Schools may be selected based on a range of "readiness" factors so that participation may include schools that are the least ready (i.e., most vulnerable), the most ready (i.e., meet some of the conditions), and those in between.
Patients with diabetes and hypertension in this study present a range of readiness to take on disease self-management, and barriers and facilitating factors that they discuss differ based on the stage in which they are currently situated.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is promoting a range of "Cities Readiness Initiatives" for public-health emergencies.
Existing research supports our finding that patients experience a range of emotional readiness [ 27].
State and local health departments are considered the weak link in the nation's defense against bioterrorism, and experts say they must take a range of steps to improve readiness, including increasing their laboratory capacity and hiring more epidemiologists to track disease.
After two rounds of piloting the study, the agreement among evaluators was in the range of 80 90%, indicating readiness to assess the articles included in the study.
Other categories of readiness, including depot maintenance, spare parts, range and training center modernization and force protection, would receive $2.6 billion more under the Rumsfeld plan.
Brief motivational interviewing offers a range of strategies suitable for people in the different stages of readiness to change [ 86, 104].
Passwords, passports, umbrellas, scarves, earrings, earbuds, musical instruments, W-2s, that letter you meant to answer, the permission slip for your daughter's field trip, the can of paint you scrupulously set aside three years ago for the touch-up job you knew you'd someday need: the range of things we lose and the readiness with which we do so are staggering.
Under the payment-by-results trial, the 26 councils in England involved will be measured against a range of targets on increasing children's readiness for school.
School readiness reflects a range of dimensions, such as a child's health and physical development, social and emotional development, approaches to learning, language and communication skills and cognitive and general knowledge (McClelland and Morrison [2003]; California Department of Education [2000]).
