Thesis (M.A.), Psychology--University of Central Oklahoma, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-33).

<p>Together with Attends in Aneby a thesis of 15 ECTS (credits) have been undertaken. The assignment was to develop a new incontinence product for single use. Users of the product value comfort, flexibility, softness, comfort and a discreet product. Users are for individuals with incontinence problems that usually receive the products via prescription. The product must also have an attractive price and good quality from the purchase / originator's perspective.</p><p>Currently there are two models that Attends supplies, which the project intends to develop, (Slips / Briefs and Pull On's). The first has a low price but also lower usability than the other. The products have a well-developed absorptive function and with respect to this, only a new design of the chassis will be developed. Project issue were: <em>How should a concept look like when combining Pull On's and Slips / Briefs? Is it possible to develop a better product?</em></p><p>Production methods, costs and customer satisfaction will not be taken into account given that incontinence is a sensitive topic and that it would make the task too extensive. Consideration of patents, industrial designs and design protection are not taken into account when over two hundred applications per month are registered.   The mission was carried out as a development project where the product is broken down into parts which are then developed and combined to form a new developed product. Tools that were used are brainstorming and morphological matrix. This project resulted in a concept that can be described as a hybrid of today's two products. With two parts of elastic material in the waist, the product will gain a better fit for the user. It also creates a wider span between the maximum and minimum waistline each size will cover. The final product also has an adjustment function to increase the user friendliness and comfort. With the help of adjustment so you can change the pressure against the body, making the user able to customize the product. A continuation of the project is to examine whether new materials can be inserted into the device instead of the elastic composite. It is important that further development of the product is made together with a test group to gain answers about ease of use and other problems that can arise in everyday use. A continuation should also involve interviewing healthcare professionals who come into contact with the product.</p>

Together with Attends in Aneby a thesis of 15 ECTS (credits) have been undertaken. The assignment was to develop a new incontinence product for single use. Users of the product value comfort, flexibility, softness, comfort and a discreet product. Users are for individuals with incontinence problems that usually receive the products via prescription. The product must also have an attractive price and good quality from the purchase / originator's perspective. Currently there are two models that Attends supplies, which the project intends to develop, (Slips / Briefs and Pull On's). The first has a low price but also lower usability than the other. The products have a well-developed absorptive function and with respect to this, only a new design of the chassis will be developed. Project issue were: How should a concept look like when combining Pull On's and Slips / Briefs? Is it possible to develop a better product? Production methods, costs and customer satisfaction will not be taken into account given that incontinence is a sensitive topic and that it would make the task too extensive. Consideration of patents, industrial designs and design protection are not taken into account when over two hundred applications per month are registered.   The mission was carried out as a development project where the product is broken down into parts which are then developed and combined to form a new developed product. Tools that were used are brainstorming and morphological matrix. This project resulted in a concept that can be described as a hybrid of today's two products. With two parts of elastic material in the waist, the product will gain a better fit for the user. It also creates a wider span between the maximum and minimum waistline each size will cover. The final product also has an adjustment function to increase the user friendliness and comfort. With the help of adjustment so you can change the pressure against the body, making the user able to customize the product. A continuation of the project is to examine whether new materials can be inserted into the device instead of the elastic composite. It is important that further development of the product is made together with a test group to gain answers about ease of use and other problems that can arise in everyday use. A continuation should also involve interviewing healthcare professionals who come into contact with the product.

THESIS (D.N.P. (Doctor of Nursing Practice))--School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, 2010. / Converted to PDF files from various formats. Includes bibliographical references.

