Founding Partners Research Articles

Are people with HIV at advanced disease stages being left behind? A global survey.

A substantial percentage of people with HIV are still admitted for care at advanced disease stages. Here, we investigate the availability of the supplies and infrastructure required to provide care for this population in healthcare facilities and explore correlations with local demand. AIDS Healthcare Foundation's partner facilities were invited to respond to a survey addressing the availability of services to support clients with advanced HIV. We present results per continent and according to gross national income per capita using frequencies and percentages. We generated country-level scores taking the average percentage of facilities with available resources on 10 key items and used Spearman's correlation to investigate relationships between country scores and local demand, depicted by the percentages of people with HIV newly enrolled in care with a CD4 T-cell count <200/mm3 in 2022. A total of 643 facilities from 37 countries responded to the survey between September and December 2021. Overall, services requiring more costly equipment and/or supplies were less frequently available. Facilities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America/Caribbean and those with lower gross national income had a somewhat lower availability of diagnostic and therapeutic resources. Availability of services was not correlated with local demand: 14 countries (42%) had scores below the 50% percentile despite having >20% of newly enrolled people with HIV with a CD4 T-cell count <200/mm3. Appropriate care can mitigate the morbidity and mortality associated with advanced HIV. We found that the healthcare services recommended by the World Health Organization as essential to support clients with advanced HIV are often unavailable in facilities providing HIV care, despite high local demand.

The Stanton Foundation partners with the University of Georgia to create a Spectrum of Care Clinic

The Stanton Foundation partners with the University of Georgia to create a Spectrum of Care Clinic

Evolution and Contribution of a Global Partnership against Measles and Rubella, 2001-2023.

This article describes the arc of global measles and rubella elimination since 2000 from the perspective of the founding partners of the Measles Initiative. The Measles Initiative was formed in 2001 as a partnership among the American Red Cross, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, the United Nations Foundation, and the World Health Organization with the aim to reduce measles deaths in low-income countries. Recognizing rubella as the leading infectious disease cause of congenital abnormalities globally and achievement of measles and rubella elimination in the region of the Americas, the partnership was renamed the Measles and Rubella Initiative (MRI) in 2012. The goals of the MRI were at least a 95% reduction in global measles mortality and elimination of measles and rubella in at least five of the six WHO regions. In January 2023, the membership of the partnership was expanded to include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, and its name changed to the IA2030 Measles and Rubella Partnership. We describe the role the partnership has had in measles partner effectiveness and its impact on measles and rubella disease burden, including how the partnership has strategically adapted to the evolving immunization landscape. We conclude with lessons learned regarding the role global partnerships can play in furthering the impact of disease control programs within the current global immunization environment.

Audit of Electroconvulsive Therapy Service Provision in Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust: Current Standards and Adherence to National Guidance

Audit of Electroconvulsive Therapy Service Provision in Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust: Current Standards and Adherence to National Guidance

THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING STRATEGY IN REALIZING THE EDUCATIONAL MISSION

Kazeto Putra Perkasa Foundation is an educational institution committed to providing a positive impact on society through educational programs and humanitarian assistance. To realize a mission that originates from the vision of the Kazeto Putra Perkasa Foundation itself, this journal was created to find out the role of communication and marketing strategies used by the Kazeto Putra Perkasa Foundation in the current competitive era. Develop strong marketing, innovative social media tactics, and strategies to build strong relationships with stakeholders, including foundation partners. In addition, this journal discusses concrete actions taken during the process of realizing the educational mission of the Kazeto Putra Perkasa Foundation, as well as the results achieved in improving the perception of the foundation and gaining support from various parties. The purpose of this research is to describe the role of communication and marketing strategies used by the Kazeto Putra Perkasa Foundation in promoting its educational services to the community. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive research, which illustrates and describes an event that occurred. In collecting data, interviews and literature studies are the methods used to complete the theory and concepts in this research. This integrated approach has enabled the Kazeto Putra Perkasa Foundation to strengthen its position as a driver of significant change in improving social welfare and education, having a greater impact on communities in need.

