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The Influence of Social Power on Knowledge Utilization

Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2019
Although many studies have reported that social power is a critical factor in facilitating or constraining social interactions among individuals, few studies have fully explored how social power in...
Ji-Myoun Lee, Gee-Woo Bock, Ayoung Suh
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Research utilization in the social-political arena

Applied Nursing Research, 1990
Many of the health problems of populations at greater risk for ill health require action at the social-political level for intervention. The experience of working with local community leaders and concerned providers to improve the resources available to meet the needs of the homeless is used to illustrate the value and problems of combining the roles ...
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Utilizing Social Networks in Social Entrepreneurship

2019
This chapter focuses on the linkage between social networks and social entrepreneurship and argues that social networks are crucial in social entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurs rely on different compositions of social networks in different stages of the entrepreneurial process.
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The measurement of individual utility and social welfare

Journal of Health Economics, 1998
It has been suggested by a number of economists that decisions about how to allocate scarce health care resources should be informed by the cost per quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) of the different alternatives. One of the criticisms of the QALY approach is that it is based on the measurement of individual utility; yet the values elicited are used ...
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Utilization of mammography. Social and behavioral trends

Cancer, 1993
Key policy developments in the utilization of mammographic screening for the early detection of breast cancer in the U.S. since 1973 are reviewed. Recent data from the 1990 and 1992 Mammography Attitudes and Usage Studies on attitudes toward mammography and screening behaviors among U.S. women aged 40 and older are summarized.
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Social networks and health service utilization

Journal of Health Economics, 2005
While social networks have been examined in the context of many economic choices and outcomes, this study is the first to investigate the effects of social networks on health service utilization decisions. Networks can affect utilization decisions in many ways.
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Social Utility Modeling: A Tool to Gain Insight Into Social Motives

Social Cognition
Computational modeling is an emerging analysis technique with the potential to offer important insight into how researchers in the cognitive sciences approach important questions—particularly questions about how people make choices. However, for those researchers who are interested in utilizing computational models in their own research, learning the ...
Elijah Paul Galvan, Alan Sanfey
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Caregivers’ Utilization of Social Networks and Social Media

2014
A common finding is that an individual’s involvement with family and friends declines after they become a primary caregiver, especially a caregiver to a person with dementia. The demands of dementia caregiving are generally higher than those of nondementia caregiving, and the duration is longer.
John G. Bruhn, Howard M. Rebach
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The utility of bonding social capital

Journal of Civil Society, 2005
In most studies of social capital, bridging social capital is emphasized as ‘good’ for democracy and economic performance.
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Utilizing social media for cardiovascular education

Heart, 2022
Christina Mansour, Nooshin Beygui, Mamas A Mamas, Purvi J Parwani   +3 more
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