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Journal articles on the topic "Positive Choices Intervention"
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Fan, Aihua, and Xumei Chen. "Exploring the Relationship between Transport Interventions, Mode Choice, and Travel Perception: An Empirical Study in Beijing, China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 12 (June 15, 2020): 4258. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17124258.
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Transport interventions help to facilitate the sustainable travel behavior. The effects of transport interventions on travel choices have been addressed extensively. However, little research has been devoted to the influence of transport interventions and travel choice on travel perception. This study aimed to investigate the relationship among the three aspects. Two intervention measures, information intervention and public transport service improvement, were selected. Intervention experiments were designed to collect mode choice and corresponding travel perception in different experiment stages. Process models of information intervention and public transport service improvement were proposed. The results show that information intervention only had a minor effect on mode choice and had no direct effect on travel perception. Public transport service improvement in in-vehicle time and comfort enhanced public transport use dramatically. Comfort improvement also had positive effects on travel perception. Walking had positive and public transport trips had negative effects on travel perception. For travelers who had a high evaluation of car trips, the probability of green mode use would decrease. Travelers who gave high marks to trips by green mode would have a higher probability to keep traveling by green mode. This study contributes to facilitating public transport use and enhancing positive perception during traveling.
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Alderman, Gary L., and Marjorie Nix. "Teachers' Intervention Preferences Related to Explanations for Behavior Problems, Severity of the Problem, and Teacher Experience." Behavioral Disorders 22, no. 2 (February 1997): 87–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019874299702200201.
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The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' preference for positive versus negative interventions based on the amount of information they were provided about the student with behavior problems. A total of 144 educators, mostly teachers, completed a questionnaire that asked them to choose the intervention they would be most likely to use. Half of the participants received scenarios that contained no explanation of behavior, and half had detailed explanations of possible reasons for misbehaviors. Although there was an overall preference for the selection of positive interventions, having an explanation of misbehavior did lead to the choice of more positive interventions than negative interventions in some cases. These choices are discussed as well as their relationship to the experience level of the teacher and the severity of the problem.
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Zadro, Joshua R., Mary O’Keeffe, Jodie L. Allison, Kirsty A. Lembke, Joanna L. Forbes, and Christopher G. Maher. "Effectiveness of Implementation Strategies to Improve Adherence of Physical Therapist Treatment Choices to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Musculoskeletal Conditions: Systematic Review." Physical Therapy 100, no. 9 (June 2, 2020): 1516–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ptj/pzaa101.
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Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation strategies aimed at improving the adherence of physical therapists’ treatment choices to clinical practice guidelines for a range of musculoskeletal conditions. Methods For this review, searches were performed in several databases combining terms synonymous with “practice patterns” and “physical therapy” until August 2019. The review included randomized controlled trials that investigated any intervention to improve the adherence of physical therapists’ treatment choices to clinical practice guidelines or research evidence. Treatment choices assessed by surveys, audits of clinical notes, and treatment recording forms were the primary measures of adherence. Self-reported guideline adherence was the secondary measure. Three reviewers independently assessed risk of bias. Because of heterogeneity across studies, only a narrative synthesis of the results was performed. Results Nine studies were included. Four demonstrated a positive effect on at least 1 measure of treatment choices for low back pain and acute whiplash. One involved a comparison with no intervention, and 3 involved a comparison with another active intervention. The interventions that demonstrated a positive effect included dissemination of clinical practice guidelines, with additional elements including interactive educational meetings (3 studies), tailored interventions and monitoring of the performance of health care delivery (1 study), peer assessment (1 study), and local opinion leaders plus educational outreach visits (1 study). Conclusions Although this review revealed limited trials evaluating interventions to increase physical therapists’ use of evidence-based treatments for musculoskeletal conditions compared with no intervention, it highlighted some interventions that may be effective. Impact Dissemination of clinical practice guidelines, interactive educational meetings, tailored interventions and monitoring the performance of health care delivery, peer assessment, and use of local opinion leaders plus educational outreach visits should be implemented to improve physical therapists’ adherence to clinical practice guidelines for a range of musculoskeletal conditions.
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Krajbich, Ian, Bastiaan Oud, and Ernst Fehr. "Benefits of Neuroeconomic Modeling: New Policy Interventions and Predictors of Preference." American Economic Review 104, no. 5 (May 1, 2014): 501–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.5.501.
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Neuroeconomics strives to use knowledge from neuroscience to improve models of decisionmaking. Here we introduce a biologically plausible, drift-diffusion model that is able to jointly predict choice behavior and response times across different choice environments. The model has both normative and positive implications for economics. First, we consistently observe that decisionmakers inefficiently allocate their time to choices for which they are close to indifference. We demonstrate that we can improve subjects' welfare using a simple intervention that puts a time limit on their choices. Second, response times can be used to predict indifference points and the strength of preferences.
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Wiseman, Nicola, Neil Harris, and Patricia Lee. "Lifestyle knowledge and preferences in preschool children: Evaluation of the Get up and Grow healthy lifestyle education programme." Health Education Journal 75, no. 8 (July 28, 2016): 1012–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896916648726.
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Objective: Early childhood is considered a window of opportunity for lifestyle interventions, as this is a critical life-stage at which children accumulate knowledge and skills around behaviours such as eating and physical activity. This study examined how exposure to a settings-based healthy lifestyle programme influences knowledge and preference of food and physical play in preschool children. Design: Quasi-experimental, pre–post intervention design. Methods: Pre- and post-impact evaluation of a healthy lifestyle intervention using an innovative computerised photo-pair food and exercise questionnaire and an age-appropriate test of executive function. The study included 82 children aged 3–5 years and was structured with an intervention and a control group. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS v22. Results: For the intervention group, there was a significant improvement in overall knowledge of healthy lifestyle behaviours post-intervention, particularly in the identification of healthy and unhealthy food choices. There was no associated change in behavioural preferences. Conclusion: The study highlighted that age-appropriate lifestyle interventions with preschool-aged children can lead to improved knowledge of healthy lifestyle choices. However, improvement in knowledge of healthy lifestyle behaviours does not necessarily lead to positive changes in food and activity preferences that inform choices.
