In spring 1999, Cornell University Library performed a user study to help determine how users would organize a set of concepts to be included in an online digital library help system. The study employed the card sort technique, in which users impose their own organization on a set of concepts. The card sort technique proved to be a highly effective and valuable method for gathering user input on organizational groupings prior to total system design. The authors present Cornell’s experience as a case study with detailed instructions for conducting and evaluating the card sort technique.
Sixty individuals referred for a substance abuse evaluation by a child welfare worker were randomly assigned to either a standard evaluation or an evaluation enhanced by Motivational Interviewing techniques, each delivered in a single session. Participants who received the enhanced evaluation were significantly more likely to attend at least one additional treatment session after the initial evaluation (59% versus 29%). This finding suggests that comparatively inexpensive modifications of "standard" initial evaluations with substance-using parents may increase engagement of substance-abusing parents in treatment. Moreover, this study adds to an overwhelmingly positive literature supporting Motivational Interviewing with alcohol-using populations and extends prior findings to non-research community settings.A comparatively strong relationship between parental substance abuse and child abuse and neglect has been established. 1,2 Providing effective treatment for substance-abusing parents is thus a promising strategy for preventing further neglect. [2][3][4] Unfortunately, however, efforts to provide treatment to this population have been hampered by major gaps between the child welfare and the substance abuse treatment systems, including limited access to treatment. 3,4 In response to increasing incidence of child abuse associated with parental substance abuse in Connecticut, 5 the Department of Children and Families (DCF) initiated Project SAFE (Substance Abuse Family Evaluation). Through a contract with Advanced Behavioral Health Incorporated, a network of 43 substance abuse treatment providers, Project SAFE provides DCF child welfare workers with immediate access to substance abuse treatment for parents suspected of substance abuse. Rather than relying on the parents to make the initial contact with treatment providers, DCF caseworkers call a centralized intake system to make the initial evaluation appointment, which is scheduled within 24 hours of the call. After the evaluation, outpatient treatment is offered free of charge through the provider network. Project SAFE's success has been notable in several respects: 6 since its inception in 1995, 23,447 individuals have been referred to Project SAFE, and approximately 68% of those completed an evaluation. However, engaging this population in treatment has proven more difficult, as only 36%of those referred have attended one or more subsequent treatment sessions. Brief motivational approaches that focus on mobilizing the individual's own resources to change 7 have high levels of empirical support in the substance abuse treatment literature, particularly for cigarette and alcohol users, 8-10 but they have not been widely evaluated in community treatment programs nor as a strategy to foster treatment engagement in nontreatment-seeking populations. Motivational approaches typically focus on reviewing objective information about the individual's substance use as well as on eliciting any concerns that the individual or their significant others may have about t...
Sixty individuals referred for a substance abuse evaluation by a child welfare worker were randomly assigned to either a standard evaluation or an evaluation enhanced by Motivational Interviewing techniques, each delivered in a single session. Participants who received the enhanced evaluation were significantly more likely to attend at least one additional treatment session after the initial evaluation (59% versus 29%). This finding suggests that comparatively inexpensive modifications of "standard" initial evaluations with substance-using parents may increase engagement of substance-abusing parents in treatment. Moreover, this study adds to an overwhelmingly positive literature supporting Motivational Interviewing with alcohol-using populations and extends prior findings to non-research community settings.A comparatively strong relationship between parental substance abuse and child abuse and neglect has been established. 1,2 Providing effective treatment for substance-abusing parents is thus a promising strategy for preventing further neglect. [2][3][4] Unfortunately, however, efforts to provide treatment to this population have been hampered by major gaps between the child welfare and the substance abuse treatment systems, including limited access to treatment. 3,4 In response to increasing incidence of child abuse associated with parental substance abuse in Connecticut, 5 the Department of Children and Families (DCF) initiated Project SAFE (Substance Abuse Family Evaluation). Through a contract with Advanced Behavioral Health Incorporated, a network of 43 substance abuse treatment providers, Project SAFE provides DCF child welfare workers with immediate access to substance abuse treatment for parents suspected of substance abuse. Rather than relying on the parents to make the initial contact with treatment providers, DCF caseworkers call a centralized intake system to make the initial evaluation appointment, which is scheduled within 24 hours of the call. After the evaluation, outpatient treatment is offered free of charge through the provider network. Project SAFE's success has been notable in several respects: 6 since its inception in 1995, 23,447 individuals have been referred to Project SAFE, and approximately 68% of those completed an evaluation. However, engaging this population in treatment has proven more difficult, as only 36%of those referred have attended one or more subsequent treatment sessions. Brief motivational approaches that focus on mobilizing the individual's own resources to change 7 have high levels of empirical support in the substance abuse treatment literature, particularly for cigarette and alcohol users, 8-10 but they have not been widely evaluated in community treatment programs nor as a strategy to foster treatment engagement in nontreatment-seeking populations. Motivational approaches typically focus on reviewing objective information about the individual's substance use as well as on eliciting any concerns that the individual or their significant others may have about t...
Self-directed learning readiness, internet self-efficacy and preferences towards constructivist internet-based learning environments among higher-aged adults.
AgMaps is a system that allows Mann Library to distribute customized numeric data sets and thematic maps over the Web. To further the efforts of the AgMaps project, Mann Library is actively engaging in intellectual and financial collaboration with three New York County Extension offices, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell faculty, and the National Agricultural Statistical Service of the USDA. After a brief discussion of the need for GIS and AgMaps in particular, this paper focuses on the roles each agency played in the process of creating AgMaps, describes the partnerships, highlights a user study employed for the interface design and presents AgMaps and some of its features.
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