Therefore, when implementing an instrument internationally, 'the cross-cultural generalizability of the construct(s)' (Tanzer 2005, p. 236) must be ensured in order to obtain a valid assessment.
But since the professionals in hospital B and C actively sought information from others, one could question whether their treatment plans were indeed less integrated than the treatment plans of hospital A. In contrary to hospital A, hospital B and C did not implement a screening instrument for vulnerability of older patients.
It would be useful to utilize the frequent contact with women during the perinatal period to implement an adequate screening instrument that identifies the risk for depression during pregnancy; this would be a useful step in the primary prevention of PPD.
With the purpose of measuring the understanding of basic statistics concepts that students brought into the genetics course, and later, assessing the knowledge gained from curricular activities provided throughout the course, we implemented an assessment instrument in a pretest/posttest manner.
Maybe because policy makers focused mainly on patient choice as an instrument, they did not implement any instruments to satisfy the condition of being 'willing and able to choose'.
Still in its early phase of implementing a REC instrument to reach the GHG emission reduction goal, Taiwan has a chance for successful transition from the existing fossil fuel-rich energy portfolio to a low-carbon one, through reforming its energy infrastructure and introducing incentive-driven policies.
Using a conceptual framework of 'internal' and 'environmental' domains known to influence healthworker motivation in low-income countries, developed from existing literature, we observed over 2000 hospital consultations, interviewed clinicians to evaluate job satisfaction and morale, then designed and implemented a survey instrument to measure work motivation in clinical settings.
In the event of future outbreaks in which quarantine measures are implemented, a standardized instrument would enable a comparison between the psychological responses to outbreaks of different infectious causes and could be used to monitor symptoms over time.
The Forest Condition Index (fci) was designed and implemented as an instrument to provide a robust spatial reference by assessing forest condition in contrast to the degree of marginalization of municipal entities.
The day before parliament rose, MPs voted in an unusual paper ballot to implement a two-page statutory instrument which adds nuclear waste storage to the list of nationally significant infrastructure projects in England, via the 2008 Planning Act.
