the caucasus has seen numerous crises since the region gained independence following the collapse of the soviet :union:. some of these crises have not been resolved yet as evidenced by recent russia-georgia conflict. this paper seeks to analyze such crises within the framework of significant geopolitical changes unfolded by the collapse of the soviet :union:. the author argues that in the post-...

a r t i c l e i n f o This study aims to identify which factors explain why some countries enjoy long durations of stability, while others experience crises in shorter intervals. We analyze the duration of stability periods between currency, debt, and banking crises by employing an innovative econometric strategy, the Finite Mixture Model (FMM). Real and financial variables show high predictive...

Non-specialist health workers have been given new guidance to help identify and manage the mental health needs of populations during disasters and conflict. The Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGap) Humanitarian Intervention Guide, released in Geneva on 5May, has been developed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. In humani...

This study examined whether Winnipeg hospitals experience predictable "high-volume periods" in order to determine whether hospital overcrowding might be anticipated and, therefore, avoided. We found that high-volume periods among medical patients occurred during all but one year between 1987 and 1998. Most high-volume periods occurred during influenza seasons. Preventing such recurrent bed pres...

Multiple literacy practices, such as writing, texting, blogging and journaling, are intertwined in a crisis. Although many studies have been conducted on practices arising from crises divorce, disaster social activism , most of them focused single event. In this chapter, I propose method for examining dual-layered crises. Drawing huge data (collected March 2016–2019), during commemoration, whic...

OBJECTIVE To explore factors influencing participation and attrition in a family-led weight-management programme for obese Pacific children. DESIGN Qualitative study used bilingual in-depth interviews at exit and end of an 8-week weight-management programme. SETTING New Zealand. SUBJECTS Forty-two parents/primary caregivers of obese children who were randomised in the intervention weight-...

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent the primary cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Specific attention needs to be given in fragile and crisis-affected contexts, where health systems have even more difficulties in addressing and managing these diseases. Humanitarian actors intervening in crisis situations increasingly include NCD management in the services they support and provid...

In recent years the EU has been increasingly involved in development and implementation of crisis policy as a component of its development and security policy. This process is seriously complicated by the EU architects, who had never conceived it as a crisis management institute. Therefore they failed to design built-in organisational capacities into the Union to mitigate and respond to crises....