Frontiers in Public Health: Editor’s pick 2022-23

Frontiers in Public Health: Editor’s pick 2022-23
Author: Paolo Vineis
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2024-11-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 2832553893

Welcome to our Editor’s Pick collection for Frontiers in Public Health, showcasing a curated selection of the most impactful and innovative articles in the field. These articles were specially hand-picked by our Field Chief Editor, Professor Paolo Vineis, of Imperial College London. This compilation highlights the breadth and depth of contemporary public health research, featuring studies that address pressing global health challenges and propose practical solutions. We have categorized the selected articles into 8 categories for ease of readership: Aging and Chronic Diseases; Child and Maternal Health; Environmental Health and Climate Change; Infectious Diseases; Implementation Science and Experimental Studies; Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health; Mental Health and Emerging Public Health Issues. Each chosen article not only advances scientific understanding but also underscores the importance of evidence-based practices and policies in improving population health. We are proud to present this diverse array of research that not only reflects the current state of the field but also aims to inspire further inquiry and innovation. 2022 and 2023 were landmark years for the journal, which saw tremendous growth and interest in open access. Our goal is to spotlight the exceptional work of our authors, foster readership and innovation through our open-access principles, and extend our gratitude to our Editorial Board for their persistent dedication and teamwork.

Frontiers in Public Health: Editor’s pick - Public health education and promotion specialty section 2023

Frontiers in Public Health: Editor’s pick - Public health education and promotion specialty section 2023
Author: Christiane Stock
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2024-09-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 2832553052

Welcome to our Editor’s Pick collection for Public Health Education and Promotion, a specialty section within Frontiers in Public Health. In this collection, we showcase a selection of the most innovative and impactful articles in the section. These articles were selected by our Specialty Chief Editor, Professor Christiane Stock, of the Institute of Health and Nursing Science at Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin. This geographically diverse collection brings together critical research addressing a wide array of issues, from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic to the climate crisis. These articles represent the forefront of public health education and promotion scholarship, including effective educational approaches to improve vaccination rates, to continuously evolve public health curricula to address emerging global health challenges, and develop personalised, participatory and inclusive approaches for public health education and promotion. Our hope is for this collection to offer a roadmap for public health advancement through diverse, innovative strategies tailored to various cultural and regional contexts. We wish to spotlight exceptional work of our authors, foster readership through our open-access principles, and extend our gratitude to our Editorial Board for their dedication.

Adoption and Use of Technology Tools and Services by Economically Disadvantaged Communities: Implications for Growth and Sustainability

Adoption and Use of Technology Tools and Services by Economically Disadvantaged Communities: Implications for Growth and Sustainability
Author: Etim, Alice S.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2023-11-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1668453495

Economically disadvantaged communities in many regions around the world are making concerted efforts to become integrated into the global information society. The adoption and use of an array of technology tools and services by these communities will pave the way for their inclusion. Adoption and Use of Technology Tools and Services by Economically Disadvantaged Communities: Implications for Growth and Sustainability examines the challenges facing economically disadvantaged communities with respect to their digital divide and emerging opportunities as they adopt modern ICT tools and services for growth and sustainability. Focus is given to research on ICT adoption, use, and impact on lives, businesses, and societies. Covering topics such as the digital divide, food traceability, and big data analytics, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for sociologists, government officials, community leaders, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Intrinsic Motivation at Work

Intrinsic Motivation at Work
Author: Kenneth W. Thomas
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2009-04-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1576755924

This breakthrough book provides a comprehensive discussion of intrinsic motivation in the workplace--the psychological rewards workers get directly from the work itself.

Incentive-Centric Semantic Web Application Engineering

Incentive-Centric Semantic Web Application Engineering
Author: Elena Simperl
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2022-06-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3031794419

While many Web 2.0-inspired approaches to semantic content authoring do acknowledge motivation and incentives as the main drivers of user involvement, the amount of useful human contributions actually available will always remain a scarce resource. Complementarily, there are aspects of semantic content authoring in which automatic techniques have proven to perform reliably, and the added value of human (and collective) intelligence is often a question of cost and timing. The challenge that this book attempts to tackle is how these two approaches (machine- and human-driven computation) could be combined in order to improve the cost-performance ratio of creating, managing, and meaningfully using semantic content. To do so, we need to first understand how theories and practices from social sciences and economics about user behavior and incentives could be applied to semantic content authoring. We will introduce a methodology to help software designers to embed incentives-minded functionalities into semantic applications, as well as best practices and guidelines. We will present several examples of such applications, addressing tasks such as ontology management, media annotation, and information extraction, which have been built with these considerations in mind. These examples illustrate key design issues of incentivized Semantic Web applications that might have a significant effect on the success and sustainable development of the applications: the suitability of the task and knowledge domain to the intended audience, and the mechanisms set up to ensure high-quality contributions, and extensive user involvement. Table of Contents: Semantic Data Management: A Human-driven Process / Fundamentals of Motivation and Incentives / Case Study: Motivating Employees to Annotate Content / Case Study: Building a Community of Practice Around Web Service Management and Annotation / Case Study: Games with a Purpose for Semantic Content Creation / Conclusions