English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
Esperanto
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
UrduNew study urges ERs to bring in advocates to close health care gap
Tag: POLICY/ETHICS
Greta Thunberg and Fridays For Future, from global myth to local mobilization
Research by Silvia Díaz-Pérez, Roger Soler-i-Martí and Mariona Ferrer-Fons, members of the JOVIS research group at the Department of Communication, analysing the figure and influence of the activist on a global and on a local scale.
A pediatric policy council plenary: The role of research in reducing gun violence
A Pediatric Policy Council state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting explored the role of public health research in iterative policymaking to reduce gun violence in America. The toll of gun violence…
Study explores how private equity acquisitions impact hospitals
HOUSTON – (May 4, 2021) – Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic. Now a new study of short-term acute care hospitals acquired by…
Juvenile incarceration has mixed effects on future convictions
Juvenile incarceration is a double-edged sword and rehabilitation programs may improve welfare of convicted juveniles
Election campaigns: attacks and smearing backfire and can benefit other candidates
Study from Bocconi University shows that negative campaigning with electoral attacks on opponents backfires and, in multicandidate races, ends up having positive spillover effects on third candidates
European coordination needed to fight science disinformation, academies say
In a new report, ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, examines the potential of technical and policy measures to tackle science disinformation
Housing subsidies reduce health care costs for vulnerable veterans
Ensuring that veterans have stable housing not only reduces homelessness but also slashes the cost of providing them with publicly funded health care, according to a national study led by University of Utah Health scientists. The researchers found that veterans…
Tool to predict recidivism in federal inmates could make more prisoners eligible for early release
Passed in 2018, the First Step Act sought to address re-entry challenges for inmates in the federal prison system. The legislation called for developing an assessment tool to identify inmates for release who had the lowest likelihood of recidivism. A…
Benefits of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks
Pausing AstraZeneca vaccinations because of suspected links to deadly blood clots could allow COVID-19 to continue to spread, cause more deaths.
China requires switch to zero-carbon energy to achieve more ambitious Paris Agreement goal, models S
A new multi-model analysis suggests that China will need to reduce its carbon emissions by over 90% and its energy consumption by almost 40%, in order to meet the more ambitious target set by the 2016 Paris Agreement. The Agreement…
In calculating the social cost of methane, equity matters
New study finds the economic harms of methane emissions can vary greatly by region
More than 60 years to achieve gender equity?
Modelling shows urgent need to revamp hiring and working conditions for astronomers
Key policy considerations for reducing public consumption of vice products
News from the Journal of Marketing
The CNRS 2021 Innovation Medal laureates
Antoine Aiello, Nora Dempsey, François Jérôme and Amanda Silva Brun are the four recipients of the CNRS 2021 Innovation Medal. Created 10 years ago, this distinction honours people whose outstanding research has led to significant technological, economic, therapeutic or social…
eBird data used to shape eagle management
ITHACA, N.Y. – Millions of people donate billions of dollars’ worth of their time to citizen-science projects each year. While these efforts have broadened our understanding of everything from birds to bees to bracken ferns, rarely has citizen-science data informed…
Water crisis took toll on Flint adults’ physical, mental health
ITHACA, N.Y. – Since state austerity policies initiated a potable water crisis seven years ago in Flint, Michigan, public health monitoring has focused on potential developmental deficits associated with lead exposure in adolescents or fetuses exposed in utero. New research from…
US power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
New Berkeley Lab study reviews progress towards a carbon-free power sector
Workplace study during pandemic finds managers should talk less, listen more
Lessons learned during COVID-19 can aid workplace communication during crises and normal times
Research suggests SEC’s increasing focus on terrorism may limit financial oversight
When SEC asks companies about potential ties to terrorism, it catches fewer reporting errors
Gender inequality study shows women under-represented on marketing academic journal boards
Women are significantly underrepresented in the editorial boards of marketing academic journals, and awards and recognition favour men, new research from the University of Bath School of Management has found.
For some Black students, discrimination outweighed integration’s benefits
Economists find Black students in integration completed less schooling
Weight loss changes people’s responsiveness to food marketing: study
Obesity rates have increased dramatically in developed countries over the past 40 years — and many people have assumed that food marketing is at least in part to blame. But are people with obesity really more susceptible to food marketing?…
African elephants’ range is just 17% of what it could be, study finds
A study reported in the journal Current Biology on April 1 has both good news and bad news for the future of African elephants. While about 18 million square kilometers of Africa–an area bigger than the whole of Russia–still has…
1 in 5 Americans did not seek needed medical treatment during the pandemic due to cost
More than 46 million say they still could not afford medical care today
SMART study finds ridesharing intensifies urban road congestion
The study conducted across the United States revealed the intensity of road congestion increased by almost 1% while the duration of congestion rose by 4.5%
Study: Firms recruit dark personalities for earnings management
Companies could be hiring that bad boss on purpose. According to new research in the Journal of Business Ethics, the “dark” personality traits – questionable ethical standards, narcissistic tendencies – that make a boss bad also make that person much…
How to make people follow restrictions without appealing to fear
Making people fear the coronavirus may motivate us to wash our hands, keep our distance and wear a face mask.
