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Street Sweepings & Wash Bays

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Dr Rosemarie Russo Fort Collins May 25, 2010 17:54 pm
Our Streets Dept has been trying to think of an alternative use for it's street sweepings - it has too much oil for compost material. Does anyone have any alternative use? They al…

Engage Audiences regarding Ocean Health

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Sheree Marris Melbourne May 24, 2010 23:38 pm
Hi, I am giving a presentation to a group re ocean health. I am looking for a way to actively engage the audience, to get them up and doing something that will demonstrate the imp…

Effective Strategies for Changing Physicians' Behavior: Insights from Research on Diffusion of Innovations

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Vickrey, B. (2005). Effective strategies for changing physicians' behavior: Insights from research on diffusion of innovations. Clinical Gerontologist: The Journal of Aging and Mental Health, 29(2), 25-34.
The design and testing of new models for improving the quality of dementia care should draw on the broader literature on diffusion of innovations in health care and other settings…

Diffusion of Innovations

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Oldenburg, B., & Glanz, K. (2008). Diffusion of innovations. Health behavior and health education: Theory, research, and practice (4th ed.) (pp. 313-333).
(from the chapter) If outcomes from decades of public health and health behavior intervention research are to be translated into major health improvements, we must understand fact…

Applicability of Diffusion of Innovations Framework to Best Practice Applications of Human Performance Technology

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May, S. (2005). Applicability of Diffusion of Innovations framework to best practice applications of Human Performance Technology. Dissertation Abstracts International Section A, 66, Retrieved from PsycINFO database.
For over half a century, research has been conducted on how innovations spread within social or organizational environments. Diffusion of Innovations (DoI) research contributes to…

Environmental Attitudes and Diffusion of Innovations: The Energy Saving Case

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Martín, R., Corraliza, J., & Berenguer, J. (2003). Environmental attitudes and diffusion of innovations: The energy saving case. People, places, and sustainability (pp. 291-301). Ashland, OH US: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. Retrieved from PsycINFO database.
(from the chapter) Assesses the influence of different environmental attitudes and habits on behavioral intentions affecting sustainability. The sample was made up of 253 Spanish …

A Review and Critique of Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory as it Applies to Organizations

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Lundblad, J. (2003). A review and critique of Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation Theory as it applies to organizations. Organization Development Journal, 21(4), 50-64.
A topic of interest to many organizational researchers and practitioners is the understanding of how new ideas, processes, and products diffuse and spread within and across organi…

Social Network Approaches to HIV Prevention: Implications to Community Impact and Sustainability

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Latkin, C., & Knowlton, A. (2005). Social Network Approaches to HIV Prevention: Implications to Community Impact and Sustainability. Community interventions and AIDS (pp. 105-129). New York, NY US: Oxford University Press.
(from the chapter) In the present chapter we propose social theory-based strategies to a network approach to HIV prevention that capitalize on social influence processes. We discu…

Diffusion of Innovations through Social Networks of Children

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Kunst, L., & Kratzer, J. (2007). Diffusion of innovations through social networks of children. Young Consumers, 8(1), 36-51.
The paper aims to examine the role of social networks of children on the diffusion of an innovation. Design/methodology/approach: The impact of social networks on the adoptive beh…

Nonlinear Models for the Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations for Industrial Energy Conservation

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Jacobsen, J., & Guastello, S. (2007). Nonlinear models for the adoption and diffusion of innovations for industrial energy conservation. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 11(4), 499-520.
Four different theoretical models for explaining the diffusion of innovation were compared for 13 energy-related innovations—the Theory of Planned Behavior, the S-curve for Diffus…

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