use such interventions for personal gain. Hence, the beneficiaries of these projects usually have no say in the design of ICT4D projects but are rather forced to accept these interventions. Corruption is a major obstacle that hinders the expected ICT4D contributions in terms of individual opportunities and freedoms of living better lives inscribed in ICT4D interventions. Corruption exists as a “network” involving different actors present at three levels of ICT4D projects, namely the design, implementation and usage stages. Viewed from this perspective, the findings of this study show that international donor agencies, politicians, public bureaucrats and private entities are equally responsible for promoting corrupt practices in the context of ICT4D interventions. Theoretically, this thesis progresses the operationalisation of the capability approach (CA) by encapsulating the central aspect of the approach and Lukes’s (1974) concept of power. This is an innovative way of operationalising the capability approach by addressing its limitations in explaining the notion of power; the study thereby contributes to the field of IS using the capability approach and expanding the scope of theoretical analysis of contemporary ICT4D studies. Practically, to make the relationship between ICT and development more effective in meeting broader development goals, it is necessary for government policies to move beyond the mere provision of technology to also concentrate on the cultural, institutional, social and political aspects in ensuring the effective use of ICT resources, which should serve to improve people’s opportunity to participate more in social, political and economic activities.
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Gould, Sherry Lynn. "Analyzing the Role of the State in the Promotion of the Information Revolution." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_theses/11.
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This paper analyzes the relationship between effective state intervention and Information Communications Technology (ICT) dissemination. I theorize that investment in ICT leads to benefits for all firms; without government intervention and incentives, firms will have little reason to invest substantially in this arena. I demonstrate how the collective action problem leads to a lack of private investment as highlighted by the prisoner’s dilemma game. I conduct a multi country regression test to ascertain the factors that influence the dissemination of IT. I then analyze the impact of the United States and South Korean government on ICT by process tracing the role of each government in the dissemination of ICT. My results support my hypothesis. The policy implications for this study are the increase in the level of US government involvement in ICT through encouraging private sector participation, creating new laws, and increasing access to technology in public education.
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Mora, Guiard Joan. "Full-body interaction and autism : design, development and evaluation of experiences as tools for intervention on motivation and social initiation for ASD children." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/395173.
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This thesis focuses on the design, development and evaluation of a series of full-body interaction experiences as tools for intervention on motivation and social initiation for children with Autism. Autism Spectrum Disorders are characterized by challenges in social communication. Thus, it is necessary to provide support tools for motivating the learning and use of social behaviors. We developed three systems to explore the characteristics and limitations of the full-body interaction medium for the development of such tools.
This thesis analyzes the characteristics of full-body interaction technologies by focusing on different physical settings, and different interaction design approaches. We have focused our research on motivation, through promoting engagement and exploration attitudes, and social behaviors, by fostering social initiation and collaboration in multi-user environments. This thesis is a first step to design full-body interaction systems for promoting motivation and social behaviors.Aquesta tesis es focalitza en el disseny, desenvolupament i avaluació d'una sèrie d'experiències d'interacció a cos sencer com a eines d'intervenció en motivació i inicialització social en nens amb Autisme. El Trastorn de l'Espectre Autista es caracteritza per dificultats en la socialització i comunicació. Per tant, és necessari de proveir eines de suport per a motivar l'aprenentatge i ús de conductes socials. Hem desenvolupat tres sistemes per a explorar les característiques i limitacions dels mitjans d'interacció a cos sencer per al desenvolupament d'aquestes eines. Aquesta tesis analitza les característiques de les tecnologies d'interacció a cos sencer a través de focalitzar-se en diferents configuracions físiques, i diferents aproximacions de disseny d'interacció. Hem focalitzat la nostra investigació en la motivació, a través del compromís i actituds exploradores, i actituds socials, a través d'encoratjar la iniciació social i la col·laboració en entorns multi usuari. Aquesta tesis és un primer pas en el disseny de sistemes d'interacció a cos sencer per a promoure la motivació i conductes socials.
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Otchoumou, Hoppe Christelle. "Mise en place d'un dispositif LMOOC d'enseignement-apprentissage des langues : analyse didactique d'une recherche intervention." Thesis, Paris, INALCO, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019INAL0015.
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Cette thèse est une recherche intervention qui vise à analyser l'interaction des procédés d'enseignement et d'appropriation des langues afin de déterminer à quelles conditions l'utilisation d'un environnement d'apprentissage à distance médiatisé par les technologies rend possible la mise en oeuvre d'expériences d'apprentissage potentiellement favorables au développement langagier au sein d'un MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). Elle a pour objet la conception de dispositifs LMOOC, leur ajustement et leur évaluation. La mise en place d'un dispositif pédagogique et sa conception requièrent de proposer un scénario pédagogique à l'aide d'outils suffisamment théorisés qui vise à conduire les apprenants vers des épisodes d'apprentissage favorisant une progression qualitative en LA. Nous avons mobilisé les apports théoriques des systèmes complexes et dynamiques pour l'apprentissage des langues (CDST) et intégré une approche ergonomique de l'activité instrumentée pour concevoir un scénario pédagogique au sein d'un dispositif LMOOC. A partir des traces d'interactions, nous avons ensuite analysé et interprété les potentialités de développement langagier dans les usages des apprenants pour évaluer l'efficacité de ces dispositifs pour l'apprentissage de LA. Cette analyse permet d'identifier les conditions selon lesquelles l'ensemble des ressources oriente l'activité des apprenants vers des pratiques sociales d'apprentissageThe perspective of this thesis is to analyze how the teaching and learning processes are interacting in order to underline on the conditions to which a technology-mediated distance learning environment is liable to promote French as an Additional Language (AL) learning experiences within a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). The research main objectives are the setting up of the artifact, its adjustment to the context and its evaluation. The implementation of a pedagogical environment aims at providing the learners with the tools leading them towards a qualitative progression in the AL. The first phase of the intervention research was devoted to the setting of the theoretical and conceptual framework to favor the AL learning activity. We mobilized complex and dynamic system theories (CDST) and socio-cultural theories for the design of the artifact. The conceptual framework is completed with an ergonomic approach of the instrumental activity. We then analyzed the conditions under which, within the MOOC environment, a flexible task-based language learning artifact mediates learners' language activity towards participatory social practices. Language learning activity and learners' interactions are assessed, interpreted and analyzed through the lens of our theoretical framework
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Moghadas, Zadeh Seyed Omid. "Solutions technologiques pour atténuer la solitude des aidants professionnels et des personnes âgées en perte d’autonomie." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Paris sciences et lettres, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024UPSLD002.
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Cette thèse se compose de trois essais qui contribuent collectivement à notre compréhension de la gestion de la solitude chez les personnes âgées en perte d’autonomie et chez les soignants professionnels grâce à des interventions basées sur la technologie. Le premier essai identifie plusieurs voies de recherche dans la littérature concernant les interventions des TIC pour les personnes âgées bénéficiant de soins à domicile professionnels. Il met en évidence le besoin de recherches supplémentaires et reconnaît le rôle central des soignants professionnels dans ces interventions. Le deuxième essai explore le point de vue des aidants professionnels et révèle leur contribution substantielle à l'atténuation de la solitude des personnes âgées grâce à un accompagnement émotionnel et au soutien cognitif. Dans le troisième essai, des solutions de santé mobile, telles que la musique et la messagerie instantanés, sont tester pour traiter la solitude au travail des aidants professionnels, ouvrant la voie à des solutions pratiques permettant aux organisations d’améliorer le bien-être et la rétention des aidants. Dans l'ensemble, ces essais enrichissent notre compréhension théorique et pratique du potentiel de la technologie pour atténuer la solitude chez les personnes âgées et, dans le contexte des aidants professionnels, fournissent ainsi des perspectives précieuses pour améliorer la qualité des soins et le bien-être globalThis thesis comprises three essays that collectively advance our understanding of loneliness mitigation among the elderly with loss of autonomy and professional caregivers through technology-based interventions. The first essay identifies a literature gap in ICT interventions for elderly recipients of professional home caregiving. It highlights the need for further research and recognizes the pivotal role of professional caregivers in these interventions. The second essay explores the distinctive perspectives of professional caregivers and reveals their substantial contributions to alleviating elderly loneliness through emotional companionship and cognitive support. In the third essay, mHealth solutions, including music and instant messaging, are introduced to address workplace loneliness among professional caregivers, offering practical insights for organizations to enhance caregiver well-being and retention. Collectively, these essays enrich our theoretical and practical comprehension of technology's potential to mitigate loneliness in elderly populations and professional caregiving contexts, thereby providing valuable insights for enhancing the quality of care and overall well-being
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Lopez, Mendez Margarita. "Recherche-intervention : pédagogie active et numérique et formation des enseignants du secondaire en Afrique subsaharienne francophone, portée et limites : le cas de la République du Congo." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Normandie, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023NORMC025.
