scholarly journals Achieving net benefits: A road map for cross-sectoral policy development in response to the unintended use of mosquito nets as fishing gear

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Ellen Short ◽  
Prue Addison ◽  
Nicholas Hill ◽  
William Arlidge ◽  
Sara Berthe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Management Development ◽  
Mosquito Net ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Mosquito Nets ◽  
Net Benefits ◽  
Sectoral Policy ◽  
Policy Mechanisms

This document presents the results of an expert knowledge elicitation workshop which identifies policy mechanisms of relevance to the issue of mosquito net fishing across the relevant sectors of public health, fisheries management, development and conservation. A synthesis of current policy and future recommendations is contextualised within the relevant literature across these sectors, and a first assessment of potential interventions is presented.

scholarly journals The perverse fisheries consequences of mosquito net malaria prophylaxis in East Africa

AMBIO ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (7) ◽  
pp. 1257-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin L. Jones ◽  
Richard K. F. Unsworth
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Functioning ◽  
Trophic Structure ◽  
Bed Nets ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Mosquito Net ◽  
Seagrass Meadows ◽  
Mosquito Nets ◽  
Biomass Removal ◽  
Global Health Issue ◽  
Commercially Important

Abstract Malaria is a serious global health issue, with around 200 million cases per year. As such, great effort has been put into the mass distribution of bed nets as a means of prophylaxis within Africa. Distributed mosquito nets are intended to be used for malaria protection, yet increasing evidence suggests that fishing is a primary use for these nets, providing fresh concerns for already stressed coastal ecosystems. While research documents the scale of mosquito net fisheries globally, no quantitative analysis of their landings exists. The effects of these fisheries on the wider ecosystem assemblages have not previously been examined. In this study, we present the first detailed analysis of the sustainability of these fisheries by examining the diversity, age class, trophic structure and magnitude of biomass removal. Dragnet landings, one of two gear types in which mosquito nets can be utilised, were recorded across ten sites in northern Mozambique where the use of Mosquito nets for fishing is common. Our results indicate a substantial removal of juveniles from coastal seagrass meadows, many of which are commercially important in the region or play important ecological roles. We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosystem functioning.

Negotiating stakeholder participation in the Ghana national climate change policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Tweneboah Lawson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Stakeholder Participation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stakeholder Consultation ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Vulnerability Assessments

Purpose Stakeholder consultation and participation are central to the climate change policymaking process. The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of stakeholder participation in the Ghana National Climate Change Policy. It examines the actors in the policy space and the negotiations and tradeoffs made during the policymaking process. Finally, it outlines the steps undertaken to make the process participatory and consultative. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative method has been used for this paper. The research design involves a review of relevant literature on Ghana’s climate change regime, meeting reports and key informant interviews. Findings The findings indicate that the processes the policy underwent had extensive stakeholder participation. An uptake of evidence was from existing impact and vulnerability assessments, the first and second communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), scientific and research documents and expert knowledge. Key actors were identified and involved right from the beginning of the policymaking process. Although stakeholder participation was time-consuming, expensive and elongated, the policy process was vital for buy-in and ownership. The results also identified the need to include more stakeholders at the sub-regional levels in policymaking. Originality/value The study is the first of its kind detailing stakeholder participation in the climate change policy process in Ghana. It forms a good basis for comparative studies with similar policies in other countries. Thus, this paper fills an identified gap of the need to document climate change policymaking processes.

Beyond a single organization: challenges and opportunities in doing field level ethnography

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammar B. Zilber
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Field Level ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Ethnographic Field Work ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a road map for carrying out field-level ethnography, focussing on the inter-organizational space collectively constructed and shared by communities of organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The argument is developed through a critical and integrated review of relevant literature. Findings – Field-level ethnographic work requires researchers to define the field they are exploring, locate their specific research site within it, capture the field through ethnographic practices that take into account the unique characteristics of this local field as a social phenomenon, and deploy various conceptualizations of inter-organizational spheres in order to enrich their analysis and interpretations. Practical implications – This paper offers practical insights for practitioners of field-level ethnography. Originality/value – As organizations are open-systems that reside and take part in much broader, inter-organizational spaces, the author makes a case for going beyond the more common practice of carrying out ethnographic field work in a single organization, to doing field-level ethnography. The paper discusses various theorizations of the inter-organizational sphere, suggest how to carry field-level ethnography in practice, and note its peculiar challenges.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE SOCIAL POLICY IN UKRAINE

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. V. Plotka
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Policy Mechanisms

