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Although the body of evidence showing the effects of psychosocial risks on employees’ health is substantial, effective and sustainable stress prevention remains a thorny and complex issue. Most studies have focused on evaluating the... more
A long‐standing challenge in community‐based participatory research (CBPR) has been to anchor practice and evaluation in a relevant and comprehensive theoretical framework of community change. This study describes the development of a... more
Although there have been several calls for incorporating multiple levels of analysis in employee health and well-being research, studies examining the interplay between individual, workgroup, organizational and broader societal factors in... more
Di Nunzio D., 2022, Ricerca-intervento e azione sindacale: teoria, metodo e esperienze per un modello adattivo, Working Paper Fondazione Di Vittorio, n.2. *** L’articolo presenta alcune riflessioni teoriche e metodologiche sul rapporto... more
There are centres in Lagos State, Nigeria specifically devoted to the care of children with autism. Such centres have developed various practices, methods, and interventions that over the years have become a standard. To curb the spread... more
This research aims to explore how the concept of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) approach can be adopted by SJOG services, in order to improve awareness of trauma as experienced by survivors 1 of Modern Slavery & Trafficking (MST), and to... more
Introduction: According to UNAIDS, the world currently has an adequate collection of proven HIV prevention, treatment and diagnostic tools, which, if scaled up, can lay the foundation for ending the AIDS epidemic. HIV operations research... more
To see the official version: Markham, A. (2020). The limits of the imaginary: Challenges of intervening in future speculations of memory, data, and algorithmic archiving. New Media & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820929322... more
Many intervention studies focus on resultant outcomes without empirically exploring the causal pathways to the effect or the enabling and disabling characteristics that result in different effects among subgroups of the target population.... more
To address increasing climatic variability and extremes, cities are gradually forced to develop climate change adaptation strategies that can ensure a continuous and transformative adaptation process. There is widespread consensus that... more
We conducted a meta-analysis which included 16 sibling-mediated intervention studies that aims to utilize siblings to teach their brothers and sisters with autism spectrum disorder play skills, functional skills, or to decrease unwanted... more
Plain-English Summary: This paper looks at what is known as the 'humanitarian alibi' in international politics, and attempts to launch a paradigm shift away from considering neglect to considering harm by international (i.e. Western)... more
motional Textual Analysis (ETA) is a psychoanalytically informed method of text and discourse analysis that was developed in the 1980s as a tool for psychological research and intervention with social groups, institutions, and... more
Jameson, E. (2019). Methodology: Formative evaluation. Cambridge Mathematics.
This paper reports on the findings in the first phase of a design-based research project as part of a large-scale intervention study in Dutch kindergartens. The project aims at enhancing differentiated instruction and evaluating its... more
In this paper, I discuss the 'expert' knowledge on my part that acted as valuable guide to my inquiry into the uptake and implementation of student-centered teaching by Kenya secondary schools mathematics teachers.
La investigación de la intervención es un campo transdisciplinar en el que partici- pan ciencias sociales, humanas y de la salud. Estos estudios construyen evidencia acerca de las prácticas de intervención para tomar decisiones sobre su... more
Since the early 1990s, there has been a growing literature on organizational-level interventions for work-related stress, and associated calls for such interventions to be evaluated. At the same time, doubts have been expressed about the... more
Research has indicated that perfectionism is prevalent among adolescents and may be harmful in terms of its association with mental health problems. This letter aims to create a paradigm for future studies of the perfectionism.... more
This paper studies the application of the Qualimetrics© approach to management and the incumbent SEAM© methodology in the regional subsidiary of an international inspection and certification body. An intervention research to improve the... more
Tool for evaluating research implementation challenges: A sense-making protocol for on challenges in process will allow investigators to address them in a consistent yet flexible manner, protecting fidelity. Research Implementation
There are centres in Lagos State, Nigeria specifically devoted to the care of children with autism. Such centres have developed various practices, methods, and interventions that over the years have become a standard. To curb the spread... more
The first step in breaking the vicious cycle of disadvantage and empowering young indigenous Australians is to look at our communities' circumstances through a different lens. Research by Muru Marri reported in The Social and... more
Although there have been several calls for incorporating multiple levels of analysis in employee health and well-being research, studies examining the interplay between individual, workgroup, organizational and broader societal factors in... more
... Handbook of children's coping: Linking theory and intervention. Sandler, Irwin N.; Wolchik, Sharlene A.; MacKinnon, David; Ayers, Tim S.; Roosa, Mark W. Wolchik, Sharlene A. (Ed); Sandler, Irwin N. (Ed), (1997). Handbook ...
A long-standing challenge in community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been to anchor practice and evaluation in a relevant and comprehensive theoretical framework of community change. This study describes the development of a... more
Teachers face increased workplace challenges in South Africa. Through a process of intervention research, this study aimed to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a work-based support programme for teachers. Maslow's hierarchy of needs... more
Childhood routine immunization (RI) is a highly effective public health intervention for the prevention of infectious diseases. Despite high immunization rates, a 2018 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) study by the United Nations... more
The constructs of stress and coping have held an important role in theories about the development of problems of childhood and adolescents and in intervention models about how to prevent the occurrence of such problems (Haggerty, Sherrod,... more
Kidney diseases are silent killers, which largely affect the quality of life. As the kidney function slows the symptoms of uremia are experienced includes feeling of tired or weak, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting,... more
This publication is a result of the doctorate thesis which investigates and discusses the globalization of the samba culture and that of Rio de Janeiro carnival. It reflects upon the connection between its agents in social media both... more
This paper explores and illustrates the diverse manifestations of the phenomenon of the ‘humanitarian alibi’, drawing upon historical and contemporary cases of violent conflict in order to identify substitutionary phenomena by governments... more
We conducted a meta-analysis which included 16 sibling-mediated intervention studies that aims to utilize siblings to teach their brothers and sisters with autism spectrum disorder play skills, functional skills, or to decrease unwanted... more
A long-standing challenge in community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been to anchor practice and evaluation in a relevant and comprehensive theoretical framework of community change. This study describes the development of a... more
The Kgolo Mmogo study is a randomised controlled intervention trial that examines the effectiveness of a group intervention to enhance resilience in HIV-infected South African mothers (N= 427) and their young children (N= 435). We... more
The rise in mental health issues is a global phenomenon. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published data that shows the global burden of mental disorders continues to grow and claim that the health systems throughout the world are... more