Where is Batho Pele? The perspective of child and adolescent mental health service users in the Western Cape Province of South Africa by Stella Mokitimi, Kim Jonas, Marguerite Schneider, Petrus J. de Vries

“…In 1997 the South African Government introduced the “Batho Pele” (‘People First’) initiative in all public sector services, with the aim of putting the voices of service users at the centre of decision-making of policy development and implementation. This study sought to explore user perspectives about CAMHS in the Western Cape, one of the nine provinces of South Africa. …”
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Spatial heterogeneity in deployment and upscaling of wind power in Swedish municipalities by Yodefia Rahmad, Fredrik Hedenus, Jessica Jewell, Vadim Vinichenko

“…The method is piloted in Sweden where wind deployment varied significantly despite nationwide policies. Findings from Sweden suggest that subnational heterogeneity of wind deployment at the municipality level is not primarily determined by techno-economic factors, but also by socio-technical and political variables. …”
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Ethics and AI-Plagiarism in an Academic Environment: Students’ Understanding of Compliance with Author’s Ethics and the Problem of Plagiarism in the Process of Interaction with Gen... by P. V. Sysoyev

“…The paper highlights five aspects that determine students’ understanding of the issues of compliance with author’s ethics and the problem of AI plagiarism when completing educational assignments and preparing research texts: a) students’ general understanding of the issues of compliance with author’s ethics and the problem of plagiarism in an academic environment; b) students’ experience of AI tools for educational purposes; c) students’ understanding of the problem of AI plagiarism and attitude towards borrowing materials from generative AI; d) teachers’ actions to prevent AI plagiarism among students; e) the policy of educational organizations regarding student compliance with ethics and AI plagiarism. …”
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Health promoting palliative care interventions in African low-income countries: a scoping review by Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Diane Tapp, Samiratou Ouedraogo, Ariane Plaisance, Carol-Anne Hyland-Carignan, Idriss Ali Gali-Gali

“…Only two studies were related to building health promoting policy. Changes in professional education, training and culture were addressed in a few studies.Conclusion There is a need to increase the capacity of low-income African countries, especially French-speaking countries, to sustain HPPC interventions and to conduct and publish research on this topic. …”
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Cross-sectional online survey of the impact of new tobacco health warnings in Colombia by Sally Adams, Arturo Clavijo, Ricardo Tamayo, Olivia Maynard

“…When asked about the six new health warnings, we found a reduction in negative affect (p<0.07), cognitions related to harm (p<0.01), believability (p<0.03), reactance (p<0.01) and perceived message effectiveness (p<0.02) between times.Conclusions Our data indicate that effectiveness was low prior to the introduction of the new health warnings and at 12 months post introduction. Tobacco control policy should seek to improve exposure to and noticeability of tobacco health warnings in Colombia.…”
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Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve by Jasmin Packer, Mark Kohler, Dolly Dawson, Nusrat Asad, Rosslyn von derBorch, Anna Chur‐Hansen

“…Policymakers can use our findings to better understand how community‐based social marketing can help understand dog walkers and explore the links between norms and behaviour as a powerful policy lever for people who want to walk their dog and protect wildlife in nature reserves. …”
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Involving migrants in the development of guidelines for communication in cross-cultural general practice consultations: a participatory learning and action research project by Chris van Weel, Anne MacFarlane, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Tomas de Brún, Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, Mary O'Reilly-de Brún, Ekaterina Okonkwo, Jean Samuel Bonsenge Bokanga, Maria Manuela De Almeida Silva, Florence Ogbebor, Aga Mierzejewska, Lovina Nnadi

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High-definition transcranial infraslow pink noise stimulation for chronic low back pain: protocol for a pilot, safety and feasibility randomised placebo-controlled trial by Ramakrishnan Mani, Dirk De Ridder, Sven Vanneste, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, John N J Reynolds

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Perspectives on adapting a mobile application for pain self-management in neurofibromatosis type 1: results of online focus group discussions with individuals living with neurofibr... by Chitra Lalloo, Lauretta E Grau, Kaitlyn Larkin, Jennifer N Stinson, William T Zempsky, Samuel A Ball, Frank D Buono

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Developing the Preventing Model of Transnational Crimes in Russia and Indonesia in the Age of Sanctions and Global Economic Instability by Toebagus Galang Windi Pratama, Ruslan Puzikov, Sergey Lantsov, Vadim Ponkratov, Ekaterina Khomenko, Larisa Vatutina, Gustavo Henrique Rodrigues Pessoa