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Nombreux sont les discours accordant une place importante à l’intégration des nouvelles pédagogies et des nouvelles technologies dans la recherche d’une éducation de qualité et équitable en Afrique subsaharienne. Or, les difficultés que doivent surmonter les pays d’Afrique subsaharienne pour les intégrer à leur système d’éducation sont colossales. Celles-ci sont liées principalement à cinq facteurs : politique, économique, technologique, humain et culturel. Ce sont ces deux derniers facteurs qui nous intéressent : notamment les questions de résistance au changement et de manque de formation. Dans le cadre des actions de l’ONG Action Real, nous expérimentons un dispositif de formation en TICE et en Pédagogie Active et Participative auprès des 100 participants (inspecteurs et enseignants) en République du Congo, pour ensuite évaluer l’impact de ces formations dans les pratiques pédagogiques des enseignants et si elles génèrent un changement malgré les conditions structurelles peu favorables et si oui, de quelle nature sont ces changements tout en caractérisant les limites rencontrées par le personnel formé. Enfin, nous proposons un dispositif de formation qui tient compte des éléments collectés sur le terrain. La démarche relève d’une recherche-interventionThere are many speeches that accord importance to the integration of new pedagogies and new technologies in the search for quality and equitable education in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the difficulties that sub-Saharan African countries must overcome to integrate them into their education systems are colossal. These are mainly linked to five factors: political, economic, technological, human, and cultural situations. The last two factors interest us the most for our research, particularly resistance to change and lack of teacher training. Associated to the actions of the NGO Action Real, we experimented with a training program in ICT and in Active and Participatory Pedagogy with 100 participants (inspectors and teachers) in the Republic of Congo. We then evaluated the impact that this training programme had in the pedagogical practices of teachers and if it is able to generate a change despite the unfavorable structural conditions and if so, of what nature these changes are. Finally, we propose a training program that takes into account the elements collected on the field. We followed an intervention-research approach
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Nguyen, Thu Huong. "Employing gamification to support sustainable food consumption : Analysis and Redesign of the Too Good To Go mobile app." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-176371.
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An estimated 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted every year, adding to the growing problem of CO2 emissions and global warming. Consequently, there is an urgent need to address this issue. However, while a lot of research in Human-Computer-Interaction has been conducted about food waste in private households, there is still a lack of research about people’s food waste at a retail level in restaurants. This paper explores the potential of gamification in the design of apps intended to support more sustainable food consumption behavior. This study is centered on the existing Too Good To Go app and examines current user behavior and perception through quantitative and qualitative methods. Then through employment of design frameworks and iterative prototype cycles the potential to encourage active sustainable food consumption is examined. Findings show that there are many challenges stopping users from actively using the current app more often. Findings also suggest that gamification has the potential to increase users’ motivation to use the app beyond reasons of only saving food. The implications of this paper could present new opportunities for applying gamification to reduce food waste that could inspire researchers and practitioners to explore the theme further.
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Thompson, Sheryl S. "ICT Adoption by Jamaican SMES : Policy and Firm Level Perspectives on Managed Interventions." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504205.
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Mtemang'ombe, Frank Auben. "An analysis of processes and contexts for ICT interventions in Malawian primary school education system." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2017. http://digitool.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=29535.
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The introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education has greatly transformed and improved the quality of teaching and learning all over the world. In Malawi, efforts are continuously being directed towards having ICT resources in all primary schools through different ICT interventions. However,though the interventions are likely to be widespread, there is no empirical evidence if the interventions are fully adopted and purposively used by the schools and teachers respectively. While there is considerable evidence to show that the integration of ICT intervention in classrooms is influenced by the entire education system, research on ICT in education is generally limited to the study of teacher level factors. This research examines how ICT interventions in Malawi primary school education system are planned, introduced and guided, and how these processes configure and influence adoption and use of the interventions by schools and teachers,respectively. Based on research questions about how the ICT interventions are conceptualized, implemented and integrated, the main aim of this study is to analyse the activities and processes taking place in the contexts that the ICT interventions are implemented by linking teachers’ ICT practices in classrooms to particular mediating processes and contexts. The study used a qualitative research approach. It firstly investigated the roles,processes and collaborations between government institutions and ICT providers in the conceptualisation of the ICT interventions through interviews and analysis of documents. The baseline data generated from this phase was used to identify case study schools that were used to investigate how the interventions are adopted and used, through interviews with school heads and teachers, classroom observations and analysis of documents. An Activity System Analysis was used to draw relationships between and within how the interventions are conceptualised at national level, how they are implemented in the schools and integrated in the classrooms. The findings reveal gaps in the national education plans and policies as formal guidelines that regulate investments in the primary school education system. The efforts by the various ICT interventions providers are unguided and unregulated,and the process of conceptualising and implementing the ICT interventions in primary education is still in a form of experimentation, being led by the interventions providers rather than the Ministry of Education. This presents tensions as the schools and the teachers try to accommodate requirements for implementing and integrating different ICT interventions without any policy frameworks, curriculum guidelines, ICT training and technical support. The implications from this study reveal the need for policy makers, planners and education practitioners to generate rationale, goals, and vision on how the Malawi primary school education system can incorporate the ICT interventions; guide specific roles for relevant stakeholders in the design and development of specific ICT interventions; produce specific plans and curricula for teacher training and development; and guide the development of school-based ICT plans that can facilitate successful adoption and integration of the ICT interventions.
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Steingrube, Anna Pauline. "Integration of food stock management applications into everyday food practices : Tackling the food waste problem in households by supporting everyday food practices." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Människa-datorinteraktion, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447586.
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Household food waste levels pose a considerable problem in terms of sustainability. Food stock management applications for smartphones are interventions that support people in planning and keeping an overview of their food stock in order to reduce food waste. So far mainly their usability and effectiveness for reduction of food waste have been researched in HCI. This study aimed at investigating how these applications are being integrated into people’s food practices, and how their features contributed to the integration. In a three-week long field study seven participants used one of two applications in their daily lives. Through interviews and diary entries it was observed that some people integrated the applications into their food practices to replace other actions like checking one’s food stock. New connections to the food practices were created through expiration reminders and providing means to check the food stock from a distance. Reminders were seen as helpful even if not always necessary and can be seen as an opportunity to further support the integration process. The main issues for the integration were the high-effort adding processes and remembering to update the inventory after consumption.
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Pinijphon, Ponsopa. "An ICM approach to the assessment of a medical ethics intervention in Thailand." Thesis, [Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Libraries], 2009. http://purl.lib.ua.edu/96.
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de, Ville de Goyet Geraud. "Evaluating how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) interventions affect the wellbeing of indigenous communities in the North Rupununi, Guyana." Thesis, Open University, 2017. http://oro.open.ac.uk/51191/.
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Having its roots in computer science and information systems, the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) in development has arguably been dominated by technocentric approaches, mainly concerned with describing and managing the mechanisms of technology diffusion and adoption. However, the high failure rate of many ICT for development (ICT4D) interventions and their limited focus on wellbeing impact has drawn attention to the needs for designing better evaluation frameworks to help make sense of the complex realities in which ICT interventions take place, and for interrogating the usefulness of mainstream approaches on the impact of ICT4D interventions on wellbeing. Efforts to operationalise the capability approach, and to apply it to the field of ICT4D constitute an increasingly popular alternative in this regard. The alternative shifts the focus of ICT4D evaluation away from an exclusive focus on technology access and use, towards understanding their multidimensional development outcomes, including their impact on wellbeing. One avenue, which has largely been underexplored, is the potential contribution of systems thinking approaches for further strengthening the focus on multidimensional development outcomes while improving the practical applicability of ICT4D evaluations. This doctoral research sets out to explore how systems thinking concepts and techniques can be used to complement existing approaches so as to increase the success rate of ICT4D interventions, as measured by their effect on the wellbeing of intended beneficiaries. Drawing on multiple theoretical influences, including the capability approach, systemic inquiry, critical theory and pragmatism, this thesis evaluates four ICT4D interventions, including a researcher-led ICT4D intervention, which have all taken place in Indigenous communities of the North Rupununi, Guyana, between 2005 and 2015. The findings of this study suggest that the wellbeing impact of ICT4D interventions is primarily determined by whether they are introduced to address locally-defined needs and the extent to which beneficiary communities are involved in their design, implementation and evaluation. It argues that applying concepts and techniques from systems thinking can help address some of the criticism and shortcomings of established and emerging approaches for evaluating ICT4D interventions, by looking beyond efficiency and optimisation towards questions of participation, power, purpose and values. The research then outlines the contours of a Systemic Implementation and Evaluation (SIE) framework, as a way to draw attention to the inevitable clashes of worldviews that characterise interventions involving multiple stakeholders, and to allow a critical reflection on the nature of these interventions and the changes brought about. It concludes by producing a series of policy recommendations associated with enhancing the impact of ICT4D interventions on Indigenous wellbeing.
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Nyström, Costa Jonas. "Humanitarian interventions trapped in the crime of aggression : Humanitarian interventions through the lens of article 8bis in the Rome Statute." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9837.
