scholarly journals Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia After Three Years

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauricio Romero ◽  
Justin Sandefur
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Child Safety ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Results

Abstract Outsourcing the management of ninety-three randomly-selected government primary schools in Liberia to eight private operators led to learning gains of .18σ after one year, but these effects plateaued in subsequent years (reaching .2σ after three years). Beyond learning gains, the program reduced corporal punishment (by 4.6 percentage points from a base of 51%), but increased dropout (by 3.3 percentage points from a base of 15%) and failed to reduce sexual abuse. Despite facing similar contracts and settings, some providers produced uniformly positive results, while others present trade-offs between learning gains, access to education, child safety, and financial sustainability.

scholarly journals Restoring Democracy to the Workplace? An Analysis of Union Membership Patters Before and After the Employment Contracts Act

1970 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Cregan ◽  
Chris Rudd ◽  
Stewart Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Union Membership ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Before And After ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

This paper investigates the impact of the Employment Contracts Act on trade union membership. Two separate surveys of labour market participants lvere conducted in Dunedin on the eve of the legislation and one year later. The findings demonstrated that for these samples, trade union membership in aggregate was not based on compulsion before the legislation and remained at a similar level a year later. Democracy was not restored to the workplace it was already apparent there. This implies that changes in the industrial relations system had already taken place prior to the legislation and it is suggested that these findings are explicable if the effect of the exigencies of the recession on both parries is taken account of In the ensuing discussion, reasons for the persistence of the same level of union membership after the legislation were considered. It was demonstrated that most members li'anted the union to act as their bargaining agent and felt few pressures regarding their choice of employment contract. In other words, employers did not utilise the provisions of the Act to weaken union membership, at least in the short term.

scholarly journals HEALTH EDUCATION AND THE CONTROL OF UROGENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE JUMA NA KICHOCHO COMIC-STRIP MEDICAL BOOKLET IN ZANZIBAR

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (S1) ◽  
pp. S40-S55 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Stothard ◽  
A. N. Khamis ◽  
I. S. Khamis ◽  
C. H. E. Neo ◽  
I. Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Comic Strip ◽  
Urogenital Schistosomiasis ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
One Year ◽  
Health Education Materials ◽  
The Impact

SummaryEndeavours to control urogenital schistosomiasis on Unguja Island (Zanzibar) have focused on school-aged children. To assess the impact of an associated health education campaign, the supervised use of the comic-strip medical booklet Juma na Kichocho by Class V pupils attending eighteen primary schools was investigated. A validated knowledge and attitudes questionnaire was completed at baseline and repeated one year later following the regular use of the booklet during the calendar year. A scoring system (ranging from 0.0 to 5.0) measured children’s understandings of schistosomiasis and malaria, with the latter being a neutral comparator against specific changes for schistosomiasis. In 2006, the average score from 751 children (328 boys and 423 girls) was 2.39 for schistosomiasis and 3.03 for malaria. One year later, the score was 2.43 for schistosomiasis and 2.70 for malaria from 779 children (351 boys and 428 girls). As might be expected, knowledge and attitudes scores for schistosomiasis increased (+0.05), but not as much as originally hoped, while the score for malaria decreased (−0.33). According to a Kolmogorov–Smirnov test, neither change was statistically significant. Analysis also revealed that 75% of school children misunderstood the importance of reinfection after treatment with praziquantel. These results are disappointing. They demonstrate that it is mistaken to assume that knowledge conveyed in child-friendly booklets will necessarily be interpreted, and acted upon, in the way intended. If long-term sustained behavioural change is to be achieved, health education materials need to engage more closely with local understandings and responses to urogenital schistosomiasis. This, in turn, needs to be part of the development of a more holistic, biosocial approach to the control of schistosomiasis.

scholarly journals The Costs of Involuntary Job Loss: Impact on Workers' Employment and Earnings

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Dixon ◽  
David C. Maré
Keyword(s):  
Job Loss ◽  
Displaced Workers ◽  
Involuntary Job Loss ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Using Data ◽  
One Year ◽  
Annual Earnings ◽  
Matched Comparison ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the impact of involuntary job loss on the employment and earnings of affected workers, using data from the Survey of Families, Incomes and Employment (SoFIE) for the 2002–09 period. It focusses on employees who had been working in their job for at least one year before the job loss. The impact of displacement is estimated by using a propensity score matching approach to select similar non-displaced workers and compare their employment and earnings with those of displaced workers. We find that the employment rate of displaced workers was on average 27 percentage points lower 0–1 years after displacement, 14 percentage points lower 1–2 years after, and 8 percentage points lower 2–3 years after, than that of the matched comparison group. The average wage of re-employed displaced workers was 12 percent lower 0–1 years after displacement, 11 percent lower 1–2 years after and 7 percent lower 2–3 years after. Other impacts include increases in unemployment and self-employment, reductions in average weekly hours, and reductions in weekly and annual earnings.