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Stephenson, Judith, Julia V. Bailey, Ana Gubijev, Preethy D'Souza, Sandy Oliver, Ann Blandford, Rachael Hunter, et al. "An interactive website for informed contraception choice: randomised evaluation of Contraception Choices." DIGITAL HEALTH 6 (January 2020): 205520762093643. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055207620936435.
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Objective Improving use of effective contraception to prevent unintended pregnancy is a global priority, but misperceptions and concerns about contraception are common. Our objective was to evaluate an interactive website to aid informed choice of contraception. Methods The Contraception Choices website is an interactive digital intervention which offers tailored advice to aid contraception decision-making ( www.contraceptionchoices.org ). In a parallel single-blind trial, we randomised 927 women aged 15–30 years from six clinic settings to access the intervention website (n = 464) or to a waiting-list control group (n = 463). The study was initially a feasibility trial, evolving into an evaluation of efficacy, with two primary outcomes at six months: long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) use, and satisfaction with contraceptive method. Secondary outcomes included self-reported pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection diagnoses. Free-text comments on the 3 and 6 month outcome surveys were analysed thematically. Findings There was no significant difference between intervention and control groups in the proportion of women using LARC [30.4% intervention versus 31.0% control; adjusted odds ratio 0.87 (95% confidence interval 0.60 to 1.28)]; satisfaction with contraceptive method [82.6% versus 82.1%; adjusted ordinal odds ratio 0.93 (95% CI 0.69 to 1.25)]; self-reported pregnancy [3.3% versus 4.1%; adjusted odds ratio 0.90 (95% CI 0.45 to 1.79)] nor sexually transmitted infection [5.3% versus 4.7%; adjusted odds ratio 0.72 (95% CI 0.55 to 2.36)]. Highly positive free-text comments from intervention participants indicated that the website facilitates contraception choice and can help women feel better prepared before consultation with healthcare providers. Interpretation The Contraception Choices website was popular for its design, trustworthy information and decision aids but it was not associated with significant differences in use of LARC or satisfaction with contraceptive method. An interactive website can aid contraception choice, but interventions that address factors beyond women’s control, such as access to services, and partner, family or community influences are needed to complement this approach. Research in context Preventing unintended pregnancy through effective use of contraception is essential for women’s health, but choosing between different contraceptive methods can be challenging, and the opportunity for adequate discussion during routine consultations is often constrained. Evidence before this study We conducted two systematic literature reviews: 1) Factors influencing contraception choice, uptake and use: a meta-synthesis of systematic reviews; and 2) Effectiveness of interactive digital interventions (IDI) for contraception choice, uptake and use. For the first review we searched PubMed, CDSR, Epistemonikos, DoPHER, DARE, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, Campbell Library, NIHR Health Technology Assessment, and Health Evidence Canada databases for systematic reviews which addressed contraceptive choice, uptake or use, from 2000 to 2017. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42017081521 https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=81521 . We synthesised the findings of 18 systematic reviews of mostly moderate or high quality. They highlighted the importance of women’s knowledge, beliefs, perceptions of side effects and health risks, as well as relationship status, social network, economic and healthcare factors on contraception choice and use. For the second review, we searched 23 electronic databases, trials registers and reference lists for randomised controlled trials of IDI for contraception, including CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, ERIC, ASSIA and PsycINFO, from start date to June 2017. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42017081636. We found only five randomised trials of IDI, all from the USA. Risk of bias prevented synthesis of results. www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=81636 . Added value of this study Women’s common concerns about contraception – fear of hormones, weight gain, cancer, infertility, mood changes, breaks from contraception and changes in bleeding patterns – underpinned development of a new interactive website ( www.contraceptionchoices.org ). Contraception Choices addresses women’s concerns through succinct text; Q and A format ( Frequently Asked Questions, Did you Know?; videos of women and health professionals); an effectiveness infographic, and an interactive decision aid ( What’s right for me?). In an online randomised trial with 927 women attending clinics, we found no association of the Contraception Choices intervention with the primary outcomes – satisfaction with contraceptive method and uptake of long-acting reversible methods at 6 months. Nor did we find an association with secondary adverse outcomes – sexually transmitted infections or pregnancy. Comments from women indicated that the website can meet young women’s need for information on the benefits and drawbacks of contraception, help them to make informed decisions, and feel better prepared before healthcare consultations. Contraception Choices is now available on the NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/contraception/which-method-suits-me Implications of all the available evidence Interactive digital interventions (websites) can aid contraception choice, but other intervention research is needed to address wider influences on unintended pregnancy, including partner views, friends, family, the media, wider society and experiences with healthcare professionals. Future research could examine the impact of the website in different settings, e.g. schools or different countries. We hypothesise that use of the website during contraceptive consultations might improve the efficiency or quality of consultation, for both patients and healthcare providers. Appropriate methodology and time-scale for evaluating digital health interventions remains a key question.
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St. Pierre, Christine, Win Guan, Leah Barry, Grace Dease, Sydney Gottlieb, Arielle Morris, Jamison Merrill, and Jennifer M. Sacheck. "Themes in Train-the-Trainer Nutrition Education Interventions Targeting Middle School Students: A Systematic Review." Nutrients 13, no. 8 (August 10, 2021): 2749. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13082749.
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Context-appropriate nutrition education interventions targeting middle school students have the potential to promote healthy dietary patters that may help prevent unnecessary weight gain at a point in childhood development when youth experience increasing agency over their food choices. The aim of this review was to identify and synthesize themes in train-the-trainer approaches, intervention content and delivery, and youth receptivity across teacher, mentor, and peer-led nutrition education interventions that targeted middle school-age youth in urban, primarily low-income settings. A systematic, electronic literature search was conducted in seven electronic databases, PubMed/Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, PsycINFO, Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and Cochrane CENTRAL, using fixed inclusion and exclusion criteria. A total of 53 papers representing 39 unique interventions were selected for data extraction and quality assessment. A framework synthesis approach was used to organize the interventions into six categories and identify themes according to whether the intervention was classroom-based or out-of-school-based and whether adults, cross-age peers or same-age peers delivered the intervention. Ten of the interventions contained multiple components such that they were included in two of the categories. The review findings indicated that trainings should be interactive, include opportunities to role-play intervention scenarios and provide follow-up support throughout intervention delivery. Interventions targeting middle school youth should include positive messaging and empower youth to make healthy choices within their specific food environment context.
