Understanding adaptations in the Veteran Health Administration’s Transitions Nurse Program: refining methodology and pragmatic implications for scale-up by Michaela S. McCarthy, Lexus L. Ujano-De Motta, Mary A. Nunnery, Heather Gilmartin, Lynette Kelley, Ashlea Wills, Chelsea Leonard, Christine D. Jones, Borsika A. Rabin

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On a New Notion of Partial Refinement by Emil Sekerinski, Tian Zhang

“…Our goal is to contribute to a method of program refinement that allows for partial implementations. …”
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Creating Work and Family Balance: Workshop Evaluation by David C. Diehl, Suzanna Smith, Betsy Crisp, Karen S. Headlee

“…Workshop presenters: the evaluation instrument described in this article provides a simple and streamlined way to conduct a useful evaluation and solicit feedback for program refinement. It was designed to accompany a Florida Cooperative Extension Service workshop, Creating Work and Family Balance. …”
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Second-Order Functions and Theorems in ACL2 by Alessandro Coglio

“…SOFT can be used to carry out program refinement inside ACL2, by constructing a sequence of increasingly stronger second-order predicates over one or more target functions: the sequence starts with a predicate that specifies requirements for the target functions, and ends with a predicate that provides executable definitions for the target functions.…”
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Imposing assertions in Maude via program transformation by María Alpuente, Demis Ballis, Julia Sapiña

“…The outcome of the technique is a safe program refinement R' of R in which every computation is a good run, i.e., it satisfies the assertions in A. …”
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Design of a continuous quality improvement program to prevent falls among community-dwelling older adults in an integrated healthcare system by Yano Elizabeth M, Ganz David A, Saliba Debra, Shekelle Paul G

“…The theory-derived plan consisted of 1) an initial leadership meeting to agree on whether creating a fall prevention program was a priority for the organization, 2) focus groups with patients and health care professionals to develop ideas for the program, 3) monthly workgroup meetings with representatives from key departments to develop a blueprint for the program, 4) a second leadership meeting to confirm that the blueprint developed by the workgroup was satisfactory, and also to solicit feedback on ideas for program refinement.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The leadership and workgroup meetings occurred as planned and led to the development of a functional program. …”
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Developing young men's wellbeing through community and school-based programs: A systematic review. by Kate Gwyther, Ray Swann, Kate Casey, Rosemary Purcell, Simon M Rice

“…Studies were limited by a lack of replication and program refinement approaches. It is concluded that there is significant scope for further development of community and school-based health promotion programs that target young men through incorporation of frameworks that consider the impact of gendered social and environmental determinants of health. …”
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Navigating Uncertainty: Evaluation of a COVID-19 Surge Workforce Support Program, Australia 2020-2021 by Amy Elizabeth Parry, Samantha Colquhoun, Aimee Brownbill, Brigid M Lynch, Tambri Housen

“…Three primary focus areas were identified from the data to inform program refinement: programmatic considerations, professional and wellbeing support, and broader benefits of the program. …”
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'I do hope more people can benefit from it.': The qualitative experience of individuals living with osteoarthritis who participated in the GLA:D™ program in Alberta, Canada. by Ania Kania-Richmond, Lauren A Beaupre, Geneviève Jessiman-Perreault, Danika Tribo, Jason Martyn, David A Hart, Jill Robert, Mel Slomp, C Allyson Jones

“…Our objective was to examine how the GLA:DTM program was perceived and experienced by individuals with hip and knee OA to inform on-going program refinement and implementation.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirty semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with participants who completed the GLA:DTM program in Alberta. …”
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Taken to health care provider or not, under-five children die of preventable causes: Findings from cross-sectional survey and social autopsy in Rural India by Vaishali Deshmukh, Chandrakant Lahariya, Sriram Krishnamurthy, Manoj K Das, Ravindra M Pandey, Narendra K Arora

“…The findings could be used for policy planning and program refinement in India.…”
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Group or individual lifestyle-integrated functional exercise (LiFE)? A qualitative analysis of acceptability by Leah Reicherzer, Franziska Kramer-Gmeiner, Sarah Labudek, Carl-Philipp Jansen, Corinna Nerz, Malin J. Nystrand, Clemens Becker, Lindy Clemson, Michael Schwenk

