The problem of the study was to develop valid and reliable evaluation tools for the American Red Cross course "Healthy Pregnancy, Healthy Baby." From a table of specification, a pool of 87 items was developed into two evaluation scales. A thirteen-member jury of experts composed of professionals in prenatal education was used to establish content validity. The jury of experts reviewed the scales twice. The first review, items were subject to both a quantitative and qualitative review. Items were then retained, revised, or eliminated. The jury of experts then reviewed the scales a second time, and items again were subjected to quantitative and qualitative analysis. The second review included the use of the Content-Validity Ratio. All items in the scales that were not statistically significant at p<. 05 were eliminated. The validated evaluation scales made up of 46 items from the 87 originally proposed items were then pilot tested. Fifty-two women were then asked to complete the two evaluation scales one week apart. Upon completion of the pilot study, items were subjected to statistical analysis using test-retest, Cronbach's alpha, and internal constancy. Those items with a low test-test scores and/or internal constancy were then eliminated. The retained knowledge questions were then revised as the questions were subjected to quantitative analysis. / Department of Physiology and Health Science

The problem of this study was to identify collaboration strategies, communication strategies, and barriers to collaboration through examining the strategies utilized by the American Red Cross Statewide HIV/AIDS Networks (SWANs). A cross-sectional, content analysis of documents from 41 American Red Cross SWANs was conducted. The collaborative strategies were catalogued utilizing five levels of collaborative involvement. Communication strategies used by the SWANs and barriers to collaboration were also analyzed. Frequencies and percentages of utilization by the S WANs were calculated. A chi-square test was used to compare the lower and higher levels of collaborative involvement and was found to be statistically significant (p < .05). The identified strategies and barriers can provide a database from which other groups involved in collaboration can select. Descriptive strategy examples are included. / Department of Physiology and Health Science

The aim of the study was to look at the psychomotor skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and relate the results to sex, age and type of training. Place of training had three different categories: training at Finnish Red Cross (FRC) courses for general public, training at workplace or training at both places. The study was conducted on 310 trainees on different first aid courses and events in Finland. The psychomotor skills were evaluated by observation with help of a CPR evaluation standardized checklist with 11 moments. Age showed to have an impact on the skills. Age groups 20, 30 and 40 performed the skills better than the age group 50 and above. To explain the difference with anxiety is not likely, as 41.1 % of the trainees informed not to be afraid in a real situation and only 27.8% answered to be or did not know if they would be afraid. More likely the difference can be explained by self confidence to act as well as by the fact that different age groups need different teaching methods. Repeating has also a big role with the competence. Trainees with health care background or active at FRC succeeded to get better results. They also managed better with the essential moments like calling for help and opening the airways. Obvious is that those with 3-6 passed first aid courses managed to get better results than those with 0-2 courses. Motivation to have skills in CPR have an impact when comparing the skills and place where you got the training. All 11 moments right had 43.8% of the trainees who got their training at a FRC course, and 28.0% of those who were trained at workplace. Same difference can be shown when comparing skills with the essential moment, opening the airways. Out of the trainees at FRC courses 89.9% performed it right and 62.7% of trainees at courses at workplaces. When evaluating the skills it is just not enough to look at the right moments, but as well at the crucial, life saving, measures. In order to save more lives by CPR training an essential factor in the training is confidence to intervene in the event as well as repetition together with different teaching methods for different target groups. CPR skill tests are an important tool for the future development of the quality of the teachers. / <p>ISBN 91-7997-096-6</p>

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of History, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Virginia, 2007. / Spine title: American Red Cross in World War I. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online through Digital Dissertations.

Thesis (LL.M.)--The Judge Advocate General's School, United States Army, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (LLMC Digital, viewed on Mar. 22, 2010). "April 2007". Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A. (Political and International Studies))--Rhodes University, 2005. / A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts.