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Ponsford, Ruth, Sara Bragg, Elizabeth Allen, Nerissa Tilouche, Rebecca Meiksin, Lucy Emmerson, Laura Van Dyck, et al. "A school-based social-marketing intervention to promote sexual health in English secondary schools: the Positive Choices pilot cluster RCT." Public Health Research 9, no. 1 (January 2021): 1–190. http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/phr09010.
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Background The UK still has the highest rate of teenage births in western Europe. Teenagers are also the age group most likely to experience unplanned pregnancy, with around half of conceptions in those aged < 18 years ending in abortion. After controlling for prior disadvantage, teenage parenthood is associated with adverse medical and social outcomes for mothers and children, and increases health inequalities. This study evaluates Positive Choices (a new intervention for secondary schools in England) and study methods to assess the value of a Phase III trial. Objectives To optimise and feasibility-test Positive Choices and then conduct a pilot trial in the south of England assessing whether or not progression to Phase III would be justified in terms of prespecified criteria. Design Intervention optimisation and feasibility testing; pilot randomised controlled trial. Setting The south of England: optimisation and feasibility-testing in one secondary school; pilot cluster trial in six other secondary schools (four intervention, two control) varying by local deprivation and educational attainment. Participants School students in year 8 at baseline, and school staff. Interventions Schools were randomised (1 : 2) to control or intervention. The intervention comprised staff training, needs survey, school health promotion council, year 9 curriculum, student-led social marketing, parent information and review of school/local sexual health services. Main outcome measures The prespecified criteria for progression to Phase III concerned intervention fidelity of delivery and acceptability; successful randomisation and school retention; survey response rates; and feasible linkage to routine administrative data on pregnancies. The primary health outcome of births was assessed using routine data on births and abortions, and various self-reported secondary sexual health outcomes. Data sources The data sources were routine data on births and abortions, baseline and follow-up student surveys, interviews, audio-recordings, observations and logbooks. Results The intervention was optimised and feasible in the first secondary school, meeting the fidelity targets other than those for curriculum delivery and criteria for progress to the pilot trial. In the pilot trial, randomisation and school retention were successful. Student response rates in the intervention group and control group were 868 (89.4%) and 298 (84.2%), respectively, at baseline, and 863 (89.0%) and 296 (82.0%), respectively, at follow-up. The target of achieving ≥ 70% fidelity of implementation of essential elements in three schools was achieved. Coverage of relationships and sex education topics was much higher in intervention schools than in control schools. The intervention was acceptable to 80% of students. Interviews with staff indicated strong acceptability. Data linkage was feasible, but there were no exact matches for births or abortions in our cohort. Measures performed well. Poor test–retest reliability on some sexual behaviour measures reflected that this was a cohort of developing adolescents. Qualitative research confirmed the appropriateness of the intervention and theory of change, but suggested some refinements. Limitations The optimisation school underwent repeated changes in leadership, which undermined its participation. Moderator analyses were not conducted as these would be very underpowered. Conclusion Our findings suggest that this intervention has met prespecified criteria for progression to a Phase III trial. Future work Declining prevalence of teenage pregnancy suggests that the primary outcome in a full trial could be replaced by a more comprehensive measure of sexual health. Any future Phase III trial should have a longer lead-in from randomisation to intervention commencement. Trial registration Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN12524938. Funding This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research programme and will be published in full in Public Health Research; Vol. 9, No. 1. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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Jones, Emily, Luciana Zuest, Sean Bulger, Eloise Elliott, Kibum Cho, and Christa Lilly. "Initial Findings of a Multicomponent School Health Intervention in Rural Appalachia: The Greenbrier CHOICES Project." Health Education & Behavior 47, no. 2 (January 20, 2020): 332–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1090198119897612.
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Background. Schools are an important setting for health promotion because they afford children and adolescents numerous opportunities to accumulate the recommended physical activity (PA) minutes and make other health-related decisions, including healthy eating. Unfortunately, there is little evidence of coordinated school-based health interventions in rural Appalachia. The Greenbrier Children’s Health Opportunities Involving Coordinated Efforts in Schools Project was a federally funded, 3-year, multicomponent school-based health intervention focused on PA, healthy eating, and weight management. Aims. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Greenbrier Children’s Health Opportunities Involving Coordinated Efforts in Schools on adolescent PA, dietary behaviors, and weight status. Method. Measures of PA, dietary behaviors, and body mass index were collected across 14 data points throughout the intervention (including a baseline in Year 1). Results. Participants included 4,633 randomly selected middle school students ( M = 2,289, F = 2,344) across the intervention. Baseline to Year 3 findings revealed a 12.8 percentage point increase in students achieving 60 minutes of daily PA. There were no significant differences in either dietary behavior or body mass index. Discussion. Findings provide evidence of the positive impact comprehensive school-based health interventions can have on middle school student health-related behaviors. Conclusion. Schools remain an ideal setting for health promotion. Initiatives targeting more than one level of influence on health-related behaviors are more likely to succeed.
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Murphy, Debra A., Xinguang Chen, Sylvie Naar-King, and Jeffrey T. Parsons for the Adolescent Trials N. "Alcohol and Marijuana Use Outcomes in the Healthy Choices Motivational Interviewing Intervention for HIV-Positive Youth." AIDS Patient Care and STDs 26, no. 2 (February 2012): 95–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/apc.2011.0157.
