Nonprofit Partners Research Articles

Partnerships for a Nonprofit Organization’s Human Trafficking Digital Activism, Training, Legislative Advocacy, and Survivor Support Efforts

Although partnerships are a widely used approach to combat human trafficking, little research has been done on nonprofit partnerships for digital activism on human trafficking. This paper combines the public interest communication (PIC) theoretical framework with critical trafficking studies to understand one nonprofit’s digital activism strategies for human trafficking awareness. Employing grounded theory to analyze 54 pages of text, qualitative surveys, and interviews, data revealed organizational partnerships focused on the key areas of training, legislative advocacy, and survivor support. However, partners can potentially derail strategic efforts for social change if misaligned with PIC dimensions and human rights approaches to human trafficking. Based on these findings, recommendations for nonprofit partnerships for digital activism on human trafficking are presented.

PENERAPAN STRATEGI PEMASARAN, DIGITAL MARKETING MELALUI E-COMMERCE DAN MARKETPLACE UMKM TOAPAYA UTARA

Empowerment Activities Are A Form Of Community Service By Group 17 KKN Of The Tanjungpinang Development Economics College (STIE). Empowerment Activities Through Assistance For MSME Actors, Along With The Development Of Technology And The Need For Information, The Internet Is Also Experiencing Development. So Currently, A New Pattern Appears In Doing Business Processes That Is By Using The Internet. In Today's Business, Marketplace Or E- Commerce Is One Of The Places To Promote Products To Be More Efficient, Flexible, And Can Save Costs. The Non-Profit Partners In This Activity Are Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (Msmes) That Produce Sweet Potato Rengginang In North Toapaya Village. This Business Has Been Established Since 2007 In North Toapaya Village, It Has Been About 15 Years That This Business Has Been Going On, But The Marketing Is Still Very Minimal, MSME Actors Still Need To Understand The Importance Of Using Digital Marketing To Improve The Marketing System So That They Can Expand Their Business Goals And Can Support Activities. Sales For Better. The Results Of This Service Are Expected That MSME Actors Can Understand The Importance Of Understanding Digital Marketing In Marketing Their Product.

Towards a successful free senior high school policy in Ghana: the role of non-profit organisations

This paper seeks to understand the significant challenges of Ghana’s free senior high school (SHS) policy and the roles that non-profit organisations play in addressing them. Findings reveal non-profit interventions such as establishing new school buildings, providing teacher training, addressing inequality issues, equipping graduates with employable skills and evaluating the policy. Such public–non-profit partnerships can help the government achieve its vision of free SHS education for all young Ghanaians.

Intermunicipal cooperation and agreement formalization

ABSTRACT We explore the effects of agreement formalization and partners on cooperation costs in twelve local government services in New York State. Our survey differentiates agreement formalization (informal, memorandum of understanding, joint production, contracting and special districts) and controls for cooperation duration and non-profit partners. Cost data (1996–2016) enable panel models which find agreement formality often has no effect on costs. Non-profit partners typically reduce costs. Formality is associated with higher costs in services where quality improvements are sought, and lower costs where formality shifts budget authority. In general the costs of formality appear to be balanced by savings over time.

Re: A Comprehensive 6-mo Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program Decreases Psychological Distress Among Men Undergoing Curative Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) data management platform was developed in 2004 to address an institutional need at Vanderbilt University, then shared with a limited number of adopting sites beginning in 2006. Given bi-directional benefit in early sharing experiments, we created a broader consortium sharing and support model for any academic, non-profit, or government partner wishing to adopt the software. Our sharing framework and consortium-based support model have evolved over time along with the size of the consortium (currently more than 3200 REDCap partners across 128 countries). While the “REDCap Consortium” model represents only one example of how to build and disseminate a software platform, lessons learned from our approach may assist other research institutions seeking to build and disseminate innovative technologies.

