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The last 30 years have seen a revolution in the provision of minimal access surgery for many conditions, and technological advances are increasing exponentially. Many instruments are superseded by improved versions before the NHS and publicly funded health services can offer widespread coverage. Although we tend to think of minimal access surgery as a modern concept, Parts I and II of this series have shown that there is a 5000-year history to this specialty and our predecessors laid down many principles which still apply today. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, minimal access surgery was driven forward by visionary individuals, often in the face of opposition from colleagues and the medical establishment. However, in the last 30 years, innovation has been driven more in partnerships between healthcare, scientific, financial, educational and charitable organisations. There are far too many individuals involved to detail every contribution here, but this third part of the series will concentrate on some of the important themes in the development of minimal access surgery to its current status.

Study Design: Survey study. Objective: Facial vascularized composite allotransplantation (FVCA) can cost over 1 million dollars per procedure and is usually not covered by insurance, yet this financial burden and public opinion surrounding this procedure are not well understood. This study is the first to evaluate the layperson’s opinions on the allocation of financial responsibility for FVCA and its inclusion in organ donation registries. Methods: Eight hundred and fifteen laypersons were surveyed through MTurk to assess their agreement with 11 statements about FVCA perceptions, funding, and inclusion on organ donation registries. Responses were analyzed with the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, the Kruskal-Wallis test, and the Dunn’s test. Results: The majority of respondents were supportive of FVCA in 10 out of 11 statements ( P < 0.0001). They would be willing to undergo FVCA if they suffered from facial disfigurement; believe FVCA is as important as other organ transplants; believe faces should be included on the organ donation registry; support insurance companies providing coverage for FVCA regardless of trauma etiology; support tax dollars funding the procedure; and believe FVCA improves physical appearance and quality of life. Although respondents generally supported their tax dollars funding the procedure, fewer supported this for self-inflicted trauma ( P > 0.01). Conclusions: This study highlights a disconnect between public preference for insurance coverage of FVCA and current lack of coverage in practice. Respondents’ acceptance of including faces in organ donation registries may help alleviate the issue of locating a donor, and increasing financial coverage may broaden this procedure’s accessibility to a wider range of individuals.

The covid-19 virus pandemic in Indonesia has been taking place since February 2020, which almost knocked out all sectors of the economy, industry, trade and human mentality. Data as of April 13, 2020 shows that the number of people in Indonesia contaminated with the covid-19 virus totals 4557 people, with the number of deaths of 399 people and patients cured reached 380 people (Source detik.com). From this data, the Government of Indonesia enacts and urges all people to stay at home or Stay at Home. With the program to stay at home, many people do all activities from home from work, study, worship done at home together with family. The implementation of staying at home from March 13, 2020 until now makes some people feel saturated, can't wait to stay at home so that many people are not disciplined in doing this program and still do regular activities in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic. The impact of impatience, indiscipline and disorderly behavior is what results in the number of contaminated sufferers every day is increasing. Therefore, it is necessary to socialize about the understanding that should be done especially by every Muslim in the face of the covid-19 pandemic disaster. The method used is to make a video of da'wah containing a short message about patience in the face of disasters that last approximately 3 minutes and upload it online then share the online link through the group in Whatsapp group. The hope of this devotion program is that the community, especially Muslims, will be encouraged and self-conscious to be able to stay at home until the End of the covid-19 pandemic. The results of this program after the video message was uploaded through Youtube then disseminated through Whatsapp group and watched approximately 150 times there are 25 people responded by sending a comment message to this video and 25 people will try to remain patient in the face of the test and implement government programs to stay home until the pandemic outbreak subsides.

The proliferation of enterprise social media generates an ever-growing record of digital traces that provides ample opportunities to study the social making of organisations. Subsequently, we present the social fabric framework, which comprises a structured five-step approach for eliciting, interpreting, and representing the situated social idiosyncrasies and underlying patterns of the social making of organisations. The paper focuses on the application of the social fabric framework as a research method. However, the framework also lends itself to practice as a diagnostic tool that can detect emergent changes in the social fabric of an organisation as well as support organisational development and change. Moreover, by providing a vocabulary for articulating the social making of organisations, the framework can help organisation members reify their dispositions, make sense of the social dynamics, and enable a constructive discussion at the grassroots level about any controversy or aspiration.

The rise of the digital society is accompanied by incalculable social risks, but very little IS research has examined the implications of the new digital society. Drawing on concepts from Beck’s critical theory of the risk society and critical discourse analysis, this study examines the public discourse on risk events during the launch of NemID, a personal digital identifier for Danish citizens. This research illustrates our difficulties and challenges in managing some of the fundamental social risks from societal digitalisation. Limited institutional capabilities for digital technologies force public officials to depend on private companies motived by profit instead of the public interest. Beliefs in digital technology as the primary determinant of social and economic progress also present many public management dilemmas. When digital risk events occur and citizens’ fears are stoked by news media and public discourse, public officials seem to have no other strategy for managing the escalating fears than systematically distorted communication. The continued rise of the digital risk society demands that IS research respond to the challenge of generating knowledge for its public management.

Social innovation (SI) research tends to understand rural SI processes as collective initiatives of equally engaged, supportive, and like-minded people. However, recent research has indicated that SI projects often benefit from dedicated key players who find support in their communities but also must deal with resistance and barriers. Against this backdrop, this article explores the figure of the key player in SI research and exposes the patterns of rural SI processes with the empirical cases of two small communities in Germany that jointly created rural infrastructure systems, thus seeking emancipation from remote political and economic control and marginalization. Using the empirical cases, we tested and specified a heuristic framework of key players that combines analytical dimensions at the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels. According to our findings, the heuristic framework is appropriate for analyzing key players in rural SI processes. Notably, we show that SI processes benefit from assertive key players and strong communities capable of joint action. Both are crucial for dealing with internal opposition and overcoming external hurdles that appear when novel approaches irritate familiar solutions and routines.

The well-being and mental health of principals is being threatened by changing working conditions such as a broader variety of roles and tasks. In this article, we argue that social capital might buffer against declining (mental) health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential influence of social capital, including both internal (bonding) and external (bridging and linking) social capital, on principals’ well-being. A longitudinal study was set up across three waves of data. Questionnaires were collected from 2084 Australian principals and 829 Irish principals, across six and two timepoints, respectively. The hypotheses were tested using a longitudinal path model approach using maximum likelihood estimation in lavaan for R. In line with our hypotheses, the results indicated that principals who reported higher levels of either internal or external social capital also reported higher levels of well-being. More specifically, support from colleagues outside the school and supervisor support (external social capital) and collaboration and trust in management (internal social capital) predicted well-being positively across time. The results of this study highlight the importance of having social support from colleagues and supervisors and possibilities for collaboration to maintain well-being as a school principal.

