scholarly journals An Outcome Evaluation of Competency Based Training for Child Welfare

10.18060/45 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Elizabeth Vonk ◽  
W. Sean Newsome ◽  
Denise E. Bronson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Msw Students ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
The Difference ◽  
One Year

In response to the continuing need for competent child welfare professionals, a large mid-western university’s College of Social Work collaborated with a public child welfare agency to design and implement a one year,Title IV-E-funded training opportunity for second-year MSW students. Student outcomes, including knowledge acquisition, attitudes about child welfare, and field of post-graduation employment, were evaluated using a quasi-experimental pre-post comparison group design (n=28).Results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the two groups concerning attitudes about child welfare practice. However, although trainees’ level of child welfare knowledge increased more than that of the comparison group, the difference did not reach statistical significance. Implications for practice and social work education are discussed.

scholarly journals Spectrophotometric Evaluation of Enamel Color Variation Using Infiltration Resin Treatment of White Spot Lesions at One Year Follow-Up

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Lo Giudice ◽  
Frank Lipari ◽  
Francesco Puleio ◽  
Angela Alibrandi ◽  
Fabrizio Lo Giudice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Color Change ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Color Variation ◽  
White Spot ◽  
White Spot Lesions ◽  
Color Changes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Stability

The aim of this study is to evaluate the color changes and the stability at a 1-year follow-up of white spot lesions (WSLs) treated with an infiltrating technique by using etching and TEGDMA resin. The color of 22 white spot lesions and the sound adjacent enamel (SAE) were assessed with a spectrophotometer at T0 (baseline), T1 (after treatment), and T2 (1 year after). The color change ΔE (WSLs-SAE) at T0 vs. T1 were compared to evaluate the camouflage effect efficiency, and at T1 vs. T2 to assess the stability of outcomes. To evaluate the effect on the treatment outcome of gender, the presence or not of previous orthodontic treatment, WSLs onset more/less than 10 years, the age of the patient, and the ΔE WSL (T0 vs. T1) was analyzed. The difference between ΔE (WSLs-SAE) at T0 and T1 resulted in statistical significance (p < 0.01). No statistical difference was found between ΔE (WSLs-SAE) at T1 vs. T2. The variables considered showed no statistical differences in treatment outcomes. The results of our investigation show that the technique used is immediately effective and the camouflage effect keeps up and steady one year after treatment. Such results do not appear to be influenced by analyzed clinical variables.

An Examination of Recidivism Among Inmates Released From a Private Reentry Center and Public Institutions in Colorado

2017 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ráchael A. Powers ◽  
Catherine Kaukinen ◽  
Michelle Jeanis
Keyword(s):  
Comparison Group ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Private Facility ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Relevant Covariates

In this study, we examine comparative rates of recidivism for Colorado inmates released from a private reentry center and public facilities. Using a sample of 6,102 inmates released from 2008 to 2012, we measure overall recidivism and recidivism for a new crime. Applying a quasi-experimental methodology, we find that overall rates of recidivism are comparable. Prior to matching, 46.8% of the treatment and 61.3% of the comparison group recidivated, and the difference is statistically significant. However, after matching on relevant covariates, the difference was reduced to nonsignificance. In contrast, those released from the private facility are more likely to return to prison for a new offense. Approximately 14% of those in the private facility committed a new crime compared with 9% prematching and 8% postmatching. Despite these modest differences in the rate of recidivism, the overall time to return to prison is comparable between the groups.

scholarly journals Perbandingan Keefektifan Cornell Notes Method Dan Mind Maps Ditinjau Dari Self Efficacy

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Nurul Iman
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
T Test ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Paired Sample ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Eighth Grade Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Mind Maps

This study aims to examine the comparison of the effectiveness of note taking styles of students who use the cornell notes method and mind maps in terms of student self-efficacy. This type of research is a quasi-experimental study with a pretets-posttest nonequivalent comparison-group design. The population in this study were all eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Sungguminasa. The sample is class VIIIE and VIIIB as the experimental class. Class VIIIE is treated in the form of a note-taking style using cornell notes, while class VIIIB is treated as a note-taking style by mind maps. To test the effectiveness of learning using a paired sample t test. To test the difference in effectiveness using the independent sample t-test. The results of this study are: 1) the cornell notes method is not effective if viewed from the students' self efficacy, 2) mind maps is effective if it is reviewed by students' self-efficacy. 3) There is a difference in effectiveness between the cornell notes method and mind maps in terms of students' self-efficacy where students who record by mind maps get better efficacy scores than students who record by cornell notes method.

