<p> This study was the result of a quantitative methods research design, which assessed: athletic training services, injury prevention at the time of the study, and intervention protocols for high schools within the Gateway Athletic Conference (GAC). This study explored the impact of injuries and concussions on student athletes. The study also examined the types of athletic training facilities, resources for rehabilitation, and procedures for athletic training programs available at the high school level in the GAC. The study uncovered some significant findings between the groups who were surveyed. The participants surveyed represented athletic trainers, athletic directors, and coaches. There were differences in how these groups viewed emergency care procedures, injury policies, and protocols. The differences ranged from views of job descriptions, written policies and procedures for emergency transportation, reporting and submitting accident reports, and regular review of the effectiveness of athletic training services. The groups did agree on most legal duties and responsibilities, general policies and procedures, injury management protocol and procedures, training room facilities, and operation questions. Blood-borne pathogens were an area in which notable improvement is needed, and there were some concerns with some of the data reporting injury statistics. Overall, the participants agreed with one another, but there were some differences throughout the study, as reported in this dissertation.</p>

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2007. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1447087. ProQuest document ID: 1414126931. Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-40)

Thesis (Ph. D. )--School of Education and Dept. of Sociology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2007. / "A dissertation in education and sociology." Advisor: Sue Vartuli. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed April 22, 2008 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-214). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009. / Title from title screen (site viewed June 26, 2009). PDF text: xii, 221 p. ; 8 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3344195. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1982.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1982.

<p> Global explosion of mobile technology has engendered a new instrument to address the challenges in public health and to revolutionize the paradigm of healthcare access and delivery system. Today mobile phone coverage has increased to a significant 90% of the world&rsquo;s population. The rising ubiquity and infiltration of mobile phones has kindled the beginning of a new era in healthcare, mobile health (mHealth). mHealth is the amalgamation of mobile telecommunication and multimedia into an on the go mobile health care delivery system. </p><p> Pediatric Pal is a mHealth application targeted to care for children and help build a healthier tomorrow for them. Pediatric Pal is designed to be the &ldquo;Drive Thru&rdquo; for the pediatric healthcare system. The mhealth app focuses on giving patients access to a highly sophisticated medical diagnosis tool. By using latest searching technologies, the system can take a pattern of symptoms in everyday language and instantly compute from our vast database. The app design and development will be outsourced to a web design Hyperlink solutions agency. Database for the app will be maintained in house and test runs will be run within the house. </p><p> The main source of revenue for the app will be from user subscription and upfront cash payment. Premium downloads will bring in the extra revenue as well. </p><p> Pediatric Pal puts world&rsquo;s medical knowledge at the patients fingertips and enables them to make sense of your symptoms. It will change the way patients speak to their doctor forever.</p><p>

<p> Through advancements in modern medicine, human beings worldwide are living longer. The increase in life expectancy creates a need for a more qualified and knowledgeable nursing workforce for the delivery of quality geriatric health care. Although nurses are the primary care providers for vulnerable older adults, they are generally not well trained or prepared in geriatric care. Therefore, the purpose of the project was to develop an education program aimed at improving nursing knowledge of geriatric care in the long-term care (LTC) setting. The goal of the project was to answer the research question: What impact would attendance in the program have on improving nursing geriatric knowledge, retention, and job satisfaction by project end? Guided by the advancing research and clinical practice through close collaboration (ARCC) model for evidence-based practice (EBP), the learning needs of nurses in the LTC setting were assessed. The 6-week education program was designed to provide education on the basics of geriatric care, pharmacology and aging, symptom evaluation, dementia care, and geriatric physical assessment. Project participants consisted of 8 nurses who volunteered to take part in the program. The program was evaluated using a pre-test and post-test method to examine nurse&rsquo;s knowledge before and after the education program. Using a paired <i>t</i> test, the results indicated a significant increase (<i>p</i> &lt; .05) between the mean pre-test (3.75) and mean post-test (4.25) scores of nurse knowledge of geriatric care. The education program improved participant knowledge of geriatric care. Positive social change will be achieved with this scholarly project as nurses with greater knowledge gain confidence, strengthen decision making and clinical skills, and improve patient outcomes in the LTC setting.</p><p>

