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Optimizing Maternal And Child Health Outcomes Through Use Of Multidisciplinary 'Improve' Teams In Lesotho, Appolinaire Tiam, Vincent Tukei, Lauren Greenberg, Shannon Viana, Heather Hoffman, Laura Guay, Ramatlapeng Thabelo, Tsietso Mots'oane, Matsepeli Nchephe

HIV and AIDS

The “Integrated Management Team to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes” (IMPROVE) intervention is a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy to improve maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes through patient-centered, participatory service delivery and multidisciplinary management teams (MDT). The intervention includes three key approaches: (1) multidisciplinary, integrated management teams of facility- and community-based health care and lay workers; (2) Joint Positive Health Dignity, and Prevention (PHDP)-focused counseling for patients and skills-building training and job aids for health workers; and (3) increased early community-based counseling and support for patients. This report summarizes the key findings from the implementation of this intervention in Lesotho (under Project SOAR), …

A Companion Of Choice Is Recommended For All Women Throughout Labour, Childbirth, And The Immediate Postnatal Period, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

This poster was created to inform pregnant women, birth companions as well as providers on the tasks birth companions should/can do to help provide a positive experience for women who are in labor.

Communication During Hospitalization, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

A formative study was conducted under the Breakthrough RESEARCH project by the Population Council to understand the manifestation of mistreatment and experience of newborns, infants, and young children and co-design (with families and providers) a set of interventions that promote a positive experience of care. This poster is one of the job aids/tools created for the intervention.

Providers’ Emotional Wellness: A, B, Cs Of Provider Self-Care When Working With Sick Children And Their Families, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

A formative study was conducted under the Breakthrough RESEARCH project by the Population Council to understand the manifestation of mistreatment and experience of newborns, infants, and young children and co-design (with families and providers) a set of interventions that promote a positive experience of care. This poster is one of the job aids/tools created for the intervention.

Leveraging Adaptive Implementation Strategies To Achieve Universal Coverage Of Antiretroviral Therapy In Senegal, Gnilane Turpin, Carrie E. Lyons, Sidy Mokhtar Ndiaye, Nuria Gallego Marquez, Nika Elmi, Nguissali Turpin, Penda Dieng, Daouda Diouf, Stefan Baral

HIV and AIDS

This report summarizes findings from a study Project SOAR conducted to develop and assess the feasibility, fidelity, and cost-effectiveness of a universal coverage of antiretroviral treatment intervention among people living with HIV who are not virally suppressed in Dakar and Ziguinchor, Senegal.

Characteristics And Relationship Dynamics Of Male Partners Of Adolescent Girls And Young Women In Malawi, Project Soar

HIV and AIDS

Project SOAR, in collaboration with the Center of Reproductive Health at the University of Malawi College of Medicine, conducted qualitative research in the Zomba and Machinga districts to understand how programs can better engage men living with HIV in care, treatment, and support services. This brief summarizes findings on men’s characteristics, the types and dynamics of their sexual relationships, and their vulnerabilities and environmental stressors.

Integrating Family Planning And Reproductive Health Information Into Livelihood Training Programs For Young People In Souhag, Evidence Project

Reproductive Health

This infographic describes interventions conducted in Souhag, Egypt, aimed at increasing demand for private family planning health (FP/RH) services among young men and women (aged 18–35 years). In this intervention, male and female job seekers received five days of integrated FP/RH and livelihood training. Peer educators delivered the training, shared materials and social media platforms for more information, and gave participants the names of private doctors and pharmacists trained by the project. The infographic provides an overview of the interventions, perspectives from study participants, and lessons learned for integrating FP/RH into workers’ health education programs.

The Imagen Story: A Framework For Restoring Indigenous Girl Societies, Kelly Hallman, Lisa Polen, Katey Peck

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The Indigenous Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Network (IMAGEN) builds upon long-standing Native cultural traditions, providing platforms for intergenerational transmission of matrilineal knowledge. Girl Societies recognize the unique responsibilities held by and challenges facing Native girls, thus offering culturally grounded, Indigenous-led systems of support.

Emotion Disclosure In Spanish And English Bilinguals, Maya Cohrssen-Hernandez

Scripps Senior Theses

Previous literature has identified a difference in emotion comprehension and production of bilinguals. This study aimed to explore differences in emotion expression in the first language (L1) and the second language (L2) among Spanish and English bilinguals. The bilingual participants were interviewed and asked to recount two frustrating events, one in their L1 and one in their L2. These interviews were analyzed for the occurrence of four semantic categories: emotion words (with a subcategory of negative emotion words), emotion-laden words, expressive interjections, and intensifiers that strengthen content words. The data indicated that Spanish and English bilinguals both used more emotion …

Digital Representation For Assessment Of Spoken Efl At University Level: A Case Study In Vietnam, Thi Bich Hiep Vu

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Assessing the speaking performance of students who are studying English as a Foreign Language (EFL) has mainly been conducted with face-to-face speaking tests. While such tests are undoubtedly interactive and authentic, they have been criticised for subjective scoring, as well as lacking an effective test delivery method and recordings for later review.

