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This report presents the results of an agency-wide survey of employee health and wellness to dete... more This report presents the results of an agency-wide survey of employee health and wellness to determine workforce involvement in and satisfaction with the Federal Aviation Administration's Health Awareness Program (HAP). Surveys were received from 3,262 employees, representing a 45% response rate. Results indicated that about half the workforce had heard about HAP and that about half the workforce had participated in one or more HAP events (even if they did not realize that the event was HAP-sponsored). In terms of attendance, the most popular HAP information programs were health fairs, health awareness lectures, and stress management awareness programs. Likewise, annual flu shots, cholesterol screening, blood chemistry screening, and blood pressure screening were the most popular HAP service programs. Analyses found a consistent relationship between HAP participation and employee exercise rates, involvement in healthy lifestyle behaviors, and overall wellness. These findings may have been influenced to some extent by respondent characteristics, which were somewhat disproportionately over age 45, female, and managerial. However, the respondents' backgrounds matched previous study results, indicating that Federal Aviation Administration respondents accurately represent the HAP customer base-that segment of the workforce most interested in health and wellness.
Abstract : Differences between family practice and nonfamily practice health care service deliver... more Abstract : Differences between family practice and nonfamily practice health care service delivery have been characterized in terms of patient satisfaction. Since health care providers guide their behaviors on the basis of conceptions of what is satisfying for patients, a clarification of the degree of congruence between patient self-reports and provider impressions seemed appropriate. Responses to four patient satisfaction measures were obtained from 136 providers and 1,735 patients in both family practice and nonfamily practice locations. Results of separate multiple discriminant analyses conducted between settings for both provider and patient groups indicated that providers emphasized trust and range of services as hallmarks of family oriented care. Patients, alternatively, emphasized accessibility of services, while range of services was not relevant to differentiating between treatment modalities.
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](Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2016
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This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in t... more This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof.
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Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, ... more Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, psychologists have known for decades that prior knowledge can often interfere with the acquisition of new knowledge. 1, 2 “You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. ” as the saying goes. Organizational development professionals help organizations learn new, more efficient or effective business practices that will eventually become part of an organization’s knowledge base. Methods for overcoming resistance to change have been well studied at the individual, organizational, and even corporate levels, and the effect of changes in work structure, compensation, performance management, etc., seem to be fairly well understood. 3 This paper discusses a somewhat more challenging, and less-studied phenomena-- resistance to innovation at an field’s level. 4 Specifically, the drug abuse treatment field in the United States (US) will serve as the focal point for reviewing a case in which organizational...
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SpringerBriefs in Public Health
SpringerBriefs in Public Health
In this chapter we address vetting, one of the more mysterious aspects of grantsmanship. This pha... more In this chapter we address vetting, one of the more mysterious aspects of grantsmanship. This phase in the application process is where you can gain or lose a competitive edge as well as salvage project arms reviewers might have recommended to be cut. It also discusses pre-award changes that might increase the odds for a favorable funding decision. We discuss progress and final reports with an eye to keeping funded for the life of your grant as project funds are sometimes cut or cancelled. We conclude with ideas for building on your last grant when applying for the next one.
Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, ... more Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, psychologists have known for decades that prior knowledge can often interfere with the acquisition of new knowledge. 2 “You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.” as the saying goes. Organizational development professionals help organizations learn new, more efficient or effective business practices that will eventually become part of an organization’s knowledge base. Methods for overcoming resistance to change have been well studied at the individual, organizational, and even corporate levels, and the effect of changes in work structure, compensation, performance management, etc., seem to be fairly well understood. This paper discusses a somewhat more challenging, and less-studied phenomena -resistance to innovation at an field’s level. Specifically, the drug abuse treatment field in the United States (US) will serve as the focal point for reviewing a case in which organizational knowledg...
