The evolution of Israeli public policy for drug-using backpackers [PDF]
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2018 Background Over the past 20 years, the young-adult backpacking trip has emerged as a significant social phenomenon in Israeli society. This has received attention from scholars specializing in anthropology and tourism research, but only a few analytical ...
Hagit Bonny-Noach
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Applying a typology of health worker migration to non-EU migrant doctors in Ireland. [PDF]
Hum Resour Health, 2015 Background: Research on health worker migration in the Irish context has categorized migrant health workers by country or region of training (for example, non-EU nurses or doctors) or recruitment mechanism (for example, actively recruited nurses).
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Mycoplasma genitalium in the Far North Queensland backpacker population: An observational study of prevalence and azithromycin resistance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and a common cause of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU). There is concern regarding the rise in prevalence of M.
Thomas Trevis +5 more
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The impact of nature experience on willingness to support conservation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 We hypothesized that willingness to financially support conservation depends on one's experience with nature. In order to test this hypothesis, we used a novel time-lagged correlation analysis to look at times series data concerning nature participation,
Patricia A Zaradic +2 more
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Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 2018 An increasing gap has been seen between the government food assistance programs and those who need help. One program filling the gap is Feeding America's BackPack Program that provides nutritious food to children to eat on the weekends when they may not have access to adequate food.
Wright, Lauri, Epps, James B.
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Developing a Model of Backpackers’ Exploratory Curiosity [PDF]
Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2021 Purpose – While curiosity is a critical factor in motivating human exploratory behaviors across domains, past studies are yet to explore the exploratory curiosity construct in the context of backpacking.
Kuan-Yu Chen, Yu-Lun Hsu
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Not Only About Price but Also Lifestyle: Recent Phenomena of Backpacker Umrah In Indonesia
Economica: Jurnal Ekonomi Islam, 2021 : The increasing interest of the Indonesian Muslim community to perform umrah has been previously studied by many researchers. However, the phenomenon of backpacker umrah, which has attracted the middle-class Muslim community in Indonesia in the last ...
Pitaya Pitaya +2 more
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Backpacking and Identity Construction: Self-Ethnography of a Married Female Backpacker
Redai dili, 2023 The identity construction of a "backpacker" has always been an important topic in research on backpacking. Most current studies analyze the backpacker group as a whole, with insufficient investigation into the differences among different groups.
Sun Qiong, Li Lin, Huang Xiankai
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Backpacker tourism in South Africa: its role in an uneven tourism space economy
Acta Academica, 2004 This paper focuses on the recent proliferation of backpacker establishments in South Africa and their potential contribution to development. Despite the rapid expansion of backpacker hostels, little is known about this industry in South Africa.
Gustav Visser, Charles Barker
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PENGARUH GAYA HIDUP DAN HARGA TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN BERKUNJUNG BACKPACKER INDONESIA KE YOGYAKARTA
Jurnal Pariwisata Pesona, 2020 Backpacking has become part of lifestyle and has been developed since the year of 1990. The visit intention of member of the backpacker community in Indonesia to go to Yogyakarta is influenced by lifestyle and price.
Apriani Riati +2 more
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