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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

Public Perceptions of Deer Management in Scotland

Darragh Hare, Darragh Hare, Darragh Hare, Mike Daniels et al. • Frontiers in Conservation Science (2021)

In Scotland, large deer populations are associated with negative ecological and socioeconomic impacts, such as damage to peatlands and forests, agricultural and commercial forestry losses, Lyme disease transmission, and road accidents. Incr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.781546

Barriers to tuberculosis case finding in primary and secondary health facilities in Ghana: perceptions, experiences and practices of healthcare workers

Joyce B. Der, Alison D. Grant, Daniel Grint, Clement T. Narh et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2022)

Abstract Background Ghana’s national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey conducted in 2013 showed higher than expected TB prevalence indicating that many people with TB were not being identified and treated. Responding to this, we assessed ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07711-1

Minor mental disorders in Taiwanese healthcare workers and the associations with psychosocial work conditions

Wan-Ju Cheng, Yawen Cheng • Journal of the Formosan Medical Association (2017)

Healthcare workers face multiple psychosocial work hazards intrinsic to their work, including heavy workloads and shift work. However, how contemporary adverse psychosocial work conditions, such as workplace justice and insecurity, may cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2016.05.004

Public Policy and Federalism

Dietmar Braun • IRIS (2000)

Territorial division of power and public policy-making - an overview the territorial division of power in comparative public policy research - an assessment Canada - dual and executive federalism, ineffective problem-solving regional policy...

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Research and Public Policy

Leonard D. Eron • PEDIATRICS (1996)

Professor Hyman has reviewed for us all the research that has been done on the effects of corporal punishment in the schools.1 It is actually a meager record because of the reasons he has mentioned, many of them ethical, demographic, and re...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.98.4.821

Public Policy and Program Evaluation

Evert Vedung • Routledge eBooks (2017)

Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a re...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315127767

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

How the social media impact women’s psychological well-being in the patriarchal structure? The moderating effect of social capital

Liu He, Amira Firdaus, Jiankun Gong, Nasrullah Dharejo et al. • BMC Public Health (2024)

Abstract Background Despite technological, political and economic progress, Pakistan is still a traditionally patriarchal society, and cultural norms curb women’s freedom of socialization, which contributes to poor mental health. The digita...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18013-y

The Effect of the Expressive Art therapy Package with a Unity-Oriented Approach on Subjective Well-being of Middle-Aged Women

Parisa Darouei, Afsaneh Nazeri, Ali Zadeh Mohammadi, Mahdi Motia • پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت (2025)

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of expressive art therapy package (based on visualizing memories with a unity-oriented approach) on the subjective well-being of middle-aged women. It was a quantitative, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/ppls.2026.131333.2222

Public's perception and satisfaction on the role and services provided by family physicians in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study

Amnah Ali Abdulqader Elagi, Basem Amer Jaber, Almonther Hussain Ahmed Wassly, Ruba Mohammed Sallam Ahmed et al. • Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (2019)

Background: Few studies have addressed the awareness of the family physicians' (FPs) role and its impact on the quality of primary healthcare. This study aims to explore public's perception and satisfaction on the role and services provided...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_621_19

Human Intelligence (HI –<i>Nous</i>) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in ESP/EAP Teaching and Editing of Inter-Disciplinary Research for International Communication – Case Studies and Methods

Ekaterini Nikolarea • Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (2021)

In this study the author will present how Human Intelligence (HI – nous), in co-operation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Internet can communicate his/her knowledge and interdisciplinary research to an international context (i.e., Erasm...

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Interprofessional communication with hospitalist and consultant physicians in general internal medicine: a qualitative study

Gotlib Conn Lesley, Reeves Scott, Dainty Katie, Kenaszchuk Chris et al. • BMC Health Services Research (2012)

Abstract Background Studies in General Internal Medicine [GIM] settings have shown that optimizing interprofessional communication is important, yet complex and challenging. While the physician is integral to interprofessional work in GIM t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-437

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community perinatal mental health services on access, experience, recovery/relapse and obstetric and neonate outcomes: the ESMI-II mixed-methods study

Heather O’Mahen, Louise Howard, Helen Sharp, Antoinette Davey et al. • Health and Social Care Delivery Research (2025)

Background Perinatal mental health disorders affect one in five mothers during pregnancy or within 2 years post childbirth. These disorders can lead to poor pregnancy and childbirth outcomes and maternal deaths. Additionally, they negativel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/RRAP0011

Increasing Competency for Parents of Adolescents with Executive Functioning Deficits: Enhancing Occupational Performance with Mindfulness

Kimberly S. Mollo, Bernardo A. Merizalde, Jennifer Lape • Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (2018)

Background: Executive functions are higher order cognitive processes occurring in the frontal lobe that influence cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functions. Adolescents with executive functioning deficits are at risk for difficulties i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15453/2168-6408.1445

Communicatively Constructing the Bright and Dark Sides of Hope: Family Caregivers’ Experiences during End of Life Cancer Care

Jody Koenig Kellas, Katherine M. Castle, Alexis Johnson, Marlene Z. Cohen • Behavioral Sciences (2017)

(1) Background: The communication of hope is complicated, particularly for family caregivers in the context of cancer who struggle to maintain hope for themselves and their loved ones in the face of terminality. In order to understand these...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bs7020033

Communication Studies

Yusuf Gürhan Topçu, Aslıhan Doğan Topçu, Duygu ÜNALAN, Şeyhmus DOĞAN et al. • Akademisyen Kitabevi eBooks (2019)

The directors of Academician Publishing House, have been con-ducting their commercial activities for a long time by transferring their 30 years of broadcasting experience to their legal entities. In the said period, it was proud to publish ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.37609/akya.230

Therapist-Supported Online Interventions for Children and Young People With Tic Disorders: Lessons Learned From a Randomized Controlled Trial and Considerations for Future Practice

Chamberlain, Liam R, Hall, Charlotte L, Andrén, Per, Davies, E Bethan et al. • JMIR Mental Health (2020)

In recent years, research into internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) has suggested that therapist-guided digital interventions have greater engagement, adherence, and effectiveness than self-directed digital therapies. While re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/19600