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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"community benefit"”.
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Non-Profit Hospitals and Community Health: Hospital Strategy Under the Affordable Care Act's Enhanced Community Benefit Regulations
… associated with one such policy – expanded community benefit regulations for nonprofit hospitals that require them to periodically assess the health of their communities and then develop a plan for addressing key health issues – to examine how hospitals’ investments in their community’s …
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The execution of corporate social responsibility strategies for "community" benefit: A case study of the South African mining industry and host communities in King Cetshwayo District (KwaZulu-Natal)
… plays an important role in economic growth and community development, given the country's legacy of mineral resources. To deal with the negative perception of mines, the mines responded by trying to mend their tarnished images through engaging in various CSR-linked initiatives, although such …
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In sickness and in wealth : hospitals, community benefits, and the Affordable Care Act
The new community benefit guidelines for non-profit hospitals enacted by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) present major opportunities for the public health and planning fields alike. Given that social determinants-the economic and social conditions that affect our …
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Implementing community renewables: institutional work in South Africa's renewable energy procurement programme
… the institutions evolve in the implementation of community benefit requirements. The theoretical frameworks of institutional work and logics helps to analyse this new organizational field and interaction of various actors in government, industries and communities. An action research approach …
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A Population Health Approach for Community Health Improvement
… of divisional initiatives to positively impact community health status. To effectively achieve its vision, the organization committed to the incorporation of population health principles in the development of an infrastructure to expand the reach and impact of community investments, along with …
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Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) Participation in Public Procurement
… of large contracts into small ‘lots’; the use of community benefit clauses; the use of subcontractor considerations; and the use of pre-commercial procurement (PCP) procedures” has on SME participation. A cross-border comparative case-study approach is adopted to examine the inclusion of social …
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Motivations, incentives, and commitments: financial benefits and citizen participation in onshore wind energy in Ireland
… The policy introduced a variety of financial benefits directed towards local communities to facilitate social acceptance, including community benefit funding and incentives focused on households closest to the wind farm, in the form of ‘near-neighbour’ compensation (DECC, 2021). The scheme …
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A framework for designing constructionist approaches to community-centered messaging
… role in development that can enhance their community's social setting. This thesis asks, "What is the role of communication technologies in a social constructionalist approach to community-centered messaging?" Towards answering this question, a framework is described for developing and …
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Reviewing Mechanisms for Stakeholder Engagement With Local Governments During Offshore Wind Development
… publication, “Good Practice Principles for Community Benefits from Offshore Renewable Energy Developments”, which provides a framework for developers to use when they voluntarily create and offer community benefits packages to local communities. In the United States, the mechanism is the …
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Organizational Ethics for Sponsorship and Governance in Catholic Healthcare
… and safety) and to the public good (such as community benefit programs and conflicted organizational partnerships).
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Access to land-based resources under the influence of land reform: a case study from an agrarian community in Mexico
… to the way in which agrarian communities obtain benefits from resources. The empirical evidence on which this research is based consists of both qualitative and quantitative data elicited by a combination of research methods applied to a case study design. The case study chosen is San Francisco …
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Approaches and Barriers to Incorporating Sustainable Development Into Coal Mine Design
… disruption and reconstruction; and long-term community benefit. This work demonstrates the advantage of using a systems engineering approach based on the premise that systems can only be optimized if all factors are considered at one time. Utilizing systems engineering and optimization …
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Community owned renewable energy (CORE) in Ireland’s energy transition: locating Homo curans in collective action
The development of the community owned renewable energy (CORE) sector in Ireland is explored in this research and the findings are used to reflect on the Irish energy transition through a sociological lens. The CORE story is examined using qualitative research with forty-six participants …
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Remembering Arkansas Debate: The Use of Collective Memory in Analyzing the Role of Intercollegiate Debate at the University of Arkansas
… professors, administrators, and the campus community benefit from a debate team's existence. Additionally, I provide a narrative perspective from a bevy of Arkansas debate alumni who attest to the wide range of academic and professional benefits they gained from participating with the …
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Local government : tales of creativity and innovation
… public value and a tangible result in the local community. This thesis contributes to our knowledge of creativity and innovation at work and how they are understood in local Councils in particular. It also contributes towards a model of 'local governance innovation'. The research uses an 'Expert …
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Mathematical modelling of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the effect of public health education
… of any intervention to assess the possible community benefit of public health educational campaigns. We illustrate the results by way simulation The following papers form the basis of much of the content of this dissertation, [1 ] L. Cai, Xuezhi Li, Mini Ghosh, Boazhu Guo. Stability analysis …
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Community's Safety Net: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Nonprofit Hospitals in Barrow and Clayton Counties in Providing Services to its Medicaid Population
… and in exchange they are required to meet community benefit standards which include offering care to a relatively large proportion of uninsured or socially disadvantaged individuals. Increasing poverty levels due to rising unemployment, foreclosures and economic distress have placed the …
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Efficient Computational Tools for Variational Data Assimilation and Information Content Estimation
… tools that allow the atmospheric science community benefit from state of the art assimilation methodologies. Data assimilation is the procedure to combine data from observations with model predictions to obtain a more accurate representation of the state of the atmosphere. As models become …
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The provision of tourism and recreation facilities along the N2 national road in the Stanger-Mthunzini districts
… the extent to which members of the local community are aware of the existence of the tourist attractions. • To find out the nature of tourist participation patterns within the study area. • To establish the extent to which members of the local community benefit from the availability of …
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CHNA: The Role of the Hospital in Addressing Specific Community Health Needs
… requires all nonprofit hospitals to complete Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) reports every three years and must include input from community stakeholders and underserved individuals representing the low-income, minority and chronically ill population.</p> <p>In addition to the CHNA, …
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