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Editorial: ‘Changing of the guard’: Reflections on two decades of journal of public affairs editorship and lessons from public affairs for managing the Covid pandemic
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Editorial: Managing through the Covid second wave: Public affairs and the challenge of Covid vaccination
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Temperature testing climate action: what are the impacts of social and economic factors on local climate action in the UK?
Get PDF© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.Introduction: Social and economic factors influence human behaviour at the individual and community levels. This study examines how variables such as sense of community, well-being, income, and deprivation impact climate-action behaviours. It provides an initial investigation into behaviours as ‘actions’ taken by people, individually and with their communities, under different social and economic conditions. Answering the primary research question, ‘Do social cohesion and socio-economic
indicators impact climate action at the individual and community levels?’.
Material and Method: A convenience sample of 105 participants from the UK was obtained for this study, comprising 84 online responses and 21 in-person responses. Independent variables representing social cohesion included well-being (WHO-5) at the individual level and sense of community (Brief Sense of Community Scale) at the community level. Socioeconomic position was assessed using income (bands) and deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation). Each of these were grouped in accordance with the scale, and a MANOVA was conducted to analyse the effects of these groups against the dependent variables of individual and community climate actions.
Results: Multivariate analysis revealed that the sense of community groups and income groups significantly impacted climate action. Univariate tests of between subjects effects indicated that the effect of sense of community was only significant on community climate action and post-hoc fishers LSD revealed the high sense of community group was varying from Low and Moderate sense of community. Income was found in post hoc analysis to have no significant differences between income groups. Wellbeing and Deprivation groups did not have an impact on climate action
Conclusion: The findings highlight the importance of fostering a high sense of community through needs fulfilment, belonging, influence, and connection, to promote sustainable climate action behaviours and move towards a Net Zero Society. Sense of community as a social cohesion indicator, emerged as a key driver and the piece recommends collaborating with communities to track real-time behavioural and social change. Limitations of the research are the sample size and localised geography, yet it is argued that a place-based approach is needed in future social cohesion and climate action research.University of ChesterThere is no OA policy in place for AAMs with this journal. Article published Gold OA - AAM removed and replaced with the VoR on 24/07/202
The Physical Behaviour Intensity Spectrum and Body Mass Index in school-aged youth: A compositional analysis of pooled individual participant data
Get PDF© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.We examined the compositional associations between the intensity spectrum derived from incremental acceleration intensity bands and the body mass index (BMI) z-score in youth, and investigated the estimated differences in BMI z-score following time reallocations between intensity bands. School-aged youth from 63 schools wore wrist accelerometers, and data of 1453 participants (57.5% girls) were analysed. Nine acceleration intensity bands (range: 0−50 mg to ≥700 mg) were used to generate time-use compositions. Multivariate regression assessed the associations between intensity band compositions and BMI z-scores. Compositional isotemporal substitution estimated the differences in BMI z-score following time reallocations between intensity bands. The ≥700 mg intensity bandwas strongly and inversely associated with BMI z-score (p < 0.001). The estimated differences in BMI z-score when 5 min were reallocated to and from the ≥700 mg band and reallocated equally among the remaining bands were −0.28 and 0.44, respectively (boys), and −0.39 and 1.06, respectively (girls). The time in the ≥700 mg intensity band was significantly associated with BMI z-score, irrespective of sex. When even modest durations of time in this band were reallocated, the asymmetrical estimated differences in BMI z-score were clinically meaningful. The findings highlight the utility of the full physical activity intensity spectrum over a priori-determined absolute intensity cut-point approaches.Funding for the selected contributing studies was provided by the Waterloo Foundation (#1669/3509), West Lancashire Sport Partnership, West Lancashire Leisure Trust, Edge Hill University, and Wigan Council. Alex Rowlands is supported by the Lifestyle Theme of the Leicester NHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre and NIHR Applied Research Collaborations East Midlands (ARC-EM). Dorothea Dumuid is supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellowship APP1162166 and by the Centre of Research Excellence in Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health funded by NHMRC APP1171981
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs
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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs
No full text© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.Family-Owned Businesses (FOBs) are unique constitutions as they are managed, owned, and controlled by the families and accepted as vital players of the global economy as they dominate commercial life and represent most businesses worldwide. Even though there is no widely accepted definition of such companies, the illustration’s common point is the family participation in the management and ownership. Moreover, to consider one company as a family business, most ownership should lie within a single-family, and family businesses are differentiated by the involvement of family members’ active participation, including the management team, board members, or shareholders.The intention to pass the business to their antecedents, longevity, long-term viability, continued family engagement, in other words, “Succession” is considered as the most critical event in family business literature, and a large majority of studies focus on this event. This event’s importance is that the sustainability of a FOB represents both business success and family functionality. Similarly, literature also underlines that family businesses outperform non-family businesses as the performance refers to both business and the family. Therefore, FOBs need to carefully plan the succession process to ensure healthy longevity while passing leadership and ownership from one generation of owners to the next generation.However, research shows that intergenerational succession is influenced by cultural background and, women’s participation in FOBs is deeply affected by cultural factors, social norms, sociocultural environment, and religious background. Traditional role thinking affects not only the succession process but also the participation of women within some specific cultures. Therefore, this study aims to show the effect of “paternalistic” culture on women’s FOBs presence.Unfunde