Using Novel Technologies to Implement Belize's First Formal Prehospital Emergency System

Introduction:Belize has no formal prehospital emergency medical system, leaving the majority of acutely sick and injured persons overwhelmingly dependent on private transport. To address this issue, a collaboration of public and non-profit partners worked with the Belize National Fire Service to implement the country's first formal prehospital emergency medical service using novel communications technologies. With new resources and vehicles already donated to the fire service, the collaboration focused specifically on the communications component of the response system, specifically to improve the handling of incoming requests for emergency assistance from the public, as well as to improve the process of dispatching prehospital personnel using readily-available mobile technologies.Method:Working with the Belize National Fire Service, program partners implemented the country's first emergency communications center, trained new dispatchers, field-tested the dispatch technology through intensive training sessions, and launched the system in the capital district of Cayo.Results:Launched in June 2022, the program has thus far achieved the following outcomes: Active Dispatchers: 26Active Responders: 104Emergencies Dispatched: 156Average Scene Response Time: 7m45sConclusion:Over the past year, partner NGOs Trek Medics and Empact Northwest have worked collaboratively to implement a first-ever centralized emergency dispatch system for the Belize National Fire Service, using a novel cloud-based dispatch software running on readily-available mobile phones and mobile. In addition to drastic improvements in response performance, satisfaction among system managers and response personnel is high, with plans currently underway to scale the program nationally.

A Retrospective Review on Encephalitis in the University of Colorado Health Care System and a Proposed Diagnostic Approach (P8-10.005)

<h3>Objective:</h3> To define current diagnostic testing and resource utilization patterns for patients hospitalized with encephalitis. <h3>Background:</h3> In the US, encephalitis results in &gt;20,000 hospitalizations, over 1,000 deaths, and more than $2 billion in hospital charges yearly (Vora et al, 2014). Correctly and rapidly distinguishing between infectious and non-infectious causes of encephalitis is critical for early initiation of therapeutic interventions. A systematic, electronic medical record (EMR)-based diagnostic pathway may improve the accuracy and cost-effectiveness of diagnostic investigations in encephalitis. Here we present demographic, clinical and resource utilization data from patients hospitalized with encephalitis within a single, large hospital system over a twelve-month period. A proposed diagnostic pathway and prospective intervention study are additionally outlined. <h3>Design/Methods:</h3> This is a retrospective study identifying cases of encephalitis using ICD-10 codes from University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) system EMR for chart review. Cases identified within a 12-month period (01 June 2021 to 31 May 2022), are under review for analysis of key clinical and outcome measures. <h3>Results:</h3> A diagnosis of encephalitis was identified in 140 patients hospitalized during a twelve-month period preceding diagnostic pathway implementation. Patient ages ranged from 20 to 90 years (mean 57). There was equal division between sexes. 78% of patients were white, 14% were Black or African American, and 14% the race was unknown. All patients had a lumbar puncture performed. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was obtained for 43% of patients. Additional clinical and resource utilization data will be extracted and analyzed. <h3>Conclusions:</h3> The UCH system has a high volume of encephalitis cases accompanied by a high utilization of diagnostic testing. Analysis of clinical, outcome and resource utilization metrics may identify areas for improvement, allowing for rational design, implementation, and subsequent prospective study of an EMR-based diagnostic pathway to facilitate the rapid and cost-effective determination of encephalitis etiologies. <b>Disclosure:</b> Dr. Garza has nothing to disclose. Dr. Matthews has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sauer has nothing to disclose. Mr. Engebretson has nothing to disclose. Ms. Valdez has a non-compensated relationship as a Valdez with The Rocky Mountain MS Center non-profit partner that is relevant to AAN interests or activities. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from Alzheimer’s Association. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from Hewitt Family Foundation; State of Colorado. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from PCORI. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from NINR. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from Michael J. Fox Foundation. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from Department of Defense. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The institution of Stefan Sillau has received research support from Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation. Stefan Sillau has a non-compensated relationship as a Statistician with Novartis that is relevant to AAN interests or activities. Stefan Sillau has a non-compensated relationship as a Statistician with Biogen that is relevant to AAN interests or activities. Dr. Carlson has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Medscape. Dr. Carlson has received research support from Horizon Therapeutics. Dr. Carlson has a non-compensated relationship as a Health Service Subcommittee Member with American Academy of Neurology that is relevant to AAN interests or activities. The institution of Dr. Piquet has received personal compensation in the range of $5,000-$9,999 for serving as a Consultant for Genentech. The institution of Dr. Piquet has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving as a Consultant for Alexion. Dr. Piquet has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Genentech. Dr. Piquet has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Alexion. Dr. Piquet has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as an Expert Witness for Sands Anderson PC. The institution of Dr. Piquet has received research support from Rocky Mountain MS Center. The institution of Dr. Piquet has received research support from Novartis. The institution of Dr. Piquet has received research support from Abbvie. The institution of Dr. Piquet has received research support from Roche/Genentech. The institution of Dr. Piquet has received research support from NYU. Dr. Piquet has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care. Dr. Piquet has received publishing royalties from a publication relating to health care. Dr. Piquet has received personal compensation in the range of $10,000-$49,999 for serving as a Litigative Consultant with US-Dept HHS/DICP.

