Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Seminary, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-144).

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in six non-intensive care services. A review of all patients on their 3rd and 10th day of broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was conducted at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre using a stepped–wedge randomized design. The primary outcome was broad-spectrum antimicrobial utilization in the intervention period compared to the control period. Despite high volumes and uptake of stewardship recommendations, a non-significant reduction in targeted antimicrobial utilization was achieved; however, median length of stay of the patients included was ~4 days, limiting the ability of the intervention to make a significant impact on inpatient antimicrobial utilization. Careful consideration of the targeted patient population is, therefore, warranted when planning and implementing antimicrobial stewardship interventions. Future work may focus on intervening earlier in the course of therapy.

The objective of this study was to determine the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship intervention in six non-intensive care services. A review of all patients on their 3rd and 10th day of broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy was conducted at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre using a stepped–wedge randomized design. The primary outcome was broad-spectrum antimicrobial utilization in the intervention period compared to the control period. Despite high volumes and uptake of stewardship recommendations, a non-significant reduction in targeted antimicrobial utilization was achieved; however, median length of stay of the patients included was ~4 days, limiting the ability of the intervention to make a significant impact on inpatient antimicrobial utilization. Careful consideration of the targeted patient population is, therefore, warranted when planning and implementing antimicrobial stewardship interventions. Future work may focus on intervening earlier in the course of therapy.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1997. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-150).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Seminary, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-144).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-111).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Concordia Seminary, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-144).

Stewardship is a key tool for the protection of natural areas at the landscape-scale. This is nowhere more evident than in the Carolinian Life Zone of Southern Ontario, where habitat exists for approximately 80% of Canada???s Species at Risk and where the majority of land is in private ownership. However, the implementation of stewardship initiatives has not always been successful. While an outcome of stewardship has been increased protection, initiatives that do not serve landowner needs can lead to reduced landowner support for future stewardship efforts. As such there is a need to look beyond landowner participation/non-participation, and instead examine the factors influencing landowner support for stewardship. The existing stewardship research on landowner support has found three main influencing factors: stewardship ethics, property rights concerns and bureaucracy. To examine if these themes are relevant to the Carolinian Life Zone interviews were conducted at three case study sites: Point Pelee, Rondeau and Long Point. The findings indicate that while the three broad themes are present, certain themes are more salient than others. It was also found that the local stewardship context made a great difference for landowner responses. Recommendations from the findings involve changes to stewardship programs, the role of landowners in conservation decision-making and land-use regulations.

Stewardship is a key tool for the protection of natural areas at the landscape-scale. This is nowhere more evident than in the Carolinian Life Zone of Southern Ontario, where habitat exists for approximately 80% of Canada’s Species at Risk and where the majority of land is in private ownership. However, the implementation of stewardship initiatives has not always been successful. While an outcome of stewardship has been increased protection, initiatives that do not serve landowner needs can lead to reduced landowner support for future stewardship efforts. As such there is a need to look beyond landowner participation/non-participation, and instead examine the factors influencing landowner support for stewardship. The existing stewardship research on landowner support has found three main influencing factors: stewardship ethics, property rights concerns and bureaucracy. To examine if these themes are relevant to the Carolinian Life Zone interviews were conducted at three case study sites: Point Pelee, Rondeau and Long Point. The findings indicate that while the three broad themes are present, certain themes are more salient than others. It was also found that the local stewardship context made a great difference for landowner responses. Recommendations from the findings involve changes to stewardship programs, the role of landowners in conservation decision-making and land-use regulations.

The purpose of this study was to explore how volunteers engaged in natural-area based projects develop attachments to the resource and act as stewards for these resources. The context of this study was the National Park Service's All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) project. This project recruits citizen scientist volunteers to go out into the field with scientists to help collect and catalogue species in the park in an attempt to generate an all inclusive species inventory. Using data collected during indepth interviews and notes taken from participant observations, this study found ATBI participants' motivations to volunteer in the project were multifaceted and included (a) an attachment to the park, (b) an attachment to specific species, (c) the social bonds to other volunteers, (d) the bioblitz experience itself, (e) and/or the opportunity to learn about the natural environment. Analysis of the data also found volunteer informants had personal, well defined meanings attached to the resource prior to the inception of the ATBI project. Through participation in the ATBI project, however, the resource was experienced in a new way, with new meanings emerging while other established meanings were refined. It was found that these established, emerging, and refined meanings formed the foundation of the informants' attachments to the ATBI resource(s), which in turn became the basis for their stewardship of their respective parks, as well as feelings of stewardship for natural areas beyond park boundaries.