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Science policy or social policy? [PDF]

Knowledge and Policy, 1996
Rossum, W. van
openaire   +6 more sources

Social Policy [PDF]

This United Nations Policy Note on Social Policy provides practical guidance on how to operationalize alternative equitable and employment-generating social policies in National Development Strategies.
Walford Johnson, John Whyman, George Wykes   +2 more
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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.
Kate Baxter, Rachel Mann, Yvonne Birks, Louise Overton   +3 more
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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, Omelchenko Daria, Noyanzina Oksana, Maximov Maxim   +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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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.
Stephen Allan, Daniel Roland, Gintare Malisauskaite, Karen Jones, Kate Baxter, Kate Gridley, Yvonne Birks   +6 more
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From each according to means, to each according to needs? Distributional effects of abolishing asset-based payments for residential care in Austria

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, Cassandra Simmons, Tamara Premrov, Christian Böhler, Kai Leichsenring   +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, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Conlon, Catherine Elliott O’Dare   +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.
Rob Ralston, Sarah E. Hill, Fabio da Silva Gomes, Jeff Collin   +3 more
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Perceived difficulty of getting help to reduce or abstain from substances among sexual and gender minority men who have sex with men (SGMSM) and use methamphetamine during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background This study examined the perceived difficulty of getting help with substance use among sexual and gender minorities who have sex with men (SGMSM) who use methamphetamine during the early COVID-19 period.
Kiffer Card, Madison McGuire, Jordan Bond-Gorr, Tribesty Nguyen, Gordon A. Wells, Karyn Fulcher, Graham Berlin, Nicole Pal, Mark Hull, Nathan J. Lachowsky   +9 more
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