Making public health data easier to access, understand, and use makes it more likely that the data will be influential. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Web-based data communication became a cornerstone of NYC’s response and allowed the public, journalists, and researchers to access and understand the data in a way that supported the pandemic response and brought attention to the deeply unequal patterns of COVID-19’s morbidity and mortality in NYC. (Am J Public Health. 2021;111(S3):S193–S196. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306446 )

As part of the Measurement Approaches to Partnership Success study, we investigated the relationship between benefits and costs of participation in long-standing community-based participatory research (CBPR) partnerships using social exchange theory as a theoretical framework. Three major findings were identified: (a) the concept of benefits and costs operating as a ratio, where individual benefits must outweigh costs for participation, applies to early stages of CBPR partnership formation; (b) as CBPR partnerships develop, the benefits and costs of participation include each other’s needs and the needs of the group as a whole; and (c) there is a shift in the relationship of benefits and costs over time in long-standing CBPR partnerships, in which partners no longer think in terms of costs but rather investments that contribute to mutual benefits.

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I would like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to my thesis advisor, Dr. Yasser Gadallah, for his tremendous support in completing this research work. I remember every piece of advice in our meetings and discussions that always built a strong and solid foundation for the thesis in particular and for my research skills in general. It is also worth mentioning the endless support of my academic advisor and the master’s program director, Dr. Maki Habib, for his exerted efforts to facilitate and grant the financial assistance that was a broad base of support to complete my study in the RCSS program. In addition, I am so grateful for the time spent in his labs where I learned many practical and professional concepts and methods in teaching and conducting research through my work as a teaching and research assistant under his guidance and supervision. My special and sincere thank you also goes to my dear colleague, Heba Kadry, for her continued moral support and encouragement throughout the years of working on my thesis. I remember when we spent hours discussing the challenges of the thesis or even the complicated coursework and how these discussions ended with a significant push to stand and move forward towards achieving my academic potential. Finally and foremost, many thanks to the great deal of support and assistance that grant me the completion of this thesis work and my master’s degree.

Objective The presence of the COVID-19 and racism pandemics underscored the need for a basic model of advocacy for psychologists and budding psychologists. We offer a new model of action to be easily replicated, particularly during times of crisis, with aims to impact change locally and beyond the therapeutic space. Method The D.C. Psychological Association (DCPA) actively responded to the double pandemics of COVID-19. Using a posthoc qualitative analysis four steps were identified: organizing, providing support and education, and engaging in advocacy (O-SEA Approach), which all centered the specific skill set of psychologists and psychologists-in-training. Results Measures of success included the following: increased membership and engagement of members, development of relevant programming to providers and the community, community attendance of events, statements indicating knowledge gained by providers, new connections with local organizations and officials, and local legislative change. Conclusions The O-SEA Approach provides a framework for local advocacy that can empower psychologists to contribute their expertise in tangible and impactful ways. This model seeks justice for all people through elevating the voices of the unjustly marginalized, providing support and education to mental health providers and the community, and advocating for policy that is grounded in culturally relevant research. The O-SEA Approach can be successful in these aspirations and be applied in communities across the nation. Clinical Impact Statement: The permanence of racism in the United States is evident throughout history when examining America's social, economic, and political systems. Racism's reverberations are present locally, in the nation's capital, through its policing techniques and gentrification, among other insidious manifestations. COVID-19's global impact has been reported to have particularly deleterious effects on Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) through impacting housing, food, and income security while simultaneously underscoring the lack of access to health resources. This demanded a response by mental health professionals. Consequently, the D.C. Psychological Association made efforts to organize, support, educate, and advocate for the local community through what is called the O-SEA Approach. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Whereas advocates point to benefits of employing people with disabilities for organizations, employers’ concern over negative customer reactions is still a barrier to the employment of people with ...

This study discusses the activities of Azerbaijan to protect the intangible cultural heritage after the Karabakh War. This study also aims to analyze the strategic communication activities carried out to protect the elements of folk architecture. This study is critical because it is the first study to deal with the post-war communication strategy of Azerbaijan. In this study, semi-structured interviews have been conducted with civil servants in the field in order to determine the communication strategy of Azerbaijan, and the data have been analyzed in the Maxqda program. The findings are as follows: The first stage of strategic communication management in Azerbaijan is to analyze the situation by identifying the works that make up the folk architecture. Then, in the planning phase, the damage assessment steps have been determined. Later, institutions and funds were established for the restoration process, and planning and managing of the restoration process were initiated. In the third and fourth steps of strategic communication management, as communication and action strategies. Various communication methods such as lobbying activities, fight against infodemic and public advertisement have been used., Bu araştırmada Karabağ Savaşı sonrası Azerbaycan devletinin somut olmayan kültürel mirası koruma amaçlı faaliyetleri ele alınmıştır. Çalışmada halk mimarisi unsurlarını koruma amaçlı gerçekleştirilen stratejik iletişim faaliyetlerini analiz etmek amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma Azerbaycan’ın savaş sonrası iletişim stratejisini ele alan ilk çalışma olması sebebiyle önem arz etmektedir. Araştırmada, Azerbaycan’ın iletişim stratejisini tespit etmek amacıyla sahadaki memurlarla yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme yapılarak veriler Maxqda programında analiz edilmiştir. Elde edilen bulgular şöyledir: Azerbaycan’ın stratejik iletişim yönetiminin ilk aşaması halk mimarisini oluşturan eserleri tespit ederek durum analizi yapmaktır. Ardından planlama aşamasında ilk olarak hasar tespitine yönelik adımların belirlenmesine geçilmiştir. Daha sonra restorasyon süreci için kurum ve fonlar oluşturularak restorasyon sürecini planlama ve yönetme süreci başlatmıştır. Stratejik iletişim yönetiminin üçüncü ve dördüncü adımında ise iletişim ve eylem stratejileri olarak; lobicilik faaliyetleri, infodemiyle mücadele ve kamu spotu gibi çeşitli iletişim yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak; Azerbaycan devleti kültürel miras yönetiminde stratejik iletişim yönetiminin tüm adımlarını uygulayarak kamuoyuyla iletişim kurduğu görülmektedir.

