Accessibility in the Performing Arts
This study attempts to address the recent decline in arts patronage with an eye towards its underlying factors. While recent research has focused on the mix of economic pressures which have resulted in decreased funding for the arts, this research has frequently failed to investigate the attitudes and perceptions which inform these economic decisions. In order to bridge this critical lacuna, this study examines the different barriers to participation in the arts and determines that the recent decline is the result of practical and perceptual barriers to participation that engage in a vicious cycle wherein misinformed attitudes towards art precipitate decreased public and private support, which then serves perpetuate these attitudes. Stepping outside this cycle in order to reverse the decline requires an honest assessment of art's benefits and which benefits should be included when making appeals for greater patronage and support.
Nursing Education and Health Needs Assessment: A Review
This paper is an annotated bibliography on adult learners. This article revolves around the CDC assessment initiative under which the six stares were provided with development funds to invest in the health sector. The strategies adopted according to this initiative and the results of these strategies are the main focus of this paper. New York, North Carolina, Missouri, Kansas, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Minnesota were the six states in which this initiative was implemented. Each state represented different results whereby Oregon State partnered with Oregon Medicaid agency for collect and share data about the health status, preventive services of the company, and clinical outcomes. Minnesota partnered with MCOs, Medicaid, and University of Minnesota to develop the assessment framework. Key health status indicators were collected and thereby distributed to the relevant agencies for helping the patients.