Technology has increasingly been integrated into speaking tests over the last decade and become known as computer-assisted or computer-based assessment of speaking. Although this method is widely acknowledged to measure certain aspects of language speaking effectively, such as pronunciation and grammar, it has not yet proved to be …

A Comprehensive Model To Address Reproductive Health And Family Planning Needs Of Factory Workers In Port Said, Evidence Project

Reproductive Health

This infographic describes interventions conducted in Port Said, Egypt, aimed at increasing demand for private family planning health (FP/RH) services among young men and women (aged 18-35 years). The intervention was aimed at young garment factory workers, where selected factory workers were trained to serve as peer educators and to provide FP/RH messages to their co-workers, referring them to the infirmary nurse for more information and counseling, as needed. This nurse referred those who desired more services or FP methods to trained physicians and pharmacists. The infographic provides an overview of the interventions, perspectives from study participants, and lessons learned …

Meeting Family Planning Needs Of Factory Workers In Port Said: Lessons From Pilot Testing An Intervention In Eight Garment Factories, Maryam Essam, Nahla G. Abdel-Tawab, Elizabeth Tobey, Aparna Jain

Reproductive Health

The Evidence Project conducted an intervention to raise awareness about family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) topics with factory workers in Port Said, Egypt. This policy brief describes lessons from its implementation over three years and offers recommendations for designing FP/RH worker health programs. These lessons and recommendations are based on insights from factory worker program beneficiaries, their peer educators, factory managers, and project staff. Key lessons learned from the intervention were: (1) worker health programs offered a unique venue for raising young people's awareness of FP/RH issues and available services; (2) factory workers played an important role in sharing …

Annual Report 2020, Dexia

Documents

No abstract provided.

Seneca Falls: Halloween Weekend 2016, Before The Election, Nancy Mccabe

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 5

Early Cretaceous Swims Up To The Bar, Lesley Wheeler

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 123

Cloud Cover, Laurie Rachkus Uttich

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 48-49

I'Ll Tell You What Helped, Melissa Crowe

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 86-87

Physical, Jennifer Davis Michael

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 110

It Came From Beyond The Snow, L M. Davenport

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 51-68

Nelle 4 (Complete Issue), Nelle Staff

Nelle (literary magazine)

No abstract provided.

Persona Poem, Anne Barngrover

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 50

Portrait Of Love With Coffin Nail, Kristin Robertson

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 134

6th Grade, Lisa Fay Coutley

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 30-31

She Said Leave Me Alone, Kate Gale

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 34-35

Ode To The Babies I Have Not Had, Ashley M. Jones

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 7-25

The Red Door, Lesley Wheeler

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 124

How Birth Companions Can Support Providers During Labour And Delivery, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

This brochure was created to inform pregnant women, birth companions as well as providers on the tasks birth companions should/can do to help provide a positive experience for women who are in labor.

Parent’S Emotional Wellness: Reduce Distress, Emotional Support, And Partnership (Dep) Guide For Supporting Parents During A Young Child’S Illness, Breakthrough Research

Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Choices

A formative study was conducted under the Breakthrough RESEARCH project by the Population Council to understand the manifestation of mistreatment and experience of newborns, infants, and young children and co-design (with families and providers) a set of interventions that promote a positive experience of care. This poster is one of the job aids/tools created for the intervention.

College Skills Syllabus, Sheridan F. Honore

Open Educational Resources

The goal of these courses is to prepare students to meet the rigorous academic demands that they will encounter when they begin taking courses for credit at Lehman College. This course prepares students by giving them a strong foundation in writing, reading comprehension, speaking, listening comprehension and the fundamentals of English grammar.

Creative Fiction Piece, Grace Maier

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

My proposal for my senior honors project is to produce a completed work of fiction. Specifically, this will be a short story consisting of around twenty double spaced pages, minimum six thousand words, of original writing accompanied by an eight to ten page critical essay exploring my literary influences as well as a five to seven page self analysis of my individual writing process. It is my intention to produce a work within the gothic-thriller genre, deriving inspiration from authors such as Joyce Carol Oates and Flannery O’Connor.