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Embedding participatory governance

, 2022
This symposium examines the challenges and opportunities of recent efforts at embedding participatory governance. It draws together original research that engages theoretically and empirically with some fundamental questions: •What are the challenges of embedding participatory governance in policy-making?
Bussu, Sonia, Bua, Adrian, Dean, Rikki, Smith, Graham   +3 more
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Exploring the role of religion in participatory governance: An evaluation of religion’s public engagement in Africa

Verbum et Ecclesia
Religion and religious communities are deeply embedded in African societies, functioning as key social and cultural institutions that foster communal connectedness and engagement.
Patrick Nanthambwe
doaj   +1 more source

Participatory and responsive governance in universal health coverage: an analysis of legislative provisions in Thailand

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Participatory and responsive governance in universal health coverage (UHC) systems synergistically ensure the needs of citizens are protected and met. In Thailand, UHC constitutes of three public insurance schemes: Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme ...
Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Aniqa Islam Marshall, Kanang Kantamaturapoj, Kamonwan Kiewnin, Somtanuek Chotchoungchatchai   +5 more
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Challenging power relations in food systems governance

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
This reflective essay explores power relations, with a particular focus on racialization, that flow through dominant forms of food systems govern­ance, with an aim to create more participatory gov­ernance models.
Session on Participatory Food Systems Governance at the 2021 Global Food Governance Conference, Renzo Guinto, Kip Holley, Sherry Pictou, Rāwiri Tinirau, Fiona Wiremu, Peter Andreé, Jill Clark, Charles Levkoe, Belinda Reeve   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for participatory governance

, 2008
Traditional approaches to fighting poverty have yielded unsatisfactory results in some African countries, and have been positively damaging in others.
Saha, Jean Claude
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Dry Feet? Experiences from a Participatory Water-Management Planning Case in The Netherlands [PDF]

, 2010
Participation of stakeholders in planning processes is increasingly seen as an essential element in adaptive and integrated water management and sometimes a policy requirement from higher-level governance bodies.
Lamers, M.A.J., Machiel Lamers, Lamers, M., Ottow, B, Yorck von Korff, von Korff, Y, Bouke Ottow, Francois, G., Ottow, B., von Korff, Y., Francois, G, Greet Francois, Korff, Y., von   +12 more
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From Citizen Participation to Participatory Governance

Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2009
This paper identifies types of citizen participation in local government in Australia, in particular focusing on the past two decades when local government systems have been the focus of intense reform.
Chris Aulich
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Participation Creates Citizens: Participatory Governance as Performative Practice [PDF]

, 2010
Participation is a prominent feature of many decision-making and planning processes. Among its proclaimed benefits is its potential to strengthen public support and involvement.
Noelle Aarts, Bommel, S., van, Aarts, N., Turnhout, E., Esther Turnhout, Aarts, M.N.C., van Bommel, S., Severine Van Bommel   +7 more
core   +2 more sources