OBJECTIVE The primary objective of this study was to describe the usual psychological, emotional, and behavioral evaluations of overweight children and adolescents to target education of pediatric health care providers. A secondary aim was to determine whether certain provider characteristics were associated with recommended evaluation practices. METHODS A total of 203 pediatricians, 293 pedi...

Enhancing citizens' and communities' resilience is critical to adapt successfully to ongoing challenges faced by communities, as well as acute shocks resulting from disasters. While significant progress has been made in this area, several research and practice gaps remain. A crucial next step to advance resilience is the development of a resilience-oriented workforce. This narrative review exam...

Economic evaluation involves the comparative analysis of the costs and consequences of alternative programmes or interventions. It has increasingly been used to inform decision making about healthcare in the United Kingdom and other industrialised nations. Randomised controlled trials are commonly used as a vehicle for economic evaluations. Indeed, many funders, such as the UK National Institut...

While biological risk assessments dominate the academic and political debate concerning the introduction of the non-native oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) in Mid-Atlantic States, opportunity assessments of market potential are also needed. The successful introduction of a new species hinges in part on consumer and commercial quality evaluations compared to the established eastern oyster, Crasso...

Coverage policies, elaboration of clinical guidelines, and health services evaluation and management are increasingly dependent on formal technology assessments in developed countries. The objective of this study was to identify methodological and operational barriers, as well as strategies to enhance technology assessment activities, with a focus on Brazil. Methodological limitations to the el...

China has recognized the need to investigate and remediate former manufacturing facilities and return the land they occupy to a new, productive use. As a result, national guidelines entitled “Technical guidelines for Risk assessment of contaminated sites” were issued in 2014 to guide site investigations, risk assessments, and remedial actions to reduce or mitigate potential exposures of people ...

Educational needs assessments (hereafter NAs) are inattentive to cost considerations and are frequently dominated by elite stakeholder groups. In this article I make a case for adopting a cost-utility approach, illustrating the argument with data generated in a NA of central library services in a Canadian school district. Using survey data from eight stakeholder groups, I found that (1) NAs bas...