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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can health information and decision aids decrease inequity in health care? A systematic review

BMJ Public Health
Objectives A systematic review of studies evaluating evidence-based health information (EBHI) and patient decision aids (PtDAs) was conducted in order to ascertain the extent to which inequity-producing factors have been considered, and in how far people
Christin Ellermann, Jana Sophie Hinneburg, Christoph Wilhelm, Felix Georg Rebitschek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Overview of the infant and young child feeding policy environment in Pakistan: Federal, Sindh and Punjab context

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices have been identified as important for appropriate child growth and development.
Hana Mahmood, Yasmeen Suleman, Tabish Hazir, Durre Samin Akram, Shahadat Uddin, Michael J Dibley, Saleem Abassi, Amara Shakeel, Narjis Kazmi, Anne Marie Thow   +9 more
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health literacy och migration

, 2020
I boken har health literacy som begrepp sin utgångspunkt i en hälsofrämjande kontext utifrån värdegrund och principer för hälsofrämjande arbete. Såväl etiska som pedagogiska aspekter reflekteras i förhållande till health literacy-begreppet.
Wångdahl, Josefin,, Sorensen, Krisitine
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Health-related behaviors moderate the association between age and self-reported health literacy among Taiwanese women

, 2017
[[abstract]]The role of health-related behaviors in the association between age and health literacy has not been well-elucidated. The present cross-sectional study evaluated the interactions between age and health-related behaviors in a 942 women in ...
Duong, TV;Sorensen, K;Pelikan, JM;Van den Broucke, S;Lin, IF;Lin, YC;Huang, HL;Chang, PW
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
wiley   +1 more source

Co‐Designing a Framework for Social Media Health Communication to Young People: A Participatory Research Study

Health Expectations
Background Social media became a key communication channel for public health agencies during the COVID‐19 pandemic, especially for reaching younger populations less engaged with traditional channels.
Melody Taba, Julie Ayre, Kirsten McCaffery, Diana Vassilenko, Ivan C. K. Ma, Tara Haynes, Julie Leask, Andrew Wilson, Carissa Bonner   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ageing and health literacy [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Older people are more likely to have poorer health literacy skills, experience more health problems and worse health outcomes compared to younger people.
Harvey, J.
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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach, Brian C. Briggeman, Jason S. Bergtold, Aleksan Shanoyan, Sarah A. Low, Brandi Miller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source