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Social policy in the face of a global pandemic: Policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis. [PDF]
Soc Policy Adm, 2021 How have welfare states responded to the coronavirus pandemic? In this introductory article, we provide a synopsis of papers that comprise this special issue on social policy responses to COVID‐19, an overview of some of the key questions they raise, and
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Social policy in the face of a global pandemic: Policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Central and Eastern Europe. [PDF]
Soc Policy Adm, 2021 This article documents and compares the social policies that the governments in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) implemented to combat the first wave of COVID‐19 pandemic by focusing on Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia.
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A Scoping Review of Evidence on the Use and Effectiveness of Decision Aids in Adult Social Care
Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021 Context: Social care-related decisions can be complex but despite their widespread use in health care to help patients make similarly complex decisions, the use of decision aids in social care is not well examined.Objective: To review the international ...
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Climate change evaluations by inhabitants of the high-mountain regions of Russia: risks and security issues [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The high-mountain areas of Russia including areas of the Altai Republic are characterized by intense climate change, the consequences of which in the long term will have a tangible impact on their socio-economic development, the level of security and ...
Maximova Svetlana +3 more
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How can we measure the developmental impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children?
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022 Objectives • Present a conceptual data model for understanding the impacts of COVID on children 0-5 • Outline administrative datasets with relevant indicators that are commonly collected, integrated at the individual level, and include relevant 2 ...
Amy Hawn Nelson, Emily Berkowitz
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Soziologie, 2021 During the last two decades, comparative social-policy research has improved our understanding of the causes, processes, dynamics, and consequences of change in social policies. It has also broadened the horizon of sociological theory and research.
B. Pfau-Effinger, Christopher Grages
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The influence of home care supply on delayed discharges from hospital in England
BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Delayed transfers of care (DTOC) of patients from hospital to alternative care settings are a longstanding problem in England and elsewhere, having negative implications for patient outcomes and costs to health and social care systems.
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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022 Background Most countries in Europe require out-of-pocket payments (OPPs) for nursing homes based on users’ income and often assets. This was also the case in Austria until 2018 when asset-based contributions to residential care —denoted the ...
Ricardo Rodrigues +4 more
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Interviewing as a Vehicle for Theoretical Sampling in Grounded Theory
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021 Interviewing is a frequently deployed data collection method in grounded theory research. Theoretical sampling is a core feature of the grounded theory method. Theoretical sampling is commonly understood as a means for sampling participants with a set of
Geraldine Foley +3 more
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Towards Preventing and Managing Conflict of Interest in Nutrition Policy? An Analysis of Submissions to a Consultation on a Draft WHO Tool [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2021 BackgroundWith multi-stakeholder approaches central to efforts to address global health challenges, debates around conflict of interest (COI) are increasingly prominent.
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