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The purpose of this thesis is to examine interventions under the doctrine of R2P without appropriate legal authority becomes coercive actions of Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention. And that a unilateral humanitarian intervention would amount to the crime of aggression. The R2P doctrine states that sovereignty is derived from the responsibility for a population. The responsibility to protect is primarily on the state. In the event of a failure to protect a human population the responsibility is transferred to the international community of states.According to the doctrine of Humanitarian Interventions it exists a third exception to the use of force, which allows states to legally intervene in the event of a humanitarian catastrophe. This thesis will first examine the link between R2P and Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention. Secondly, the legal status of Unilateral Humanitarian interventions will be examined, and how Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention can fulfil the elements of the crime of aggression. The last part examines if Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention can constitute ‘defensive force of others’ as grounds to exclude criminal responsibility, in the event of an ICC criminal trial for the crime of aggression.The thesis concludes that a person subject to a criminal prosecution for the crime of aggression in the event of Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention, could successfully argue ‘defensive force of others’ as grounds to exclude criminal responsibility.
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Piella, Pietro. "Digitale dinamico: l’impiego degli Open Data per la costruzione di un modello di analisi finalizzato agli interventi di cohousing." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Ferrara, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11392/2388841.
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The 2008 economic and financial crisis has deeply affected the global economy, causing the collapse of the building
market and particularly the propriety housing; besides, the new demographic organisation has defined its type of user,
which we are going to take into account.
Information and Communication Technologies ICT are basic to define the innovative government of a country,
influencing both buildings, the urban landscape and bettering the relationship among users.
The several meanings releted to Smart City embody all the possibilities to create a new environment.
With Open Government we mean a new philosophy of life that is at the same time a practice of dealing with data that
can be shared by users freely because they have lost any sensitive information.
Untill a recent past, these data where stored in the archives of the Public Administration, now the user can get and reuse
them freely in a new perspective and with a different aim.
The topic of this reaserch project is to identify a scientific methodolgy to choose, arrange and use these Open Data. This
will help to better manage a geographical and urban area according to specific requests, for example the creation and
the spreading of co-housing, a model of accomodation, particularly suitable in some contexts.
Phdcohousing.idra.it is a web site that shows the appliance of this process, referring also to users and their new needs
of housing. Actually this practice could be quite useful also for the Public Administrations, agencies, architects and
builders that will save time and money and will meet the needs of the users more effectively.
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Lane, Kari Rae. "An intervention to assist older persons adjust to hearing aids." Diss., University of Iowa, 2012. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/2555.
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Hearing loss affects millions of Americans each year, especially targeting older Americans. Elders aged 65-75 years are affected as much as 38% and those numbers rapidly rise to over 42% affected by the time a person is 75 years of age. The rise in the numbers of older persons in the United States makes hearing loss the third most common chronic illness in the US today. Of these persons approximately 30% chose to purchase hearing aids, but an astounding 47.2% of these individuals are able to adjust to the hearing aids in order to wear them daily. Ambient sounds and physical discomfort, from the presence of the device in the ear cause individuals either to never wear the devices or stop wearing them after a short time. This dissertation focused on an intervention to assist those older persons who have purchased hearing aids, but are not wearing them, in adjusting to those aids; in order to improve hearing aid satisfaction and hours of hearing aid use.
A one group pre/posttest design was implemented on a group of individuals who had previously failed to adjust to hearing aids between the ages of 65-75 years of age. The Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile (GHABP) and hours of hearing aid use time were the primary outcome variables. This intervention study occurred over a four week period of time, with weekly face-to-face meetings with participants.
Findings demonstrated that the intervention was feasible to administer in a group of community dwelling older persons (aged 65-75 years). All 15 participants completed the entire intervention, meeting each of 4 times with the researcher over a four week period. 40% of volunteers later declined to participate and 48% were turned away due to the small sample size of this study. An overall increase of hearing aid use time was between 1-9 hours per day. A Wilcoxin signed rank test was performed with a result of 60 (p=<0.0001). Participants who increased their hearing aid use time >4 hours equaled 53% while 46.7% increase their hearing aid use time <4 hours. Hearing aid satisfaction as measured by the GHABP improved between 1-5 with a median of 4. The Wilcoxin signed rank test result was 22.5 with a p value of 0.0039.
These results deem the intervention not only feasible, but statistically significant in improving both hearing aid use time and hearing aid satisfaction. Future studies should be aimed at advanced statistical analysis, randomized clinical trial with larger numbers to improve power, and expanding the age criteria for study inclusion. Implications for future research are great, improving communication in older persons, but also perhaps impacting third party reimbursement of hearing aids, as well as decreasing the biopsychosocial effects hearing loss has on the population as a whole.
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Newin, Julie. "Youth ice hockey coaches' perceptions of the effectiveness of a team building intervention program." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99387.
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The purpose of this study was to identify and explain youth ice hockey coaches' perceptions of the effectiveness of a team building intervention program. Specifically, eight Peewee hockey coaches followed the same procedures and implemented the same physical team building activities with their teams throughout the regular season. Data was gathered in a variety of ways. Coaches' answered questions on a pre and post-intervention form for each activity and their behaviors were observed by members of the research team. As well, a semi-structured exit interview was conducted with each coach following the completion of the regular season. Cote, Salmela, and Russell's (1995) guidelines were used to inductively analyze and interpret the interview data. Results of the data revealed four higher-order categories concerning coaches' perceptions of the team building program: (a) coach characteristics and outcomes, which included skills coaches gained as a result of their participation in the team building program, as well as their beliefs, philosophies, and background experiences that shaped their coaching development, (b) team circumstances and climate, which involved interpersonal interactions, internal and external environmental factors, and elements influencing team atmosphere, (c) athlete outcomes, which included the feelings, attitudes, and values, as well as the intellectual/thinking-related skills and outcomes that athletes experienced as a result of their involvement in the intervention program, and (d) program involvement and assessment, which focused on coaches' roles and their confidence delivering team building activities, as well as their appraisal of the intervention program. Results of this study provided evidence of the benefits of a season-long team building intervention program for coaches, athletes, and entire teams. Specifically, coaches felt athletes enjoyed this experience and improved and/or acquired a variety of important life skills, such as problem-solving and the ability to focus and persevere when faced with challenging tasks. Likewise, coaches felt their communication and motivational skills improved as a result of their involvement in the team building program. Finally, coaches also felt athletes bonded daring activities and improved their abilities to work together as a group. The results of this study have advanced knowledge in sport psychology by providing a deeper understanding of how team building is perceived by youth sport coaches.
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Schmidt, Matthias C. "Griff nach dem Ich? ethische Kriterien für die medizinische Intervention in das menschliche Gehirn." Berlin New York, NY de Gruyter, 2008. http://d-nb.info/991613341/04.
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Importante, Gilbert. "Learning through techno-human entwinement: Implications for the adoption of technologies drawn from agricultural and ICT interventions in the Philippines." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/16877.
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In developing countries, such as the Philippines, there is great concern among educational, government and non-government organizations regarding the implementation of agricultural technologies delivered through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), at both regional and national levels. While these types of introduced technologies are discussed in the literature of organizational practice, they are largely absent in studies of management and informal education. This study seeks to address this paucity by investigating the entwinement (i.e. process of interweaving) of humans and this type of introduced technologies through the theoretical perspectives of sociomateriality (i.e. interweaving of human and technologies) and sensemaking (i.e. giving meaning to experience). More specifically, it examines how farmers learn through a process of interweaving with one specific intervention – use of ICT to learn agricultural technologies. Using the theoretical perspective of sociomateriality (Orlikowski, 2008; Leonardi, 2012) to examine farmers’ views on the affordances of interventions, this study illustrates how their learning is bound up in an ever-deepening entwinement with the technology through which it is delivered. In addition, this study investigates the processes, which lead to its adoption, through the perspective of sensemaking (Weick, 2005). Conducted as an ethnographic case study, this research draws on observations of farmers’ practices for over four months in two Farmers Information and Technology Services (FITS) centres in Region XI, in the Philippines. These centres aimed to deliver agricultural technologies through ICT. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analysis. Participants included 32 farmers, two FITS managers, an instructional designer, five FITS/village staff members, a farmer scientist, and three community and farmer group leaders. As to the findings related to the possibility of an action to an object, it indicates that participant’s perspectives can be grouped in three distinct ways namely: as a bundle of technical features inherent in the properties of technological tools (e.g., sending email, viewing diseases), as design features of the services provided and as relations between these features. These perspectives appear to build on one another, resulting in ongoing improvement and the emergence of new technologies, routines, affordances, and the altered perception of new constraints. This expansion of perception results in a shift from individual to group affordances. Through the perspective of sensemaking (Weick, 2005), this study identifies two types of sensemakers among the farmers: minimal sensemakers and reflective sensemakers. It also reveals two new influences, previously unrecognized in the literature which resulted to limited sensemaking: a) external affordances (e.g., subsidies) and b) the emergence of a cultural trait, “gaya-gaya” (i.e. imitation). Moreover, these results further illustrate how the sensemaking process is made visible when viewed from a sociomaterial perspective. Using the assumptions of the sociomaterial perspective that learning is made visible in practice, this study found that participants progressed through three stages, namely: figuring, configuring and reconfiguring. Findings indicate that during ‘figuring’, the farmers engaged in various learning processes by observing others and engaging in verbal exchanges (e.g., linking new abstract ideas with material objects, organizing ideas, and verbal referencing). In ‘configuring’, farmers learned by experimentation, storytelling, group learning and the integration of sociomaterial objects in farming routines. During ‘reconfiguring’, farmers engaged in experimentation that focused on the creation of new knowledge and understanding, and the manipulation of new artefacts. The findings of this study are vital for understanding how an individual’s perspectives, sensemaking and ways of learning lead to adoption. It contributes to the literature new insights into the process of entwinement between individuals and interventions using the perspectives of sociomateriality and sensemaking in the context of informal education in a developing country.
