In still other studies (N = 4), governance was found to have a moderating effect, indicating that governance mechanisms influenced other system processes or structures that improved health.
In addition, partner selection and formal governance are found to be used as complements instead of substitutes in coping with interfirm control problems.
Another example of top-down state centric risk governance is found in the following set of guidelines (UNISDR, p. 8): "(a) each State has the primary responsibility to prevent and reduce disaster risk, including through international, regional, subregional, transboundary and bilateral cooperation.
Governance was found to be significantly correlated with population health, as were GDP per capita, and access to improved water.
In our data, the presence of hierarchical governance in combination with low levels of relational governance was found among the less effective networks.
Five key themes illustrating barriers to clinical governance implementation were found, representing problems with: developing management clinical relations; clinicians stepping up into clinical governance and leadership activities; interprofessional relations; training needs for governance and leadership; and having insufficient time to get involved.
However, a diversity of technical, economic, social and governance issues were found to influence uptake and performance.
Interestingly, governance was seen as an important structural force that could have both stifling and supportive effects towards holistic approaches to public health practice.Governance was found to act as a barrier towards holistic practices in a number of ways.
The institutions of corporate governance inside the company were found to be a laughable failure.
Education (std. B = −0.442), private sector and trade (std. B = −0.316), and governance (std. B = −0.280) were found to be the most important macrostructural factors associated with maternal mortality.
