Public health organizations and researchers recognize community engagement as a critical practice for promoting the health and well-being of communities, but gaps remain in our understanding of factors that contribute to the development and implementation of community partnerships related to public health emergency preparedness (PHEP), particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. To assess contextual factors that are associated with PHEP community engagement among local health departments (LHDs). Cross-sectional survey study. Health and Human Services (HHS) Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington). PHEP practitioners who work at LHD. We developed a novel Community Engagement Scale (CES) to measure the level of community engagement activities among each LHD and adapted the Implementation Leadership Scale (ILS) to measure participants' commitment to community partnerships in PHEP. LHDs 34% (n = 26) within Health and Human Services Region 10 responded to our survey, including 17 from Washington, 4 from Oregon, and 3 from Idaho. Participants had a mean of 4.9-year experience in PHEP. The mean Community Engagement Scale score was 13.4 out of 32, with a higher score indicating a greater number and frequency of community engagement activities. The mean Implementation Leadership Scale score was 30.1 out of 48, with a higher score indicating greater participant commitment to PHEP community engagement. The state in which the LHD is located was associated with community engagement activities and individual-level commitment to community partnerships. Individual years of experience in PHEP was associated with individual-level commitment to community partnerships. This study provides a baseline assessment of engagement and partnership activities among LHDs in Region 10 using novel measures. Experience in PHEP and participants' commitment to PHEP community engagement were associated with partnership activities. Additional research is needed to uncover the state-level differences in community engagement activities and commitment to partnerships.

ABSTRACT Despite the potential risks, citizens tend to take an active role in preventing violence in public. But why do citizens take such risks? We take the Covid-19 curfew riots in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as a case for studying why citizens decided to intervene to de-escalate tension during riots. Based on interviews with 32 citizens, who successfully de-escalated tensions during social unrest, and eight professionals working in the neighborhoods where the riots took place, we found that social ties with the people rioting and commitment toward their neighborhood, feelings of responsibility and past experiences with conflicts, were the main conditions for citizens to engage in de-escalation. Interveners motivated their actions with a strong intent to counter stereotypes toward the ethnic minority they identified with and emphasized the importance of the involvement of professionals who encouraged their engagement. Based on this case study, we hypothesize that riot conflict management, characterized by an aim of de-escalating tensions, relies on a strong community commitment and are motivated by a wish to protect fellow community members. We propose how to draw on this form of informal control to foster safer protests and neighborhoods.

Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Quality Ratings and Hospital Community Commitment: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Emergency response squads in Israel represent a unique mix between civilian volunteerism and military-style security functions, operating in communities exposed to persistent security threats. This study examined how members of Emergency Response Squads negotiated their professional identity, role ambiguity, and physical readiness within a framework that decreases the clarity of traditional civil–military boundaries. Using a mixed-methods design, we surveyed 21 squad members with the Hebrew version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-S-H) and conducted semi-structured interviews to explore perceptions of organizational structure and readiness. Findings revealed a strong sense of community commitment but significant lacks in institutional support, standardized training, and physical fitness requirements. These shortages created tensions between the expectation of military-level performance and the voluntary nature of participation. We propose the Volunteer Readiness Integration Model, a conceptual framework linking community identity, organizational infrastructure, physical competence, and social resilience.

The armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine has given rise to various allegations of war crimes that have attracted the attention of the international community, particularly regarding the effectiveness of international criminal law enforcement. Although Russia is not a state party to the 1998 Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court (ICC) still has an important role in prosecuting perpetrators of international crimes. This study aims to analyze the application of ICC jurisdiction to alleged war crimes in the Russia–Ukraine conflict even though Russia is not a state party to the Rome Statute, as well as to identify the juridical and political challenges in the enforcement of international criminal law. This study employed a normative legal research method with statutory, conceptual, and case approaches. The results show that the ICC still has a basis for jurisdiction through the territorial principle based on Ukraine’s ad hoc declaration pursuant to Article 12(3) of the Rome Statute, as well as through the principle of complementarity, which places the ICC as the last resort when a state is unable or unwilling to enforce the law effectively. However, the implementation of such jurisdiction faces various challenges, including jurisdictional limitations over non-state parties, dependence on international cooperation, issues of immunity of state officials, global political dynamics, evidentiary constraints in situations of armed conflict, as well as the not yet optimal universalization of the Rome Statute. These findings indicate that the effectiveness of international criminal law enforcement in the Russia–Ukraine conflict depends not only on the ICC’s normative legitimacy, but also on political support and the commitment of the international community to preventing impunity for war crimes.

