· In short, JIE is meant to serve as an uncertainty filtering and risk management device for strategic decision makers in policy and practice alike, as well as students of innovation at large.
Despite these limitations, we firmly believe the principles of modeling and partnerships shown here are valuable for epidemiologists and policy makers in practice and research.
A better integration of multiple scales, different societal actors, various knowledge sources, and diverse disciplines into disaster risk research will increase its relevance for decision-makers in policy and practice.
The findings of this study are relevant to primary care practices in the Netherlands as well as to health policy makers and primary care practices in other European countries that have implemented or are planning to implement DMPs to achieve integration of chronic care.
As detailed in a new book, "Smart Decisions," by Dr. Thomas N. Martin, decision makers need to develop and practice the art and science of strategic decision making early in their career to thrive in this complex business world.
Issues important for HIA/EIA evaluation include analytic validity, issue relevance, public involvement, and impacts on decisions as well as decision makers and decision-making practices.
In other words, decisions depend not only on the actual problem at hand but also on the motivations and personal goals of individual decision makers and the local practices wherein the decision making takes place (Levy and Williams 2004).
In a first stage, 48 key informants were interviewed; these were policy-makers and physicians practicing in the public and private sector in the three capital cities.
JCE is an interdisciplinary forum for communication of perspectives among researchers, practitioner, and policy makers on theories and practices in technology enhanced learning.
Focused on global, collaborative, and data-driven research that can make a real-world impact, the Center's goal is to accelerate research and share it with thought leaders and policy makers who are shaping policy and practice in the developing world.
