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Facility readiness and experience of women and health care providers in receiving and delivering obstetric care in comprehensive health posts in Ethiopia: a mixed method study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Maternal mortality remains a critical public health issue in Ethiopia, with only half of births occurring in health facilities. To address this, the Health Extension Program (HEP) introduced comprehensive health posts (CHPs) to improve ...
Temesgen Ayehu, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Chala Tesfaye, Mebrie Belete, Nebreed Fesseha, Agumasie Semahegn, Hillina Tadesse, Alemnesh Hailemariam Mirkuzie, Yeshiwork Aklilu, Mintiwab Zenebe, Miftah Yasin, Abdela Mohammed, Abdulbasit Hamza, Omar Mohammed, Wendemagegne Embiale, Mesele Damte Argaw, Dessalew Emaway   +16 more
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The Journal of Pastoral Care Publications Inc. In Transition [PDF]

Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications, 2009
openaire   +1 more source

Beyond Prediction: Data, Baselines, Explanation, and Causation in Machine Learning for Food Insecurity

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
The gains from machine learning in nowcasting and forecasting food insecurity are still small and limited and cannot be observed in all countries. This review summarizes the public resources for data, corrects common misconceptions about model requirements, and establishes baseline requirements, explanations, causal inference, and equity in operational
Shabnam Mehboob, Azman Abdullah, Gunesh Kumar, Samreen Memon, Naila Afghan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship Among Climate Policy Uncertainty and Energy Markets: Fossil Versus Renewable and Low‐Carbon Assets

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the intricate relationship between climate policy uncertainty (CPU) and energy market dynamics, focusing on fossil‐based and renewable/low‐carbon energy assets. Utilising a comprehensive dataset spanning from April 1987 to December 2023, comprising monthly observations of CPU, stock market returns, spot oil prices and ...
Dimitrios Asteriou, Anastasia Dimiski
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan, Saqib Aziz, Akanksha Jalan, Fazal Muhammad, Dhoha Trabelsi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Sector Liquidity Timing Ability of Bond Mutual Funds

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate whether bond mutual fund managers exhibit market liquidity timing skills in the U.S. corporate bond market. At the portfolio level, we find only weak evidence that bond funds adjust their overall market exposure in anticipation of changes in corporate bond market liquidity.
Zhengnan Yin, Niall O'Sullivan, Meadhbh Sherman, Yuting Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a Z‐ESG Score Model for Assessing Corporate ESG Performance

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study we develop a novel, unique ESG rating model that exploits the logic of the Z‐score by Altman (1968) to discriminate between ESG performing and non‐ESG performing firms using indicators of ESG performance for each of the three pillars (Environmental, Social, Governance) in place of financial ratios.
Edward I. Altman, Francesco Baldi, Claudia D'Ippolito, Antonio Salvi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Development Under Economic Sanctions: Short‐Run Market Responses and Long‐Run Institutional Adjustment

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how the financial development of the target economy evolves under the long‐lasting economic sanctions, emphasizing the temporal patterns of the impact. Using panel data for 136 economies from 1980 to 2021 and an event‐study approach, we identified a temporal pattern that illustrates how economic sanctions exert a ...
Yu Jiang, Xue Meng
wiley   +1 more source

Supporting Black Male Student‐Athletes: School Counselor–Black Church Partnership

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Black male student‐athletes navigate school systems that exploit their athletic labor while neglecting their academic, psychosocial, and identity development (Harris 2020; Cooper 2016). School counselors are positioned to disrupt these inequities, yet often lack culturally grounded partnership models.
Paul C. Harris, Krystal L. Clemons, Renae D. Mayes   +2 more
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Can DNA from wet, temperate soils be used for palaeoecological reconstruction?

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sedimentary ancient DNA in well‐dated contexts (sedaDNA) has great potential as a palaeoecological proxy. A few studies have attempted palaeoecological reconstructions using sedaDNA from soil; these studies have been mainly restricted to cold and/or dry soils.
Nick A. Cutler, Doreen Yu‐Tuan Huang, Richard T. Streeter, Andrew J. Dugmore   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source