Cycling for Everyone

2008 ◽  
Vol 2074 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pucher ◽  
Ralph Buehler
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
National Level ◽  
Traffic Signals ◽  
Small Cities ◽  
Traffic Calming ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
And Training

This paper investigates how bicycling can be promoted as a safe and feasible means of transport for everyone and for all trip purposes. The policies and programs needed to encourage a broad spectrum of social groups to cycle are the same policies and programs that encourage high overall levels of cycling: extensive systems of separate cycling facilities, intersection modifications and priority bicycle traffic signals, traffic calming of neighborhoods, safe and convenient bike parking, coordination and integration of cycling with public transport, traffic education and training for both cyclists and motorists, and traffic laws that favor cyclists and pedestrians. To show how this multifaceted, coordinated approach actually works, the paper focuses on cycling trends and policies in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. The national-level comparative analysis is supplemented with case studies of large and small cities in each country.

scholarly journals Dynamic quarantine: a comparative analysis of the Chilean public health response to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Grebe ◽  
Javier A. Vélez ◽  
Anton Tiutiunnyk ◽  
Diego Aragón-Caqueo ◽  
Javier Fernández-Salinas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Transmission Rate ◽  
National Level ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Primary Vector

Abstract In this study, an analysis of the Chilean public health response to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 is presented. The analysis is based on the daily transmission rate (DTR). The Chilean response has been based on dynamic quarantines, which are established, lifted or prolonged based on the percentage of infected individuals in the fundamental administrative sections, called communes. This analysis is performed at a national level, at the level of the Metropolitan Region (MR) and at the commune level in the MR according to whether the commune did or did not enter quarantine between late March and mid-May of 2020. The analysis shows a certain degree of efficacy in controlling the pandemic using the dynamic quarantine strategy. However, it also shows that apparent control has only been partially achieved to date. With this policy, the control of the DTR partially falls to 4%, where it settles, and the MR is the primary vector of infection at the country level. For this reason, we can conclude that the MR has not managed to control the disease, with variable results within its own territory.

scholarly journals Study of challenges to utilise mobile-based health care monitoring systems: A descriptive literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 661-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tayebeh Baniasadi ◽  
Sharareh R Niakan Kalhori ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Ayyoubzadeh ◽  
Somayyeh Zakerabasali ◽  
Marjan Pourmohamadkhan
Keyword(s):  
Process Management ◽  
Search Strategy ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
National Level ◽  
Monitoring Systems ◽  
Training Design ◽  
Wireless Applications ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Health Care Monitoring ◽  
And Training

Mobile health encompasses remote and wireless applications to provide health services. Despite the advantages of applying mobile-based monitoring systems, there are challenges and limitations; understanding the challenges may assist in identifying available solutions and optimising decision-making to apply mHealth technologies more practically. This study aimed to investigate the main challenges related to mHealth-based systems for health monitoring purposes. This review was carried out through investigation of English evidence from four databases, including Scopus, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science, using a defined search strategy from 2013 to 2017. Two independent researchers reviewed the results based on PRISMA guidelines, and data was categorised using a bottom-up approach to reach a framework for the most general challenges. Among the 105 papers obtained, eight works were selected. The revealed challenges were categorised into six main branches across a tree (with 55 nodes, four levels) including user-related, infrastructure, process, management, resource and training challenges. Identifying the resolvable and preventable challenges, such as those related to training, design might play a crucial role in preventing loss of resources and in growing the success rate of a project, particularly if considered in national level projects.

scholarly journals STRATEGY TRAINING FOR MANAGING COOPERATIVE FINANCE IN SOUTH MERUYA VILLAGE

ICCD ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 512-516
Author(s):  
Aty Herawati
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Cooperative Finance ◽  
And Training ◽  
Expected Outcomes

This training is an activity related to the economic empowerment of the community through cooperatives in partner villages. In order to support community economic empowerment, the counseling and training on managing business units in the scope of cooperatives is very precise. Cooperatives can be interpreted as a business entity that has members in which each member has the duties and responsibilities. Each member has the same voting rights in every decision to be taken. The cooperative financial management is very important in the management of cooperatives. How to manage finances on a cooperative will be delivered to this training. Therefore, this activity will give mentoring and training to the managers of cooperatives in particular and the general public so that the partner will be able to implement in the activities of managing the cooperative finances. The expected outcomes from this activity are: (1) Knowledge development in managing the finance of cooperatives in South Meruya village. (2) The formation of social groups concerned to develop cooperatives in South Meruya village. 

scholarly journals Needle Stick and Sharp Injuries Among Healthcare Workers: A retrospective six-year study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Rami Saadeh ◽  
Khaled Khairallah ◽  
Hussein Abozeid ◽  
Lama Al Rashdan ◽  
Mahmoud Alfaqih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
National Level ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Needle Stick ◽  
Job Title ◽  
Hospital Wards ◽  
And Training