O presente estudo insere-se no âmbito das discussões acerca do cotidiano da creche legalmente reconhecida na cidade São Paulo como Centro de Educação Infantil CEI e do papel profissional desempenhado por suas educadoras, atualmente denominadas professoras de Educação Infantil PEIs. Tendo como base teórica o paradigma vygotskyano do desenvolvimento humano, focalizo a investigação tanto nas discussões e impasses que ainda cercam o ato de cuidar e educar a criança de zero a três anos em um contexto institucional, bem como na busca de reconhecer as visões que as educadoras de CEI expressam sobre o seu papel profissional. O objetivo principal da pesquisa é identificar como as concepções acerca de cuidado e educação são entendidas e internalizadas pelas educadoras e como, na visão desses sujeitos, se traduzem no trabalho diário desenvolvido junto às crianças e famílias atendidas em um CEI no município de São Paulo. A pesquisa utiliza a metodologia qualitativa. O material foi coletado por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, realizadas com quatro educadoras que trabalham na Rede Municipal de São Paulo. Esse estudo busca ainda identificar possíveis pontos de semelhança e de divergência entre os depoimentos reunidos, levando em conta os diferentes níveis de formação e de experiência profissional das educadoras pesquisadas. A análise dos dados permite constatar que os diferentes níveis de formação das educadoras pesquisadas não interferem na forma como concebem o cuidado e a educação da criança pequena, mostrando que a formação prévia exigida por lei tem funcionado apenas como pré-requisito para atuar na área, nem sempre sendo determinante para a transformação de suas concepções nem, tampouco, da atuação prática das educadoras. O binômio cuidado-educação, amplamente divulgado nas orientações legais apresenta-se no cotidiano do CEI de maneira cindida, evidenciando que a adesão às novas orientações ainda acontece, apenas, no plano do discurso. O presente estudo revela que a forma como as educadoras do CEI concebem o cuidado e a educação das crianças está intimamente relacionada à histórica indefinição que, ainda hoje, acompanha o papel da educadora de creche. / This current study concerns itself with those discussions involving the daily running of the crèche, Centro de Educação Infantil (Infant Education Centre) - CEI - which is legally recognized in São Paulo, and with the professional roles carried out by its educators, currently known as infant education professors PEIs. Taking the Vygotskian paradigm of human development as a theoretical base, here I focus the investigation on both the discussions and impasses that still surround the act of caring for, and educating, children in the zero to three year old age range in an institutional context, and on the search to better understand the mindsets that the CEI educators convey about their professional role. The main aim of this research is to identify how perceptions surrounding care and education are understood and internalized by educators and how, in their view, this translates into the daily work carried out together with those children and families attended by the CEI in the municipal of São Paulo. The qualitative method is used in this research. The material was collected using semistructured interviews, carried out on four educators who work for the Municipal of São Paulo. This research also aims to identify possible similarities and divergences among those statements collected, while taking into consideration the varying levels of academic formation and professional experience of those educators researched. An analysis of the data allowed us to substantiate that the different academic levels of education of those educators interviewed does not interfere in the way that they perceive the care and education of young children, thus showing that the prior academic education required by law has only functioned as a prerequisite to work in the area. This is not always a determining factor in the transformation of their perceptions or in the practice of carrying out their work as educators. The careeducation binomial, widely divulged in legal guidelines is presented in the daily running of the CEI in a divided manner, revealing that an adhesion to the new guidelines still only takes place in a discursive manner. This present study shows that the way in which the educators in CEI perceive the care and education of the children in their care is intimately related to the historical non-definition that still accompanies the role of Crèche educators.

O presente estudo insere-se no âmbito das discussões acerca do cotidiano da creche legalmente reconhecida na cidade São Paulo como Centro de Educação Infantil CEI e do papel profissional desempenhado por suas educadoras, atualmente denominadas professoras de Educação Infantil PEIs. Tendo como base teórica o paradigma vygotskyano do desenvolvimento humano, focalizo a investigação tanto nas discussões e impasses que ainda cercam o ato de cuidar e educar a criança de zero a três anos em um contexto institucional, bem como na busca de reconhecer as visões que as educadoras de CEI expressam sobre o seu papel profissional. O objetivo principal da pesquisa é identificar como as concepções acerca de cuidado e educação são entendidas e internalizadas pelas educadoras e como, na visão desses sujeitos, se traduzem no trabalho diário desenvolvido junto às crianças e famílias atendidas em um CEI no município de São Paulo. A pesquisa utiliza a metodologia qualitativa. O material foi coletado por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, realizadas com quatro educadoras que trabalham na Rede Municipal de São Paulo. Esse estudo busca ainda identificar possíveis pontos de semelhança e de divergência entre os depoimentos reunidos, levando em conta os diferentes níveis de formação e de experiência profissional das educadoras pesquisadas. A análise dos dados permite constatar que os diferentes níveis de formação das educadoras pesquisadas não interferem na forma como concebem o cuidado e a educação da criança pequena, mostrando que a formação prévia exigida por lei tem funcionado apenas como pré-requisito para atuar na área, nem sempre sendo determinante para a transformação de suas concepções nem, tampouco, da atuação prática das educadoras. O binômio cuidado-educação, amplamente divulgado nas orientações legais apresenta-se no cotidiano do CEI de maneira cindida, evidenciando que a adesão às novas orientações ainda acontece, apenas, no plano do discurso. O presente estudo revela que a forma como as educadoras do CEI concebem o cuidado e a educação das crianças está intimamente relacionada à histórica indefinição que, ainda hoje, acompanha o papel da educadora de creche. / This current study concerns itself with those discussions involving the daily running of the crèche, Centro de Educação Infantil (Infant Education Centre) - CEI - which is legally recognized in São Paulo, and with the professional roles carried out by its educators, currently known as infant education professors PEIs. Taking the Vygotskian paradigm of human development as a theoretical base, here I focus the investigation on both the discussions and impasses that still surround the act of caring for, and educating, children in the zero to three year old age range in an institutional context, and on the search to better understand the mindsets that the CEI educators convey about their professional role. The main aim of this research is to identify how perceptions surrounding care and education are understood and internalized by educators and how, in their view, this translates into the daily work carried out together with those children and families attended by the CEI in the municipal of São Paulo. The qualitative method is used in this research. The material was collected using semistructured interviews, carried out on four educators who work for the Municipal of São Paulo. This research also aims to identify possible similarities and divergences among those statements collected, while taking into consideration the varying levels of academic formation and professional experience of those educators researched. An analysis of the data allowed us to substantiate that the different academic levels of education of those educators interviewed does not interfere in the way that they perceive the care and education of young children, thus showing that the prior academic education required by law has only functioned as a prerequisite to work in the area. This is not always a determining factor in the transformation of their perceptions or in the practice of carrying out their work as educators. The careeducation binomial, widely divulged in legal guidelines is presented in the daily running of the CEI in a divided manner, revealing that an adhesion to the new guidelines still only takes place in a discursive manner. This present study shows that the way in which the educators in CEI perceive the care and education of the children in their care is intimately related to the historical non-definition that still accompanies the role of Crèche educators.