Collaboration Networks of the Implementation Science Centers for Cancer Control (ISC3): A Social Network Analysis

Background: Multi-center research initiatives offer opportunities to develop and strengthen connections among researchers. These initiatives often have goals of increased scientific collaboration which can be examined using social network analysis.Methods: The National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded Implementation Science Centers in Cancer Control (ISC3) initiative conducted an online social network survey in its first year of funding (2020) to examine early scientific linkages among members (faculty, staff, trainees) and recognize areas for network growth. Members of the seven funded centers and NCI program staff identified collaborations in: planning/conducting research, capacity building, product development, scientific dissemination, practice/policy dissemination.Results: Of the 192 invitees, 182 network members completed the survey (95%). The most prevalent roles were faculty (60%) and research staff (24%). Almost one-quarter (23%) of members reported advanced expertise in implementation science (IS), 42% intermediate, and 35% beginner. Most members were female (69%) and white (79%). Across all collaboration activities, the network had a density of 14%, suggesting high cohesion for its first year. One-third (33%) of collaboration ties were between members from different centers. Degree centralization (0.33) and betweenness centralization (0.07) measures suggest a fairly saturated network (no one or few central member(s) holding all connections). The most prevalent and densely connected collaboration network was for planning/conducting research (1470 ties; 8% density). Practice/policy dissemination had the fewest collaboration ties (284), lowest density (3%), and largest number of non-connected members (n=43). Median degree (number of collaborations) varied across member characteristics and collaboration activities. Members with advanced IS expertise were more connected than intermediate/beginner groups for most activities (e.g., advanced IS members had a median of 24 capacity building collaborations (range: 4-58) vs. intermediate (median 9; range 2-53) and beginner (median 7; range 1-49) members. The number of practice/policy dissemination collaborations were similarly low across IS expertise levels (median degree 3 for advanced, 2 intermediate, 2 beginner). Conclusions: Results provide important directions for interventions within the ISC3 network to increase scientific collaboration and capacity, with a focus on growing cross-center collaborations and increasing engagement of under-represented groups. Findings will be used to capture infrastructure development as part of the initiative’s evaluation.

Exploring Interventions to Improve the Oral Health and Related Health Behaviours of Adults Experiencing Severe and Multiple Disadvantage: Protocol for a Qualitative Study with Stakeholders

The number of individuals in England experiencing homelessness, substance use, and involvement with the criminal justice system is increasing. These issues, referred to as severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD), are often interlinked and co-occur. Health inequalities, particularly poor oral health, persist for those facing these inter-related issues and are closely linked with high levels of substance use, smoking, and poor diet. However, evidence for interventions that can improve these health outcomes for those experiencing these issues is limited. This paper outlines the design of a qualitative study which aims to explore the perspectives of stakeholders to understand what interventions can help to support SMD groups with their oral health and related health behaviours (i.e., substance use, smoking, diet). Interviews and focus groups will be undertaken with stakeholders comprising two groups: (1) individuals with experience of SMD, and (2) service providers (staff and volunteers), policy makers, and commissioners who support such individuals. Public involvement and engagement is central to the project. For example, stakeholders and research partners in policy and practice and people with lived experience of SMD will provide input at all stages of this study. Findings from the study will inform an ‘evidence for practice’ briefing outlining recommendations for policy. Dissemination will occur through presentations to a range of practice, policy and academic beneficiaries, and through peer-reviewed publications.

