In a Cochrane review, of support during pregnancy for women at risk of low birthweight babies, Hodnett et al 76 suggested that the women involved in the trials exhibit such a degree of deprivation that the support programmes evaluated are just not powerful enough to overcome the disadvantage experienced.
Therefore, the degree of programme integrity and its influence on programme outcomes are investigated following the model of Dane and Schneider [ 41] (see Table 2).
These factors include physical space, geographical location and type of facility, sector (public, NGO, private or commercial), HIV/AIDS prevalence, health systems and programmes currently in place, degree of programme integration and linkage, government regulation and workplace conditions and efficiency.
These programmes offer a degree of specialisation that is generally not possible in the standard curriculum, enabling students in the school to explore respective fields to a greater degree.
Richardson admitted she approached the programme with a "degree of trepidation.
She explained that the "street has gained a degree of publicity because there was a TV programme based on some of the residents who lived in that street".
Some programmes can absorb a degree of contraction, whilst still continuing e.g. through better targeting.
That said, universities have the edge on private recruiters through the many relationship touch points they build with students throughout their university life, from the start of a degree programme to the provisions of internship opportunities and work placements in the curriculum.
This approach to supporting the development of palliative care in Sub-Saharan Africa through skill sharing in supporting the delivery of a degree programme in palliative care was successful in terms of delivery of the degree programme, material development and mentorship of local staff.
There is no clear evidence that any given Programme strategy was efficient, for the following reasons: With the exception of the Northern Cape, «« respondents in the sample schools reported a high degree of inconsistency in Programme strategy (see the Chapter 7 findings).