scholarly journals Competency Curriculum Intervention: Student Task Self-Efficacy and Attitudes in Child Welfare

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 490-506
Author(s):  
Barbara Pierce ◽  
Taekyung Park
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Field Placement ◽  
Field Placements ◽  
Child Welfare Agencies ◽  
Welfare Work ◽  
Curriculum Intervention ◽  
Msw Students ◽  
Competency Based

Three cohorts of BSW and MSW Title IV-E and NCWWI student scholars (n= 125) were educated using a university-agency developed competency-based curriculum and field placement. In order to determine if this curriculum and field placement would improve perceived competence and attitudes toward child welfare work, pre and post-field placement surveys were used. Statistically significant change was demonstrated for most competencies. Attitudes toward child welfare work demonstrated no change from the favorable attitudes students had before entering their field placements. There were no statistically significant differences between BSW and MSW students. Students who had higher perceived competence endorsed motivation and intent to remain in child welfare. Based on the findings, we recommend key strategies to keep up the morale of BSW and MSW graduates in child welfare agencies: transition-to-work initiatives by schools, mentoring programs by agencies, manageable caseloads, and the application of skills and knowledge learned. 

The association between attending specialized day care centers and the quality of life of people with dementia

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Marie Mork Rokstad ◽  
Knut Engedal ◽  
Øyvind Kirkevold ◽  
Jūratė Šaltytė Benth ◽  
Maria Lage Barca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Linear Mixed Model ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference

ABSTRACTBackground:Day care that is designed for people with dementia aims to increase the users’ quality of life (QoL). The objective of the study was to compare the QoL of people with dementia attending day care with those not attending day care.Methods:The study is based on baseline data from a project using a quasi-experimental design, including a group of day care users (n = 183) and a comparison group not receiving day care (n = 78). Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (QoL-AD) was used as the primary outcome, to collect both self-reported and proxy-based information from family carers on the users’ QoL. A linear mixed model was used to examine the differences between groups.Results:Attending day care was significantly associated with higher mean scores of self-reported QoL. There was no difference between the groups in proxy-reported QoL. Analyses of the interaction between group belonging and awareness of memory loss revealed that the participants with shallow or no awareness who attended day care had significant higher mean scores of QoL-AD compared to those not attending day care.Conclusions:Higher self-reported QoL was found among people attending day care designed for people with dementia compared to the comparison group. The difference in QoL ratings was found in the group of day care users with shallow or no awareness of their memory loss. Hence, day care designed for people with dementia might have the potential to increase QoL as it is experienced by the users.

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTERNET-BASED AND DIGITAL STORYTELLING EDUCATION ABOUT BREAST CANCER: Observational Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aydanur Aydin
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Education Group ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference

UNSTRUCTURED Previous research has identified the theoretical knowledge of nursing students and stated that new methods are needed in education. To evaluate the effect of education on the theoretical knowledge of students through internet-based or digital storytelling. Quasi-experimental study with comparison groups and pre- and post-measurements. In the internet-based education group 68 and digital storytelling video 66 undergraduate nurses were included the study. Data for the study were gathered, before education and after eight weeks. The percentages were calculated at for every measurement, and the Wilcoxon test was used to detect statistical significance of changes between measurements. The increase of knowledge scores was more often statistically significant in the internet-based education than in the digital storytelling video. The difference theoretical knowledge was higher among the internet-based education program than among those not receiving it.

scholarly journals A multicomponent intervention to decrease sedentary time during hospitalization: a quasi-experimental pilot study

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 901-915
Author(s):  
D Conijn ◽  
L van Bodegom-Vos ◽  
WG Volker ◽  
BJA Mertens ◽  
HM Vermeulen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Sedentary Time ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Multicomponent Intervention ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Digital Training

