Public policy programmes in the field of working life reforms may be needed, but they cannot do more than supplement the genuine dynamics of the working life. They can influence people’s perceptions of the prob-lems and the work forms applied in organizing development. Power rela-tions in...

Stewardship programs are an important element of agroecosystems management. These programs are confronted with the difficult challenges of demonstrating their positive impacts on the environment. This paper argues that under the precautionary principle, evaluation of stewardship programs should...

Background: Primary care providers may refer their patients to a variety of weight loss programs and diet plans. However, the relative effectiveness of the available options is not well understood. This retrospective study compared weight loss in an intensive structured (IS) program using health...

This brief article seeks to answer, with examples, some of the more common questions that policy‐makers and practitioners in children's services often ask about randomised controlled trials (RCTs). It is essentially a primer, and those wishing to read further on these issues might find it...

Purpose – This narrative review explored the efficacy of school-based child sexual abuse prevention programmes between 1990 and 2002. There were 22 efficacy studies that met clear inclusion criteria. Results covered both methodological design and the range of outcome measures. Methodology was...

Antimicrobial resistance has become a major source of concern worldwide. The failure to implement basic infection control measures and the excessive use of antibacterials are the main causes of this problem. Both can be improved by restrictive or education strategies. Bacterial resistance is...

We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative individual database coming from administrative data sources. Using matching methods, we find that...

Bipolar disorder is a chronic relapsing remitting illness affecting 1-2% of the general adult population. Awareness of the limitations of pharmacological treatment for this disorder has encouraged the development of psychological treatments and a large body of evidence now exists demonstrating...

Most health management programs, such as disease management or health promotion/wellness interventions, implement targeted interventions for an identified high-risk group, leaving the remaining non-managed lower-risk population as controls. This is problematic from an outcomes perspective...

Background and Objective: Evaluations of the disease management (DM) programs for commercial health plans are widely published. However, publications of DM-program outcomes for the more at-risk Medicaid population are rare. This study evaluates the impact of DM efforts in a Medicaid congestive...