Targeted support for tech, staff can help nonprofit partners avoid Southwest‐style mishaps, experts say

Corporate Philanthropy ReportVolume 38, Issue 5 p. 1-12 News Targeted support for tech, staff can help nonprofit partners avoid Southwest-style mishaps, experts say First published: 04 April 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/cprt.31581Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume38, Issue5May 2023Pages 1-12 RelatedInformation

U.S. Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week finds a new home

2020 Mom, a national maternal mental health policy organization, announced today that it is transitioning its Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week Social Media Campaign and TheBlueDotProject.org — the corresponding website and social media platforms — to Postpartum Support International this month, a news release stated. 2020 Mom has been the host of TheBlueDotProject.org and the U.S. Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week Social Media Campaign since 2014, first in conjunction with nonprofit partners such as Postpartum Support International (PSI), through the National Coalition for Maternal Mental Health. The campaign aims to raise awareness about maternal mental health disorders like postpartum depression and promote the blue dot symbol as the universal symbol of maternal mental health awareness. “We are thrilled to host The Blue Dot Project as part of Postpartum Support International. From conception, we were involved in establishing the blue dot as the symbol for promoting awareness and solidarity for perinatal mental health. This natural collaboration allows us to continue to increase awareness for perinatal mental health disorders, while also promoting hope through the use of the symbol,” said Wendy Davis, Ph.D., executive director of PSI.

Lessons Learned from the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking

Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires a combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has collected and analyzed the data on how partners and organizations across the state work toward ending human trafficking. LCHT uses Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) to measure and illuminate promising paths toward ending human trafficking. Through CBPR, many collaborative working documents and activities have been created: Colorado Action Plans, Policy Recommendations, a Partnership Toolkit, and Partnership Convenings. This paper provides a single case study analysis of the Colorado Project, from 2013 through 2023, and offers a glimpse into the goals for the Colorado Project 2028. The ideas, strengths, and challenges presented here can guide other local efforts to support data-informed responses to trafficking. The CBPR methodology sheds light on the changes in Colorado’s anti-trafficking movement and the actions taken on behalf of partnerships (task forces and coalitions) across the state of Colorado. This paper offers a roadmap for collaborative design and decision-making among academic, nonprofit, and public sector partners seeking to conduct research on social movements utilizing a community-engaged process.

He Who Has Hope, Has Everything.

He Who Has Hope, Has Everything.

Feasibility of a Community-Based, Online, Peer-Supported Spinal Cord Injury Self-management Intervention: Protocol for a Pilot Wait-Listed Randomized Trial

People with spinal cord injury (SCI) report feeling unprepared to manage their disability upon discharge to the community. This situation is exacerbated when they return to settings where self-management support and resources are sparse, thus increasing the risk of costly secondary conditions and rehospitalizations. These factors make a compelling case for implementing innovative community-based SCI self-management programs that empower and engage individuals with SCI. Using a community-engaged research (CEnR) approach, we developed a peer-supported SCI self-management intervention, known as PHOENIX (Peer-supported Health Outreach, Education, and Information Exchange), which integrates online educational content and support from peer navigators (PNs) through telehealth, to promote health and community participation after SCI. The objective of this pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of PHOENIX and the study design, and to obtain estimates of the variability of relevant outcome measures. We conducted a pilot randomized waitlist-controlled trial (n=30) in collaboration with the South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Association (SCSCIA), our long-standing community-based nonprofit organization research partner. We recruited 4 PNs through our SCSCIA collaboration using its existing network of trained peer mentors. Our study design supported comparison of the following 2 randomly assigned groups: PHOENIX intervention group and waitlist enhanced usual care (EUC) group. The PHOENIX intervention was administered online by PNs over 16 weeks through scheduled "video visits." The EUC group participated in the study for 16 weeks with usual community services and no navigation, and received 4 monthly newsletters from the SCSCIA on a variety of SCI-relevant topics. At the end of the waitlist period, the waitlist EUC group received the full PHOENIX intervention. Measures of feasibility included PN and participant recruitment and retention, PN workload, protocol adherence, and incidence of technical issues. We conducted qualitative interviews with participants and PNs to evaluate the acceptability of PHOENIX and the study design. Outcome measures, including community participation, quality of life, and the occurrence and subjective impact of medically serious secondary conditions and rehospitalizations, were assessed at baseline after randomization and at subsequent time points to allow between-group comparisons. PN hiring and training were completed in August 2018. Recruitment began in November 2018. A total of 30 participants were recruited across South Carolina, and 28 participants completed follow-up by August 2020. An analysis of the results is being finalized, and the results are expected to be published in 2023. This study will provide valuable information to guide future research seeking to address unmet self-management needs and improve outcomes in individuals with SCI. Feasibility findings of this study will provide evidence from CEnR guided by people with SCI and SCI service providers to inform further development, testing, and dissemination of effective and scalable self-management strategies for people with SCI. RR1-10.2196/42688.