Syariat Islam dan Budaya Hukum Masyarakat di Aceh

This paper discusses the influence of the implementation of Islamic law on the legal culture of society in Aceh. This question arises because in the last few years after the enactment of the Qanun Hukum Jinayat (QHJ) in 2015 the number of cases of sharia violations in several districts /cities in Aceh shows a fluctuating trend and tends to increase. The implementation of QHJ, with the increasing number of lashes, should be able to reduce the occurrence of violations. Why hasn't QHJ been able to reduce the number of violations? This study uses a political science approach to law with data collection techniques through observation, interviews with open-ended questionare and review of documentation. The results showed that the QHJ was not optimal in creating the legal culture of the Acehnese people. This is because (1) the legal politics of the Aceh Government are not serious in implementing QHJ, (2) there are still many Acehnese people who do not fully understand the contents of the QHJ. It can be concluded that in general the QHJ has not been maximally implemented by the Government of Aceh, especially Aceh Tamiang District and Sabang City due to several constraints including budget, human resource management and policy dissemination. This paper has implications for the change in the orientation of the Aceh Government's political and legal policies to be more comprehensive in implementing Islamic law in the future.Tulisan ini mendiskusikan pengaruh pelaksanaan syariat Islam terhadap budaya hukum masyarakat di Aceh. Pertanyaan ini muncul karena dalam beberapa tahun terakhir setelah diberlakukannya Qanun Hukum Jinayat (QHJ) tahun 2015 angka kasus-kasus pelanggaran syariat di beberapa Kabupaten/Kota di Aceh menunjukkan tren yang fluktuatif dan cenderung meningkat. Pemberlakuan QHJ, dengan semakin bertambahnya jumlah cambuk, seharusnya mampu menekan terjadinya pelanggaran. Mengapa QHJ belum mampu menekan angka pelanggaran tersebut? Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan ilmu politik hukum dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui observasi, wawancara dengan open-ended questionare dan telaah dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa QHJ tidak maksimal dalam menciptakan budaya hukum masyarakat Aceh. Hal ini karena (1) politik hukum Pemerintah Aceh tidak serius dalam menjalankan QHJ, (2) masih banyak masyarakat Aceh yang tidak memahami secara menyeluruh isi QHJ tersebut. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa secara umum QHJ belum secara maksimal diimplementasikan oleh Pemerintah Aceh khususnya Kabupaten Aceh Tamiang dan Kota Sabang karena beberapa kendala baik anggaran, manajemen SDM dan sosialisasi kebijakan. Tulisan ini berimplikasi terhadap perubahan orientasi kebijakan politik hukum Pemerintah Aceh untuk lebih komprehensif dalam pelaksanaan syariat Islam ke depan.

Transformation of Fintech: Impact of POS and ATM on Non-Cash Payments

The banking system of Kazakhstan has undergone many changes in recent years: traditional bank branches are no longer in such demand as 20 years ago. Now banks are intentionally closing branches and transferring their clients to the online format. These steps were especially justified in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, technology has grown: since the beginning of the emergence of point-of-sale (POS) terminals, Automated teller machines (ATM) have developed. To ensure the security of transactions, transfers are tied to an individual, and the transfers themselves have multi-factor identification. The necessity to have payment cards linked to the account is still relevant, even if the user uses applications on his mobile phone to make non-cash transfers. The purpose of this study is to identify the existence of a relationship between non-cash payments and proxy servers for non-cash banking in Kazakhstan. In this scientific study, two hypotheses (zero and alternative) were put forward and tested, of which one was later confirmed. Statistical monthly data cover the period 2004-2020, were obtained from the electronic repository of the Statistical Bulletin of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. To test the relationship of selected determinants have been used program SPSS and Microsoft Excel. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for checking the normality of data distribution (revealed the normal distribution of the collected quantitative data). This made it possible to find the Pearson correlation coefficient. Further, in the course of the study, a correlation matrix was compiled. It was found the presence of a significant relationship between the amount of non-cash transfers, POS & ATM. This confirms the correct orientation of public policies towards the development of technical systems and the digitization of the economy. The results of this study are important for the banking system and policy dissemination of non-cash payments.

