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Naser Derakhshani, Erfan Kharazmi, Seyedeh Narges Pouyan, Azam Choopani et al. • Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
(2026)
Abstract Introduction Primary Health Care (PHC) services are people's first point of contact with the health system. PHC helps to ensure health system resilience and health community, playing a vital role in preventing and detecting disease...
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DOI: 10.1186/s41043-026-01389-5
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...
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DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2025.2543605
Andrew Clark, PhD, Jacqueline Tate, PhD, Umesh Parashar, MD, Mark Jit, PhD et al. • The Lancet Global Health
(2019)
Summary: Background: Infant rotavirus vaccines have led to substantial reductions in hospital admissions and deaths due to gastroenteritis, but some studies have reported an elevated risk of intussusception, a rare bowel disorder. This ana...
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DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30412-7
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...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/0199266999.001.0001
David Thacher, Martin Rein • Governance
(2004)
Policy issues are often characterized by conflicting values. Conventionally, students of public policy have conceptualized government's response to value conflicts as a matter of “balancing” competing goals, or striking trade‐offs among val...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0952-1895.2004.00254.x
Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Frédéric Robert‐Nicoud, Richard Baldwin, Rikard Forslid et al. • Princeton University Press eBooks
(2011)
Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North Ameri...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841233
Christopher B. Wlezien, Stuart Soroka • Oxford University Press eBooks
(2016)
Abstract The link between public opinion and public policy is of special importance in representative democracies, as we expect elected officials to care about what voters think. Not surprisingly, a large body of literature tests whether po...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.74
David S. Meyer, Helen Ingram, Steven Rathgeb Smith • Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews
(1994)
A fundamental rethinking is under way about the roles of government, citizens, and community organizations in public policy. Can government be reconstructed to make public policies more responsive to citizens and thus more effective? This c...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2074276
Helen Zerlina Margetts • Policy & Internet
(2009)
Abstract This article looks at the role of the Internet in policymaking, identifying potential policy effects of widespread use of the Internet by citizens, firms, governments and voluntary organizations. It considers how the Internet and I...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2202/1944-2866.1029
Piti Pita, Pornphimol Winyuchakrit, Bundit Limmeechokchai • Heliyon
(2020)
The transport sector is one of the important contributors of increasing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Thailand. Due to rapid development of transport infrastructure and technologies, patterns of energy consumption in this sector, ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05112
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...
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DOI: 10.1186/s13018-025-06170-8
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...
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DOI: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.781546
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...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322322
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...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050580
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 ...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07711-1
Manuel Calvopiña, Daniel Romero, Byron Castañeda, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi et al. • Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
(2014)
A review of national and international publications on paragonimiasis in Ecuador, epidemiological records from the Ministry of Public Health and unpublished research data was conducted to summarise the current status of the parasite/disease...
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DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140042
Andrew Myers, Catherine Ipsen, Krys Standley • Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
(2022)
IntroductionLack of transportation is a significant barrier to community participation for many disabled adults. Living in a rural area introduces additional transportation barriers, such as having to travel long distances to access service...
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DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2022.877555
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, ...
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DOI: 10.4314/sajee.v41SI1.04
Darshen Naidoo, Nosiphiwo Nzimande, Susan Goldstein, Sameera Mahomedy • Globalization and Health
(2026)
Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are rising rapidly in South Africa, prompting the introduction of the Health Promotion Levy (HPL) in 2018 to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. However, the levy remains...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12992-026-01234-8
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...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2016.05.004