Full textDissertations / Theses on the topic "Positive Choices Intervention"
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James, Narissa, and n/a. "An investigation of the relationship between young people's job seeking behaviour, self esteem and their esteem needs." University of Canberra. Education, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20060801.150339.
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In this study the relationship between young people's job
seeking behaviour, self-esteem and their esteem needs was
investigated. Young unemployed job seekers attended a four day
personal development workshop (known as Positive Choices).
The design of the study was a pretest-posttest control-group
design. All participants completed a four part questionnaire,
including a demographic data sheet, job seeking behaviour scale,
(revised from Feather & Rowley, 1987 job search scale) esteem
needs questionnaire and the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory.
The results showed self esteem scores increased for the young job
seekers who participated in the Positive Choices Intervention. A
negative correlation was reported between self-esteem scores and
job seeking behaviour for all participants. In addition the job
seeking behaviour scores increased for the young job seekers after
their participation in the Positive Choices Intervention. In terms of
esteem needs, no differences were reported between esteem needs
for the participant and control groups indicating that the importance
of esteem needs remained unchanged. Furthermore, negative
correlations were found between the length of time the young job
seeker had been unemployed and their self-esteem scores, as well as
between the job seeker's educational attainment and self esteem
scores. The results suggests that changes in job seeking behaviour
is related to changes in the young job seekers' self esteem.
Suggestions for future research is discussed. Implications on
counselling and a model for working with young job seekers is
offered.
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Galatius, Jonas. "Det fria skolvalets legitimitet : En filosofisk analys om autonomins egenvärde, paternalistiska interventioner och rättviseteoretiska principer." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-162369.
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The name of this essay is The legitimacy of the free choice of school – a philosophical studyabout the value of autonomy in the context of paternalistic interventions and principles ofjustice. The aim of this essay is to examine how the free choice of school can be legitimizedthrough perspectives regarding principles of justice. The results show that the free choice ofschool can be legitimized from several different standpoints such as the intrisic value ofautonomy, the negative concept of freedom and the rights based perspective of equality.Further, the free choice of school can also be legitimized from an epistemic viewpoint aswell as through theories about fair processes and compensatory efforts. My ambition withthis study is to broaden the discourse surrounding the topic. A discussion based on ideas andprinciples is a valuable complement to the more common debate about outcome regardingthe free choice of school.Denna uppsats heter Det fria skolvalets legitimitet – en filosofisk analys om autonominsegenvärde, paternalistiska interventioner och rättviseteoretiska principer. Syftet meduppsatsen är att undersöka hur och på vilka grunder det fria skolvalets legitimitet kanmotiveras utifrån ett rättviseteoretiskt perspektiv. Mina resultat visar att det fria skolvaletkan legitimeras utifrån ett antal olika utgångspunkter såsom autonomins intrinsikala värde,det negativa frihetsbegreppet och ett rättighetsbaserat perspektiv på jämlikhet. Det friaskolvalet kan också legitimeras utifrån ett epistemiskt perspektiv samt utifrån teorier omlegitima processer och kompensatoriska insatser. Min ambition med uppsatsen är att breddadiskussionen genom att angripa det valda området utifrån ett filosofiskt perspektiv då det iden politiska debatten kring det fria skolvalet tenderar att vara fokus på de faktiska utfallenav reformen. Min uppfattning är att en idéburen och principiell utgångspunkt i frågan är ettviktigt komplement som jag anser borde få större utrymme i debatten.
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Drabkin, Anya Softley. "Evaluating the Impact of the Positive Choices Intervention on Substance Use, Psychological, and Care Engagement Outcomes Relevant to Current National HIV Prevention Goals." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/12213.
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The HIV epidemic in the United States continues to be a significant public health problem, with approximately 50,000 new infections occurring each year. National public health priorities have shifted in recent years towards targeted HIV prevention efforts among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) that include: increasing engagement in and retention in care, improving HIV treatment adherence, and increasing screening for and treatment of substance use and psychological difficulties. This study evaluated the efficacy of Positive Choices (PC), a brief, care-based, theory-driven, 3-session counseling intervention for newly HIV-diagnosed men who have sex with men (MSM), in the context of current national HIV prevention priorities. The study involved secondary analysis of data from a preliminary efficacy trial of the PC intervention (n=102). Descriptive statistics examined baseline substance use, psychological characteristics and strategies, and care engagement and HIV-related biological outcomes. Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) examined longitudinal changes in these variables by study condition. Results indicated that PC improved adherence to HIV treatment, but increased use of illicit drugs, specifically amyl nitrates and other stimulant drugs; additionally, moderation analyses indicated differences in patterns of change over time in viral load by baseline depression status. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Books on the topic "Positive Choices Intervention"
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Sierpina, Michelle, and Beverly Lunsford. Positive Aging. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190466268.003.0032.
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While we cannot control all the factors involved in aging, there is much we can do as individuals and as a society to contribute to continued improvements in our well-being and longevity. Tomorrow’s healthy aging requires creating options for older adults by funding and providing exceptional, evidence-supported aging services within our communities. It also involves educating health care providers and older adults and their families about the most current interventions for optimizing dynamic, positive aging. Those options include creative expression through music, dance and other physical activities, art, theater, poetry, journaling, life reflection, meditation, and more. Healthy lifestyle choices can and must become a norm for positive aging.
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Martin, Leslie R., and M. Robin DiMatteo. Social Influence and Health. Edited by Stephen G. Harkins, Kipling D. Williams, and Jerry Burger. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199859870.013.17.
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Early in the lives of children, parental influences are strong, and interventions targeting parents are essential to behavior change. In adolescence, peers emerge as critical additions to the influence of family members; their influence can support the growth and maintenance of positive health behaviors, or it can encourage unhealthy choices. Social groups continue to feature prominently in various ways throughout adulthood. A crucial role is played by supportive social networks in the improvement and maintenance of a wide variety of health behaviors, and the availability of normative information affects health choices. Health care providers hold a good deal of power in the practitioner–patient relationship and influence their patients toward health outcomes in a variety of ways. Finally, system-level influences such as public health programs, health-related media messages, and educational interventions can help motivate individuals toward ideal health behaviors.
