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Lars G. Tummers • Public Administration Review
(2019)
Abstract Changing behavior is often necessary to tackle societal problems, such as obesity, alcohol abuse, and debt problems. This article has two goals. First, it aims to highlight how governments can try to change the behavior of citizens...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13109
Steven Pressman, Henry J. Aaron, Thomas E. Mann, Timothy Taylor • Southern Economic Journal
(1995)
This work presents six essays that seek answers to some particular questions. What role can, or should, a democratic government play in shaping values? And, how do values shape the effects of public policy? The contributors identify trends ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1060773
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
Robert E. Goodin (1982)
Some say that public policy can be made without the benefit of theory that it emerges, instead, through trial-and-error. Others see genuine philosophical issues in public affairs but try to resolve them through fanciful examples. Both, argu...
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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
Amanda Le, Liisa S. Smith, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Kara Giannone et al. • Women's Health
(2025)
Background: Primary testing for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) via self-collection can increase cervical cancer screening rates. In the United States, federally qualified health center (FQHC) patients often have low incomes, lack heal...
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DOI: 10.1177/17455057251362581
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
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...
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DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v3i5.1068
Haiting Jiang, Chengyu Wei • Frontiers in Public Health
(2024)
China, with the severe burden of hepatitis B, plays a significant role in the global efforts towards eliminating hepatitis B disease by 2030. Vaccination is recognized as the most effective measure to prevent infectious diseases. However, v...
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1286801
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
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
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
Kristóf Mihály Heil • Journal on European History of Law
(2023)
The codification attempts of Criminal Law in the time of the Enlightenment of the 1790 s and the liberalism of the 1830s and 1840s are the focal points of the study. In order to draft bills to reform the feudal state based on customary law ...
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B. Guy Peters (2021)
PART ONE: THE NATURE OF PUBLIC POLICY Chapter One: What is Public Policy Defining Public Policy The Instruments of Public Policy The Environment of Public Policy Summary Chapter Two: The Structure of Policymaking in American Government Fede...
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Peter C. John • Routledge eBooks
(2013)
The fully revised and updated new edition of this textbook continues to provide the most accessible overview of the main approaches in the study of public policy. It seeks to review the most common and widely used frameworks in the study of...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203136218
• Choice Reviews Online
(1996)
Contents: PART I 1.1 Introduction 1.2 'Public and 'Policy' as Concepts 1.3 The Development of the Policy Approach 1.4 Kinds of Policy Analysts and Policy Analysis 1.5 Varieties of Analytical Frameworks 1.6 Philosophical Frameworks 1.7 Analy...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.33-5937
Jonathan Gruber A B (2004)
PART I: BACKGROUND - Why Study Public Finance - Theoretical Tools of Public Finance - Empirical Tools of Public Finance - Tools of Budget Analysis - PART II: EXTERNALITIES AND PUBLIC GOODS - Externalities: Problems and Solutions - Externali...
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