Translating Fit and Strong!: Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Translating Fit and Strong!: Lessons Learned and Next Steps

Fit and Strong! began in 1998. It grew out of the Hughes doctoral dissertation many years ago that examined the impact of a model long-term home care program for older adults. We learned at that time (1981) that arthritis was the most common chronic condition reported by homebound clients and the condition that was most frequently cited by them as interfering greatly with their function. To lea...

Lessons Learned From Lessons Learned: The Fit Between Online Education “Best Practices” and Small School Reality

Schools of all types and sizes are exploring the merits and facets of online learning approaches; but, the online delivery literature has focused on “best practices” generated primarily through the experiences of larger schools that are on the leading edge of this innovation. Small public schools, on the other hand, are faced with unique challenges in profiting from the advice of these first mo...

Translating Research into Intervention: Lessons Learned and New Directions

Translating PEARLS: Lessons Learned from Providers and Participants

The Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives (PEARLS) began 15 years ago when the director of our local area agency on aging (AAA) approached the University of Washington Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC). She was looking for a way to serve older adults with depression, including those served by the agency’s home and community-based services (HCBS) program. Depression in this populati...

Control Systems : Lessons Learned and Steps to the

Previously, we deened a blackbox formal system modeling language called RSML (Requirements State Machine Language). The language was developed over several years while specifying the system requirements for a collision avoidance system for commercial passenger aircraft. During the language development, we received continual feedback and evaluation by FAA employees and industry representatives, ...