“…Conclusion This is the first study to examine participants’ views on and experiences with gLiFE and LiFE, revealing strengths and limitations of both formats that can be used for program refinement. Both formats were highly acceptable to participants, suggesting that gLiFE may have similar potential to be adopted by adults aged 70 years and older compared to LiFE. …”
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Definition and improvement of the concept and tools of a psychosocial intervention program for parents in pediatric oncology: a mixed-methods feasibility study conducted with paren... by David Ogez, Claude-Julie Bourque, Katherine Péloquin, Rebeca Ribeiro, Laurence Bertout, Daniel Curnier, Simon Drouin, Caroline Laverdière, Valérie Marcil, Émélie Rondeau, Daniel Sinnett, Serge Sultan

“…We performed a descriptive thematic content analysis of the qualitative data from the open-ended questions (questionnaires and interviews) with NVivo 11 to categorize recommendations for the program refinement. Results The results showed that components seemed pertinent to final users. …”
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Short-Term, Community-Based, Slow-Stream Rehabilitation Program for Older Adults Transitioning from Hospital to Home: A Mixed Methods Program Evaluation by Dal Bello-Haas V, Kaasalainen S, Maximos M, Virag O, Seng-iad S, Te A, Bui M

“…Information about program strengths and areas for improvement can be used by stakeholders to inform program refinement and enhancement.Keywords: program evaluation, mixed methods, community-based program, older adults, hospital-to-home transition, slow-stream rehabilitation…”
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Cultural adaptation of a peer-led lifestyle intervention program for diabetes prevention in India: the Kerala diabetes prevention program (K-DPP) by Elezebeth Mathews, Emma Thomas, Pilvikki Absetz, Fabrizio D’Esposito, Zahra Aziz, Sajitha Balachandran, Meena Daivadanam, Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan, Brian Oldenburg

“…The adaptation process was undertaken in five phases: 1) needs assessment; 2) formulation of program objectives; 3) program adaptation and development; 4) piloting of the program and its delivery; and 5) program refinement and active implementation. Results The resulting program, K-DPP, includes four key components: 1) a group-based peer support program for participants; 2) a peer-leader training and support program for lay people to lead the groups; 3) resource materials; and 4) strategies to stimulate broader community engagement. …”
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The Family-Check-Up® Autism Implementation Research (FAIR) Study: protocol for a study evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of a family-centered intervention within a Ca... by Teresa Bennett, Teresa Bennett, Irene Drmic, Julie Gross, Marc Jambon, Melissa Kimber, Anat Zaidman-Zait, K. Andrews, Julia Frei, E. Duku, Stelios Georgiades, Andrea Gonzalez, Magdalena Janus, E. Lipman, Paulo Pires, Heather Prime, Caroline Roncadin, Mackenzie Salt, Rebecca Shine

“…Results of this study will inform further program refinement and scale-up.…”
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Programming Language Features for Refinement by Jason Koenig, K. Rustan M. Leino

“…Algorithmic and data refinement are well studied topics that provide a mathematically rigorous approach to gradually introducing details in the implementation of software. Program refinements are performed in the context of some programming language, but mainstream languages lack features for recording the sequence of refinement steps in the program text. …”
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Validating the Career Adapt-Ability Scale in Mexico and Examining the Relative Importance of Career Adaptability and Employability in Career Success by Tee-Hwa Jasmine Low, Jesus Yeves, Felisa Latorre, José Ramos

“…Career adaptability should be included in employability programs, refining the two concepts into a more parsimonious measure.…”
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Coastal sharks and rays in the Northeastern Atlantic: From an urgent call to collect more data to the declaration of a marine corridor by Fernando Tuya, Fátima Pérez-Neira, Fernando Espino, Néstor E. Bosch, Eva K.M. Meyers, David Jiménez-Alvarado, José J. Castro, Ana Sobral, Francisco Otero-Ferrer, Ricardo Haroun

“…Our study calls for prioritising conservation efforts in these areas, a stronghold for these vulnerable taxa, in addition to the establishment of systematic monitoring programs. Refining Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), including declaration of local 'Sharks Sanctuaries', along a marine corridor encompassing these archipelagos, seem pertinent in this sense. …”
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Supplemental Milestones for Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: A Validation Study by Ketterer, Andrew R, Salzman, David H, Branzetti, Jeremy B, Gisondi, Michael A

“…Subject-matter experts at other 48-month EM residency programs refined the milestones for these subcompetencies. …”

Insights of undergraduate health sciences students about a French interprofessional training initiative by Mélanie Gaillet, Patrice François, Guillaume Fond, Rebecca Shankland, Maria de Fatima Novais, Julien Provost, Marie Herr, Laurent Boyer, Bastien Boussat

“…To further enhance the educational impact and address the scheduling complexities, it is recommended that program refinements be made based on student feedback and pedagogical best practices.…”
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