The objective of this survey is to analyze the relationship between the internationalization of Brazilian post-graduation, public expenditures and evaluation, in the area of Applied Social Sciences. The survey method is quantitative, with a panel data regression analysis, correlating...

This paper provides suggestions for colleges about how to improve risk-management procedures, especially regarding students, in light of various task force reports issued in response to the tragedy at Virginia Tech. Designed primarily for university student affairs professionals, the essay...

Interventions that improve childhood health directly improve the quality of life and, in addition, have multiplier effects, producing sustained population and economic gains in poor countries. We suggest how contemporary global institutions shaping the development, pricing and distribution of...

A common practice in the fields of education, mental health, and juvenile justice is to segregate problem youths in groups with deviant peers. Assignments of this sort, which concentrate deviant youths, may facilitate deviant peer influence and lead to perverse outcomes. This possibility adds to...

Interventions that improve childhood health directly improve the quality of life and, in addition, have multiplier effects, producing sustained population and economic gains in poor countries. We suggest how contemporary global institutions shaping the development, pricing and distribution of...

Personal Social Health and Economic (PSHE) education is a non-statutory school subject designed to facilitate the delivery of a number of key competencies relevant to health, safety and wellbeing. As well as contributing to learning objectives in regards to these topics PSHE education has been...

The increase in obesity over the past thirty years has led researchers to investigate the role of social networks as a contributing factor. However, several challenges make it difficult to demonstrate a causal link between friends' physical fitness and own fitness using observational data. To...

In this study, we investigate the extent to which female education could help in the expansion of healthcare coverage through enrolment for National Healthcare Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The major finding is that female schooling is positively and significantly correlated with enrolment for NHIS....

We suggest how contemporary global institutions shaping the development, pricing and distribution of vaccines and drugs may be modified to deliver large improvements in health. To support a justice argument for such modification, we show how the current global economic order may contribute to...

Nuclear meltdown in Japan and civil society strife across the Middle East highlight the degree to which resilience is core to international peace and security. This article considers the means by which communities can become increasingly resilient through shared best practices across a range of...