Ötekileştirme süreci en temelde ben ve biz olarak algılananın dışında kalanı ifade etmektedir. Psikolojik bir benlik süreci ile başlayan bu durum, kitlesel bir forma dönüşerek biz olanla bütünleşmeyi beraberinde getirmektedir. Fakat ben ve biz dışında kalanlar ise zihinlerde sıklıkla öteki olarak kodlanmakta ve kitle psikolojisinin de devreye girmesiyle çoğunluğun azınlığı dışladığı bir durum haline dönüşmektedir. Bu sebeple öteki kavramı tarih boyunca biz ve onlar şeklinde sıklıkla ayrılarak varlığını göstermiştir. Bu karşıtlığın en önemli göstergelerinden olan Doğu-Batı ayrımı ise birinin kendini var edebilmesi için diğerine duyulan ihtiyacı en iyi şekilde örneklendirmektedir. Doğu ve Batı karşıtlığı içerisinde devam eden bu durum bir tarafta var olan yaşamların diğerini kapsamadığına işaret ederken diğer yandan bizden olmayanın bir öteki olduğunu da sıklıkla göstermektedir. Karşılıklı bir bütünleşmenin olmadığı yerde ise ayrışma ve ötekileştirme hali baş göstermektedir. Bu düzlemde çalışma, Avrupa ve Amerika basınında ötekileştirme kavramının mülteciler üzerinden nasıl ele alındığını ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmada savaş sebebiyle farklı ülkelere giden Suriyeli, Afgan ve Ukraynalı mültecilere karşı yapılan haber içerikleri, içerik analizi tekniği ile incelenmiştir. Buradan hareketle çalışmada Suriye, Afganistan ve Ukrayna’dan Avrupa’ya göç eden mültecilerin Avrupa ve Amerika basınında farklı bir sunum ile ele alındığı görülmüştür., The marginalization process basically refers to the self. This situation, which starts with a psychological self process, turns into a mass form and brings with it integration with what we are. In this line the East-West dichotomy, which is one of the most important indicators of this opposition, best exemplifies the need for the other in order for one to exist. East and West are not only a geography, but they also express the way people understand and make sense of life in the world they live in. At this level, the study aims to discuss how the concept of marginalization in the world is coped with theoretically and practically through refugees, and how this issue is covered in the media. From this point of view, how the refugees migrating from Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine are welcome and how their journey represented in the news. In the study, the news of Syria, Afghanistan and the Ukraine will be scrutinized with the content analysis technique.

This paper describes the first decade of crowdfunding (CF) experiences carried out in the Spanish university environment from the perspective of social responsibility and determines the impact of their campaigns in solving social problems. To do so, the literature, from traditional patronage practices to current models of micro crowdfunding in the digital environment, allow framing crowdfunding by putting the focus on the relationship of universities with their audiences and the agents involved in the campaigns they launch from 2012 to the present, as part of their purposes with society. To achieve the objectives, a content analysis of the 56 CF campaigns, launched by a dozen Spanish public universities, was carried out. The study concludes that the fluctuations in the evolution and development of university crowdfunding (UCF) and the scarce existence of their own platforms have not yet allowed its consolidation as a tool of their University Social Responsibility (USR). In addition, UCF campaigns in Spain place value on research at the service of society, moving away from philanthropy to exercise social responsibility, although they are generally focused on their internal audiences, so their social impact is limited. Aquest article descriu la primera dècada d’experiències de microfinançament realitzades a l’entorn universitari espanyol des de la perspectiva de la responsabilitat social i determina l’impacte de les seves campanyes en la resolució de problemes socials. Per fer-ho, la literatura, des de les pràctiques tradicionals de mecenatge fins als models actuals de microfinançament en l’entorn digital, permet emmarcar el microfinançament centrant-se en la relació de les universitats amb els seus públics i els agents implicats en les campanyes que engeguen des de 2012 fins a l’actualitat com a part dels seus propòsits amb la societat. Per assolir els objectius, s’ha fet una anàlisi de contingut de les 56 campanyes de microfinançament posades en marxa per una desena d’universitats públiques espanyoles. L’estudi conclou que les fluctuacions en l’evolució i el desenvolupament del microfinançament universitari i l’escassa existència de plataformes pròpies no han permès encara la seva consolidació com a eina de la seva responsabilitat social universitària. A més, les campanyes de microfinançament universitari a Espanya valoren la recerca al servei de la societat i s’allunyen de la filantropia per exercir la responsabilitat social, tot i que generalment se centren en els seus públics interns, per la qual cosa el seu impacte social és limitat. Alcance de la microfinanciación en las relaciones universitarias responsables Este artículo describe la primera década de experiencias de microfinanciación llevadas a cabo en el entorno universitario español desde la perspectiva de la responsabilidad social y determina el impacto de sus campañas en la solución de problemas sociales. Para ello, la literatura, desde las prácticas tradicionales de mecenazgo hasta los modelos actuales de microfinanciación en el entorno digital, permite enmarcar la microfinanciación centrándose en la relación de las universidades con sus audiencias y los agentes implicados en las campañas que lanzan desde 2012 hasta el presente como parte de sus propósitos con la sociedad. Para alcanzar los objetivos se llevó a cabo un análisis de contenido de las 56 campañas de microfinanciación puestas en marcha por una decena de universidades públicas españolas. El estudio concluye que los vaivenes en la evolución y el desarrollo de la microfinanciación universitaria y la escasa existencia de plataformas propias no han permitido aún su consolidación como herramienta de su responsabilidad social universitaria. Además, las campañas de microfinanciación universitaria en España ponen en valor la investigación al servicio de la sociedad y se alejan de la filantropía para ejercer la responsabilidad social, aunque generalmente están enfocadas a sus públicos internos, por lo que su impacto social es limitado.

