Learning activities without patient interactions can achieve pediatric curricular objectives for adult learners.

Background: The literature is lacking in studies about what specific types of learning activities are most effective for adult learners.

Purpose: To examine the effectiveness of a learning activity with patient interactions as compared to a learning activity without patient interactions.

Methods: A convenience sample of third year Doctor of Physical Therapy students participated in this retrospective cross-sectional study (n = 47).

Integrated care by community health workers in Malawi: Rehabilitation and blood pressure monitoring.

Background: Community health workers (CHWs) are essential providers of integrated care for people in low-resourced settings with a high burden from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a CHW training program in rural Malawi integrating blood pressure (BP) monitoring into rehabilitation care.

Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Valuation of Life With Disability: An International Comparison Study in Vietnam, Peru, and Haiti.

The authors measured perceived quality of life for 4 disabilities among 450 adults in 3 resource-limited countries, measuring mean utilities using time trade-off, and surveying participants on 35 sociocultural characteristics to compare utilities for disabilities by country and examine associated sociocultural characteristics. Mean utilities were >0 for mild and moderate, but <0 for severe and profound. Utilities differed across countries ( = .

Technology and rehabilitation training for community health workers: Strengthening health systems in Malawi.

Community health workers (CHWs) have been effectively utilised in resource-limited settings to combat a growing demand for health access that cannot be met by the current workforce. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a CHW training programme in Malawi that integrated technology into rehabilitation care delivery. This was a retrospective cross-sectional study of a training programme conducted in December 2018.

Clinical Instructors' Perceptions of Critical Knowledge, Critical Patient Care Skills, and Student Physical Therapist Preparedness in the Acute Care Setting.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the acute care clinical instructors' perceptions of knowledge areas and patient care skills expected of a student physical therapist graduating from their academic program as well as their level of preparedness as they enter their terminal intern-ship.

Methods: Participants were 62 licensed physical therapists who were clinical instructors. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study using a questionnaire.

Valuation of Quality of Life in Pediatric Disability in a Developing Country.

This article assessed how Indian providers and mothers value quality of life in pediatric disabilities, hypothesizing lower values with increasing disability, lower values among providers than mothers, and lower values among mothers with versus mothers without a disabled child. We asked 175 participants: "If born tomorrow, how many years of a disabled life ( y) would you trade to avoid life-long disability" for 4 hypothetical disabilities, calculating "utility" scores as: (life span - y) / life span, where death = 0 and full life without disability = 1. Providers' utilities were 0.

The active engagement model of applied ethics as a structure for ethical reflection in the context of course-based service learning.

Purpose: The purpose of this case report is to explore the active engagement model as a tool to illuminate the ethical reflections of student physical therapists in the context of service learning in a developing country.

Methods: The study participants were a convenience sample of six students. The study design is a case report using a phenomenological perspective.

A model of environmental correlates of adolescent obesity in the United States.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to test a conceptual model of proximal (home) and distal (neighborhood) environmental correlates of adolescent obesity.

Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, using the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, of 39,542 children aged 11-17 years. Structural equation modeling was used to test the fit of the model, identify direct and indirect effects of the proximal and distal environmental correlates, and determine reliabilities for latent constructs (Access to Physical Activity, Neighborhood Conditions, Social Capital Home Sedentary Behavior, and Physical Activity).

Proximal and distal environmental correlates of adolescent obesity.

Background: The purpose of this study was to determine how proximal (home) and distal (neighborhood) environmental characteristics interact to influence obesity in early and middle adolescents.

Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study using the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health (NCSH). Participants were 39,542 children ages 11 to 17 years.