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The impact of research work is related to a scholar's reputation and future promotions. Greater research impact not only inspires scholars to continue their research, but also increases the possibility of a larger research budget from sponsors. Given the importance of research impact, this study...
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community engaged and connected managers were in their local and broader communities (engaged leadership, EL). The paper …
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targeted partnership intervention within new forms of multi-level and multi-actor governance. Community processes within … identifies a range of mechanisms through which RSLs contribute to social capital and community development, but argues that the …
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‘salons’ (or community centers). In this quasi-experimental intervention study, we compared 158 participants with 1391 non … surveys of community residents both before (in 2006) and after (in 2008) the opening of the salons. Even with a pre … participation in the newly-opened community salon was associated with a significant improvement in self-rated health over time. The …
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Previous research on corporate community involvement (CCI) initiatives indicates that such behaviour is critical for … building neighbourhood relationships and extending corporate influence in the community, but there is little theoretical work …
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childcare programs contribute to trends at the population-level is yet to be established. In this study, we examine community … than expected child outcomes in the resilient community were due to better quality childcare in this community. To test … of the three study communities. As expected, teachers (but not parents) from the resilient community reported fewer …
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The story of Roseto, Pennsylvania, USA, is one of the most widely cited studies of the putative influence of community … social cohesion on population health. However, few contemporary studies of community-based “social capital” on health have … manufacturing company). Our study points to the need to ground studies of community-based “social capital” and health on detailed …
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While emerging research supports a positive relationship between social capital and youth physical activity (PA), few studies have examined possible mechanisms explaining this relationship and no studies have focused on rural youth. In this study, we examined parents’ support of children’s...
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theory of capitals to propose a theoretical model depicting how rural health services contribute to community sustainability … to measure the contributions of diverse sectors to community sustainability and predict or measure the impact of changes …
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