Community or individual involvement in the decision-making process.
Customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a benefit or service received.
The promotion and support of consumers' rights and interests.
Information intended for potential users of medical and healthcare services. There is an emphasis on self-care and preventive approaches as well as information for community-wide dissemination and use.
Patient involvement in the decision-making process in matters pertaining to health.
Involvement in community activities or programs.
Organized groups of users of goods and services.
Use of written, printed, or graphic materials upon or accompanying a food or its container or wrapper. The concept includes ingredients, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, directions, warnings, and other relevant information.
The application of knowledge to the food industry.
Organized services to provide information on any questions an individual might have using databases and other sources. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.
A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.
Activities or games, usually involving physical effort or skill. Reasons for engagement in sports include pleasure, competition, and/or financial reward.
Application of marketing principles and techniques to maximize the use of health care resources.
The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of FOOD. Food chains intertwine locally into a food web because most organisms consume more than one type of animal or plant. PLANTS, which convert SOLAR ENERGY to food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS, are the primary food source. In a predator chain, a plant-eating animal is eaten by a larger animal. In a parasite chain, a smaller organism consumes part of a larger host and may itself be parasitized by smaller organisms. In a saprophytic chain, microorganisms live on dead organic matter.
Persons who are enrolled in research studies or who are otherwise the subjects of research.
Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.
Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).
A method of data collection and a QUALITATIVE RESEARCH tool in which a small group of individuals are brought together and allowed to interact in a discussion of their opinions about topics, issues, or questions.
The interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale, between different countries or between populations within the same country. It includes trade (the buying, selling, or exchanging of commodities, whether wholesale or retail) and business (the purchase and sale of goods to make a profit). (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, p411, p2005 & p283)
Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.
The edible portions of any animal used for food including domestic mammals (the major ones being cattle, swine, and sheep) along with poultry, fish, shellfish, and game.
Activity involved in transfer of goods from producer to consumer or in the exchange of services.
Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.
Criteria and standards used for the determination of the appropriateness of the inclusion of patients with specific conditions in proposed treatment plans and the criteria used for the inclusion of subjects in various clinical trials and other research protocols.
A non-medical term defined by the lay public as a food that has little or no preservatives, which has not undergone major processing, enrichment or refinement and which may be grown without pesticides. (from Segen, The Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
Conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes school admission or job interviews.
The act of making a selection among two or more alternatives, usually after a period of deliberation.
Studies in which the presence or absence of disease or other health-related variables are determined in each member of the study population or in a representative sample at one particular time. This contrasts with LONGITUDINAL STUDIES which are followed over a period of time.
Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system.
The act or practice of calling public attention to a product, service, need, etc., especially by paid announcements in newspapers, magazines, on radio, or on television. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
Persons with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit their activities of daily living and that may require special accommodations.
The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.
Collections of systematically acquired and organized information resources, and usually providing assistance to users. (ERIC Thesaurus, http://www.eric.ed.gov/ accessed 2/1/2008)
Any aspect of the operations in the preparation, processing, transport, storage, packaging, wrapping, exposure for sale, service, or delivery of food.
Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.
The degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial.
Substances intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions. Included in this definition are skin creams, lotions, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, permanent waves, hair colors, toothpastes, and deodorants, as well as any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. (U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Office of Cosmetics Fact Sheet (web page) Feb 1995)
The attitude of a significant portion of a population toward any given proposition, based upon a measurable amount of factual evidence, and involving some degree of reflection, analysis, and reasoning.
Refusal to take part in activities or procedures that are requested or expected of an individual. This may include refusal by HEALTH PERSONNEL to participate in specific medical procedures or refusal by PATIENTS or members of the public to take part in clinical trials or health promotion programs.
The industry concerned with processing, preparing, preserving, distributing, and serving of foods and beverages.
Functions, equipment, and facilities concerned with the preparation and distribution of ready-to-eat food.
The teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs.
The circulation or wide dispersal of information.
The smallest continent and an independent country, comprising six states and two territories. Its capital is Canberra.
Health insurance plans intended to reduce unnecessary health care costs through a variety of mechanisms, including: economic incentives for physicians and patients to select less costly forms of care; programs for reviewing the medical necessity of specific services; increased beneficiary cost sharing; controls on inpatient admissions and lengths of stay; the establishment of cost-sharing incentives for outpatient surgery; selective contracting with health care providers; and the intensive management of high-cost health care cases. The programs may be provided in a variety of settings, such as HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS and PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS.
A cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States Government concerned with improving and maintaining farm income and developing and expanding markets for agricultural products. Through inspection and grading services it safeguards and insures standards of quality in food supply and production.
Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.
The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, or eating.
Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for processed and raw foods and beverages. It includes packaging intended to be used for storage and also used for preparation of foods such as microwave food containers versus COOKING AND EATING UTENSILS. Packaging materials may be intended for food contact or designated non-contact, for example, shipping containers. FOOD LABELING is also available.
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.
The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)
Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.
Any substances taken in by the body that provide nourishment.
Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact.
The seeking and acceptance by patients of health service.
The presence in food of harmful, unpalatable, or otherwise objectionable foreign substances, e.g. chemicals, microorganisms or diluents, before, during, or after processing or storage.
Health insurance plans for employees, and generally including their dependents, usually on a cost-sharing basis with the employer paying a percentage of the premium.
Decisions, usually developed by government policymakers, for determining present and future objectives pertaining to the health care system.
Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.
Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work.
Economic sector concerned with the provision, distribution, and consumption of health care services and related products.
The interaction of two or more persons or organizations directed toward a common goal which is mutually beneficial. An act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit, i.e., joint action. (From Random House Dictionary Unabridged, 2d ed)
Exercise of governmental authority to control conduct.
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)
Confidence in or reliance on a person or thing.
Laws and regulations concerned with industrial processing and marketing of foods.
The art or practice of preparing food. It includes the preparation of special foods for diets in various diseases.
The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.
Research that involves the application of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to medicine.
The effort of two or more parties to secure the business of a third party by offering, usually under fair or equitable rules of business practice, the most favorable terms.
The selection of one food over another.
Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.
Individual's rights to obtain and use information collected or generated by others.
A shared service which combines the purchasing power of individual organizations or facilities in order to obtain lower prices for equipment and supplies. (From Health Care Terms, 2nd ed)
The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.
Services providing pharmaceutic and therapeutic drug information and consultation.
Country located in EUROPE. It is bordered by the NORTH SEA, BELGIUM, and GERMANY. Constituent areas are Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, formerly included in the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.
Arrangements negotiated between a third-party payer (often a self-insured company or union trust fund) and a group of health-care providers (hospitals and physicians) who furnish services at lower than usual fees, and, in return, receive prompt payment and an expectation of an increased volume of patients.
Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.
The process by which decisions are made in an institution or other organization.
Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc.
Innovation and improvement of the health care system by reappraisal, amendment of services, and removal of faults and abuses in providing and distributing health services to patients. It includes a re-alignment of health services and health insurance to maximum demographic elements (the unemployed, indigent, uninsured, elderly, inner cities, rural areas) with reference to coverage, hospitalization, pricing and cost containment, insurers' and employers' costs, pre-existing medical conditions, prescribed drugs, equipment, and services.
A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.
Formal relationships established between otherwise independent organizations. These include affiliation agreements, interlocking boards, common controls, hospital medical school affiliations, etc.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XIX, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, administered by the states, that provides health care benefits to indigent and medically indigent persons.
Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal.
An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be.
That segment of commercial enterprise devoted to the design, development, and manufacture of chemical products for use in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, disability, or other dysfunction, or to improve function.
Equipment required for engaging in a sport (such as balls, bats, rackets, skis, skates, ropes, weights) and devices for the protection of athletes during their performance (such as masks, gloves, mouth pieces).
Self-directing freedom and especially moral independence. An ethical principle holds that the autonomy of persons ought to be respected. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations.
Liquids that are suitable for drinking. (From Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed)
Insurance providing coverage of medical, surgical, or hospital care in general or for which there is no specific heading.
The obligations and accountability assumed in carrying out actions or ideas on behalf of others.
Longitudinal patient-maintained records of individual health history and tools that allow individual control of access.
The ability to detect chemicals through gustatory receptors in the mouth, including those on the TONGUE; the PALATE; the PHARYNX; and the EPIGLOTTIS.
Statistical models which describe the relationship between a qualitative dependent variable (that is, one which can take only certain discrete values, such as the presence or absence of a disease) and an independent variable. A common application is in epidemiology for estimating an individual's risk (probability of a disease) as a function of a given risk factor.
Activities and programs intended to assure or improve the quality of care in either a defined medical setting or a program. The concept includes the assessment or evaluation of the quality of care; identification of problems or shortcomings in the delivery of care; designing activities to overcome these deficiencies; and follow-up monitoring to ensure effectiveness of corrective steps.
Planning that has the goals of improving health, improving accessibility to health services, and promoting efficiency in the provision of services and resources on a comprehensive basis for a whole community. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988, p299)
Use of written, printed, or graphic materials upon or accompanying a product or its container or wrapper. It includes purpose, effect, description, directions, hazards, warnings, and other relevant information.
Substances or materials used in the course of housekeeping or personal routine.
The interactions between physician and patient.
Guidelines and objectives pertaining to food supply and nutrition including recommendations for healthy diet.
Descriptions and evaluations of specific health care organizations.
Voluntary use of free time for activities outside the daily routine.
The exertion of a strong influence or control over others in a variety of settings--administrative, social, academic, etc.
The decision process by which individuals, groups or institutions establish policies pertaining to plans, programs or procedures.
The productive enterprises concerned with food processing.
Organizations which provide an environment encouraging social interactions through group activities or individual relationships especially for the purpose of rehabilitating or supporting patients, individuals with common health problems, or the elderly. They include therapeutic social clubs.
The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.
A systematic statement of policy rules or principles. Guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by convening expert panels. The text may be cursive or in outline form but is generally a comprehensive guide to problems and approaches in any field of activity. For guidelines in the field of health care and clinical medicine, PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC is available.
Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community.