Two research methods, a correlational survey and a case study method were used to explore the impact of health focused and economic focused women's organizations on community development and health. Through the study the following questions were answered: (i) Is there a difference in the health and development indicators of the households of Elim Care Group Project members, Akanani members and members of the community who do not belong to any of the organizations? (ii) What contribution have these organizations made to individuals' and/or communities' way of life? (iii) What aspects of these organizations' structure and/or function strengthen or weaken the organization? For the correlational survey, quantitative data were collected from three categories of thirty households each that belonged to Care Group members, Akanani members and community members who did not belong to any organization. The analysis of the data showed that both the health focused and economic focused organizations kept their focus even though their functioning tended to overlap. The health focused group had a greater impact on health indicators e.g. number of diarrhoea episodes, respiratory tract infection episodes, nutritional state, while the economic focused group had greater impact on development indicators e.g. housing, income and education. The improvement in the development indicators did not influence the health indicators directly. The qualitative data collected for the case study provided an indepth information about the case studied. The health focused organization demonstrated stability in its management. This was composed of health personnel under the employment of the Department of Health Managing the Care Group was a paid job for them. The organization was established and supported by the community and therefore expressed the community's concerns. The economic focused organization provided opportunities for the rural people to establish money making enterprises. Some of the problems shown in this study in this regard relate to poor managerial and business skills that resulted in the production of products that were not readily marketable in the locality. This caused a lot of anxiety amongst members as earnings were irregular. The differences in the structure and functioning of the groups were analysed. These influenced the effectiveness and continued viability of the organizations. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1996.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-05T20:05:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 24 / Nenhuma / Objetivo de conhecer a percepção dos profissionais de equipes do PSF a respeito das configurações familiares e a compreensão de família saudável. Metodos de pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, empregando a técnica de grupo focal com profissionais do PSF do município de Campo Bom – RS. A amostra foi composta por 12 profissionais: médicos, enfermeiras, técnicas de enfermagem e agentes comunitárias de saúde. O instrumental metodológico utilizado foi a análise de conteúdo.Resultados: Os profissionais identificam e respeitam as diferentes configurações familiares, e adaptam o tratamento ao modelo de família que se apresenta. Conclusões: Disposição dos profissionais em lidar com os múltiplos arranjos familiares presentes no seu cotidiano / Objective this work aims to know the perception of a health care group professionals towards the families structures and their comprehension of a healthy family. Method it consists of a quality approach research, using the focal technical group with professionals of a health family program from Campo Bom – RS. The sample was composed by 12 professionals: physicians, nurses, nursing technician and health community agents. The methodological tool used was the content analysis. Results the professionals identify and respect the different family configurations, and adapt the medical treatment to the family that presents. Conclusion: The professional’s disposition to deal with the various families arrangements that are present in their quotidian

Mobila intensivvårdsgrupper (MIG) är inrättade på sjukhus världen över, som en resurs att aktivera när patienter på vårdavdelningar försämras i sitt sjukdomstillstånd. MIG, med sin specialistkompetens, minskar antalet allvarliga händelser på sjukhus och minskar mortaliteten vid korrekt användning. Trots detta föreligger indikationer på att MIG under används och idagsläget finns det behov av översikter över befintligt kunskapsläge. Syftet med studien är därför att beskriva vårdares upplevelser av barriärer till MIG-aktivering. Studien är genomförd som en integrativ litteraturöversikt bestående av 16 artiklar, sju kvantitativa, sex kvalitativa och tre med mixad metod. Litteratursökningen genomfördes i januari 2023 i databaserna Cinahl och Medline och genererade totalt 1835 träffar. En systematisk urvalsprocess och kvalitetsgranskning av litteraturen utfördes och i samband med dataanalysen bildades tre övergripande teman. Dessa teman är benämnda organisationens betydelse för MIG-aktivering, kunskapsnivåns betydelse för MIG-aktivering och attityders betydelse för MIGaktivering. Resultatet visar att MIG-situationer triggar ett spektrum av komplexa utmaningar för involverade vårdare, främst bestående av rutinrelaterade, kunskapsmässiga och sociokulturella orsaker. Avdelningssjuksköterskans roll är att bedöma när en MIG-aktivering behöver göras. Detta kan leda till känslor av otillräcklighet, och ifrågasättande av sin egen kompetens, grundat i bland annat negativa attityder och bristande interprofessionellt samarbete. MIG-sjuksköterskan har en multifacetterad uppgift som bland annat innefattar att ha ett helhetsperspektiv och arbeta strukturerat med att stabilisera patienter, kommunicera samt delegera uppgifter utefter iakttagelser. Dessa uppgifter integreras med att utgöra en mentorsroll för avdelningssjuksköterskan, där det är av vikt att inte negligera oro. Ur ett patientperspektiv ses en sårbar patient med ett stort behov av vård. Vård riskerar att utebli relaterat till barriärer till utebliven MIG-aktivering. Följaktligen motiveras en korrekt användning av MIG för att främja hälsa och förebygga lidande. / Mobile intensive care teams (MIG) are set up in hospitals worldwide, as a resource to activate when patients deteriorate. MIG, with its specialist skills, reduces the number of serious events in hospitals and reduces mortality when used correctly. Despite this, there are indications that MIG is underused and currently there is a need for overviews of the current state of knowledge. The purpose of the study is therefore to describe careers’ experiences of barriers to MIG activation. The study is conducted as an integrative literature review consisting of 16 articles, seven quantitative, six qualitative and three with a mixed method. The literature search was conducted in January 2023 in the databases Cinahl and Medline and generated a total of 1835 search hits. A systematics election process and quality review of the literature was carried out and in connection with the data analysis three overarching themes were formed. These themes are named the importance of the organization for MIG activation, the importance of the level of knowledge for MIG activation and the importance of attitudes for MIG activation. The results show that MIG situations trigger a spectrum of complex challenges for the careers’ involved, mainly consisting of routine, knowledge-related and sociocultural reasons. The ward nurse's role is to assess when a MIG activation needs to be done. This can lead to feelings of inadequacy, and questioning of one's own competence, based on, among other things, negative attitudes and a lack of interprofessional cooperation. The MIG nurse has a multifaceted task which includes, among other things, having a holistic perspective and working in a structured way to stabilize patients, communicate and delegate tasks based on observations. These tasks are integrated with forming a mentoring role for the ward nurse, where it is important not to neglect concerns. From a patient perspective, a vulnerable patient with a great need for care is seen. There is a risk for missed care related to to non-existent MIG activation. Accordingly, proper use of MIG is warranted to promote health and prevent suffering.

