Background The importance of evaluating policy processes to achieve health equity is well recognised but such evaluation encounters methodological, theoretical and political challenges. This paper describes how a program theorybased evaluation framework can be developed and tested, using the example of an evaluation of the South Australian Health in All Policies (HiAP) initiative.   Methods A f...

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Decentralized online social networks (DOSNs) have adopted quite coarse-grained policies for sharing messages with friends of friends (i.e., resharing). They either forbid it completely or allow resharing of messages only without any possibility to constrain their subsequent distribution. In this article, we present a novel enforcement mechanism for securing resharing in DOSNs by relationship-ba...

This paper presents an analysis of the current state of development of social media policies at institution of higher education. Content analysis of social media policies for all institutions listed in the Carnegie Classification Data File revealed that less than one-quarter of institutions had an accessible social media policy. Analysis was done by institution and campus unit, finding that soc...

From the survey responses and the policy analysis, the initial findings on this paper present some aspects of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on disability which are presented as following: Firstly, there is a significant changes in legal documents and social policies related to disability in Vietnam, especially from 2006, in terms of its name and contents for improving the life of PWD w...

Research indicates that evidence-based policymaking is most successful when public administrators refer to diversified information portfolios. With the rising prominence of social media in the last decade, this paper argues that governments can benefit from integrating this publically available, user-generated data through the technique of social media analytics (SMA). There are already several...

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policy making in health is largely thought to be driven by three ‘i's namely ideas, interests and institutions. recent years have seen a shift in approach with increasing reliance being placed on role of evidence for policy making. the present arti­cle ascertains the role of ideas and ideologies in shaping evidence which is used to aid in policy decisions. the article dis­cusses different theor...

This paper examines the dual welfare system in India and the role of corporations as providers of social protection. The aim is to ascertain who is driving and providing social security, education, and health to informal and formal sector workers and their families. It further attempts to illuminate why corporations are taking steps to address some of welfare needs of the greater population as ...