Directing the Oxford Children\u27s Chorus: Observations and Advice for Directing an Extracurricular Children\u27s Choir

This thesis examines the observations and experiences of a first year choir director in an extracurricular choral program. Observations were taken from the weekly rehearsals of the Oxford Children\u27s Chorus, a community children\u27s chorus for 4-6th grade students in Oxford, Mississippi, during the fall 2013 semester. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter provides background information about the Oxford Children\u27s Chorus and the subsequent chapters each deal with a different aspect of directing a community choral ensemble: planning for a rehearsal, running a rehearsal, and growing the organization. Topics discussed include: choosing repertoire, rehearsal pacing, rehearsal order, rote teaching, rehearsal environment and discipline, modifying plans, the audition process and recruiting for the program. In addition to observations taken during rehearsals, several secondary texts were consulted to gain the insight of experienced directors and music teachers

Directing the Oxford Children’s Chorus: Observations and Advice for Directing an Extracurricular Children’s Choir

This thesis examines the observations and experiences of a first year choir director in an extracurricular choral program. Observations were taken from the weekly rehearsals of the Oxford Children’s Chorus, a community children’s chorus for 4-6th grade students in Oxford, Mississippi, during the fall 2013 semester. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter provides background information about the Oxford Children’s Chorus and the subsequent chapters each deal with a different aspect of directing a community choral ensemble: planning for a rehearsal, running a rehearsal, and growing the organization. Topics discussed include: choosing repertoire, rehearsal pacing, rehearsal order, rote teaching, rehearsal environment and discipline, modifying plans, the audition process and recruiting for the program. In addition to observations taken during rehearsals, several secondary texts were consulted to gain the insight of experienced directors and music teachers

Specific Personality Attributes Of Child-Abusing Mothers

A review of the literature on child abuse was presented

Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Malaria Control Interventions: A Systematic Literature Review

Objectives To systematically review the literature on the unit cost and cost-effectiveness of malaria control. Methods Ten databases and gray literature sources were searched to identify evidence relevant to the period 2005 to 2018. Studies with primary financial or economic cost data from malaria endemic countries that took a provider, provider and household, or societal perspective were included. Results We identified 103 costing studies. The majority of studies focused on individual rather than combined interventions, notably insecticide-treated bed nets and treatment, and commonly took a provider perspective. A third of all studies took place in 3 countries. The median provider economic cost of protecting 1 person per year ranged from $1.18 to$5.70 with vector control and from $0.53 to$5.97 with chemoprevention. The median provider economic cost per case diagnosed with rapid diagnostic tests was $6.06 and per case treated$9.31 or $89.93 depending on clinical severity. Other interventions did not share enough similarities to be summarized. Cost drivers were rarely reported. Cost-effectiveness of malaria control was reiterated, but care in methodological and reporting standards is required to enhance data transferability. Conclusions Important information that can support resource allocation was reviewed. Given the variability in methods and reporting, global efforts to follow existing standards are required for the evidence to be most useful outside their study context, supplemented by guidance on options for transferring existing data across settings

An economic evaluation of expanding hookworm control strategies to target the whole community.

BACKGROUND: The WHO treatment guidelines for the soil-transmitted helminths (STH) focus on targeting children for the control of morbidity induced by heavy infections. However, unlike the other STHs, the majority of hookworm infections are harboured by adults. This untreated burden may have important implications for controlling both hookworm's morbidity and transmission. This is particularly significant in the context of the increased interest in investigating STH elimination strategies. METHODS: We used a deterministic STH transmission model and parameter estimates derived from field epidemiological studies to evaluate the impact of child-targeted (2-14 year olds) versus community-wide treatment against hookworm in terms of preventing morbidity and the timeframe for breaking transmission. Furthermore, we investigated how mass treatment may influence the long-term programmatic costs of preventive chemotherapy for hookworm. RESULTS: The model projected that a large proportion of the overall morbidity due to hookworm was unaffected by the current child-targeted strategy. Furthermore, driving worm burdens to levels low enough to potentially break transmission was only possible when using community-wide treatment. Due to these projected reductions in programme duration, it was possible for community-wide treatment to generate cost savings - even if it notably increases the annual distribution costs. CONCLUSIONS: Community-wide treatment is notably more cost-effective for controlling hookworm's morbidity and transmission than the current child-targeted strategies and could even be cost-saving in many settings in the longer term. These calculations suggest that it is not optimum to treat using the same treatment strategies as other STH. Hookworm morbidity and transmission control require community-wide treatment

Additional file 3: of Compliance with anthelmintic treatment in the neglected tropical diseases control programmes: a systematic review

complete data extraction table of all selected studies. (XLSX 35 kb

Additional file 2: of Compliance with anthelmintic treatment in the neglected tropical diseases control programmes: a systematic review

full search strategy for PubMed. (PDF 170 kb

Additional file 1: of An economic evaluation of expanding hookworm control strategies to target the whole community

Supporting information. (DOCX 762 kb