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Breathing time: a longue-durée multidisciplinary study of respiratory illnesses and airborne diseases in Switzerland (16th–21st century CE) by Tobias Hofstetter, Aude Fauvel, Silke Grabherr, Negahnaz Moghaddam

“…The obtained results might thus be of interest to a wide array of scholars active in the study of respiratory diseases through time, but also clinicians and health policy makers, as this study highlights particular aspect of the current health situation, and the future worldwide challenges posed notably by global urbanization, with regard to respiratory health issues.Future research could develop similar approaches in neighboring regions, or focus on specific types of RIAD, in order to contrast other local pathological signatures with the one presented in this manuscript.…”
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The effect of waiting time on ovarian cancer survival in oncology centres, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study by Abrham Tesfaye Habteyes, Jembere Tesfaye Deressa, Roza Teshome Kassa

“…Conclusions We have found that the incidence density rate of mortality among ovarian cancer patients was significantly higher in waiting time > 10 weeks groups. Therefore, future policy and clinician programmers should consider the impact of waiting time from diagnosis until to get the first treatment more carefully.…”
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Changes in primary healthcare workforce burnout during and after the termination of COVID-19 emergency response: A one-and-half-year observational study by Xueji Wu, Huihong Ruan, Xiaoying Feng, Chaojun Xie, Ronald R. O’Donnell, Zhoubin Zhang

“…Incentives, improved self-evaluated health conditions, alcohol consumption, and exercise ameliorate burnout. Healthcare policy makers must consider multiple effective ways to mitigate burnout in the post-epidemic era.…”
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Analysis on the Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Urban Expansion and the Complex Driving Mechanism: Taking the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration as a Case by Luo Liu, Jianmei Liu, Zhenjie Liu, Xuliang Xu, Binwu Wang

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Characterizing the agroecological transition of Italian farming systems using FADN database by Sarah Stempfle, Simone Russo, Vincenzo Fiore, Ruggiero Sardaro, Piermichele La Sala, Luigi Roselli

“…The Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 encourages the transition towards sustainable agriculture in line with the goals of the European Green Deal. …”
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Designing a model of mutual expectations in the relationship between the person and the organization in governmental organizations and service providers in Isfahan based on the phe... by Abbas Nosouhi, Akbar Etebarian, Mehraban Hadi Peykani

“…In the organization questionnaire, the respondents claim that the client's supply to the organization is much less than the organization's demand from the client.Originality/Value: The results of this research can be effective in the theoretical development of the relationship between governmental organizations and service providers and clients, and policy makers and managers can create intelligent structures to reduce the expectations of clients and employees of governmental organizations and provide more favorable conditions for service and receiving services.…”
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Types of Penalties in the Sanction of Part 1 of the Article 296 of the Current Criminal Code of Ukraine: Non-Hidden Challenges with a Hidden Sense by Ya. H. Lyzohub

“…We note that the current wording of the sanction of Part 1 of the Art. 296 cannot properly perform the tasks of the criminal policy of Ukraine, because the norm is actually deprived of a flexible mechanism for its application in practice. …”
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Trends in psychiatric emergency visits: insights from France’s largest psychiatric emergency department by Marine Ambar Akkaoui, David Barruel, Valérie Dauriac-Le Masson, Raphael Gourevitch, Alexandra Pham-Scottez

“…Further research, especially multicenter studies, is recommended to validate these findings and inform policy changes.…”
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Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) Genotypes among Multidrug-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from a Teaching Hospital of Nepal by Roshan Pandit, Balkrishna Awal, Sumesh Shreekhanda Shrestha, Govardhan Joshi, Basista Prasad Rijal, Narayan Prasad Parajuli

“…We recommend the regular investigation of drug resistance among all isolates and develop a useful antibiotic prescription policy in our country.…”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPHERE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE: RESTRICTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DURING PANDEMIC THREATS by V. S. Blikhar, I. M. Zharovska

“…It was substantiated a systematic approach to the implementation of modern healthcare policy towards the recognition of human life as the highest value, increasing the level of psychological preparedness for pandemic challenges and approximation of statutory provisions of human rights protection to modern challenges and threats to the health of the individual, society and state. …”
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