Introdução: O presente estudo resgatou a reconfiguração da Escola de Enfermagem da Cruz Vermelha Filial Estado de São Paulo (EECVB-FESP) nos anos de 1940-1945, cuja instituição foi propagadora do modelo militar de ensino na enfermagem, caracterizado por relações disciplinadas e hierarquizadas dos saberes e das práticas da enfermagem. Objetivos: Esse estudo teve como objetivos: discutir elementos que configuraram os jogos de poder, saber e verdade na formação da EECVB FESP; analisar o dispositivo pedagógico que fomentava o ensino de enfermagem e seus efeitos na constituição dos modos de subjetivação nas mulheres-alunas; analisar as relações de saber/poder e a produção dos modos de subjetivação dos sujeitos no âmbito do ensino oferecido pela EECVB-FESP e discutir aspectos da legislação vigente à época, bem como seus desdobramentos sobre o ensino da enfermagem e o modelo militar de ensino dessa escola. Método: Optou-se pelo referencial proposto por Michel Foucault, tendo como base os enunciados discursivos das fontes midiáticas e documentais, que dão sustentação ao estudo, pois possibilitaram a problematização e a análise dos achados e trouxeram à tona as relações de saber-poder no campo da formação da enfermeira na EECVB-FESP. Segundo esse referencial, o pesquisador da história busca desvelar o que está posto, lança outras indagações sobre o óbvio que, por vezes, passam despercebidas no cotidiano. As fontes utilizadas foram constituídas de matérias e propagandas jornalísticas veiculadas no jornal A Gazeta, matérias publicadas nas revistas da Cruz Vermelha Brasileira e documentos da própria EECVB-FESP. Ao tomar como objeto de estudo os discursos que emergem destas fontes sobre a formação em enfermagem, a análise centrou-se na articulação e circulação das relações de saber-poder no contexto pedagógico contemporâneo. Resultados e discussão: A década de 1940 foi um período marcante na historiografia brasileira, sobretudo os primeiros anos pelas mobilizações ensejadas pela Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) e sua imersão numa política ditatorial denominada Estado Novo (1937-1945). Entre outras profissões, a enfermagem encontrava-se presente na maquinaria de poder imbricadas do governo vigente à época, alavancando estratégias que, realocavam e reafirmavam o papel da mulher na sociedade, seja como a mãe, a esposa e a filha, ou seja, a cuidadora. O rol de documentos examinados à luz do referencial proposto perfaz uma teia discursiva que, por um lado, justifica e atualiza a importância da formação em enfermagem no período e nas possibilidades de emancipação da mulher para o espaço público. Os dados revelaram, ainda, que atrelada à falta de autonomia, havia representações da enfermeira formada pela EECVB-FESP perpassadas pelos ideais do altruísmo e da abnegação, os quais requeriam baixa complexidade de conhecimento científico para práticas das ações no contexto do cuidado enfrentadas pelos profissionais nos tempos e espaços em que tradicionalmente atuavam. No contexto legal da época, observou-se que as legislações sobre o ensino de enfermagem reforçavam o modelo militar da formação dos profissionais de enfermagem e, portanto, davam ênfase à disciplina e à hierarquização. Conclusão: As fontes analisadas, sobretudo na perspectiva midiática da época não veiculavam apenas informações, opiniões e comentários sobre as alunas/mulheres/enfermeiras, mas compunham enunciados que podem ser problematizados, pois prescreviam as formas de fazer, aprender, de ensinar e, sobretudo, de ser e de compreender o mundo, arregimentando assim uma eficaz maquinaria de governabilidade pedagógica do ensino de enfermagem do período, com forte ênfase na conduta e na disciplinarização do corpus da enfermagem. O modelo militar de formação da enfermeira a EECVB-FESP é um retrato do interesse do Estado Novo de transformar a mulher-enfermeira em mãe cuidadosa, zelosa, dócil, mas servil pois orquestrada pela dominação masculina / Introduction: This study rescued the reconfiguration of the School of Nursing, Red Cross Branch State of São Paulo (EECVB-HSPA) in the years 1940-1945, of which was a propagator of the military model of education in nursing, characterized by disciplined and hierarchical relationships the knowledge and practice of nursing. Objectives: This study aimed to: discuss elements that configure the games of power, knowledge and truth in the formation of EECVB - FESP; analyze pedagogic device that fostered nursing education and its effects on the constitution of the modes of subjectivity in women pupils; analyze the relations of power / knowledge and the production of modes of subjectivity of the subjects in teaching offered by EECVB-HSPA and discuss aspects of current legislation at the time, as well as their impacts on nursing education and the military model of education that school. Method: We chose the framework proposed by Michel Foucault, based on the discursive statements of media and documentary sources, that support the study, enabling us to questioning and analyzing the findings and brought to light the relations of power-knowledge in field training of nurses in EECVB-HSPA. According to this framework, the researcher of history seeks to unveil what is laid, launches other questions about the obvious that sometimes go unnoticed in everyday life. The sources used were composed of matter and conveyed newspaper advertisements in the newspaper A Gazeta, published articles in the journals of the Brazilian Red Cross and documents own EECVB-HSPA. Taking as an object of study the discourses that emerge from these sources on nursing education, the analysis focused on the articulation and circulation of knowledge-power relations in contemporary pedagogical context. Results and discussion: The 1940s was a watershed period in Brazilian history, especially the early years by movements ensejadas the Second World War (1939-1945) and his immersion in a dictatorial policy named Novo (1937-1945) State. Among other professions, nursing was present in the machinery of intertwined power of government force at the time, leveraging strategies that realocavam and reaffirmed the role of women in society, either as a mother, wife and daughter, ie the caregiver. The list of documents examined in the light of the proposed reference amounts to a discursive web that on the one hand, and updates justifies the importance of nursing education in the period and the possibilities of emancipation of women into public space. The data also revealed that linked to a lack of autonomy, there were representations made by the nurse-EECVB FESP pervaded by the ideals of altruism and selflessness, which required low complexity of scientific knowledge for practical actions in the context of care faced by professionals the times and spaces in which traditionally worked. In the legal context of the time, it was observed that the laws on nursing education reinforced the military model of training of nursing and therefore gave emphasis on discipline and hierarchy. Conclusion: The sources analyzed, especially in the media perspective of the time not only veiculavam information, opinions and comments about the girls / women / nurses, but made up statements that can be problematized, as prescribed forms to do, learn, teach and above, of being and understanding the world, so mustering an effective pedagogical machinery of governance of education of nursing, with strong emphasis on conduct and disciplining of the corpus of nursing. The military model of training of nurses EECVB-HSPA is a picture of the interest of the State of New transforming the woman-nurse in careful, dutiful, docile mother, but servile as orchestrated by male domination.