'Should a mammographic screening programme carry the warning: screening can damage your health!'? (1/1276)

The balanced presentation afforded by convening a Citizens' Jury when considering a major question such as the introduction of a breast screening programme is advocated. This method would enable account to be taken of all the costs, both human and financial, to all those affected, both participating and organizing, as well as the benefits. Provision of such a democratic opportunity enables consideration to be given to a broad range of factors, by selection of an appropriate range of witnesses, with the advantage of involving the lay public in this decision-making process. Attendance by health correspondents, medical journalists and other media representatives enables publicization of a democracy in action whilst helping to inform the wider debate. Such an exercise could inform whether the NHS BSP should continue in its current form.  (+info)

Diarrhoea prevention in Bolivia through point-of-use water treatment and safe storage: a promising new strategy. (2/1276)

A novel water quality intervention that consists of point-of-use water disinfection, safe storage and community education was field tested in Bolivia. A total of 127 households in two periurban communities were randomized into intervention and control groups, surveyed and the intervention was distributed. Monthly water quality testing and weekly diarrhoea surveillance were conducted. Over a 5-month period, intervention households had 44% fewer diarrhoea episodes than control households (P = 0.002). Infants < 1 year old (P = 0.05) and children 5-14 years old (P = 0.01) in intervention households had significantly less diarrhoea than control children. Campylobacter was less commonly isolated from intervention than control patients (P = 0.02). Stored water in intervention households was less contaminated with Escherichia coli than stored water in control households (P < 0.0001). Intervention households exhibited less E. coli contamination of stored water and less diarrhoea than control households. This promising new strategy may have broad applicability for waterborne disease prevention.  (+info)

Effect of discussion and deliberation on the public's views of priority setting in health care: focus group study. (3/1276)

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the extent to which people change their views about priority setting in health care as a result of discussion and deliberation. DESIGN: A random sample of patients from two urban general practices was invited to attend two focus group meetings, a fortnight apart. SETTING: North Yorkshire Health Authority. SUBJECTS: 60 randomly chosen patients meeting in 10 groups of five to seven people. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Differences between people's views at the start of the first meeting and at the end of the second meeting, after they have had an opportunity for discussion and deliberation, measured by questionnaires at the start of the first meeting and the end of the second meeting. RESULTS: Respondents became more reticent about the role that their views should play in determining priorities and more sympathetic to the role that healthcare managers play. About a half of respondents initially wanted to give lower priority to smokers, heavy drinkers, and illegal drug users, but after discussion many no longer wished to discriminate against these people. CONCLUSION: The public's views about setting priorities in health care are systematically different when they have been given an opportunity to discuss the issues. If the considered opinions of the general public are required, surveys that do not allow respondents time or opportunity for reflection may be of doubtful value.  (+info)

