Public health and evidence-informed policy-making: The case of a commonly used herbicide by Harri Vainio

“…As stated by Alfredo Morabia in a recent American Journal of Public Health editorial, "to defend what they perceive as in their best interests, some corporations not only pressure governmental agencies, they fight them." (19) In the same journal, Jonathan Samet (20) describes how Monsanto has moved extremely aggressively against the science, the unpaid expert volunteers, and institutions such as the IARC. The independent assessment of risk by "unpaid expert volunteers cannot be replaced by reviews from scientists paid by the industry." (20) The risk management may go beyond scientific evidence and imply the contribution of social values and social theory, in contrast to independent risk assessment (21). …”
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I Never Thought That It Would Be Me by Binita Riffat

“…I was supposed to choose a major at the end of the spring semester, and delve deeper into my pre-medical coursework while pursuing volunteer opportunities and internships. In my mind, everything had a set place and time. …”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Adlerian and Emotion-Focused Group Counseling on the Resilience of Women with Marital Conflict by Zahra Azemnia, Fariba Hasani, Farnaz Keshavarzi Arshadi, Shahrbanoo Ghahari Ahangar Kalaee

“…SAMPLING METHOD & NUMBER At first, to hold the meetings based on a call and by the available sampling method, among the married women who volunteered to participate in the meetings and the questionnaire on marital conflicts was implemented on them; those who scored between 111 and 191 and more in this questionnaire were selected and 60 women were identified as samples. …”
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Ethopolítica: Educación, Género y Desarrollo by Julio César Arboleda

“…In other words, the group of aware independent volunteers not only incorporates knowledge to self-manage celiac disease, but as an informal entity it is managing to transpose in formal institutions, the community of the context-territory, non-profit activities with the objective of: disseminate, raise awareness and make celiac disease visible as a pedagogical strategy. …”
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Mortality impact, risks, and benefits of general population screening for ovarian cancer: the UKCTOCS randomised controlled trial by Menon Usha, Gentry-Maharaj Aleksandra, Burnell Matthew, Ryan Andy, Kalsi Jatinderpal K, Singh Naveena, Dawnay Anne, Fallowfield Lesley, McGuire Alistair J, Campbell Stuart, Skates Steven J, Parmar Mahesh, Jacobs Ian J

“…They did not have many relatives with ovarian or breast cancer. The volunteers were placed into one of three groups at random: The blood test group contained 50,640 women who had yearly CA125 blood tests. …”
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Rethinking the Ethics of Prisoner Organ Donation by Katrina Hui

“…Article 23, Item 2 of “The Tentative Provisions Regarding Utilizing the Corpses or Organs from the Corpses of the Capital Prisoners” permits the retrieval of organs from executed prisoners only with the consent of the prisoner and his or her family.18 There have been mixed reports about the enforcement of these rules, and corruption in the judicial process clearly breeds suspicion about the ethical nature of obtaining volunteers. However, even with proper enforcement, critics claim that the prisoner population can never freely give consent, insisting that, on because of their environment, prisoners are vulnerable to coercion or undue inducement and may be pressured into giving their consent either out of fear or in hopes of currying favor with authorities or other benefits. …”
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Affordable Condominium Housing by Rosa Elena Donoso Gomez

“…In Colombia, the law stipulates that this must be organized by a professional and paid manager of the homeowner’s association, whereas the law in Ecuador is more flexible and it allows for the position to be filled by a volunteer or paid position if the association can afford it. …”
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Truth that Matters by Danielle Maydan

“…Artificially constructed realities and the importance of family caregivers in upholding the personhood of individuals with dementia living within such realities come into focus in De Hogeweyk, the first dementia village for people with advanced dementia.[17] De Hogeweyk, which opened its doors in Weesp, Netherlands in 2009, is a gated community with a single entrance and exit where its residents receive twenty-four-seven care.[18] The village aims to maintain continuity with the residents’ past lives by grouping them into themed homes based on their previous lifestyles and by offering familiar social events and physical activities.[19] Through thoughtful planning and design, the founders of De Hogeweyk have integrated all the “deceptive” aspects of their institutional reality into the village’s infrastructure, including residences that look like real homes, a supermarket that does not use money, and a restaurant and hair salon staffed by trained caregivers who do not require payment for their services.[20] Although it is a closed facility, De Hogeweyk welcomes both family members and outside volunteers of all ages to interact with its residents.[21] While critics of De Hogeweyk have likened it to The Truman Show, multiple family members report their satisfaction with De Hogeweyk’s model of care.[22] Ada Picavet, whose husband Ben is a resident at De Hogeweyk, shares her experience of visiting him daily, playing the piano, and singing songs together. …”
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Truth that Matters by Danielle Maydan

