Extension and advisory services are integral to the AIS, where now more than ever they play a brokering role, linking key actors such as producer organizations, research services, and higher education. This module looks at the history and current status of extension and advisory services and examines important topics such as pluralism, new roles for extension, new kinds of service providers, IC...

The study included three rounds of week-long site visits to each of the 17 programs in the study during the period from 1996 to 1999. Site visits included: individual and group interviews with program staff, parents, and community members; staff surveys; reviews of randomly selected case files to learn about service patterns of individual families; and observations of center classrooms and home...

This document comprises recommendations from the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project for addressing challenges that are commonly experienced during the implementation of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs. The quality gaps described and the associated recommendations are based on the expe...

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Acknowledgement The ORNL research staff who were responsible for organizing the Workshop and assembling this report gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all the workshop participants to the success of the meeting, and to the technical and editorial content of the report. In particular, those members of the International Advisory Committee who served as session chairmen, Drs. acted as lea...

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All patient information is confidential and must be protected and used appropriately by all members of the healthcare team. Caldicott Guardians have a strategic, advisory and facilitative role to ensure that the Caldicott Principles underpin the approach organizations develop to protect and use patient identifiable information. It is essential all staff and students receive appropriate training...

he findings and directives issued by the President’s Commission (2002) regarding the development of a system that is consumer and family driven have led many states and their partners to increase their efforts to involve consumers along a continuum of core activities for justice-involved consumers. Jail diversion and prison reentry programs have been at the forefront in integrating consumers in...