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Public health strategies adopted to manage the increase of accesses to vaccination services, as a result of the application of the law 119/2017.
2020
Background and aim of the work: In response to the alarming reduction of vaccination coverage rates, Italian Ministry of Health approved the law number 119/2017, which has extended the number of mandatory vaccinations, for school attendance, from four to ten. The present study aims to evaluate accesses to the vaccination services of the Palermo Local Health Unit (LHU) and the variation of the vaccination coverage rates for hexavalent and measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV) vaccines, after the implementation of the law 119/2017. Methods: An extent of opening hours and an involvement of other health-care professionals in the vaccination services of the Palermo LHU have been adopted t…
Nurses' Perspectives on In-Home Monitoring of Elderlies's Motion Pattern
2017
In-home monitoring systems have been proposed to support aging in place and facilitate home care service. Through a qualitative approach the study explores nurses' existing challenges and perspectives of an in-home monitoring system. Results indicate that nurses base care decisions on multiple, and sometimes, unreliable information sources. However, access to information about elderlies' physical motion could support the care planning process by reducing ambiguity and raising attention. Hence, a simple and affordable system that largely relies on nurses to interpret the sensed data could bring additional value. peerReviewed
Incentives, Service Quality, and Regulation: An Application to the Airline Industry
2012
El sector aéreo presenta interesantes retos para el investigador. Se trata de un sector complicado debido, entre otras características, a las siguientes: escasos márgenes de beneficios, elevadas barreras de entrada y salida, alta sensibilidad a ciclos económicos, y la regulación y competencia. Desde los años 90, Europa ha vivido un proceso de desregulación en el tráfico aéreo. Ello ha supuesto una reorganización de las redes desde rutas completamente conectadas (fully-connected) hacia redes con aeropuertos base (hub-and-spoke). No debemos olvidar que sobreviven mercados que están regulados de acuerdo con la calificación de “obligación de servicio público” – en España tenemos el caso de las …
Measuring pre-service teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education: Psychometric properties of the TAIS scale
2015
The Teachers’ Attitudes towards Inclusive Education (TAIS) scale was designed to measure pre-service teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion, as defined in the Salamanca Statement of UNESCO. The 10-item scale was developed using a sample of 185 final-year pre-service subject teachers. It was validated in four subsequent studies with various samples of teachers and pre-service teachers. The unidimensionality of the scale was established in all samples except the first-year students, and its validity was confirmed in psychometric analyses. The scale is suggested for use in intervention studies aiming to develop positive attitudes towards inclusion among teachers and pre-service teachers. peerRe…
Servicio jurídico especializado en materia de extranjería de la Mancomunitat Intermunicipal de l'Horta Sud
2011
El Centro Comarcal de Servicios Interculturales cuenta con un servicio jurídico especializado en materia de extranjería. La normativa de extranjería determina el estatuto jurídico de las personas inmigrantes y su acceso a los distintos recursos y servicios. Es un servicio de información, asesoramiento y tramitación de expedientes dirigido a personal técnico municipal, empresariado y cualquier persona interesada. A través de sus distintas actuaciones, promueve la inclusión social de las personas inmigrantes y su participación en la vida económica, social y política. The County Centre for Intercultural Services provides a legal service specialising in immigration. Immigration regulations dete…
Improving soil and water conservation and ecosystem services by sustainable soil management practices: From a global to an Italian soil partnership
2020
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identify the need to restore degraded soils in order to improve productivity and the provision of ecosystem services. The aim is to support food production, store and supply clean water, conserve biodiversity, sequester carbon, and improve soil resilience in a context of climate change. Within this framework, in order to achieve the SDGs and to correct land management in the long-term, soil management is considered mandatory. The reduction of land degradation should be based on various sustainable soil management practices that improve and maintain soil organic matter levels, increase water infiltration, and improve soil water management. This tec…
Inequality in Healthcare Utilization in Italy: How Important Are Barriers to Access?
2022
With the ageing population, equitable access to medical care has proven to be paramount for the effective and efficient management of all diseases. Healthcare access can be hindered by cost barriers for drugs or exams, long waiting lists or difficult access to the place where the needed healthcare service is provided. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the probability of facing one of these barriers varies among individuals with different socio-economic status and care needs, controlling for geographical variability. Methods. The sample for this study included 9629 interviews with Italian individuals, aged 15 and over, from the second wave (2015) of the European Health Intervie…
Erikseen vai yhdessä? Tietopalvelujen vakiintuminen Jyväskylän yliopiston kirjaston ytimeen
2012
Informaatiolukutaito on keskeinen akateemisen asiantuntijuuden ulottuvuus ja työelämätaito. Mirja Laitinen kertaa artikkelissaan Jyväskylän yliopiston kirjaston tietopalvelujen kehitystä ja sulautumista osaksi kirjaston keskeistä palvelutarjontaa, sekä tiedonhankinnan opetuksen ja ohjauksen nousua kirjaston tietopalvelun keskeiseksi tehtäväksi. Artikkelissa myös tarkastellaan kirjaston tietopalvelun ammattilaisten tehtäviä digitaalisessa maailmassa, jossa tiedonhankinta ja -hallinta ovat muuttuneet ratkaisevasti. nonPeerReviewed
Age Differences in Technology Readiness and Its Effects on Information System Acceptance and Use : The Case of Online Electricity Services in Finland
2017
Although technology readiness (TR) has been found to influence the acceptance and use of information systems (IS), little is known about how TR varies in terms of different demographic variables and how these demographic variables moderate the effects of TR on IS acceptance and use. In this study, we aim to address this gap in prior research by examining the potential age differences in the four technology readiness index (TRI) constructs as well as their effects on IS use intention and its two main antecedents hypothesised in the technology acceptance model (TAM): perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. The examination is conducted in the context of online electricity services and …
Advantages of Public Cloud Infrastructure in Different Technology Adoption Lifecycle Stages
2012
Independent software vendors (ISV) utilize cloud infrastructure for different reasons. We hypothesize that the motivation to adopt cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) changes as the ISV’s product is getting adopted by the market. In this paper we consider how the infrastructure needs of ISVs change along the stages of ISV product’s adoption lifecycle, and analyze the potential benefits of utilizing IaaS in different stages. The analysis is illustrated with the cases of ISV firms with documented use of IaaS. These cases support the hypothesis that different benefits of IaaS are gaining importance along the adoption lifecycle. peerReviewed