Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes special report study entitled: Pedestrian network : an adaptive integration of elevated walkway system in Hong Kong. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Biblical Theological Seminary, 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 380-403).

published_or_final_version / Urban Planning and Design / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

BACKGROUND Patient safety, reducing medical errors and risk management have become a global public health and administrative issue. Population-based studies around the world have alerted high rates of preventable medical errors and deaths. In response, a global effort agreed on a World Health Assembly resolution on patient safety. The World Alliance for Patient Safety guideline and the Conceptual Framework for the International Classification for Patient Safety have been launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) to galvanize and facilitate efforts by all Member States to make health care safer. The guidelines introduced adverse event reporting and focus on reporting and learning to improve the safety of patient care. The WHO suggested a conceptual framework for patient safety providing comprehensive understanding of the domains of patient safety. It represents a continuous learning and improvement cycle emphasizing on proactive (identification of risk, prevention, detection, reduction of risk) and reactive (incident recovery, system resilience) risk management. The ultimate measure of a successful incident reporting system is whether the information it yields is used appropriately to improve patient and organization safety. OBJECTIVES To systematic review literature to determine incident reporting systems improve patient outcomes and organization outcomes, and to identify successful characteristics of incident reporting system which information it yields is used appropriately to improve patient and organization safety, and to investigate if the incident reporting system can serve as an interface to support the (inform and influence) information flows in the WHO’s Conceptual Framework for the International Classification for Patient Safety. METHODS Two bibliography databases, Medline and Embase via OvidSP, were systematically searched using search keywords of ‘incident reporting’, ‘patient / organization outcomes’. Quality appraisal, data extraction were conducted on literature which met the inclusion criteria. Narrative synthesis was conducted. RESULTS A total of 584 citations were initially identified and 6 studies were finally included in this systematic review. The methodological quality of the 6 included studies was generally average to poor. The 6 included studies could be classified into 3 groups by research question and intervention strategies examined 1) case series on incident reporting system; 2) comparison study on two main streams of incident reporting systems: routine incident reporting system versus structured case note / chart review; and 3) review of incident reporting systems. Successful characteristics of incident reporting system identified including confidential, non-punitive, expert analysis, system-oriented, responsive, standardized taxonomy coding, clarified and unified concepts of incident reporting system, voluntary reporting, facilitation reporting, proper training and health informatics infrastructure support. Quantitative and qualitative evidences were identified that incident reporting system could serve as an interface to support inform and influence types of information flows in the WHO’s Conceptual Framework for the ICPS. However, no evidence could be found that incident reporting systems could directly improve patient outcomes and organization outcomes. CONCLUSION This systematic review found no evidence that incident reporting systems could directly improve patient outcomes and organization outcomes, but the systems could serve as an interface to support information flows in the WHO’s Conceptual Framework for the ICPS. Successful characteristics of an incident reporting system were identified coherent to the WHO’s recommendations. Future studies can further examine the causation relationship between incident reporting systems and the process components by applying the Donabedian’s structure-process-outcome model. / published_or_final_version / Public Health / Master / Master of Public Health

Thesis (MTech. degree in Architecture: Professional)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2012. / This dissertation presents the design of a Sports Development Centre in Mamelodi, Pretoria and responds to the need for sports facilities in the informal context of Mamelodi. The design proposal aims to channel sport development towards such areas of settlement and indicates how the facilities offered by such a centre could redress social and cultural issues, along with those of academic development.

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

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In 1994, a Forum on National Health was held in Sun Valley, California to discuss the responsibilities of the university for the health of urban populations. It called for the development of a "New School of Public Health" in the urban centre to deal with community crippling health issues and preventive care. The current state of health care in Canada cannot support the tradition of individual and curative care in the wake of an aging, expanding population and rising medical costs. Efforts must be directed towards preventive, public health education. This thesis will deal with three major issues: (I) the re-establishment of a National School of Public Health as an academic institution and part of a new civic building - an Academic Health Centre; (2) to house in the Academic Health Centre major public and community health related facilities in Vancouver such as the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation and Hospice; and (3) to urbanize the Academic Health Centre in downtown Vancouver as a way to educate the community about preventive health issues through passive and interactive means such as billboarding, media, and ease of accessibility to lectures, and resource facilities.