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Implementation and evaluation of a peer-to-peer support program in oncology: study protocol for the PaRole Onco France model

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Background Peer support interventions in oncology have shown potential benefits for patients, including reduced psychological distress, improved empowerment, and enhanced care experience.
Yaël Busnel, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Anne Termoz, Véronique Christophe, Christophe Tournigand, Emmanuelle Jouet, Laurie Panse, Stéphane Cognon, Claude Ganter, Alexandra Villate, Pauline Maisani, Marie Preau, Julie Haesebaert, Proof investigators group   +13 more
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Informational Rents and Discretionary Industrial Assistance [PDF]

The paper analyses the existence and efficiency of discretionary industrial assistance schemes under asymmetric information between an uninformed government and a uniform distribution of firms with differing productivities.
Wren, Colin
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Down but Not Out: Reforming Social Assistance Rules that Punish the Poor for Saving [PDF]

Reform is required for social program rules that prevent the poor from saving in Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) and Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs), according to this study.
John Stapleton
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Social Transfers and Social Assistance

, 2015
The author assesses the performance of Latvias system of social transfers, in three ways: First, he analyzes the incidence (who receives transfers) of pensions, family allowances, unemployment benefits, and social assistance. Per capita analysis shows pensions tending to be pro-rich, and families allowances pro-poor (a finding typical in poverty ...
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Efficiency and equity effects of social grants in South Africa [PDF]

This paper discusses the nature and effects of social grants programmes in South Africa against the backdrop of international trends in the reform of social assistance systems. It shows that South Africa has a well-developed social assistance system that
Bongisa Lekezwa, Krige Siebrits, Servaas van der Berg   +2 more
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Work of psychologists in Social Assistance Reference Centers CRAS: (im) possibilities

, 2018
Esta pesquisa tem como referencial teórico a Psicologia Social Crítica, nas bases marxistas, sobre a sociedade capitalista. Seu objeto de estudo é a atuação do psicólogo nos Centros de Referência de Assistência Social (CRAS), que abriu as portas ao ...
Carretero, Gustavo Henrique
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The Effect of Old Age Assistance on Retirement [PDF]

Researchers have devoted considerable attention to analyzing the impact of Social Security on retirement, with mixed findings. However, Old Age Assistance (OAA), a means-tested program established at the same time, dwarfed Social Security until the 1950s
Leora Friedberg
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Social Assistance Monitoring in Social Assistance Policy: Conception and Operation

, 2015
Este texto propõe um debate sobre a Vigilância Socioassistencial, que faz parte dos objetivos da política no Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS). Aborda, especificamente, a base organizacional da gestão no SUAS e o processo da implantação da Vigilância Socioassistencial em Porto Alegre/RS, a partir de 2013.
Martinelli, Tiago, Silva, Marta Borba, dos Santos, Simone Ritta   +2 more
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Social Assistance Benefit Rates and the Employment Rate of Lone Mothers [PDF]

The results show that the increase in social assistance benefits has been a major factor behind the decline in employment rates of lone mothers in Ontario.
Kapsalis, Constantine
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Social Assistance in Malaysia: Who Benefits, and Who Misses Out [PDF]

This paper presents an in-depth analysis of who benefits and who misses out on social assistance (SA) transfers in Malaysia. As the first in a two-part series on SA, the paper uses data from the Household Income Survey (HIS) of 2019 and 2022 to assess ...
Wan, Ya Shin, Cheng, Natalie Fang Ling
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