background: evaluating the effectiveness of reengineering moheb (interventions and sociopsychological supports in disasters) project helps the managers of the welfare organization have feedback on the status of community empowerment against disasters. in this regard, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of reengineering moheb project to improve the knowledge, attitude, and performanc...

BACKGROUND Service delivery innovation is at the heart of efforts to combat the growing burden of chronic disease and escalating healthcare expenditure. Small-scale, locally-led service delivery innovation is a valuable source of learning about the complexities of change and the actions of local change agents. This exploratory qualitative study captures the perspectives of clinicians and manage...

PURPOSE In the development of integrated care, there is an increasing need for knowledge about the actual degree of integration between different providers of health services. The purpose of this article is to describe the conceptualisation and validation of a practical model for measurement, which can be used by managers to implement and sustain integrated care. THEORY The model is based on ...

This article explores how health inequalities are constructed as an object for policy intervention by considering four framings: politics, audit, evidence and treatment. A thematic analysis of 197 interviews conducted with local managers in England, Scotland and Wales is used to explore how these framings emerge from local narratives. The three different national policy regimes create contrasti...

ISSUE ADDRESSED Food insecurity in remote Western Australian (WA) Indigenous communities. This study explored remote community store managers' views on issues related to improving food security in order to inform health policy. METHODS A census of all remote WA Indigenous community store managers was conducted in 2010. Telephone interviews sought managers' perceptions of community food insecu...

Analyzing network associations with performance in three study populations, I find that secondhand brokerage—moving information between people to whom one is only connected indirectly—often has little or no value. Brokerage benefits are dramatically concentrated in the immediate network around a person. Why that is so, and conditions under which it is more or less so, are examined. The research...

In this article, the authors develop a political market framework to explain the circumstances under which Florida counties will supply environmental public goods in the form of conservation amendments to county general plans. The framework emphasizes the role of local legislative and executive institutions as mediators of local policy change. Using count models and interaction terms, the analy...

the major purpose of this study is to assess the perception of managers in the forest, range and watershedorganization. it is an applied study by using descriptive–correlative method. a questionnaire was developedand data collected from 105 respondents. the validity and reliability of questionnaires was verified. theresults of study show that there was a relationship between educational level, ...

with the rapid changes in international environments, it's very hard to sustain the corporate competitive advantage. knowing the competitive priorities leads the managers to a better understanding of corporate strategies in the future. the globalization pressure and the rapid changes in local markets have affected the firms' competitive advantages. having a clear understanding of comp...

The study of factors influencing the adoption and use of information systems in lessdeveloped countries is an important area to address since differences in culture, social structure, and business approaches may have significant effects on the benefits derived from importing Western-influenced IT technology, concepts, and management approaches. This study examines the usage of a decision suppor...