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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

Analysing Public Policy

Peter C. John • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (1998)

Book synopsis: An accessible review of the main approaches in the study of public policy, this text argues that most writers who seek to explain how policy varies and changes use one of the five frameworks: institutional, group/network, soc...

OPENALEX

The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy

• Oxford University Press eBooks (2008)

Abstract The Oxford Handbook of Public Policy mines all the traditions of public policy. Public policy is the business end of political science. It is where theory meets practice in the pursuit of the public good. Political scientists appro...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199548453.001.0001

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

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

The relationship between severity of hemorrhoid symptoms and quality of life in Postpartum Women with Grade I and II Internal Hemorrhoid

Jamileh Malekuti, Khadijeh Samadi, Mojgan Mirghafurvand, Fatemeh Abbasalizadeh et al. • Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān (2019)

Introduction: The hemorrhoid is referred to dilated parts of the anal canal veins, which help to control fecal excretion and is one of the most common digestive diseases. Since postpartum problems such as hemorrhoid have significant effect ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22038/ijogi.2019.12851

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

The world is coming to an end! COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among adolescents in Malawi

Chilungamo Mmanga, Yamikani Ndasauka, Jimmy Kainja, Fiskani Kondowe et al. • Frontiers in Psychiatry (2023)

IntroductionThis paper assessed the effects of Covid-19 on adolescent mental health in Malawi. There is minimal research on adolescent mental health in Africa, Malawi in particular. The study shows a link between the pandemic and mental hea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1024793

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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Enhancing Design Ideation in Traditional Arabian Gulf Artifacts Through the Integration of Contemporary Three-Dimensional Manufacturing Methods

Rafat Saleh Madani • الاكاديمي (2026)

The contemporary designer analyzes and studies the elements of artistic heritage, to identify the intellectual and aesthetic premises that lie in its structure, its elements, its vocabulary, and its encapsulation. With the aim of enriching ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.35560/jcofarts1765

The importance of reproductive health education for elementary school children: Long-term benefits and challenges in implementation - A literature review

Musthamin Balumbi, Stang Stang, Suriah Suriah, Syarifuddin Syarif et al. • Journal of Education and Health Promotion (2025)

Reproductive health education at the primary school level is a controversial topic. Although some recognize its importance in providing accurate information about the body and development, others raise concerns about cultural sensitivities ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_861_24

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

Overview of Compressed Sensing: Sensing Model, Reconstruction Algorithm, and Its Applications

Lixiang Li, Yuan Fang, Liwei Liu, Haipeng Peng et al. • Applied Sciences (2020)

With the development of intelligent networks such as the Internet of Things, network scales are becoming increasingly larger, and network environments increasingly complex, which brings a great challenge to network communication. The issues...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app10175909

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