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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
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Promises and pitfalls of integrating home-based health services into Shanghai's elder-care system

, 2020
Faced with the dramatic pace of population ageing, the Shanghai municipal government launched a pilot programme in 2013 designed to address this and to strengthen ageing-in-place arrangements by providing basic in-home medical services for residents ...
Chen, YY, Song, PP, Chen, HL
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Nighttime Home Care in Sweden: “A Constant Struggle to Manage Unforeseen Events”—Operations Managers’ Perceptions of Organization and Provision of Care for Older People

, 2023
This article aims to explore how community home care of older people is provided and organized at night. In times of welfare decline, organizational changes, and an increasing aged population, questions arise about home care and support for older people.
Maria Sjölund, Andersson, Katarina, Katarina Andersson, Sjölund, Maria   +3 more
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Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer patients’ use of primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2016
Objective: To investigate how cancer patients in Norway use primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services and describe different contact types and procedures. Design: A retrospective cross-sectional registry study using a billing registry data source. Setting:
Camilla Kjellstadli Thoresen, Hogne Sandvik, Steinar Hunskaar   +2 more
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Using photovoice to understand community perceptions of firearm risks and protective factors among Asian Americans

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study used photovoice methodology to explore Asian Americans' perspectives on the root causes and protective factors of firearm violence in their communities. Photovoice provided a participatory platform for community members to document lived experiences and identify priorities for change.
Tsu‐Yin Wu, Szu‐Hsien Chen, Xining Yang, Ken Resnicow, Hsing‐Fang Hsieh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

When older persons need Emergency Medical Services at home : a critical incident study on Swedish municipal care personnel

, 2021
Older persons in Sweden can continue to live at home, assisted by the municipal home care services. Older age raises the risk of emergency situations that require involvement of the emergency medical services (EMS).
Asp, Margareta,, Hjalmarsson, Anna,, Östlund, Gunnel,, Holmberg, Mats,   +3 more
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Essential, Yet Precarious, Mistreated, Sick and Medicalized: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed‐Methods Study on Homecare Aides in Spain

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné, Pedro Ferrer‐Rosende, Maria Feijoo‐Cid, Sergio Salas‐Nicás, Laura Esteve‐Matalí, Valeria Stuardo‐Ávila, María Isabel Fernández‐Cano   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information Management and E-services Development: The Follow-up Process of Residential Care Homes for Children and Young People in Two Swedish Municipalities. [PDF]

, 2021
This article presents preliminary results of a study that explores the management of information critical to the follow-up process of the placement of children and young people in residential care homes in two municipalities in Sweden. The placement of children and young people is regulated by a stringent legal framework to protect their integrity ...
Svärd, Proscovia, Zimic, Sheila
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Aged care services and home health care and institutional strategies

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Health care networks are critical in assisting the elderly population in several aspects. Home care, the Senior Companion Program [Programa Acompanhante de Idosos] of São Paulo Municipal Health Departament and institutions for the aged ...
Sérgio Márcio Pacheco Paschoal (8637126), Fernanda Pretti Chalet Ferreira (12818109), Luciana Orui Bansi (12818112)   +2 more
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