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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe follow-up care for breast and colorectal cancer survivors in countries with varying levels of resources and highlight challenges regarding posttreatment survivorship care. METHODS We surveyed one key stakeholder from each of 27 countries with expertise in survivorship care on questions including the components/structure of follow-up care, delivery of treatment summaries and survivorship care plans, and involvement of primary care in survivorship. Descriptive analyses were performed to characterize results across countries and variations between the WHO income categories (low, middle, high). We also performed a qualitative content analysis of narratives related to survivorship care challenges to identify major themes. RESULTS Seven low- or /lower-middle-income countries (LIC/LMIC), seven upper-middle-income countries (UMIC), and 13 high-income countries (HICs) were included in this study. Results indicate that 44.4% of countries with a National Cancer Control Plan currently address survivorship care. Additional findings indicate that HICs use guidelines more often than those in LICs/LMICs and UMICs. There was great variation among countries regardless of income level. Common challenges include issues with workforce, communication and care coordination, distance/transportation issues, psychosocial support, and lack of focus on follow-up care. CONCLUSION This information can guide researchers, providers, and policy makers in efforts to improve the quality of survivorship care on a national and global basis. As the number of cancer survivors increases globally, countries will need to prioritize their long-term needs. Future efforts should focus on efforts to bridge oncology and primary care, building international partnerships, and implementation of guidelines.

The Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) Programme is a comprehensive programme of early intervention and preventative work which is being undertaken by Tusla, Ireland’s Child and Family Agency, with the support of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (UCFRC), NUI Galway. This Programme is being implemented collaboratively by Tusla and its partner organisations by way of five main work streams (Tusla, 2017): Meitheal and Child and Family Support Networks; Parenting Support and Parental Participation; Children’s Participation; Public Awareness; and Commissioning. The findings presented in this report relate to the Parenting Support and Parental Participation programme of work. This is the second report examining the extent to which parental participation is currently embedded in Irish organisations providing parenting support. The purpose of the research is to ascertain levels of awareness about: Tusla’s programme of work to support parental participation, participatory practice in organisations that support parents, challenges to participatory practice, and the skill development needs of those working with parents. Answers provided through an online survey contribute to a follow-up study of parental participation practice within Tusla and Tusla partner organisations, informing in a formative way the development of activities in this area. The first report examining the extent to which parental participation is currently embedded in Irish organisations providing parenting support is available on the UCFRC PPFS Development and Mainstreaming Programme web page. non-peer-reviewed

Este informe resume el análisis estadístico de los resultados de una encuesta online que ha sido llevada a cabo por el Digital Methods and Practices Observatory (DiMPO), un grupo de trabajo del VCC2 de la infraestructura de investigación DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities). Para proporcionar resultados basados en evidencias reales y actualizadas sobre las prácticas que se están desarrollando actualmente, así como las necesidades y actitudes de los investigadores europeos que implican el uso del entorno digital, esta encuesta se ha llevado a cabo gracias a un grupo internacional de investigadores de más de una docena de países, y se ha realizado centrándose en analizar las prácticas, actitudes y necesidades del mundo digital en la investigación en Europa a través de diferentes disciplinas de artes y humanidades y sus contextos de aplicación.

This report summarizes the statistical analysis of the findings of a web-based survey conducted by the Digital Methods and Practices Observatory (DiMPO), a working group under VCC2 of the DARIAH research infrastructure (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities). In order to provide an evidence-based, up-to-date, and meaningful account of the emerging information practices, needs and attitudes of arts and humanities researchers in the evolving European digital scholarly environment, the web survey involved a transnational team of researchers from more than a dozen countries, and addressed digitally-enabled research practices, attitudes and needs in all areas of Europe and across different arts and humanities disciplines and contexts.

Stres nas spremlja na vsakem koraku tekom naše življenjske poti. V zadnjem času se veliko govori o stresu in njegovih učinkih na človeško telo. V strokovnih revijah, časopisih in ostalih medijih se velikokrat omenja stres kot povzročitelj ali pomemben faktor pri nastanku izgorelosti in drugih bolezenskih stanj človeka. Tekom diplomskega seminarja smo se odločili teoretično raziskati vpliv stresa na človeka, pri tem smo se osredotočili predvsem na posledice stresa in kako te posledice stresa vplivajo na zdravje posameznika ter kako stres vpliva na delovno učinkovitost posameznika ali delovne skupine v organizaciji. Skozi študijo literature smo raziskali tudi različne metode, kako lahko poskušamo omejit pojav stresa na delovnem mestu oziroma kaj lahko posameznik ali organizacija stori, da bo delovno okolje čim bolj prijazno človeku. Poleg metod zmanjševanja stresa smo spoznali in raziskali ter na kratko opisali tudi metode kako omejiti negativne posledice stresa na posameznika, bodisi s telesno aktivnostjo ali z metodami sproščanja. Za boljše razumevanja problema pa smo se odločili, da bomo teoretični del podprli s krajšo raziskavo, ki smo jo opravili na Okrožnem sodišču Slovenj Gradec. Raziskava je zajemala 63 % zaposlenih v strokovnih službah, ki s podanimi odgovori potrdili naša pričakovanja, da je stres v veliki meri prisoten v vsakdanu sleherna posameznika in da so posledice stresa večinoma negativne, kar potrjujejo tudi teoretična dognanja diplomskega seminarja. Ugotovili smo, da smo med drugimi tudi sami odvisni za pogostost pojavljanja stresa v našem vsakdanu in da smo trenutno ljudje še premalo ozaveščeni o tej problematiki, ki ji nekateri strokovnjaki pravijo tudi novodobna bolezen. Stress accompanies us on every step throughout our life. Lately I have noticed a lot of articles in which is mentioned stress as a cause or an important factor for the case of burnout or other illnesses. During the thesis, we decided to make a theoretical research of the stress’s influence on humans, while we focused primarily on stress effects on health and work performance in the organization (individual and team work performance). Throughout theoretical research we came across different methods which help us reduce the presence of the work related stress and the methods which help us reduce the negative stress effects (either physical activity or relaxation methods). For better understanding of the problem, we have supported our theoretical research with short survey, conducted in Slovenj Gradec District Court. The survey covered 63% employees in professional services of the District Court. Survey results confirmed our expectations on theoretical research that stress is always present in our lives and that its effects are mostly negative. We also discovered that every individual can make a difference on the stress presence and for now, we are not aware enough of the stress issue.

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered as an engine for economic growth all over the world and especially for developing countries. During the past decade, new product development (NPD) has increasingly been recognized as a critical factor in ensuring the continued survival of SMEs. On the other hand, the rapid rate of market and technological changes has accelerated in the past decade, so this turbulent environment requires new methods and techniques to bring successful new products to the marketplace. Virtual team can be a solution to answer the requested demand. However, literature have shown no significant differences between traditional NPD and virtual NPD in general, whereas NPD in SME's virtual team has not been systematically investigated in developing countries. This paper aims to bridge this gap by first reviewing the NPD and its relationship with virtuality and then identifies the critical factors of NPD in virtual teams. The statistical method was utilized to perform the required analysis of data from the survey. The results were achieved through factor analysis at the perspective of NPD in some Malaysian and Iranian manufacturing firms (N = 191). The 20 new product development factors were grouped into five higher level constructs. It gives valuable insight and guidelines, which hopefully will help managers of firms in developing countries to consider the main factors in NPD. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.