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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a loyalty scheme for physical activity behaviour change maintenance: results from a cluster randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018
Background We evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a loyalty scheme based intervention involving rewards for increasing physical activity in public sector employees.
Ruth F. Hunter, Jennifer M. Murray, Aisling Gough, Jianjun Tang, Christopher C. Patterson, David P. French, Emma McIntosh, Yiqiao Xin, Frank Kee, on behalf of the Physical Activity Loyalty (PAL) Study team   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legal and illegal drug use among female sex workers in bar and club prostitution in Belgium: a quantitative and qualitative study [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: This study describes the amounts and effects of drug use in bar and club sex work, and the use of healthcare for the drug-related needs of sex workers (SW). Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Belgium.
Decorte, Tom, Leuridan, Elke, Van Damme, Pierre, Van Hal, Guido, Van Nunen, Karolien   +4 more
core   +1 more source

How do street-level organisations adapt to a new policy framework? Evidence from a Swiss canton

Australian Journal of Public Administration
AbstractThis article examines how street‐level organisations (SLO) respond to new legal framework conditions after regulatory reform. Organisational response to a changed legal framework is key to understand implementation resilience as established organisational practice may collide with new legal obligations.
Domenig, Claudio, Sager, Fritz
openaire   +2 more sources

Iterations of work inclusion beyond the standard service

Journal of Comparative Social Work
Employment services are repeatedly criticised for building barriers to service user participation and decent employment due to combinations of conditionality, bureaucratic logics, high caseloads and scarce resources.
Kjetil G. Lundberg, Suzan M. Skjold, Arnhild Melve, Astrid O. Sundsbø   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pentecostal ecumenical impulses: Past and present challenges

In die Skriflig, 2018
Several leaders in the early Pentecostal movement interpreted the outpouring of the Spirit at the Azusa Street Mission and other places as a sign that the Spirit would now unite Christians across the borders of denominations in a new Pentecost that ...
Marius Nel
doaj   +1 more source

Representative bureaucracy: does female police leadership affect gender-based violence arrests? [PDF]

, 2016
Representative bureaucracy theory postulates that passive representation leads to active representation of minority groups. This article investigates the passive representation of female police officers at leadership levels and the active representation ...
Baltagi BH, Ferguson K, Fielding N, Greene WH, Hester M, Hindera JJ, John Houston, Karen Johnston, Meier KJ, Meier KJ, Mosher F, Mosher F, Selden SC, Stivers C   +13 more
core   +4 more sources

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács, Zoltán Köllő, Balázs Gellért Karvaly, Mahmoud Obeidat, Rita Nagy, Péter Hegyi, Brigitta Teutsch, Eszter Tuboly, Miklós Garami   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz, Josefine Eck, Joel S. Winston, Kate Baker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between government and civil society: a neo-Gramscian framework for analysis [PDF]

, 2016
This paper presents a neo-Gramscian framework for the analysis of the relationship between government and civil society. We argue that the influence of ‘post-traditional’ theories of modernisation on ‘networks’ and ‘network society’ is crucial in ...
De Rynck, Filip, Pauly, Raf, Verschuere, Bram   +2 more
core   +1 more source