The dangers of managerial perversion: quality assurance in primary health care. (4/1276)

The promotion of primary health care (PHC) at the Alma Ata conference has been followed by a variety of managerial initiatives in support of the development of PHC. One of the more promising vehicles has been the implementation of quality assurance mechanisms. This paper reviews recent examples of this genre and argues that the thrust of both primary health care and quality assurance are in danger of being distorted by a rather antiquated approach to management.  (+info)

Primary health care, community participation and community-financing: experiences of two middle hill villages in Nepal. (5/1276)

Although community involvement in health related activities is generally acknowledged by international and national health planners to be the key to the successful organization of primary health care, comparatively little is known about its potential and limitations. Drawing on the experiences of two middle hill villages in Nepal, this paper reports on research undertaken to compare and contrast the scope and extent of community participation in the delivery of primary health care in a community run and financed health post and a state run and financed health post. Unlike many other health posts in Nepal these facilities do provide effective curative services, and neither of them suffer from chronic shortage of drugs. However, community-financing did not appear to widen the scope and the extent of participation. Villagers in both communities relied on the health post for the treatment of less than one-third of symptoms, and despite the planners' intentions, community involvement outside participation in benefits was found to be very limited.  (+info)

Reducing the burden of coronary heart disease: health promotion, its effectiveness and cost. (6/1276)

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of five key areas identified in the Health of the Nation white paper produced by the Department of Health in 1992. The main CHD targets are to reduce death rates from CHD by at least 40% in people below 65 and 30% in those between 65 and 74 by the year 2000, respectively. Improvements in treatment and rehabilitation are expected to contribute to reducing the burden of CHD; however, in the long term, prevention is believed to hold the greatest potential. CHD health promotion therefore has a big role to play in securing the Health of the Nation targets. In contrast to treatment interventions, however, little is known about the effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of health promotion. The purpose of this article is two-fold. Its main aim is to illustrate the potential of health promotion in reducing the health burden of CHD to the turn of the century and beyond for a representative health purchaser. This is achieved with the use of an epidemiological model, Prevent, developed in the Netherlands to simulate the health outcomes associated with health promotion and prevention. A subsidiary aim is to present tentative information about the relative costs associated with different health promotion options.  (+info)

Exploring self-care and wellness: a model for pharmacist compensation by managed care organizations. (7/1276)

Self-care and wellness are rapidly becoming mainstays of practice for many pharmacists. Consumer confidence and trust in pharmacists provides continuing opportunities for pharmacists to create products and services to satisfy consumer demands related to disease prevention and healthcare delivery. We outline two pharmacy wellness programs designed to meet consumer needs, and offer them as models for pharmacists. Issues related to the program and extent of involvement by pharmacists are raised, including the role of the pharmacists in behavior modification efforts; selecting areas of focus (e.g., smoking cessation); working with physicians for referrals; enlightening community business leaders and managed care organizations to the economic benefits of the program; and developing strategies for fair purchase of services to achieve program goals and provide adequate compensation in return.  (+info)

Do local inhabitants want to participate in community injury prevention?: a focus on the significance of local identities for community participation. (8/1276)

During the 1980s the community became the object of new interest and enthusiasm among many health promotion practitioners and researchers, and the principle of community participation was put on the research agenda. However, recent evaluations of major community health promotion programs have questioned the value of community interventions. This paper argues that the community level need not be of less importance in future health promotion initiatives. It is discussed whether the cultural dimension and the significance of local identities, neglected in most community health promotion programs, should receive more attention when local inhabitants are invited to participate in health promotion or disease prevention activities. Results from a study of injury prevention projects in small Norwegian municipalities indicate that the inhabitants' identification with local spatial subarenas might play an important role when they decide to become involved in injury prevention. Contemporary sociological approaches to the community, focusing on developments of local identities in processes of globalization, have formed a theoretical frame of reference in this study.  (+info)