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Abrahams, Frank, Anthony Rafaniello, Jason Vodicka, David Westawski, and John Wilson. Going Green. Edited by Frank Abrahams and Paul D. Head. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199373369.013.4.
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This chapter describes a collaborative project that studied the applications of Lucy Green’s informal music learning curriculum within the context of high school choral ensembles. For a 12-week period, the conductors of four high school choirs charged students in small groups to copy a Christmas carol of their choice from a recording or to create a new arrangement inspired by the recording without intervention from their conductor. They would perform those carols at a public concert during the December holiday season. The overarching research question addressed the efficacy of informal learning as choral pedagogy to nurture the students’ musicianship in choir. Data consisted of interviews, video recordings, and reflective journals. Results showed a positive impact on group cooperation, peer-directed learning, choral rehearsal strategy, leadership, and personal musical identity. It also served as a catalyst to change perceptions of students and teachers relative to musical skill and ability.
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Schwarte, Lothar A., Stephan A. Loer, J. K. Götz Wietasch, and Thomas W. L. Scheeren. Cardiovascular drugs in anaesthetic practice. Edited by Michel M. R. F. Struys. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642045.003.0019.
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Anaesthetists should be familiar with currently available cardiovascular drugs used to maintain cardiovascular stability and achieve haemodynamic goals in surgical patients. The first part of this chapter summarizes antihypertensive agents, and the second part discusses positive inotropic drugs and vasopressors, which can be used perioperatively. Selection of vasoactive agents should be guided by the therapeutic goal (e.g. decreasing or increasing blood pressure or blood flow) and the underlying pathophysiology. Choice of catecholamines in a given situation should be based on the desired effects, that is, goals that can be monitored. Generally speaking, it is easier to affect blood pressure than cardiac output, and how to optimize regional and microcirculatory blood flow remains uncertain. Regardless of the chosen intervention, its haemodynamic effects should be closely monitored and always evaluated against the clinical effects. Recent developments include the definition of haemodynamic goals (goal-directed therapy) and clinical end-points, which seem to decrease morbidity and mortality, regardless of the goals defined and interventions used. With regard to mortality, use of inotropic agents has been associated with adverse outcomes, whereas the use of vasodilators has not. Inotropes in combination with vasodilators have the highest mortality.
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Khader, Serene J. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190664190.003.0001.
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This chapter introduces the central argument of Decolonizing Universalism. The book seeks a way out of the anti-imperialism/normativity dilemma, according to which we face a choice between (a) opposing imperialism and reducing feminism to a parochial Western conceit or (b) opposing gender injustice and embracing Western chauvinism. The solution to this dilemma is a universalism that does not treat Western values and interests as exhaustive of feminist normative possibilities. Nonideal universalism is a position according to which feminism is opposition to sexist oppression and transnational feminisms is a justice-enhancing praxis. This conception of transnational feminisms makes it possible to imagine a genuinely normative feminist position that does not license justificatory or constitutive imperialist intervention—and that does not require commitment to controversial forms of individualism or autonomy or to gender-role eliminativism. The introduction also discusses the book’s methodology and situates the book’s project within contemporary political philosophy and feminist theory.
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Casarett, David. Ethical issues in palliative care research. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199656097.003.0196.
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Recent growth in palliative care research has created a heterogeneous field that encompasses both qualitative and quantitative techniques, and descriptive as well as interventional study designs. Despite the valuable knowledge that has been produced by this research, and the promise of future important advances, its progress has been impeded by a persistent uncertainty about the ethics of these studies. For instance, there have been concerns raised about whether patients near the end of life should ever be asked to participate in research, although others have objected to this extreme position. Nevertheless, the combination of ethical and practical issues can create substantial barriers to palliative care research. This chapter discusses five ethical aspects of palliative care research that investigators and clinicians should consider in designing and conducting palliative care research. These include (1) the study’s potential benefits to future patients, (2) the study’s potential benefits to subjects, (3) the study’s risks to subjects, (4) subjects’ decision-making capacity, and (5) the voluntariness of subjects’ choices about research participation.
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Schmeink, Lars. Dystopia, Science Fiction, Posthumanism, and Liquid Modernity. Liverpool University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781781383766.003.0002.
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Chapter 2 provides an inventory of the theoretical strains pertinent to the discussion and elaborates the concepts introduced. Starting from the premise of science fiction as a cultural mode that is ideally suited to negotiate technoscience and its influence of socio-political structures, the chapter introduces and defines the cultural formation of 'biopunk' from its pre-cursor cyberpunk. Then, biopunk will be situated as a creative intervention into posthuman discourses by elaborating the origin and use of the 'posthuman,' anchoring it in discussions differentiating between transhumanism and critical posthumanism as two oppositional theoretical positions. Further, the chapter establishes the sociological frame, positing contemporary society as formed by 'liquid modernity.' The chapter elaborates the dissolution of social institutions and the shifting of focus from public debate onto private life-choices, the global dimension of current political issues and, in contrast, the individualization of solutions to those issues. Liquid modernity, as critical dystopian present, consequently demands to be understood as warning about current tendencies in society, as criticism and even more importantly as an education of society in regards to its own needs and desires. In reviewing the utopian imagination, the chapter concludes the theoretical frame, in which to read contemporary biopunk culture.
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Fichtner, Alexander, and Franz Schaefer. Acute kidney injury in children. Edited by Norbert Lameire. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199592548.003.0239.