Objective: The difficulty of asking questions to each other during the appointment process with their doctor, the long waiting times of the patients in the waiting rooms in the clinics, and the fact that it is easier to get medical information on the internet due to the ongoing COVID-19 virus infection. Porcelain laminate veneers (PLVs) have been frequently used to restore anterior teeth for nearly three decades, thanks to their aesthetic appeal, durability and biocompatibility.Methods: YouTube™ was searched by a researcher of this study using the keyword 'laminate veneer' on April 17, 2021. The most frequently used terms in this regard are 'laminate veneer' and 'laminate veneer restoration'. Analyzes were made on the Instagram application, along with YouTube.Results: Thirty-three videos were determined on YouTube™ on the topic of laminate veneer. The mean number of the views was 46277.84 ± 128674.71, with the minimum view as ten and maximum as 682478. The videos had a mean duration of 5:48 ± 4:64 with a range of 0:24–14:55. The mean number of "likes" for each video was 198 ± 424, and the mean number of "dislikes" was 17 ± 48. The most-liked video received 1700 "likes." The most-disliked video received 236"dislikes." The mean number of comments was 13.65 ± 31.58. The interaction rate was 1.67 ± 5.18, and the viewing rate was 2939.11 ± 6076.75Conclusion: YouTube™ and Instagram still cannot be accepted as a completely confident resource of knowledge for patients who want to learn about oral aesthetic rehabilitation treatment with laminate veneers

The concept of public interest, which is used as a way for public relations to differentiate itself from propaganda or other negative connotations, is among the basic concepts utilized by public relations practitioners and academics working in the field of public relations. Compliments or criticisms of public relations are generally shaped by the discussion on whether public relations serve the public interest, although there is no direct reference to the concept. While mainstream approaches in public relations claim that public relations serve the public interest and the public interest is the raison d’être of public relations, critical approaches underline that public relations serve the market interest instead of the public interest. This study, which focuses on the public interest debates in the public relations literature with a theoretical discussion over the tobacco, alcohol, gambling, and confectionery industries, aims to examine the relation between public interest and public relations by opening the discussion on the axis of the concepts of dialogue, ethics, and democracy. In this context, the study claims that public relations cannot work the common good due to examples of the aforementioned industries that do not comply with the concept of public interest; however, public relations is a rhetorical instrument that makes corporations appear as if they serve the public interest., Halkla ilişkilerin kendini propagandadan ya da diğer olumsuz çağrışımlardan farklılaştırmasının bir yolu olarak kullanılagelen kamu çıkarı kavramı, halkla ilişkiler uygulayıcıları ve halkla ilişkiler alanında çalışan akademisyenlerin başvurduğu temel kavramlar arasında yer almaktadır. Halkla ilişkilere yönelik övgü ya da yergiler genellikle kavrama direkt olarak gönderme yapılmasa da halkla ilişkilerin kamu çıkarına hizmet edip etmemesi üzerinden şekillenmektedir. Öyle ki, halkla ilişkilerdeki anaakım yaklaşımlar, halkla ilişkilerin kamu çıkarına hizmet ettiğini ve hatta kamu çıkarının halkla ilişkilerin varlık nedeni olduğunu iddia ederken, eleştirel yaklaşımlar halkla ilişkilerin kamu çıkarına değil pazar çıkarına hizmet ettiğinin altını çizmektedir. Tütün, alkol, kumar ve şekerleme endüstrileri örnekleri üzerinden teorik tartışmanın yürütüldüğü bu çalışma, halkla ilişkiler literatüründeki kamu çıkarı tartışmalarını; diyalog, etik ve demokrasi kavramları ekseninde tartışmaya açarak halkla ilişkiler ve kamu çıkarı kavramları arasındaki ilişkiyi, irdelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çerçevede çalışmada, adı geçen endüstrilerin kamu çıkarı kavramıyla uyuşmayan örneklerinden dolayı, halkla ilişkilerin kamu çıkarına hizmet edemeyeceği ancak halkla ilişkilerin şirketlerin kamu çıkarına hizmet ediyormuş gibi görünmelerini sağlayan retorik bir araç olduğu iddia edilmektedir.

Managing employees' happiness and well-being as a business strategy offers positive outcomes for companies, as has been widely studied in the scientific literature. In the field of public relations, published studies address these benefits for individuals and collectively, both for the employees themselves (Pérez, 2020) and for the organisation for which they work, whether intangible or tangible (Castro-Martínez and Díaz-Morilla, 2020; Sidney et al., 2017). However, the function of promoting a good working environment is not always attended to in the workplace, nor is it always exclusive to a specific area (Bowen, 2008). In addition to a systematic documentary review, the Web of Science database is used for a bibliometric study and network mapping of the scientific literature, from which articles are extracted for analysis using different bibliographic searches. Based on the information obtained, VOSviewer software is used for the analysis of bibliometric networks by authorship, citation and co-occurrence of keywords in scientific publications. The number of articles published on the management of happiness and wellbeing in organisations as part of their public relations has increased significantly over the last decade, although there has been a notable change in this growth since 2021. According to the research, corporate social responsibility programmes are increasingly considering these aspects as part of their organisational strategy, and departments such as human resources are taking on a greater role in generating a good working environment. This study provides an overview of the international production of scientific publications on the subject of happiness management and organisational well-being from the point of view of public relations. It shows the evolution of scientific activity in terms of the number of works published by area of knowledge and the current trends in terms of authorship, subject matter and repercussion in the scientific field. La gestió de la felicitat i el benestar dels empleats com a estratègia organitzativa ofereix resultats positius per a les empreses, tal com ha estat àmpliament estudiat en la literatura científica. En l'àmbit de les relacions públiques, els estudis publicats aborden aquests beneficis tant individualment com col·lectivament: per als empleats (Pérez, 2020) i per a l'entitat per a la qual treballen, siguin intangibles o tangibles (Castro-Martínez i Díaz-Morilla, 2020; Sidney et al., 2017). No obstant això, la funció de promoure un bon ambient de treball no sempre és atesa en l'àmbit organitzacional, ni és exclusiva d'una àrea específica (Bowen, 2008). A més de la revisió documental sistemàtica realitzada, s'utilitza la base de dades Web of Science per a l'estudi bibliomètric i el mapatge de xarxes de la literatura científica, de la qual s'extreuen els articles per analitzar-los en diferents cerques bibliogràfiques. A partir de la informació obtinguda, s'utilitza el programari VOSviewer per a l'anàlisi de les xarxes bibliomètriques referides a autoria, citació i coocurrència de paraules clau en les publicacions científiques. El nombre d'articles publicats sobre la gestió de la felicitat i el benestar en les organitzacions per l'àrea de les relacions públiques ha augmentat significativament en l'última dècada, encara que s'ha produït un canvi notable en aquest creixement a partir de 2021. Segons la recerca, els programes de responsabilitat social corporativa consideren cada vegada més aquests aspectes com a part de la seva estratègia organitzativa, i departaments com el de recursos humans assumeixen un major protagonisme en la generació d'un bon ambient de treball. Aquest estudi ofereix una visió general de la producció internacional de publicacions científiques sobre el tema de la gestió de la felicitat i el benestar organitzacional des del punt de vista de les relacions públiques. Mostra l'evolució de l'activitat científica quant al nombre de treballs difosos per àrea de coneixement i les tendències actuals quant a autoria, temàtica i repercussió en l'àmbit científic. La gestión de la felicidad y el bienestar de los empleados como estrategia organizativa ofrece resultados positivos para las empresas, tal y como ha sido ampliamente estudiado en la literatura científica. En el ámbito de las relaciones públicas, los estudios publicados abordan estos beneficios tanto individual como colectivamente: para los empleados (Pérez, 2020) y para la entidad para la que trabajan, ya sean intangibles o tangibles (Castro-Martínez y Díaz-Morilla, 2020; Sidney et al., 2017). Sin embargo, la función de promover un buen ambiente de trabajo no siempre es atendida en el ámbito organizacional, ni es exclusiva de un área específica (Bowen, 2008). Además de la revisión documental sistemática realizada, se utiliza la base de datos Web of Science para el estudio bibliométrico y el mapeo de redes de la literatura científica, de la que se extraen los artículos para su análisis en diferentes búsquedas bibliográficas. A partir de la información obtenida, se utiliza el software VOSviewer para el análisis de las redes bibliométricas referidas a autoría, citación y coocurrencia de palabras clave en las publicaciones científicas. El número de artículos publicados sobre la gestión de la felicidad y el bienestar en las organizaciones por el área de las relaciones públicas ha aumentado significativamente en la última década, aunque se ha producido un cambio notable en este crecimiento a partir de 2021. Según la investigación, los programas de responsabilidad social corporativa consideran cada vez más estos aspectos como parte de su estrategia organizativa, y departamentos como el de recursos humanos asumen un mayor protagonismo en la generación de un buen ambiente de trabajo. Este estudio ofrece una visión general de la producción internacional de publicaciones científicas sobre el tema de la gestión de la felicidad y el bienestar organizacional desde el punto de vista de las relaciones públicas. Muestra la evolución de la actividad científica en cuanto al número de trabajos difundidos por área de conocimiento y las tendencias actuales en cuanto a autoría, temática y repercusión en el ámbito científico.

