Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 2007 The term "empowerment" has different meanings in different sociocultural and political contexts. Broadly speaking, empowerment refers to the expansion of assets and capabilities of poor people to participate in, negotiate with, influence, control, and hold accountable institutions that affect people's lives. The paper explores each of these aspects and
Ette, Mercy
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Training Adolescents and Young Adults to be Partners in Research: Co‐Creating the Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance [PDF]
Health ExpectationsBackground Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) are frequently excluded from efforts to include patient research partners due to systemic and procedural barriers and lack of awareness by both researchers and patients. For meaningful collaboration to occur,
Anya R. Khurana +5 more
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Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2022 ObjectiveTo determine whether a pilot reintegration program for female genital fistula survivors that included a combination of financial support, psychosocial support, and mentoring would result in their long-term economic empowerment during the COVID ...
Mary Ann McCammon +2 more
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Person-centered osteopathic practice: patients’ personality (body, mind, and soul) and health (ill-being and well-being) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Background. Osteopathic philosophy and practice are congruent with the biopsychosocial model, a patient-centered approach when treating disease, and the view of the person as a unity (i.e., body, mind, and soul).
Elin Fahlgren +3 more
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Swedish high-school pupils’ attitudes towards drugs in relation to drug usage, impulsiveness and other risk factors [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Background. Illicit drug use influences people’s lives and elicits unwanted behaviour. Current research shows that there is an increase in young people’s drug use in Sweden.
Fariba Mousavi +4 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2021 This study presents a multi-platform analysis for accelerating the deployment of distributed renewable energy (DRE) systems for the electrification of healthcare facilities (HCFs) in low-income regions.
Mohammad H. Pakravan, Andrea C. Johnson
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THE EFFECT OF EXTENSION QUALITY ON MOTIVATION OF YARD USE IN WONOGIRI DISTRICT [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2019 Food is the basic right of every human being that must be fulfilled because it is the most basic human need to sustain their life. The objectives of the study were: (1) to determine the effect of the quality of counseling on the motivation of yard use ...
Rosyiati R., Suwarto, Harisuddin M.
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Self-regulatory mode (locomotion and assessment), well-being (subjective and psychological), and exercise behavior (frequency and intensity) in relation to high school pupils’ academic achievement [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Background. Self-regulation is the procedure implemented by an individual striving to reach a goal and consists of two inter-related strategies: assessment and locomotion.
Danilo Garcia +5 more
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Development Through Empowerment: Delivering Effective Public Services - A Literature Review [PDF]
, 2013 This paper reviews the channels through which empowerment may improve the efficiency and quality of public service delivery, particularly in developing Asia.
Xu, Guo
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What does women’s empowerment have to do with malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from demographic and health surveys from 30 countries [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The reduction of childhood malnutrition has been identified as a priority for health and development in sub Saharan African countries. The association between women’s empowerment and children’s nutritional status is of policy interest due to
Bishwajit, Ghose +3 more
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