Policy Preferences Regarding Health Data Sharing Among Patients With Cancer: Public Deliberations.

Precision health offers the promise of advancing clinical care in data-driven, evidence-based, and personalized ways. However, complex data sharing infrastructures, for-profit (commercial) and nonprofit partnerships, and systems for data governance have been created with little attention to the values, expectations, and preferences of patients about how they want to be engaged in the sharing and use of their health information. We solicited patient opinions about institutional policy options using public deliberation methods to address this gap. We aimed to understand the policy preferences of current and former patients with cancer regarding the sharing of health information collected in the contexts of health information exchange and commercial partnerships and to identify the values invoked and perceived risks and benefits of health data sharing considered by the participants when formulating their policy preferences. We conducted 2 public deliberations, including predeliberation and postdeliberation surveys, with patients who had a current or former cancer diagnosis (n=61). Following informational presentations, the participants engaged in facilitated small-group deliberations to discuss and rank policy preferences related to health information sharing, such as the use of a patient portal, email or SMS text messaging, signage in health care settings, opting out of commercial data sharing, payment, and preservation of the status quo. The participants ranked their policy preferences individually, as small groups by mutual agreement, and then again individually in the postdeliberation survey. After deliberation, the patient portal was ranked as the most preferred policy choice. The participants ranked no change in status quo as the least preferred policy option by a wide margin. Throughout the study, the participants expressed concerns about transparency and awareness, convenience, and accessibility of information about health data sharing. Concerns about the status quo centered around a lack of transparency, awareness, and control. Specifically, the patients were not aware of how, when, or why their data were being used and wanted more transparency in these regards as well as greater control and autonomy around the use of their health data. The deliberations suggested that patient portals would be a good place to provide additional information about data sharing practices but that over time, notifications should be tailored to patient preferences. Our study suggests the need for increased disclosure of health information sharing practices. Describing health data sharing practices through patient portals or other mechanisms personalized to patient preferences would minimize the concerns expressed by patients about the extent of data sharing that occurs without their knowledge. Future research and policies should identify ways to increase patient control over health data sharing without reducing the societal benefits of data sharing.

Contested Discursive Framing of a Bank’s Cooptative Joint CSR Model

There is a dearth of critical ethnographic research that focuses on the semiotic-discursive features of corporate social responsibility (CSR) framing in business and nonprofit (BUS-NPO) partnerships. This article contributes to CSR scholarship by combining ethnographic methods (participant observation, in-depth interviews, and textual materials) and semiotic analysis to demonstrate how a bank-NPO partnership is discursively framed in the context of agonistic interactions and its implications in terms of cooptation.&#x0D; This article crystallizes two arguments. First, the bank’s joint CSR initiatives represent a discursively framed and validated model of CSR as a commodity aiming at advancing bank interests at the cost of avoiding substantive and sustained social responsibility. Second, the joint CSR model, discursively framed as a cooptative partnership discourse, is effectively realized through the practices of the cooptative relationship between the bank and the NPOs.

Trust, power, and organizational routines: Exploring government's intentional tactics to renew relationships with nonprofits serving historically marginalized communities

AbstractExisting public management practices and organizational routines in the contracting regime have systematically created power asymmetry and distrust between government agencies and nonprofits serving historically marginalized communities. However, little is known about how the government could reform public bureaucracies to renew relationships with these important organizations and build trust. Through a process‐oriented inductive study of Minnesota's 2‐Generation Policy Network, we find that government's cascading trust‐building tactics both inside the bureaucracy and with nonprofits serving Black, Latino, Indigenous, and Immigrant/Refugee communities allowed them to create a new collaborative infrastructure that both changed organizational routines and built power to address racial inequities in the existing human service system. Power is not a zero‐sum game. By sharing resources and building trust with their nonprofit partners, government agencies and nonprofits collectively access more power for genuine public management reform to address systematic inequities.

