The program was informed by the understanding that behavior change is a function of beliefs, attitudes, and intentions - that are influenced by external factors, such as perceptions about the social normative practices of peers, socioeconomic circumstances, and the broader health care system.
This concept of place is informed by the relational understanding of space and place advocated by Cummins et al. [ 2] and 'the event of place' referred to by Massey [ 3].
These guidelines have been informed by advances in the understanding of crisis management; they emphasize the recognition and declaration of difficulty during airway management.
NWABR's curriculum-development process is informed by the principles of Understanding by Design by Wiggins and McTighe (1998), and "constructivist" perspectives that recognize that learners build their understanding based on prior experience and construct conceptual scaffolds upon which to integrate new learning.
The willingness to accept any particular trade-off is informed by an understanding of the controls that exist around the access and use of the information.
The data collected was influenced by the history of research in the community; community engagement was informed by our understanding of the local context.
Of course, interpretation of the reported trends must be informed by an understanding of the AIDS and HIV reporting systems in the country and how capture rates and reporting fractions have evolved over time.
One thing is clear: continued reductions in the black-white longevity gap are unlikely to come about automatically, but will require conscious effort, informed by an understanding of the sources of the gap.
However, in order to design effective stigma reduction strategies, researchers must be informed by an understanding of the factors that influence the expression of stigma.
Susceptibility due to pharmaceutical use will be informed by our understanding of the common mechanisms underlying the metabolism of pharmaceutical compounds and environmental agents.
The practical design and implementation of these strategies however needs to be informed by an understanding of the different sources of information and types of communication channels currently used in the local context [ 7, 15, 16].
