Browsing by Subject "Public Policy"

Analysis of educational materials and destruction/opt-out initiatives for storage and use of residual newborn screening samples.

Haga, Susanne B (Genet Test Mol Biomarkers, 2010-10)

In recent years, the storage and use of residual newborn screening (NBS) samples has gained attention. To inform ongoing policy discussions, this article provides an update of previous work on new policies, educational materials, ...

Application description and policy model in collaborative environment for sharing of information on epidemiological and clinical research data sets.

de Carvalho, EC; Batilana, AP; Simkins, J; Martins, H; Shah, J; Rajgor, D; Shah, A; ... (9 authors) (PLoS One, 2010-02-19)

BACKGROUND: Sharing of epidemiological and clinical data sets among researchers is poor at best, in detriment of science and community at large. The purpose of this paper is therefore to (1) describe a novel Web application ...

Bringing molecular tools into environmental resource management: untangling the molecules to policy pathway.

Schultz, TF (PLoS biology, 2009-03)

Collective action and individual choice: rethinking how we regulate narcotics and antibiotics.

Anomaly, Jonny (J Med Ethics, 2013-12)

Governments across the globe have squandered treasure and imprisoned millions of their own citizens by criminalising the use and sale of recreational drugs. But use of these drugs has remained relatively constant, and the ...

Costa Rica's payment for environmental services program: intention, implementation, and impact.

Sánchez-Azofeifa, G Arturo; Pfaff, Alexander; Robalino, Juan Andres; Boomhower, Judson P (Conserv Biol, 2007-10)

We evaluated the intention, implementation, and impact of Costa Rica's program of payments for environmental services (PSA), which was established in the late 1990s. Payments are given to private landowners who own land ...

Estimating the Impacts of Local Policy Innovation: The Synthetic Control Method Applied to Tropical Deforestation.

Sills, Erin O; Herrera, Diego; Kirkpatrick, A Justin; Brandão, Amintas; Dickson, Rebecca; Hall, Simon; Pattanayak, Subhrendu; ... (11 authors) (PLoS One, 2015)

Quasi-experimental methods increasingly are used to evaluate the impacts of conservation interventions by generating credible estimates of counterfactual baselines. These methods generally require large samples for statistical ...

Global desertification: Building a science for dryland development

REYNOLDS; James, F; Smith, DM Stafford; Lambin, EF; Turner, BL; II; Mortimore, M; ... (18 authors) (Science, 2007-05)

In this millennium, global drylands face a myriad of problems that present tough research, management, and policy challenges. Recent advances in dryland development, however, together with the integrative approaches of global ...

“Let the Sunshine In”: The Impact of Industry Payment Disclosure on Physician Prescription Behavior

Guo, T; Sriram, S; Manchanda, P (Marketing Science, 2020-01-01)

U.S. pharmaceutical companies frequently pay doctors to promote their drugs. This has raised concerns about conflict of interest, which policy makers have attempted to address by introducing payment disclosure laws. However, ...

North Carolina and Immigration Reform: Policy Options To Address Omnibus Immigration Legislation in the North Carolina General Assembly

Miller, R. Jason (2012-04-10)

Despite no significant movement toward comprehensive federal immigration reform since 2007, stakeholders from virtually all points on the political spectrum continue to call for an overhaul. In the meantime, states have ...