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RANKING DE DESEMPENHO DA EXECUÇÃO ORÇAMENTÁRIA POR FUNÇÕES DE GOVERNO DOS ESTADOS E DO DISTRITO FEDERAL NO ANO DE 2013

Maurício Corrêa da Silva, José Emerson Firmino, José Dionísio Gomes da Silva, Erivan Ferreira Borges • Perspectivas Contemporâneas (2016)

Public policy assessment is, by definition, applied social research: it seeks a balance between the methodological and technical rigor of a social investigation and the pragmatism and flexibility needed by a tool supporting the decision-mak...

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Navigating public health research in UK secondary schools: key challenges and opportunities identified by researchers

Laila Khawaja, Sarah Muir, Sarah Jenner, Sarah Shaw et al. • BMC Research Notes (2026)

Abstract Objective Conducting health research with adolescents involves navigating complex challenges at both organisational and individual levels. As part of evaluating the EACH-B (Engaging Adolescents with Changing Behaviour) intervention...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13104-026-07642-8

Feasibility and priority strategies for diabetes prevention and control in Chinese demonstration areas

Jing Li, Jing Yang, Jiayu Feng, Xiaohui Xu et al. • Global Health Action (2025)

Background Diabetes is a leading global public health challenge with 537 million cases worldwide in 2021 and significant economic and societal burdens. Despite global initiatives, feasibility constraints limit widespread implementation of d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2543605

Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy

Julian Le Grand (2003)

Abstract Can we rely on the public service ethos to deliver high quality public services? Are professionals such as doctors and teachers really public‐spirited altruists—knights—or self‐interested egoists—knaves? And how should the recipien...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/0199266999.001.0001

Scenarios in Public Policy

Gill Ringland (2002)

About the Author Acknowledgements Abbreviation Introduction Part I: Scenarios in Public Policy Summary Four Scenarios for Public Education in Seattle Rotterdam and Arnhem Mission and Consequences in Bueren Scottish Enterprisea s use of Scen...

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American Public Policy: An Introduction

John E. Tropman, Clarke E. Cochran, Lawrence C. Mayer, T. R. Carr et al. • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (1983)

1. Public Policy: An Introduction. 2. Contexts of Public Policy. 3. The Economy: Changing Government-Business Relationships. 4. Economic Issues: Taxing, Spending, and Budgeting. 5. Energy and Environmental Policies: Policy Instability. 6. C...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3324499

How can we promote gender and sex equality in orthopaedics and traumatology surgery? Research avenues perspectives

Agathe Yvinou, Romain Alain • Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research (2025)

Abstract Gender and sex disparities persist in orthopaedic and traumatology surgery, making it one of the least diverse medical specialties worldwide. Despite growing women representation in medical education, women continue to be significa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13018-025-06170-8

Evaluating language policy implementation in South African higher education - three decades of progress and challenges: A scoping review protocol.

Silingene Joyce Ngcobo, Tracy Zhandire, Zamasomi Meyiwa Luvuno, Wilbroda Hlolisile Chiya et al. • PLoS ONE (2025)

BackgroundSouth Africa's higher education institutions (HEIs) continue to face challenges in implementing inclusive language policies that integrate indigenous African languages into academic settings, even three decades after apartheid. Hi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322322

Bachelor's Degree in Rural Education: a bibliographic review on emancipatory public policies

Catiane Cinelli, Solange Struwka • Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo (2025)

This text is based on a postdoctoral research entitled "O protagonismo das mulheres no curso de Licenciatura em Educação do Campo (LEDOC) da Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR)". The objectives were: to historicize the context of resear...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.70860/ufnt.rbec.e19212

Perceptions of the functioning and effectiveness of nursing regulators in Ghana and South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Lydia Aziato, Laetitia Charmaine Rispel • BMJ Open (2021)

Objective Nursing regulators are important governance structures for nurses who are critical to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). This study examined the perspectives of the heads of nursing education institutions (NEIs) i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050580

Lessons Learned from Developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to Support Citizen Scientists in Africa

Fiona Preston-Whyte, Toshka Barnardo, Danica Marlin, Tanna Hewett et al. • Southern African Journal of Environmental Education (2025)

Data gaps limit solutions and policy development for environmental issues. Citizen science offers a possible solution to reduce data gaps at a limited cost while enhancing environmental education (EE). While highly effective in the latter, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4314/sajee.v41SI1.04

CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Margaret McConnell, Alya Alsager, Plyce Fuchu, Shrivaths Sriprasad et al. • BMC Pediatrics (2025)

Abstract Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of childhood mortality and developmental disabilities, with persistent socioeconomic disparities in incidence and outcomes. Maternal presence during prolonged neonatal intensive care unit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05621-9

Understanding Public Policy

Thomas R. Dye (1972)

1: Policy Analysis: What Governments Do, Why They Do It, and What Difference it Makes 2: Models of Politics: Some Help in Thinking About Public Policy 3: The Policymaking Process: Decision-Making Activities 4: Policy Evaluation: Finding Out...

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Internet in the life of Russian youth

Natal'ya V. Rozenberg, Liliya V. Rozhkova • Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные науки (2023)

Background. The active development of information and communication technologies has led to the fact that the Internet has taken an important place in the daily life of a modern person. Today there is no such area of life of people where th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21685/2072-3016-2023-3-1

Expertise, Knowledge, and Resilience in #AcademicTwitter: Enacting Resilience-Craft in a Community of Practice

Sean M. Eddington, Caitlyn Jarvis • Media and Communication (2022)

Online communities of practice are a useful professional development space, where members can exchange information, aggregate expertise, and find support. These communities have grown in popularity within higher education—especially on soci...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17645/mac.v10i2.5053

Effect of electronic health records on doctor-patient relationship in Arabian gulf countries: a systematic review

Celine Tabche, Mays Raheem, Arwa Alolaqi, Salman Rawaf • Frontiers in Digital Health (2023)

BackgroundThe electronic health record (EHR) has been widely implemented internationally as a tool to improve health and healthcare delivery. However, EHR implementation has been comparatively slow amongst hospitals in the Arabian Gulf coun...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2023.1252227

Editorial

Bulent Cavas • Science Education International (2026)

Dear Readers, The September 2026 issue of Science Education International presents 11 original research articles authored by scholars from 11 countries, including Germany, Slovenia and Italy, Finland and South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Arge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33828/sei.v37.i4.e