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention to decrease sedentary time during and shortly after hospitalization. Design: This is a quasi-experimental pilot study comparing outcomes in patients admitted before and after the implementation of the intervention. Setting: The study was conducted in a university hospital. Subjects: Participants were adult patients undergoing elective organ transplantation or vascular surgery. Interventions: In the control phase, patients received usual care, whereas in the intervention phase, patients also received a multicomponent intervention to decrease sedentary time. The intervention comprised eight elements: paper and digital information, an exercise movie, an activity planner, a pedometer and Fitbit Flex™, a personal activity coach and an individualized digital training program. Measures: Measures of feasiblity were the self-reported use of the intervention components (yes/no) and satisfaction (low–high = 0–10). Main outcome measure was the median % of sedentary time measured by an accelerometer worn during hospitalization and 7–14 days thereafter. Results: A total of 42 controls (mean age = 59 years, 62% male) and 52 intervention patients (58 years, 52%) were included. The exercise movie, paper information and Fitbit Flex were the three most frequently used components, with highest satisfaction scores for the fitbit, paper information, exercise movie and digital training. Median sedentary time decreased from 99.6% to 95.7% and 99.3% to 91.0% between Days 1 and 6 in patients admitted in the control and intervention phases, respectively. The difference at Day 6 reached statistical significance (difference = 41 min/day, P = 0.01). No differences were seen after discharge. Conclusion: Implementing a multicomponent intervention to reduce sedentary time appeared feasible and may be effective during but not directly after hospitalization.

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF MULTIPARAMETRIC ENDORECTAL ULTRASOUND AND ENHANCED IMAGING COLONOSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EARLY COLORECTAL CANCER

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
E. M. Bogdanova ◽  
Yu. L. Trubacheva ◽  
O. M. Yugai ◽  
S. V. Chernyshov ◽  
E. G. Rybakov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Muscle Layer ◽  
Endorectal Ultrasound ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Early Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Optical Magnification ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Enhanced Imaging

AIM: to compare multiparametric endorectal ultrasound (ERUS) and enhanced imaging colonoscopy in the diagnosis of early colorectal cancer.PATIENTS AND METHODS: the study included 78 patients with epithelial rectal tumor. All the patients underwent multiparametric ERUS and colonoscopy with examination by narrow beam imaging (NBI) at optical magnification. All the patients were operated.RESULTS: a morphological examination removed specimens revealed adenomas in 48 cases, in 19 specimens – adenocarcinomas in situ and T1, and in 11 specimens – adenocarcinomas with invasion of the muscle layer or deeper. When calculating the accuracy indicators of diagnostic methods for groups of patients with adenoma, Tis-T1 adenocarcinoma, and T2-T3 adenocarcinoma, the difference in the sensitivity and specificity of the methods in none of the presented groups did not reach the level of statistical significance (p>0.05).ROC analysis showed that ultrasound has a prognostic value comparable to colonoscopy. The area difference was 0.013 (p=0.85).CONCLUSION: endoscopy and ultrasound have similar value in the diagnosis of malignant transformation of rectal adenomas.

PENINGKATAN KEMANDIRIAN BELAJAR SISWA SMP MELALUI PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS MASALAH

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanti Jumaisyaroh Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Mathematic Teacher ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Direct Learning ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Learning Data

The purposes of this research were to know: the difference of improvement in self-regulated learning of students that given problem-based learning with students that given  direct learning. The type of this research is a quasi-experimental research by taking samples from the existing population. The variable of this research consist of independent variable that is problem based learning model while the dependent variable isself regulated learning of student.The population of this research is all students of SMP Swasta Ar-rahman Percut and the sample of this research is grade eight with taken sample two classes (experiment and control)  with total 60 students. The instrument of this research were: scale of self-regulated learning. Data that have been collected then analyzed and performed hypothesis testing by using T-test. Based of the results analysis, it showed that: improvment  of the students’ self-regulated learning that given problem-based learning was higher than the students’ ability that given direct learning His then, suggested that problem-based learning be used as an alternative for mathematic teacher to improved students’ ability in mathematical critical thinking and self-regulated learning.

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