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Investigating the factors affecting the disclosure of intellectual capital in companies listed on the Tehran stock exchange

A. Gilani, M. Geraily Safari • Marketing i Menedžment Innovacij (2017)

The aim of the article. This research studies the effective factor of disclosing intellectual capital of firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The results of the analysis. Intellectual capital is one of the most valuable assets of the or...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21272/mmi.2017.1-25

Toward optimal implementation of cancer prevention and control programs in public health: a study protocol on mis-implementation

Margaret Padek, Peg Allen, Paul C. Erwin, Melissa Franco et al. • Implementation Science (2018)

Abstract Background Much of the cancer burden in the USA is preventable, through application of existing knowledge. State-level funders and public health practitioners are in ideal positions to affect programs and policies related to cancer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0742-9

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

Mortality reduction benefits and intussusception risks of rotavirus vaccination in 135 low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling analysis of current and alternative schedules

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30412-7

Complexity and Public Policy

Robert Geyer, Samir Rihani • Routledge eBooks (2012)

This book provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to complexity thinking, its application to the social sciences and public policy, and the relevance of some of its various tools to those fields of politics, health, the internat...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203856925

Cultural Cognition and Public Policy

Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman • bepress Legal Repository (2005)

Our concern in this Essay is to explain the epistemic origins of political conflict. Citizens who agree that the proper object of law is to secure society's material well-being are still likely to disagree-intensely-about what policies will...

OPENALEX Open Access

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

International Data Access Network (IDAN)

Roxane Silberman, Dana Mueller, Beate Lichtwardt • International Journal of Population Data Science (2018)

With legal frameworks changing, administrative data can increasingly be utilised both for official statistics and to facilitate new research, enabling the development of evidence-based policy for the public benefit. Secure access conditions...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i5.1068

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

Current status of Paragonimus and paragonimiasis in Ecuador

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140042

Transportation Patterns of Adults With Travel-Limiting Disabilities in Rural and Urban America

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...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2022.877555

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

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 Opinion and Public Policy, 1980-1993

Alan D. Monroe • Public Opinion Quarterly (1998)

Abstract To what extent have the policy decisions of the U.S. government been consistent with the preferences of the public? Us-ing results of national surveys, public opinion was compared with actual policy outcomes on over 500 issues from...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/297828

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