Purpose – Presents findings of the recent evaluation of the Leading Modern Public Libraries development programme with reference to the management versus leadership dynamic. The programme provided a strategic intervention to address a perceived weakness in leadership development within the public library sector in England. Drawing on recent examples from the literature, the theoretical differen...

Abstract STUDY QUESTION Can we develop a preconception lifestyle programme for couples undergoing IVF that is in line with their needs. SUMMARY ANSWER A mobile was systematically developed based on expert opinion, literature and needs of IVF-patients. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY healthy prior to conception not only beneficial the general health couples, but evidence its importance reproductive childr...

ABET 2000 requires new approaches to quality control and continuous improvement in engineering programs. It is instructive to analyze this control in terms familiar to the engineering community and to consider the implications for classroom and program level practices. A common approach to program assessment is to monitor student and graduate success statistically. This is analogous to using st...

Background Nigeria accounts for a significant proportion of global maternal mortality figures with little progress made in curbing poor health indices. In a bid to reverse this trend, the Government of Nigeria initiated a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme to encourage pregnant women utilize services at designated health facilities. This study aims to understand experiences of women who ...

BACKGROUND Although lifestyle interventions have shown to be effective in reducing the risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus, maintenance of achieved results is difficult, as participants often experience relapse after the intervention has ended. This paper describes the systematic development of a maintenance programme for the extensive SLIMMER intervention, an existing diabetes prevention interve...

The crux of this paper is to examine rural development programme implementation in developing countries with China and India as case studies. The paper examines various strategies adopted by these countries in the implementation of rural development policies and programmes. The study adopts desk research as its methodological orientation. The result of the analysis reveals that the Chinese and ...