Best Practice Approach to Fall Prevention in Community-Living Elders

Significant progress has been made in improving the awareness of young people of available contraception services and their access to these services. Nonetheless, many young people are reluctant to engage with health care professionals, and thus, can experience adverse consequences, such as unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection. This article presents a best practice approach to the management of young people requesting contraception in primary care. A systematic approach is advocated, employing an age-appropriate consultation style, confidentiality, competency testing, risk assessment and an individualised contraceptive treatment plan.

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Views, experiences and attitudes of community-living older people towards the FIT-at-Home fall prevention programme: A qualitative interview study

International Journal of Health Professions ◽

10.2478/ijhp-2021-0004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 37-47

Author(s):

Christian Müller ◽

Sindy Lautenschläger ◽

Christine Dörge

Keyword(s):

Older People ◽

Fall Prevention ◽

Mode Of Delivery ◽

Prevention Programme ◽

Community Living ◽

Home Modification ◽

Qualitative Interview Study ◽

Home Intervention ◽

People’S Perceptions ◽

At Home

Abstract Background For older people, poor balance and strength as well as environmental hazards are a major risk factor for falls. A lifestyle-integrated home-based physical exercise training and home modification intervention were developed for older people at risk of falling. Aim This study aimed to examine older people's perceptions of the FIT-at-Home fall prevention intervention in order to further develop the intervention's content, procedures and mode of delivery. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with individuals who participated in the falls prevention programme using the problem-centred interview method. The interviews were analysed in a deductive-inductive approach following Mayring's qualitative content analysis. Results Seven themes emerging from the data described different facets of older people's perceptions towards the intervention. Findings suggested that the participants accepted the FIT-at-Home intervention. Overall, the individuals regard the intervention as feasible and practicable. From the older people's view, it was an advantage that the exercises could be implemented at any time without additional aids or equipment in-house and it was not necessary to visit the occupational therapy practice. Older people's experiences showed that feelings of success have a positive effect on the willingness to exercise. A perceived barrier influencing the implementation of exercises among older people was their own laziness, their general state of health and illnesses, their daily mood or meteor sensitivity. Conclusion The FIT-at-Home intervention comprising balance and strength exercises and home modification is feasible and acceptable for community-living older people. Older people's feedback will help us to further refine the intervention.

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Learning takes center stage as BT enters new global markets

Human Resource Management International Digest ◽

10.1108/hrmid-05-2014-0056 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 7-10

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Development Programs ◽

Learning And Development ◽

Content Type ◽

Technical Staff ◽

Practice Approach ◽

E Learning ◽

Learning Pathways ◽

It Training ◽

Training Company

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to observe how telecommunication giant BT has used e-learning to prepare more than 6,000 information technology (IT) and technical staff over the past 2 years to support a move into new markets. Design/methodology/approach – Reveals how the company met the challenges of rapidly improving the skills of IT and technical staff, standardized a best-practice approach to IT training across key lines of business and increased levels of staff engagement. Findings – Charts the creation of flexible learning and development programs known as accredited-learning pathways (ALPs), which have since been developed to cover wider areas of employee training at BT. Practical implications – Explains that ALPs now form a key part of BT’s strategic workforce improvement initiatives and are instrumental in embedding continuous learning and accreditation for IT skills. More than 6,000 people have completed ALP content since the program inception in 2011. Social implications – Reveals that the success of the program resulted in BT being awarded the Best IT Training accolade at the training company Skillsoft’s annual user conference in 2013, by a panel of independent industry experts. Originality/value – Provides the inside story of a key development initiative at a major international telecommunications company.

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EsPRit: ethics committee proposals for Long Term Medical Data Registries in rapidly evolving research fields - a future-proof best practice approach

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making ◽

10.1186/s12911-017-0539-9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

S. Oberbichler ◽

W. O. Hackl ◽

A. Hörbst

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Ethics Committee ◽

Medical Data ◽

Research Fields ◽

Practice Approach

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Evaluation of a Center of Research Excellence in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome as a Large-Scale Collaborative Research Translation Initiative, Including Evaluating Translation of Guideline Impact

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1667308 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (01) ◽

pp. 042-049

Author(s):

Samantha Kozica-Olenski ◽

Helena Teede ◽

Rhonda Garad

Keyword(s):

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome ◽

Large Scale ◽

Best Practice ◽

Polycystic Ovary ◽

Research Translation ◽

Ovary Syndrome ◽

Practice Approach ◽

Research Benefit ◽

Research Excellence ◽

Evidence Based Guideline

AbstractResearch translation and evaluation are often underconsidered in research design and implementation thus limiting research benefit to the end user. In this article, we first describe a best practice approach to evaluation, for a center of research excellence in polycystic ovary syndrome. Within this, we outline a comprehensive research translation program with inbuilt evaluation of the first International Evidence-based Guideline for the Assessment and Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (2018). We seek to provide a real-world example of comprehensive approaches to evaluation and research translation.

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