The present paper reflects a practical activity undertaken by the Nutrition Society's qualitative research network in October 2005. It reflects the structure of that exercise. First, there is an introduction to feminist methodology and methods. The informing premise is that feminist methodology is of particular interest to practitioners (professional and/or academic) engaged in occupations nume...

HE formal existence of the Society for American Archaeology began on December 28, 1934, when an organizational meeting following the annual dinner of Section H of the AAAS accepted a proposed constitution and elected a slate of officers. The institutional predecessor of the, Society was the Committee on State Archaeological Surveys, created in 1921 by the NatiQnal Research Council and later giv...

Developmental psychopathology offers an integrative framework for conceptualizing the course of development during adolescence, with particular relevance for understanding continuity and the emergence of psychopathology during this and subsequent developmental periods. In this article, the utility of a developmental psychopathology perspective for informing the design of research, prevention, a...

Risk assessment, by itself, does nothing to reduce risk or improve safety. It can only change outcomes by informing the design and management of effective risk control interventions. But current practice in healthcare risk management suffers from an almost complete lack of support for risk control. This first installment of a 2-part series on rebalancing risk management describes a new framewor...

Both Saskatchewan and Manitoba have embarked on major provincial quality improvement endeavours that include a mandatory reporting and learning process aimed at enhancing patient safety by reducing the potential for recurrence of critical incidents. This move from a voluntary, less comprehensive process signals a commitment from policy makers that substantial improvements to safety will occur o...

Most research studies seeking to understand walking and cycling behaviours have used cross-sectional data to explain inter-individual differences at a particular point in time. Investigations of individual walking and cycling over time are limited, despite the fact that insights on this could be valuable for informing policies to support life-long walking and cycling. The lack of existing longi...

Wer sich heute dem Begriff der „Soft Skills“ nähert, stößt auf ein wohl bestelltes Feld der Seminarangebotsund Bewerbungstrainingsindustrie. Ohne Soft Skills, erfährt man in einem populären Online-Magazin, ginge derzeit „gar nichts“. Mit Soft Skills hingegen könne man seinen Wettbewerbs-Faktor erhöhen und schließlich mit Persönlichkeit zum Traumjob finden. In einem Job-Portal wird der Begriff i...