The Estirando el chicle [Stretching the chewing gum] audiovisual podcast is analyzed as a success story that focuses on the connection between the program and its social audiences to determine whether elements of parasociality exist. The case study method is used, with a mixed design that combines discourse analysis and content analysis to understand: 1) the discursive strategies used by the creators, searching for a co-orientation effect with their audience, and 2) whether fandom expresses the existence of parasociality on Youtube. The results show that the hosts use five strategies to be perceived as authentic and to connect with their audience: self-revelation, the "behind-the-scenes" narrative subgenre, visibility of mental health issues, rejection of the aspirational discourse of influencers, and the simulation of interaction. As regards signs of parasociality among the fandom, it is found that 63.8% of comments address the hosts with familiarity, 14.4% of the texts express affectivity belonging to the primary group, and the gratifications from the podcast obtained are entertainment (46.5%), the sense of belonging to the community (18.9%), self-expression (11%), identification (4.7%), and an improvement in some aspect of their life (4.7%). S'analitza el pòdcast audiovisual Estirando el chicle com a cas d'èxit parant esment en la connexió del programa amb les seves audiències socials per conèixer si existeixen elements de parasocialitat. S'empra el mètode de l'estudi de cas amb un disseny mixt que combina l'anàlisi del discurs i l'anàlisi de contingut per conèixer: 1) les estratègies discursives utilitzades per les creadores buscant un efecte de coorientació amb l'audiència i 2) si el fandom expressa a Youtube l'existència de parasocialitat. Els resultats mostren que les presentadores fan servir cinc estratègies per ser percebudes com a autèntiques i connectar amb les audiències: l'autorevelació, el subgènere narratiu «després de l'escena», la visibilitat de la salut mental, el rebuig al discurs aspiracional dels influencers i la simulació d'interacció. Quant als indicis de parasocialitat en el fandom, es va trobar que el 63,8% dels comentaris es dirigeix a les presentadores amb familiaritat, el 14,4% dels textos expressa una afectivitat pròpia del grup primari i les gratificacions que reconeixen obtenir del pòdcast són entreteniment (46,5%), pertinença a la comunitat (18,9%), autoexpressió (11%), identificació (4,7%) i la millora d'algun aspecte de la seva vida (4,7%). Se analiza el podcast audiovisual Estirando el chicle como caso de éxito prestando atención a la conexión del programa con sus audiencias sociales para conocer si existen elementos de parasocialidad. Se emplea el método del estudio de caso con un diseño mixto que combina el análisis del discurso y el análisis de contenido para conocer: 1) las estrategias discursivas usadas por las creadoras buscando un efecto de coorientación con la audiencia y 2) si el fandom expresa en Youtube la existencia de parasocialidad. Los resultados muestran que las presentadoras emplean cinco estrategias para ser percibidas como auténticas y conectar con las audiencias: la autorrevelación, el subgénero narrativo «tras la escena», la visibilidad de la salud mental, el rechazo al discurso aspiracional de los influencers y la simulación de interacción. En cuanto a los indicios de parasocialidad en el fandom, se encontró que el 63,8% de los comentarios se dirige a las presentadoras con familiaridad, el 14,4% de los textos expresa una afectividad propia del grupo primario y las gratificaciones que reconocen obtener del podcast son entretenimiento (46,5%), pertenencia a la comunidad (18,9%), autoexpresión (11%), identificación (4,7%) y la mejora de algún aspecto de su vida (4,7%).

This study aimed to know factors influencing the voting preferences of the Millennial generations during the 2019 Philippine National Election. According to the official social media of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), more than 61.8 million voters for the election belonged to the Millennial generation. Using a questionnaire survey, this study measured and correlated the respondents' profile, Candidate's Attribute, Endorsement Method, Platform and Campaign Strategy, and top ten characteristics of the candidates. These variables were all surveyed, tallied, and analyzed. The survey involved 138 college students who participated in the Voter’s Education Program led by COMELEC Taguig. This study reveals that the top three characteristics that the respondents wanted to see in a candidate are: not corrupt, wise, and a Godly person. In the future, this study can be replicated in a larger population of Millennials. It can be a great avenue of change in the political atmosphere of the Philippines. Finally, this study could bring new inspirations to those aspiring to run for public offices.