Objectives: This study aimed to examine the proportion of needle stick and sharp injuries (NSSIs) among healthcare workers at King Hussein Medical Center (KHMC), Amman, Jordan. Methods: All NSSI reports referred from departments at KHMC to the Preventive Medicine Department between 2013–2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Proportion of NSSIs were calculated and stratified according to age, gender, job title, place and site of injury and the procedure/task during which the injury occurred. Results: There were a total of 393 NSSIs. A significant association was found between the proportion of NSSIs and all tested variables (P <0.001). The reported proportion of NSSIs was highest among nurses (39.7%) followed by cleaners (36.3%), physicians (10.4%), other workers (7.4%) and lab technicians (5.9%) during the study’s six-year period. Hospital wards were the most common locations (46.1%) where injuries took place. Injuries also occurred most frequently during medical waste collection (38.2%). Conclusion: The proportion of NSSIs was highest among nurses and cleaners. Safety policies and training among high-risk groups should be reviewed to reduce the risk of NSSIs. Multicentre studies at a national level should be conducted to examine whether this study’s findings reflect national trends.Keywords: Needlestick Injuries; Safety; Self Report; Nurses; Accident Prevention; Jordan.

scholarly journals Features of the E-Government Services Development in the COVID-19 Pandemic Context

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Belyi ◽  
Andrei Vladimirovich Chugunov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Government Services

The article analyses the features of the state electronic services development based on the results of a St Petersburg residents survey. The survey, the main purpose of which was to identify the opinion of citizens about the relevance, level of trust and attitude towards the services of Smart City, was conducted in March 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We used the data from previous studies for a comparative analysis of the Smart City concept development. As a result, we identified the most popular electronic services, as well as the factors that influence the success of their implementation. The results showed that the most relevant services for the residents of St. Petersburg are electronic services in the healthcare and medicine (78%), safe city services (70%), two types of electronic services in the field of transport: for passengers of public transport (63%) and owners of personal vehicles (61%). The parameters of functionality, trust and development of services are determined and analyzed additionally.

scholarly journals Public transport payment systems: market survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisha Yrgyzbaykyzy Zhubatkhan ◽  
Aigerim Mussina ◽  
Sanzhar Serikovich Aubakirov
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Market Survey ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
The World

In our research work, we study transport card security issues. One of the questions of our study is its relevance in the world and particular in Kazakhstan. Therefore, in this work, we conducted research on the market of transport cards in the world and Kazakhstan. As part of the study, we searched for answers to the following questions: what technologies are used to accept payment by transport cards, in which countries the electronic ticketing system has been introduced, in which cities of Kazakhstan have electronic ticketing systems been implemented, what technologies are used in Kazakhstan. As a result, we showed that the popularity of using NFC payment in the world and in Kazakhstan is growing. We also analyzed the existing electronic ticketing systems in Kazakhstan, made a comparative analysis and got a comparative table.

scholarly journals Impact of socio-economic inequity in access to maternal health benefits in India: Evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana using NFHS data

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0247935
Author(s):  
Prem Shankar Mishra ◽  
Karthick Veerapandian ◽  
Prashant Kumar Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
National Level ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Social Discrimination ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Janani Suraksha Yojana ◽  
The Government

Background Caste plays a significant role in Indian society and it influences women to health care access in the community. The implementation of the maternal health benefits scheme in India is biased due to caste identity. In this context, the paper investigates access to Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) among social groups to establish that caste still plays a pivotal role in Indian society. Also, this paper aims to quantify the discrimination against Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (SCs/STs) in accessing JSY. Methods This paper uses a national-level data set of both NFHS-3 (2005–06) and NFHS-4 (2015–16). Both descriptive statistics and the Fairlie decomposition econometric model have been used to measure the explained and unexplained differences in access to JSY between SCs/STs and non-SCs/STs groups. Results Overall, the total coverage of JSY in India is still, 36.4%. Further, it is found that 72% of access to JSY is explained by endowment variables. The remaining unexplained percentage (28%) indicates that there is caste discrimination (inequity associated social-discrimination) against SCs/STs in access to JSY. The highest difference (54%) between SCs/STs and non-SCs/STs in access to JSY comes from the wealth quintile, with the positive sign indicating that the gap between the two social groups is widening. Discussion and conclusion It is necessary for the government to implement a better way to counter the caste-based discrimination in access to maternal health benefits scheme. In this regard, ASHA and Anganwadi workers must be trained to reduce the influence of dominant caste groups as well as they must be recruited from the same community to identify the right beneficiaries of JSY and in order to reduce inequity associated with social-discrimination.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Anthropometric and Psycho-Motor Abilities of Sub-Junior National Level Boxers

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Sumitra Kirtania ◽  
Pintulal Mondal ◽  
Mahesh Sawata Khetmalis
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
National Level ◽  
Motor Abilities ◽  
Psychomotor Ability ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

<div><p><em>The aim of this study is to identify the Anthropometric and profiles of sub-Junior National level Boxers and also to find out the relationship of Anthropometric profiles and psychomotor abilities of the sub-Junior National level Boxers.</em><em> </em><em>A total 22 female Boxers (11 medalists and 11 non-medalists) age range between 12<sup>th</sup> to 16<sup>th</sup> years will be select from SAI, SAG, Imphal centers. Selected Anthropometric variables (Body composition) will be taken on each Boxer. Total Psychomotor ability scores (Speed, Agility, Differentiation, Orientation, Balance, Rhythm Ability) will be taken. For interpretation of data a comparative analysis of the selected variable, the “t” test was applied. The data of both groups were collected separately for all the variables. Statistic such as mean and standard deviation was computed. The level of significance was set at 0.05. It was found that in BMI, BMR do not have significant deference between the Manipur and West Bengal female Boxers and significant deference was found on Speed, Agility, Differentiation, Orientation, Balance, Rhythm Ability.</em></p></div>

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