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Assessing the reliability and validity for metabolic syndrome diagnosis using point-of-care analyzers in a mobile setup - a pilot study

open access: yesBMC Primary Care
Background The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by having three or more of these risk factors: increased blood glucose (Glc), serum triglycerides (TG), blood pressure (BP), waist circumference (WC), and reduced high-density lipoprotein (HDL ...
Sanne Houtenbos   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of interprofessional collaboration in a teaching session in patient partnership in pharmacy education

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Patient partnership in health education promotes collaborative and humanistic care. In pharmacy education, however, this approach remains uncommon. We aimed to co‐construct and assess a teaching session on pain management and dispensing refusal, involving patients as full partners. A participatory approach was used.
Marc‐Antoine Luc   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Body and Sociology – empirical research and theoretical concepts

open access: yes
The book presents issues of the sociology of the body in relation to various spheres of social life in which processes, values, norms and other social phenomena influence the human body.

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Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source

Soil Carbon Markets in the Making: Power Relations and Matters of Concern in Offsetting and Insetting

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates emerging soil carbon markets and seeks to identify the groups of actors and power relations that constitute their structure and function. Voluntary soil carbon markets (VSCMs) are emerging globally as a key mechanism for generating carbon removals as part of climate mitigation efforts.
Philippa Simmonds   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Trade Unions in Environmental Governance: Exploring Workers Legitimacy Judgments

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trade unions are increasingly expected to play a role in sustainability transitions, but their legitimacy as environmental governance actors remains underexplored. Our study uses a multidimensional framework to examine how workers, both union members and non‐members, evaluate trade union legitimacy “from below.” This framework distinguishes ...
Urša Golob   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individuals Meaningfully Differ in How They Construct the Populist Subject of ‘the People’: Development and Initial Validation of the Popular Inclusion and Exclusion Scale

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the variety of populist manifestations, little research has dedicated itself to exploring this variation within and between individuals. Building on a discursive tradition, we propose that individuals meaningfully differ in how they construct the populist group of ‘the people’. Across three studies, we developed a popular inclusion and
Joseph D. Foley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Contact With Dual Identifier Friends on Interethnic Attitudes

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The intergroup contact literature has traditionally examined interactions as being between clearly defined, mutually exclusive groups. Yet in Western societies, descendants of immigrants often identify both with their (grand)parents’ ethnicity and with the national majority in the country of residence.
Tom Nijs, Tobias H. Stark
wiley   +1 more source

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