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Public Administration

Traditions of Inquiry and Philosophies of Knowledge

by Norma M. Riccucci
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010

Is public administration an art or a science? This question of whether the field is driven by values or facts will never be definitively answered due to a lack of consensus among scholars. The resulting divide has produced many heated debates; however, in this pioneering volume, Norma Riccucci embraces...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017

This book explains the increasing demand for evaluation as a result of the increasing frequency of reforms to local services, influenced by the New Public Management doctrine, the severe austerity policy in many European countries, and the wish to increase quality and reduce costs of public services,...
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Rural Public Health

Best Practices and Preventive Models

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Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014

"[A] welcome addition to the rural health care practitioner's tool kit. It will energize those interested in vulnerable rural residents and their unique characteristics through a public health perspective... Highly recommended."--CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries "This...
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by Thomas Babor, Jonathan Caulkins, Benedikt Fischer
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018

Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world. Affecting public health and social welfare, illicit drug use is linked to disease, disability, and social problems. Faced with an increase in usage, national and global policymakers...
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Igniting the Power of Community

The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health

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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009

Igniting the Power of Community: The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health introduces readers to the pursuit and potential of community-based organizations and nongovernmental organizations to transform global public health. At a time of unprecedented challenges, economic crises, social inequalities,...
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by Tobin Im
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016

Public Organizations in Asia introduces students to the fundamental theories of organizations and teaches them how to analyze different types of public organizations in East and Southeast Asia. Moving away from traditional Western theory and examples, this textbook provides numerous case studies...
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Public Policy beyond the Financial Crisis

An International Comparative Study

by Philip Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013

The economic crisis of 2008-2009 and beyond has provided the greatest challenge to public policy in the developed world since the Second World War, as the use of public monies to support banks and declining tax revenues have resulted in rising government borrowing and national debt. This book...
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Infectious Disease Informatics

Syndromic Surveillance for Public Health and Bio-Defense

by Hsinchun Chen, Daniel Zeng, Ping Yan
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2010

Computer-based infectious disease surveillance systems are capable of real-time or near real-time detection of serious illnesses and potential bioterrorism agent exposures and represent a major step forward in disease surveillance. Infectious Disease Informatics: Syndromic Surveillance for Public...
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The Economics of Public Health

Evaluating Public Health Interventions

by Heather Brown
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018

Non-communicable diseases have surpassed infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. Prevention and treatment of the causes and consequences of lifestyle-related diseases forms an important part of health policy in the twenty-first century. Public health...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016

Since the 1970s, globalization has created an economic environment of interdependency between nations. Now, many countries in European and the MENA (Middle East and Northern Africa) regions must grapple with the need to increase public revenue while maneuvering through a global “race-to-the-bottom”...
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Public Relations For Schools

A Resource Guide for Principals

by Sally S. Lundblad, G. Kent Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005

This handbook is for practitioners who lead public and private elementary schools, middle schools or high schools. While most school leaders are basically adept at public relations, this book serves as a reminder of the importance of good public relations and provides ready access to tools necessary...
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by Ali Adnan Joiya, Rana Saifullah Hassan, Ali Zeshan Joiya
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, , language: English, abstract: This study identified the most important factors affecting the patient satisfaction in the public sector hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan. Surveys and interviews were conducted with...
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Public Goods, Public Gains

Calculating the Social Benefits of Public R&D

by Albert N. Link, John T. Scott
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2011

In Public Goods, Public Gains, Link and Scott discuss the systematic application of alternative evaluation methods to estimate the social benefits of publicly financed research and development (R&D). The authors argue that economic theory should be the guiding criterion for any method of program evaluation...
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Public and Social Services in Europe

From Public and Municipal to Private Sector Provision

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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016

This book presents comparative analyses and accounts of the institutional changes that have occurred to the local level delivery of public utilities and personal social services in countries across Europe. Guided by a common conceptual frame and written by leading country experts, the book pursues...
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