Abstract Background Successful peer volunteering is central to many community-based, active ageing initiatives. This study synthesises the perspectives of a range stakeholders involved in initiatives and provides recommendations as how volunteers can be effectively mobilised community assets. Methods An evidence synthesis qualitative data from (a) evaluation ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged), fe...

Les programmes de justice réparatrice (JR) axés sur la collectivité dépendent grandement des bénévoles pour accomplir différentes tâches, y compris animer les conférences de cas. Nous avons mené un sondage auprès de 76 bénévoles de 12 programmes de JR en Colombie-Britannique, au Canada, afin de : (1) définir les caractéristiques des bénévoles; (2) documenter leur participation a ` la JR; (3) me...

Background To address the rising non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia, Better Health Programme Malaysia (BHP MYS) engaged and trained community health volunteers (CHVs) to undertake promotion activities with poor urban communities Kuala Lumpur reduce their NCD risk. This study evaluates extent that capacity-building programme achieved objectives of increasing knowledge confidence preven...

Background The government of Ghana introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2004 with the goal of achieving universal coverage within 5 years. Evidence, however, shows that expanding NHIS coverage and especially retaining members have remained a challenge. A multilevel perspective was employed as a conceptual framework and methodological tool to examine why enrolment and retent...

Wikipedia is a reliable encyclopedia with over seven million articles in several languages all contributed and maintained by volunteers. To learn more about what drives people to devote their time and expertise to building and maintaining this remarkable resource, surveys with Likert-scaled items measuring different types of motivations were completed by 115 Wikipedia administrators. The survey...

Kurumlar günümüzde bir yandan rekabette kazanmaya odaklanarak üretim yapıp mal/hizmet sunarken da sürecin her aşamasında sosyal paydaşlarının beklentilerini karşılayamadıkları sürece var olamayacaklarının farkına varmışlardır. Paydaşları tarafından ‘iyi vatandaşlar’ olarak algılanmayı amaçlayan kurumlar, kârlılık stratejilerini toplumun refahıyla bağdaştırarak sürdürülebilir yaşam kurmayı hedef...