New COVID-19 research: How to make people follow restrictions without appealing to fear
“Many countries are hit by a third wave of infections and authorities may be tempted to induce fear to make people follow guidelines. Our findings provide policy makers with an alternative.” – Michael Bang Petersen, professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
How to talk to people about climate change
As our planet warms, seas rise and catastrophic weather events become more frequent, action on climate change has never been more important. But how do you convince people who still don’t believe that humans contribute to the warming climate? New…
Alzheimer Europe outlines state-of-play of dementia policy in Europe
Alzheimer Europe has launched a new report, ‘Dementia Monitor 2020’, providing a high-level overview of how countries across Europe have responded to the challenges posed by dementia
One in five Colorado high school students has access to firearms
New study looks at gun access among adolescents in Colorado
Mapping policy for how the EU can reduce its impact on tropical deforestation
EU imports of products including palm oil, soybeans, and beef contribute significantly to deforestation in other parts of the world. In a new study, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the University of Louvain, Belgium, evaluated over a…
Elsevier launches a trans-inclusive name change policy
London, March 29, 2021 – Elsevier , a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is proud to launch a trans-inclusive policy for author name changes . This allows authors to retrospectively return to previously peer-reviewed articles of record…
Meat and dairy companies slow to commit to net-zero emissions, new analysis finds
Animal agriculture companies contribute to both the physical impacts and public opinion of climate change
Carbon labeling reduces our CO2 footprint — even for those who try to remain uninformed
Climate labels informing us of a meat product’s carbon footprint cause many people to opt for climate-friendlier alternatives. This applies to people who are curious about a product’s carbon footprint, as well as to those who actively avoid wanting to…
New research: Photovoltaics can make the world fossil-free faster than expected
Limitations in models used by the IPCC in its calculations of possible pathways to climate-neutral energy production suggests that the potentials of solar photovoltaics as a powerhouse in the green transition have been drastically underestimated.
Intentional youth firearm injuries linked to sociodemographic factors
Findings may help guide policy and inform interventions for the prevention of firearm injuries in at risk youth
Low parental socioeconomic status during pregnancy alters early fetal brain development
Maternal socioeconomic status impacts babies even before birth, emphasizing the need for policy interventions to support the wellbeing of pregnant women, according to newly published research from Children’s National Hospital. A first-of-its-kind study with 144 pregnant women finds that socioeconomic…
Viewing medical evidence through a new PRISMA
In a new open-access Guidelines & Guidance paper published in PLOS Medicine , Matthew Page of Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and co-authors present PRISMA 2020, an updated version of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses reporting checklist.…
Jordan’s worsening water crisis a warning for the world
Stanford study reveals a deepening water crisis in Jordan – and a way forward
WIC Nutrition Program increased enrollment shifting from paper vouchers to electronic
Cards seen as more user-friendly, less stigmatizing
School closures disproportionately hit disadvantaged students in the US
A study analyzing the distribution of school closures due to COVID concludes that racial minorities, students in need and with already poor academic performance have been more likely engaged in remote schooling since September 2020
Climate change significantly increases population displacement risk
Every year, millions of people around the world are displaced from their homes due to severe weather caused by climate change. According to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, 10.3 million people were displaced as a result of…
California’s diesel emissions rules reduce air pollution, protect vulnerable communities
New study finds that the state’s strict regulations have lowered the expected number of deaths linked to diesel exhaust by 50%, with lower income communities of color benefitting the most
Bringing Total Worker Health® to a multinational agribusiness in Latin America
Researchers from the Center for Health, Work & Environment (CHWE) at the Colorado School of Public Health have published a paper in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health studying the effectiveness of applying Total Worker Health (TWH)…
Consumers will dub activist brands as ‘woke-washers’ if they cannot prove moral competency
New research shows that consumers judge ‘activist brands’ based on how morally competent they are perceived to be when challenging free speech. The report, co-authored by experts at the Business School (formerly Cass), Birkbeck, University of London and the University…
Headline: How energy modelling influences policymaking and vice versa
Energy models are used to explore different options for the development of energy systems in virtual “laboratories”. Scientists have been using energy models to provide policy advice for years. As a new study shows, energy models influence policymaking around the…
Oncotarget: Phase 1 study of Z-Endoxifen in patients with solid tumors
The Oncotarget article provides evidence that antitumor activity and prolonged stable disease are achieved with Z-endoxifen despite prior tamoxifen therapy.
New documentation: Old-growth forest carbon sinks overestimated
The claim that old-growth forests play a significant role in climate mitigation, based upon the argument that even the oldest forests keep sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere, is being refuted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen. The researchers…