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The prisoner as patient - a health services satisfaction survey
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Background
There is evidence for higher morbidity among prison inmates than in the general population. Despite this, patient satisfaction with the prison health services is scarcely investigated. The aim of the present study was to investigate patient satisfaction with prison health services in Norway and to analyze possible patient and service effects.
Methods
The survey took part in 29 prisons in the southern and central part of Norway, representing 62% of the total prison capacity in Norway. A total of 1,150 prison inmates with prison health services experiences completed a satisfaction questionnaire (90% response rate). The patients' satisfaction was measured on a 12-item index. Multilevel analyses were used to analyze both patient and service characteristics as predictors of satisfaction.
Results
The study revealed high levels of dissatisfaction with prison health services. There were substantial differences between services, with between-service-variance accounting for 9% of the total variance. Satisfaction was significantly associated with a senior staff member’s evaluation of the health services possessing adequate resources and the quality of drug abuse treatment. At the patient level, satisfaction was significantly associated with older age, frequent consultations and better self-perceived health.
Conclusions
Prison inmates’ satisfaction with the health services provided are low compared with patient satisfaction measured in other health areas. The substantial differences observed between services – even when adjusting for several known factors associated with patient satisfaction – indicate a potential for quality improvement
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
National Substance Abuse Programme NSAP
No full text2.utgaveThis report is based upon a request from the Panel of Accreditation to evaluate the
programme “National Substance Abuse Programme” (NSAP), which originated in
Canada. The report will give a better foundation for evaluating whether the programme
should be furthered after the period of the pilot project. It will also contribute to casting
light on some of the problems connected with carrying out the programme, which in
turn might support possible changes or improvements.
NSAP is a cognitive behavioural programme intended to replace the former programmes
“Offender Substance Abuse Programme” (OSAPP) and the substance abuse programme
in Probation named “Choices”, which both dealt with problematic behaviour related to
intoxication. All three programmes are Norwegian versions of Canadian programmes
used in cooperation with the Correctional Service in Canada, CSC.
At the Panel of Accreditation’s request, the differences between NSAP and OSAPP are
reviewed in this report. The pilot units assessed in this evaluation are the prisons of Ila,
Ringerike, Oslo, Ravneberget, Bergen, Stavanger and Bodø, as well as the probation
offices in Oslo and Østfold. The probation office in Oslo is represented by one
participant in the interview survey.
This report consists of four main parts: (1) Introduction to the programme and the
report, (2) the user’s experiences with NSAP, (3) evaluation of pre- and post-tests and
(4) discussion and recommendations with regards to accrediting the programme.
Chapter 2, on the user’s experiences with NSAP, is written by Åse-Bente Rustad on
behalf of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry in the south-east
regional health service. The other chapters and recommendations are written by Per
Kristian Granheim in collaboration with Tore Rokkan, both employed at the Correctional
Service of Norway staff Academy (KRUS)
National Substance Abuse Programme NSAP
Get PDF2.utgaveThis report is based upon a request from the Panel of Accreditation to evaluate the
programme “National Substance Abuse Programme” (NSAP), which originated in
Canada. The report will give a better foundation for evaluating whether the programme
should be furthered after the period of the pilot project. It will also contribute to casting
light on some of the problems connected with carrying out the programme, which in
turn might support possible changes or improvements.
NSAP is a cognitive behavioural programme intended to replace the former programmes
“Offender Substance Abuse Programme” (OSAPP) and the substance abuse programme
in Probation named “Choices”, which both dealt with problematic behaviour related to
intoxication. All three programmes are Norwegian versions of Canadian programmes
used in cooperation with the Correctional Service in Canada, CSC.
At the Panel of Accreditation’s request, the differences between NSAP and OSAPP are
reviewed in this report. The pilot units assessed in this evaluation are the prisons of Ila,
Ringerike, Oslo, Ravneberget, Bergen, Stavanger and Bodø, as well as the probation
offices in Oslo and Østfold. The probation office in Oslo is represented by one
participant in the interview survey.
This report consists of four main parts: (1) Introduction to the programme and the
report, (2) the user’s experiences with NSAP, (3) evaluation of pre- and post-tests and
(4) discussion and recommendations with regards to accrediting the programme.
Chapter 2, on the user’s experiences with NSAP, is written by Åse-Bente Rustad on
behalf of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry in the south-east
regional health service. The other chapters and recommendations are written by Per
Kristian Granheim in collaboration with Tore Rokkan, both employed at the Correctional
Service of Norway staff Academy (KRUS)
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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