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This study analyzes the program planning in the Indonesian defense sector with a focus on the impact of defense spending on economic growth. Through a combination of quantitative analysis of Indonesian defense spending data and qualitative discussions with Indonesian defense economists, the study investigates the effectiveness of productive programs such as collaboration, dual-use capabilities, and empowerment. The findings reveal a positive association between Indonesia's defense spending and economic growth, emphasizing the significance of well-designed collaborative programs. However, ensuring budget certainty for these programs to yield practical benefits is crucial. The study emphasizes the need for the defense budget policy to be clearly stated in the national defense law, ensuring its effective implementation. Furthermore, the study explores potential new collaborative programs and defense and security initiatives that can enhance national defense capabilities. It underscores the importance of fostering collaboration between military and civilian organizations to accelerate innovation in science and technology, proposing the establishment of a defense science and technology park as a platform for such collaboration. The research has implications for policy development and decision-making in the defense sector. By emphasizing the significance of collaborative programs, the study provides insights for policymakers to enhance the effectiveness and practicality of defense initiatives. It also highlights the importance of ensuring budget certainty and incorporating defense budget policy into the national defense law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A disproportionately small percentage of the Hispanic/Mexican population in the United States has adequate access to health services, which decreases quality of life at both the individual and community levels. In addition, it increases risk for preventable diseases through insufficient screening and management. The Mexican Section of the U.S./Mexico Border Health Commission, in efforts to address barriers to accessing preventive health care services for vulnerable populations, launched the initiative Juntos por la Salud (JPLS) that offers health promotion and disease prevention services to Hispanics living in and around 11 U.S. metropolitan cities via mobile health units. This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the JPLS initiative and potential positive impact it has had in reducing barriers faced by the Hispanic population. JPLS screens and provides referrals to primary care services to establish a medical home and has the potential to reduce health care costs in a high-risk population through education and timely health screenings.

While individuals of Mexican origin are the largest immigrant group living in the U.S., this population is also the highest uninsured. Health disparities related to access to health care, among other social determinants, continue to be a challenge for this population. The government of Mexico, in an effort to address these disparities and improve the quality of life of citizens living abroad, has partnered with governmental and non-governmental health-care organizations in the U.S. by developing and implementing an initiative known as Ventanillas de Salud—Health Windows—(VDS). The VDS is located throughout the Mexican Consular network and aim to increase access to health care and health literacy, provide health screenings, and promote healthy lifestyle choices among low-income and immigrant Mexican populations in the U.S.

This article overviews work by the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) to build the workforce competencies and capacity of academic librarians in respect of librarian research skills. CARL's Librarians' Research Institute (LRI) is reviewed and evaluated as a case study example of strategic and collaborative workforce capacity building. The CARL LRI offers a model for possible replication by others seeking to build workforce competencies and capacity through collaborative action. Building the capacity of the library workforce is a central responsibility of every library leader. In challenging economic times, it is not always clear how best to ensure ready and timely access to the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to deliver core library programs. For example, is it best to build workforce capacity through traditional recruitment and ongoing training and development programs; borrow capacity from another unit within the organization if and when it is required; buy capacity from a third-party specialist provider; or a blend of the build/borrow/buy approaches? In the context of the academic library, building the capacity of librarians to undertake research and scholarly activities can be especially challenging. A number of factors (such as, librarian faculty being required to research and disseminate results through peer-reviewed scholarly publishing to secure tenure and promotion; the status of the library as an academic unit within the parent organisation; etc.) make it so. Deans/directors of Canadian academic libraries, who are members of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) have been collectively and collaboratively building workforce capacity in respect to librarian research competencies. The CARL Librarians' Research Institution (LRI) is a bold and innovative approach to workforce capacity building and it has been successful in growing workforce capacity around the competencies required by the academic librarian workforce to undertake research and disseminate result through peer-reviewed scholarly publishing. As with a previous contribution to this column by Whitmell, I am pleased to bring the story of the CARL LRI to the professional literature and to the attention of our international readership. Publication of the LRI story provides acknowledgement of the professional commitment to library workforce matters by CARL. It also provides a blueprint for others interested in workforce capacity building. Having personally observed the learning experiences of several LRI participants, I know the innovative and professionally credible LRI program has increased workforce capacity. It has also brought benefits to individuals and their home libraries; to the academic library sector in Canadian; and more broadly to the professional at large. As always, I invite further contributions to our ongoing discussion! Please submit articles for this column to the editor atvicki.williamson@usask.ca [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Purpose - The purpose of this exploratory research was to document the history, structure and administration of current collaboratives, as well as overall challenges and benefits. Little is known about how and why collaborative graduate social work programs were started, how they operate or what are the challenges and benefits. Design/methodology/approach - Six case studies were conducted through semi-structured interviews of a purposive sample of key personnel from collaborative programs. Findings - Findings revealed that each collaborative program grew from existing undergraduate social work programs. Key primary benefits include that collaborative programs provide service to regions that would otherwise not have access to graduate social work education and added diversity and depth to programs. Greatest challenges are day-to-day operationalization and the cohesiveness to be one program among faculty and students. Practical implications - Suggestions are provided to programs interested in developing a collaborative program. Originality/value - Because such little is known about collaborative programs, it is hoped that this article offers insight and issues to consider when beginning and administering collaborative social work programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes a three-campus collaborative, distributed learning program that delivers social work education to remote rural and desert communities in California via distance learning modalities. This “Pathway Program” provides accredited social work education for a career ladder beginning with advising and developing an academic plan and leading to BSW and MSW degrees. The paper offers assessment data on the Pathway Program and also suggests the potential for major changes in social work education. Questions about the nature of the university, the role of the faculty member, and the future of social work students in the twenty-first century are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Abstract: Aim: We review (1) scientific evidence questioning the validity of declaring death and procuring organs in heart-beating (i.e., neurological standard of death) and non-heart-beating (i.e., circulatory–respiratory standard of death) donation; (2) consequences of collaborative programs realigning hospital policies to maximize access of procurement coordinators to critically and terminally ill patients as potential donors on arrival in emergency departments; and (3) ethical and legal ramifications of current practices of organ procurement on patients and their families. Data sources: Relevant publications in peer-reviewed journals and government websites. Results: Scientific evidence undermines the biological criteria of death that underpin the definition of death in heart-beating (i.e., neurological standard) and non-heart-beating (i.e., circulatory–respiratory standard) donation. Philosophical reinterpretation of the neurological and circulatory–respiratory standards in the death statute, to avoid the appearance of organ procurement as an active life-ending intervention, lacks public and medical consensus. Collaborative programs bundle procurement coordinators together with hospital staff for a team-huddle and implement a quality improvement tool for a Rapid Assessment of Hospital Procurement Barriers in Donation. Procurement coordinators have access to critically ill patients during the course of medical treatment with no donation consent and with family or surrogates unaware of their roles. How these programs affect the medical care of these patients has not been studied. Conclusions: Policies enforcing end-of-life organ procurement can have unintended consequences: (1) erosion of care in the patient''s best interests, (2) lack of transparency, and (3) ethical and legal ramifications of flawed standards of declaring death. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

ABSTRACT: A summer program was designed to provide a social learning and work experience for students with developmental disabilities. For 3 weeks, high school students with developmental disabilities participated in a variety of jobs on a college campus and worked alongside college students. This collaborative experience enabled students with and without disabilities to work together and develop both working and social relationships. The experience resulted in benefits for the high school students with developmental disabilities, the college community, and the community at large. We share personal perspectives about this experience through the voices of the participants and offer some thoughts to stakeholders in community-based projects for individuals with disabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]