«Птицы и ЛЭП» в России: наследие СССР, современные достижения и вопросы

«Птицы и ЛЭП» в России: наследие СССР, современные достижения и вопросы

Creating and Sustaining Collaborative Partnerships: The Eugene Public Library’s Nonprofit Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending Collection

As the pandemic forced the Eugene Public Library (EPL) to close its doors and re-imagine services, the Eugene Public Library Foundation created a grant program for staff to obtain funds for small projects that focus on connecting marginalized patrons with information resources. The first of these “Innovation Grants” was awarded to staff at the Bethel Branch Library to create a pilot program in which Wi-Fi hotspots were made available to local nonprofit agencies serving marginalized and at-risk clients. The success of the pilot program led to a wider fundraising effort to create a permanent nonprofit Wi-Fi lending program. EPL currently maintains a collection of 200 hotspot devices which are solely for use by nonprofit partners. Lending Wi-Fi devices for partners to share with clients and to support internal operations has sparked an entirely new type of relationship between the library and the nonprofit community. This article shares this story as a template for other Oregon libraries to envision rethinking their approach to nonprofit partnerships.

Resistance to insecticides of housefly Musca domestica in the center of the European part of Russia

Under laboratory conditions, resistance to insecticides from various chemical classes of several strains of the housefly, Musca domestica, obtained from populations collected at facilities in the Moscow and Kaluga regions (KSK-1 in a cowshed and KSK-2 in the stable of an equestrian sports club, Krasnogorsk – at a food facility, Kaluga – in the compost of a garden non-profit partnership). It was found that when insecticides were applied topically, houseflies of all the studied strains hadthe highest resistance to cypermethrin (RF=75–900x) and to neonicotinoid compounds thiamethoxam and clothianidin (RF=95–330x). High resistance to fipronil was found in two strains of fly (RF= 46–75x). Strain KSK-1 was weakly tolerant to chlorpyrifos (RF=3.7x), while the other strains were susceptible. All the studied house fly strains were more susceptible to indoxacarb and chlorfenapyr than the laboratory strain S-NIID. The data indicate that studied housefly strains are multiresistant to almost all commonly used insecticides. Possible mechanisms of insect resistance to insecticides are discussed. Frequent use of insecticides of various chemical classes led to resistance in the target pest. Widespread use of pyrethroids in animal facilities has led to high resistance to them in the house fly because places where larvae hatch are constantly polluted with these insecticides. High resistance to neonicotinoids is also due to their frequent use as poisoned baits in livestock facilities. To the contrary, the studied housefly strains remained susceptible to the tested oxadiazines and pyrroles, chemical classes that were recently introduced to Russia.

Implementing the Marketing Plan: How Depth-of-Engagement in Community-Based Learning Impacts Students and Their Nonprofit Partners

Marketing and soft skills are increasingly important for success in the nonprofit sector. As such, marketing and fundraising plans are among the most widely assigned experiential projects in nonprofit education programs; yet they often occur with a low level of interaction, culminating in students’ presenting the plan to nonprofit leaders. Rarely do students interact at higher levels such as by working with the nonprofit to raise funds. The purpose of the current study is to compare the benefits afforded by two different pedagogical approaches—one that involves a project where students simply write a marketing plan and one that involves a project where students also implement the marketing plan—and to explore how higher-level interaction, compared with lower-level interaction, impacts perceived student learning, actual student learning, and the tangible value created for the nonprofit partner. Importantly, the projects are suitable for students with little or no prior marketing experience.

The view from Robinswood Hill: a story of asset-based community development and a community-based participatory research partnership in South Gloucestershire

ABSTRACT The Gloucestershire Gateway Trust (GGT) is a social enterprise initiative in Southwest England focused on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD). This article describes a six-year action research collaboration that has sought to support the GGT and its local non-profit organizational partners using a variety of action research methods, including community surveys, Group Level Assessment, Future Creating Workshops, and arts-based methods. The development of a community resident research team (CCRT) model has been a core aspect of this partnership that honours local knowledge and experience while providing training and employment opportunities to local residents. This initiative and the action research partnership described here offer an innovative approach for using AR to support effective community development that could be replicated in a variety of other contexts.