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Tranaeus, Ulrika. "EN INTERVENTIONSSTUDIE MED SYFTE ATT MINSKA ANTALET SKADOR HOS MANLIGA ISHOCKEYSPELARE PÅ ELITNIVÅ." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-5766.
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Då antalet motionärer och utövare av tävlingsidrott ökar finns det risk att antalet skador ökar i motsvarande grad. Syftet med denna interventionsstudie var att undersöka om det gick att minska antalet skador hos manliga elitishockeyspelare under en säsong genom implementering av somatiska och kognitiva interventioner. Undersökningsdeltagarna bestod av en experimentgrupp och en kontrollgrupp med 9 respektive 13 ishockeyspelare. ACSI-28 och SAS användes som mätinstrument för copingresurser och personlighet i form av ängslan/oro genom en före- och eftermätning. Interventionerna bestod av avslappning, stresshantering, målsättning, självförtroende och attributioner. Studiens kvantitativa resultat visade att experimentgruppen hade färre skador än kontrollgruppen (p<.05). Resultatet visade en viss förbättring för experimentgruppen på sju av tio underkategorier på ACSI-28 och SAS efter studiens genomförande jämfört med föremätningen, dessa resultat visade dock inte signifikanta värden. Studiens kvalitativa del indikerar att experimentgruppen upplevde det allt svårare att hitta negativa stressande händelser under studiens gång.The numbers of participants of recreational and competitive sports are increasing. The outcome of sport activity leads to an increasing number of injuries. The aim of this intervention study was to investigate if it was possible to reduce the risk for injuries on male ice hockey players through implementation of somatic and cognitive interventions during a season. The population consisted of n experimental group of 9 ice hockey players and a control group of 13 players. ACSI-28 and SAS was used to measure coping and anxiety before and after the interventions. The interventions consisted of relaxing techniques, goal setting, stress prevention, self confidence and attributions. The result showed that the experimental group faced less injuries compared to the control group (p< .05). The experimental group improved seven of ten subcategories in ACSI-28 and SAS, however not in a statistical significant way. The qualitative part of the study showed that the experimental group had more difficulty finding negative stressful moments at the end of the study compared to the beginning.
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Ross, Purdie La Von Michelle. "Sleep Deprivation in the Intensive Care Unit: Lowering Elective Intervention Times." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7733.
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Sleep deprivation is a multifactorial phenomenon, occurring frequently in the intensive care unit (ICU) and linked to adverse patient healthcare outcomes. The key practice question of this project focused on determining if retiming of routine laboratory and imaging testing outside of the designated “quiet time” can improve sleep quality among adult patients in the ICU. The purpose was to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing an evidence-based intervention to improve sleep quality in the ICU setting. The theoretical framework was the plan-do-study-act model, which offered a process for implementing a practice change and reevaluation of the intervention’s sustainability within the organization. A thorough literature search of over 100 scholarly journal articles, book references, and expert scholarly reports was completed to gain an understanding of this phenomenon in the ICU setting. The Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire (RCSQ) was the data collection tool used to measure improvement in sleep quality. There were 72 participants that are included in the project. The Wilcoxon rank sum and chi square tests were used for the statistical analysis. The findings did not show statistical significance in the improvement in the RCSQ scores after implementation of the intervention. The recommendations include sleep deprivation training for nursing staff and providers, routine use of the RCSQ for data collection, and repeating the study with an increased number of participants and redefined inclusion and exclusion criteria to be more representative of the ICU patient population. The implication for social change is that this project empowers nursing to embrace a leadership role in using evidence-based practice to change clinical guidelines and improve patient outcomes.
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Mrsan, Melinda. "Prioritization of Pharmacist Activities in the ICU: An Analysis of the Costs and Consequences of Interventions." The University of Arizona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624761.
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Class of 2005 AbstractObjectives: The purpose of this retrospective investigation is to compare the quantity, importance, and associated cost implications of drug-related problems identified (and ultimately resolved) through order entry/verification versus other clinical activities of a decentralized critical care pharmacist. Methods: The data from this study was collected by one decentralized pharmacist assigned to a surgical intensive care unit. A standard form was used to document all interventions during the period of this observation. For the purposes of this retrospective evaluation the following data will be extracted from the existing database: amount of time spent performing various clinical activities, how drug-related problems were identified (e.g., order entry verification versus chart reviews), the time it took to identify and resolve drug-related problems, a general description of interventions, the importance of the intervention, and the estimated economic impact associated with interventions. Results: In only a 41⁄2 month period, 111 patients would have likely experienced an adverse drug event had the ICU pharmacist not intervened. This equals a cost avoidance to the institution of anywhere from $200,000 to $280,000 for as little on average of 15-30 minutes of the pharmacist time. Implications: As previous studies have shown, the presence of a pharmacist in an ICU is crucial to lowering the incidence of adverse drug events. Our results have proven the interventions pharmacist make during team rounding and chart review are not only cost effective, but substantially improve patient care.
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Lindström, Emelie. "Team Intervention Program on Role Perception and Task Cohesion on a Swedish Junior Ice-Hockey Team." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-19386.
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The purposes of this study was to examine what effects a specific team intervention program had on the ice-hockey players’ perceptions of their roles and the teams’ task cohesion. Further the purpose was to examine the benefits from having clear roles and strategies to develop role clarity. It was an intervention study with experimental design and a mixed method approach. Participants were two Swedish male junior ice hockey teams including one experimental team (n=14) and one control team (n=16). The intervention took place during competitive season and was based on communication training, mutual sharing and role development. The results showed that the role clarity decreased in both teams during the time of the intervention. The players in the intervention team felt significant more appreciated than the players in the control team. Overall did the intervention team have more positive trends than the control team. Perceived benefits from role clarity were good cooperation, communication, self-confidence and determination. Suggested strategies to develop role clarity were to communicate with team mates and coach, practice and adjust to the team. Positive effects from the intervention were improved communication, positive attitude, self-confidence, calmness, cohesion and openness.Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilka effekter ett specifikt laginterventionsprogram hade på spelarnas upplevelse av sina roller och lagets uppgiftsinriktade lagsammanhållning. Vidare var syftet att undersöka de fördelar som kommer med att ha en klar roll och vilka strategier som används för att skapa rollklarhet. Studien var en interventionsstudie med experimentell design med ett mixat tillvägagångssätt. Deltagare I studien var två juniorishockeylag; ett experimentlag (n=14) och ett kontrollag (n=16). Interventionen pågick under tävlingssäsong och baserades på communikationsträning, ömsesidigt utbyte och rollteori. Resultatet visade att rollklarheten minskade under interventionstiden. Spelarna i interventionslaget upplevde sig sifnifikant mer uppskattade än spelarna i kontrollaget. Överlag hade interventionslaget mer positiva trender i fler variabler än kontrollaget. Upplevda fördelar med klara roller var bra samarbete, kommunikation, självförtroende och beslutsamhet. Föreslagna strategier för utvecklande av rollklarhet var att kommunisera med lagkamrater och tränare, träna och anpassa sig till laget. Positiva effekter av interventionen var förbättrad kommunikation, positiv attityd, självförtroende, lugn, lagsammanhållning och öppenhet.
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Axner, Markus. "Repeated-sprint performance in junior ice-hockey players following a 3-week "train low" nutritional intervention." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-31229.
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Salmoirago, Blotcher Elena. "A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Treatment of Anxiety in ICD Patients: Feasibility and Baseline Findings: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2011. http://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/506.
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Background. Primary and secondary prevention trials have shown that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) reduce the risk of cardiac death, but concerns have been raised regarding the psychological well-being of ICD patients. Anxiety can affect a significant proportion of these patients, but there is limited information about prevalence and determinants of anxiety after the implementation of the more recent guidelines for ICD implantation. Several behavioral interventions have been effective in improving anxiety in these patients, however the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) has not been investigated in ICD patients, and there is limited information regarding the characteristics of pre-intervention, “dispositional” mindfulness in patients with cardiovascular disease never exposed to mindfulness training. The aims of this dissertation project were: 1) To determine the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial of a phone-administered, mindfulness-based training program, as measured by recruitment and retention rates, treatment adherence and fidelity; 2) To evaluate the current baseline prevalence and determinants of anxiety in the study population and 3) To describe the correlates of dispositional mindfulness in the study population.
Methods. The study was conducted at the Electrophysiology Service at the UMass Memorial Medical Center. All consecutive patients who recently underwent an ICD procedure or received ICD shocks were screened for eligibility to participate in a pilot randomized controlled trial in which an eight session, phone-delivered, weekly MBI was compared to a usual care condition. Assessments were performed at baseline and post-intervention. A cross-sectional design was used for aims 2 and 3. Anxiety was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; a shortened version of the Five Facets of Mindfulness questionnaire was used to evaluate mindfulness.
