scholarly journals A snapshot of potential: Using situational assessments to capture the moment

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Jessica Short
Keyword(s):  
Work Environments ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Work Settings ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Work Tasks ◽  
Support Employment ◽  
Employment Support ◽  
Situational Assessment ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Employment Choices

BACKGROUND: A contributing factor to the higher unemployment rates of adults with disabilities is the limited opportunities to gain insight into employment options. Assessments are often used to learn a job seekers skills, preferences, and support needs. Situational assessments in real work settings create hands-on experiences with a variety of work tasks and work environments which better inform the employment choices of job seekers. METHODS: This article explores situational assessments and introduces a tool designed for the employment support professional conducting the assessment to capture information necessary to make more informed employment choices. RESULTS: This article defines situational assessments while introducing a person-centered tool to support employment support professionals to effectively document and analyze the observations of each situational assessment.

scholarly journals Video Use in Social Science Research and Program Evaluation

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Rosenstein
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Video Observation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Moving Images ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Situational Assessment ◽  
Giving Feedback

In light of technological advances in producing, viewing and storing moving images, it is appropriate to survey the literature concerning the use of moving images in research over the past few decades. A review of the literature shows that the use of video technology for research falls into three areas: observation (including data collection and analysis), a mechanism for giving feedback, and a means for distance learning and consulting via videoconferencing. This article addresses the first two areas — observation and feedback. It begins with a survey of the use of video observation as a tool for research and documentation. A section on feedback, divided into three sections: performance, interaction and situational assessment follows. A separate section is devoted to the use of video for Program Evaluation. The article concludes with a discussion of epistemological methodological issues and the ethics involved in such a technologically advanced medium.

scholarly journals Infrastructural and human-resource factors associated with return of infant HIV test results to caregivers: secondary analysis of a nationally representative situational assessment, South Africa, 2010

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobubelo Kwanele Ngandu ◽  
Vincent Maduna ◽  
Gayle Sherman ◽  
Nobuntu Noveve ◽  
Witness Chirinda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Risk Difference ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Blood Draw ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Situational Assessment

Abstract Background In June 2015, South Africa introduced early infant HIV diagnosis (EID) at birth and ten weeks postpartum. Guidelines recommended return of birth results within a week and ten weeks postpartum results within four weeks. Task shifting was also suggested to increase service coverage. This study aimed to understand factors affecting return of EID results to caregivers. Methods Secondary analysis of data gathered from 571 public-sector primary health care facilities (PHCs) during a nationally representative situational assessment, was conducted. The assessment was performed one to three months prior to facility involvement in the 2010 evaluation of the South African programme to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission (SAPMTCTE). Self-reported infrastructural and human resource EID-related data were collected from managers and designated staff using a structured questionnaire. The main outcome variable was ‘EID turn-around-time (TAT) to caregiver’ (caregiver TAT), measured as reported number of weeks from infant blood draw to caregiver receipt of results. This was dichotomized as either short (≤3 weeks) or delayed (> 3 weeks) caregiver TAT. Logit-based risk difference analysis was used to assess factors associated with short caregiver TAT. Analysis included TAT to facility (facility TAT), defined as reported number of weeks from infant blood draw to facility receipt of results. Results Overall, 26.3% of the 571 PHCs reported short caregiver TAT. In adjusted analyses, short caregiver TAT was less achieved when facility TAT was > 7 days (versus ≤7 days) (adjusted risk difference (aRD): − 0.2 (95% confidence interval − 0.3-(− 0.1)), p = 0.006 for 8–14 days and − 0.3 (− 0.5-(− 0.1)), p = 0.006 for > 14 days), and in facilities with staff nurses (compared to those without) (aRD: − 9.4 (− 16.6-(− 2.2), p = 0.011). Conclusion Although short caregiver TAT for EID was only reported in approximately 26% of facilities, these facilities demonstrate that achieving EID TAT of ≤3 weeks is possible, making timely ART initiation within 3 weeks of diagnosis feasible within the public health sector. Our adjusted analyses underpin the need for quick return of results to facilities. They also raise questions around staff mentoring: we hypothesise that facilities with staff nurses were likely to have fewer professional nurses, and thus inadequate senior support.

A Dispositional and Situational Assessment of Children's Coping: Testing Alternative Models of Coping

1996 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim S. Ayers ◽  
Irwin N. Sandier ◽  
Stephen G. West ◽  
Mark W. Roosa
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Models ◽  
Situational Assessment ◽  
Children's Coping
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