Small-scale pilot projects have demonstrated that integrated population, health and environment approaches can address the needs and rights of vulnerable communities. However, these and other types of health and development projects have rarely gone on to influence larger policy and programme development. ExpandNet, a network of health professionals working on scaling up, argues this is because...

This paper explores the role of socioeconomic metrics in design, planning and operations civil engineering projects within specific context resilience. The inclusion resilience analysis design is consistent with goals ASCE Infrastructure Resilience Division (IRD) related emerging standards duties engineers. focuses on practices planning, construction, operation that can deliver social value to ...

A great deal of energy is wasted by civil society anguishing over the harm done to people by corporations, governments and technologies. Far too little effort is invested by public interest NGOs in 'practical activism'. This paper argues that civil society must establish Standards and Process Descriptions which clearly communicate their expectations, and which provide benchmarks against which t...

The delivery of civil engineering projects in Malaysia largely has been be set by cost over run, schedule delays, shoddy workmanship. Previous studies have replete that most the problems whichh inder project success is related to unfavourable contractual behaviour key participants who do not adhere and comply with terms contract implementation. Hence, purpose this paper investigate factors hind...

This pilot study of a school-based telepractice pilot project in a rural, remote county of North Carolina investigated the satisfaction of parents/caregivers, teachers, and administrators with a year-long telespeech therapy program delivered by a university clinic. Upon completion of the almost year-long project, a satisfaction survey incorporating a 5-point equal-appearing Likert scale (1= str...