Campaign Program Research Articles

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The implementation of students’ campaign program to form Adiwiyata school in Malang, Indonesia

SMPN 2 Malang is a Non-Adiwiyata school which has never participated in Adiwiyata award. The administration of action research might mediate the school to participate in Adiwiyata award. This action research aimed at investigating the improvement of adiwiyata program quality in SMPN 2 Malang through the students’ campaign. The students’ campaign program was carried out in 2 times, the first at break time and the second at flag ceremony moment so that the campaign could attract all of the school people’s attention. The Adiwiyata program quality enhanced in particular aspects, such as (1) waste-care HR capacity, (2) waste-care school rules, (3) waste-care learning syllabus development, (4) waste-care lesson plan development, (5) waste-care module, hand-out, and poster development, (6) waste-care action, (7) waste-care cooperation development, (8) trash can availability, and (9) cleaning tools availability.

Optimal Control Problem of Treatment for Obesity in a Closed Population

Variety of intervention programs for controlling the obesity epidemic has been done worldwide. However, it is still not yet available a scientific tool to measure the effectiveness of those programs. This is due to the difficulty in parameterizing the human interaction and transition process of obesity. A dynamical model for simulating the interaction between healthy people, overweight people, and obese people in a randomly mixed population is discussed in here. Two scenarios of intervention programs were implemented in the model, dietary program for overweight people with healthy life campaign and treatment program for obese people. Assuming all control rates are constant, disease free equilibrium point, endemic equilibrium point, and basic reproductive ratio (ℛ0) as the epidemic indicator were shown analytically. We find that the disease free equilibrium point is locally asymptotical stable if and only ifℛ0<1. From sensitivity analysis ofℛ0, we obtain that larger rate of dietary program and treatment program will reduceℛ0significantly. With control rates are continuous in time, an optimal control approach was applied into the model to find the best way to minimize the number of overweight and obese people. Some numerical analysis and simulations for optimal control of the intervention were shown to support the analytical results.

Efektivitas Metode Role Playing dan Role Model dalam Program Kampanye Sosial (Analisis Perbedaan Efektivitas Metode Role Playing dan Role Model dalam Program Kampanye Sosial ”Produk Pangan Olahan Sagu” Kondur Petroleum S.A dalam Membentuk Keputusan Mengol

Abstract : The objective of this research is to analyze the differences on the effectiveness of role playing and role model methods applied in social campaign program. Role playing and role model are the methods in social learning theory–as a part of persuasion theories–which implicates to behavior change by affecting with modeling and participate of the target adopters. The social campaign “Produk Pangan Olahan Sagu” adopts these two methods to persuade target adopters to change their behavior as its campaign goal.

Assessment of the impacts of bamboo promotion on soil conservation and people’s livelihood in Gataraga sector, Musanze district, northern Rwanda

This study aimed at assessing the impacts of Bamboo promotion for soil conservation and improved people’s livelihood around Volcanoes National Park (BASOLI/VNP) Project in Gataraga Sector, Musanze District in Northern Province of Rwanda. Problems linked to poverty, bamboo collection andsoil erosion are highlighted in Gataraga Sector, the reason why this study was conducted from May to August 2012. Formal, informal interviews and field observation were used to collect data. 41 respondents from Rungu and Mudakama Cells in Gataraga Sector were interviewed. The data wasanalyzed using Microsoft Office Excel and the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) 16 using Freidman test, one sample T-Test and paired samples T-Test. Results revealed that the household income and the social services are independent on bamboo production. Farmers got more income after joining Abadacogora cooperative than before the arrival of BASOLI/VNP project (t = -6.815, p = 0.00). The provision of the health services and better education were the main social services achieved. 34 respondents considered the soil erosion control as the first advantage frombamboo plantation. Cooperatives were considered as an essential pillar in the development process of the members in order to increase household income and improve people’s welfare. There is a need to integrate local people into VNP management by increasing awareness on bamboo importance, promote bamboo plantation in tree campaign program and finance micro project for poor people living around VNP.Keywords: Bamboo, soil erosion, local people’ livelihood, household income, biodiversity conservation

생산직 근로자의 심뇌혈관질환 예방실천행위에 영향을 미치는 요인

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate blue color workers' knowledge and attitudes about cardiocerebrovascular disease, and these influence on their preventive health behavior. Methods: Data were collected from 235 blue color workers using questionnaire in 'H' city. Data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression analysis with SPSS/WIN 17.0 version. Results: Health behaviors for preventing cardiocerebrovascular disease were correlated positively with knowledge about cardiocerebrovascular disease. In addition, preventive behaviors for cardiocerebrovascular disease was influenced by marital status, monthly income, past history of cardiocerebrovascular disease, and knowledge about cardiovascular disease. Conclusion: Knowledge about cardiocerebrovascular disease has an effect on preventive behaviors regarding cardiocerebrovascular disease. For preventing cardiocerebrovascular disease, national campaign and health education program in each industry need to be built.

