Social Services Welfare category: 1103 books
Attaining Access for All
Pro-Poor Policy and Regulation for Water and Energy Services
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Universal access to safe, reliable energy is a necessary condition for providing the poor with safe water and sanitation, for maintaining adequate standards of living, and for achieving any of the Millennium Development Goals. The Asian Development Bank recognizes the importance of electricity and...
Wanted on Warrants
The Fugitive Safe Surrender Program
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Since 2005, the Fugitive Safe Surrender (FSS) program has been implemented in more than twenty cities around the country. Tens of thousands of individuals with active warrants for their arrest have voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement in a church or other neutral setting. The sites are transformed...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2009
This comprehensive review of Turkey's health care system shows that health status has improved rapidly in Turkey in recent decades, partly as a result of higher health spending. It describes the introduction of an ambitious Health Transformation Programme in 2003 which brought universal health insurance...
Health at a Glance 2009
OECD Indicators
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
This fifth edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems. Key indicators provide...
The BBC
Myth of a Public Service
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The BBC: the mouthpiece of the Establishment?
The BBC is one of the most important institutions in Britain; it is also one of the most misunderstood. Despite its claim to be independent and impartial, and the constant accusations of a liberal bias, the BBC has always sided with the elite. As...
Childbirth in the Global Village
Implications for Midwifery Education and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Is the experience of childbirth becoming 'globalised'?
Is the encroachment of the western medical model dehumanising a profoundly human experience?
If so, what can midwives and midwife educators do about it?
These are the questions at the heart of Childbirth in the Global Village which highlights...
Building Better Policies
The Nuts and Bolts of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2012
Governments around the world face ongoing pressures from citizens to provide more and better services, and to do this while restraining taxation levels. This provides the context for government efforts to ensure their policies and programs are as effective, and as efficient, as possible. An emphasis...
by Mary R. Rapshaw
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2002
BECOME A FOSTER PARENT A mom, dad, house and dog do not make a home. Everyday, there are children who experience this sad fact when they are removed from their home due to neglect or abuse. Not every foster child has a foster family. In some regions, foster children must wait for long periods of time...
by Zaidi Salman; Alam Asad; Mitra Pradeep K.
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
The past two decades in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have been times of tremendous change, with countries undergoing rapid transformation from centrally-planned to market-oriented economies. While poverty increased during the initial years of transition, primarily on account of the sharp...
Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care
A Decision Space Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
While health system decentralization is often associated with federations, there has been limited study on the connection between federalism and the organization of publicly financed or mandated health services. Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care examines eight federations that differ...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
The report analyses the performance of Lithuania’s health system which has been long characterised by its institutional stability and the steady pursuit of a policy agenda aimed at adapting it to the evolving burden of disease. Today, even if total spending on health is low and out-of-pocket payments...
Finger Foods
A Three-week Menu & Recipes (Metric Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2005
Nutrition Consultants Australia provides a diverse range of Servicesand Products hopefully some of them will appeal to you the visitorto this site. Whilst our Consultancy services are provided solelywithin the residential Aged Care sector, our Products have broaderappeal. Any Health Professional or...
The European Social Model Adrift
Europe, Social Cohesion and the Economic Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This volume presents a new perspective for discussing the European social contract and its main challenges, bringing together single-nation and comparative studies from across Europe. Presenting both theoretical discussions and empirical case studies, it explores various aspects of social cohesion,...
Social Work Reclaimed
Innovative Frameworks for Child and Family Social Work Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Reclaiming Social Work (RSW) is a radical new system for delivering child and family social work in the UK. The system was first piloted in the London Borough of Hackney and the model has gained national recognition. At the heart of this innovative system is the endeavour to keep children together...