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Interventions for Preventing Obesity in Children and Adolescents Aged 5–18 Years: An Overview of Nonrandomized Study Evidence Reported in 28 Systematic Reviews

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Community‐ and population‐level and policy interventions are commonly evaluated using nonrandomized studies (NRS), rather than randomized trials (RCTs). Recent Cochrane reviews of interventions for preventing childhood obesity have been restricted to RCTs, so less is known about the effectiveness of these more upstream ...
Francesca Spiga   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Versus Private Providers: How Ownership Impacts Quality in Public Service Markets

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments continue to liberalize public services through quasi‐market measures that grant consumers a subsidized choice of public, nonprofit, or for‐profit provider. The assumption is that competition and differences in ownership improve service quality.
Lena Brogaard
wiley   +1 more source

Social Equity Through Women's Empowerment: Women's Participation in Local Politics, Budgeting and Decision‐Making in Bangladesh

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper explores the gender dimensions of social equity and social equity budgeting (SEB) by investigating women's inclusion in local politics, budgeting and decision‐making in Bangladesh. Quotas for women representatives are reserved at each successive level of local government in Bangladesh, and their active participation in local politics
Md Salah Uddin Rajib   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Equity Practices in Public Financial Management: A Conceptual Review and Proposed Reforms

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Equity has been at the core of public finance going at least as far back as 1776 when Adam Smith included it as one of four canons of a good tax in his classic An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Tax Project Institute 2025).
John R. Bartle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family‐Centered Care in Well‐Child Maternal and Child Health Nursing Before and During COVID‐19: A Survey of Nurse Coordinators in Victoria, Australia

open access: yesPublic Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe implementation of family‐centered care in maternal and child health (MCH) nursing services, before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Sample Forty MCH Nurse coordinators of services providing population‐wide, free, preventative health care for children aged 0–5 years and their families throughout Victoria, Australia ...
Lael Ridgway   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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