The concept of pollution prevention, or "P2," signifies a new, proactive environmental mindset that targets the causes, rather than the consequences, of polluting activity. While anecdotal evidence suggests that P2 opportunities exist and that many have been pursued, there is also the perception that the pace of P2 is far too slow. To explore that claim--and to shed light on barriers to P2 inno...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the views of allied health and nursing staff on supporting the communication of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and complex communication needs (CCN) in hospital. METHOD We conducted 12 focus groups with 49 community- and hospital-based allied health professionals and hospital nurses. RESULTS Participants reported having active roles in supporting childre...

BACKGROUND This paper outlines stakeholder views on environmental barriers that prevent people who live with psychosocial disability from participating in mental health policy development in South Africa. METHOD Fifty-six semi-structured interviews with national, provincial and local South African mental health stakeholders were conducted between August 2006 and August 2009. Respondents inclu...

background and purpose: floating on water provides the opportunity for the elderly to exercise and take positions that may not be possible for them on the ground. the aim of this study was to explore the experiences of elderly women regarding barriers to hydrotherapy and how they can be ruled out. methods: this qualitative study was performed using content analysis method in guilan, north of ir...

Sustainable and pro-environmental actions at the individual level are influenced by a myriad of external internal factors. The “value-action gap” describes disconnect between one’s environmental values attitudes, their actual behaviors. While many acknowledge that climate change is major threat in today’s world, multitude structural psychological barriers exist which prevent individuals from en...

The impact of different hazardous substances the construction industry being released to environment is alarming. This constitutes an adverse effect on quality life workers and populace at large. To reduce this menace, Environmental Management System (EMS) was put in place. Meanwhile, implementation EMS Nigerian (NCI) not certain. study, therefore, investigated barriers NCI group them into a sm...

This work analyzes the relation between judicial system and financial constraints, investigating whether inefficiency in enforcing credit rights can amplify companies' difficulties collecting resources on capital market, limiting their access to funds needed support investments environmental sustainability. Considering Italian manufacturing industry according selected insolvency procedures, our...

In this study, in order to examine the significance and encourage adoption of Environmental Education (EE), it is fundamentally important determine strength levels obstacles encountered EE process present proposed solution. First all, with literature review, factors that were found affect past studies determined. Then, a new subjective weighting method called fuzzy Full Consistency Method (FUCO...