Analysis of academic performance for academically dismissed students during their term of reinstatement to Ball State University

There is no abstract available for this research paper.Thesis (M.A.)Department of Secondary, Higher, and Foundations of Educatio

TRUTHFUL: A Method to Assist Patients with Evaluating Health Information on the Internet

ABSTRACT The World Wide Web has fast become a primary repository for health information for the medically naïve yet technically savvy healthcare consumer. Nurses can and should acknowledge the genuine value of the Web as a teaching tool by providing responsible guidance through the overwhelming maze of information it presents. This article embraces the theme of delivering quality health information on the internet by using the truthful website evaluation method and demonstrates the use of this acronym to evaluate a popular health information website from the American Association of Sleep Apnea. In the role of health care advocate, nurses can responsibly inspire the consumer to seek personal answers and empowerment as well as capitalize on the opportunities for interpersonal conversations that questions from these queries may generate

Mobile health technology evaluation: the mHealth evidence workshop.

Creative use of new mobile and wearable health information and sensing technologies (mHealth) has the potential to reduce the cost of health care and improve well-being in numerous ways. These applications are being developed in a variety of domains, but rigorous research is needed to examine the potential, as well as the challenges, of utilizing mobile technologies to improve health outcomes. Currently, evidence is sparse for the efficacy of mHealth. Although these technologies may be appealing and seemingly innocuous, research is needed to assess when, where, and for whom mHealth devices, apps, and systems are efficacious. In order to outline an approach to evidence generation in the field of mHealth that would ensure research is conducted on a rigorous empirical and theoretic foundation, on August 16, 2011, researchers gathered for the mHealth Evidence Workshop at NIH. The current paper presents the results of the workshop. Although the discussions at the meeting were cross-cutting, the areas covered can be categorized broadly into three areas: (1) evaluating assessments; (2) evaluating interventions; and (3) reshaping evidence generation using mHealth. This paper brings these concepts together to describe current evaluation standards, discuss future possibilities, and set a grand goal for the emerging field of mHealth research