Results. Thirty patients (21 M, 9 F; mean age 63.1 ±10.3 years) were enrolled in the study. The methods ultimately adopted to screen, recruit, and retain study participants were feasible to conduct and satisfactory to ICD outpatients, and the study intervention was safe. Phone delivery resulted in excellent retention rates and limited costs. Assessments of treatment fidelity showed that the content of the intervention was delivered as intended in almost 100% of cases.
The study findings do not show a decrease in the overall prevalence of anxiety in ICD patients compared with earlier cohorts; anxiety was associated with young age, low socio-economic status and previous psychological morbidity, but not with ICD-related factors including prior shock delivery.
Finally, baseline mindfulness was most strongly associated with previous psychological morbidity (in particular, depression), and current anxiety symptoms.
Conclusion. Psychological morbidity appears to be the major determinant of anxiety in the patients currently enrolled in the study. Dispositional mindfulness is inversely associated with current anxiety and depression and with prior psychological morbidity, supporting the hypothesis of a modulating role of mindfulness on the processing of negative emotions. A phone-delivered, individual MBI is feasible, acceptable to patients and can be adequately delivered by trained instructors. The findings from this dissertation work support the need for larger clinical trials of MBI in ICD patients.
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Humphreys, Nina Kumari. "Living with an ICD : developing a brief psychological intervention for patients living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Thesis, Swansea University, 2014. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43026.
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The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a small medical device, implanted underneath the collarbone with wires leading from it to the heart. The device detects and terminates ventricular arrhythmias by delivering an electric shock, that otherwise would most likely lead to sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death. The ICD is perceived as the 'gold standard' treatment therapy for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death resulting from fast electrical rhythms (Bleasdale, Ruskin, O'Callaghan, 2005). However, ICD recipients have reported high levels of psychological distress such as anxiety and depression and a reduced quality of life (e.g. clinical review by Sears, Matchett & Conti, 2009). This thesis describes the development of a brief psychological intervention for patients living with an ICD based on the Medical Research Council's (2008) guidelines. The first stage in the development of the intervention was a qualitative study. Thirtysix ICD participants (ICD patients and partner) were recruited in south Wales. Semistructured interviews were conducted with each participant separately. Thirteen of the patients had not experienced an ICD shock. Transcripts were analysed by thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke, 2006) using a cognitive-emotional-coping framework. General findings revealed patients did not know how to regain normality after their ICD and highlighted common worries were identified. Accordingly, the intervention aimed to be a structured guide underpinned by cognitive behavioural theory. It aimed to address common worries and bridge the gap between hospital discharge and patient's 6-week follow up appointment. The intervention was tested using a pilot randomised control trial. Ninety-nine participants were randomised to an intervention or control group. Differences between groups at baseline were adjusted by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to control for differences at 3- and 6-months. Results revealed the intervention group reported improved levels of depression, increased levels of mild exercise and increased patient acceptance to the ICD compared to the control group at 6-months. The simplicity and cost-effectiveness of this intervention suggests that not only is it theory and evidenced based, but should be sustainable long term. The next stage would be to carry out a fully powered randomised control trial.
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Salmoirago, Blotcher Elena. "A Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Treatment of Anxiety in ICD Patients: Feasibility and Baseline Findings: A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2010. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_diss/506.
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Background. Primary and secondary prevention trials have shown that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) reduce the risk of cardiac death, but concerns have been raised regarding the psychological well-being of ICD patients. Anxiety can affect a significant proportion of these patients, but there is limited information about prevalence and determinants of anxiety after the implementation of the more recent guidelines for ICD implantation. Several behavioral interventions have been effective in improving anxiety in these patients, however the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) has not been investigated in ICD patients, and there is limited information regarding the characteristics of pre-intervention, “dispositional” mindfulness in patients with cardiovascular disease never exposed to mindfulness training. The aims of this dissertation project were: 1) To determine the feasibility of a randomized clinical trial of a phone-administered, mindfulness-based training program, as measured by recruitment and retention rates, treatment adherence and fidelity; 2) To evaluate the current baseline prevalence and determinants of anxiety in the study population and 3) To describe the correlates of dispositional mindfulness in the study population.
Methods. The study was conducted at the Electrophysiology Service at the UMass Memorial Medical Center. All consecutive patients who recently underwent an ICD procedure or received ICD shocks were screened for eligibility to participate in a pilot randomized controlled trial in which an eight session, phone-delivered, weekly MBI was compared to a usual care condition. Assessments were performed at baseline and post-intervention. A cross-sectional design was used for aims 2 and 3. Anxiety was assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; a shortened version of the Five Facets of Mindfulness questionnaire was used to evaluate mindfulness.
Results. Thirty patients (21 M, 9 F; mean age 63.1 ±10.3 years) were enrolled in the study. The methods ultimately adopted to screen, recruit, and retain study participants were feasible to conduct and satisfactory to ICD outpatients, and the study intervention was safe. Phone delivery resulted in excellent retention rates and limited costs. Assessments of treatment fidelity showed that the content of the intervention was delivered as intended in almost 100% of cases.
The study findings do not show a decrease in the overall prevalence of anxiety in ICD patients compared with earlier cohorts; anxiety was associated with young age, low socio-economic status and previous psychological morbidity, but not with ICD-related factors including prior shock delivery.
Finally, baseline mindfulness was most strongly associated with previous psychological morbidity (in particular, depression), and current anxiety symptoms.
Conclusion. Psychological morbidity appears to be the major determinant of anxiety in the patients currently enrolled in the study. Dispositional mindfulness is inversely associated with current anxiety and depression and with prior psychological morbidity, supporting the hypothesis of a modulating role of mindfulness on the processing of negative emotions. A phone-delivered, individual MBI is feasible, acceptable to patients and can be adequately delivered by trained instructors. The findings from this dissertation work support the need for larger clinical trials of MBI in ICD patients.
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Friesen, Andrew P. ""Catching" emotions : emotion regulation in sport dyads." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621877.
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The purpose of the present research programme was to inform the development and subsequent delivery of an intervention to enhance interpersonal emotion regulation. Although emotion regulation has been emphasised due to its importance in explaining performance and well-being, the focus of research has predominantly been on intrapersonal emotion regulation. The present study addressed the dual-gap in research by extending research in interpersonal emotion regulation in general and developing and testing theory-led interventions for use in sport. A three-stage programme of research was set up with stage one reviewing the extant literature before proposing a social-functional approach to emotions, and in particular the Emotions As Social Information (EASI) model, as possible theoretical frameworks for use in sport. Qualitative methods were emphasised as these are particularly useful in studies seeking to identify mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of interventions. Stage two began with a narrative analysis to outline the potential social functions and consequences of emotional expressions, verbalisations, and actions in ice hockey. Two ice hockey players, each captain of their respective team, participated in semi-structured interviews. Participants described how emotions informed them of important circumstances in their environment that required attention and prepared them for such challenges at the individual level. At a dyadic level, emotions helped participants understand the emotional states and intentions of their teammates contributing toward an assessment of the extent to which they were prepared to face their challenges. At a group level, emotions helped participants lead their teammates in meeting team goals. Finally, at the cultural level, emotions helped participants maintain culture-related identities. Stage two continued with examining the processes, strategies used, and potential moderating factors in interpersonal emotion regulation among 16 ice hockey players from an English professional league. An inductive and deductive analysis revealed 22 distinct strategies used to regulate teammates' emotions. These were distinguished between strategies that were verbal or behavioural in nature. They were further distinguished between strategies employed to initiate interpersonal emotion regulation through affective and cognitive channels. Moderating factors in the interpersonal emotion regulation process were consistent with the EASI model. Stage three involved the development, delivery and assessment of the intervention. A British ice hockey team was recruited and the intervention was delivered over the course of three competitive seasons. The primary intervention goal was to improve interpersonal emotion regulation as evidenced by being able to accurately identify when an emotion regulation strategy was needed, and select and use a strategy that changed emotions in the direction and strength intended (Webb, Miles, & Sheeran, 2012). Given the link between emotion and performance, it was expected that the intervention would bring about improvements in individual and team performance. Techniques to bring about change comprised of brief contact interventions, dressing room debriefs, feedback from emotional intelligence assessments, and the practitioner managing himself as an intervention tool. The merit of the intervention was judged through practitioner reflections, social validity assessments, pre- and post-intervention measures of emotional intelligence and performance. Collectively, the present research programme contributes to the emotion regulation literature not only in sport, but also in psychology in general. A key achievement of the programme has been the development of a theoretically sound but ecologically valid intervention designed to improve the interpersonal emotion regulation skills of athletes. Although the intervention primarily catered to the needs of the current team and utilised the professional philosophy of the researcher-practitioner, the intervention provides support for enhanced performance derived from theory explaining a social-functional account of emotions. Future research might use the theory and approach to testing the theory in different sports to examine the role of each sport sub-culture on interpersonal emotion regulation.
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Nykvist, David. "Intervening in Mass Atrocities : The Way Forward." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-216098.
