This study investigates the development and implementation of health education strategies at the local level for a statewide breast and cervical cancer control program. Baseline data on these initiatives were collected from 88 local screening programs in North Carolina. Using the ecological model as a framework, health education initiatives were assessed and analyzed to determine the level of a...

OBJECTIVE To measure comprehensiveness of California campus tobacco policies. PARTICIPANTS Sixteen campuses representing different regions, institution types, and policies. Research occurred June-August 2013. METHODS Comprehensiveness was scored using American College Health Association's (ACHA) Position Statement on Tobacco. The Institutional Grammar Tool was used to breakdown policy state...

Positive emotion typologies, that is, classifications of positive emotions into conceptually distinct categories or ‘types’ according to their properties, can clarify and simplify the complex structure space. In this review, we introduce three key evaluative criteria for such typologies: comprehensiveness, distinctiveness, granularity. Comprehensiveness is degree which typology accurately repre...

This study compares and analyzes two Korean websites for development assistance: the ODA Statistics of Office Government Policy Coordination Open Data Portal Korea International Cooperation Agency. For website evaluation criteria, present previous studies on characteristics international related to assistance derives five criteria: timeliness, openness, flexibility, comprehensiveness, usability...

Diversity among executives is widely assumed to influence a firm’s strategic decision processes, but empirical research on this linkage has been virtually nonexistent. To partially fill the void, we drew upon three separate studies to examine the impact of executive diversity on comprehensiveness of strategic decision-making and extensiveness of strategic planning. Contrary to common assumption...

BACKGROUND British Columbia's primary care reform (initiated in 2002) aims to promote "full-service family practice" through incentive payments and other practice support programs. Despite attention to policy, no longitudinal analysis has been conducted of the activities of BC primary care physicians. METHODS This study employed linked administrative health data from 1991/92 through 2009/10 t...

INTRODUCTION Evaluation of computer programs which generate multiple diagnoses can be hampered by a lack of effective, well recognized performance metrics. We have developed a method to calculate mean sensitivity and specificity for multiple diagnoses and generate ROC curves. METHODS Data came from a clinical evaluation of the Heart Disease Program (HDP). Sensitivity, specificity, positive an...

Grounded in Media System Dependency theory, this article investigates the impact of new media on political efficacy. It suggests that dependence on online resources affects people's perceptions about the democratic potential of the Internet. Using structural equation modeling, the study tests the relationship between political attitudes and the perceived utility of the Web. The analysis employs...