![]() ![]() ![]() A parody and reference to the sponsor letters on Sesame Street. Crank Call: At the beginning of Hadassah Guberman's "crank call" for a nanny position, the beginning had a blue background with toys as a voice says, "Today's show is brought to you by the letters, F, U, and K." Then alphabet blocks appeared with the announced letters on them.A parody and tribute of Muppet explosions. Short insert: Billy West announces a trailer for the shockumentry "When Puppets Explode!".Short insert: At the same building where Big Bird was before, Kermit and Miss Piggy parodies are seen mating on top of a trashcan.Crank Call: In Elmer's "crank call" segment and most of Special Ed's "crank call" segments, a Big Bird parody can be seen on a chicken wing bucket.Crank Call: At the beginning of Special Ed's phone conversation with a man in a swamp, a Kermit parody is sitting on a log playing the banjo until the hillbilly's wife throws a soda can at him.He notices the camera and remarks in his typical friendly voice, "Oh! Hi!" until he starts to cough and is bothered by an itch on his bottom, uttering out, "Christ!". Short insert: Camera zooms left to a building that says 321 with a trashcan nearby and at the far end is a Big Bird parody smoking a cigarette.However, some are of a more humorous or irritating nature, such as a woman who has her phone call to UPS hijacked by people who are intent on giving her anything but service. Some of the more risque calls have related to drugs or sex. Screw the innocent." The calls dramatized on Crank Yankers are often of a somewhat adult nature. The series was revived on September 25, 2019.Ĭrank Yankers uses the slogan "The calls you are about to see are real. The calls are then dramatized through puppets and sets. Qualitative data needs to be obtained to provide meaning and depth to the use of the tool for research purposes.Crank Yankers is a puppet series (aimed at mature audiences, though rated TV-14 usually) originally broadcast on Comedy Central from 2002-2005 and later on MTV2 in 2007, in which the characters (voiced by professional comedians) make prank phone calls. However, it was observed that since the tool was designed for clinical use, further work is required to use tool in larger studies. The multicity of the tool limited estimation of overall reliability coeffient.ĭiscussions with research assistants revealed that the instrument was easy to administer. The multimethod adherence tool measured the construct of adherence but demonstrated weak internal consistency <0.70 following repeated measurement. More so, it is in line with the Universities mission to ‘develop world-class human resources and capabilities to meet national development needs and global challenges through quality teaching, learning, research and knowledge dissemination’. This study will contribute to knowledge on adherence monitoring and enhance the skills of the PI who is collaborating with a more experienced researcher and senior faculty. Focus group discussion will elicit information on acceptability and feasibility of the instrument. It is expected that MAT would demonstrate an internal consistency of <0.75 which is expected to increase following repeated measurement. ![]() The data would be analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The interviewer administered tool will be used to collect data from the same respondents twice within 2-3 weeks intervals. The hospital record of clients on ART for the period 2012-2013 in fevers unit of the Korle Bu Teaching hospital will be obtained with their contact numbers and random numbers used to select 311 prospective respondents. Respondents in this study would be recruited using systematic sampling. The primary outcome to be compared in the two arm randomized control trial is adherence scores based on MAT hence the need to validate the tool. The validation is a prelude to a study that seeks to measure adherence and determine how mobile phone integration in adherence strategies would improve adherence. This project seeks to validate MAT, determine outcome of measuring adherence using MAT and assess acceptability and feasibility of using this tool in HIV clients in Ghana. The Multimethod Adherence Tool (MAT) was developed and validated in South Africa but has not been validated in Ghana. Using validated adherence monitoring tools that is amenable to clinical and research situations is very important. Systematic adherence monitoring in Ghana remains a challenge although client records, follow-up visits and pharmacy records have been used to estimate adherence to ART. Gladys Dzansi (Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing, University of Ghana, Legon) Project Title: Validating the Multimethod Adherence Tool for Measuring Adherence in HIV Clients in Accra, Ghana ![]()
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