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M Peat

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Employment patterns and related opinions: a survey of physical therapists.

Physical therapy educators require specific information about the number of graduates who remain in the profession and about their opinions related to undergraduate training and their postgraduate requirements. A mail questionnaire survey of physical therapists who graduated from an Ontario university's physical therapy program between 1969 and 1978 was conducted to determine: occupational patterns, satisfaction with undergraduate preparation for employment, interest in graduate studies and, if the graduate was unemployed at that time, the need for re-entry preparation for employment. With one follow-up mailing to non-respondents, a response rate of 93.4 per cent was obtained. Of the 141 respondents, 110 were working full-time and 15 were working part-time in physical therapy. Eighty-eight per cent of employed physical therapy graduates agreed that their education had prepared them sufficiently for employment. Fifty-three per cent of the graduates indicated that they would like to pursue an area of clinical specialization through graduate study. It is concluded that the graduates of the program under study believe that they have been well prepared for employment; not only do they maintain a clinical interest in the profession, but they aspire to personal and professional advancement through graduate studies.

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The physical therapist's role in neonatal intensive care: a survey.

A survey was undertaken to investigate the current practice and the actual need for physical therapy in the relatively new area of neonatal intensive care. The opinions of professionals within five groupings at six hospitals with neonatal intensive care units were solicited. A hypothetical situation of the ideal physical therapy service in neonatal intensive care was presented to the respondents who were then asked to compare such ideal services with those currently provided in the units surveyed. The results indicated that the majority of those surveyed consider the physical therapist to be an important member of the health team in a neonatal intensive care unit. Expansion of physical therapy services, with regard to both availability and areas of involvement, appears desirable. Both the conclusions derived from a review of the literature and the survey's results indicate that more research in neonatal physical therapy is needed.

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An evaluation of the contribution of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) to leprosy control in India based on the implementation of multiple drug therapy (MDT) 1981-1993.

The Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA) first supported the National Leprosy Control Programme in India in 1978. In 1981/82 priority was given to the implementation of multiple drug therapy (MDT), starting in two high-endemic districts, and gradually extending to a total of 19 districts in the years by 1993. SIDA then decided to undertake a detailed evaluation of its 12-year contribution and this was carried out by an international team between November 1993 and April 1994. In terms of epidemiological and public health impact, the main results were impressive and clear-cut; 837,519 cases (old and newly arising) were successfully treated, with few complications and a low rate of relapse. The voluntary reporting rate had improved significantly. Data relating to new case detection, child and disability rates were, however, less clear and difficult to interpret. Deficiencies were also identified in the areas of health education, community participation, gender issues, disability prevention and management, rehabilitation, operational research and assessment of cost-effectiveness. These problems should not, however, detract from the contribution of SIDA, from 1981 onwards, in establishing the implementation of MDT in two 'pilot' districts at an early and important stage in the history of the MDT programme in India. SIDA also made significant contributions in other areas, namely pre-MDT 'screening' of registers in 45 endemic districts in 1990-1993, appointment of consultant leprologists at district level, group education activities, annual meetings of voluntary agencies and the development of a monitoring and information system, with computer facilities, at national level. This paper describes the design and methodology, main findings and conclusions of the evaluation, based on the final report and the appendices submitted to SIDA in Stockholm in April 1994.

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