Life in the fast lane. An evaluation of an accelerated RN-MSN program.

abstract：:Reporting of incidents or near incidents because of medical devices in French hospitals relies on procedures following European and national guidelines. The authors intend to evaluate hospital staff knowledge on these surveillance procedures as a marker of appropriate application. A telephone survey is conducted on a ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Mazeau V,Grenier-Sennelier C,Paturel DX,Mokhtari M,Vidal-Trecan G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is increasingly common, meta-analysis is still a relatively new addition to the toolbox of research strategies. Partially because of its newness and partially because its early enthusiasts may have overstated its presumed contributions, a number of common misunderstandings have developed about the meta-ana...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Bangert-Drowns RL

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated health benefits of long-term participation in an employer-based wellness program, focusing on selected chronic disease risk factors. A repeated measures longitudinal time-series study was conducted of 8 years of existing prospectively collected annual data, including clinical measures of weight, b...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Neville BH,Merrill RM,Kumpfer KL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical decisions, including physicians' prescribing behaviors, are shaped by a complex interplay of clinical and nonclinical factors. We aim to determine how physician, patient, and relationship characteristics influence physicians' decisions to accommodate brand-name prescription drug requests. We applied multivaria...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Arney J,Street RL Jr,Naik AD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article argues for the increased involvement of people with severe mental illness and consumers of other health and mental health services in evaluation and performance improvement in the organizations from which they receive services. Among other reasons, consumers can bring a different perspective to the select...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Linhorst DM,Eckert A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gap between evidence-based guidelines for clinical care and their application in medical settings is well established and widely discussed. Effective interventions are needed to help health care providers reduce this gap. Whereas the development of clinical practice guidelines from biomedical and clinical research...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Feifer C,Ornstein SM,Jenkins RG,Wessell A,Corley ST,Nemeth LS,Roylance L,Nietert PJ,Liszka H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally believed that culturally competent clinical practice depends in part on the development of positive attitudes toward the care of immigrant patients. However, few tools exist to measure such attitudes in physicians. The authors operationalized ''culturally competent attitudes'' to include a high level o...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Hudelson P,Perron NJ,Perneger TV

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identified previously reported facilitators and barriers to pharmacist-client communication and then evaluated their impact on the observed communication behaviors of pharmacists. Pharmacists (n = 100) completed a seven-page questionnaire collecting information on 11 variables that had been organized accord...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Paluck EC,Green LW,Frankish CJ,Fielding DW,Haverkamp B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a protocol that was employed to validate the content of the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE) using two separate practice analyses. The protocol consisted of the following phases: (1) the careful definition of the domain of knowledge and skills required for successful entry-level...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Tsai TH,Kramer GA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The set of articles appearing in this issue of Evaluation & the Health Professions provides an in-depth examination of the validation process for licensing and certification test score decisions. The winter 1990 issue of Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice also contains an excellent set of articles about lice...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Haladyna TM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the Joint Commission's implementation plans, experience, and results to date of incorporating performance measurement data into the accreditation process. These plans have evolved in response to changes in the health care environment, feedback from accredited organizations, and both technical an...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Braun BI,Koss RG,Loeb JM

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementary and alternative therapies such as reflexology and acupuncture have been the subject of numerous evaluations, clinical trials, and systematic reviews, yet the empirical evidence in support of their efficacy remains equivocal. The empirical evaluation of a therapy would normally assume a plausible rational...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Greasley P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard-setting literature is filled with contributions in which issues associated with standards are discussed and various methods for setting standards are presented and reviewed. Almost no attention has been given to guidelines for helping standard-setting groups or committees address the issues and technical ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Hambleton RK,Powell S

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For meta-analyses of observational epidemiology studies, unadjusted and adjusted study estimates are often extracted. However, there is evidence of selective reporting of adjusted study estimates. We investigate adjustment reporting bias, examining the reasons why some studies do not contribute an adjusted estimate to...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Peters J,Mengersen K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-arm time-to-event (or survival) trials are powered to continue until a required number of events is reached. The authors discuss how the required number of events should be defined for a study with three or more arms with various pairwise comparisons and a common control arm. They advocate stopping one active arm ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Grobler AC,Carrara HR,Mwambi HG,Parker RA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors tested whether smokers would use cigarette pack covers illustrated with antismoking messages. In 2001, visitors to a smoking cessation Web site ordered cigarette pack covers and answered a follow-up questionnaire 52 days later. Participants received by mail cardboard boxes designed to contain cigarette pac...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Christie D,Etter JF