PIN67 Cost Minimization Comparison of a Vaccination With Campaign Program for Corporations Using PCV13 Vesus Free PCV10 With Paid Campaign

PIN67 Cost Minimization Comparison of a Vaccination With Campaign Program for Corporations Using PCV13 Vesus Free PCV10 With Paid Campaign

Assessing the Effectiveness of a Community-Based Sensitization Strategy in Creating Awareness About HPV, Cervical Cancer and HPV Vaccine Among Parents in North West Cameroon

In 2010, the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) received a donation of HPV vaccine (Gardasil®) to immunize girls of ages 9-13 years in the North West Region of Cameroon. We evaluated the effectiveness of the CBCHS campaign program in sensitizing parents/guardians to encourage HPV vaccine uptake, identified factors that influence parents' decisions to vaccinate girls, and examined the uptake of cervical cancer screening among mothers. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in four healthcare facilities run by CBCHS, churches and other social settings. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed and 317 were used for the analysis. There were high levels of awareness about cervical cancer, HPV and HPV vaccine. 75.5% understood HPV is sexually transmitted and 90.3% were aware of the use of vaccine as a preventive measure. Effectiveness of the vaccine (31.8%) and side effects/safety (18.4%) were the major barriers for parents to vaccinate their daughters. Bivariate analysis further revealed that the level of education (p = 0.0006), income level (p = 0.0044) and perceived risks (p = 0.0044) are additional factors influencing parents' decisions to vaccinate girls. 35.3% of women had sought a cervical cancer screening, significantly higher than the general estimated rate of screening (<10%) in other parts of Cameroon and sub-Saharan Africa. These results support the viability of a community-tailored sensitization strategy to increase awareness among the targeted audience of parents/guardians, who are critical decision-makers for vaccine delivery to children.

Bacterial and Fungal Contamination of Saudi Arabian Paper Currency and Cell Phones

Paper currency is used in exchange for goods and services and so the circulation of paper currency from one individual to another potentially spreads microorganisms. If pathogenic bacteria contaminate these currencies, the rate of infection and death rate from these infectious agents will continue to rise. This study was conducted to survey the bacterial and fungal contamination of paper money and cellular phones samples in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in May 2010. Each bill and phone was prepared using standard procedures. Of the 390 currency notes, 282 (72.3%) were contaminated with bacteria which included Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, Candida spp., Penicillium spp., and Rhizopus spp. and bacteria which included Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella ozaenae, Cedecea davisae, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Acinetobacter iwoffii, Staphylococcus warneri, and Enterobacter agglomerans. All isolated bacterial species were sensitive to ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, ticarcillin, tobramycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The use of commercial disinfectants was only effective against Aspergillus niger and Rhizopus spp. Cellular phones were contaminated with Micrococcus and Staphylococcus species, and no fungal species were isolated from the sampled cellular phones. Prevention is the hallmark of reducing morbidity and mortality. An efficient health awareness campaign program should be fully implemented to inform the public of the hazards of contaminated paper currencies and even mobile phones.

Effects of Psychological Distress on Academic Achievement in Brunei Student Teachers: Identification Challenges and Counseling Implications

Students with psychological and mental health problems are often accorded a low status and priority compared to peers with other disabilities. Recent research indicated that a female Brunei student teacher prematurely left her training program due to unaddressed mental health problems. The present study used a mixed methods approach. The random sample consisted of 85 trainee teachers (59 females) out of whom 6 at-risk and vulnerable students (2 males and 4 females) with extreme scores on the psychometric assessments and depressed scores on the academic evaluations were included in the case study. Anxiety was found operating in combination with either extroversion or introversion. While mild extroversion, introversion, and anxiety were not necessarily harmful, excessive amounts of each of these traits could undermine a student’s educational and social functioning. Recommendations included encouraging students to undergo voluntary testing, self-referred counseling, and mounting an active mental health promotion campaign and pastoral care program.