HIV outcomes at a Canadian remand centre

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yazhini Subramanian ◽  
Muhammad Naeem Khan ◽  
Sara Berger ◽  
Michelle Foisy ◽  
Ameeta Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Care ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
Virologic Suppression ◽  
Art Adherence ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Hiv Viral Load ◽  
Content Type ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of short-term incarceration on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, virologic suppression, and engagement and retention in community care post-release. Design/methodology/approach A retrospective chart review of patients who attended the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Outreach Clinic at a Canadian remand center between September 2007 and December 2011 was carried out. Data extraction included CD4 lymphocyte count, HIV viral load, ART prescription refills, and community engagement and retention during and one-year pre- and post-incarceration. Findings Outpatient engagement increased by 23 percent (p=0.01), as did ART adherence (55.2-70.7 percent, p=0.01), following incarceration. Retention into community care did not significantly improve following incarceration (22.4 percent pre-incarceration to 25.9 percent post-release, p=0.8). There was a trend toward improved virologic suppression (less than 40 copies/ml; 50-77.8 percent (p=0.08)) during incarceration and 70. 4 percent sustained this one-year post-incarceration (p=0.70). Originality/value The impact of short-term incarceration in a Canadian context of universal health coverage has not been previously reported and could have significant implications in optimizing HIV patient outcomes given the large number of HIV-positive patients cycling through short-term remand centers.

A novel approach to estimate postrelease survival for estuarine fishes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
RW Schloesser ◽  
KM Leber ◽  
NP Brennan ◽  
P Caldentey
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Management ◽  
Antenna Arrays ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Fork Length ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Apparent Survival ◽  
Centropomus Undecimalis ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

Effective adaptive management of aquaculture-based fisheries enhancement programs requires iterative feedback on the impact of stocking activities. For estuarine finfishes, postrelease survival is particularly challenging to assess where recapture rates are low or difficult to obtain. We describe a novel approach to assess short-term apparent survival of hatchery-reared fish stocked into open estuarine systems and address postrelease behavioral states to quantify weekly survival of common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) after one year of monitoring. Following a weekly spatial and temporal replicate-release design for two experimental releases, 1922 juvenile snook (133–281 mm fork length) were marked with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and released among two regions of Phillippi Creek, Florida. Marine-adapted PIT tag antenna arrays detected 79% of released individuals and provided daily resighting histories for analysis with multistate mark-recapture models. Resighting histories were best explained by short-term differences in apparent survival among the first few weeks, and long-term patterns in detectability driven by residency behaviors. Weekly apparent survival rates increased from between 0.25 and 0.52 after the first week to >0.9 after week five. Fork length positively influenced survival for both releases and water height positively influenced detectability for the fall release. The highest survival was observed for individuals released in lower Phillippi Creek in the spring, suggesting lower reaches of tidal creek systems provide ideal release locations for juvenile snook. Further application of this approach will help refine optimal release locations, times, and procedures, promote adaptive management of enhancement programs, and maximize the benefits of strategic, science-based stocking on receiving populations.

scholarly journals Long-Term and Short-Term Effects of Hemodialysis on Liver Function Evaluated Using the Galactose Single-Point Test

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chou Hou ◽  
Wen-Chih Liu ◽  
Min-Tser Liao ◽  
Kuo-Cheng Lu ◽  
Lan Lo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Function ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Liver Blood Flow ◽  
Hepatic Clearance ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Before And After ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mean Time