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This thesis aims to critically assess the threemain approaches for the legal and political future of humanitarianintervention. It does so through the use of a normative and, to a lesser extent, a dogmatic methodology. The thesis thoroughly examines whether the relevant provisions of the UN Charter provide a satisfactory legal framework. Acknowledging the deficiencies of existing international law, the thesis brings underscrutiny the position that the law should be disregarded. Finding such a worldorder to be unacceptable, the thesis further sets off to explore potential legal and political reforms. The conclusion of the analysis is that a reform must consist of two elements in order to be both effective and legitimate. First, the codification of criteria under which humanitarian intervention is recognised as a legal right. Second, an institutional reform that mitigates the opportunities for states to pursue their political self-interests.
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Monk, Vivienne Alexandra. "Factors associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) interventions and their effect on psychological functioning and quality of life." Thesis, St George's, University of London, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568721.
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The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) monitors heart rate and intervenes to treat cardiac arrhythmias by electrical shock or pacing. There is evidence that that the number and type of ICD interventions can adversely affect psychological functioning and reduce quality of life and that this may differ between the sexes. Part I focused on ICD interventions and related factors in 726 patients at 9 London hospitals. Results showed that age, sex and ejection fraction were not significantly related to the number of ICD interventions. Evidence was found for both a circadian and circannual distribution of ICD interventions, with peaks occurring between 8am-12pm and in December/January respectively. Part 11 was based on 309 patients from St George's Hospital. It investigated the hypothesis that both ICD interventions and sex would affect psychological functioning and quality of life. The results showed that the type of ICD intervention did not lead to any statistically significant differences in anxiety, anger, depression or any aspect of reduced quality of life. However females scored significantly higher than males on ICD concerns, anxiety and depression and mental health (p<0.05). In regression analysis older age, left ventricular function and total interventions per patient were significantly associated with physical quality of life (p=0.002) and higher scores on depression and trait anxiety were significantly associated with mental quality of life (p<0.05). Part III investigated the stability of these measures after one year in a subgroup of 136 patients. At the follow-up, patients had significantly higher scores on state depression (p=0.03). On the SF-36 there were significantly lower scores on bodily pain, physical functioning and the physical component summary score (p<0.05). In summary, the evidence from the present study shows that psychological functioning and quality of life differences were related to sex rather than the number or type of ICD interventions
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吳苑汶 and Yuen-man Ng. "Evidence-based intervention protocol of using ice water mouthwash in the prevention of stomatitis for patients undergoing autologous haematological stem cell transplantation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193034.
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Haematological stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a revolutionary treatment for haematological malignancies. Although HSCT is potentially curative, patients usually develop stomatitis which is a common and debilitating complication after the transplantation. Furthermore, stomatitis may predispose patients to various complications which are associated with significantly increased morbidity and mortality.
In some studies, ice water mouthwash has been shown to be an effective method for the prevention of stomatitis. However, a high-level evidence-based protocol on the prevention of stomatitis has not been fully developed and it is not commonly practiced in most HSCT centers at present. A well established protocol can help to minimize the patients’ suffering and avoid prolonged hospitalization. The nurses who are involved in patient education, assessment, care for, and coping with stomatitis, play an important role to bring these innovations into practice.
In this regard, this translational research aims at developing an evidence-based protocol on using ice water mouthwash in the prevention of stomatitis for patients undergoing autologous HSCT. A systematic search for relevant literatures was performed with the use of five electronic databases. Six relevant studies were found. Critical appraisal on the relevant studies was conducted. The level of evidence extracted from the studies was graded according to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and were synthesized to establish the protocol for patients in the proposed setting. The implementation potential of the protocol was assessed in terms of the transferability, feasibility, and cost benefit ratio. An implementation and evaluation plan was established for comprehensive evidence-based protocol development.
The successful implementation of the protocol will be beneficial for the patients undergoing HSCT as it may hasten their recovery, shorten their hospital stay, and minimize their distressing experience and suffering.published_or_final_version
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Lehmann, Helge Immo [Verfasser], and Berend [Akademischer Betreuer] Isermann. "Asymmetrisches Dimethylarginin (ADMA) als Prädiktor adäquater ICD-Intervention bei Patienten mit hochgradig eingeschränkter linksventrikulärer Ejektionsfraktion (LV-EF) / Helge Immo Lehmann. Betreuer: Berend Isermann." Magdeburg : Universitätsbibliothek, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1054135517/34.
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Ekman, Anna-Karin, and Emma Karleskans. "Vad personer med Cerebral pares har för erfarenhet av fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet : En systematisk litteraturöversikt av kvalitativa studier." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Avdelningen för fysioterapi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-184093.
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Bakgrund: Personer Cerebral pares är en heterogen grupp med skilda upplevelser av att leva med en kropp som inte fungerar som andras. Forskning har utförts på vad personer med Cerebral pares i olika åldrar har för erfarenhet av fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet. Däremot saknas det en litteraturöversikt inom området som skulle kunna ge en djupare insikt i vad personer med Cerebral pares anser om fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet samt faktorer som motiverar eller hindrar till detta. Syfte: Syftet med den systematiska litteraturöversikten var att var att sammanställa tidigare utförda kvalitativa studier som undersöker vad personer med Cerebral pares har för erfarenhet av fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet, för att beskriva faktorer som motiverar eller hindrar utförandet av fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet, enligt ICF:s ramverk. Metod: Studien genomfördes i form av en systematisk litteraturöversikt med stöd av ENTREQ guidelines. Sökningar utfördes i databaserna PubMed och CINAHL. Inkluderade studier analyserades, kvalitetsgranskades och sammanställdes slutligen med hjälp av en deskriptiv analys, för att beskriva faktorer som motiverar eller hindrar utförandet av fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet enligt ICF:s ramverk. Resultat: Sökningarna resulterade i sex vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativ ansats. Faktorer som personer upplevde vara hinder i samband med fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet kunde vara att leva i en kropp som inte fungerar som andras eller att inte bli accepterad av personer utan funktionsnedsättning. Samtidigt kan fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet bidra till en känsla av frihet, självständighet och förverkligande av personliga mål. Bland unga kan det vara diffust att förstå vikten av den fysioterapeutiska interventionen, då det av föräldrar och vårdprofession ofta sätts i en komplex kontext. I vuxen ålder kan det vara lättare att ha förståelse för behovet av kontinuerlig träning och behandling. Konklusion: Resultatet visar delade åsikter om vad som motiverar eller hindrar utförandet av fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet. Bristande underlag inom forskningsfrågan gör att det här är ett relativt outforskat område. Vidare forskning bör därför fokusera ytterligare på undersökning av vad personer med CP har för erfarenheter av fysioterapi och fysisk aktivitet, vilket kan underlätta samt förbättra utformning av fysioterapeutisk intervention och patientmöte
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Odum, Maureen, and Rhodah Gustavsson. "Konflikten i Darfur och skyldigheten att skydda - R2P i folkrätten." Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-5630.
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Tio år efter konflikten i Rwanda har världen ännu en humanitär konflikt att handskas med. Konflikten i Darfur benämns som en efterföljd av FN: s misslyckande i Rwanda. Militär intervention vars syfte är att skydda den humanitära värden har länge varit omdiskuterad. Debatten om humantär intervention har på nytt aktualiserats, när det kommer till frågan om relationen mellan två folkrättsliga grundprinciper; våldsförbudet och skyddet för mänskliga rättigheter, bör sammanföras för att få en effektivare lösning och därmed eliminera all form av hot mot folkrätten. År 2001 lanserades ”Responsibility to protect” rapporten, som svar på Kofi Annans förmaning, om att världssamfundet har en skyldighet att skydda. Ändamålet med begreppet är att nå en konsensus som leder fram till att världssamfundet ska agera effektivare vid humanitära konflikter.
Darfur konflikten eskalerade i samband med att de svarta bönderna gjorde uppror mot den sudanesiska regeringsmakten i början av 2003. Orsaken till den väpnade upproren utmynnar i att bönderna har under en längre tid känt sig illabehandlad. För att motverka revolten, svarade regeringen med att tillsätta Janjaweed gerillan, vilken med stöd från regeringen började bedriva etniskt resning i Darfur.
Tio år efter konflikten i Rwanda har världen ännu en humanitär konflikt att handskas med. Konflikten i Darfur benämns som en efterföljd av FN: s misslyckande i Rwanda. Militär intervention vars syfte är att skydda den humanitära värden har länge varit omdiskuterad. Debatten om humantär intervention har på nytt aktualiserats, när det kommer till frågan om relationen mellan två folkrättsliga grundprinciper; våldsförbudet och skyddet för mänskliga rättigheter, bör sammanföras för att få en effektivare lösning och därmed eliminera all form av hot mot folkrätten. År 2001 lanserades "Responsibility to protect" rapporten, som svar på Kofi Annans förmaning, om att världssamfundet har en skyldighet att skydda. Ändamålet med begreppet är att nå en konsensus som leder fram till att världssamfundet ska agera effektivare vid humanitära konflikter.
