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Publicly funded prekindergarten programs have achieved small-to-large impacts on children's cognitive outcomes. The current study examined the impact of a prekindergarten program that implemented a coaching system and consistent literacy, language, and mathematics curricula on these and other nonta…

Bron Child Development 84(6): 2112-2130 Nov 2013
Auteur(s) Weiland, C; Yoshikawa, H
Jaar 2013
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Scholars have long argued that principals should be instructional leaders, but few studies have empirically linked specific instructional leadership behaviors to school performance. This study examines the associations between leadership behaviors and student achievement gains using a unique data…

Bron Educational Researcher 42(8): 433-444 Nov 2013
Auteur(s) Grissom, JA; Loeb, S; Master, B
Jaar 2013
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Succession planning and management are critical parts of strategic planning for libraries in the twenty-first century. Making certain that the right people are in place with the prerequisite training and experience to assume leadership positions is a vital part of strategic planning and talent mana…

Auteur(s) Hall-Ellis, SD; Grealy, DS
Jaar 2013
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The adult primary care "physician shortage" is more accurately portrayed as a gap between the adult population's demand for primary care services and the capacity of primary care, as currently delivered, to meet that demand. Given current trends, producing more adult primary care clinicians will no…

Bron Health Affairs 32(11): 1881-1886 Nov 2013
Auteur(s) Bodenheimer, TS; Smith, MD
Jaar 2013
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Background Efficient dietary interventions for patients with hypertension in clinical settings are needed. Objective To assess the separate and combined influence of a physician intervention (MD-I) and a patient intervention (PT-I) on dietary intakes of patients with hypertension. Design A nested…

Bron Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 113(11): 1465-1475 Nov 2013
Auteur(s) Lin, P; Yancy, WSJr; Pollak, KI; et al.
Jaar 2013
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BackgroundThis pilot study was conducted in response to the call in 2009 by the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics to focus on effective leadership structures in nursing homes and to develop leadership capacity. Few researchers have evaluated interventions aimed at enhancing th…

Bron Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 10(4): 238-247 Nov 2013
Auteur(s) McGilton, KS; Profetto-McGrath, J; Robinson, A
Jaar 2013
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In 2006, The Wyoming state legislature allocated monies to fund Instructional Facilitators (IFs) in schools around the state. This interview study, developed through situational analysis, explores the roles and responsibilities of IFs in Wyoming secondary schools, and the contextual factors of thos…

Bron Journal of Literacy Research 45(3): 267-294 Sep 2013
Auteur(s) Rush, LS
Jaar 2013
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Internships are an effective way of connecting high school students in a meaningful manner to the sciences. Disadvantaged minorities have fewer opportunities to participate in internships, and are underrepresented in both science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and careers. We have…

Bron CBE-Life Science Education 12(3): 410-418 Sep 2013
Auteur(s) Kabacoff, C; Srivastava, V; Robinson, DN
Jaar 2013
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The ability to respond to the increasing need for nurses is directly related to the availability of adequate numbers of faculty. One solution that is currently being utilized by many educational institutions is the employment of adjunct clinical faculty. As more and more adjunct clinical faculty ar…

Bron Journal of Professional Nursing 29(5): 295-301 Sep-Oct 2013
Auteur(s) Roberts, KK; Chrisman, SK; Flowers, C
Jaar 2013
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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an important approach to inform the development and implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment strategies. However, there is a paucity of literature describing CBPR from the perspective of community-based organizations (CBOs), specifically…

Bron Progress in Communicty Health Partnerships-Research and Action 7(3): 323-330 Fal 2013
Auteur(s) Cole, CA; Edelman, EJ; Boshnack, N; et al.
Jaar 2013
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New strategies are emerging to promote structure and increase learning in the clinical setting. Nursing faculty designed a mechanism by which integrative learning and situated coaching could occur more readily in the clinical setting. The Clinical Goals Initiative was implemented for sophomore-, ju…

Bron Journal of Nursing Education 52(9): 525-528 Sep 2013
Auteur(s) Price, D; Tschannen, D; Caylor, S
Jaar 2013
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Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of goal focused telephone coaching by practice nurses in improving glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes in Australia. Design Prospective, cluster randomised controlled trial, with general practices as the unit of randomisation. Setting General…

Bron BMJ-British Medical Journal 247 Article Number: f5272 Sep 2013
Auteur(s) Blackberry, ID; Furler, JS; Best, JD; et al.
Jaar 2013
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