The discussion of multilevel governance and sub-national mobilisation, because of its potential for circumventing national governments policy, has become a critical case for those concerned with the political and institutional consequences of European integration. The debate of mult-level governance and sub-national mobilisation has almost exclusively been discussed in relation to Europeanisati...

BACKGROUND Context is a problem in research on health behaviour change, knowledge translation, practice implementation and health improvement. This is because many intervention and evaluation designs seek to eliminate contextual confounders, when these represent the normal conditions into which interventions must be integrated if they are to be workable in practice. DISCUSSION We present an e...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of 15 minutes of immobilisation versus immediate mobilisation after intrauterine insemination. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. Setting One academic teaching hospital and six non-academic teaching hospitals. PARTICIPANTS Women having intrauterine insemination for unexplained, cervical factor, or male subfertility. INTERVENTIONS 15 minutes of immo...

Recent activities in connection with the National Sanitation Week (NSW) and Social Mobilisation for Sanitation and Hygiene have contributed to a significant increase in access to sanitary means of excreta disposal, from 45% in 1997 to 67% in 2001. Handwashing with soap and water after defecation has also increased from 18% in 1996 to 43% in 2001. Success is attributable to high level political ...

In areas contaminated by potentially toxic elements (PTEs), knowledge of processes metal mobilisation is the basis for choice appropriate remediation methodologies. The metals a function several factors, and response to these factors must be well known during planning strategies. activity an ore metallurgical plant in South-East Brazil resulted major contamination heavy metals. Reversing contam...

As the governing body of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the Conference of the Parties (COP) is mandated to 'keep under regular review the implementation of the Convention and take the decisions necessary to promote its effective implementation'. The COP has a range of critical roles to play spanning the setting of normative standards, the building and dissemination of k...