Darfur konflikten eskalerade i samband med att de svarta bönderna gjorde uppror mot den sudanesiska regeringsmakten i början av 2003. Orsaken till den väpnade upproren utmynnar i att bönderna har under en längre tid känt sig illabehandlad. För att motverka revolten, svarade regeringen med att tillsätta Janjaweed gerillan, vilken med stöd från regeringen började bedriva etniskt resning i Darfur.
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Streff, Caroline. "Intervention motrice effectuée dans le cadre du programme d'intervention comportementale intensive (ICI), chez des enfants de 3 à 6 ans ayant un trouble du spectre autistique." Thèse, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2013. http://depot-e.uqtr.ca/6939/1/030586106.pdf.
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Albert, Sylvan Justin. "Psychotherapie zwischen Stützen und Durcharbeiten CMP-geleitete Interventionen bei Angstpatienten mit unterschiedlichem Niveau der Ich-Funktionen in der dynamischen Kurzzeitpsychotherapie ; eine explorative Studie /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2000. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=962693685.
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Tulinius, Halla Kristín. "ICF-CY as a Tool in Elementary School : An interview study of teacher experiences and perceptions of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth in their Work in Elementary School." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-5146.
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AIM OF THE STUDY
The aim of this study was to explore if ICF-CY can support teachers in elementary schools in their work in promoting children’s health, development and learning. A further aim was to bring forward what teachers experience as benefits and disadvantages in using the classification.
METHOD
After an introduction to ICF-CY, six elementary school teachers filled in questionnaires based on ICF-CY for 94 children. In conjunction with this, the teachers were interviewed about their experiences and perceptions of the work.
RESULTS
The results show that through their work with the ICF-CY questionnaires the teachers experienced an active process of reflection and learning. They obtained new perspectives which gave them a more holistic picture of children’s situations than they had before. The teachers found the ICF-CY to be a useful instrument to support work within the school environment towards individualized education, based on the children’s possibilities. They also felt that the importance of cooperation between the persons around each child became clearer by using ICF-CY because no single individual is in possession of all the necessary information about the child’s situation, but by combining different perspectives it is possible to establish a common ground on which education and intervention can be based. At the same time, however, the teachers found the classification somewhat overly comprehensive and in some ways complicated. Therefore they felt that an introduction to the ICF-CY is essential before adopting it.
CONCLUSIONS
The teachers’ experience of seeing each child’s situation more clearly after conducting a classification by using the ICF-CY questionnaires indicates that ICF-CY should be introduced to parents, teachers and other professionals working with education and intervention for children. The way in which assessment carried out with ICF-CY as an instrument affects the process of education and intervention remains to be examined.
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Yon, Lauren T. "Integrating mobility into the plan of care in the intensive care unit." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1341.
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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.Bachelors
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Friedrich, Katja. "Selbstständig(er) durch Selbst- und Fremdeinschätzung? : Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Förderung von Metakognitionsstrategien bei Schülerinnen und Schülern durch "Ich-kann"-Checklisten ; Ergebnisse einer gezielten Intervention im Fach Deutsch in der 7. gymnasialen Jahrgangsstufe." Phd thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6641/.
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Neben der Frage nach der leistungssteigernden Wirkung von sogenannten "Ich-kann"-Checklisten auf die Metakognitionsstrategien der Schülerinnen und Schüler, geht die Arbeit auch den Fragen nach, welche Schülerinnen und Schüler "Ich-kann"-Checklisten nutzen, in welcher Form und unter welchen Kontextmerkmalen sie am wirksamsten sind. Dabei handelt es sich um Listen mit festgelegten, fachlichen und überfachlichen Kompetenzen einer bzw. mehrerer Unterrichtseinheiten, die in Form von „Ich-kann“-Formulierungen für Schüler geschrieben sind und die Aufforderung einer Selbst- und Fremdeinschätzung beinhalten.
Blickt man in die Veröffentlichungen der letzten Jahre zu diesem Thema und in die schulische Praxis, so ist eine deutliche Hinwendung zur Entwicklung und Arbeit mit „Ich-kann“-Checklisten und Kompetenzrastern zu erkennen. Umso erstaunlicher ist es, dass diesbezüglich so gut wie keine empirischen Untersuchungen vorliegen (vgl. Bastian & Merziger, 2007; Merziger, 2007).
Basierend auf einer quantitativen Erhebung von 197 Gymnasialschülerinnen und -schülern in der 7. Jahrgangsstufe im Fach Deutsch wurde über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahren diesen übergeordneten Fragen nachgegangen.
Die Ergebnisse lassen die Aussagen zu, dass "Ich-kann"-Checklisten insbesondere für Jungen ein wirksames pädagogisches Instrument der Selbstregulation darstellen. So fördert die Arbeit mit "Ich-kann"-Checklisten nicht nur die Steuerung eigener Lernprozesse, sondern auch die Anstrengungsbereitschaft der Schülerinnen und Schüler, mehr für das Fach tun zu wollen. Eine während der Intervention erfolgte Selbsteinschätzung über den Leistungsstand mittels der "Ich-kann"-Checklisten fördert dabei den freiwilligen außerunterrichtlichen Gebrauch.This paper examines the performance enhancing effect of so called “Can Do” checklists on the metacognitive strategies of 13 to 14 year old Gymnasium students. This study analyzes which students actually use “Can Do” checklists, in what form they apply them, and the specific circumstances in which they appear to be most effective. These checklists define fundamental, subject-specific, and interdisciplinary competencies that are formulated into written “Can Do” lessons that require both self-assessment and third-party assessment. The increasing development and application of “Can Do” checklists and performance metrics is clearly seen both in the recent scholarly papers that address this issue and in classroom practice. The fact that this trend is emerging despite the lack of empirical studies is particularly surprising (e.g. Bastian & Merzinger, 2007; Merzinger, 2007). These salient questions were examined through analysis of a two-year quantitative survey that monitored two consecutive classes of 197 Gymnasium students in their German class during their 7th academic year. The results of this study indicate that “Can Do” checklists are an effective pedagogical tool for self-evaluation especially for boys. Applying this methodology both fosters self management of the learning process and motivates the student to invest more effort into the subject. The benefits of continuous performance self-assessment using “Can Do” checklists also transfer voluntarily beyond the classroom.
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Bergqvist, Malin. "Designing for Empathy in Elderly Care : Exploration of Opportunities to Deliver Behaviour Change Interventions through mHealth Applications, to Promote Empathic Behaviour in Elderly Home Care Nursing Assistants." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Interaktiva och kognitiva system, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-157588.
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Background The Swedish population is ageing quickly and the system for elderly home care is under increasing pressure. Staff turnover is high, nursing assistants are reporting stress, and employers have to recruit staff lacking sufficient experience. These factors are barriers to empathic care, considered essential to patient health outcomes. Elderly care should rely on cognitive empathy, be other-oriented and improve the client’s situation based on contextual understanding. There is a need for education and support for nursing assistants, so that they can provide empathic care. Purpose The thesis explores empathy as a skill in elderly home care to identify opportunities of promoting empathy in the client-nursing assistant interaction, by means of behaviour change interventions delivered through an mHealth application that nursing assistants already use at work. Method A group interview was conducted with six nursing assistants from four elderly home care organisations in a Swedish municipality, to learn about their experience of empathy at work, and factors affecting their ability to give empathic care. The respondents were using the same mHealth application to get and provide information about client visits. The Behaviour Change Wheel framework was used to analyze behavioural drivers of empathic care in elderly home care. Results Influences on empathic behaviour was identified in all 14 domains in the Theoretical Domains Framework. 13 target behaviours, 7 Intervention Functions and 45 Behaviour Change Techniques were suggested as suitable candidates to investigate for intervention development. Conclusion Empathy seems possible to promote through resource-efficient digital behaviour change interventions. Future studies may use this work as a starting point for development of interventions to promote empathic behaviour in elderly care.
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Friedrich, Katja [Verfasser], and Wolfgang [Akademischer Betreuer] Lauterbach. "Selbstständig(er) durch Selbst- und Fremdeinschätzung? : Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Förderung von Metakognitionsstrategien bei Schülerinnen und Schülern durch "Ich-kann"-Checklisten ; Ergebnisse einer gezielten Intervention im Fach Deutsch in der 7. gymnasialen Jahrgangsstufe / Katja Friedrich. Betreuer: Wolfgang Lauterbach." Potsdam : Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Potsdam, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1037027507/34.
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Sidibé, Mahamoudou. "L’intervention devant la Cour Internationale de Justice." Thesis, Paris 10, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA100150.