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In the past few decades, the overall incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in paediatric patients has increased and the aetiological spectrum has shifted from infection-related and intrinsic renal causes towards secondary forms of AKI related to exposure to nephrotoxic drugs and complex surgical, oncological, and intensive care manoeuvres. In addition, neonatal kidney impairment and haemolytic uraemic syndrome continue to be important specific paediatric causes of AKI raising unique challenges regarding prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. The search for new biomarkers is a current focus of research in paediatric as in adult AKI research.Pharmacological intervention studies to prevent or attenuate AKI have provided positive evidence only for the prophylactic use of theophylline in severely depressed neonates, whereas dopamine and loop diuretics did not demonstrate any efficacy. Preliminary findings support a dose-dependent renoprotective action of fenoldopam in infants undergoing cardiac surgery.Critical issues in the management of AKI in children include fluid handling, maintenance of adequate nutrition, and the choice of renal replacement therapy modality. Observational studies have suggested an adverse impact of fluid overload and late start of renal replacement therapy, and a randomized clinical trial revealed detrimental effects of aggressive fluid bolus therapy in volume-depleted children.Technological advances have made it possible to apply continuous replacement therapies in children of all ages, including preterm neonates, using appropriately sized catheters, filters, tubing, and flow settings adapted to paediatric needs. However, the majority of children with AKI worldwide are still treated with peritoneal dialysis, and comparative studies demonstrating superiority of extracorporeal techniques over peritoneal dialysis are lacking.The outcomes of paediatric AKI are comparable to adult patients. In critically ill children, mortality risk increases with each stage of AKI; mortality rates typically range between 15% and 30% for all AKI stages and 30% to 60% in children requiring renal replacement therapy. Chronic kidney disease develops in approximately 10% of children surviving AKI.
Book chapters on the topic "Positive Choices Intervention"
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Baldwin, Robert, and Martin Cave. "Impacts on the Ground." In Taming the Corporation, 70–103. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198836186.003.0004.
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Regulators have to ensure their activities will actually influence behaviour on the ground. This chapter looks at the possible enforcement methods and the impacts these tend to have on interested parties. It outlines how to choose the least intrusive intervention styles that are acceptable. Positive regulatory enforcement demands attention to the stage at which interventions are made and to opportunities to encourage firms’ capacities to comply voluntarily with regulations. Enforcement actions revolve around two key issues—who to go after and what to do to change behaviour. Risk-based regulation offers a way of prioritizing targets for attention but is infused with qualitative judgements and does not assist greatly on choices of intervention strategy. Collectively, ‘compliance’, ‘deterrence’, and ‘responsive’ approaches do not go so far as the GRID approach in combining attention to two needs: matching intervention tools to firm-types and taking on board both the levels of risks and their volatility.
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Johnson, Leslie W. "Healthcare Considerations for the Hispanic Population." In Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies, 239–59. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2261-5.ch012.
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The Hispanic community has both positive and negative health indicators related to their Hispanic culture. This chapter details aspects of the Hispanic culture that can influence healthcare prevention, diagnosis, and intervention, including traditional healthcare beliefs and practices. Additionally, various health disparities associated with the Hispanic population are discussed, particularly related to neurological disorders. The chapter concludes with a case study presentation based loosely upon an actual event from a young man with neurocysticercosis. This section details how the patient's Hispanic culture influenced lifestyle choices, which increased risk for this disease, while also detailing how his culture impacted certain aspects of his medical intervention.
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Battersby, Paul. "Changing Patterns of Social Connection across Interventions: Unravelling Aberrant Globalisation." In Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention in the 21st Century, 94–114. Edinburgh University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474423816.003.0005.
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International armed interventions in intrastate conflicts are planned with the expectation that order will be restored through the controlled application of limited military force. This persuasive orthodoxy, Paul Battersby argues in his Chapter Changing Patterns of Social Connection across Interventions: Unravelling Aberrant Globalisation, endures despite the erratic course of foreign interventions in the Middle East over the past two decades. Notions of order, equilibrium or stasis imply systemic balances that, where disturbed, can be restored through counteraction. Yet, while we can gather abundant conflict data, observe events from different vantage points, correlate variables and calibrate possibilities, the calculation of future trajectories of conflict events remains an imprecise and hazardous exercise. Thus, to anticipate only positive change from the rapid assertion of overwhelming military power into faraway places is to downplay the threads of happenings, decisions, ideas and beliefs that shape the subjective realities of global security. Globalisation is aberrant in its complexity, and global dynamics do not yield simple choices between binary opposites of order and disorder, control or chaos. The search for a more nuanced understanding of security leads inescapably towards the analysis of global patterns of connection and organisation that generate and sustain multiscalar supply chains of violence.
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"POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE GENETIC INTERVENTIONS." In From Chance to Choice, 104–55. Cambridge University Press, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511806940.005.
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Galetzka, Mirjam, Randy Bloeme, Peter W. de Vries, Manja Abraham, Joris Van Hoof, and Paul van Soomeren. "Safety and Security in Nightlife Areas in the Netherlands." In Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering, 211–27. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7004-3.ch013.
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Nightlife areas aim to offer a hospitable environment for a public that is looking for entertainment but also produces nuisance. A recent paradigm shift focuses on changing public behavior rather than policing. This chapter describes two case studies from the Netherlands. The observations showed that at night the nightlife areas become an unofficial ‘festival zone' with large groups of tobacco smokers on the streets. Noise from these smokers (and friends) was identified as a major problem. Based on the lessons learned, a behavioral intervention approach is proposed that relies on multi-stakeholder participation and combines technology and choice architecture. The use of technology is relevant in several steps of the approach, and can be useful in facilitating behavior, reducing the impact of disruptive behavior, and monitoring the effectiveness of interventions. However, the Amsterdam case study also suggests that technology should rather be a small component of a broader positive behavioral and multi-stakeholder approach.
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Krumer-Nevo, Michal. "Between Othering and solidarity: crisis intervention with children at risk." In Radical Hope, 215–28. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447354895.003.0017.
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The third chapter of Part Four of the book tells the story of a social worker who came to an apartment following a complaint from the neighbours that young children had been left there on their own only to discover that the apartment was flooded with sewage. The response of the social worker is analysed as an example of a ‘standing against’ position. The possibility of standing by is presented in the chapter as a tentative choice.
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Vigar, Geoff, and Georgiana Varna. "Connecting places: towards a participatory, ordinary urbanism." In Transport Matters, 205–26. Policy Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447329558.003.0009.
