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Nurturing children, supporting families: Welsh Assembly Government policy statement (Guidance document) [PDF]

, 2011
"This document makes clear the Welsh Assembly Government’s immediate priorities for childcare and longer-term ambitions. It sets out the actions that will be taken forward in the short, medium and longer term to ensure that all families are given the ...

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For the Few, Not the Many: Tracing the Residualist and Compensatory Nature of British Energy Support

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on extensive documentary analysis, this article traces the evolution of British energy policy support since World War II. It analyses shifts in policy design through two interpretive lenses: eligibility (residualist vs. universalist) and function (compensatory vs. preventive).
T. M. Croon, M. G. Elsinga, J. S. C. M. Hoekstra, M. Sunikka‐Blank, R. Galvin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE MORE PUBLIC THE MORE PRIVATE? THE CASE OF THE ITALIAN CHILDCARE [PDF]

Childcare availability is regarded as an important factor in the evaluation of public policies for both sustaining fertility and increasing women participation to the labour market. However, the recent empirical literature shows that the extension of the
Maria Alessandra Antonelli, Veronica Grembi   +1 more
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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice, Katharina Zimmermann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Supply of Childcare in Britain: Do Mothers Queue for Childcare? [PDF]

This paper presents a model of partial observability applied to the childcare market in Britain. We simultaneously estimate the demand and use and calculate the excess demand for childcare.
Arnaud Chevalier, Viitanen, Tarja K
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Communication regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy to people with epilepsy and their caregivers: A scoping review from the ILAE Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Task Force

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Discussing sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is difficult and sensitive for health care providers (HCPs), people with epilepsy (PwE), and caregivers. This scoping review examines the literature on SUDEP communication, focusing on need, timing, content, methods, facilitators, barriers, and outcomes. We performed a thematic analysis to
Amir Aschner, Elizabeth J. Donner, Beate Diehl, Nathalie Jette, Leah J. Blank, Suvasini Sharma   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the impacts of public childcare on mothers and children in Italy: does rationing play a role? [PDF]

This paper investigates the effects of public childcare availability in Italy on mothers' working status and children's scholastic achievements. We use a newly available dataset containing individual standardized test scores of pupils attending second ...
Chiara Pronzato, Daniela Del Boca, Ylenia Brilli   +2 more
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Executive dysfunction and employment in epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Executive dysfunction, affective symptoms, and unemployment are prevalent in patients with epilepsy, yet the relation between these variables remains poorly understood. The present study examined: (1) The relationship between epilepsy‐related variables, affective symptoms, and executive functions (EFs); and (2) how these variables ...
Lisa E. Hauger, Christoph Helmstaedter, Morten I. Lossius, Kristin Å. Alfstad, Ellen Molteberg, Halvor Torgersen, Annette H. Skogan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Childcare as a social determinant of access to healthcare: a scoping review

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionAs health systems strive to screen for and address social determinants of health (SDOH), the role of access to childcare and barriers to healthcare posed by childcare needs remains underexplored. A gap exists in synthesizing existing evidence
Megan McArthur, Persephone Tian, Kimberly A. Kho, Kavita P. Bhavan, Kavita P. Bhavan, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Bijal A. Balasubramanian, Anisha P. Ganguly   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mental Health Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Health and Social Care Workers

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic placed exceptional strain on essential services, raising urgent concerns about the mental well‐being of workers in critical sectors. This study examines the short‐ and medium‐term effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of health and social care (HSC) workers in the UK relative to other occupational groups ...
Victoria Serra‐Sastre, Jaime Pinilla, Wasana Kalansooriya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source