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L’intervention est l’acte par lequel un Etat tiers intervient dans une instance pendante pour protéger ses droits. Elle est prévue aux articles 62 et 63 du Statut. La première disposition reconnaît le droit d’intervention à tout Etat tiers justifiant d’un intérêt juridique en cause. En revanche, la seconde accorde aux seuls Etats tiers également partie à une convention dont l’interprétation est en cause la possibilité d’intervenir. La question principale soulevée par l’intervention est de savoir si cette procédure est conforme au principe du consensualisme qui gouverne le Statut de la Cour. Concernant que l’article 62 du Statut, cette question s’explique par la controverse au sein de la doctrine au sujet du statut de l’Etat intervenant. En effet, certains auteurs soutiennent que l’Etat intervenant est partie à l’instance. Dans ce cas, ils considèrent que l’article 62 ne respecte pas le principe du consensualisme. Afin de concilier l’intervention avec ce principe, ils pensent que la Cour ne peut admettre l’intervention sans le consentement des parties. D’autres avancent, au contraire, que l’intervention est conforme au principe du consensualisme parce que l’Etat intervenant n’est pas partie à l’instance. D’autres soutiennent encore que l’article 62 du Statut admet les deux formes d’intervention développées par les précédents auteurs. L’objet de l’étude est de démontrer que l’article 62 du Statut donne lieu à une interprétation large, en ce sens qu’il autorise non seulement une intervention en tant que non partie, mais aussi une intervention en tant que partie et que le principe du consensualisme est respecté dans les deux cas. En effet, cette étude établit que tant les conditions que les effets de l’intervention sont conformes à ce principeIntervention is the procedure by which a third State intervenes in a pending proceeding to protect its rights. It is laid down in Articles 62 and 63 of the ICJ Statute. The first provision recognizes to every State justifying a legal interest in the case in question the right to intervene. In contrast, the second gives the third States also party to a Multilateral Convention whose interpretation is in question the right to intervene. The main issue raised by the intervention is whether this procedure is consistent with the principle of consent that governs the Statute of the Court. Concerning Article 62, this issue is due to the controversy within the doctrine on the status of the intervening State. Indeed, some authors argue that the intervening State is a party to the proceeding. In this case, they consider that Article 62 does not respect the principle of consent. To reconcile this principle with the intervention, they think that the Court can not accept the intervention without the consent of the parties. Others argue, however, that the intervention is consistent with the principle of consent because the intervening State do not become a party to the proceeding. Others still argue that Article 62 recognizes two forms of intervention as developed by the previous authors. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate that Article 62 gives rise to a broad interpretation, as it allows not only intervention as a non-party, but also as a party and that the principle of consent is respected in both cases. Indeed, this study shows that both the conditions and the effects of the intervention are consistent with this principle
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Berglund, Daniel. "Models for Additive and Sufficient Cause Interaction." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Matematisk statistik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-259608.
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The aim of this thesis is to develop and explore models in, and related to, the sufficient cause framework, and additive interaction. Additive interaction is closely connected with public health interventions and can be used to make inferences about the sufficient causes in order to find the mechanisms behind an outcome, for instance a disease. In paper A we extend the additive interaction, and interventions, to include continuous exposures. We show that there does not exist a model that does not lead to inconsistent conclusions about the interaction. The sufficient cause framework can also be expressed using Boolean functions, which is expanded upon in paper B. In this paper we define a new model based on the multifactor potential outcome model (MFPO) and independence of causal influence models (ICI). In paper C we discuss the modeling and estimation of additive interaction in relation to if the exposures are harmful or protective conditioned on some other exposure. If there is uncertainty about the effects direction there can be errors in the testing of the interaction effect.Målet med denna avhandling är att utveckla, och utforska modeller i det så kallade sufficent cause ramverket, och additiv interaktion. Additiv interaktion är nära kopplat till interventioner inom epidemiology och sociologi, men kan också användas för statistiska tester för sufficient causes för att förstå mekanimser bakom ett utfall, tex en sjukdom. I artikel A så expanderar vi modellen för additiv interaktion och interventioner till att också inkludera kontinuerliga variabler. Vi visar att det inte finns någon modell som inte leder till motsägelser i slutsatsen om interaktionen. Sufficient cause ramverket kan också utryckas via Boolska funktioner, vilket byggs vidare på i artikel B. I den artikeln definerar vi en modell baserad på mutltifactor potential outcome modellen (MFPO) och independence of causal influence modellen (ICI). I artikel C diskuterar vi modelleringen och estimering av additiv interaktion i relation till om variablerna har skadlig eller skyddande effekt betingat på någon annan variabel. Om det finns osäkerhet kring en effekts riktning så kan det leda till fel i testerna för den additiva interaktionen.
Examinator: Professor Henrik Hult, Matematik, KTH
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Khwela, Robert Mfaniseni. "An investigation of the effect of a short ICT training intervention on teachers' ability to integrate ICT into their teaching practice." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/17800.
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In this study I wished to understand whether my short-term training intervention enabled teachers to design and implement a lesson in which technology is effectively integrated. Participants were 22 teachers, some of whom held positions on their school’s management team, and 80 learners from 4 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education. Teachers in the province have been trained in computer literacy; however, sadly, this did not automatically translate into classroom ICT integration. Overall, teachers do not integrate technology into their teaching. A number of reasons for this are identified. People involved in integrating technologies into the teaching and learning process have to be convinced of the value of the technologies, be comfortable with them, and be skilled in using them. Therefore, a short-term training intervention was designed to test whether it can benefit teachers by enhancing teaching and learning through communication and collaboration, by means of ICT. The results revealed that the teachers on the training programme gained knowledge of how to integrate ICT, that they collaborated, that their pedagogy also changed, and that their learners felt that their learning was improved. To ensure realistic and holistic solutions for policymakers, district and school officials, the factors that prevent teachers from making full use of ICT were also iterated. Detailed results and implications of the results are discussed.
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Villa, Genny. "E-Learning culture : operationalization of a systemic model to support ICT-Integration in pre-service teacher trainers’ practice." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19019.
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Le développement professionnel des enseignants a longtemps été identifié comme essentiel à la réussite de l'adoption des TIC en éducation (BECTA, 2009). Des programmes de formation efficaces sur les TIC pour le développement professionnel des futurs enseignants devraient veiller à ce que, une fois diplômés, les enseignants aient les compétences et les connaissances nécessaires pour utiliser efficacement les TIC dans les salles de classe non seulement en raison de la nécessité pour les enfants de développer des compétences qui leur permettront de bien se débrouiller dans la société moderne (UNESCO, 2011; Dede, 2014), mais aussi, en raison de la valeur potentielle de ces technologies comme outils d'apprentissage (Gill and Dalgarno, 2008). Les TIC sont donc, devenues des incontournables pour les enseignants et les apprenants dans le contexte de la société du savoir. Cependant, lorsqu’on regarde leurs usages et leurs impacts on n’est pas satisfait après tout ce qui a été investi en termes de formation, argent, équipement, etc. Une des causes semble être la formation des enseignants, notamment dans son contenu et dans les stratégies de formation adoptée (Villeneuve, et al. 2012). Nous avons développé une intervention de formation pour rendre opérationnel le modèle IntersTICES (Peraya and Viens, 2005) et aider les formateurs d'enseignants intégrer les TIC dans leur pratique d'enseignement. Cette opérationnalisation impliquant les enseignants travaillant dans le programme de formation initiale des maîtres à l'Université de Montréal, a mis en perspective l'importance de la culture e-learning des formateurs d'enseignants, de l’accompagnement, et des interventions de suivi pour les activités, y compris l'utilisation pédagogique des TIC. La recherche a porté sur l'analyse de l'impact de l'intervention de formation sur la culture e-learning de participants, ainsi que sur leur intention d'adopter et d'utiliser les TIC dans leurs cours. Les résultats suggèrent que l’opérationnalisation du modèle IntersTICES via une intervention de formation de type IntersTICES, peut fournir les formateurs des formateurs une occasion de réflexion et de sensibilisation sur leurs représentations personnelles concernant tous les aspects de leur culture e-learning. De plus, cette opérationnalisation a aidé les formateurs des formateurs à prendre conscience de l'impact que leur culture e-learning a sur leur pratique tout au long et à n’importe quel stade du développement et de la mise en œuvre de leur activité choisie intégrant les TIC.In today's knowledge society, ICT has become essential for teachers and learners (BECTA, 2009) not only because of the need for children to acquire and develop skills that will help them grow as collaborative, problem-solving, creative learners (UNESCO, 2011; Dede, 2014), but also because of the potential value of such technologies as tools for learning (Gill and Dalgarno, 2008). However, when looking at the current educational ICT uses reported by research conducted with teachers and students, (Karsenti and Lira, 2010; Villeneuve et al., 2012) and the low impact observed on learning - despite the substantial investment in equipment and material -we can only question the possible reasons for such a situation. One of the causes identified in the literature is teacher training, especially in its content and the training strategies adopted by teacher educators (Angeli, 2009; Enochson, and Rizza, 2009). We developed a training intervention to operationalize the IntersTICES model (Peraya and Viens 2005) and help teacher trainers integrate ICT in their teaching practice. This operationalization involving teachers working in the teacher training program at Université de Montreal, put into perspective the importance of teacher trainers’ e-learning culture, personal support and follow-up interventions for activities including pedagogical use of ICT. The research focused on analyzing the impact of the training intervention on participants’ e-learning culture, as well as on their intention to adopt and use ICT in their courses. Findings suggest that the operationalization of the IntersTICES model via an interactive training intervention, can provide teacher trainers with an opportunity for reflection and awareness about their personal representations regarding every aspect of their e-learning culture. Furthermore, it helped teacher trainers becoming aware of the impact their e-learning culture has on their practice throughout and at any stage of the development and implementation of their chosen activity integrating ICT.