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This chapter examines the opportunities and pitfalls of integrating transport planning with urban design and place-making strategies, using design thinking as a way to address many of the ‘intractables’ associated with implementing transport policy. We argue for a focus on the substance and consistency of macro level strategy alongside the significance of creative and consistent micro level interventions. We position our argument alongside smart city debates, aiming to reinsert into these a more ‘ordinary’ approach that celebrates the significance of intervention in ‘ordinary neighbourhoods’ through the deployment of ‘ordinary technologies’ (benches, quality pavements) to create more livable cities and neighbourhoods. We concur that planning is a form of knowledge in action but choices over what counts as knowledge and how it is used and deployed are highly significant. In doing so, and to better secure citizen buy-in to the transformation of public space, we argue for an approach centred on co-design to counter planning orthodoxy that subverts people’s everyday needs to the paradigms and embedded routines of regulatory systems.
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Willans, Bex, and Sarah Stewart-Brown. "Physical and psychological resilience and migration." In Oxford Textbook of Migrant Psychiatry, edited by Dinesh Bhugra, Oyedeji Ayonrinde, Edgardo Juan Tolentino, Koravangattu Valsraj, and Antonio Ventriglio, 231–42. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198833741.003.0026.
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Whereas in the past, resilience was seen as a character trait of the few, enabling a ‘bounce back’ to some prior healthy state, it is described as something that is transitional, that enables a ‘bouncing forward’ for all those who experience growth from having survived or even thrived through challenging experiences. This interpretation enables action as it opens the possibility of exploring what can be put in place to ensure these experiences can be opportunities for positive change for all, leading to improved mental well-being and physical health. While for most migrants the act of migration is an active choice driven by hopes for life improvement, migration can create challenges. For refugee and asylum-seeker populations, who have been the focus of most migrant-resilience research, their status suggests an increased likelihood of having experienced adversity and a risk of experiencing ongoing challenges. Qualitative studies with migrant populations indicate high levels of resilience, including personal characteristics, beliefs, behaviours, and cultural understandings that enable people to survive and even thrive following such experiences. Policies and interventions to support resilience should include both external protective factors such as access to basic human needs, social integration and relationships in destination countries, and services for those who require intervention. Few intervention studies use asset-focused outcomes such as resilience and well-being, and there is an opportunity for established and emerging therapies to use these to enhance evaluation and understanding.
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Greenberg, Udi. "From the League of Nations to Vietnam." In The Weimar Century. Princeton University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691159331.003.0006.
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This chapter focuses on theories of Hans J. Morgenthau, a German émigré specialist on foreign relations. In the years immediately after World War II, Morgenthau emerged as the highest intellectual authority on international relations in the United States. His theory, which became known as “realism,” explained why the United States had no choice but to oppose the Soviet Union and China and prevent them from expanding their power in Europe and East Asia. However, Morgenthau also opposed U.S. intervention in the Vietnam War. This dual position marked both the high point of the German–American symbiosis and the moment of its crisis.
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Mullin, Gerard E. "Conventional Assessment of Gastrointestinal Disorders." In Integrative Gastroenterology, edited by Gerard E. Mullin, Marvin Singh, Alyssa Parian, and John Clarke, 531–44. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190933043.003.0025.
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The gastrointestinal tract is a highly complex and dynamic organ system having a multitude of physiological functions. The choice of laboratory tests should be personalized and not performed in a shotgun manner, which can lead to false positive results and imparts financial stress to patients. The assessment of digestive health conditions requires giving astute attention to the patient’s history and a methodical utilization of laboratory tests to define root causation of illness and opportunities for intervention. This chapter segregates the most common tests and procedures to evaluating gastrointestinal condition into conventional tests that are usually covered by medical insurance and functional medicine and genomic testing that by-in-large have larger out-of-pocket expenses. Strategic utilization of these tests are essential to the proper evaluation of gastrointestinal illness.
Conference papers on the topic "Positive Choices Intervention"
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Papadopoulou, Kassandra A., and Robert A. Phillips. "A comparison of on-curricular and off-curricular activities in enterprise education for postgraduate students." In Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/head19.2019.9434.
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A comparison of the effectiveness of two educational activities are carried out; a standard on-curricular postgraduate unit and an off-curricular school activity. The taught area for both is the theme of enterprise and entrepreneurship. They share similar intended learning outcomes, equipping participants with the same skills, knowledge and tools to set up their own business start-up. Another similarity is the number of contact hours with the students, however the main difference is the span these two activities take place; over a full semester or over a week. A survey was designed to be used in post teaching sessions to evaluate the effectiveness and impact the activities had on the students in the area of enterprise and entrepreneurship. The results indicated that both activities had an impact on start-up intention and activity however, the cost of the enterprise school per head and the fact that the on-curricular activities provide a recognized qualification in case the business fails means that short intensive off-curricular activities are better suited for researchers with limited time and who are still open minded about career choices. Both activities serve their own purpose and value as they provide the desired interventions for supporting positive attitudes towards enterprise and entrepreneurship.
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Teodorescu, Mircea, Moshe Brand, Jacob Rosen, and Homer Rahnejat. "The Influence of Post Angioplasty Stent Implant Profile on Arterial Wall Stress." In ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2010-29233.
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One of the main causes for post angioplasty arterial restenosis is the excessive stress induced in the arterial wall during and after the medical intervention. The closed stent is introduced in the artery wrapped around the deflated balloon catheter and is expanded in the final position by inflating the balloon. Unfortunately, this process also stretches the arterial wall. Additionally, for the stent to be successful, its diameter must be slightly larger than the diameter of the inflated artery. The stent is usually a dense mesh of interconnected beams. Therefore, it is often considered that it applies a constant pressure to the artery / stent interface. However, in reality each beam individually presses against the innermost layer of the artery (intima). The current study proposes a model, which predicts the arterial wall subsurface stress field due to individual stent beams. It was found that the local shape of the contact (beam cross section) plays an important role close to the stent / intima contact. Sharper edged cross sections (e.g. square) promote higher stresses. It was observed that during restenosis a new inner layer (neointima) is formed, significantly reducing the stent efficiency. This could be related to local stress concentrations due to the choice of stent beam profile.