The Sentiments Analysis of Donald Trump and Jokowi’s Twitters on Covid-19 Policy Dissemination

As Covid-19 spreads to other nations and governments attempt to minimize its effect by introducing countermeasures, individuals have often used social media outlets to share their opinions on the measures themselves, the leaders implementing them, and the ways in which their lives are shifting. Sentiment analysis refers to the application in source materials of natural language processing, computational linguistics, and text analytics to identify and classify subjective opinions. The reason why this research uses a sentiment case study towards Trump and Jokowi's policies is because Jokowi and Trump have similarities in handling Covid-19. Indonesia and the US are still low in the discipline in implementing health protocols. The data collection period was chosen on September 21 - October 21 2020 because during that period, the top 5 trending on Twitter included # covid19, #jokowi, #miglobal, #trump, and #donaldtrump. So, this period is most appropriate for taking data and discussing the handling of Covid-19 by Jokowi and Trump. The result shows both Jokowi and Trump have higher negative sentiments than positive sentiments during the period. Trump had issued a controversial statement regarding the handling of Covid-19. This research is limited to the sentiment generated by the policies conveyed by the US and Indonesian Governments via @jokowi and @realDonaldTrump Twitter Account. The dataset presented in this research is being collected and analyzed using the Brand24, a software-automated sentiment analysis. Further research can increase the scope of the data and increase the timeframe for data collection and develop tools for analyzing sentiment.

The Impact of Perceptions of Policy Dissemination, Communication, and Motivation on National Character Knowledge of Primary School Teachers

This study measures perceptions of policy dissemination, communication, and teacher motivation on knowledge of primary school teachers' nationality character. The survey method with structural equation models was used involving 144 primary school teachers in Pati, Central Java, Indonesia. The instruments were in the form of questionnaires on national character knowledge, policy dissemination, communication, and teacher motivation. The concern in this study is the cognitive abilities of primary school teachers in the form of knowledge of national characters and non-cognitive abilities in the form of policy dissemination, communication, and motivation. The study results indicated an influence of policy dissemination, communication, and motivation on primary school teachers' national character knowledge. Primary school teacher motivation provided a significant positive value on the teacher's nationality character's experience. In addition to the influence of non-cognitive abilities on cognitive abilities, there was also a positive influence between the non-cognitive abilities of primary school teachers. This study recommends that policymakers, including school principals, have an excellent opportunity to succeed in national character education, including character education in general, if policy dissemination is implemented optimally and appropriately to primary school teachers as educators. Received: 12 January 2021 / Accepted: 16 February 2021 / Published: 5 March 2021

Innovative Strategy to Disseminate Science Information to Policy Makers

<p>There exist a huge gap between science and technology discovery and the formulation of public policy mostly due to the poor understanding on how to disseminate the news not only to policy makers but also to the general public. There has been an outright explosion of new knowledge and no one person can know it all. To bring accurate, relevant information from the front lines of research to the policy makers, this paper will describe an innovative strategies that uses the media as the conduit. But with this approach, the critical pre-requisite is that the researcher and media must be able to work with each other and as the author found, this does not always come easily. This impasse will result in public policy formulated will not taking any account of new discoveries especially in science and technology field. It is hoped that by employing the ideas put forward, scientific and technology discoveries will be applied when formulating public policies in a more systematic ways.</p><p> </p><p>Keywords: science discovery, public policy, dissemination.</p>

Policy Dissemination Research

Policy dissemination research is focused on understanding and addressing these barriers and can be defined as: the study of the targeted distribution of scientific evidence to policymakers to understand how to promote the adoption and sustainment of evidence-based policies. Policy dissemination research studies can be classified as audience research studies—which are formative assessments of policymakers’ knowledge, attitudes, and uses of research evidence and policy contexts—and intervention studies, which test the effectiveness of different policymaker-focused dissemination strategies. Outcomes of policy dissemination research studies include self-report policymaker research utilization, self-report policymaker support for evidence-based policies, and observed policymaker research utilization. There is also a need to grow the field of policy implementation research and integrate theories, frameworks, and methods across the fields of public administration research, political science, and implementation science. Among the topics covered in this book, policy dissemination research is among the least developed.