Aim. The galactose single-point (GSP) test assesses functioning liver mass by measuring the galactose concentration in the blood 1 hour after its administration. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of hemodialysis (HD) on short-term and long-term liver function by use of GSP test.Methods. Seventy-four patients on maintenance HD (46 males and 28 females, 60.38 ± 11.86 years) with a mean time on HD of 60.77 ± 48.31 months were studied. The GSP values were compared in two groups: (1) before and after single session HD, and (2) after one year of maintenance HD.Results. Among the 74 HD patient, only the post-HD Cr levels and years on dialysis were significantly correlated with GSP values (r=0.280,P<0.05andr=-0.240,P<0.05, resp.). 14 of 74 patients were selected for GSP evaluation before and after a single HD session, and the hepatic clearance of galactose was similar (pre-HD 410 ± 254 g/mL, post-HD 439 ± 298 g/mL,P=0.49). GSP values decreased from 420.20 ± 175.26 g/mL to 383.40 ± 153.97 g/mL after 1 year maintenance HD in other 15 patients (mean difference: 19.00 ± 37.66 g/mL,P<0.05).Conclusions. Patients on maintenance HD for several years may experience improvement of their liver function. However, a single HD session does not affect liver function significantly as assessed by the GSP test. Since the metabolism of galactose is dependent on liver blood flow and hepatic functional mass, further studies are needed.

Impact of Highway Metrication on Traffic Accidents and Long-Term Trends in Vehicle Speeds for Roads with Resultant Increased Speed Limits

1979 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-507
Author(s):  
MICHAEL L. MATTHEWS
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Traffic Patterns ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Safety Hazard ◽  
Long Term Trends ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Accident Statistics

The impact of metrication of roadside speed signs upon vehicle speeds was investigated for four different road types using concealed roadside radar. The study was conducted one year after metrication to determine whether there were any long-term changes in traffic patterns in addition to the short-term influences reported previously. There was no evidence for any tendency for drivers to increase traveled speed on roads for which metrication resulted in an increase in the speed limit. Analysis of accident statistics for the month following metrication revealed no significant increase in accident rate over that projected from nine-year accident trends. It is concluded that highway metrication does not present the safety hazard suggested by critics of the metrication program.

Trust in the executive

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 609-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Clark Durant ◽  
Michael Weintraub ◽  
Daniel Houser ◽  
Shuwen Li
Keyword(s):  
Time Horizon ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Turn Taking ◽  
Institutional Types ◽  
Winner Takes All ◽  
The Impact

Why is it so hard to get opposing elites to work together rather than to seek partisan gains and/or political survival? While the credible commitment problem is widely known, there are a number of lesser known obstacles to building trust and trustworthiness between opposing elites. This article presents an account of how some of those obstacles interact through time. Common institutional types, particularly winner-takes-all and power-sharing institutions, force trade-offs between agile responses in the short term and medium-term trust between elites, on the one hand, and between trust among elites in the medium term and the adaptability of agreements in the long term, on the other. We call this the ‘time horizon trilemma’. As an alternative approach, we consider a variant on the two-person consulate used by the Roman Republic for more than 400 years as Rome rose to prominence. In our variant, a ‘turn-taking institution’, opposing executives take short alternating turns as the ultimate decisionmaker within one term. We conduct behavioral games in the experimental lab to provide an initial estimate of the impact of these institutional types – winner-takes-all, requiring consensus only, requiring turn-taking only, or requiring both – on overcoming obstacles to agile responses in the short term, trust among elites in the medium term, and adaptability of agreements in the long term. We find that turn-taking is a promising alternative to solving the time horizon trilemma.

scholarly journals Is subjective knowledge the key to fostering Sustainable behavior? Mixed evidence from an education intervention in Mexico.

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Redman
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Declarative Knowledge ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Subjective Knowledge ◽  
Sustainable Behavior ◽  
Using Data ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

Educational interventions are a promising way to shift individual behaviorstowards Sustainability. Yet as this research confirms, the standard fare ofeducation, declarative knowledge, does not work. This study statisticallyanalyzes the impact of an intervention designed and implemented in Mexicousing the *Educating for Sustainability (EfS) *framework which focuses onimparting procedural and subjective knowledge about waste throughinnovative pedagogy. Using data from three different rounds of surveys wewere able to confirm 1) the importance of subjective and proceduralknowledge for Sustainable behavior in a new context, 2) the effectivenessof the *EfS* framework and 3) the importance of *changing* subjectiveknowledge for changing behavior. Yet, while the impact was significant inthe short term, one year later most if not all of those gains hadevaporated. Interventions targeted at subjective knowledge will work, butmore research is needed on how to make behavior change for Sustainabilitydurable.

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