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Limits of the 'Social Pact' in Brazil

Global Labour Journal, 2014
The present article analyzes the June 2013 demonstrations that took place in many cities in Brazil, arguing that ultimately they expose the limits of the 'social pact' promoted by Lula since his 2002 presidential campaign.
Diego Azzi
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Parent-mediated Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT): a focus group study of parental experience [PDF]

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Background Parent-mediated interventions are increasingly recommended for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This study explores parental experiences of Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT), a parent-mediated intervention focused on ...
Nora Bouaziz, Chloé Poulinet, Avgustina Martirosyan, Scila Toscana, Anna-Gaëlle Lambert, Christophe Recasens, Chantal Arcade Pichon, Canelle Creantor, Lorena Negrescu, Joséphine Frères, Laelia Benoit, Jean-Marc Baleyte   +11 more
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Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT) versus management as usual in autistic children: a protocol for a Danish pragmatic, national, randomised clinical trial: DAN-PACT [PDF]

Trials
Background Despite autism being a lifelong developmental condition affecting approximately 2% of children and young people worldwide, interventions aimed at improving core autism features are sparse.
Sonja Martha Teresa Ziegler, Pia Jeppesen, Jens Christiansen, Charlotte Engberg Conrad, Kirstine Agnete Davidsen, Georgij Engkjær-Trautwein, Janus Engstrøm, Birgitte Fagerlund, Martin Vestergaard Gøtzsche, Lene Halling Hastrup, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Anne Mette Kirk, Marlene Birciet Lauritsen, Anne Katrine Pagsberg, Mette Agner Pedersen, Tina Røndrup Kilburn, Per Hove Thomsen, Manon Varenne, Niels Bilenberg   +18 more
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Are parenting programmes effective at scale? Associations with violence against adolescent girls, parenting and mental health in real-world delivery across eight African countries: a meta-analysis of pre-post surveys [PDF]

BMJ Global Health
Introduction Evidence-based parenting programmes are widely used to prevent violence against children and improve parenting and mental health. Despite hundreds of randomised trials, little is known about their outcomes when delivered at scale within ...
Francesca Little, Frances Gardner, Catherine L Ward, Natalie Davidson, Mark Tomlinson, Joyce Wamoyi, Jamie Lachman, Yulia Shenderovich, Sibongile Tsoanyane, Lucie Cluver, Genevieve Haupt Ronnie, Esther Nydetabura, Nyasha Manjengenja, Samuel Bojo, Inge Vallance, Hlengiwe Gwebu, Kufre Joseph Okop, Lindokuhle L Ngcobo, Daniel Oliver, Zuyi Fang, Roselinde Janowski, Heiletjé Van Zyl, Anna Booij, Muhubiri Kabuyaya, Mukondi Nethavhakone, Tendai Mutembedza, Alison Koler, Amon Exavery, Anne Schley, Charles Bibuya, Daisy Kisyombe, Farai Charasika, Gideon Mavise, Henry Mbuyi, Jack Ngangula, Jeldau Rieff, Lisa Jamu, Nomsa Monare, Richard Savo, Styn Jamu, Thomas Kipingili, Vengai MacGerald Mujuru   +41 more
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A social and political pact for Education

Avances en Supervisión Educativa, 2010
Different organizations with social concern as well as all the social segments involved in education have requested for over ten years through different documents and speeches a contract for education that avoids that a change in the political ...
Juan López Martínez
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Economic analysis of early intervention for autistic children: findings from four case studies in England, Ireland, Italy, and Spain

European Psychiatry, 2023
Background Many autistic children experience difficulties in their communication and language skills development, with consequences for social development into adulthood, often resulting in challenges over the life-course and high economic impacts for ...
Michela Tinelli, Aine Roddy, Martin Knapp, Celso Arango, Maria Andreina Mendez, James Cusack, Declan Murphy, Roberto Canitano, Bethany Oakley, Vinciane Quoidbach   +9 more
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A mixed methods evaluation of the large-scale implementation of a school- and community-based parenting program to reduce violence against children in Tanzania: a study protocol

Implementation Science Communications, 2021
Background Despite the rapid dissemination of parenting programs aiming to reduce and prevent violence against children (VAC) worldwide, there is limited knowledge about and evidence of the implementation of these programs at scale.
Mackenzie Martin, Jamie Lachman, Joyce Wamoyi, Yulia Shenderovich, Mwita Wambura, Samwel Mgunga, Esther Ndyetabura, Amal Ally, Asheri Barankena, Amon Exavery, Nyasha Manjengenja   +10 more
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Journal N-Pact Factors From 2011 to 2019: Evaluating the Quality of Social/Personality Journals With Respect to Sample Size and Statistical Power

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2022
Scholars and institutions commonly use impact factors to evaluate the quality of empirical research. However, a number of findings published in journals with high impact factors have failed to replicate, suggesting that impact alone may not be an ...
R. Chris Fraley, Jia Y. Chong, Kyle A. Baacke, Anthony J. Greco, Hanxiong Guan, Simine Vazire   +5 more
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Monitoring and evaluation lessons from the design and implementation evaluation of the ‘You Only Live Once’ social behaviour change programme for adolescents: A partnership between the United States Agency for International Development, Department of Soci

African Evaluation Journal, 2020
Background: Conducting evaluations in South Africa has become a common government practice because of the rise in demand for evidence-based policymaking.
Hlali K. Kgaphola, Christel Jacob
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The macroeconomics of social pacts [PDF]

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009
In this paper we analyze macroeconomic interactions between trade unions, the central bank and the fiscal policymaker. We explicitly model unions’ concern for public expenditure, paving the way for an analysis of the potential gains from cooperation between the fiscal policymaker and the unions, i.e.
ACOCELLA, Nicola, DI BARTOLOMEO, Giovanni, TIRELLI P.   +2 more
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