SpringerBriefs in Public Health, 2019
Top management, clinical supervisors, secretaries, government administrators, counselors, and pat... more Top management, clinical supervisors, secretaries, government administrators, counselors, and patients are all examples of informants and agents used by health services researchers as they strive to learn how organizational and managerial factors affect the effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and the cost of substance abuse treatment and prevention services. Patients are clearly a vulnerable population, and researchers in clinical settings, as a rule, strive to protect patient safety and rights to privacy. However, as researchers begin to expand the scope of their study to the organizational contexts in which services are delivered, those responsible for providing services (staff members) are frequently enlisted to serve both as informants on policies and practices, and as participants acting as agents of the researchers in innovating therapeutic and business practices. Researchers need to be mindful that staff members, when acting as informants or as agents, are human subjects, too...
SpringerBriefs in Public Health, 2018
: Although shipboard independent duty hospital corpsmen (IDC) play a critical role as the senior ... more : Although shipboard independent duty hospital corpsmen (IDC) play a critical role as the senior medical department representatives aboard the majority of U.S. Navy ships, relatively little is known about the nature and scope of their tasks. Data from the navy-wide (N=330) administration of a 7-day work diary indicated an average 59 hour workweek in port and an 85 hour workweek at sea. Length of workweek was associated with ship type, operational tempo, and IDC paygrade. Administrative duties accounted for the greatest proportion of the workweek (53%), with direct patient care (21%) and organizational requirements (26%) distributed about evenly. Specific IDC duties at sea differed somewhat between submarines and surface ships. Job satisfaction was found to be inversely related to the proportion of time required for administrative duties at sea (p.01). Results are discussed in the terms of the standard Navy workweek.
This chapter introduces federal support – mainly NIH – because most agencies and foundations gene... more This chapter introduces federal support – mainly NIH – because most agencies and foundations generally use NIH’s model of grant review and vetting to some extent. We start by discussing common myths about grantsmanship and how to “work the system.” That includes emphasis on finding ways to publish throughout the award period and beyond.
This report presents the results of an agency-wide survey of employee health and wellness to dete... more This report presents the results of an agency-wide survey of employee health and wellness to determine workforce involvement in and satisfaction with the Federal Aviation Administration's Health Awareness Program (HAP). Surveys were received from 3,262 employees, representing a 45% response rate. Results indicated that about half the workforce had heard about HAP and that about half the workforce had participated in one or more HAP events (even if they did not realize that the event was HAP-sponsored). In terms of attendance, the most popular HAP information programs were health fairs, health awareness lectures, and stress management awareness programs. Likewise, annual flu shots, cholesterol screening, blood chemistry screening, and blood pressure screening were the most popular HAP service programs. Analyses found a consistent relationship between HAP participation and employee exercise rates, involvement in healthy lifestyle behaviors, and overall wellness. These findings may have been influenced to some extent by respondent characteristics, which were somewhat disproportionately over age 45, female, and managerial. However, the respondents' backgrounds matched previous study results, indicating that Federal Aviation Administration respondents accurately represent the HAP customer base-that segment of the workforce most interested in health and wellness.
Abstract : Differences between family practice and nonfamily practice health care service deliver... more Abstract : Differences between family practice and nonfamily practice health care service delivery have been characterized in terms of patient satisfaction. Since health care providers guide their behaviors on the basis of conceptions of what is satisfying for patients, a clarification of the degree of congruence between patient self-reports and provider impressions seemed appropriate. Responses to four patient satisfaction measures were obtained from 136 providers and 1,735 patients in both family practice and nonfamily practice locations. Results of separate multiple discriminant analyses conducted between settings for both provider and patient groups indicated that providers emphasized trust and range of services as hallmarks of family oriented care. Patients, alternatively, emphasized accessibility of services, while range of services was not relevant to differentiating between treatment modalities.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2016
PsycEXTRA Dataset
This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in t... more This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof.
PsycEXTRA Dataset
Administration 11111 111 111ii11111 11!1tlllilittllll 93 12 27 1 4 0 NOTICE This document is diss... more Administration 11111 111 111ii11111 11!1tlllilittllll 93 12 27 1 4 0 NOTICE This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for the contents or use thereof.
Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, ... more Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, psychologists have known for decades that prior knowledge can often interfere with the acquisition of new knowledge. 1, 2 “You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. ” as the saying goes. Organizational development professionals help organizations learn new, more efficient or effective business practices that will eventually become part of an organization’s knowledge base. Methods for overcoming resistance to change have been well studied at the individual, organizational, and even corporate levels, and the effect of changes in work structure, compensation, performance management, etc., seem to be fairly well understood. 3 This paper discusses a somewhat more challenging, and less-studied phenomena-- resistance to innovation at an field’s level. 4 Specifically, the drug abuse treatment field in the United States (US) will serve as the focal point for reviewing a case in which organizational...
This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information
this article are those of the authors and not
SpringerBriefs in Public Health
SpringerBriefs in Public Health
In this chapter we address vetting, one of the more mysterious aspects of grantsmanship. This pha... more In this chapter we address vetting, one of the more mysterious aspects of grantsmanship. This phase in the application process is where you can gain or lose a competitive edge as well as salvage project arms reviewers might have recommended to be cut. It also discusses pre-award changes that might increase the odds for a favorable funding decision. We discuss progress and final reports with an eye to keeping funded for the life of your grant as project funds are sometimes cut or cancelled. We conclude with ideas for building on your last grant when applying for the next one.
Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, ... more Organizational learning is generally considered the basis for organizational knowledge. However, psychologists have known for decades that prior knowledge can often interfere with the acquisition of new knowledge. 2 “You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.” as the saying goes. Organizational development professionals help organizations learn new, more efficient or effective business practices that will eventually become part of an organization’s knowledge base. Methods for overcoming resistance to change have been well studied at the individual, organizational, and even corporate levels, and the effect of changes in work structure, compensation, performance management, etc., seem to be fairly well understood. This paper discusses a somewhat more challenging, and less-studied phenomena -resistance to innovation at an field’s level. Specifically, the drug abuse treatment field in the United States (US) will serve as the focal point for reviewing a case in which organizational knowledg...
SpringerBriefs in Public Health, 2019
Top management, clinical supervisors, secretaries, government administrators, counselors, and pat... more Top management, clinical supervisors, secretaries, government administrators, counselors, and patients are all examples of informants and agents used by health services researchers as they strive to learn how organizational and managerial factors affect the effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and the cost of substance abuse treatment and prevention services. Patients are clearly a vulnerable population, and researchers in clinical settings, as a rule, strive to protect patient safety and rights to privacy. However, as researchers begin to expand the scope of their study to the organizational contexts in which services are delivered, those responsible for providing services (staff members) are frequently enlisted to serve both as informants on policies and practices, and as participants acting as agents of the researchers in innovating therapeutic and business practices. Researchers need to be mindful that staff members, when acting as informants or as agents, are human subjects, too...
SpringerBriefs in Public Health, 2018
: Although shipboard independent duty hospital corpsmen (IDC) play a critical role as the senior ... more : Although shipboard independent duty hospital corpsmen (IDC) play a critical role as the senior medical department representatives aboard the majority of U.S. Navy ships, relatively little is known about the nature and scope of their tasks. Data from the navy-wide (N=330) administration of a 7-day work diary indicated an average 59 hour workweek in port and an 85 hour workweek at sea. Length of workweek was associated with ship type, operational tempo, and IDC paygrade. Administrative duties accounted for the greatest proportion of the workweek (53%), with direct patient care (21%) and organizational requirements (26%) distributed about evenly. Specific IDC duties at sea differed somewhat between submarines and surface ships. Job satisfaction was found to be inversely related to the proportion of time required for administrative duties at sea (p.01). Results are discussed in the terms of the standard Navy workweek.
This chapter introduces federal support – mainly NIH – because most agencies and foundations gene... more This chapter introduces federal support – mainly NIH – because most agencies and foundations generally use NIH’s model of grant review and vetting to some extent. We start by discussing common myths about grantsmanship and how to “work the system.” That includes emphasis on finding ways to publish throughout the award period and beyond.