Implementasi Kebijakan Remunerasi di Rumah Sakit Pemerintah

ABSTRACTBackground: Since 2008, Hospital A began implementing remuneration. However, this system gets the refusal of some parties. Therefore, aims this research was to determine the remuneration policy implementation at the Hospital A Jakarta. Method: The study was conducted with a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions, each with 10 medical personnel involved. Result: The results of this study indicate that aspects of the environment in general have a positive perception of the organization while the relationship between negative perceptions obtained. Negative perceptions are also found on the organization’s resources and budget allocation accuracy especially bureaucratic commitment is relatively low. Meanwhile, the characteristic aspects and capabilities of implementing agencies received a positive perception. Secondary data showed an increase in financial performance and hospital services after the implementation of the remuneration. Conclusion: Implementation of the remuneration policy in Hospital A goes pretty well with a few flaws that need attention. Therefore, the necessary changes to the paradigm of gradual and continuous work culture of employees, improving the quality and quantity of communication between the organization and management of the employees regarding transparency, optimization remuneration policy dissemination and implementation of monitoring and evaluation on a regular basis with the involvement of all stakeholders. Keyword : Implementation, Policy, Remuneration, Hospital ABSTRAKLatar Belakang: Sejak tahun 2008, Rumah Sakit A mulai menerapkan kebijakan remunerasi. Akan tetapi sistem ini mendapat penolakan dari sejumlah pihak. Oleh karena itu, tujuan studi ini adalah untuk mengetahui implementasi kebijakan remunerasi di Rumah Sakit A di Jakarta. Metode: Studi dilakukan dengan pendekatan kualitatif melalui wawancara mendalam dan diskusi kelompok terfokus, masing-masing dengan 10 tenaga medis yang terkait. Hasil: Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa aspek kondisi lingkungan secara umum memiliki persepsi positif sedangkan hubungan antar organisasi didapatkan persepsi yang negatif. Persepsi yang negatif juga dijumpai pada sumber daya organisasi khususnyaketepatan alokasi anggaran dan komitmen birokrasi yang relatif rendah. Sementara, aspek karakteristik dan kapabilitas instansi pelaksana mendapat persepsi positif. Data sekunder menunjukkan adanya peningkatan kinerja pelayanan dan keuangan rumah sakit setelah pelaksanaan remunerasi. Kesimpulan: Impelementasi kebijakan remunerasi di Rumah Sakit A berlangsung cukup baik dengan beberapa kekurangan yang perlu mendapatkan perhatian. Oleh karena itu, diperlukan perubahan bertahap dan berkesinambungan terhadap paradigma budaya kerja karyawan, peningkatan kualitas dan kuantitas komunikasi antar organisasi maupun manajemen dengan karyawan menyangkut tranparansi, pengoptimalan sosialisasi kebijakan remunerasi serta pelaksanaan monitoring dan evaluasi secara berkala dengan melibatkan semua pemangku kepentingan. Kata kunci: Implementasi, kebijakan, remunerasi, rumah rakit

Policy Implementation of Improving Education Quality of Primary Education Teachers in Laos and Indonesia

The purpose of this research is to get deep meaning of policy implementation to improve quality of primary education teachers in Laos and Indonesia. Research locations are in the Ministry of Education in those both countries. This research used a qualitative approach with a multi-case study design. First, policy formulation consider the aspect of novelty and national education goals; second, policy dissemination of existing policies do after getting approval from parliament, as well as socialization is done to the department of education in each provinces and districts; third, policy implementation process is done by establishing a monitoring team to oversee that the policy can work well; fourth, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation is done periodically, at least every six months, and the results of the evaluation are reported to the Ministry; fifth, gaps in the policy implementation is because monitoring can not be run with maximum caused by geographical conditions and the weakness of the role of school supervisors; sixth, efforts to repair gaps in the implementation of policies to improve the quality primary school teachers is to make laws on the teacher, as well as to provide training to teachers and principals.