Abstract It is with great pleasure that we present this collection of abstracts, selected following peer review from submissions to the 2026 Health Services Research and Pharmacy Practice (HSRPP) Conference, held at Queen’s University Belfast, on 23rd and 24th April 2026. HSRPP continues its long-standing tradition of providing an important forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate and discuss novel research related to medicines use and pharmaceutical care that advances pharmacy practice and health services research. The theme of this year’s conference, “Following the science: generating and implementing evidence to improve health”, reflects the increasing importance of not only producing robust, high-quality evidence, but also ensuring that this evidence is effectively implemented in practice and policy. The theme encompasses key contemporary challenges, including the quality and credibility of research evidence, barriers and facilitators to implementation, communication of evidence to the public, maintaining high-quality services during periods of crisis, and the development and planning of resilient health services capable of responding to future global challenges. The abstracts presented in this supplement exemplify the breadth and depth of research being undertaken across pharmacy practice and health services research. Together, they highlight methodologically rigorous work that addresses real-world healthcare challenges and contributes to evidence-informed decision-making. The abstracts showcase a diverse range of study designs and disciplinary perspectives, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of the field and reinforcing the central role of science in shaping effective, sustainable healthcare systems. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all those who have contributed to the conference and this abstract supplement. In particular, we thank the authors who submitted scientific abstracts, the HSRPP steering committee for their time and expertise in reviewing abstracts, Pharmacy Research UK, our sponsors, and the staff involved in organising and delivering the conference. We are also grateful to our keynote speakers, workshop facilitators, session chairs and poster session moderators for their invaluable contributions to the scientific programme. We hope that this abstract supplement serves as a lasting record of the research presented at HSRPP 2026 and stimulates further discussion, collaboration and innovation. Above all, we trust that the conference will be a productive, engaging and enjoyable experience, and that it will reinforce the shared commitment of the HSRPP community to following the science in order to improve health now and in the future. Carmel M. Hughes and Heather E. Barry HSRPP Conference 2026 Co-Chairs

Drug abuse remains a serious problem threatening the younger generation, including university students. The coastal areas of Bengkulu City are vulnerable to drug trafficking due to social and geographical factors. Universities, as educational institutions, have a strategic role in efforts to prevent drug abuse through promotional and preventive activities. This activity aims to detect early drug abuse among students of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Dehasen University Bengkulu, as well as to raise awareness and commitment of the academic community in creating a campus environment free from drugs. The methods for implementing this community service activity include socialization about the dangers of drug abuse, education on the importance of early detection, and urine testing for students of Fikes Dehasen Bengkulu.Urine tests are carried out according to standard procedures using rapid drug test kits. This activity is conducted in a coordinated manner involving lecturers, healthcare workers from the Bengkulu City National Narcotics Agency (BNN), and students as participants totaling 70 people.The results of the activity indicate that out of 70 people who underwent urine testing (early detection), negative results (-) were obtained, which shows that the majority of Fikes Dehasen Bengkulu students are free from drug abuse. The results of education and awareness-raising activities based on the pre-test and post-test show an increase in participants' understanding of the dangers and types of drugs, with the average pre-test score being 62 and an increase in participants' knowledge to an average post-test score of 82.Conclusion: the community service activity of the campus drug-free movement (Bersinar) through urine testing on students of Fikes Dehasen Bengkulu ran smoothly and provided positive benefits for the participants.This activity is effective in supporting efforts to prevent drug abuse and strengthening the commitment of the academic community to creating a healthy, safe, and drug-free campus. Similar activities are recommended to be carried out continuously as part of promotive and preventive programs in higher education institutions.

ABSTRACT The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda has provided a gendered governance framework for conflict prevention and international peacebuilding for the last twenty-five years. Under the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan, women and girls face ‘gender apartheid,’ including bans on education and employment, exclusion from public spaces, and widespread gender-based violence. This discussion presents data on the international community’s interactions with the Taliban collected across three phases from February 2020 to October 2025. The data covers a range of peace processes and governance issues, highlighting how the international community gradually eased out of issues related to Afghan women and their rights, which has been a normative commitment of the international community. While the WPS norms currently face global challenges, research shows that gender-inclusive policies increasingly improve governance, peace, and stability. Recommitting to the WPS agenda in Afghanistan offers the best chance to improve governance, peace, and stability, while also allowing the international community to prioritise Afghan women’s rights in its engagement with the Taliban.

Questions of care pervade teacher education discourse. Drawing upon Black feminist theories of care, relational philosophies, and abolitionist approaches to education, this study uses data-grounded duoethnographic reflections to interrogate our personal and institutional capacities for organizing communities of care in our teacher and school counselor education classrooms. By reflecting on the messy real-time unfolding of university teaching, this paper explores the generative tension associated with attempting to put an ethic of care to work amongst the complex intersubjectivities of university teaching. Specifically, we examine the overlapping tension associated with competing temporal demands of care that variously need a speed-up and slow-down approach to class time. We also analyze the concurrent tension between comfort, discomfort, and classroom community commitments to care and learning. We conclude with a recognition that while universities are, in many ways, antagonistic to communities of care, they are nevertheless a necessary site of struggle.