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The State regulated the amount of participation in these markets but prices were allowed to float. This floating caused the ... By granting all citizens access to a larger variety of consumer goods, views of consumer goods shifted from representative of ... Consumer goods in the Soviet Union were usually produced by a two-category industry. Group A was "heavy industry", which ... Group B was "consumer goods", final goods used for consumption, which included food, clothing and shoes, housing, and such ...
"Consumer's Response to Participation and Customization in Food Services: A Cultural Perspective." Journal of Hospitality ... "The Craft Consumer". Journal of Consumer Culture 5.1 (2005). Print. Inda, Jonathan Xavier. "Introduction: A World in Motion." ... Campbell argues that consumers do this in an attempt to create or maintain their lifestyle or to construct their identity. ... According to Campbell in his piece "The Craft Consumer", this is done by selecting goods with specific intentions in mind to ...
Women's participation in charity bazaars showed their civic virtue. The charity bazaar was a forerunner to the department store ... Box social Jumble sale Whitlock, Tammy C. (2016). Crime, Gender and Consumer Culture in Nineteenth-Century England. Routledge. ... Charity bazaars contributed to developing consumer culture and its association with women. Today, international charity bazaars ...
Cornwall, A.(2002) Beneficiary, Consumer, Citizen: Perspectives on Participation for Poverty Reduction. Sida Studies, p. 21. ... Community participation is also thought to increase the efficiency of development projects. Participation can also contribute ... Participation at this stage increases commitment, relevance and sustainability. Evaluation Stage participation ensures that the ... Consumer, Citizen: Perspectives on Participation for Poverty Reduction. Sida Studies, p. 11. Mohan, G. (2008). Participatory ...
Chaney, D. (2012). The Music Industry in the Digital Age: Consumer Participation in Value Creation. International Journal of ... In the traditional view, the goal is to extract value money from consumers in the form of money, while in the consumer-centric ... In the traditional view, the consumer is not part of the value creation process, while in the consumer-centric view the ... Holbrook, M.B. (June 1987). "What Is Consumer Research?". Journal of Consumer Research. Volume 14, Number 1. pp. 128-132. Howe ...
In the United States, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is tasked with overseeing the protection of consumers' digital privacy ... An Overview of Surveillance Theories from the Panopticon to Participation". Philosophy & Technology. 30 (1): 9-37. doi:10.1007/ ... While state legislation varies in the strength of their protections, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) of 2018 ... provides California consumers with the right to access data, know and delete personal information collected by businesses, opt- ...
Grafstein is well known for his participation in the community and his key role in the organization of events such as "Canada ... and later as special advisor to the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs during its founding period. From 1974 to 1986 ... Mitigating the Effects of Demographic Change in Canada Consumer Protection in the Financial Services Sector: The Unfinished ...
Later amendments to ERISA require an employer who withdraws from participation in a multiemployer pension plan with ... Many consumer and health care advocates have called for a "restoration of the freedom of contract enforcement," to the 75% of ...
Business and consumer confidence in New Zealand plummeted as dozens of finance companies collapsed. To try and stop a flight of ... The electricity market is regulated by the Electricity Industry Participation Code administered by the Electricity Authority ( ... New Zealanders see themselves as first-world consumers with first-world tastes and habits - mitigated only slightly by the ... petrol and rents pushed the consumer price index up 1.4 per cent between October and December 2021. Statistics NZ also recorded ...
The Consumer Electronics Association estimates that Christmas gifts in 2015 in the United States will include 700,000 new UAVs ... of the United Arab Emirates Air Force to the anti-Islamic State coalition's air campaign after it had suspended participation ...
Participation in Peacekeeping "ISAF-Phoenix" in Afghanistan from May to December 2010. Participation of individuals within the ... The contribution of the Republic of Macedonia to the EU operation Althea has confirmed its progress from a consumer of the ... In 2008, participation in the Iraqi Freedom Mission was increased by an additional platoon. A total of 11 rotations were ... As a result of the successful execution of the mission and the high marks received for participation in ISAF, from August 2004 ...
This recognition is for contributions to the IPPS through participation, service, leadership, research, teaching or extension ... a way for each part of the supply chain to add value and introducing new varieties has made gardening easier for consumers." ...
Thompson CJ (2005). "Consumer Risk Perceptions in a Community of Reflexive Doubt". Journal of Consumer Research. 32 (2): 235-48 ... or by companions of the woman's choice from her social network.There is increasing evidence to show that the participation of ...
Another assessment published in 2017 found no evidence of cash transfers recipients reduced their participation the labor force ... 6, #1. Mostafavi-Dehzooei, Mohammad H.; Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad (2017). "Consumer Subsidies in the Islamic Republic of Iran: ...
2013 Survey of Unemployment Compensation Prepaid Cards ©National Consumer Law Center Not all unemployed people get unemployment ... and payout amounts have led to very different participation rates across the country. Immediately before the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Dutch coffee shops are allowed to sell small amounts of cannabis to consumers. However, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and ... of participation in any phase of the narcotics trade and of a specific authorization (import and export authorization) of each ... ntentional participation in, conspiracy to commit and attempts to commit, any of such offences, and preparatory acts and ...
5 October - BBC Radio 4 first broadcasts consumer affairs magazine programme You and Yours; it would still be running forty ... ISBN 978-1-4456-4416-5. Participation, Expert. "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970". legislation.gov.uk. "British ...
His current work focuses especially on the study of user participation in social media spaces such as Twitter in the context of ... a strict producer/consumer dichotomy no longer applies - instead, users are almost always also able to be producers of content ...
Catt was also a member of Pi Beta Phi, started an all girls' debate club, and advocated for women's participation in military ... Finnegan, Margaret Mary (1999). Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture and Votes for Women. New York: Columbia University Press. p ... This started a discussion about women's participation in the group and ultimately led to women gaining the right to speak in ... According to historian Roslyn Terborg-Penn, "...Black female participation in the elective process during 1920 was extensive ...
It marked a new era of resistance by African-American veterans and others following their participation in World War II, which ... Other products manufactured in Middle Tennessee include processed foods, consumer electronics, electrical equipment, computer ...
Because they do not offer consumer loans or checking accounts, the banks are considered wholesale banks. Both banks purchase ... residential first liens and commercial real estate-secured loans in order to fund commercial loans and participations in loans ...
We find evidence for positive impacts on dwelling quality in adulthood and modest evidence of impacts on ownership of consumer ... principally from inducing higher future labor market participation. ...
It could increase voter awareness, which could lead to an increase in citizen participation in elections. It is convenient and ... The primary delivery models of e-government can be divided into: Government-to-citizen or government-to-consumer (G2C) ... One goal of some e-government initiatives is greater citizen participation. Through the Internet's Web 2.0 interactive features ... governance, e.g.: To enable the citizen transition from passive information access to active citizen participation by: ...