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Chakraborty, Ishita, Daniel Kluk, and Scot McNeill. "Machine Learning Models With Engineering Insight: Case Studies From the Oil and Gas Industry." In ASME 2020 39th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2020-18895.
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Abstract Machine learning is gaining rapid popularity as a tool of choice for applications in almost every field. In the oil and gas industry, machine learning is used as a tool for solving problems which could not be solved by traditional methods or for providing a cost-effective and faster data driven solution. Engineering expertise and knowledge of fundamentals remain relevant and necessary to draw meaningful conclusions from the data-based models. Two case studies are presented in different applications that will illustrate the importance of using engineering domain knowledge for feature extraction and feature manipulation in creating insightful machine learning models. The first case study involves condition-based monitoring (CBM) of pumps. A variety of pumps are employed in all aspects of the oilfield life cycle, such as drilling, completion (including hydraulic fracturing), production, and intervention. There is no well-established method to monitor the pump fault states as they are operating based on sensor feedback. As a result, maintenance is performed either prematurely or reactively, both of which result in wasteful downtime and unnecessary expense. A machine learning based neural network model is used for identifying different fault states in a triplex pump from measured pressure sensor data. In the second case study, failures of mooring lines of an offshore floating production unit are predicted from the vessel position data. Identifying a damaged mooring line can be critical for the structural health of the floating production system. In offshore floating platforms, mooring line tension is highly correlated to a vessel’s motions. The vessel position data is created from running coupled analysis models. A K-Nearest-Neighbor (KNN) classifier model is trained to predict mooring line failures. In all the case studies, the importance of combining a deep understanding of the physics of the problem with machine learning tools is emphasized.
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Desmyter, J. "AIDS 1987." In XIth International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Schattauer GmbH, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1644751.
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AIDS virus (HIV) transmission by transfusions and blood products has been essentially halted in industrialized countries which haye introduced systematic anti-HIV screening of donations in 1985. New anti-HIV screening assays, based in part on the replacement of disrupted HIV virions by defined DNA recombinant HIV antigens, have improved specificity; sensitivity has been improved as to dectect seroconversion at an earlier stage. Confirmatory assays and (self-)exclusion of risk groups from blood donation do remain mandatory. HIVAg can be detected in some infections before antibody conversion, and HIVAg is more likely to be found in those anti-HIV positives who proceed to disease. However, there is no justification so far for routine parallel HIVAg and anti-HIV screening. There is continued uncertainty how many HIV carriers have not (yet) developed antibody, but their numbers may have been overestimated. Studies to determine how many HIV transmitters have escaped blood bank detection, and why, need to be undertaken in spite of formidable logistic difficulties.The risk of developing AIDS is now estimated at 25-50 % within 10 years after the infectious contact. It is not clear whether the risk should be estimated differently in different groups or persons. In cities in Central Africa, 5-20 % of men and women are confirmed anti-HIV positives. At least 75 % of this HIV carrier rate is due to heterosexual transmission. Heterosexual transmission has been slower in Western countries, but factors precluding slow evolution to high figures by the same route outside Africa have not been identified. Therefore, countries have no choice in advocating behaviour changes in the general population, and not only in the classical risk groups. Initial hesitations toward extended voluntary and confidential screening are dwindling. Well-conceived confidential screening may be the only way to avoid strong-armed government intervention. The latter is certain to be divisive, and is likely to be counterproductive on balance.An efficacious vaccine remains remote, but an antiviral which prolongs life by at least several months in AIDS patients, but not all of them, is now available. Zidovudine (AZT), however, is toxic and mere prolongation of life without cure will impose an additional burden on AIDS economics.A novel virus (HIV-2) has been identified and is already widespread in West-Africans. It causes AIDS, but the present ratio of AIDS cases in those infected seems lower than with HIV(-l); this feature may be transient. HIV-2 antibodies are either detected or missed by anti-HIV-1 screens; if found, they can be distinguished from anti-HIV-1 only by special confirmatory technique. New screening assays showing equal sensitivity for HIV-1 and HIV-2 in a single test should be devised. At present, HIV-2 is very rare in Western countries compared to HIV-1.
Reports on the topic "Positive Choices Intervention"
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Brinkerhoff, Derick W., and Anna Wetterberg. Governance and Sector Outcomes: Making the Connections. RTI Press, September 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2018.pb.0019.1809.
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A critical issue in international development is how donor-funded programs can support sustainable and long-lasting changes in assisted countries. Among the factors associated with sustainability is improved governance. However, many donor-funded initiatives are focused on achieving results in specific sectors, such as health, education, and agriculture. How can how governance interventions contribute to achieving sector-specific results? This brief explores this question and discusses how international development practice has incorporated recognition of the links between governance and sector outcomes. The brief develops a stylized continuum of how governance elements relate to sector interventions and contribute to expected outcomes. We discuss factors that either impede or impel governance integration and close with some observations regarding prospects for integrated programming. The audience for the brief is the international development policy and practitioner communities, and secondarily, academics with an interest in the topic. Key take-aways include: (1) there is ample evidence of positive contributions from improved governance to sector-specific outcomes, but few guideposts exist for practical and effective governance integration; (2) barriers to integration include urgent sector priorities that overshadow governance concerns, requirements to demonstrate progress towards ambitious sector targets, and complex choices related to measurement; and (3) sustainability and self-reliance are major drivers for integration and are facilitated by the flexibility and adaptation that governance integration enables.
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Dr. Andrew Beck ‘CAMHS, COVID19, and CBT’ – In Conversation. ACAMH, July 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.13056/acamh.12549.
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Dr. Beck is the President Elect of BABCP, taking the position in July 2020 and he talks about his hopes for the future of the organisation, the importance of self-care, CAMHS, and why CBT is his intervention of choice.