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Rhetoric or Reform? Changing Health and Social Care in Wales [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021
Throughout the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) struggles to meet demand and achieve performance targets. Services need to work with individuals and communities to reduce avoidable disease and dependence.
Alan Willson, Andrew Davies
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Generalised Policy Improvement with Geometric Policy Composition

open access: yes, 2022
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Thakoor, Shantanu   +5 more
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Racial and Socioeconomic Characteristics Associated with the use of Telehealth Services Among Adults With Ambulatory Sensitive Conditions

open access: yesHealth Services Research & Managerial Epidemiology, 2023
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic led to a major transition for patients from routine ambulatory-care-based in-person primary care visits to telehealth visits to manage chronic diseases. However, it remains unclear the extent to which individuals access
Neale R. Chumbler   +3 more
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Managing vulnerability to drought and enhancing livelihood resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: Technological, institutional and policy options

open access: yesWeather and Climate Extremes, 2014
Agriculture and the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are highly sensitive to climatic variability. Drought, in particular, represents one of the most important natural factors contributing to malnutrition and famine in many parts of the region.
Bekele Shiferaw   +5 more
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Response to climate risks among smallholder farmers in Malawi: A multivariate probit assessment of the role of information, household demographics, and farm characteristics

open access: yesClimate Risk Management, 2017
Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt what appear to be relatively simple agronomic or management practices which can help them cope with climate-induced stressors?
Chalmers Mulwa   +3 more
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Evaluating and Improving Policy and Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This chapter looks at the eighth competency area for community development practice, how to evaluate in order to improve policy and practice. Project and program evaluation in community development is vital to learning, to knowing where the project is going, to making decisions about work planning and resource allocation, and as the basis for reporting
Ferrie, Jo, Lachapelle, Paul
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Possibilities of Logistics Policy Improvement

open access: yesPromet (Zagreb), 2009
The paper presents the strategic logistics management with emphasis on clear, accurate and effective material flow from the suppliers and internally, as well as an outline of the logistics policy for continuous improvement.
Petr Průša, David Tilkeridis
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It takes quality improvement to cross the chasm

open access: yesBMJ Open Quality, 2023
Healthcare organisations in the USA rank significantly lower in quality of care compared with other developed nations. Research shows US performance emphasises expensive treatment over effective prevention programmes.
Matthew Pirritano   +4 more
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Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2017
The food security crisis and international “land grabs” have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor.
Blake D Ratner   +8 more
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Racial differences in healthcare expenditures for prevalent multimorbidity combinations in the USA: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2023
Background We aimed to model total charges for the most prevalent multimorbidity combinations in the USA and assess model accuracy across Asian/Pacific Islander, African American, Biracial, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Native American populations. Methods We
Manal Alshakhs   +3 more
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