STUDI REALITAS WANITA KERIER DALAM MEWUJUDKAN KELUARGA SAKINAH DALAM MASYARAKAT MODERN

The existence of global changes from the agrarian era to the industrial era and even now into the information technology era, one of which has an impact on the shift in gender relations patterns. This is characterized by many women switching to the public sector or becoming career women in the hope of improving their family's economic status. The research aims to look at social changes related to career women in modern society in their role as contributors to the family economy, to create family harmony from the sociological perspective of Islamic law. The type of research used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. Through a normative-sociological approach. With data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation. Analysis of this research data through data reduction, data presentation, and concluding. Discussion result; 1) In the modern era, women are required to think forward and adapt to the climate of globalization and industrialization which has encouraged and spurred competency fluctuations in the world of work. 2) jobs taken by women who want to pursue a career in the public sector must also be based on family interests and by Islamic religious law. 3) To create more harmonious families in the modern era, a strong foundation of partnership between husbands and husbands is needed. and wife, complement and complement each other, and are balanced in economic terms.

Influence of Psychological Contracts in Knowledge Sharing Through Startups

Informed by exchange and social capital theories, reasoned action, and psychological contract frameworks, this paper seeks to elucidate the intricate interplay between psychological contracts and their impact on knowledge-sharing motivations within the context of startups. The research adopts a qualitative approach, employing in-depth personal interviews and focus groups, with subsequent content analysis facilitated by NVivo software. Through a comprehensive exploration encompassing startups spanning diverse industries and maturity levels, the investigation draws upon insights from founding partners, directors, and employees. Notably, this study stands apart from the literature primarily examining established enterprises in Anglo-Saxon nations. Conversely, it distinguishes itself by its novel examination of how psychological contracts exert influence on knowledge sharing across individual, intra-organizational, and inter-organizational strata within startups operating in emerging economies, taking into account their distinctive characteristics. The findings shed light on employees' core perceptions of their reciprocal obligations and the organization's corresponding commitments. Moreover, the research unveils the nuanced impact of contextual factors on the cultivation of social bonds, consequently moulding knowledge-sharing dynamics within startups, thereby directly shaping individual and organizational outcomes.

From Failing Forward to Thriving

Drawing on entrepreneurial cognition and experiential learning theories, this article explores the complexities of entrepreneurial learning from business failure and its reflections on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Qualitative research was conducted through individual in-depth interviews and focus groups, and data were subjected to content analysis using NVivo software. The analysed data relate the nature of the failure to its reflections on entrepreneurial learning and the most relevant contents used in the resurgence of the entrepreneur. How the entrepreneurial ecosystem absorbs and recycles learning from failure impacting new business creation was analysed. This study explored emerging economies’ themes based on the triangulation of data from startups from different industries and maturity levels from the perspective of founding partners, directors and employees and incubator and accelerator managers. The article offers a vision of entrepreneurial learning due to exceptional failure. The results presented in this paper demonstrate that learning from a critical event profoundly impacts the performance of entrepreneurial ecosystems and influences their vocation and the accession of new ventures to the industries analysed. These results encourage research in areas such as learning to model or replicating the proposed approach in other ecosystems. In practical terms, the findings can support policymakers in identifying localised factors that can be leveraged to produce macro-level change by identifying appropriate incentives for social networks and experiential knowledge sharing. The article presents a new perspective on entrepreneurial learning. It offers evidence that micro-learning strategies adopted and developed after critical events impact the performance of the entrepreneurial ecosystem related to the creation and diffusion of new ventures.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL REGIONS AND PARTNERSHIP AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ITS ENSURING

