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Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network: Community Engagement and Outreach within Phenomics Core
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Jenkins, Carolyn; Arulogun, Oyedunni Sola; Singh, Arti; Mande, Aliyu T.; Ajayi, Eric; Benedict, Calys Tagoe; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Lackland, Daniel T.; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Akinyemi, Rufus; Akpalu, Albert; Obiako, Reginald; Melikam, Enzinne Sylvia; Laryea, Ruth; Shidali, Vincent; Sagoe, Kwamena; Ibinaiye, Philip; Fakunle, Adekunie Gregory; Owolabi, Lukman F.; Owolabi, Mayowa O. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Stroke is the leading cause of neurological hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the second leading cause of death globally. The Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network [SIREN] seeks to comprehensively characterize the genomic, sociocultural, economic, and behavioral risk factors for stroke and to build effective teams…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Medical Research, Health Education
Studies of the Effectiveness of Treatments for Drug Abuse, Based on the Drug Abuse Reporting Program (DARP): 1974. IBR Report 74-26.
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Texas Christian Univ., Fort Worth. Inst. of Behavioral Research. – 1974
The papers included in this volume are part of a programmatic investigation involving the evaluation of treatments for drug abuse. The studies are based on treatment outcome criteria for the patient sample representing all admissions during year 3 (June 1, 1971 to May 31, 1972) of the Drug Abuse Reporting Program (DARP). The overall strategy of…
Descriptors: Classification, Conferences, Drug Abuse, Drug Therapy
Factors That Predict Successful Outcome in a Cancer-Rehabilitation Program--A Pilot Study
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Kluge, Charles A.; McAleer, Charles A. – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 1978
A discussion is presented of five categories of patient variables that seem to have useful relationships with both successful rehabilitation outcome and ease of management from the standpoints of medical and vocational rehabilitation. These classes of variables have been identified through clinical experience and validated empirically.…
Descriptors: Counselor Performance, Locus of Control, Patients, Predictor Variables
Effects of a Companion Program on College Student Volunteers and Mental Patients
Shipley, Robert H. – Journal of Counsulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study assessed the effects of a companion program on college student volunteers and mental patients. Overall, the effects of companionship were negative for students and patients, while questionnaire responses indicated positive feelings toward the overall program. Because of this discrepancy, caution should be exercised in introducing…
Descriptors: Attendants, Attitudes, College Students, Higher Education
Enhancement of Validity through Qualitative Approaches: Incorporating the Patient's Perspective.
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Carey, Martha Ann; Smith, Mickey W. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1992
The use of qualitative data in the refinement of a research program in human immunodeficiency virus studies in a military population is described. Three mechanisms of patient participation (a protocol advisor, a participant advisory panel, and focus groups) provided important feedback for adapting the research process. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Advisory Committees, Feedback, Military Personnel
Impact of Intake Procedures upon Client Attrition in a Community Mental Health Center
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Tracy, James J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Two evaluation procedures were evaluated in terms of their impact upon client attrition in a community mental health center. The behavioral analysis report, an innovative evaluation procedure, led to more treatment contacts than a traditional evaluation method. Possible effective elements within the behavioral analysis report are discussed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Community Health Services, Evaluation Methods, Helping Relationship