Occupational safety and health situations are poorer in India than the world standard resulting in a proportionately higher number of hazards. 16.4% of global occupational hazards are faced by the workers in Indian construction sector that constitutes only 7.5% of world labor force. This paper deals with a review of occupational safety of construction workers in India. The study identifies major challenges and issues and discusses possible solutions. The findings through review of literature has been substantiated by primary data collected through a questionnaire survey. The results indicate that lack of proper communication, non-use of personal protective equipment, wrong postures of work and work activities, lack of training, psychological factors such as stress and burnout, lack of safety orientation and culture, and issues lying in compliance of appropriate legislation are major challenges for safety. The study discusses frequent awareness and training, focusing on workplace ergonomics, facilitating flow of information and monitoring at worksite, developing safety thinking in management, enhancing workplace support practices and workplace spirituality as possible solutions to these challenges. The findings will guide the government agencies as well as organizational authorities and supervisors of construction sites to improve occupational safety.

The demand for entrepreneurship to become more prevalent in societies worldwide highlights the need to better understand entrepreneurial intentions (EI). This is particularly important for African nations characterised by significant poverty and low income. Drawing on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) this paper explores potential predictors of these intentions in two countries that differ considerably in their economic situation and culture. It chiefly focuses on SEI as socially desired, yet still unexplored phenomenon. The current study differentiates between social (SEI) and commercial (CEI) entrepreneurial intentions and explores their antecedents among university students in Namibia (n = 223) and Germany (n = 1326). The results suggest that TPB only poorly predicts SEI, particularly in Namibia. However, they support universally positive effect of perceived behavioural control on formation of CEI in both countries. This study contributes to emerging research into antecedents of SEI. It also highlights the need to test exploratory power of recognised theories such as TPB within different contexts and types of entrepreneurial activity.

This paper untangles the complex realities of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights education in Uganda based on a Participatory Action Research with staff and volunteers of an NGO. A detailed portrait is offered of the dilemmas faced by the team around value-contradictions in this culturally sensitive domain, the complex nature of change, programme targets and community expectations. Through double loop learning methodology, the Team reflected on their own mental models and strategies used in dealing with these dilemmas and reframed their action theories towards more effective collaboration with learners and community members. The research process and outcomes illustrate the transformative power of reflection and double loop learning; resulting in practical guidance for education NGOs facing dilemmas in community collaboration.

When it comes to utilizing or harnessing human capital for any organization, it becomes very important to know the management science behind HRM. Intellectual capital, technology, globalization, profitability via expansion and change are all major business problems that companies are presently experiencing. These problems need companies to collaborate to create new skills, and human resource management is in charge of doing so. It assists companies in addressing competitive difficulties by acting as a leader. HR professionals have lost their stereotype of monitoring policies and enforcing rules. HR professionals are now held accountable for their employees’ engagement and dedication to the company, as well as motivating people to participate and take ownership. It’s no longer a relic of the past. It has evolved from a little reactive image to a much larger canvas. The new management of human resources is triggered by bringing the organization’s management together with the workers, resulting in a merger of the person’s and the organization’s reservoirs of knowledge, culminating in the joint victory of both. Global competitiveness may be accomplished not only by using updated technology and facilities but also by encouraging workers to adhere to international standards in an efficient and effective manner. Human resources specialists in every firm on the global stage have the goal to influence the business world; HR is currently in a paradigm change, and its role as a support function, relied on to assist others and to recruit and dismiss from businesses, is quickly fading. Human resources are taking a proactive role in addressing globalization’s issues. It brings about change and enhances people’s abilities to learn and cooperate, as well as handle variety, ambiguity, and complexity. The study and comparison of the perceptions of corporate workers, management faculty, and management students in an effort to understand the role of HRM in developing national talent for global success.

The construction industry is the most significant occupational contributor to suicide rates worldwide. This is credited to strenuous working conditions, lack of awareness in mental health culture, but more so, that help-seeking is seen as a weakness. This study aims to investigate the role of the construction project manager in creating a culture of suicide prevention on-site. This is achieved through delving into the principles of culture creation within differing industries, with adaptations for construction managers, through a comparative analysis of culture creation literature. Twenty-two interviews with employees are undertaken. Representative data gathered are analysed and presented, to highlight the levels of knowledge, barriers and proposed solutions, for construction project managers. Results are broken down into ‘awareness of and openness to discussing suicide prevention’, ‘barriers to the adoption of suicide-prevention measures’ and ‘proposed solutions to the adoption of suicide-prevention measures’. The interviews give an insight into the acceptance of the need for stronger mental health support structures, without necessarily any regard for the method of their implementation. The originality and subsequent value in the research are the proposed use of construction project managers as the conduit in beginning to address and, as a result, develop a culture of suicide prevention on-site.

El contexto académico actual evidencia un importante déficit de textos científicos relativos al estudio del ceremonial y el protocolo en revistas académicas indexadas de alto impacto. La perspectiva relacional de la organización de actos permite abordar estas disciplinas desde la solidez metodológica que permiten las ciencias sociales. Así, el objetivo principal de este trabajo es realizar una aproximación a la cuestión epistemológica, enmarcada en las Ciencias Sociales, que permita el desarrollo de diseños metodológicos excelentes, de corte cualitativo, para el estudio científico del ceremonial y el protocolo. The current academic context shows an important deficit of scientific texts related to the study of the ceremonial and the protocol in high-impact indexed academic journals. The relational perspective of the organization of events allows us to approach these disciplines from the methodological solidity that the social sciences allow. Thus, the main objective of this work is to make an approach to the epistemological question, framed in the Social Sciences, which allows the development of excellent methodological designs, of a qualitative nature, for the scientific study of the ceremonial and the protocol.

Za stručnost, kao najvažniju i najcjenjeniju osobinu dobroga govornika, može se reći da je i danas jednako važna kao i u antičko doba. Još je Ciceron govorio kako dobar govornik mora biti mudar, posjedovati široko znanje i visoku razinu opće kulture. I suvremeni autori naglašavaju važnost stručnosti, kompetencije i znanja, kao primarnih, uz dodatke još nekih specifičnih odrednica poput uvjerljivosti, časti i karizme. Cilj ovoga istraživanja bio je ustanoviti kako pojam karizme doživljavaju studenti, kako ga definiraju i koju osobu percipiraju kao karizmatičnu. Odabrani su studenti sa studija Odnosa s javnošću i studija medija na kojem se obrazuju stručnjaci za odnose s javnošću, osviješteni i educirani za prepoznavanje i najmanjih tragova iznimnih karizmatičnih darova u svakom pojedincu., For the expertise, as the most important and appreciated characteristic of a good speaker, it can be said that it is still as important today as in ancient times. Cicero said that a good speaker must be wise, possess broad knowledge and a high level of general culture. Contemporary authors also emphasise the importance of expertise, competence and knowledge, as primary ones with addition to some specific determinants such as persuasion, honour and charisma. The aim of this research was to determine how the concept of charisma is perceived by students, how they define it and which public figures they perceive as charismatic. Students were selected from the Public Relations and Media Studies, where public relations experts are educated, made aware and trained to recognize even the smallest traces of exceptional charismatic gifts in each individual.