“…Artificially constructed realities and the importance of family caregivers in upholding the personhood of individuals with dementia living within such realities come into focus in De Hogeweyk, the first dementia village for people with advanced dementia.[17] De Hogeweyk, which opened its doors in Weesp, Netherlands in 2009, is a gated community with a single entrance and exit where its residents receive twenty-four-seven care.[18] The village aims to maintain continuity with the residents’ past lives by grouping them into themed homes based on their previous lifestyles and by offering familiar social events and physical activities.[19] Through thoughtful planning and design, the founders of De Hogeweyk have integrated all the “deceptive” aspects of their institutional reality into the village’s infrastructure, including residences that look like real homes, a supermarket that does not use money, and a restaurant and hair salon staffed by trained caregivers who do not require payment for their services.[20] Although it is a closed facility, De Hogeweyk welcomes both family members and outside volunteers of all ages to interact with its residents.[21] While critics of De Hogeweyk have likened it to The Truman Show, multiple family members report their satisfaction with De Hogeweyk’s model of care.[22] Ada Picavet, whose husband Ben is a resident at De Hogeweyk, shares her experience of visiting him daily, playing the piano, and singing songs together. …”
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Early Response to COVID-19 by Jennifer Miao Wang

“…Furthermore, healthcare workers from all over the country volunteered to travel to Hubei, where Wuhan is, and assembled several Fangcang shelter hospitals.[4] Fangcang hospitals were designed based on emergency medical care cabins that were used after two devastating earthquakes in China and served as temporary quarantine housing and hospital facilities.[5] They are mobile, have fast deployment, and can adapt quickly to different environments. …”
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Investigating health and social outcomes of the Big Local community empowerment initiative in England: a mixed method evaluation by Jennie Popay, Emma Halliday, Rebecca Mead, Anne Townsend, Nasima Akhter, Clare Bambra, Ben Barr, Rachel Anderson de Cuevas, Konstantinos Daras, Matt Egan, Katja Gravenhorst, Katharina Janke, Adetayo Safiriyu Kasim, Victoria McGowan, Ruth Ponsford, Joanna Reynolds, Margaret Whitehead

“…However, across all waves – even in the 2020 COVID-19 data point – residents who perceived that people in the area are willing to help each other and those who agreed that collectively they can influence decisions in the area had significantly higher mental well-being scores. Hours volunteered also had a small positive association with increased mental well-being in both the nested cohort and the repeated cross-sectional analyses, for both men and women and for groups with both high and lower levels of education. …”
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Comparison of thermal and hemodynamic responses in skin and muscles to heating with electric and magnetic field by Karmen Glažar, Nina Bogerd, Tina Grapar Žargi, Alan Kacin

“…</span></p><p class="Default" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Methods: </span></strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">Eleven healthy volunteers participated in the study. On two separate occasions, they randomly received 20-minut diathermy with EF or with MF. …”
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Social Isolation of Older Adults in Long Term Care as a Result of COVID-19 Mitigation Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Cathy Purvis Lively

“…Two days after WHO declared the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) followed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations and announced mitigation measures that required long-term care facilities to (1) restrict volunteers and nonessential personnel from entering the facility; (2) cancel all group activities and communal dining; (3) screen residents and health care personnel for fever and respiratory symptoms; and (4) encourage residents to stay in their rooms. …”
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Interview with Arthur Caplan by Kaitlynd Hiller, Rachel F Bloom

“…I taught a couple of guest lectures in the Columbia School of Journalism Science class.  Volunteered to do it with a guy I knew named Ken Goldstein.  …”
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Evaluation of diet quality indicators in adults by Katarína Fatrcová-Šramková

“…</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; line-height: 115%; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 2.25pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-width: 497.8pt; mso-element-frame-height: 675.4pt; mso-element-frame-vspace: 3.1pt; mso-element-wrap: auto; mso-element-anchor-vertical: page; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-left: 49.65pt; mso-element-top: 56.75pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;" lang="SK">In case of Healthy Eating Index the most participants met the criterion only for one recommendation (41%), and fifth of volunteers fulfilled two recommendation altogether. …”
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