This privatization orchestrated by Klaus and barring participation of foreign Western capital, ended a period of discontinuity ... the merger with Veritas and other manufacturers of consumer goods made of rubber from the whole of then socialist ...
... would be more widely emulated by consumers. At warmup tournaments in Abu Dhabi and Doha, Nadal played matches in a polo shirt ... these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. Current through the ...
... media reports and testing of consumer programs to check if they match with their actions. Since the Guide was released in 2006 ... the MobLab spun out of Greenpeace through a joint investment by Greenpeace and CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation ... "We urge Greenpeace and its supporters to re-examine the experience of farmers and consumers worldwide with crops and foods ...
These may serve the economic interests of mass consumers by introducing new products and more efficient methods of mass ... convicted of felony offenses in the United States Multinational Monitor Operation Car Wash Private sector participation in Nazi ...
Advances in Consumer Research, Volume 2. Vol. NA-02. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Association for Consumer Research. pp. 21-32. ... and superiors may not ask for broad participation in the decision-making process. Higher PDI cultures usually adopt an ... Cummings, William H. & Venkatesan, M. (1976). "Cognitive Dissonance and Consumer Behavior: A Review of the Evidence". Journal ... republished from Cummings, William H. & Venkatesan, M. (1975). "Cognitive Dissonance and Consumer Behavior: A Review of the ...
... but the EU stated that it would attend under the precondition that Ukraine's participation was ensured. Ukraine agreed and was ... discount for 2009 gas supplies on condition that the tariff for transporting Russian gas to European consumers through Ukraine ... deliveries be fully restored because the system had been partially reconfigured to work in reverse in order to supply consumers ...
CMS official web site Medicaid information Healthcare information for consumers Insurance information for consumers Social ... State participation in Medicaid is voluntary; however, all states have participated since 1982 when Arizona formed its Arizona ... This disparity has been linked to lower provider rates of participation in Medicaid programs vs Medicare or commercial ... Gehshan S, Hauck P, and Scales J. Increasing dentists' participation in Medicaid and SCHIP. Washington, DC: National Conference ...
... all belonging to the power company Consumers Energy: Mio Dam Alcona Dam Loud Dam Five Channels Dam Cooke Dam Foote Dam The ... to those professional members of the Michigan Canoe Racing Association who were once active in the promotion and participation ...
Consumers have to pay 30 percent of their income every month as rent. Rather than have a homeless person remain in an emergency ... "client-driven strategy that provides immediate access to an apartment without requiring initial participation in psychiatric ... Tsemberis, Sam; Gulcur, Leyla; Nakae, Maria (2004). "Housing First, Consumer Choice, and Harm Reduction for Homeless ...
Glaser, M, Baitoningsih, W, Ferse, SCA, Neil, M & Deswandi, R (2010) "Whose sustainability? Top-down participation and emergent ... Conferees recommended initiatives to encourage consumer understanding that cultured ornamentals are a more sustainable and ' ...
... through participation in this Humanitarian project. During the summer of 2010, when open fires raged across Russia, causing ... using digital social networks to disseminate its appeal to the moral responsibility of the viewer-consumers who are able to ...
Consumers -- Final Report RSA Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Program RSA Monitoring of the ... be excluded from the participation, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity ...
... the Federal Trade Commission voted to make significant changes to enhance public participation the agencys rulemaking, a ... The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. You can learn more about consumer ... FTC Refunds to Consumers. Explore refund statistics including where refunds were sent and the dollar amounts refunded with this ... Learn more about your rights as a consumer and how to spot and avoid scams. Find the resources you need to understand how ...
179 consumers completed interviews assessing their knowledge of the consumer participation activities available at the service ... a critical part of any meaningful consumer participation initiative must include systems to ensure that consumers know about ... Findings show that consumer participation activities are not uncommon in drug treatment services, although the existing ... The paper also reveals the considerable lack of knowledge that consumers have about the participation activities available to ...
Consumer Participation. On March 1, 2020, a new bag waste reduction law took effect in New York State - where over 23 billion ... Plastic Bag and Film Plastics Recycling for Consumers - Consumers will be able to recycle plastic carryout bags at certain ... Consumers with price gouging concerns should contact the NYS Division of Consumer Protection (leaves DEC website). ... As a consumer, you can help and #BYOBagNY (leaves DEC website) - Bring Your Own Bag. Keep reusable bags in your car, or clip ...
Republican AGs Probe Insurers Participation in Industry Climate Groups. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/26/2023. ...
Mutistakeholder participation is key: seat local communities, farmers and consumers around the table! ... Empowered consumers can be game-changers for rights-based and sustainable agrifood systems.. ...
Consumer Health Informatics: Devoted to informatics focusing on multiple consumer or patient views. These include patient- ... studies and implements methods for making information accessible to consumers; and models and integrates consumers preferences ... AMIA 2020 Annual Symposium Call for Participation We invite you to contribute your best work for presentation at the AMIA 2020 ... Consumer informatics stands at the crossroads of other disciplines, such as nursing informatics, public health, health ...
Consumer Survey A total of 1,635 women completed the survey (participation rate: 45%); the majority (79%) were non-Hispanic ... Public health agencies should provide information about genetic tests to educate consumers and providers and protect consumers ... surveyed consumers and providers. This report summarizes results of those surveys, which indicated that consumer and provider ... Findings from the consumer survey suggest that women in the pilot cities were more aware of BRCA1/2 testing than those in the ...
Findings from the quarterly telephone survey: Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to September 2021. ... consumers and local authorities. ... Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year ... In year to September 2021, overall participation in any gambling activity (in the last four weeks) has remained stable at 42%. ... In year to September 2021, the online gambling participation rate is 25% (an increase of 2 percentage points on year to ...
Access, Participation & Success. HEPI have published The white elephant in the room: ideas for reducing racial inequality in HE ... Tags: admissions APPGs Brexit consumer protection contract cheating COVID-19 disadvantage diversity Doctoral Students EU ... Consumer law: "The provider is expected to submit a short self-assessment, describing how, in developing its policies and ... grants Office for Students OFS schools consultation student finance students as consumers tuition fees widening participation ...
Popular participation programme : production, equality and participation in rural China, reflections on a field trip in ... Participation in cultural activities : three case-studies. by Unesco.. Material type: Text; Format: print Publication details: ... Series: UNRISD participation monograph ; 82.1Material type: Text; Format: print Publication details: Geneva : United Nations ... The critical villager : beyond community participation / Eric Dudley. by Dudley, Eric.. Material type: Text; Format: print ...
Consumer Participation is Welcomed. The development of a voluntary standard requires consumer input. Achieving a balanced ... and consumer groups together to agree on best consumer product safety practices. Read more about what this may mean for ... If you are a consumer and you want to contribute to a voluntary standard or hear more about the development of an individual ... Letter to CPSC of Revised Standard ASTM F2050-19, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Hand-Held Infant Carriers. ...
