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Winning Public Hearts And Minds: Security And Development Aid In The 21st Century, Mohammad Ashraf
Winning Public Hearts And Minds: Security And Development Aid In The 21st Century, Mohammad Ashraf
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In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States, foreign aid has focused on winning public hearts and minds in the aid recipient states as a hedge against insecurity and means to achieve progress in the “war on terror.” Western donors, especially the United States, argue foreign aid is an effective tool to expand government capacity and control over territory, win public hearts and minds, and ultimately mitigate the need and significant military costs of deployment to counter insecurity, extremism, and terrorism in weak, fragile and failing states.
This dissertation uses case studies to explore the …
The Diffusion Of Telehealth: System-Level Conditions For Successful Adoption, Danika Tynes
The Diffusion Of Telehealth: System-Level Conditions For Successful Adoption, Danika Tynes
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Telehealth is a promising advancement in health care, though there are certain conditions under which telehealth has a greater chance of success. This research sought to further the understanding of what conditions compel the success of telehealth adoption at the systems level applying Diffusion of Innovations (DoI) theory. System-level indicators were selected to represent four components of DoI theory (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, and observability) and regressed on 5 types of Telehealth (Teleradiology, Teledermatology, Telepathology, Telepsychology, and Remote Monitoring) using multiple logistic regression.
Analyses included data from 84 states leveraging data from the World Health Organization, World Bank, ICT Index, …