Currently, the theoretical and methodological foundations of partnership as a tool for ensuring economic development remain little studied and require a detailed analysis of the existing experience, both domestic and foreign, as well as the development of universal models to ensure the effective practical implementation of partnerships at the tactical and strategic levels. It is proved that the development of rural entrepreneurship is an important aspect of the revival of rural areas in Ukraine and at the same time an important sector of the economy that plays a special role in creating competitive products, as it is the basis for further expansion of production and improvement of the well-being of the rural population. The article reveals the content and essence of the concept of partnership as the main tool for ensuring the economic development of entrepreneurship, the study of the key principles of the formation of this form of interaction. The authors proposed a scheme of key elements of planning the mechanism of economic development of entrepreneurship in the countryside, including common features of government, community, business and scientific component, which, when interacting, provide the result that manifests itself in supporting business, attracting external resources and strategic investments, as well as creating a favorable image of rural areas. The main motives of entrepreneurial activity in the countryside, which indicate the prospects for the development of rural areas, are identified. The components of partnerships in the direction of economic development of entrepreneurship in the countryside, which include consideration of socio-economic, natural, energy and administrative resources of rural areas, are investigated, this interaction allows to obtain efficiency: economic, social and environmental. The article proposes a model of economic self-sufficiency of an agrarian enterprise in rural areas, which shows the closed cyclical nature of economic development, using the example of an ECO-farm, which includes state support at all levels, new jobs, green tourism, processing and implementation, as well as social responsibility. The prerequisites for the partnership on the example of farmers, characterized by interaction (availability of common yards, purchase of fertilizers, rental of equipment, sowing campaign, supply of raw materials for the production of biofuels) and common features (processing of raw materials, sale of finished products in domestic and foreign markets) are revealed. Therefore, it was grounded that the prospects for the economic development of entrepreneurship in the countryside will directly depend on the established partnership.

APA Foundation partners with nonprofit Athletes for Hope

The American Psychiatric Association Foundation (APA Foundation) last month announced a new strategic partnership with Athletes for Hope (AFH), a leading U.S. sports nonprofit that educates, encourages and empowers profes‐sional, Olympic, Paralympic and college athletes to find their charitable passions and use their platforms to positively impact their communities, a news release stated. The partnership shines a light on the varied demands of professional and amateur athletic life and how these demands, when left unchecked, can contribute to poor mental health outcomes among athletes in the U.S. and beyond, APA Foundation officials stated. Founded in 2006 by legendary athletes such as Muhammad Ali, Mia Hamm and Andre Agassi, AFH has grown to become the largest U.S. sports nonprofit, with more than 12,000 athletes who volunteer in programs that focus on improving physical and mental health out‐comes in underserved communities. Although many assume that athletes do not struggle with their mental health, the opposite is true. More than one out of every three elite athletes experience mental health challenges and are at an elevated risk of developing life‐threatening mental health conditions. The APA Foundation and AFH have partnered to improve outcomes through social me‐dia campaigns, virtual and in‐person panel webinars, and a new National Mental Health Advocacy Bill of Rights. The bill of rights will detail best practices for supporting athlete mental wellness and provide a roadmap for equal access to mental health resources at all levels of sport. Recently, many Olympic athletes, like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, have spoken out about the difficulty of maintaining mental wellness under extreme pressure, and the bill of rights will open this conversation to include the collegiate and amateur athletic communities.

The impact of psychological contracts on knowledge sharing in startups

Drawing upon established theories such as exchange theory, social capital, reasoned action, and psychological contracts, this scholarly article aims to delve into the intricate dynamics of how psychological contracts impact individual motivations to share knowledge, consequently influencing the outcomes of startups. Employing a qualitative research approach, the study utilised in-depth personal interviews and focus groups to gather data, which was subsequently subjected to meticulous content analysis using the NVivo software. The research adopted a triangulation approach, considering data from startups across diverse industries and varying levels of maturity, with insights gleaned from the perspectives of founding partners, directors, and employees. It is important to note that most existing studies predominantly focus on well-established organisations of various sizes, primarily within Anglo-Saxon countries. In contrast, this study pioneers an examination of how psychological contracts affect knowledge sharing in multi-levels: (i) micro - individual, (ii) meso – intra organisational, and (iii) macro – inter organisations, specifically within startups from emerging economies, thereby taking into account their unique idiosyncrasies. The findings shed light on employees' primary perceptions of their obligations and the organisation’s commitments. Moreover, they unveil how contextual and situational factors influence the advance of social relations and subsequently impact knowledge sharing within startups, directly affecting individual and organisational outcomes.

Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Restraints in Inpatient Wards at Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation NHS Trust 2020- 2023

AimsThis QI was designed in collaboration with Trust's PMVA team to reduce the prevalence of physical restraints across inpatient wards by utilising model of improvement and measuring changes by studying number of restraints every six monthly. Secondary outcome considered were improvisation of recording of restraints, appropriate use of de-escalation measures and improvement in care planning surrounding the use of restraints.MethodsThe baseline audit was carried out to measure the prevalence of restraints and evaluate the practise of restraints in inpatient units during April to June 2020. The audit highlighted although there was 100% compliance in documentation of type and outcome of restraints , there were about 20 to 30 % restraints which did not utilise de-escalation measures, post incident debriefing and reflection within MDT. Only 12% of the restraints involved patients in post incident reflection. Using improvement model Plan- Do- Study- Act, following action plan was devised in 2021- 2022 1.To improve education and training of inpatient staff in management of crisis behaviour through de-escalation strategies via PMVA training and sharing good practise/ gaps via MDT processes.2.To perform root cause analysis via quantitative and qualitative research to understand the clinical and demographic factors that influence restrictive practice.ResultsThere has been downward trend or reduction of restraints by 10 to 30% in eleven wards across the trust from 2020 to 2022 and there has been reduction of violent incidents that resulted in restraints by 30% and self harm incidents that resulted in restraints has reduced in average by 10 to 30%.In parallel there has been 30% improvement in the use of de-escalation measures, PRN medications and use of safety pods.Re-audit was conducted during April to June 2022 concluded improvement in compliance of post incident debriefing and reflection, and involvement of patients for post incident reflection has increased by 60 % . The use of care -planning, and de-escalation strategies has improved by 10 to 15%.ConclusionThe project has shown that improvement of training standards, holding monthly restrictive practise hub meetings sharing knowledge and reflection of ongoing practise relating to restraints in inpatient wards and monitoring of practise via continuous staff feedback has reduced the prevalence of restraints by 10 to 30% and improvement in secondary outcome measures as outlined.

Dialogue and collaboration for sustainable development in Japan and Taiwan: Epistemic foundation of partnership toward Sustainable Development Goals

This study utilized an online social survey of the public in Japan and Taiwan to examine their willingness to learn about various energy and environmental policy issues, their willingness to participate in random-sampling-based citizen dialogues about such policies, their attitudes toward having these dialogues with others who hold different views, their attitudes toward collaboration-based moral foundations, and the boundaries of such collaborations. We measured the attitude toward dialogues with a scale that was previously developed for research on citizen dialogues in Japan. Furthermore, we measured the boundaries of the collaboration by referring to the trust questionnaire in the World Values Survey, and morality was measured using the Morality-as-Cooperation Questionnaire (MAC-Q). Lastly, we statistically analyzed the relationships between these variables and found that Taiwanese respondents had a stronger willingness to learn about environmental issues and participate in citizen dialogue, a more positive attitude toward having dialogues, and a broader boundary of collaboration than among Japanese respondents, as measured by trust ratios. The perceptional attributes that led to significantly lower trust ratios were educational level, profession, and economic level for the Japanese respondents, but were religion, political orientation, and economic level for the Taiwanese respondents. Finally, the openness implied by the attitude toward having dialogues and the boundaries of the collaborations measured by trust was positively associated with the willingness to participate in citizen dialogues on energy and environmental policy in both Japan and Taiwan, with specific characteristics for each society, such as speaking in Japan and listening in Taiwan.

Tanoto Foundation Partner School Literacy Exploration : Best Practice Literacy of Elementary Education Students

This research aims to explore the good practices of student literacy activities that have been done by Tanoto Foundation partner schools. This method of research used a descriptive with qualitative approach. The study involved informants who were at Tanoto Foudation partner schools, including principals, teachers and students. Data were collected with interviews, observations as well as documentation. Data analysis is carried out with descriptive qualitative including data collection, data presentation, data reduction and drawing conclusions. The results showed best practice that has been done by regional Tanoto partner schools in driving literacy, among others, providing literacy corners, scheduling literacy activities, reading books for 10-15 minutes, making wall magazines, bartering movements and donating books, holding and participating in literacy competitions and posting literacy activities outside. These findings offer good practice that can be an example in increasing literacy in schools.

The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON).

Omic BON is a thematic Biodiversity Observation Network under the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), focused on coordinating the observation of biomolecules in organisms and the environment. Our founding partners include representatives from national, regional, and global observing systems; standards organizations; and data and sample management infrastructures. By coordinating observing strategies, methods, and data flows, Omic BON will facilitate the co-creation of a global omics meta-observatory to generate actionable knowledge. Here, we present key elements of Omic BON's founding charter and first activities.

