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Storybridging: Four Steps for Constructing Effective Health Narratives
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Boeijinga, Anniek; Hoeken, Hans; Sanders, José – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objective: To develop a practical step-by-step approach to constructing narrative health interventions in response to the mixed results and wide diversity of narratives used in health-related narrative persuasion research. Method: Development work was guided by essential narrative characteristics as well as principles enshrined in the Health…
Descriptors: Intervention, Health Promotion, Case Studies, At Risk Persons
The Gendered Consequences of Unemployment Insurance Reforms
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Mooi-Reci, Irma; Mills, Melinda – Social Forces, 2012
This study examines whether a series of unemployment insurance benefit reforms that took place over a 20-year period in the Netherlands had a gendered effect on the duration of unemployment and labor market outcomes. Using longitudinal data from the Dutch Labor Supply Panel (OSA) over the period 1980-2000, and adopting a quasi-experimental design,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Insurance, Gender Differences
Assistant Training: Safety Net or Labour Market Preparation?
Brandsma, Jittie – Vocational Training: European Journal, 2002
A new Dutch training program prepares school dropouts as assistants, enabling them to work at low-skilled jobs and prepare for continued study. Regional training centers are still seeking workable instructional models for the program. Greater emphasis should be placed on the relationship between this initial training and future training. (Contains…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Foreign Countries