Spectrum of Public Participation. Involve Total Number of Participants. 36. Open to All or Limited to Some?. Limited to Only ... Spectrum of Public Participation. Involve Total Number of Participants. 36. Open to All or Limited to Some?. Limited to Only ... Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services Reference Panel on the Condominium Act. * Remove Bookmark Add Bookmark ... The Minister of Consumer Servicses opened the Residents Panel by welcoming members, thanking them for their considerable ...
Section 701.22 of NCUAs regulations discusses loan participations. Section 701.22(b) states: ... Recently Ive received a couple questions regarding participation loans, so I figured it would be a good idea to compose a blog ... Categories: Consumer Lending Can Credit Unions Purchase Participation Loans? Happy Wednesday, Compliance Friends! It was nice ... Identify specific loan participations being purchased.. *The originating lenders interest that they will retain in the ...
Lessons Learned and Identified Strategies that Enhance the Participation of HIV/AIDS Affected Households into Productive ... Consumer Protection. *Disaster Risk Reduction. *Economic Strengthening and Recovery. *Financial Inclusion. *Food Security ...
... Rev. bras. crescimento desenvolv ... Keywords : health communication; consumer participation; delivery of health care; Health services administration; social ... consumer participation in health services. DISCUSSION: from the management models adopted, there is a tendency to exercise a ... as a mechanism for expansion of consumer participation and control process in the context of delivery health care. METHOD: ...
Consumer Engagement. *Call for Participation in the Automate Blue Button Initiative: Enhancing Consumer Access to Health ... Consumer Engagement Call for Participation in the Automate Blue Button Initiative: Enhancing Consumer Access to Health ... This will ensure that consumers have the most current, up-to-date information about their health at their fingertips whenever ... consumer advocates, providers, payers, technology developers, and policymakers toward a common goal of empowering patients to ...
Kursen Co-creation and public participation in science. Vetenskapen förväntas ta itu med lömska problem och globala utmaningar ... Tackling Biases and Bubbles in Participation (BIBU), finansieras av Finlands Akademis råd för strategisk forskning. Projektet ... Rask, M, Worthington, R and Lammi, M (2012). Citizen Participation in Global Environmental Governance. Earthscan/ Routledge, ... Public Participation, Science and Society: Tools for Dynamic and Responsible Governance of Research and Innovation. Routledge, ...
... and meaningful consumer participation in, standards-setting activities, and to assure due process in setting of standards; ... Therefore, public and consumer ownership of utilities, consumer representation on utility regulatory agencies (see Consumer ... c. Consumer rights if a financial institution fails.. 8. Consumers of financial services and products should have access to the ... 3. Offer consumers more choices and better products or services;. 4. Have a beneficial impact on consumer prices for products ...
The new design will include several performance-based incentives to improve respondent participation. There are no incentives ... U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Surveys PSB Suite 3985 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington, DC 20212-0001 ... Gemini Project to Redesign the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Comparison to Current Design. The new design will still collect ...
Consumer Participation: BreastScreen ACT. *Innovative Models of Care: Maternity Service, Centenary Hospital for Women and ... consumer participation, innovative models of care, safety and systems support.. Minister for Health Meegan Fitzharris attended ...
Participation in ACAs online community, The Hub. Members-only website content. *Professional development and training ... Statement on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus release of Supplemental NPRM on Collecting Time-Barred Debt. ... Such a safe-harbor disclosure would be appropriate because it would ensure that the collector adequately warns the consumer ... regarding the possibility of a lawsuit on late-stage debt and that the consumer may have certain legal defenses to such ...
Participation in Consumer Credit Markets. *Percentage of population with credit card account, by age ... The New York Fed works to protect consumers as well as provides information and resources on how to avoid and report specific ...
Consumer Links Request Your MIBs Underwriting Service Consumer File * How to Dispute Your MIBs Underwriting Service Consumer ... In certain states, insurer participation in such policy locator services may be voluntary (where specified). National ... Can Medical Identity Theft Impact Your MIBs Underwriting Service Consumer File? * ... https://www.dfs.ny.gov/consumers/life_insurance/lost_policy_finder. North Carolina:. https://www.ncdoi.gov/consumers/life- ...
Medical Board Bill Needs Additional Patient Rights to Mandate Disclosure and Participation, Yet Includes Provisions That Will ... But one consumer advocate raised questions about the fundraiser. John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer ... KNBC - LA, CA; Consumer Watchdogs Liza Tucker On New Concerns With Santa Susana Field Lab Clean Up ... Providing an effective voice for American consumers in an era when special interests dominate public discourse, government and ...
Protect the rights of consumers. The bill would establish State and Tribal ombudsman programs to educate individuals on their ... Improve mental health provider network participation. The bill would require federal agencies to establish a standard for ...
Her focus areas are just economies, democratic participation and gender justice. Beverly currently serves as associate fellow ... The American consumer doesnt care as long as its cheap. But no matter what us farmers plant, the consumers got to change the ... "The Consumers Got to Change the System": Farmer Ben Burkett on Racism and Corporate Control of Agriculture. We struggle every ...
... comments on a proposal and supporting documents for a new ISO standard on guidelines for organizations to increase consumer ... CONSUMERS: GET SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATION IN STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ANSIs Consumer Participation Fund, supported by ... provides reimbursement to consumers for eligible standards development participation expenses.. ... "It is vital that the consumer voice is heard in the development of a standard about online terms and conditions (T&Cs) as there ...
American participation, to date, has been painfully inadequate. Since no other force in the world is capable of leading the way ... Will this part of the world grow, proper and become an important producer and consumer in the 21st century? Or, will this ... However, from a practical point of view, commercial and consumer relationships being forged and built today will determine the ... They comprise one of the largest potential consumer groups in the world. ...
Dietary Guidelines Professional and Consumer Resources Now Available in Spanish. Many of the professional and consumer ... Looking for Printable Tools to Educate People About Research and Research Participation?. The Office for Human Research ... They offer a framework for what potential volunteers should think about before deciding about their participation. ...
  • Many of the professional and consumer resources for the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020‒2025 are now available in Spanish. (nih.gov)
  • The critical villager : beyond community participation / Eric Dudley. (who.int)
  • Community participation in nutrition education : a training manual / compiled by Paz Concepci'on Lutz. (who.int)
  • Our mission is protecting consumers and competition by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices through law enforcement, advocacy, and education without unduly burdening legitimate business activity. (ftc.gov)
  • The following are the official policy statements, adopted by the Board of Directors, the governing body of the National Consumers League, which guide the advocacy work of the organization. (nclnet.org)
  • Per the blog, "[t]he regulation would allow a credit union to purchase a loan participation only if the loans were ones the credit union was empowered to grant, which would restrict the loans to the NCUA maturity limits. (nafcu.org)
  • Mr. Chairman and Members, Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today at this hearing "The Regulation of Dietary Supplements: A Review of Consumer Safeguards", representing the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (nih.gov)