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to introduce and describe a statistical model that researchers can use to evaluate underlying mechanisms of behavioral onset and other event occurrence outcomes. Specifically, the article develops a framework for estimating mediation effects with outcomes measured in discrete-time epochs...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Fairchild AJ,Abara WE,Gottschall AC,Tein JY,Prinz RJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this article is to describe how health practitioners can interpret the results from published meta-analytic reports of intervention effectiveness and efficacy studies, and then communicate those results, in a manner that helps patients make critical clinical and life decisions. The problem of using rese...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Tickle-Degnen L

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workshops on new methods in the health professions have often been evaluated for participant reaction and understanding of the material. But behavior change on the job following workshops has seldom been assessed. Rehabilitation professionals in seven states were surveyed to determine use of behavior management proced...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Marr JN,Greenwood R

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A principal components analysis identified the immediate convenience of indoor tanning (i.e., relaxation, perceived attractiveness of tans) as a major factor that motivates people to visit commercial tanning salons frequently and continually. Long-term considerations, such as price, socializing, and perceived health, ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Beasley TM,Kittel BS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health policy makers rely on survey estimates of physician practice costs to set reimbursement rates. The Health Care Financing Administration has just funded a multimillion dollar effort to collect survey data that will be used to revise payments under the Medicare Fee Schedule. However, the ability of large-scale ph...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Berk ML,Mueller CD,Thran S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The national evaluation of the federally funded Healthy Start program involved translating a design for a process and outcomes evaluation and standard maternal and infant data set, both developed prior to the national evaluation contract award, into an evaluation design and client data collection protocol that could b...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Raykovich KS,McCormick MC,Howell EM,Devaney BL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient satisfaction has been related to patient compliance, doctor-patient information exchange, and continuity of care. However, the construct of patient satisfaction is not well defined; its measurement has typically consisted of the anecdotal generation of questions that may not tap issues of concern to patients. ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Smith JK,Falvo D,McKillip J,Pitz G

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Croatia faces a major threat of smoking-related health burdens given the monumental changes this newly formed country has undergone in the past 15 years because of its postcommunist democratic and economic transitions and the destructive 1991-1995 war with Serbia. This article provides information on Croatia's general...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Skara S,Kovacic L,Civljak M,Voncina L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years attention in developing countries has concentrated upon strategies to improve the equitable provision of essential health care--the primary health care approach. Very little work has been reported in connection with the quality of medical care, and yet for the successful outcome of care it is necessary...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Walker GJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospice care in the United States has grown rapidly since its introduction here from England in the mid-1970s. Surprisingly little evaluation of services has been made public, particularly with regard not merely to demographics but also the actual effect of hospice caregiving on patients and families. This article des...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Silver S

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveys of physicians are an important tool to assess opinions and self-reported behaviors of this policy-relevant population. However, this population is notoriously difficult to survey and plagued with low and falling response rates. In order to evaluate the potential import of response rate, we examine the presence...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Ziegenfuss JY,Shah ND,Fan J,Houten HK,Deming JR,Smith SA,Beebe TJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports a study of the process of selecting and evaluating general surgery residents. In personnel psychology terms, a job analysis of general surgery was conducted using the Critical Incident Technique (CIT). The researchers collected 235 critical incidents through structured interviews with 10 general s...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Edwards JC,Currie ML,Wade TP,Kaminski DL

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normalization has gained wide acceptance as a goal that residential institutations for the mentally retarded should strive to achieve, but many organizations have been shown to have difficulty achieving the goal. Theories developed from the organizational contingency perspective suggest that organizations with bureauc...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： King RD,Hougland JG Jr,Shepard JM,Gallagher EB

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article was to describe the effectiveness of a multifocus recruitment strategy to a pilot project allowing direct provision of emergency contraception (EC) in a community pharmacy through collaborative agreements between pharmacists and physicians. The project recruited pharmacies through direct ...

journal_title：Evaluation & the health professions

authors： Cockerill R,Cohen M,Dunn S,Brown T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00