[Resumen] Las empresas y organizaciones pueden enfrentar en algún momento situaciones imprevistas que pongan en riesgo su estabilidad económica, tecnológica, o de personal, y para hacer frente a estos escenarios, es necesario que cuenten con estrategias de gestión que les ayuden a enfrentar la crisis organizacional que estén viviendo en ese momento. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar tres teorías (sistémica, grupos de interés, y comunicación organizacional y relaciones públicas) a fin de establecer las estrategias que debe seguir la empresa para evitar que una crisis organizacional tenga un impacto negativo en su actividad o reputación. Entre las principales estrategias a desarrollar se encuentran: establecer políticas de comunicación, identificar grupos de interés y capacitar a los voceros. [Abstract] Companies and organisations may at some point face unforeseen situations that put their financial, technological or personnel stability at risk. In order to deal with these scenarios, they need management strategies to help manage the specific organisational crisis taking place. The aim of this article is to analyse the problem from three perspectives (systemic, stakeholders, and organisational communication and public relations) in order to establish strategies to prevent a future crisis from having a negative impact on the company’s activities or reputation. The main strategies identified are the establishment of communication policies, identification of stakeholders, and media training.

As organizations increasingly view information as one of their most valuable assets, which supports the creation and distribution of their products and services, information security will be an integral part of the design and operation of organizational business processes. Yet, risks associated with cyber attacks are on the rise. Organizations that are subjected to attacks can suffer significant reputational damage as well as loss of information and knowledge. As a consequence, effective leadership is cited as a critical factor for ensuring corporate level attention for information security. However, there is a lack of empirical understanding as to the roles strategic leaders play in shaping and supporting the cyber security strategy. This study seeks to address this gap in the literature by focusing on how senior leaders support the cyber security strategy. The authors conducted a series of exploratory interviews with leaders in the positions of Chief Information Officer, Chief Security Information Officer, and Chief Technology Officer. The findings revealed that leaders are engaged in both transitional, where the focus is on improving governance and integration, and transformational support, which involves fostering a new cultural mindset for cyber resiliency and the development of an ecosystem approach to security thinking. Managerial relevance statement Our findings provide interesting insights for managers particularly those in the role of Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Security Information Officers (CSIOs), and Chief Technology Officers (CTOs). We propose a Cyber Security Strategy Framework (CSSF) which can be used by these information/technology managers to design an effective organizational strategy to develop cyber resilience in their organization. Our framework suggests that managers should focus on transitional and transformational support. The transitional support focuses on improving governance and integration whereas transformational support focuses on the emphasis of fostering a new cultural mindset for cyber resiliency and the development of an ecosystem approach to security thinking. Our findings provide good evidence showing how leaders can support more effective cyber security initiatives.

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In recent years, cyber-racketeering has become a prevalent means of cyberattack, severely jeopardizing nations, organizations, and individual users. However, because previous research has been focused on individual crimes, insider security threats, and compliance, the serious consequences of organized cybercrimes have received little attention. To investigate organized cyber-racketeering, we explore how organized cybercriminals apply organizational techniques to systematically commit cyberattack on individuals and businesses. Based on 80 court cases of successfully prosecuted cybercrimes, this article is one of the first to scientifically examine organized crime syndicates that are engaged in cyber-racketeering. We use the grounded theory approach to investigate organized cyber-racketeering. To ensure the scientific rigor and realism of this study, we examine these court cases to develop a process theory based on the results of interpretive and iterative analyses conducted from multiple perspectives on organized cyber-racketeering. We establish a framework for organized cyber-racketeering to shed light on its characteristics and the crucial role of Internet technology (IT) in the implementation and operation of cyber-racketeering activities. The proposed framework consists of motive, organization, learning and development, and execution. This article contributes both to enhancing the understanding of how organized cybercriminals operate and profit from cyber-racketeering using information and communications technology (ICT) and to improving countermeasures that may be taken by practitioners.

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Cilj je ovoga rada analizirati povijesni razvoj nakladničke djelatnosti državnih arhiva u Hrvatskoj te suvremeni proces upravljanja arhivskim izdavaštvom u kontekstu promotivnoga alata i odnosa s javnošću. Analiza povijesnoga razvoja nakladničke djelatnosti provedena je na temelju dostupne literature te dokumentacije pojedinih arhiva i Ministarstva kulture i medija. Istraživanje o suvremenom upravljanju nakladničkom djelatnošću provedeno je jednokratno putem upitnika u razdoblju od 2. do 7. ožujka 2022. godine. Analiza povijesnoga razvoja nakladničke djelatnosti rezultirala je ključnom spoznajom da su državni arhivi u Hrvatskoj prepoznali tehnike ranih modela odnosa s javnošću (tiskovne agenture i agenture javnoga informiranja) te ih pokušali implementirati u organizaciju vlastite nakladničke djelatnosti. Rezultati istraživanja suvremenoga procesa upravljanja izdavaštvom državnih arhiva u kontekstu promotivnoga alata i odnosa s javnošću ukazuju na potrebu njegove reorganizacije, posebice u fazi strateškoga planiranja i evaluacije, te daljnjega stimuliranja razvoja digitalnih inačica arhivskih publikacija., Archival public relations are defined as a complex communicational process (by focusing on the coordination of the public and private interests) whose purpose is supposed to manage the archives’ public image and, depending on the possibilities, support its marketing (advertising) activities. The special emphasis within analysing possibilities of the applicability of public relations in the activities of contemporary archives is put on publications, since they are one of the best known and most popular archival programs. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the historical development of publishing activities of Croatian archives, as well as the contemporary managerial process of archival publishing as a promotional tool and in the context of the public relations. The analysis of the historical development of the publishing activities of Croatian archives had been based on the available literature, as well as documents of the individual archives and Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia. The research in the network of the state archives (regional archives and the Croatian State Archives) on managing the publishing activities had been conducted on a onetime basis via the questionnaire in the period from the 2nd to 7th March 2022. The main finding of the analysis is that the Croatian archives soon became aware of the techniques of early public relations’ models and tried to implement them to the publishing activities. The strategic planning of their publishing activities,including the analysis of preferences of archival public based on the continuing interpersonal communication between archives and users, as well as the analysis of the communication with potential media and wider general public, can be considered as the important segment of public relations, whose purpose ought to be part of the archival management. The specified models imply a two-way symmetry of the public relations. Due to the fact that already in the mid-20th century the planning of publishing activities included interpersonal communication with actual users of archival services, it implies an early implementation of informational-communicational aspects in the strategic planning of archival program activities meant for their users i.e. the attempt of integration of the discipline of the public relations in archival project management. The publishing activities within the primary tasks of the archival network of state archives in independent Republic of Croatia formally kept continuity based on the existing Archives and Archival Institutions Act. Publishing of archival publications is stimulated by users’ needs for better understanding and finding of archival records, as well as by archives’ endeavours to increase as much as possible the sales of their services. According to the available information on the websites of the Croatian archives, and catalogues of the National and University Library in Zagreb on their publications from 1991 to 2022 (published on their own or co-published with other institutions), it can be concluded that archival publishing activities have gone into full swing after democratic changes. Still, the publishing policy did not undergo major changes compared to the earlier period. After 1991 the publishing activities are still mostly focused on publication of archival sources with the aim of increasing their availability. Apart from that, the results of research concerning the contemporary archival publishing activities in Croatia as promotional tools and in the context of the public relations indicate the need for their reorganisation, especially in the phase of strategic planning and valuation, with additional stimulation of the development of digital versions of archival publications.

