Is health a priority among decision-makers of Pakistan? Evidence from Parliamentary questions screening

Public Health ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 140-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Sadiq ◽  
U. Qazi ◽  
A. Rahman ◽  
A. Hafeez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
A Priority

An Overview of Population Growth and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 480-499
Author(s):  
Vincent Sebastian Pande ◽  
Neema Penance Kumburu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Realistic Approach ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Ssa Countries

Development efforts in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are harmed by a combination of many factors, high rates of population growth being among of them. Despite the strong links between population and sustainable development, these issues were not a priority in broader development policies and strategies in SSA. Population and sustainable development had been often addressed separately at policy and programme levels. Despite the fact that decision makers in these countries recognize the importance of population issues for sustainable development, these issues are rarely worked on together, limiting the payoff that could result from integrating the two. This chapter, therefore, re-examines and relates these two concepts to see their compatibility and provides a more realistic approach in converting population growth into economic gains for future development of SSA countries and Africa in general.

The Determinant Role of Misinformation in the Manifestation of the Principle of Operational Surprise

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-240
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Udeanu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Makers ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Effective Component ◽  
Political Economic

Abstract Surprising the opponent in the main areas of strategic confrontation - information, political, economic, technological, ideological, psychological, espionage/counter-intelligence, military - was a priority objective of the general policy of the states, regardless of the analyzed historical age. In this framework, the most active and effective component of taking by surprise - misinformation- has always been in the attention of decision-makers in order to determine a distorted perception of reality, diminishing alertness and reducing the ability of an opponent to act or react [1]

An Overview of Population Growth and Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 76-95
Author(s):  
Vincent Sebastian Pande ◽  
Neema Penance Kumburu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Realistic Approach ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Ssa Countries

Development efforts in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are harmed by a combination of many factors, high rates of population growth being among of them. Despite the strong links between population and sustainable development, these issues were not a priority in broader development policies and strategies in SSA. Population and sustainable development had been often addressed separately at policy and programme levels. Despite the fact that decision makers in these countries recognize the importance of population issues for sustainable development, these issues are rarely worked on together, limiting the payoff that could result from integrating the two. This chapter, therefore, re-examines and relates these two concepts to see their compatibility and provides a more realistic approach in converting population growth into economic gains for future development of SSA countries and Africa in general.

scholarly journals Tools for priority setting: lessons from South Australia

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra G Leggat ◽  
Wendy Scheil ◽  
Helena Williams ◽  
Kate Kerin
Keyword(s):  
Priority Setting ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
Priority Setting Process ◽  
Clinical Issues ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
A Priority

Background: This paper provides an overview of the process and tools used to develop and implement a priority setting framework for the Clinical Senate of South Australia. Established as a clinical advisory group to the Minister and Department of Health, the Clinical Senate recognised the need for an open priority setting process to fairly assign planning resources to the large number of clinical issues that needed to be addressed. Discussion: Using a workbook, developed from the literature and evidence related to priority setting, agreement was reached on the use, components and structure of the priority setting process. The final products included a Gap Finder Tool and a Priority Setting Framework. Summary: This paper describes the process used to develop the priority setting tools. Decision makers in other organisations can use similar processes and tools to develop or enhance their priority Setting processes.

Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources in Regional Health Authorities: A Report from Two Pilot Exercises Using Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Mitton ◽  
Cam Donaldson ◽  
Lisa Halma ◽  
Nadine Gall
Keyword(s):  
Priority Setting ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Marginal Analysis ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Program Budgeting ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Regional Health Authorities

A significant mandate of Canadian regional health authorities is to set priorities and allocate resources within a limited funding envelope. Program budgeting and marginal analysis is a priority-setting framework used in the health sector. This article discusses the application of the framework in two regional health authorities in Alberta. The framework was demonstrated to be effective in aiding decision makers to set priorities, and wider application of the framework in these health authorities is planned.

Make Adult Immunization a Priority

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (18) ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
ROBERT H. HOPKINS
Keyword(s):  
A Priority ◽  
Adult Immunization

EURRECA’s Approach for Estimating Micronutrient Requirements

2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Matthys ◽  
Pieter van ‘t Veer ◽  
Lisette de Groot ◽  
Lee Hooper ◽  
Adriënne E.J.M. Cavelaars ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reference Values ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Individual Variability ◽  
The Body ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Nutrient Requirements ◽  
Factorial Approach ◽  
Dietary Reference Values ◽  
Health Policy Decision ◽  
Quantitative Integration

In Europe, micronutrient dietary reference values have been established by (inter)national committees of experts and are used by public health policy decision-makers to monitor and assess the adequacy of diets within population groups. The approaches used to derive dietary reference values (including average requirements) vary considerably across countries, and so far no evidence-based reason has been identified for this variation. Nutrient requirements are traditionally based on the minimum amount of a nutrient needed by an individual to avoid deficiency, and is defined by the body’s physiological needs. Alternatively the requirement can be defined as the intake at which health is optimal, including the prevention of chronic diet-related diseases. Both approaches are confronted with many challenges (e. g., bioavailability, inter and intra-individual variability). EURRECA has derived a transparent approach for the quantitative integration of evidence on Intake-Status-Health associations and/or Factorial approach (including bioavailability) estimates. To facilitate the derivation of dietary reference values, EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned (EURRECA) is developing a process flow chart to guide nutrient requirement-setting bodies through the process of setting dietary reference values, which aims to facilitate the scientific alignment of deriving these values.

Haunted by a Doppelgänger

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina von Helversen ◽  
Stefan M. Herzog ◽  
Jörg Rieskamp
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Information ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Human Judgment ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
New Employees ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Facial Similarity ◽  
Similarity Effect ◽  
Judgment Strategy

Judging other people is a common and important task. Every day professionals make decisions that affect the lives of other people when they diagnose medical conditions, grant parole, or hire new employees. To prevent discrimination, professional standards require that decision makers render accurate and unbiased judgments solely based on relevant information. Facial similarity to previously encountered persons can be a potential source of bias. Psychological research suggests that people only rely on similarity-based judgment strategies if the provided information does not allow them to make accurate rule-based judgments. Our study shows, however, that facial similarity to previously encountered persons influences judgment even in situations in which relevant information is available for making accurate rule-based judgments and where similarity is irrelevant for the task and relying on similarity is detrimental. In two experiments in an employment context we show that applicants who looked similar to high-performing former employees were judged as more suitable than applicants who looked similar to low-performing former employees. This similarity effect was found despite the fact that the participants used the relevant résumé information about the applicants by following a rule-based judgment strategy. These findings suggest that similarity-based and rule-based processes simultaneously underlie human judgment.

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