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Report Cards (report + card)
Selected AbstractsA Report Card to Grade Helicobacter pylori TherapyHELICOBACTER, Issue 4 2007David Y. Graham Helicobacter pylori causes a serious bacterial infectious disease, and the expectations of therapy should reflect this fact. Increasing antibiotic resistance, especially to clarithromycin, has significantly undermined the effectiveness of legacy triple therapy consisting of a proton pump inhibitor, clarithromycin, and amoxicillin. Current cure rates are consistently below 80% intention-to-treat, the accepted threshold separating acceptable from unacceptable treatment results. Grading clinical studies into effectiveness categories using prespecified criteria would allow clinicians to objectively identify and compare regimens. We offer a therapy report card similar to that used to grade the performance of school children. The intention-to-treat cure rate categories are: F or unacceptable ( 80%), D or poor (81,84%), C or fair (85,89%), B or good (90,95%), and A or excellent (95,100%). The category of "excellent" is based on the cure rates expected with other prevalent bacterial infectious diseases. We propose that only therapies that score "excellent" (grade = A) should be prescribed. Regimens scoring as B or "good" can be used if "excellent" results are not obtainable. In most regions legacy triple therapy should be abandoned as unacceptable. Quadruple therapy and sequential therapy are reasonable alternatives for initial therapy. [source] A Report Card on the G8 in AfricaNEW PERSPECTIVES QUARTERLY, Issue 4 2006PAUL WOLFOWITZ No abstract is available for this article. [source] Austria's Report Card on Neutrality during the Hungarian Crisis of 1956AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND HISTORY, Issue 2 2010Johanna Granville The Hungarian revolution of 1956 tested the Austrians' ability to exercise neutrality for the first time, while simultaneously rendering humanitarian aid to Hungarian refugees. Needing to justify the invasion of a Warsaw Pact ally, communist authorities exploited issues like border incidents, espionage, repatriation of refugees, and favouritism toward organisations to "prove" Austria's breech of neutrality. The Raab government , which signed the State Treaty only one year earlier , prudently weighed every move, passing the test admirably. [source] Brand Management in Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises,JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2008Pierre Berthon Although an impressive body of literature has emerged focusing on the critical activities involved in brand management for larger organizations with well-established brands and substantial marketing budgets, no research has been undertaken to examine branding within small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The present study therefore seeks to assess the nature and scope of brand management within an SME context. Findings show significant differences between small and large organizations along 9 of the 10 brand management dimensions reported in Keller's brand report card. Moreover, different brand management practices are associated with business performance in SMEs. Implications of the study are highlighted, limitations noted, and directions for future research outlined. [source] Five years later: A semiquantitative report cardPEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, Issue 12 2007Victor Chernick MD Editor-in-Chief No abstract is available for this article. [source] Good, bad, or in-between: How does the daily behavior report card rate?PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS, Issue 2 2002Sandra M. Chafouleas Our purpose here was to define and review the daily behavior report card (DBRC) as a monitoring and/or intervention technique. We considered a measure of a DBRC to be if a specified behavior was rated at least daily, and that information was shared with someone other than the rater. In general, it has been suggested that DBRCs may be feasible, acceptable, effective in promoting a positive student, and a way to increase parent/teacher communication. In addition, DBRCs are highly adaptive in that they represent a broad array of both monitoring and intervention possibilities rather than having a single, scripted purpose. All of these characteristics make the DBRC appealing for use in applied settings. However, an extensive, methodologically sound literature base does not yet exist. Despite the appeal of using DBRCs, widespread endorsement cannot be made without caution. We conclude with implications for use in practice and highlight areas in need of further investigation. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source] An unsatisfactory report cardACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, Issue 5 2009M. Kleerekoper No abstract is available for this article. [source] What fire statistics tell us about our fire and building codes for housing and small buildings and fire risk for occupants of those structures,FIRE AND MATERIALS, Issue 6 2001Leslie R. Richardson Annual reports on fire losses in Canada and the United States are in part, report cards on the efficacy of fire safety provisions in our building and fire codes and on the efforts to reduce risk for the occupants of those buildings. This paper attempts to assess what recent fire-loss statistics indicate about how successful those efforts have been. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Using quality report cards for reshaping dentist practice patterns: a pre-play communication approachJOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, Issue 3 2008Chinho Lin PhD Abstract Rationale, aims and objectives, Understanding how information disclosure influences dentists' patterns of practice change is important in developing quality-improvement policies and cost containment. Thus, using quality report cards is a promising strategy for investigating whether dentists will reshape their patterns of practice because of the influence of peer comparison. Methods, Based on the coordination game, a data warehouse decision support system (DWDSS) was used as a pre-play communication instrument, along with the disclosure of quality report cards, which allow dentists to search their own service rates of dental restoration and restoration replacement as well as compare those results with others. Results and conclusions, The group using the DWDSS had a greater decrease in two indicators (i.e. service rates of dental restoration and restoration replacement) than the dentists who did not use it, which implies that the DWDSS is a useful facility for helping dentists filter and evaluate information for establishing the maximum utility in their practice management. The disclosure of information makes significant contributions to solving managerial problems associated with dentists' deviation of practice patterns. [source] Children at Risk: The Association Between Perceived Weight Status and Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts in Middle School Youth,JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, Issue 2 2007Lauren M. Whetstone PhD ABSTRACT Background:, Suicide is one of the most common causes of death among young people. A report from the US Surgeon General called for strategies to prevent suicide, including increasing public awareness of suicide and risks factors, and enhancing research to understand risk and protective factors. Weight perception has been linked to depression and poor self-esteem in adolescents. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived weight status and suicidal thoughts and actions by gender in middle school youth. Methods:, All public middle school students in 4 eastern North Carolina counties presented, and with parental permission (n = 5174), completed the Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Middle School Questionnaire. The 3 dependent variables were self-reported thinking, planning, and attempting suicide. Bivariate analyses describe suicidal thoughts and actions; multiple logistic regression models examined the relationship between weight description and suicidal thoughts and actions controlling for age, race, household composition, grades on report cards, and parents' education. Results:, Significantly more females than males reported thinking (26% vs 19%), planning (12% vs 9%), and attempting (11% vs 8%) suicide. For females, those who perceived themselves as overweight were significantly more likely to report suicidal thoughts and actions; while for males, perceptions of overweight and underweight were significantly associated with suicidal thoughts and actions. Conclusions:, Controlling for personal and family characteristics, perceived weight status was significantly associated with suicidal thoughts and actions in middle school boys and girls. [source] Surgeon-specific report cardsANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Issue 11 2005Clifford F. Hughes AO, FRACS No abstract is available for this article. [source] Public disclosure of comparative clinical performance data: lessons from the Scottish experienceJOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, Issue 2 2003Russell Mannion PhD Abstract There is growing international interest in making information available on the clinical quality and performance of health care providers. In the United States of America, where public reporting is most advanced, comparative performance information in the form of ,report cards', ,provider profiles' and ,consumer reports' has been published for over a decade. In Europe, Scotland has been at the forefront of releasing clinical performance data and has disseminated such information since 1994. This paper reviews the Scottish experience of public disclosure and distils the key lessons for other countries seeking to implement similar programmes. It is based on the findings of the first empirical evaluation of a national clinical reporting initiative outside the United States. The study examined the impact of publication of Scottish (CRAG) clinical outcome indicators on four key stakeholder groups: health care providers, regional government health care purchasers, general practitioners and consumer advocacy agencies. We conclude that those responsible for developing clinical reporting systems should not only pay close attention to developing technically valid and professionally credible data which are tailored to the information needs of different end users, but should also focus on developing a suitable incentive structure and organizational environment that fosters the constructive use of such information. [source] | |||||||||||||