The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine whether wellness management students would have higher levels of wellness than students who are not studying wellness, and (b) to determine if the results of the Stages of Change measurement questionnaire would correlate positively with the results of a standardized wellness measurement questionnaire. The first issue was examined by comparing total wellness levels of wellness management graduate students with total wellness levels of nonwellness management graduate students, as measured by the Testwell Wellness Inventory. There was no statistical difference between the two groups. This suggests that wellness students may not be effective models in their chosen field. The second issue was examined by testing whether the Stages of Change measurement questionnaire would correlate positively with the Testwell total wellness score. Study results showed that if students scored high in wellness, they would score in a high Stages of Change category. This suggests that the Stages of Change questionnaire may be used to measure readiness for general lifestyle behavior change. / Fisher Institute for Wellness

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1980.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1980.

Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-04T12:36:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009 / Historicamente, a situação da assistência farmacêutica no município deSão Paulo sempre foi deficitária, principalmente no que diz respeito à qualidade da formação técnica de seus recursos humanos, assim como também no que se refere à quantidade destes, que atua nas farmácias das Unidades de Saúde do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Diante desse quadro, a área técnica de assistência farmacêutica da Secretaria Municipal da Saúde (SMS), a coordenação do Curso Técnico em Farmácia da Escola Técnica do Sistema Único de Saúde do município de São Paulo (ETSUS-SP) e farmacêuticos do município optaram por formar técnicos para a área, profissionalizando os funcionários sem formação específicaque atuavam nas farmácias das unidades de saúde. O currículo do Curso Técnico em Farmácia foi criado com base no processo de trabalho desenvolvido nas farmácias das unidades de saúde. Foi estruturado em módulos, com uma carga horária total de 1.200 horas e 200 horas de estágio supervisionado. No período de 2006 a 2008 seis turmas concluíram o curso, tendo sido formados 140 trabalhadores. O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar o Curso Técnico emFarmácia da ETSUS-SP, por meio do levantamento das opiniões dos egressos e docentes. Realizou-se uma pesquisa de abordagem quanti-qualitativa executada na região sudeste do município de São Paulo, com a utilização de questionário aplicado aos egressos e de entrevista semiestruturada feita com os docentes da turma finalizada em 2007. Pelos resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa, verificou-se que o Curso Técnico em Farmácia atendeu a sua finalidade, qual seja, a de formar trabalhadores para as farmácias do SUS, entendendo ser a farmácia um estabelecimento de saúde e que necessita de profissionais com formação específica. No entanto, de acordo com os docentes e de 70 por cento dos egressos, o curso deve sofrer reformulação, sobretudo no tocante a sua atualização. Como proposta de ação, sugeriu-se uma oficina de trabalho para a reelaboração do currículo. Nesta pesquisa ficou constatado que apesar de a Secretaria Municipal da Saúde, por meio da ETSUS-SP, oferecer oportunidade de formação técnica adequada, os profissionais titulados muitas vezes não são aproveitados na nova área. Ficou demonstrado também que não há incentivo financeiro para continuarem atuando na área e que a contratação por concurso público não semostra atrativa, pois são funcionários antigos de outras carreiras. / Historically speaking, the situation of the Pharmaceutical Assistance in the city of São Paulo was presented a deficit, mainly in terms of quality and amount of human resources that work in pharmacies of the Health Units. Facing the poor situation, the Pharmaceutical Assistance technical area of the Municipal Health, the Coordination of the Course of Technician in Pharmacy of the School Technician of System Unique of Health of city of São Paulo (ETSUS-SP) and local pharmacists decided to graduate technicians for the area, professionalizing the ones who worked in pharmacies of the units of health, without specific formation. The Course of Technician in Pharmacy was then based in the process of work developed in pharmacies of the units of health of the System Unique of Health (SUS). It was structuralized in modules, with a total schedule of 1,200 hours with 200 hours of supervised period of training. One hundred forty students were graduated in period of 2006/8. The present study aimed to analyze the Technician Course in Pharmacy of the ETSUS-SP, questioning graduated students and professor. A quanti-qualitative research was carried out, questioning students and a semi-structuralized interview was applied to the professors at the end of the graduated year of 2007 in the Southeastern region of the city of São Paulo. The results found in this research showed that the Technician Course in Pharmacy has reached its purpose, i.e., to graduate workers for pharmacies of the SUS, having in consideration that pharmacy is not just a place, but somewhere of health as well, and it needs professionals with specific knowledge of the field. However, in accordance with the opinion of the graduates and professors, the course must be re-formuled. 70% of the interviewers said the course must update itself. As a proposal action, a workshop was suggested, aiming to re-elaborate the curriculum. It was evidenced that although the SMS, by ETSUS-SP, offers the opportunity of graduation for its workers, these same employees are not fully used in their new area. We should go farther. There is no financial incentive for the old career employees from other areas and hiring them by public examinations doesn’t show very attractive.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Population estimations for the year 2000 indicate an increase in poor and minorities in the United States (Loden & Rosener, 1991). In view of this growth trend, Berger (1989) suggests a need for social workers with sensitivity to such populations. The presence of minority perspectives provides a valuable contribution to service delivery (Mullen et al., 1993). Efforts to enhance student persistence in graduate schools of social work will contribute to the pool of social workers available in the next century. The purpose of this study is to determine the factors that contribute to African American student persistence in graduate schools of social work. This study applies aspects of Astin's, Tinto's and Green's theories of persistence. Astin's theory of involvement (1975) considers student investment of time in educational pursuits. Tinto's (1975) theory of departure includes background, social and academic aspects in persistence decisions. Green's (1997) theory focuses on the ability of the student to cope with racial issues (racial resilience) and the racial climate of the school (racial responsiveness). One hundred and thirty-five students from two predominantly white and two historically black universities participated in surveys administered to determine the effect of involvement, background, academic, social, resilience factors, and college type upon student persistence outcomes. Interviews held with administrative personnel at each institution provided contextual data. Correlations were used to examine the relationships among all of the variables in the study. T-Tests were conducted to compare outcomes due to university type. Multiple regressions were used to explore the relationships between significant independent variables and persistence. The findings of this study indicate that persistence outcomes of African American graduate social work students are influenced by: (a) academic performance, faculty-student relationships, (c) health, (d) the ability to deal with stress, and (e) ethnic pride (impressions of ethnic group). These findings suggest that social work programs that incorporate aggressive grade monitoring practices, provide diverse opportunities for student-faculty interaction, offer opportunities for health care, stress alternatives, and a culturally relevant curriculum, may positively influence African American student persistence.