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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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Development in Practice, 1995 'Empowerment' is a term often used in development work, but rarely defined. This article explores the meaning of empowerment, in the context of its root-concept: power.
Rowlands, Jo
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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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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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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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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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Empowerment–An Introduction [PDF]
, 2014 This book chapter is an introduction to and an overview of the information-theoretic, task independent utility function "Empowerment", which is defined as the channel capacity between an agent's actions and an agent's sensors. It quantifies how much influence and control an agent has over the world it can perceive.
Christoph Salge +2 more
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Consumer empowerment and self-assessment of empowerment
PLOS ONE, 2021 This study examined the influence of consumer empowerment and its self-assessment on consumers’ information search behavior and consumer life satisfaction; it also examined whether the results were consistent with the Dunning−Kruger effect. A total of 977 consumers who participated in a national consumer survey were divided into four groups, based on ...
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