ABSTRACT Drawing on qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with six early-career teacher educators working in English language teacher education (ELTE) programs in Chilean universities, the research explores how these educators navigate the pressures to publish in English-language journals while simultaneously engaging with local pedagogical, linguistic, and community commitments. Conceptually framed by decolonial theory, knowledge production, and teacher education, the study demonstrates that teacher educators are frequently caught in a double bind: they must meet institutional demands for international visibility and research output – defined by neoliberal and Euro-American norms – while remaining responsive to the sociocultural realities of teaching in Spanish-dominant, under-resourced contexts. These publishing pressures intersect with broader hierarchies of language, power, and coloniality that shape knowledge production in global ELT. Despite these constraints, teacher educators resist dominant epistemic paradigms through following agentive practices: drawing on locally grounded knowledges, fostering collaborative scholarly networks, and asserting alternative conceptions of academic impact and relevance.

Abstract The global EdTech market, valued at nearly USD 250 billion, generates not only revenue but substantial ecological and planetary costs that the EdTech scholarly community has insufficiently examined. This article argues that those working in and around EdTech bear a moral responsibility to move beyond (non)performative engagement with sustainable development goals toward serious, structural inquiry into the environmental impacts of EdTech. Drawing on a postdigital transdisciplinary framework, we identify key scholarly fields and approaches—Critical EdTech Studies, AI and education research, postdigital-biodigital approaches, Education for Sustainable Development, degrowth theory, ecopedagogy, and studies of unequal planetary conditions—and examine their respective contributions to understanding relationships between EdTech and the environment. We outline an open research program grounded in ontological, epistemological, ethical, political, pedagogical, positional, and community commitments that resist technological solutionism and growth-dependent development models. Rather than offering definitive answers, this paper extends an invitation to transdisciplinary collaboration, recognising that planetary challenges require planetary responses from a coalition of scholars willing to work across—and beyond—disciplinary boundaries.

This article investigates the construction of imagined school communities in the digital space of schools. Drawing on Benedict Anderson’s theory of imagined communities, the study examines how two schools in northeastern Estonia, amidst significant systemic educational reforms and demographic shifts, use social media as a space to establish values and cultivate a sense of belonging. Using qualitative content analysis of over 200 Facebook posts from two newly opened state gymnasia in Narva, a predominantly Russian-speaking city, we found that social media served as a curated digital space for community construction, a compass for community direction, and a channel for articulating community commitments. The analysis demonstrates that social media functioned not only as an informational, but also as a cultural forum for generating new educational imaginaries. This study contributes to the spatial turn in comparative education by highlighting the value of researching social media to understand school community development and the role of digital space, especially during periods of systemic reform.

The flash flood and landslide disaster in Mendale Village, Kebayakan District, Central Aceh caused environmental damage and social and psychological impacts on the community, especially vulnerable groups. The main post-disaster problems were limited understanding of the disaster, limited structured environmental recovery, and minimal ongoing psychosocial assistance. This community service activity aims to accelerate social and environmental recovery through community-participation-based disaster socialisation. The method used was a Service Learning approach with four stages: planning, socialisation, implementation, and evaluation. The activity involved approximately 40 participants, including village officials, community leaders, youth, housewives, and schoolchildren. The program included socialisation of disaster mitigation and preparedness, community service cleaning public facilities, psychosocial assistance for children through educational games and storytelling, and strengthening environmental resilience through planting family medicinal plants and vegetables in the village office area. Data were collected through observation, pre-tests, post-tests, and interviews. The results of the activity showed a significant increase in community understanding of disasters from low to good and very good. Furthermore, the village environment became cleaner and more functional, community participation in community service activities increased, and children's anxiety symptoms decreased through trauma healing activities. These activities also fostered a collective community commitment to maintaining environmental cleanliness and independently implementing disaster preparedness principles. These findings demonstrate that participatory disaster awareness campaigns are effective as a post-disaster social and environmental recovery strategy in disaster-prone rural areas.

This article aims to analyze how customer loyalty in the service sector is built not only on functional satisfaction, but also on deep, memorable, and emotionally meaningful relational experiences. A conceptual model based on Alcaide's (2015) “loyalty clover” is proposed, complemented by theories of relational marketing (Reinares and Ponzoa, 2004) and experiential marketing (Peppers y Rogers, 2016). Through a literature review, the key dimensions for generating lasting bonds with customers beyond the transaction are explored: emotional, symbolic, and community loyalty. It was concluded that the design of personalized and human experiences, articulated from the relational bond, represents a sustainable competitive advantage in highly competitive and mature market environments. Likewise, the study demonstrated that the implementation of the components of the clover (emotional bonds, functional benefits, added values, and memorable experiences) allows for the activation of deeper, more sustainable, and more differentiating loyalty mechanisms, especially in service contexts where human interaction is decisive.

