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  2. Effectiveness - Wikipedia

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    Other synonyms for effectiveness include: clout, capability, success, weight, performance. [13] Antonyms for effectiveness include: uselessness, ineffectiveness. [13] Simply stated, effective means achieving an effect, and efficient means getting a task or job done it with little waste.

  3. Health promotion - Wikipedia

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    This first publication of health promotion is from the 1974 Lalonde report from the Government of Canada, [10] which contained a health promotion strategy "aimed at informing, influencing and assisting both individuals and organizations so that they will accept more responsibility and be more active in matters affecting mental and physical health". [11]

  4. Positive behavior support - Wikipedia

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    Re-directive therapy as positive behavior support is especially effective in the parent–child relationship. Where other treatment plans have failed, re-directive therapy allows for a positive interaction between parents and children. Positive behavior support is successful in the school setting because it is primarily a teaching method. [1]

  5. Positive behavior interventions and supports - Wikipedia

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    Positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) is a set of ideas and tools used in schools to improve students' behavior.PBIS uses evidence and data-based programs, practices, and strategies to frame behavioral improvement relating to student growth in academic performance, safety, behavior, and establishing and maintaining positive school culture.

  6. Evidence-based practice - Wikipedia

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    Evidence-based practice is the idea that occupational practices ought to be based on scientific evidence.The movement towards evidence-based practices attempts to encourage and, in some instances, require professionals and other decision-makers to pay more attention to evidence to inform their decision-making.

  7. Evidence-based nursing - Wikipedia

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    That this perspective tends to dominate the evidence-based practice literature makes the merit of qualitative research unclear;" 1 Some people view qualitative research as less beneficial and effective, with its lack of numbers, the fact that it is "feeling-based" research, makes the opponents associate it with bias. Nevertheless, the ability ...

  8. Social support - Wikipedia

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    Social support can simultaneously function as a problem-focused (e.g. receiving tangible information that helps resolve an issue) and emotion-focused coping strategy (e.g. used to regulate emotional responses that arise from the stressful event) [58] Social support has been found to promote psychological adjustment in conditions with chronic ...

  9. Best practice - Wikipedia

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    Best practice is a feature of accredited management standards such as ISO 9000 and ISO 14001. [2] Some consulting firms specialize in the area of best practice and offer ready-made templates to standardize business process documentation. Sometimes a best practice is not applicable or is inappropriate for a particular organization's needs.