The article explores the state and prospects of social policy development in Ukraine. The purpose of the article is to determine the main directions of social policy implementation in Ukraine, the subject composition of social policy. Methods which was used in the article: analytical, statistical, monographic. The study revealed the patterns of socio-economic turmoil in Ukraine and their impact on the implementation of social policy. The haphazardness in the implementation of social policy in the country is emphasized. The main directions of reforming the system of social benefits and benefits are outlined, which must be subordinated to the following goals: constitutional, political, economic, social, financial.Keywords: politics, social policy, mechanisms, benefits and payments.

scholarly journals Challenges Impeding Regional Integration in Southern Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2(J)) ◽  
pp. 250-261
Author(s):  
Victor H Mlambo ◽  
Daniel N Mlambo
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Educational Development ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Member States ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Knowledge Policy

Regional integration through the establishment of regional groupings has been taunted as a gateway to regional development and growth, the coming together of countries to share and contribute to knowledge, policy development, peace and security, trade and educational development is undoubtedly seen as the key to the development of Southern Africa. However, regional integration in Southern Africa has been hampered by numerous challenges which have derailed the quest of regional countries to deepen integration and cooperation. By strictly analyzing relevant literature related to regional integration in Southern Africa, it became evident that the region is engulfed with serious challenges that are hindering the quest for deeper integration, and often this is further compounded by internal economic challenges that members’ states are faced with. The study uncovered the fact that regional integration has been difficult to entrench as member states are confronted with numerous internal challenges which are diverting their need to focus on regional matters. Consequently, regional integration is under threat in Southern Africa as many countries are not effectively prioritizing the development of policies aimed at aiding its entrenchment, mainly because of the significance of the challenges that they are facing and this will further affect members’ states regarding socioeconomic development. The study underscored the importance for regional governments to cooperate on issues of common threats and urgently develop and institute policies/mechanisms that would ensure the entrenchment of regional integration and more importantly its sustainability. 

scholarly journals Critical Issues in Islamic Education Studies: Rethinking Islamic and Western Liberal Secular Values of Education

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Sahin
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Authoritarian Leadership ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Educational Culture ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines two sets of interrelated issues informing contemporary discussions on Islam and education that take place within both Muslim majority and minority contexts. The first set of issues concerns the academic conceptualisation of the study of education within diverse historical and contemporary Islamic cultural, intellectual, political, theological and spiritual traditions. After a critical examination of the current literature, the paper suggests that ‘Islamic Education Studies’ offers a distinctive academic framing that incorporates an interdisciplinary empirical and scholarly inquiry strategy capable of generating a body of knowledge and understanding guiding the professional practice and policy development in the field. Lack of conceptual clarity in various current depictions of the field, including ‘Muslim Education’, ‘Islamic Pedagogy’, ‘Islamic Nurture’ and ‘Islamic Religious Pedagogy’, is outlined and the frequent confusion of Islamic Education with Islamic Studies is critiqued. The field of Islamic Education Studies has theological and educational foundations and integrates interdisciplinary methodological designs in Social Sciences and Humanities. The second part of the inquiry draws attention to the lack of new theoretical insights and critical perspectives in Islamic Education. The pedagogic practice in diverse Muslim formal and informal educational settings does not show much variation and mostly is engaged with re-inscribing the existing power relations shaping the society. The juxtaposition of inherited Islamic and borrowed or enforced Western secular educational cultures appears to be largely forming mutually exclusive, antagonistic and often rigid ‘foreclosed’ minds within contemporary Muslim societies. The impact of the educational culture and educational institutions on the formation of resentful Islamic religiosities and the reproduction of authoritarian leadership within the wider mainstream Muslim communities have not been adequately explored. The study stresses the need to have a paradigm shift in addressing this widely acknowledged educational crisis. The formation of a transformative educational culture remains the key to being able to facilitate reflective and critical Muslim religiosities, and positive socio-economic and political change in Muslim majority and minority societies. This inquiry explores a significant aspect of this crisis by re-examining the degree to which Islamic and Western, liberal, secular conceptions and values of education remain irreconcilably divergent or open to a convergent dialogue of exchange, reciprocity and complementarity. The originality of the paper lies in offering a critical rethinking of Islamic Education through mapping the main relevant literature and identifying and engaging with the central theoretical issues while suggesting a new academic framing of the field and its interdisciplinary research agenda.

scholarly journals Assessment on the ownership and use of mosquito nets in Mozambique

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Alexandre Harrison Arroz ◽  
Francisco Chirrute ◽  
Chandana Mendis ◽  
Marta Honesta Chande ◽  
Veronique Kollhoff
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Mass Distribution ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Mosquito Net ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sampling Methodology ◽  
Mosquito Nets ◽  
Lot Quality Assurance Sampling ◽  
Low Coverage

