Electronic governance for context-specific public service delivery: a survey of the literature

Based on the latest trends of government digitization efforts, this paper presents a survey of the literature illustrating how governments are using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to deliver public services pursuing concrete development goals and taking into account specific needs of the local context. Based on the survey, we illustrate examples of context-specific public service delivery and propose a research framework to guide future research on the area. The relevance of this work relies on the latest commitment of governments to pursue the 2030 development agenda, since the framework provides a roadmap to further investigate how to locally design public services to achieve sustainable development goals leveraging on ICT.This research received support from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Government of Portugal (Grant n.º PEst-OE/CJP/UI0758/2013). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Broadband Internet Deployment, Availability, and Adoption in Tennessee

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The Impact of Library Outreach Services on Elder Users in Rural Virginia: A Case Study of the Washington County Public Library

Outreach services provided by rural public libraries are crucial to fulfilling their mission to provide information access to the widest array of user groups. Particular socioeconomic and geographic factors in rural areas present challenges of access to information resources, yet there exists only a limited amount of published scholarly work examining outreach services provided specifically by rural public libraries. This case study of outreach services to elder users provided by the Washington County Public Library (WCPL), located in Washington County, Virginia, offers contextual evidence for the centrality of social equity and access to the larger work of rural public libraries. Primary data were collected through four semi-structured focus group meetings conducted with elder users of the agency’s outreach services as well as through narrative interviews with six agency staff members. Secondary data were collected through content analysis of agency documents, such as internal reports and handouts, informational brochures and fliers, annual programming reports, strategic planning documents, and assessment and evaluation reports related to WCPL and the services it provides.The case study of WCPL’s outreach services answered three research questions: what are the particular information needs of the elder users served by WCPL; what impact do the WCPL outreach services have on the lives of elder users; and how might WCPL outreach services to elder users be improved? Principal findings showed that elder users had particular information needs related to entertainment and intellectual stimulation, challenges of transportation, and a limited access to technology and Internet service. WCPL outreach services were found to positively impact the lives and general well-being of elder users by providing vital social and community connections and serving as a key link for elder users to an institution understood to be central to the life of the community in general. Findings also indicated that outreach services to elder users could be improved by expanding the general reach and effectiveness of the services

A Grant Proposal to Fund Prevention Education for Teen Pregnancy, HIV, and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections in Targeted High Schools in Gwinnett County, Georgia

INTRODUCTION: This capstone project is a grant proposal to provide prevention services to adolescents using a comprehensive risk reduction approach modeled after the federal Personal Responsibility Education Program that supports abstinence and also provides medically accurate information regarding the use of birth control and condoms for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. NEED: Teen births result in poorer outcomes for babies and mothers and have a negative impact on our economy. There are disparities in teen birth rates among racial and ethnic population groups, with young Hispanic and black girls having rates that are three to four times higher than young white girls. Sexually transmitted infections can lead to premature death and have negative impacts on sexual health. Adolescents and young adults are disproportionately impacted by HIV, as well as other sexually transmitted infections, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. PROPOSED PROGRAM: The proposed program consists of four main components, 1) implementation of the Reducing the Risk curriculum for all ninth-grade students in the Health Education course, 2) implementation of the Be Proud! Be Responsible! Be Protective! curriculum with pregnant and parenting teens, 3) presentation of adult preparation topics, and 4) referral to health services inclusive of family planning and STI/HIV testing as needed. TARGETED POPULATION: The two targeted high schools serve a high proportion of minority and underserved youth in Gwinnett County. All ninth-grade students will be targeted for the main intervention and additional intervention will be provided for pregnant or parenting teens, as well as youth who have any of the following risk factors: sexual minority, students living in foster care, homelessness, and youth living with HIV/AIDS

Annual Diversity Report, February 6-7, 2013

This report consists of three sections – the Annual Affirmative Action Report, the Annual Report on the Regents Minority and Women Educators Enhancement Program, and the Affirmative Action Cost report. All three reports are required by the Iowa Code

Oral Health Quality Improvement in the Era of Accountability

The purpose of this report is to review the current status and trends in quality measurement and improvement and describe efforts underway to expand and enhance those efforts. The report will also describe opportunities to use emerging oral health measurement and quality improvement systems to improve and maintain the oral health of the U.S. population

Massachusetts Complete Streets Program: An Exploratory Spatial and Social Equity Analysis

The effects of transportation planning on equity are often overlooked or not prioritized, sometimes resulting in an inequitable distribution of infrastructure investment with disparities in access. This paper examines the characteristics and distribution of approved Complete Streets projects across Massachusetts using social and spatial methods to analyze trends across socioeconomic demographic data. The methods applied include buffering techniques in GIS software to analyze population data within a half-mile radius of approved projects from 2016-2019. The half-mile measure of proximity is used as a proxy for access, in which descriptive statistics and regression models examine in detail

Dimensions in health: defining and understanding vulnerable populations in New Mexico

Contributors to volume 1: Keri Black, Carol Capitano, Marjorie Cypress, Maribeth Doren, Martha Faulkner, Gail Guiterrez, Dora Hernandez, Judy Liesvald, Ann Marie McCarthy, Rebecca Mayo, Yolanda Morales, Mary Mugavin, Mary Ann Osuchowski-Sanchex and Ruby Williams. Foreword by Jennifer B. Averill. Contributors to volume 2:Maribeth Doren, Keri Black, Mary Ann Osuchowski-Sanchez, Martha J. Faulkner, Yolanda Madrid Morales, Rebecca Mayohttps://digitalrepository.unm.edu/rural-cultural-health/1000/thumbnail.jp