Richard E Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3681447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard E Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard E |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4219-7214 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Impact of free access to leisure facilities and community outreach on inequalities in physical activity: A quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: There are large inequalities in levels of physical activity in the UK, and this is an important determinant of health inequalities. Little is known about the effectiveness of community-wide interventions to increase physical activity and whether effects differ by socioeconomic group. METHODS: We conducted interrupted time series and difference-in-differences analyses using local administrative data and a large national survey to inves…
Olfactory System
A qualitative study of the difficulties in reaching sustainable universal health insurance coverage in Iran
OBJECTIVE To understand the Iranian health financing system and provide lessons for policy makers about achieving universal coverage. METHODS Twenty-five interviewees from seven major health insurance companies were selected for a qualitative study in 2007. Using a semi-structured interview, three main tasks of the health financing system (revenue collection, risk pooling and purchasing) were investigated. A framework method was applied for the d…
Defining a standard metric for electricity savings
Other addresses not given because coauthors are too numerous Version 30 Final version submitted to Environmental Research Letters, after revisions in response to journal reviewers ’ comments
Alfred McCoy, Hebb, the CIA and Torture
Responses of dominant and subordinate male rats to the odors of male and female conspecifics
The resident-intruder paradigm was used to examine the effects of social dominance and individual recognition on odor preferences and urine-marking in male rats. Resident males were significantly more aggressive than intruders and spent more time investigating the odors of familiar intruders. Resident males urine-marked most over the odors of females and familiar intruders while intruders marked least over the odor of the familiar resident. Intru…
Putting Teeth into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Services
Formed in 1984 as the successor to the National Council on Governmental Accounting, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) establishes accounting principles for state and local governments. These principles largely dictate the form and nature of the financial information which is annually disclosed by financial officers to elected officials, the public, and the media through a public jurisdiction's annual report. GASB has recently emb…
The Trouble with Public Administration
The Quest for Accountability
Auditing and Public Administration: The Unrealized Partnership
Public Health and Imperialism
The professional public-health field today owes much of its growth and development during the twentieth century to the needs of colonialism and neocolonialism. Imperialist powers were severely hampered by disease; tropical diseases decimated the ranks of "mother-country" personnel and reduced the efficiency of native populations as imperialism's workforce.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are…
A qualitative study of the difficulties in reaching sustainable universal health insurance coverage in Iran
OBJECTIVE To understand the Iranian health financing system and provide lessons for policy makers about achieving universal coverage. METHODS Twenty-five interviewees from seven major health insurance companies were selected for a qualitative study in 2007. Using a semi-structured interview, three main tasks of the health financing system (revenue collection, risk pooling and purchasing) were investigated. A framework method was applied for the d…
Alfred McCoy, Hebb, the CIA and Torture
Impact of free access to leisure facilities and community outreach on inequalities in physical activity: A quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: There are large inequalities in levels of physical activity in the UK, and this is an important determinant of health inequalities. Little is known about the effectiveness of community-wide interventions to increase physical activity and whether effects differ by socioeconomic group. METHODS: We conducted interrupted time series and difference-in-differences analyses using local administrative data and a large national survey to inves…
Auditing and Public Administration: The Unrealized Partnership
Public Health and Imperialism
The professional public-health field today owes much of its growth and development during the twentieth century to the needs of colonialism and neocolonialism. Imperialist powers were severely hampered by disease; tropical diseases decimated the ranks of "mother-country" personnel and reduced the efficiency of native populations as imperialism's workforce.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are…
Auditing and Public Administration: The Unrealized Partnership
The Trouble with Public Administration
The Quest for Accountability
Putting Teeth into the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Services
Formed in 1984 as the successor to the National Council on Governmental Accounting, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) establishes accounting principles for state and local governments. These principles largely dictate the form and nature of the financial information which is annually disclosed by financial officers to elected officials, the public, and the media through a public jurisdiction's annual report. GASB has recently emb…
Responses of dominant and subordinate male rats to the odors of male and female conspecifics
The resident-intruder paradigm was used to examine the effects of social dominance and individual recognition on odor preferences and urine-marking in male rats. Resident males were significantly more aggressive than intruders and spent more time investigating the odors of familiar intruders. Resident males urine-marked most over the odors of females and familiar intruders while intruders marked least over the odor of the familiar resident. Intru…
Alfred McCoy, Hebb, the CIA and Torture
Defining a standard metric for electricity savings
Other addresses not given because coauthors are too numerous Version 30 Final version submitted to Environmental Research Letters, after revisions in response to journal reviewers ’ comments
A qualitative study of the difficulties in reaching sustainable universal health insurance coverage in Iran
OBJECTIVE To understand the Iranian health financing system and provide lessons for policy makers about achieving universal coverage. METHODS Twenty-five interviewees from seven major health insurance companies were selected for a qualitative study in 2007. Using a semi-structured interview, three main tasks of the health financing system (revenue collection, risk pooling and purchasing) were investigated. A framework method was applied for the d…
Olfactory System
Impact of free access to leisure facilities and community outreach on inequalities in physical activity: A quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: There are large inequalities in levels of physical activity in the UK, and this is an important determinant of health inequalities. Little is known about the effectiveness of community-wide interventions to increase physical activity and whether effects differ by socioeconomic group. METHODS: We conducted interrupted time series and difference-in-differences analyses using local administrative data and a large national survey to inves…
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