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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the management adaptation strategies non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) managers employ in order to operate in repressive political environments. It answers the question: how do NGO managers initiate, manage and sustain internal change when the political/regulatory environment changes?
Charles Kaye‐Essien +2 more
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The End of Prisons: Reflections from the Decarceration Movement [PDF]
, 2015 Book review of The End of Prisons: Reflections from the Decarceration Movement, edited by Mechtild E. Nagel and Anthony J. Nocella (2013)
Williams, Carmen Lanos
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Identifying health promotion needs among prison staff in three English prisons: results from a qualitative study. [PDF]
, 2012 Prisons are seen as a (temporary) home and community for offenders, yet they also have a dual role as a workplace for prison staff. This article explores how the "healthy settings" philosophy, commonly used in schools, applies in the prison environment ...
Woodall, J
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Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2014 HIV/AIDS epidemic is concentrated among injecting drug users in Iran. Like many other countries with HIV/AIDS concentrated epidemic, prisons are high risk areas for spreading HIV/AIDS.
Mohammad Shahbazi +3 more
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Violence and Silence: The Prison Rape Elimination Act and Beyond [PDF]
, 2018 Connecting the #MeToo movement to sexual abuse in prisons, this paper analyzes the flaws of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Examining the genesis behind PREA, the lack of enforcement and accountability, and the remaining unresolved issues, I ...
Eggert, Elizabeth
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Modelling the hepatitis B vaccination programme in prisons [PDF]
, 2005 A vaccination programme offering hepatitis B (HBV) vaccine at reception into prison has been introduced into selected prisons in England and Wales. Over the coming years it is anticipated this vaccination programme will be extended.
Andrews, Nicholas J. +7 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Government food procurement investment offers significant potential to advance health and sustainability goals; yet, integrating these dimensions into policy design has proved challenging. We mapped and analysed 38 food procurement and catering‐specific policies in Australia to identify ways to strengthen policy design: 20 governing ...
Carolina Venegas Hargous +3 more
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Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus among Prisoners, Australia, 2005–2012
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is predominantly transmitted between persons who inject drugs. For this population, global prevalence of HCV infection is high and incarceration is common and an independent risk factor for HCV acquisition.
Neil Arvin Bretaña +6 more
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BMC Public Health, 2015 BackgroundPrisoners experience significantly worse health than the general population. This review examines the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of peer interventions in prison settings.MethodsA mixed methods systematic review of effectiveness and ...
A. Bagnall +9 more
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Scaling up hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment for people who inject drugs (PWID) is essential to achieve HCV elimination. We report a retrospective systems‐informed qualitative process evaluation of HCV care across multiple community‐based settings in a region in Scotland, UK.
Gabriele Vojt +6 more
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