  • Through collaboration with voluntary standard organizations (like ANSI, ASTM, CSA, UL, and others) safety standards are developed for consumer products. (cpsc.gov)
  • Co-creation is an approach for developing new value and solutions to societal challenges through collaborations among public and private organizations, consumers and citizens. (helsinki.fi)
  • 10. Government agencies that have oversight concerning telecommunications issues should provide consumers with the opportunity to participate in agency proceedings and should reach out to NCL and other consumer organizations to solicit their input. (nclnet.org)
  • Achieving a balanced perspective on a committee is often a challenge because consumer participants are difficult to recruit. (cpsc.gov)
  • The core set of the FCBS module collects information on dietary-related consumer behavior in participants' families. (cdc.gov)
  • To assess the impact of the campaign on consumer behaviors and health-care provider practices, CDC and the respective state health departments for the pilot cities and two comparison cities (Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and Seattle, Washington) surveyed consumers and providers. (cdc.gov)
  • The Consumer Behavior questionnaire (variable name prefix CBQ) section provides interview data on food expenditures at the family level. (cdc.gov)
  • As a starting point, a critical part of any meaningful consumer participation initiative must include systems to ensure that consumers know about available opportunities. (edu.au)
  • Consumer participation in decision making about service planning is common in certain areas of health service provision in Australia but is thought to be largely underdeveloped in drug treatment services. (edu.au)
  • Findings show that consumer participation activities are not uncommon in drug treatment services, although the existing activities are largely concerned with providing information to or receiving information from consumers. (edu.au)
  • study with descriptive exploratory design and qualitative approach based on interviews with managers of counties analyzed under four themes: (1) CR environment and popular use, (2) CR as space communication and health education , (3) design on the model of health care, (4) consumer participation in health services. (bvsalud.org)
  • A 36-member reference panel commissioned by the Ontario Ministry of Consumer services to create recommendations on an update to the 2001 Condominium Act. (participedia.net)
  • The Ontario Government's Ministry of Consumer Services decided to convene a Citizen Reference Panel in 2012 as part of their comprehensive review of the 2001 Condominium Act. (participedia.net)
  • But the Ministry of Consumer Services, when tasked to undertake this review, recognized that a traditional approach might fall short of meeting the current and future needs of Ontario. (participedia.net)
  • By engaging the voices of residents, owners, and landlords who live and invest in Ontario's condominiums, as well as the stakeholders who build, manage, and support condominiums, the Ministry of Consumer Services believed it would arrive at better-informed legislative review. (participedia.net)
  • Telecommunications services are essential to the welfare of all consumers. (nclnet.org)
  • Consumers now have a wide array of services and a growing number of providers. (nclnet.org)
  • The Internet has also transformed the communications industry, offering information and communications services to consumers, especially those with broadband access to this technology. (nclnet.org)
  • 1. Competition in telecommunications markets should provide consumers with greater choice, better prices, and innovative services. (nclnet.org)
  • 3. Competition should result in the widespread availability of telecommunications services that enhance the lives of all consumers. (nclnet.org)
  • 4. Service quality is of primary concern to all consumers: telecommunications providers should be committed to the delivery of high quality services. (nclnet.org)
  • Consumers should have accurate information regarding the quality and reliability of their services. (nclnet.org)
  • 5. With the growing trend toward convergence of communications services, consumers must still have the opportunity to pick and choose among providers and select and pay for only the services that best meet their individual needs. (nclnet.org)
  • 7. As new technologies are developed, these services should be available to all consumers when technologically and economically feasible. (nclnet.org)
  • 13. Competition should produce companies that meet consumer demand for good quality products and services and that provide prompt customer service by ensuring a sufficient number of adequately trained employees. (nclnet.org)
  • The principles contained within the NCL policies on Consumer Protection, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Privacy are of great importance to consumers of telecommunications services and may overlap with some of the principles contained within this policy. (nclnet.org)
  • 1. Truth: Consumer protection laws and regulations at the federal, state, and local levels are needed to protect the public against fraud, deceit, and misrepresentation in the sale or advertisement of merchandise, including both goods and services, in the marketplace. (nclnet.org)
  • In certain states, insurer participation in such policy locator services may be voluntary (where specified). (mib.com)
  • Consumer members are eligible to request free captioning services from provider members in selected situations. (nih.gov)
  • At an open Commission meeting today, the Federal Trade Commission voted to make significant changes to enhance public participation the agency's rulemaking, a significant step to increase public participation and accountability around the work of the FTC. (ftc.gov)
  • This statistical release covers the quarterly gambling participation and problem gambling prevalence data for the year to September 2021. (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
  • Although DTC advertisements have been used to raise consumer awareness about pharmaceuticals ( 7 ), this was the first time an established genetic test was marketed to the public. (cdc.gov)
  • You are about to leave the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) public website. (cpsc.gov)
  • I kursen Co-creation and public participation in science (SOSM-SL323) som ordnades våren 2019 diskuterades vetenskapens roll i samhället, och deltagarna gjorde praktiska grupparbeten om liknande utmaningar i en global kontext. (helsinki.fi)
  • There is a role for public policies to ensure that all consumers have equitable and affordable access to essential new communications technologies. (nclnet.org)
  • Providing an effective voice for American consumers in an era when special interests dominate public discourse, government and politics. (consumerwatchdog.org)
  • and adopt intersectoral collaboration, public-private partnerships and civil society participation in policy formulation and service delivery. (who.int)
  • Find the resources you need to understand how consumer protection law impacts your business. (ftc.gov)
  • Thus, while service providers are making efforts to engage consumers in service planning and provision (despite the general lack of State or Commonwealth policy directives and extra funding to do so) these appear ineffectual because of a lack of communication between providers and consumers. (edu.au)
  • Such a safe-harbor disclosure would be appropriate because it would ensure that the collector adequately warns the consumer about the consequences of nonpayment and it allows the collector and consumer to engage in legitimate communications about resolving the account. (acainternational.org)
  • at a minimum, the seller in a loan participation agreement must be an eligible organization. (nafcu.org)
  • Based on the above, a credit union has more freedom in selling a participation loan since NCUA has stated the purchasing organization is not even required to be an eligible organization. (nafcu.org)
  • While this evolving telecommunications market offers many benefits to consumers, it also raises increased concerns about universal service, costs, and service quality. (nclnet.org)
  • 11. Government has an ongoing obligation to monitor actively the telecommunications industry and to intervene to protect the interests of consumers when appropriate both by establishing rules that limit the likelihood of consumer harm and assuring redress when harm occurs. (nclnet.org)
  • Looking for Printable Tools to Educate People About Research and Research Participation? (nih.gov)
  • John Simpson of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said letting drug companies or stem-cell companies buy tickets at the event could create a potential conflict of interest if they later apply for the institute's stem-cell research grants. (consumerwatchdog.org)
