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The impact of social networks on knowledge transfer in long-term care facilities: protocol for a study
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Estabrooks, C., Valente, T., Sales, A.E.
Background: Social networks are theorized as significant influences in the innovation adoption and behavior change processes. Our understanding of how social networks operate within healthcare settings is limited. As a result, our ability to design optimal interventions that employ social...
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Chapter 5 Supplement C: Meta-Analyses of Quality Improvement Interventions – Pneumococcal Vaccinations
Chapter 5 Supplement C: Meta-Analyses of Quality Improvement Interventions – Pneumococcal Vaccinations
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Chapter 5, Supplement C of a doctoral dissertation (Lau, D. Diabetes and Influenza-Attributable Illness: The Rationale for Targeted Influenza Vaccinations in Adults with Diabetes. Edmonton, AB: University of Alberta, Fall 2012). This supplement contains forest plots from meta-analyses of...
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Infrared thermography detects febrile and behavioural responses to vaccination of weaned piglets
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Bench, Clover J., Schaefer, Allan L., Cook, Nigel J., Lui, T., Chabot, B.
An automated, non-invasive system for monitoring of thermoregulation has the potential to mitigate swine diseases through earlier detection. Measurement of radiated temperature of groups of animals by infrared thermography (IRT) is an essential component of such a system. This study reports on...
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Understanding feedback report uptake: process evaluation findings from a 13-month feedback intervention in long-term care settings
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Gao, Gloria, Bucknall, Tracy, Maisey, Suzanne, Baylon, Melba A., Sales, Anne E., O'Rourke, Hannah M., Fraser, Kimberly
Background Long-term care settings provide care to a large proportion of predominantly older, highly disabled adults across the United States and Canada. Managing and improving quality of care is challenging, in part because staffing is highly dependent on relatively non-professional health care...
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The pot calling the kettle black: The extent and type of errors in a computerized immunization registry and by parent report.
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MacDonald, S., Golonka, R., Schopflocher, D.
Background Accurate classification of children’s immunization status is essential for clinical care, administration and evaluation of immunization programs, and vaccine program research. Computerized immunization registries have been proposed as a valuable alternative to provider paper records or...
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Data for improvement and clinical excellence: report of an interrupted time series trial of feedback in long-term care
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Baylon, Melba A., Fraser, Kimberly D., Schalm, Corinne, Sales, Anne E.
Background There is considerable evidence about the effectiveness of audit coupled with feedback for provider behavior change, although few feedback interventions have been conducted in long-term care settings. The primary purpose of the Data for Improvement and Clinical Excellence-Long-Term Care...
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Benefits and Challenges of Implementing an Electronic Medical Record System in an Urban Slum in Kenya
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This Thesis consists of two papers that explore the use of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems in resource-limited settings. The first paper (Chapter 2) comprises a State-of-the-Art review of the types of inquiry, settings, interventions and principal findings reported from studies of the...
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Common Conditions in Primary Care and Minimal Clinically Important Differences on Depression Scales
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Primary care has the highest patient volume and the greatest complexity of illness compared to other specialties and levels of health care. Although local data are available, a global perspective on the most common reasons for consulting primary care is lacking. Identifying these conditions would...
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Fall 2017
This thesis focuses on formulating and analyzing non linear models for microbial dynamics vis-a-vis human and environmental health. Firstly, we develop and investigate a stoichiometric organic matter decomposition model in a chemostat culture that incorporates the dynamics of grazers. This...
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Spring 2010
These two studies investigate the immune responses of lung and kidney transplant recipients to the influenza vaccine. The study involving kidney transplant recipients developed a novel flow cytometry assay to measure cell-mediated immunity in response to influenza vaccination. The activation of...