The Sage Handbook of Political Marketing
No full textThis chapter investigates the increasing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in contemporary political marketing.Unfunded200-year embargo applied as this is the second chapter from this book. First chapter has the 24-month embargo applied
Equality Analysis Framework
No full textTo access this resource click on the URL in Additional LinksThis Equality Analysis Framework is underpinned by a 6 month collaborative research project and forms part of an expanding dialogue across the HE sector in relation to EqIAs. The project has sought to understand and respond to criticisms and obstacles to the effective use of equality impact assessments (EqIAs) across the sector. It has also explored the link between the emerging focus on co-production and EqIA practice. This Equality Analysis Framework is a work in progress and the sector is encouraged to view this as a dynamic collaborative tool to support proportionate, context driven approaches as a means of ensuring more effective and inclusive decision-making processes. This Framework is intended for use by those with EDI expertise and suggests an approach to support decision makers to engage with EqIAs. A separate accessible EqIA Toolkit for decision makers on EqIAs is also available.Developing a Framework for Meaningful Equality Impact Assessments Underpinned by Co-Production Principles for Holistic Use Across the HE Sector | Funder: Advance H
Bringing services to communities: Identifying service users at risk of developing cardiovascular disease through mobile opportunistic screening in deprived or underserved communities
Get PDF© 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Royal Society for Public Health.Objective: Individuals in areas of high deprivation face significant health inequalities with a higher prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Whilst some factors are non-modifiable, early identification of modifiable factors and appropriate intervention can improve health outcomes. We assessed modifiable risk factors, particularly in persons with no medical history.
Study design: A retrospective cross-sectional study using data of persons attending a mobile opportunistic screening clinic.
Method: Data was extracted from the records of 2973 attendees (≥18 years) in Cheshire & Merseyside, January-June 2023 using a standard approach. We classed CVD risk factors as either modifiable or non-modifiable. We grouped the data into those with no risk factors, one or two, and three or more, in relation to their self-reported medical history or clinical findings.
Results: Within the total study population of 2973, 79% had at least one modifiable risk factor for CVD. Our logistic regression model highlighted that non-modifiable factors age and sex were significant predictors of CVD, while males had higher odds than females to report CVD. Of our modifiable factors, only hypertension and mental health diagnosis were significant predictors. BMI was excluded from the multivariable analysis due to missing data.
Conclusion: Mobile screening provides improved equitable access to services and engages with underserved communities to deliver targeted health care. It identifies CVD risk in an asymptomatic population, and patients with poorly controlled conditions. This model is highly acceptable to service users and is flexible and targeted in its activities and placement.This project was conducted through the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative (SORT IT), a global partnership led by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases at the World Health Organization (WHO/TDR). The training is based on a course developed jointly by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and Medécins sans Frontières (MSF). This specific SORT IT program was run by Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) NHS Foundation Trust as part of routine work. The SORT IT course that enabled this project was funded by CWP NHS Foundation Trust. The project itself did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.AAM removed and archived and VoR uploaded to CR 18/12/202
An open and reproducible investigation into the factors that influence judgements of intention and responsibility utilising the Side-Effect Effect
No full textOne phenomenon in moral decision-making is known as the Side-Effect Effect (SEE; Knobe, 2003), an asymmetry in which participants rate more blame for harmful side effects than they do praise for helpful side effects. Furthermore, participants are significantly more likely to state that harmful side effects are brought about intentionally compared with those that are helpful. The original theoretical explanation for the SEE was that observers utilise the moral valence of actions’ unintended consequences to determine their deserved praise and blame.
The SEE has been previously demonstrated to be a robust effect that can be observed across languages, cultures, and age groups. Several theories have been developed to attempt to explain these judgements, including the Norm Violation Model (NVM), which is based on transgressions against social norms, and the Deep-Self Concordance Model (DSCM), which is based on comparisons between a person’s values and the alignment of their actions with these values.
This thesis aimed to contribute to the theoretical understanding of the SEE by conducting a series of iterative, within-subjects, multi-item experiments that manipulated factors related to the agent (job role status, gender, power level, and environment). These experiments will elucidate which theoretical models may best explain how the SEE is produced. All experiments were preregistered and employed several open and reproducible research practices.
Following a successful conceptual replication (Experiment 1), it was found that the mere mention of the agent’s job role status (Experiment 2) and gender (Experiment 3) were insufficient to modulate the SEE. However, when their level of work-related power was more explicit and salient, more blame was afforded to low-power versus high-power agents for harmful side effects, in opposition to predictions (Experiment 4). A further exploration of work-related power found, contrastingly, participants affording more blame to high-power agents as well as affording more blame in general within the workplace versus outside of it (Experiment 5). There was evidence that participant individual differences may impact the assignment of blame.
These mixed results lend support for both the Norm Violation Model and the Deep-Self Concordance Model; however, neither was able to best explain the results in isolation. A new framework for explaining the SEE is proposed that encompasses both the NVM and the DSCM, as well as accounting for the relationship between a participant and the agent. The framework offers a foundation for future research to continue building upon as further elements of the SEE (and moral decision-making generally) are explored. The contributions of this thesis are supported by several methodological and analytical advances, improving the quality, transparency, reproducibility, and credibility of the research
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