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Decoupling sustainability and performance: How government infrastructure projects in Australia fare on strategic environmental commitments

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Australian government organisations are pivotal in helping to meet the United Nations sustainable development goals. Yet while these organisations promote sustainability in their strategic plans, they struggle to embed these same commitments into their own infrastructure and construction projects. This study examines this persistent disconnect
Richard Hughes, Kerry Brown
wiley   +1 more source

The value of environmental surveillance for pandemic response. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Nascimento de Lima P, Karr S, Lim JZ, Vardavas R, Roberts D, Kessler A, Awan J, Faherty LJ, Willis HH.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Silica secrecy: Navigating access to silica dust data under freedom of information legislation

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Tunnel construction supports vital infrastructure development but can expose workers to serious health risks, including silicosis, from exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS). This study examines how Australia's freedom of information (FOI) legislation facilitates or hinders access to information that can support improvements in ...
Kate Cole, Tim Driscoll
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening research oversight in Ghana: a descriptive analysis of ethical and regulatory capacity gaps and opportunities. [PDF]

BMC Med Ethics
Selormey PE, Haruna Z, Kombe F, Tindana P, Boateng O, Osei-Atweneboana MY.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring, valuing, and incorporating patient and caregiver productivity costs in economic evaluations: a scoping review and environmental scan. [PDF]

Int J Technol Assess Health Care
Yeretzian ST, Sillcox C, Loshak H, Ramsay L, Rodriguez Barizonte AG, Shapiro E, Sahakyan Y, Sander B.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Child Health Challenges, Ecosystem Mismatches, and the Case for State‐Level Policy Innovation

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points From 2011‐2023, US children's health deteriorated across >170 indicators. Chronic conditions rose from 25.8% to 31%, risk of anxiety tripled, and autism and learning disability more than doubled. Policies based on biomedical models have failed to address these trends.
NEAL HALFON, SHIRLEY RUSS
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences for HIV prevention conditional cash transfers among Black/African American and Latinx cisgender MSM in Los Angeles. [PDF]

AIDS
Moucheraud C, Trujillo D, Wagner Z, Garland W, Smith T, Hoffman RM, Landovitz RJ.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

“Women of the Happy Life”: Prostitution, Public Morality, and Venereal Disease in US‐Occupied Nicaragua, 1912–33

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
wiley   +1 more source

Prioritisation and risk ranking of epidemic-prone diseases for emergency preparedness and response in Eastern Africa using a multi-criteria decision analysis framework, 2023. [PDF]

J Public Health Afr
Kamara N, Guyassa M, Theocharopoulos G, Mohamed AS, Said HM, Pampaka D, Suk J, Riek LP, Aragaw M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source