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the ownership and use of mosquito nets in 2014, in Mozambique. METHODS This observational and cross-sectional study assessed, in February and March 2015, 69 districts (nine of 11 provinces of Mozambique) that have benefited from the mass distribution of mosquito nets. The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling methodology was used. Each locality was denominated supervision area. The Lot Quality Assurance Sampling opts for a minimum of 19 households (in this case, we decided for a minimum of 100 households per district) from each supervision area to assess an indicator (in this case, two indicators were assessed: ownership and use of mosquito nets). Two questions guided the research: a) received a mosquito net; b) used a mosquito net the night before. RESULTS A total of 6,725 households were assessed. Eighty three percent of them had received mosquito nets in the campaign. Of the 6,232 respondents, 82.0% said they used mosquito nets the night before. The districts of the provinces with low coverage of ownership and use were Tete (69.5% and 60.0%, respectively), Zambezia (79.0% and 60.0%, respectively), and Gaza (81.6% and 70.7%, respectively). The largest coverage of ownership and use were observed in the districts of Nampula (96.7% and 93.8%, respectively) and Niassa (86.0% and 85.4% respectively). CONCLUSIONS In the districts assessed, the progression of ownership and use of mosquito nets is satisfactory. Nampula and Niassa are the only provinces where ownership and use are at desired levels.

scholarly journals The Moral Foundations of Child Health and Social Policies: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Avram E. Denburg ◽  
Mita Giacomini ◽  
Wendy J. Ungar ◽  
Julia Abelson
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Critical Interpretive Synthesis

Background: Allusions to the uniqueness and value of childhood abound in academic, lay, and policy discourse. However, little clarity exists on the values that guide child health and social policy-making. We review extant academic literature on the normative dimensions of child health and social policy to provide foundations for the development of child-focused public policies. Methods: We conducted a critical interpretive synthesis of academic literature on the normative dimensions of child health and social policy-making. We employed a social constructivist lens to interpret emergent themes. Political theory on the social construction of target populations served as a bridge between sociologies of childhood and public policy analysis. Results: Our database searches returned 14,658 unique articles; full text review yielded 72 relevant articles. Purposive sampling of relevant literature complemented our electronic searches, adding 51 original articles, for a total of 123 articles. Our analysis of the literature reveals three central themes: potential, rights, and risk. These themes retain relevance in diverse policy domains. A core set of foundational concepts also cuts across disciplines: well-being, participation, and best interests of the child inform debate on the moral and legal dimensions of a gamut of child social policies. Finally, a meta-theme of embedding encompasses the pervasive issue of a child’s place, in the family and in society, which is at the heart of much social theory and applied analysis on children and childhood. Conclusions: Foundational understanding of the moral language and dominant policy frames applied to children can enrich analyses of social policies for children. Most societies paint children as potent, vulnerable, entitled, and embedded. It is the admixture of these elements in particular policy spheres, across distinct places and times, that often determines the form of a given policy and societal reactions to it. Subsequent work in this area will need to detail the degree and impact of variance in the values mix attached to children across sociocultural contexts and investigate tensions between what are and what ought to be the values that guide social policy development for children.

scholarly journals Behavior of the Use of Mosquito Net as a Prevention of Malaria in Ondorea Village, Nanga Panda Sub-district

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (E) ◽  
pp. 620-623
Author(s):  
Yustina PM Paschalia ◽  
Anatolia K. Doondori ◽  
Irfan Irfan ◽  
Norma Tiku Kambuno
Keyword(s):  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Mosquito Net ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family Attitudes ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Mosquito Nets ◽  
Family Behavior ◽  
Tropical Climates

Background: Malaria is an infectious disease that is still a world public health problem, especially in developing countries with tropical climates, including Indonesia. Ondorea Village in Nangapanda Subdistrict, Ende Regency, is one of the villages in East Nusa Tenggara, which is a province with APIs above the national average. Objective: To determine family behavior in using mosquito nets as an effort to prevent malaria in Ondorea Village, Nangapanda District. Method: This research is a survey research type with descriptive research design, the design used is"cross sectional".The population were all families residing in Ondorea Village, totaling 178 families, the sample in this study used a total sample. The variable in this study was a single variable, namely family behavior in the use of mosquito nets. The data used in this study are primary data collected by making home visits. Results: Public knowledge about the use of mosquito nets as an effort to prevent malaria in Ondorea Village, Nangapanda District was in the sufficient category, namely 85.39%, those with good knowledge of 6.34% and those with moderate knowledge of 7.87%. The public attitude about the use of mosquito nets is in the good category, namely 99.4%, which has a sufficient attitude of 0.56%. Conclusion: There is no relationship between the level of knowledge and the behavior of using mosquito nets, but it is found that there is a relationship between family attitudes and the behavior of using mosquito nets as an effort to prevent malaria

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