Arabic Language Learning with Multicultural Perspective at State Islamic Universities in East Java

This study aimed at describing the model and implementation of Arabic language learning at State Islamic Universities (PTKINs) in East Java viewed from a multicultural perspective. This study is essential, considering the diversity of ethnicities and cultures in Indonesia, so unity in learning is needed. This qualitative study described the phenomenon and extracted data obtained from interviews with program managers and lecturers, as well as pre-pandemic observation and documentation of the learning implementation. The results showed that PTKINs in East Java implement an intensive program to equip students to master Arabic with adequate Arabic graduation standards. Its implementation is carried out both in the classroom through learning programs and outside the classroom activities to provide motivation and improve learning outcomes through structured activities.

Department of Defense Global Health Engagement and the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda Can Serve as Mutually Reinforcing Security Cooperation Capabilities to Support U.S. National Security Objectives

ABSTRACT The DoD Global Health Engagement community of policymakers, planners, and implementers—to include Combatant Command Surgeons’ offices, humanitarian/civic assistance program managers, and tactical units—is uniquely positioned to be a leader within the wider security cooperation community for integrating Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) principles into existing programming and planning, and for executing WPS activities with partner nations in support of U.S. national security goals. Global Health Engagement and the WPS Agenda together can serve as mutually reinforcing, valuable capabilities to support U.S. security cooperation goals.

National Program of Opisthorchiasis in Thailand; Situation and Policy Strategy

Opisthorchiasisis, a chronic parasitic inflammatory disease of the bile ducts, caused by liver fluke or Opisthorchis viverrini infections is a crucial significant public health problem in Thailand. Most evidence of Opisthorchiasis is reported from national programs. Thus the magnitude of liver fluke infection at the national level required to assess the effectiveness of the national opisthorchiasis control program. In Thailand, infections with Opisthorchis viverrini are associated with a high mortality secondary to Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). A systematic countrywide national survey in Thailand already reported from the past more than half-century (59 years) in 1957 to date in 2019, revealed the declining trend of the overall helminthiasis infection from 62.9% (in 1957) to 8.13% (in 2009). The National Opisthorchiasis control program managers have initiated and established a national plan to prevent and control these eradicate diseases through the interaction and responses of the provincial public health sectors. However, the national control program managers need to have information determined by evidence-based needs. These intensive data are representative of all ages of the population of Thailand and are derived from the national household survey. The national prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini in this study was carried out in 77 provinces. A total of 9,904 samples of stool specimens were obtained from the population by using a cluster random sampling under WHO guidelines. The results of this large scale survey showed that the overall prevalence of Opisthorchaisis among Thai people was 4.0%. The highest prevalence of O. viverrini was 11.9 %, in the health region 5 in the Northeast region. During this national survey of Opisthorchiasis, geographic information is also conducted to investigate the prevalence of O. viverrini. The spatial analysis would be the trends and analyze the risk factors that correlate with infections among rural Thai people. The recommendation that already showed the impact of National program useful for every country especially in Mae King basin for elimination and control for opisthorchiasis.

Using Blueprints to promote interorganizational knowledge transfer in digital health initiatives—a qualitative exploration of a national change program in English hospitals

Objective The Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) Program is a national attempt to accelerate digital maturity in healthcare providers through promoting knowledge transfer across the English National Health Service (NHS). “Blueprints”—documents capturing implementation experience—were intended to facilitate this knowledge transfer. Here we explore how Blueprints have been conceptualized, produced, and used to promote interorganizational knowledge transfer across the NHS. Materials and Methods We undertook an independent national qualitative evaluation of the GDE Program. This involved collecting data using semistructured interviews with implementation staff and clinical leaders in provider organizations, nonparticipant observation of meetings, and key documents. We also attended a range of national meetings and conferences, interviewed national program managers, and analyzed a range of policy documents. Our analysis drew on sociotechnical principles, combining deductive and inductive methods. Results Data comprised 508 interviews, 163 observed meetings, and analysis of 325 documents. We found little evidence of Blueprints being adopted in the manner originally conceived by national program managers. However, they proved effective in different ways to those planned. As well as providing a helpful initial guide to a topic, we found that Blueprints served as a method of identifying relevant expertise that paved the way for subsequent discussions and richer knowledge transfers amongst provider organizations. The primary value of Blueprinting, therefore, seemed to be its role as a networking tool. Members of different organizations came together in developing, applying, and sustaining Blueprints through bilateral conversations—in some circumstances also fostering informal communities of practice. Conclusions Blueprints may be effective in facilitating knowledge transfer among healthcare organizations, but need to be accompanied by other evolving methods, such as site visits and other networking activities, to iteratively transfer knowledge and experience.