The demand for a dengue vaccine: A contingent valuation survey in Metro Manila

Using data gathered from a contingent valuation survey, this study estimated the willingness to pay (WTP) for a single dengue fever vaccine and the household demand function for dengue vaccines. Mean WTP for the vaccine ranged from US$27 to US$32 and household demand averaged 2 per household. Our findings indicate sufficiently high WTP for dengue vaccines and hence a significant potential for selling the vaccine in private markets. For the lower income groups with lower capacity to pay, a mass vaccination campaign program in which part of the financial costs are covered by vaccine user charges is viable.

The NIF Ignition Program: progress and planning

The first experimental campaign for ignition, beginning in 2010 after NIF construction and commissioning are completed, will include experiments to measure and optimize key laser and target conditions necessary for ignition. These ‘tuning campaigns’ will precede the first ignition shots. Ignition requires acceptable target performance in several key areas: energetics, symmetry, shock timing and capsule hydrodynamics. Detailed planning and simulations for ‘tuning campaigns’ in each of these areas is currently underway, as part of the National Ignition Campaign (NIC) Program. Tuning and diagnostic methods are being developed and tested on present facilities, including the OMEGA laser at the Laboratory for Energetics (LLE), the Z facility at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), and the Trident laser at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Target fabrication development is underway at General Atomics (GA), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and LANL.

Burn injuries in Enugu, Nigeria

Background: Burn injury has been observed as a world wide problem.. The knowledge of the epidemiology is important for planning of management and preventive programmes and every community is encouraged to study the epidemiology of burns since this important problem varies from community to community. Method: This is a retrospective review of all our burn patients who presented with acute burn injuries between January 1993 and December 1997. Admission registers and patients' folders were the sources of information. The information obtained include age, sex, place of injury, month of injury, cause of injury, management and outcome. Results: A total of 285 patients with acute burn injuries were studied. Males were 180 [63.2%] while females were 101 [35.4%]. Flame was the single most common cause of burn injury [147 or 49.1%] while electrical burns was less frequent [4 or 1.4%]. Majority of burn injuries occurred in the months of December and January. The mortality rate was 23.2%. Conclusion: The incidence and mortality of burn injury has remained high in this environment. We suggest a well targeted prevention campaign program to reduce this high incidence and high mortality in this environment. Keywords: burn injuries, epidemiology, flame mortality, December/ January Nigerian Journal of Surgical Research Vol. 7(3&4) 2005: 271-273

P1064 ウォーキングキャンペーン実施による1年後の効果(一般演題:ポスター,地方の時代の産業保健,第79回日本産業衛生学会)

P1064 ウォーキングキャンペーン実施による1年後の効果(一般演題:ポスター,地方の時代の産業保健,第79回日本産業衛生学会)

Non-cancer Effects of Chronic Arsenicosis in Bangladesh: Preliminary Results

A total of 136 patients were studied in three Upazillas of Laxmipur, Barisal and Madaripur districts were selected for health awareness campaign program. According to the existing data, these villages were ranked as high exposure. Demographic data of the patients investigated are showing pigmentation was seen in all—136 cases, keratosis was found only in 110 cases, and skin ulcer was detected in 13 cases. The predominant features are indicating respiratory sign and symptoms followed by conjunctival congestion and redness of eyes. Weakness was predominant symptom, and all most all cases reported weakness. There were few smokers (n = 16) and analyses were confined to non-smokers (n = 94). A total of the 94 subjects participated in this study. The sex ratio was 1:1.3 (male vs. female). The relative risk of chronic cough increased with age (RR = 2.12, for 26–50 age group; RR = 2.30 for age group more than 51) reflecting chronic exposure, but the 95% confidence intervals included unity. The relative risk of chronic bronchitis increased with age (RR = 2.68, for 26–50 age group; RR = 2.30 for age group more than 51) reflecting chronic exposure, but the 95% confidence intervals also included unity. The findings presented here provide evidence that ingestion of inorganic arsenic in drinking water may results in increases risk of chronic cough and bronchitis.

Fund development for science facilities

AbstractA president reviews the critical elements of a capital campaign program.

Are meteoroids really dustballs?