Bakgrund: Sjuksköterskor har ansvar att tidigt identifiera försämrade patienter på vårdavdelningar och kontakta den mobila intensivvårdsgruppen (MIG) för konsultation. Studier har visat att patienter med ökat vårdbehov kan vistas på vårdavdelningar som inte har adekvata personal- och övervakningsresurser. Dessa otillräckliga resurser och att vårda flera patienter samtidigt innebär en stressande arbetssituation. Samarbetet i team mellan intensivvårdssjuksköterskan och sjuksköterskan är avgörande för atten MIG konsultation ska fungera. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa sjuksköterskans upplevelse av samarbetet med intensivvårdssjuksköterskan vid en MIG konsultation. Metod: Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ ansats med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjuerna analyserades med induktiv innehållsanalys. Åtta sjuksköterskor på vårdavdelningarintervjuades. Resultat: Analysen utmynnade i fyra underkategorier, två kategorier och ettövergripande tema. Det övergripande temat beskrev en sista utväg som innebar att MIG finnssom ett stöd och en trygghet för sjuksköterskorna på vårdavdelningarna. Hur samarbetet med intensivvårdssjuksköterskan upplevdes berodde på många faktorer som bemötande, förståelseför arbetssituationen och respekt för sjuksköterskans kunskap. Hur samarbetet fungerade med intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna berodde på hur sjuksköterskorna blev bemötta vid MIG-konsultationerna. Slutsats: Oftast är samarbetet i team mellan sjuksköterskor och intensivvårdssjuksköterskor positivt. Dock kan svårigheter förekomma vilka grundade sig i intensivvårdssjuksköterskornas nedlåtande attityder. Intensivvårdssjuksköterskorna behöver ha förståelse för sjuksköterskans arbetssituation och ha rimliga förväntningar på dem. / Background: Nurses have a responsibility to early identify deteriorated patients in the general wards and contact the mobile intensive care group (MIG) for consultation. Studies have shown that patients with increased care needs may be in a ward that does not have the adequate staff and monitoring resources. These insufficient resources and nurses multiple patients at the same time implies a stressful work situation. Collaboration in teams between the intensive care nurse and the nurse is crucial for a MIG consultation to work. Aim: To illuminate the nurse's experience of collaboration with the intensive care nurseduring a MIG consultation. Method: Eight individual, semi-structured interviews with nursesworking at four care wards were analysed using inductive qualitative content analysis.Results: The analysis result was presented in four sub-categories, two categories and one theme. The overall theme a last resort described that MIG was there to support the nurses andit was safe to have the MIG at the hospital. How the collaboration with MIG was experienced depended on intensive care nurses´ attitude towards the nurses, such as their understanding of the nurses´ work situation and respected the nurses´ knowledge. How the collaboration worked with the intensive care nurses depended on how the nurses were treated at the MIG-consultations. Conclusion: Most nurses has a positive experience of working with the intensive care nurse, but there were difficulties with the team collaboration. However, difficulties may arise which are based on the condescending attitudes of the intensive care nurses. The intensive care nurses must understand the nurses' work situation and have reasonable expectations of them.

The objectives of the study were to determine infant and young child feeding (IYCF) knowledge of Household Health Promoters (HHPs) and examine its relationship with demographic characteristics. Quantitative, non-experimental descriptive design was used. Seventy-one randomly selected HHPs participated in the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The results showed that the mean IYCF knowledge score was 77.8% (N=71). The knowledge of the respondents was not uniform across the components of IYCF which ranged between 19.72% for duration of breastfeeding to 100% for colostrums feeding. None of the socio-demographic characteristic was significantly associated to the mean knowledge score. The study identified that refresher training should be provided to the HHPs on IYCF with emphasis on the aspects of IYCF with scores below the mean / Health Studies

Text in English / This study analyses the application of a community based intervention, the Care Group (CG) model, in relief work in Somalia and South Sudan. On the basis of expert interviews and a variety of documents it was researched whether the CG model is applicable to the context mentioned or if adaptations would be necessary. An increase in prolonged crises challenges humanitarian action to adapt relief work to longer-term interventions. The concept of combining the strengths of development cooperation and humanitarian action - Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development - is looked at in this study. Furthermore, for example, the asset-based community development approach, humanitarian work and characteristics of a protracted crisis were explored as the theoretical back-ground. The findings and the conclusion of this research may provide inputs for other humanitarian NGOs that are working in chronic conflict situations and being confronted with the need to introduce a long-term method for Behaviour Change Communication. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)