A la fin du XIXe siècle, trois sociétés françaises de la Croix-Rouge apparaissent. Ces associations humanitaires sont auxiliaires du Service de Santé des armées. Les hommes et les femmes bénévoles soignent les soldats français blessés. Les femmes bénévoles sont infirmières, conductrices automobiles, etc. Peu à peu, elles s'imposent et deviennent essentielle dans le fonctionnement général des Croix-Rouges. Aux yeux des hauts gradés militaires, des médecins et des hommes des Croix-Rouges, elles se rendent indispensables par leurs zèles, leurs dévouements, leurs sacrifices notamment lors de la guerre entre la France de Napoléon III et la Prusse (1870-1871), pour la première fois véritablement pendant la Grande Guerre (1914-1918) et la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-1945). En temps de paix, les femmes sont polyvalentes. Elles collectent des fonds, tissent des réseaux avec les populations locales, les milieux économiques et politiques. Elles recrutent de nouvelles bénévoles pour les former ensuite au métier d'infirmière. Ces femmes appartiennent aux milieux aisés de la noblesse et de la bourgeoisie. Elles remplacent leurs homologues masculins quand ils sont en sous-effectifs à certaines fonctions et selon les périodes. Elles permettent aux Croix-Rouges de continuer à assurer leurs missions en faveur des combattants blessés, des victimes d'épidémies et catastrophes naturelles. Les femmes engagées dans les Croix-Rouges ont un destin extraordinaire. / At the end of the nineteenth century, three French companies of the Red Cross appear. These humanitarian organizations are auxiliaries of the Health Service of the Armed. Men and women volunteers care for the wounded French soldiers. Volunteers are women nurses, auto conductive, etc. Gradually they become necessary and essential in the overall functioning of the Red Cross. In the eyes of senior military officers, doctors and men of the Red Cross, they make themselves indispensable by their zeals, their devotion, their sacrifices particularly during the war between France and Napoleon III of Prussia (1870-1871), for the first time really in the Great War (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). In peacetime, women are versatile. They raise funds, weave networks with local populations, economic and political circles. They recruit new volunteers for the next train as a nurse. These women belong to the upper classes of the nobility and bourgeoisie. They replace their male counterparts when they are understaffed in certain functions and over time. They allow the Red Cross to continue to assurer their missions for the wounded fighters, victims of natural disasters and epidemics. Women involved in the Red Cross have an extraordinary destiny.

Masters in Public Administration - MPA / Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH), located in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only hospital in sub-Saharan Africa dedicated to children. It renders world–class public health-care services to sick children; 95% of which come from the poor, local and distant communities and require specialised treatment to recover. This case study aims to explore the factors associated with debt management and revenue-enhancing strategies in the Hospital Fees Department (HFD). The primary objective of the study is to examine the way in which the hospital manages outstanding debt and identify different empirical methods to improve revenue collection. In order to ensure the cost recovery of services, members of the public are billed and the expectation is, of course, for the bills to be paid. The hospital has a Hospital Information System (HIS) in place that consists of Clinicom and the Accounts Receivable System (ARS). The business design of Clinicom ensures that patient information is recorded and billed correctly. The ARS, on the other hand, ensures the collection of debt and reconciliation of state funds. The reason for choosing the HFD is that this component influences service delivery and funding. The importance of cost recovery to improve service delivery coincides with the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and it is for this reason that people have the right to basic services. By making for sure revenues are collected, it ensures that the improved health-care services, to which they are entitled, are delivered to members of the public at the RCWMCH. The primary approach employed to collect information is made using structured questions and interviews with the members of the public and the RCWMCH management. The secondary approach is through the use of books in the field of finance, the HFD annual reports and policies. The study concludes with findings and makes recommendations to the RCWMCH management, the South African government and the academic arena at large. The researched information can be used as a tool to manage outstanding debt and improve revenue collection for the RCWMCH and other hospitals that face similar circumstances.