Harnessing the nursing and midwifery workforce to boost Australia's clinical research impact.

Harnessing the nursing and midwifery workforce to boost Australia's clinical research impact.

Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements – An evaluation of the service user experience of the 18 Month Staffordshire service pilot

Primary Mental Health Treatment Requirements (PMHTR) are one of three under the umbrella ‘Community Sentence Treatment Requirements’. PMHTRs have been designed to reduce offenders’ recidivism by offering psychological therapy to individuals with primary level mental health issues. In 2020, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT) began offering PMHTR services across Staffordshire. This study evaluates Staffordshire’s service users’ experience of their PMHTR through thematic analysis. Semi-structured interviews were completed with six participants who were contacted at random from all individuals who had finished their PMHTR. Themes such as consistency, learning skills and counselling emerged. Results demonstrate that participants’ experiences of their PMHTR was reported positively, with the theme of a tailored package of therapeutic care appearing to play a key role in this. Participants reported their experience of engaging in the PMHTR in a more affirmative manner in comparison to similar interventions they had experienced across other mental health services. Conversely, due to the limited participant sample, this may limit the level of representation of this population, thus restricting the scope of generalisability. The limitations of this evaluation are discussed. To expand and enhance further, routinely requesting feedback from service users after completion of their PMHTR is advocated and thus repeating this evaluation again longitudinally. Nevertheless, PMHTRs are demonstrating the ability to fill a gap in service provision for offenders with mental health issues.

Contribution of life course circumstances to the acceleration of phenotypic and functional aging: A retrospective study.

SummaryBackgroundAccelerated aging leads to increasing burdens of chronic diseases in late life, posing a huge challenge to the society. With two well-developed aging measures (i.e., physiological dysregulation [PD] and frailty index [FI]), this study aimed to evaluate the relative contributions of life course circumstances (e.g., childhood and adulthood socioeconomic status) to variance in aging.MethodsWe assembled data for 6224 middle-aged and older adults in China from the 2014 life course survey (June to December 2014), the 2015 biomarker collection (July 2015 to January 2016), and the 2015 main survey (July 2015 to January 2016) of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Two aging measures (PD and FI) were calculated, with a higher value indicating more accelerated aging. Life course circumstances included childhood (i.e., socioeconomic status, war, health, trauma, relationship, and parents’ health) and adulthood circumstances (i.e., socioeconomic status, adversity, and social support), demographics, and behaviours. The Shapley value decomposition, hierarchical clustering, and general linear regression models were performed.FindingsThe Shapley value decomposition revealed that all included life course circumstances accounted for about 6·3% and 29·7% of variance in PD and FI, respectively. We identified six subpopulations who shared similar patterns in terms of childhood and adulthood circumstances. The most disadvantaged subpopulation (i.e., subpopulation 6 [more childhood trauma and adulthood adversity]) consistently exhibited accelerated aging indicated by the two aging measures. Relative to the most advantaged subpopulation (i.e., subpopulation 1 [less childhood trauma and adulthood adversity]), PD and FI in the most disadvantaged subpopulation were increased by an average of 0·14 (i.e., coefficient, by one-standard deviation, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0·06–0·21; p < 0·0001) and 0·10 (by one-point, 95% CI 0·09–0·11; p < 0·0001), respectively.InterpretationOur findings highlight the different contributions of life course circumstances to phenotypic and functional aging. Special attention should be given to promoting health for the disadvantaged subpopulation and narrowing their health gap with advantaged counterparts.FundingNational Natural Science Foundation of China, Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation, Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, National Institute on Aging, National Centre for Advancing Translational Sciences, and Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Centre.

FedEx and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation partner on disaster preparedness program

FedEx and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation partner on disaster preparedness program

The Magic of Finance Capitalism∗

In this two‐part introduction to the book they are writing, two of the founding partners of New York corporate finance consulting firm Stern Stewart discuss the contribution of the principles and methods of corporate finance to the remarkable increase in U.S. social wealth during the past 40 years—that is, since the decade of the 1970s, when, as the authors maintain, the U.S. corporate governance system was on the verge of failure.