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Alcohol's harms to others in Wales, United Kingdom: Nature, magnitude and associations with mental well-being

Zara Quigg, Mark A. Bellis, Hannah Grey, Jane Webster et al. • Addictive Behaviors Reports (2019)

Aim: To explore the nature and magnitude of alcohol's harms to others (AHTOs), and associations with mental well-being. Methods: Cross-sectional survey implemented amongst 891 randomly selected Welsh residents (aged 18+ years), via computer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.abrep.2019.100162

Private Management and Public Policy

Rogene A. Buchholz • Business & Society (1996)

The book Private Management and Public Policy by Lee E. Preston and James E. Post has had a major impact on the business and society field. The authors introduced the concept of public policy into the field as an alternative way of thinking...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/000765039603500403

Toward an Anthropology of Public Policy

Janine R. Wedel, Cris Shore, Gregory Feldman, Stacy Lathrop • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2005)

As the rational choice model of “policy” proliferates in “policy studies, ” the social sciences, modern governments, organizations, and everyday life, a number of anthropologists are beginning to develop a body of work in the anthropology o...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205276734

Paternalism and Public Policy

Bill New • Economics and Philosophy (1999)

Wherever a government or state is concerned with the welfare of its citizens, there will probably also exist policies which compel the individual citizen to undertake or abstain from activities which affect that citizen alone. The set of th...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s026626710000359x

New spatial records of vascular plants in the Azores Archipelago: the PRIBES project and the Azorean Biodiversity Portal (ABP) initiatives - I. São Jorge Island (Azores)

Andrea Petrone, Paulo Borges, Fernando Pereira, Rui Elias • Biodiversity Data Journal (2026)

The Azores Archipelago is known for its important natural heritage, yet its ecosystems face a “green tsunami” in the form of numerous exotic and invasive species. This influx has wrought serious biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosyste...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e167704

Organizational Responsibilities of Managers in Commanding and Forbidding Employees Based on the Holy Quran

Amir Hossein Shaddel, Mohammad Saeid Taslimi, Mohammad Ali Lessani Fesharaki • مدیریت دولتی (2023)

Objective This study aims to identify the organizational responsibilities of managers in providing employees with “commands” and its related derivatives by examining the verses of the Holy Quran. Methods The methodology used in this study t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22059/jipa.2023.356107.3305

Correlations between oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) initiations and policies that enable the use of PrEP to address HIV globally.

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

A Cooperative City. A dream Come True

Yu. P. Voronov • Мир новой экономики (2024)

The article explores the process of creating a large cooperative housing complex in a district of New York. It highlights the unique circumstances that made the cooperative City project possible in the United States. The article also examin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26794/2220-6469-2024-18-4-43-53

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

Social ecological factors affecting substance abuse in Ghana (West Africa) using photovoice

Ahmed Kabore, Evans Afriyie-Gyawu, James Awuah, Andrew Hansen et al. • The Pan African Medical Journal (2019)

INTRODUCTION: Substance abuse is an important public health issue affecting West Africa; however, there is currently a dearth of literature on the actions needed to address it. The aim of this study was to assess the risks and protective fa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.214.12851

Communication Needs for Individuals With Rare Diseases Within and Around the Healthcare System of Northern Ireland

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

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

Motivation, Agency, and Public Policy

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...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/0199266999.001.0001

Public policy and construction innovation

George Seaden, André Manseau • Building Research & Information (2001)

The particular roles played by governments through their policies and programmes are considered within a comparative context in order to gain an understanding of construction innovation systems and processes. The analysis of this question i...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613210010027701

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...

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