Analysis of light curves of faint meteors seem to suggest that most meteoroids are collections of hundreds to thousands of fundamental grains at least some of which are released prior to the onset of intensive ablation. We would expect these grains, unless extremely uniform in physical properties, to be aerodynamically separated during flight, and therefore to produce wake, which is defined as instantaneous meteor light production from an extended spatial region. We present here theoretical results for wake production as a function of grain mass distribution, height of separation, zenith angle and velocity. In addition, we have obtained observational results from a new study which used short duration intensified CCD detectors to search for wake in sporadic meteors. The system employed coaxial intensified CCD cameras at each of two separated stations, one camera utilizing a rotating shutter and one not at each station. The majority of these nonshower meteors showed no statistically significant wake. However, several examples of apparent transverse separation of the light production regions were found. We also present results of two interesting Leonid meteors from the Mount Allison light curve experiment in NASA's 1998 Leonid Multi-instrument Aircraft Campaign (MAC) program. One of these provide support for the idea of transverse spread in the light production region, up to hundreds of meters, while the other provides a clear case of extreme wake in one Leonid meteor which can only be successfully modeled with very small (≈10 −16– 10 −17 kg ) constituent grains.

Atmospheric behavior and extreme beginning heights of the thirteen brightest photographic Leonid meteors from the ground‐based expedition to China

Abstract— Precise atmospheric trajectories including dynamic and photometric data on thirteen of the brightest Leonid fireballs have been determined from the double‐station photographic observations of Leonid meteors during the ground‐based expedition to China in 1998 November. the expedition was organized as a collaboration between the dutch and chinese academy of sciences and was supported by the leonid multi‐instrument aircraft campaign (mac) program (jenniskens and butow, 1999). All data presented here were taken at Xinglong Observatory and at a remote station, Lin Ting Kou near Beijing, on the night of 1998 November 16/17. At the Xinglong station, photographic cameras were accompanied by an all‐sky television camera equipped with an image intensifier and 15 mm fish‐eye objective in order to obtain precise timings for all observed meteors up to magnitude +2. Whereas beginning heights of photographed meteors are all lower than 130 km, those observed by the all‐sky television system are at ∼160 km, and for three brightest events, even &gt; 180 km. Such high beginnings for meteors have never before been observed. We also obtained a precise dynamic single‐body solution for the Leonid meteor 98003, including the ablation coefficient, which is an important material and structural quantity (0.16 s2 km−2). From this and from known photometry, we derived a density of this meteoroid of 0.7 g/cm3. Also, all PE coefficients indicate that these Leonid meteors belonged to the fireball group IIIB, which is typical for the most fragile and weak interplanetary bodies. From a photometric study of the meteor lightcurves, we found two typical shapes of light curves for these Leonid meteors.

Evaluation of the Quebec Public Information Campaign and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antibody Screening Program Directed to Persons Transfused Between 1978 and 1985

Evaluation of the Quebec Public Information Campaign and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antibody Screening Program Directed to Persons Transfused Between 1978 and 1985

Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs, Expanded Edition

The National Research Council Panel on the Evaluation of AIDS Interventions follows its 1st edition of recommended strategies for evaluating 3 major US Center for Disease Control (CDC) AIDS prevention programs with more recommendations. The panel emphasizes that prevention requires life long behavioral changes so program design implementation and evaluation should not be considered in the short term. It advocates research strategies (formative process and outcome evaluation) that entail major investments of talent time planning and money which even though are costly will make future evaluations easier and less costly. It is important the CDC clearly define program objectives in terms of measurable outcomes to test the effectiveness of programs. The panel stresses behavioral outcomes as the primary outcome variables for most AIDS intervention programs. Before launching a national AIDS media campaign or a new community bases organization (CBO) approach CDC should test a proposed campaign or CBO program in several randomly selected test market areas and compare these results with results from areas where the campaign was not aired or the CBO program was not operational. CDC should evaluate a selected sample of CBO projects and have all CBOs submit administrative reports to CDC periodically. The panel believes it is unethical to use no treatment control groups to evaluate the effects of HIV testing and counseling. Researchers should instead conduct randomized experiments with alternative treatment controls. Indeed randomized experiments for evaluating any AIDS prevention activity avoids selection bias and should be the backbone of any evaluation strategy. To avoid the difficulties of comparing data from any studies when the definitions specifications of variables and other factors differ the panel recommends subsets of common data elements be repeated across studies.