Home »
Academic Articles & Research Papers
Showing 20 of 1,525 academic articles
Sarah Pink • Social Anthropology
(2010)
A focus on the senses has become a key theme in contemporary anthropology. In this short piece I suggest that this focus can be understood in terms of two strands, the original anthropology of the senses on the one hand, and the newer senso...
OPENALEX
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8676.2010.00119_1.x
Jiamin Tang, Jie Jia, Yuan Gao, Weixiao Yu et al. • BMC Public Health
(2025)
Abstract Background In the medical field, value co-creation involves patients’ active involvement. By collaborating with service providers, patients can contribute to the creation of more targeted and effective value. Patients’ self-efficac...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-22917-8
Wardah Naim, Trevor Tombe • The School of Public Policy Publications
(2013)
If anything is to blame for a higher dollar having negative effects on the Central Canadian manufacturing sector, you are not likely to find it in any “Dutch Disease” supposedly caused by Alberta’s oil sands. Contrary to popular belief, the...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
Janaina Xavier do Nascimento • Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais
(2016)
The present text focuses on issues of gender inequality and public policy in Brazil today. My major goals are as follows: 1) to provide an analysis of gender inequality in Brazilian society through an examination of the three key arenas of ...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.5433/2176-6665.2016v21n1p317
Albino Maggio, Raffaele Testolin, Giorgio Gianquinto • Italian Journal of Agronomy
(2011)
The sustainability of agricultural production systems is a recurrent topic in the public debate, tightly linked to resource use efficiency and energy saving principles. "Higher yield with lower input" is the paradigm that will guide us in t...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2011.6.s2.e3
Peter L. Berger, Richard John Neuhaus • Routledge eBooks
(2021)
Two seemingly contradictory tendencies are evident in current thinking about public policy in America. First, there is a continuing desire for the services provided by the modern welfare state. Partisan rhetoric aside, few people seriously ...
OPENALEX
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367696559-32
• Oxford University Press eBooks
(2016)
Abstract What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the profound effects that policies have on the level and distribution of individuals' well-being? The Oxford Handbook of...
OPENALEX
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199325818.001.0001
Raj Chetty • American Economic Review
(2015)
The debate about behavioral economics–the incorporation of insights from psychology into economics–is often framed as a question about the foundational assumptions of economic models. This paper presents a more pragmatic perspective on beha...
OPENALEX
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151108
• Cambridge University Press eBooks
(2006)
This book was first published in 2006. Technological standards are a cornerstone of the modern information economy, affecting firm strategy, market performance and, by extension, economic growth. While there is general agreement that swift ...
OPENALEX
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511493249
Aseem Prakash • Business Strategy and the Environment
(2002)
Abstract Green marketing subsumes greening products as well as greening firms. In addition to manipulating the 4Ps (product, price, place and promotion) of the traditional marketing mix, it requires a careful understanding of public policy ...
OPENALEX
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.338
Gavin Yamey, Kaci Kennedy McDade, Wenhui Mao, Paige Kleidermacher • BMJ Global Health
(2022)
Background Although it is difficult to quantify, previous estimates suggested that China’s global health aid has increased sharply since the early 2000s. Unlike many donors, China has no official aid reporting obligations, nor does it volun...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010408
Evelyn Angiji, Paul Ebusu • Tobacco Induced Diseases
(2018)
Background and challenges to implementation
Uganda
Cancer Society's (UCS) purpose is to coordinate civil society efforts for a
systematic contribution towards effective cancer control in Uganda. UCS is
moving towards fully integrating tobac...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.18332/tid/84466
Pengfei Gao, Chaoxian Yang, Yong Liu, Guixin Xin et al. • Ecological Indicators
(2024)
China’s long-standing dual-track institutions, which differentiate between urban and rural areas, have prioritized urban development, exacerbating the urban–rural divide and contributing to the ongoing decline of rural regions. In response,...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112785
Janki Tailor, Jessica Rodrigues, John Meade, Kate Segal et al. • PLOS Global Public Health
(2022)
Policies facilitating access to HIV prevention services, specifically for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), can foster enabling environments for service uptake. This analysis aims to establish whether policies enabling broad PrEP eligibility...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001202
Mohammed Al-Houqani, Raghib Ali, Cother Hajat • PLoS ONE
(2012)
IntroductionAccurate information about the prevalence and types of tobacco use is essential to deliver effective public health policy. We aimed to study the prevalence and modes of tobacco consumption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), part...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039189
A. Luke, B. F. Sanders, B. F. Sanders, K. A. Goodrich et al. • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
(2018)
Flood hazard mapping in the United States (US) is deeply tied to the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Consequently, publicly available flood maps
provide essential information for insurance purposes, but they do not necessarily pr...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-18-1097-2018
Jack Lucas, Alison Smith • The School of Public Policy Publications
(2019)
Whether it’s a big city or a small town, all Canadian municipalities have core issues that their elected politicians are concerned about. Regardless of size, the daily business of a municipality must be managed and policies determined about...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando, Mai-Lei Woo Kinshella, Sangwani Salimu, Brandina Chiwaya et al. • International Breastfeeding Journal
(2021)
Abstract Background Exclusive breastfeeding is widely accepted as a key intervention with proven efficacy for improving newborn survival. Despite international commitments and targets to support and promote breastfeeding, there are still ga...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.1186/s13006-021-00418-9
Ashleen L. Crowe, Amy Jayne McKnight, Helen McAneney • Frontiers in Public Health
(2019)
Objective: By definition a rare disease affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people but collectively 1 in 17 people are affected at some time in their lives. Rare disease patients often describe feeling isolated and unsupported. The needs of indiv...
DOAJ
Open Access (DOAJ)
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00236
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