Marcellus M. Caldas, Matthew R. Sanderson, Martha Mather, Melinda D. Daniels, Jason S. Bergtold, Joseph Aistrup, Jessica L. Heier Stamm, David Haukos, Kyle Douglas-Mankin, Aleksey Y. Sheshukov, and David Lopez-Carr Department of Geography, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; US Geolog...

background health policies are important instruments for improving population health. however, experience suggests that policies designed for the whole population do not always benefit the most vulnerable. participation of vulnerable groups in the policy-making process provides an opportunity for them to influence decisions related to their health, and also to exercise their rights. this paper ...

Through the lens of contrasting curriculum cultures, author considers evolution Irish policy and reform. Whereas our thinking practice are grounded in an Anglo-Saxon/American culture, Didaktik culture Stenhouse’s Process model provide valuable alternative perspectives. Our prevailing understandings reified, environment where reform/change used interchangeably. Historically, reform efforts have ...

The central issue in strategy formulation and implementation process, or strategy-making, is the identification of environmental forces and the preparation of a plan of action to deal with them. This necessitates scanning the environment for gathering information. Environmental scanning should enable the firm to identify these forces. Doing this not only calls for information gathering, but als...

Using more than 112,000 firm-year observations in 33 countries, we find that two Hofstede’s cultural dimensions, uncertainty avoidance and long-term orientation, remain significant in the determination of dividend policy even after controlling for governance and firm-specific factors. When uncertainty avoidance is high, only firms in countries with stronger investor protection pay more dividend...

The nursing home culture change movement aims to improve resident quality of life and quality of care by emphasizing the deinstitutionalization of nursing home culture and focusing on person-centered care. This article briefly reviews the history of culture change, discusses some of the challenges related to culture change in nursing homes, and overviews the conceptualization and select models ...

This study aims to explore the implementation of inclusive education in madrasas, particularly madrasah ibtidaiyah, Central Java, Indonesia. Four madrasas were involved, namely: Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Muhammadiyah Kartasuro Sukoharjo, Keji Ungaran Semarang Regency, Ma'arif Sidomulyo, and Salafiyah Kebumen. As qualitative research, several techniques employed collect data, including observation, in...

N all girls suffer the same educational disadvantages in Pakistan. Girls living in urban areas whose families come from the highest quartile of the income distribution are almost as likely as their male peers to have attended school or completed the five grades of primary schooling. By contrast, no more than a third as many girls as boys from the lowest income quartile of the income distributio...

Background and Objectives: Medical Errors and adverse events have recently turned into one of the predominant concerns of health-policy makers and health services providers. Promoting safety culture is fundamental to sustainable safety improvement in healthcare settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of training on nurses’ attitudes towards safety culture.   Methods: A ...