Evaluating a Nonprofit Health Index as a Policy Tool

An Introduction to Policy Delphi; A tool for discovering the opposing views on health policy issues

Objective: In this review, we investigated various aspects of Policy Delphi technique to make decision-makers more aware of this pertinent method so that they can use it in their policy decisions in their organizations. Information sources and selected methods for study: This study was conducted using a review method and by searching the related literature in databases such as PubMed, Scopus a...

Mental Health Policy Adoption as a Seminal Event: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Implementation of a Health Policy Advisory Committee as a Knowledge Translation Platform: The Nigeria Experience

Background In recent times, there has been a growing demand internationally for health policies to be based on reliable research evidence. Consequently, there is a need to strengthen institutions and mechanisms that can promote interactions among researchers, policy-makers and other stakeholders who can influence the uptake of research findings. The Health Policy Advisory Committee (HPAC) is on...

Introducing the Flood Vulnerability Index (FVI) as a flood crisis management tool

Background and objective: Floods are among the most dangerous natural disasters that causes loss of life and property every year. The destructive effects of floods are more documentedو due to climate change and increasing economic and social development. Social and infrastructural vulnerabilities have also increased due to human settlement adjacent to river floodplains. Therefore, to prevent mo...

Wiki as a ckm tool in websites

The present research is conducted to show that organizations can use wiki to attract customers' purchase intention inside the e-commerce context. Considering the relation between wiki and ecommerce for CRM, this research tries to explore the characteristics such as perceived risk, customer experience, knowledge sharing culture, trust and knowledge sharing in wiki tool impact on purchase intenti...