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Intimate partner abuse among Rohingya in Malaysia: assessing stressors, mental health, social norms and help-seeking to inform interventions

open access: yesIntervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, 2019
Intimate partner abuse (IPA) is one of the most common forms of gender-based violence worldwide. Risk for IPA can increase during periods of displacement, especially for refugees and other forced migrants.
Courtney Welton-Mitchell   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aging in Place - Solutions to a Crisis in Housing and Care - An Issues Update [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The issue of how people can age in place in a safe, healthy and dignified manner is a front-burner issue, especially for the poor, frail elderly who live in communities served by the NeighborWorks network and by other community-based housing and health ...

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Crisis translation: considering language needs in multilingual disaster settings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this conceptual paper is to highlight the role that language translation can play in disaster prevention and management and to make the case for increased attention to language translation in crisis communication.
Federici, Federico, O'Brien, Sharon
core   +1 more source

The Role of Certifications in Improving Household Food Security Among Peruvian Farmers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Achieving global food security requires sustainable transformations in agri‐food systems. Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic and Fairtrade aim to internalize certain social and environmental costs while promoting more equitable value distribution, improved market access, and sustainable production practices.
Lisa‐Marie Schulte, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Multicultural Social Justice and Human Rights: Strategic Professional Development for Social Work and Counseling Practitioners

open access: yesJournal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology, 2011
Social work and counseling practitioners routinely provide services to clients of diverse cultural backgrounds. Multidimensional issues related to human diversity, social justice and human rights often prevent practitioners from providing competent and ...
Jessica A. Barrett
doaj   +1 more source

Who's Developing Rural Paradise? Multiple perspectives and experiences from community leaders and national agencies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This research, conducted in four communities in rural Costa Rica, investigates 1) how rural development has been defined and implemented by the current and past leaders of community development associations and 2) examines the synergies and ...
Gutiérrez-Montes, Isabel   +5 more
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AI in chemical engineering: From promise to practice

open access: yesAIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) in chemical engineering has moved from promise to practice: physics‐aware (gray‐box) models are gaining traction, reinforcement learning complements model predictive control (MPC), and generative AI powers documentation, digitization, and safety workflows.
Jia Wei Chew   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An appreciative inquiry to identify the continuing education needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners in regional Queensland

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2020
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioners (Practitioners) have a broad scope of practice and play a pivotal role in addressing health disparities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Julie-Anne Martyn, Ann Woolcock
doaj   +1 more source

Experiences of community service environmental health practitioners

open access: yesSA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017
Orientation: The community service initiative, a 1-year placement of health graduates, significantly improved human resource availability in the South African public health sector, even though the process was fraught with challenges. Although experiences in the curative health sector were assessed, the experiences of environmental health practitioners ...
Anusha Karamchand, Emilie J. Kistnasamy
openaire   +3 more sources

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