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Joseph Woodring - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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improving hepatitis b birth dose coverage through village health Volunteer Training and pregnant women education
Vaccine, 2017Co-Authors: Xi Li, James D Heffelfinger, Eric Wiesen, Sergey Diorditsa, Jayaprakash Valiakolleri, Agnes Nikuata, Ezekial Nukuro, Beia Tabwaia, Joseph WoodringAbstract:Abstract Hepatitis B is highly endemic in the Republic of Kiribati, while the coverage of timely birth dose vaccination, the primary method shown to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus, was only 66% in 2014. Children born at home are especially at high risk, as they have limited access to timely birth dose (i.e. within 24 h) vaccination. To improve birth dose coverage, a project to improve linkages between village health Volunteers and health workers and educate pregnant women on hepatitis B vaccination was carried out in 16 communities with low birth dose coverage in Kiribati from November 2014 to May 2015. After project completion, the coverage of timely birth dose administration increased significantly both in the densely populated capital region of South Tarawa (from 89% to 95%, p = 0.001) and the Outer Islands (from 57% to 83%, p p = 0.001) and from 49% to 75% in the Outer Islands ( p
Brooke Simmons - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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assessing data quality in citizen science
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016Co-Authors: Margaret Kosmala, Brooke Simmons, Alexandra Swanson, Andrea WigginsAbstract:Ecological and environmental citizen-science projects have enormous potential to advance scientific knowledge, influence policy, and guide resource management by producing datasets that would otherwise be infeasible to generate. However, this potential can only be realized if the datasets are of high quality. While scientists are often skeptical of the ability of unpaid Volunteers to produce accurate datasets, a growing body of publications clearly shows that diverse types of citizen-science projects can produce data with accuracy equal to or surpassing that of professionals. Successful projects rely on a suite of methods to boost data accuracy and account for bias, including iterative project development, Volunteer Training and testing, expert validation, replication across Volunteers, and statistical modeling of systematic error. Each citizen-science dataset should therefore be judged individually, according to project design and application, and not assumed to be substandard simply because Volunteers generated it.
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Assessing data quality in citizen science
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2016Co-Authors: Margaret Kosmala, Alexandra Swanson, Andrea Wiggins, Brooke SimmonsAbstract:Ecological and environmental citizen science projects have enormous potential to advance science, influence policy, and guide resource management by producing datasets that are otherwise infeasible to generate. This potential can only be realized, though, if the datasets are of high quality. While scientists are often skeptical of the ability of unpaid Volunteers to produce accurate datasets, a growing body of publications clearly shows that diverse types of citizen science projects can produce data with accuracy equal to or surpassing that of professionals. Successful projects rely on a suite of methods to boost data accuracy and account for bias, including iterative project development, Volunteer Training and testing, expert validation, replication across Volunteers, and statistical modeling of systematic error. Each citizen science dataset should therefore be judged individually, according to project design and application, rather than assumed to be substandard simply because Volunteers generated it.
Xi Li - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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improving hepatitis b birth dose coverage through village health Volunteer Training and pregnant women education
Vaccine, 2017Co-Authors: Xi Li, James D Heffelfinger, Eric Wiesen, Sergey Diorditsa, Jayaprakash Valiakolleri, Agnes Nikuata, Ezekial Nukuro, Beia Tabwaia, Joseph WoodringAbstract:Abstract Hepatitis B is highly endemic in the Republic of Kiribati, while the coverage of timely birth dose vaccination, the primary method shown to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus, was only 66% in 2014. Children born at home are especially at high risk, as they have limited access to timely birth dose (i.e. within 24 h) vaccination. To improve birth dose coverage, a project to improve linkages between village health Volunteers and health workers and educate pregnant women on hepatitis B vaccination was carried out in 16 communities with low birth dose coverage in Kiribati from November 2014 to May 2015. After project completion, the coverage of timely birth dose administration increased significantly both in the densely populated capital region of South Tarawa (from 89% to 95%, p = 0.001) and the Outer Islands (from 57% to 83%, p p = 0.001) and from 49% to 75% in the Outer Islands ( p
Stuart Farber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Hospice Volunteer Training for Health Science Students: An Academic Medical Center–Hospice Community Partnership
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2020Co-Authors: Stuart FarberAbstract:Within the academic medical center providing interdisciplinary, experiential, longitudinal, and mentored learning experiences for students regarding hospice/end-of-life care is a considerable chall...
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hospice Volunteer Training for health science students an academic medical center hospice community partnership
Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2001Co-Authors: Stuart FarberAbstract:Within the academic medical center providing interdisciplinary, experiential, longitudinal, and mentored learning experiences for students regarding hospice/end-of-life care is a considerable chall...
J Graeff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the use of diarrhoeal management counselling cards for community health Volunteer Training in indonesia the healthcom project
The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1992Co-Authors: John P Elder, T Louis, O Sutisnaputra, N S Sulaeiman, L Ware, W Shaw, De Moor C, J GraeffAbstract:Ministry of Health staff in West Java Indonesia and staff from 2 US organizations compared data on 15 community health Volunteers (kader) who had undergone 2 days of Training on the use of cards to advise mothers of children with diarrhea with data on 16 kader who did not use the counseling cards. 81.7% of the intervention kader correctly followed the 9 diagnostic steps compared to 30.5% of controls (p < .001). 78.3% of intervention kader correctly performed the 13 counseling steps for mild diarrhea whereas only 77% of the controls did (p < .05). For severe diarrhea 89.7% of intervention kader correctly followed the diagnostic steps while just 25.6% of the controls did (p < .005). They also did considerably better than controls for chronic diarrhea or dysentery (73.9% vs. 20.9%; p < .005). Conversely they did not perform the steps for moderate diarrhea better than controls. All intervention kader properly communicated the effects of diarrhea to mothers compared to 84.1% of controls (p = .005). They were also more likely to show the mothers educational materials (84.8% of intervention mothers vs. 34.1% of control mothers; p < .001) how to mix the oral rehydration salts (ORS) (89.1% vs. 72.7% p < .05) and how to administer the ORS solution to their child (93.5% vs. 77.3%; p < .05). Yet they did not perform better than controls in advising mothers about administering fluids soft foods ORS and going to the hospital. They were more likely to advise them about breast feeding however (80.4% vs. 52.3%; p < .005). After controlling for education and length of service intervention kader still did significantly better than controls in giving diarrhea treatment directions (p < .05). Intervention mothers were more likely to use boiled water (97.8% vs. 81.8%; p = .014) shake the ORS packet (100% vs. 77.3%; p < .001) and stir the ORS solution with a spoon (100% vs. 81.8%; p = .002) when mixing the ORS than the controls. They were not more likely to use the correct glass than the controls however. After controlling for education age and family size intervention mothers still did a much better job at mixing ORS than controls (p < .001).