U ovom se radu raspravlja o nekim mogućim pitanjima i zadacima od osobite važnosti za informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti. Tematiziraju se etička i tehnologijska pitanja, raspravlja se o ulozi i odgovornosti informacijskih i komunikacijskih intelektualaca, antropološkom pitanju informacijskih i komunikacijskih znanosti, političkoj ekonomiji, propagandi i odnosima s javnošću, korporacijama i postpolitici, praktičkim osnovama informacijskih i komunikacijskih znanosti, stvaralaštvu, utopijskoj dimenziji informacijskih i komunikacijskih znanosti, knjižnicama i tržištu, izazovima obrazovanja informacijskih i komunikacijskih stručnjaka te pogledu u budućnost. Izložena razmatranja i promišljanja o krucijalnim pitanjima i zadaćama informacijskih i komunikacijskih znanosti vode prema zaključku o potrebi njihove humanizacije, koja implicira odustajanje od nekritičkog usvajanja afirmacijskih diskursa o pitanjima informacijskog društva i kritički odnos prema cjelini života i društva., This article discusses some possible issues and tasks that are particularly important for information and communication sciences. It deals with ethical and technological issues, the role and responsibility of information and communication intellectuals, anthropological issues in information and communication sciences, political economy, propaganda and public relations, corporations and post-politics, practical foundations of information and communication sciences, creation, the utopian dimension of information and communication sciences, libraries and the market, challenges in the education of information and communication experts, and a look into the future. Deliberations about questions and tasks of information and communication sciences emphasise the need for their humanisation. This means that information and communication sciences should refrain from an uncritical adoption of affirmative discourses on the information society and adopt a truly critical relationship to life and society as a whole.

This article reconstructs the shifting uses of local concepts of “informality“ (nǫk rabop) over the last 35 years in the streets of Bangkok, with a particular attention to the birth of the motorcycle taxi business in the 1980s, its development after the 1997 economic crisis, and its transformation since the arrival of ride-hailing apps in 2016. Based on more than 10 years of qualitative and quantitative research with motorcycle taxi drivers, state officials, city planners and everyday users in Bangkok, this archaeology of informality expand on contemporary theorizations of informality as a logic of planning, a heuristic device, and a practice. I do so by focusing on the highly relational, contingent, and ultimately contested nature of informality, the role of non-state actors in shaping it and, the performative power of informality as a categorical label. In this sense, I propose a double conceptualization of informality: on one side as an ever-shifting relationship between established and codified practices (whether regarding land, labor, property rights, or everyday actions), a governmental and legal system, and people who control and interact with these practices; on the other, as a label, often deployed tactically by actors trying to make sense and make do with the world around them. In this duality between a shifting set of relationships and an almost intuitive and referential label that allow for categorical assessments resides, I show, the central efficacy of “informality” as a concept good to think with, to govern with, and to resist with.

Family-based CBT has been shown to be effective in controlled settings for an array of youth mental health difficulties, yet disparities in treatment engagement and outcomes across culturally diverse groups remain. In practice, cultural minority families are less likely to reap the demonstrated benefits of supported programs. Although there have been tremendous advances in case conceptualization, leading models have largely ignored cultural factors, contributing to observed disparities. The present paper reviews recent advances in science-informed case conceptualization and highlights how such advances nonetheless have failed to provide guidance on systematically incorporating cultural formulation into assessment and treatment planning. We then build upon Christon et al. (2015) useful 5-stage model of science-based case conceptualization in an effort to move the field toward culturally informed case conceptualization. We highlight how leveraging cultural assessment—such as with the use of the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI)—can facilitate the incorporation of cultural factors into each of the five stages of science-based case conceptualization. A case example is utilized to illustrate key opportunities for strategically incorporating relevant information gleaned from the CFI into culturally responsive care with youth and families.

Target audience:What Works Centres; other intermediary brokerage agencies; their funders and users; and researchers of research use. Background:Knowledge brokerage and knowledge mobilisation (KM) are generic terms used to describe activities to enable the use of research evidence to inform policy, practice and individual decision making. Knowledge brokerage intermediary (KBI) initiatives facilitate such use of research evidence. This debate paper argues that although the work of KBIs is to enable evidence-informed decision making (EIDM), they may not always be overt and consistent in how they follow the principles of EIDM in their own practice. Key points for discussion:Drawing on examples from existing brokerage initiatives, four areas are suggested where KBIs could be more evidence-informed in their work: (1) needs analysis: evidence-informed in their analysis of where and how the KBI can best contribute to the existing evidence ecosystem; (2) methods and theories of change: evidence-informed in the methods that the KBI uses to achieve its goals; (3) evidence standards: credible standards for making evidence claims; and (4) evaluation and monitoring: evidence-informed evaluation of their own activities and contribution to the knowledge base on evidence use. For each of these areas, questions are suggested for considering the extent that the principles are being followed in practice. Conclusions and implications:KBIs work with evidence but they may not always be evidence-informed in their practice. KBIs could benefit from more overtly attending to the extent that they apply the logic of EIDM to how they work. In doing so, KBIs can advance both the study, and practice, of using research evidence to inform decision making.