EFL Program Management in Turkish Cypriot Educational Context

This study is carried out to examine EFL program managers’ working conditions, eliciting information on their views on EFL program management within the Turkish Cypriot context. This study also upholds that an understanding of their perceptions as EFL program managers will help create a better working condition and improve EFL programs and instruction, characterized by excessive proliferation of language centers that put profit-making as their utmost priority. Two research questions were utilized to investigate EFL program managers’ challenges and barriers while managing foreign language institutes and centers. The study adopted a qualitative research design approach; 45 EFL program managers and coordinators with international qualifications with over ten years of experience were purposefully sampled and recruited as participants for this study. A semi-structured interview was the instrument for data collection, which experts validated to ensure it measures what it purports to measure. Data collected were transcribed and analyzed through thematic analysis to uncover themes used to define and interpret findings. This study’s findings indicate that the absence of professional expertise, training/retraining programs, resource availability, and competition from other universities were the significant challenges EFL program managers face while carrying out their duties. It was also unveiled that over monetization of EFL programs within institutions brings about challenges in program management. Recommendations were given to bridge these gaps.

Abstract P177: Provider Perspectives on Improving Telestroke Usability - A Qualitative Study

Background: Telestroke is an integral part of acute stroke systems of care. To further grow telestroke and maintain quality, we surveyed telestroke stakeholders’ experience. Methods: We conducted open-ended, semi-structured interviews with stroke program managers, hub neurologists, emergency department physicians and nurses in a telestroke network in an academic medical center. The goal of the interviews was to understand stakeholders’ experience with telestroke including their perceptions of telestroke values, barriers, and solutions. The data analysis was performed using qualitative methods guided by a grounded theory approach. Results: Face-to-face interviews with 44 stakeholders, including 8 hub neurologists, 7 stroke program managers, 15 emergency physicians, and 14 emergency department nurses were completed. The values provided by telestroke were consistent: empowering emergency physicians in treatment decisions, increasing access to a comprehensive stroke care, and improving health outcomes. The stakeholders also agreed that the main utilization barriers were unmatched role expectations, technical issues, and patient-provider detachment. Other barriers were specific to certain stakeholder groups. Stroke program managers emphasized the importance of the unified criteria for telestroke activation. Hub neurologists highlighted the lack of interoperability of the electronic health records system and the variation in nurse training. Nurses reported inadequate dissemination of the telestroke updates during night-shifts. Emergency physicians were concerned about the lack of emergency department representation at telestroke meetings. The stakeholders were actively managing arising issues through developing their own strategies and reporting the problems to the telestroke program. Conclusion: Stakeholders perceive telestroke as a necessary tool that assure high quality care. However, addressing the barriers to optimal telestroke use might improve provider and patient experience.

M&E - what is measured, and reaching out to donors.

This book chapter is intended to measure egg counts, disease incidence (damage to organs, anemia, growth retardation) and affect cognition. Epidemiologists and mathematical modelers agree that it is unlikely that schistosomiasis and HRT will be eradicated in a very long time, and certainly not until socio-economic recovery with better sanitation and provide potable water introduced in all endemic areas. However, the locals thought that elimination is certainly possible and is the current goal in many countries (WHO has made the plan available to program managers), acknowledging that some hot spots of infection will likely stay with these requiring more regularity of processing. Already in some regions, the MDA has greatly reduced popularity measured by structured monitoring and evaluation.