The microbiological quality of clean water in Dusun Kepuhan has not met regulatory standards, posing potential health risks to the community. Laboratory examination identified Escherichia coli at 21 CFU/100 mL and total coliform bacteria at 180 CFU/100 mL, exceeding the permissible limits established by the Indonesian Ministry of Health Regulation No. 2 of 2023. This community service program was conducted to enhance residents’ knowledge and practical skills in managing clean water through the application of a chlorine diffuser as a simple and practical disinfection method. The implementation process included problem identification, coordination with the local PAMSIMAS management, educational sessions, and hands-on demonstrations of diffuser preparation and use. Program effectiveness was evaluated using pre-test and post-test assessments involving 30 participants. The findings indicated a statistically significant improvement in participants knowledge following the training. The chlorine diffuser approach was considered appropriate for the community setting due to its ease of use, affordability, and gradual chlorine release mechanism. Continuous monitoring and sustained community commitment are necessary to ensure long-term implementation of safe water disinfection practices.

This article explores how Arab social work students in Israel conceptualize solidarity, navigating between ethnic identity, community loyalty, and universal professional ethics. Using a phenomenological qualitative approach, 25 in-depth interviews were thematically analyzed. Findings revealed that students view solidarity as a multidimensional phenomenon, including moral value, emotional empathy, daily mutual aid, and professional identity. A distinction emerged between takaful (communal-religious mutual support) and tadamun (moral trans-border solidarity). The study highlights the tension and interplay between identity-based and universal solidarity, offering an indigenous perspective that bridges local cultural values with global ethics in social work practice.

ABSTRACT This article examines how small to medium-sized craft breweries build connections with local independent musicians through multiple forms of collaboration. Such connections are forged through symbolic practices that coproduce meanings of music and beer, and through the creation of spaces where they can be authenticated experientially. The collaboration counts as marketing activity, but also shows how small cultural-sector enterprises engage in distinctive practices of mutual qualification and market making. Collaborative releases and events simultaneously affirm both ethical codes around aesthetic freedom, creativity and community commitment characteristic of craft and indie music cultures and the specific local scene-based social networks that generate them. In this way the ‘neo-localist’ orientation widely attributed to craft brewers can be seen to play out through emplaced relations that leverage cultural value to address shared challenges that small independent cultural producers face in reaching markets with limited resources.

Higher education institutions around the world now recognise the twin climate change and biodiversity loss crises as amongst the most pressing issues facing humanity in the twenty-first century. The University of Edinburgh adopted a ‘Net Zero by 2040’ target in 2016 and a university-owned carbon sequestration programme commenced in 2021 to manage the unavoidable emissions associated with aviation from University business travel and wider student travel to and from the University. The programme was also designed to secure wider community commitment including learning and teaching strategies and long-term research benefits. Five years on, this paper sets out the underlying logic and principles behind the approach, set within the context of climate and biodiversity action more broadly. The paper also examines common criticisms posed in the academic literature concerning carbon sequestration programmes, ‘offsets’ and ‘insets’, and the authors’ and institution’s responses to those challenges.

Small islands represent distinct regions characterized by unique ecosystems and specific community conditions. This study seeks to assess the preparedness of the community and resources on small islands, with a particular focus on Barrang Caddi Island in the Spermonde Archipelago, South Sulawesi. The research was conducted from April to August, employing methods such as location surveys, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews. The findings indicate that the culture of mutual assistance, openness, friendliness, and politeness serves as a significant catalyst for the development of tourism potential on Barrang Caddi Island. The island's environmental cleanliness, well-maintained village facilities, infrastructure, communication services, and white sandy beaches are notable attractions. The cultural potential, supported by the community's strong commitment and the pristine beach environment, positions Barrang Caddi Island as a promising tourism destination.

Purpose This study examines how social value, focused on worker welfare and community well-being, can be integrated into public procurement. Design/methodology/approach Employing an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design, the research commenced with 19 semi-structured interviews at a federal tertiary institution, followed by a survey of 121 construction professionals from public tertiary institutions across 11 northern Nigerian states. Findings The key findings include the absence of clear mandates for social value implementation for community, workers and limited institutional commitment, revealing gaps in the Public Procurement Act (2007). Originality/value International best practices are identified through a review of relevant studies and adapted to guide the development of a context-specific framework for Nigeria. The framework offers actionable guidance for policy reform, institutional alignment and capacity development aimed at fostering inclusive and sustainable construction outcomes in the public sector.