Browsing by Subject "Government"

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    A phenomenological study of the lived experience of nurses in the battle of COVID-19
    (Springer Nature, 2021) Gunawan, Joko; Aungsuroch, Yupin; Marzilli, Colleen; Fisher, Mary L.; Nazliansyah; Sukarna, Ade; School of Nursing
    Background: Roles and responsibilities of nurses are crucial in the battle of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but nursing duties also put them at risk for infections. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of nurses in combatting COVID-19 in Belitung, Indonesia. Methods: This study employed a phenomenological study design. Online interviews and chatting were conducted among 17 clinical nurses who were purposively selected from March to June 2020. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed, and validated among researchers. The thematic approach was used for data analysis. Findings: Seven themes emerged (1) feeling "nano-nano", (2) lack of N95 masks, (3) we are just pawns, (4) being rejected, (5) please do not spread our identity, (6) we miss home, and (7) feeling betrayed by regulation. Discussion: Findings of this study should be used by government agencies, nurses, and the general population in combatting COVID-19.
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    Advocacy 101 for Interventional Cardiologists: A Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions Policy Statement
    (Elsevier, 2023-07-27) Goldsweig, Andrew M.; Box, Lyndon C.; Hoyer, Mark; Klein, Andrew J.; Lata, Kusum; Rooney, Curtis; Snyder, Richard W.; Tariq, Afnan; Toggart, Edward; Tukaye, Deepali; Cigarroa, Joaquin E.; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Advocacy is a core mission of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI). SCAI advocates on behalf of interventional cardiologists and our patients. This document provides foundational information and a toolkit for grassroots advocacy by interventional cardiologists. The first half of the document summarizes how health care laws are made, how medical devices are approved, and how procedure reimbursement is determined. The second half of the document is a playbook of advocacy strategies: legislative advocacy, judicial advocacy, advocacy with regulators and payors, advocacy in the media, and participation in SCAI advocacy initiatives, such as the Government Relations Committee and SCAI Political Action Committee. Equipped with this toolbox, interventional cardiologists must increase our advocacy activities with government, payors, and industry.
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    Decision 2020 Electing Indiana's Future: Governance Issues for the Next Administration
    (2020-09) Kennedy, Sheila S.; Guevara, Tom; Thelin, Rachel
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    Dynamic topic modeling of the COVID-19 Twitter narrative among U.S. governors and cabinet executives
    (2020-04-19) Sha, Hao; Al Hasan, Mohammad; Mohler, George; Brantingham, P.; Computer and Information Science, School of Science
    A combination of federal and state-level decision making has shaped the response to COVID-19 in the United States. In this paper, we analyze the Twitter narratives around this decision making by applying a dynamic topic model to COVID-19 related tweets by U.S. Governors and Presidential cabinet members. We use a network Hawkes binomial topic model to track evolving sub-topics around risk, testing, and treatment. We also construct influence networks amongst government officials using Granger causality inferred from the network Hawkes process.
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    Racialized minorities, trust, and crisis: Muslim- American nonprofits, their leadership and government relations during COVID-19
    (Wiley, 2022) Noor, Zeeshan; Wasif, Rafeel; Siddiqui, Shariq; Khan, Sabith; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
    The COVID‐19 pandemic disproportionately affects already‐vulnerable minorities, highlighting the need for strong, trusting relationships between governments and minority nonprofits for everyone's benefit. The current scholarship suggests minority members often lack trust in government. This study contributes to the field by examining trust levels Muslim‐American nonprofits have for federal, state, and local government. Nearly two‐thirds (65%) of Muslim nonprofit leaders believe that they may be discriminated against in the award of CARES Act funding, but on racial rather than religious ones. Moreover, partisanship affects trust levels. Muslim nonprofits in Republican “red” states show less trust in government compared with those in Democratic “blue” states. This study finds evidence that past relationships with the government strengthen trust. Past awards of government grants correlated positively with higher trust at both federal and local levels.