  • prepare for a common multidisciplinary comprehensive CHI toolbox suggests that a larger, terminological and conceptual convergence by concerted effort to develop a similar product by exploring strategies to catalog formal tools and members of the relevant research communities could instruments used in consumer health-related research. (nih.gov)
  • We enforce federal competition and consumer protection laws that prevent anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices. (ftc.gov)
  • We work to advance government policies that protect consumers and promote competition. (ftc.gov)
  • The purchase complies with the purchasing federally insured credit union's internal written loan participation policy. (nafcu.org)
  • 6. A policy of open, non-discriminatory access to all communications networks is of critical importance and benefit to consumers. (nclnet.org)
  • Several state insurance departments and the National Association of Insurance Commisioners have Life Insurance Policy Finders that (at no cost) direct consumer inquiries to all life insurance companies that sell policies in that state. (mib.com)
  • The development of a voluntary standard requires consumer input. (cpsc.gov)
  • If you are a consumer and you want to contribute to a voluntary standard or hear more about the development of an individual standard, please contact the Consumer Ombudsman. (cpsc.gov)
  • and 2) determines how much consumers know about the existing opportunities for involvement. (edu.au)
  • Activities that include consumers in higher forms of involvement, such as those in which consumers share in decision-making, are largely uncommon. (edu.au)
  • This publication is primarily for anyone who has an involvement or interest in the gambling industry including government, licensed operators, trade bodies, international regulators, journalists, academic researchers, financial institutions, statisticians, consumers and local authorities. (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
  • Establish a limit of 15 percent or less on the aggregated amount of loan participations that may be purchased with respect to a single borrower, or group of associated borrowers. (nafcu.org)
  • Home Blogs & Publications Compliance Blog Can Credit Unions Purchase Participation Loans? (nafcu.org)
  • Recently I've received a couple questions regarding participation loans, so I figured it would be a good idea to compose a blog on the topic. (nafcu.org)
  • This NAFCU blog post also provides some helpful information regarding loan participations. (nafcu.org)
  • 179 consumers completed interviews assessing their knowledge of the consumer participation activities available at the service they attended. (edu.au)
  • The paper also reveals the considerable lack of knowledge that consumers have about the participation activities available to them, revealing a lack of communication between providers and consumers. (edu.au)
  • Participation in cultural activities : three case-studies. (who.int)
  • Despite the test's limited applicability in the general population, the U.S. provider of clinical BRCA1/2 testing (Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah) conducted a pilot direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing campaign in two cities (Atlanta, Georgia, and Denver, Colorado) during September 2002--February 2003. (cdc.gov)
  • In an era in which more genetic tests will be integrated into clinical practice, we can expect an increase in direct-to-consumer marketing for such tests. (nih.gov)
  • Direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests for cancer: buyer beware. (nih.gov)
  • Can Credit Unions Purchase Participation Loans? (nafcu.org)
  • There is an executed written loan participation agreement between the originating lender and the purchasing federally insured credit union. (nafcu.org)
  • Before the purchase of a participation interest, the borrower becomes a member of a participating credit union. (nafcu.org)
  • I hope this helps your credit union when looking into loan participations. (nafcu.org)
  • In many cases, these standards bring industry groups, government agencies, and consumer groups together to agree on best consumer product safety practices. (cpsc.gov)
  • The family food expenditures data are released in the present CBQ section, while the monthly income and family assets data are included in the Income (INQ) , and food program participation data are included in the Food Security (FSQ) sections. (cdc.gov)
  • to understand the perception of managers of health units on the use of community radio (CR) as a mechanism for expansion of consumer participation and control process in the context of delivery health care. (bvsalud.org)
  • This report summarizes results of those surveys, which indicated that consumer and provider awareness of BRCA1/2 testing increased in the pilot cities and that providers in these cities perceived an impact on their practice (e.g., more questions asked about testing, more BRCA1/2 tests requested, and more tests ordered). (cdc.gov)
  • The purpose of this FOA for CAHPS IV is to continue the work of the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems project (or CAHPS) which AHRQ began in 1995. (nih.gov)
  • Stay tuned for information on a meeting we're planning in Washington D.C. on September 10that will bring together diverse groups of patients, consumer advocates, providers, payers, technology developers, and policymakers toward a common goal of empowering patients to electronically access and use their health information to be better partners in their health. (healthit.gov)
  • During April 21--May 20, 2003, a 51-question consumer telephone survey was conducted by using randomly generated household telephone numbers. (cdc.gov)
  • Findings from the quarterly telephone survey: Statistics on participation and problem gambling for the year to September 2021. (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
  • Starting in 2007, a Flexible Consumer Behavior Survey (FCBS) module was added to NHANES. (cdc.gov)
  • Empowered consumers can be game-changers for rights-based and sustainable agrifood systems. (fao.org)
  • 2. Universal service is of fundamental importance to consumers. (nclnet.org)
  • This will ensure that consumers have the most current, up-to-date information about their health at their fingertips whenever they need it. (healthit.gov)
  • Read more about what this may mean for manufacturers, and how standards can be used to help lead towards the development safe consumer products. (cpsc.gov)
  • Participation of women in primary health care in Swaziland / by Jean Rutabanzibwa-Ngaiza. (who.int)
  • Approximately 1,600 women were targeted for participation. (cdc.gov)
  • For example, family monthly income and family assets, food expenditures, as well as family's participation on federal food assistance programs. (cdc.gov)
  • We intend to publish the next quarterly participation and prevalence statistics in February 2022. (gamblingcommission.gov.uk)
  • Mutistakeholder participation is key: seat local communities, farmers and consumers around the table! (fao.org)
  • Establish limits, by each loan type, on the amount of loan participations that may be purchased. (nafcu.org)
  • Additionally, NCUA proposed potential changes to the loan participation rule as can be read about here in this Regulatory Alert . (nafcu.org)
  • They offer a framework for what potential volunteers should think about before deciding about their participation. (nih.gov)
  • Dietary supplements are widely used by American consumers, often in combination with other lifestyle measures such as diet and physical activity, for their potential benefits in health promotion and disease prevention. (nih.gov)
  • however, perceived knowledge about testing did not differ between consumers in the pilot and comparison cities ( Table 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • COLDIGIT will adopt a broad view by empirically exploring various types of collective intelligence tools supported by technology (e.g., crowdsourcing, augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), serious games, e-democracy and e-participation), in three parallel streams of co-creation: i ) co-innovation and co-funding, ii) co-production of knowledge and iii) co-construction of policies and decisions. (helsinki.fi)
  • The originating lender maintains an interest in each of the participation loans. (nafcu.org)
  • The originating lender's interest that they will retain in the participation loan. (nafcu.org)
  • Section 701.22 of NCUA's regulations discusses loan participations. (nafcu.org)
  • Learn more about your rights as a consumer and how to spot and avoid scams. (ftc.gov)