As public spending for health continues to be one of the larger allocations in many countries (Savedoff, 2006) and the private sector competition leads to large-scale investments, the environment in which these actors are operating is ripe for the development of corruption and illegal practices in...
However, on the basis of assessments using the cognitive diagnostic model (CDM; e.g. Roussos et al.2007) (hereafter referred to as “diagnostic assessments”), educators can obtain feedback on a much more informative and fine-grained level. This feedback includes information about (a) the pe...
1. Department of Political and Social Science Center of Research on Policy and Technology, Free University of Berlin 2. Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI Authors Emmanuel Muller Andrea Zenker Tibor Döry Continue reading... To view the rest of this content please ...
Since we wanted to observe the phenomenon of obesity at individual and population levels, we have selected the following variables: health status (normal, overweight or obese), own weight perception, psychology and behavior (personality, mood, eating habits, physical activity, etc.) and the ...
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Providers also discussed the roles of different health care and psychosocial staff, including nurses, HIV counselors, and psychology trainees, in addressing behavioral issues such as adherence, sexual risk, and disclosure. This was particularly important given the large numbers of HIV+ patients at the...