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ABSTRACTOvercoming a variety of health problems for the elderly, the government has made various health care policies for elderly people, one of them is the posyandu for the elderly. Facts on the ground, few elderly people use the elderly posyandu and there are still many elderly people who do not visit for various reasons. The purpose of this study was to analyze qualitatively the influence of elderly visits in posyandu activities. This type of research is qualitative research. The research was conducted in the Work Area of Pintu Langit Health Center in Padangsidimpuan Sub-District, Angkola Julu, Padangsidimpuan City. Research informants were 10 people. Qualitative data analysis with stages of data reduction, data display, and conclusion or verification. The results showed that the elderly were members of the elderly posyandu in the last 2-3 years, but all were not routine or were not active. The reason is not routine because he is lazy, while working in a garden / field, does not remember the schedule of the elderly posyandu. Many elderly people do not know about the elderly posyandu related to the benefits and objectives. The attitude of ordinary elderly people has an impact on enthusiasm or interest in the posyandu is low. The distance between the house and the elderly posyandu is not too far away but there are also those who need transportation equipment to reach it. Some elderly people get support from their families (children / grandchildren) by telling the elderly posyandu schedules, delivering them to the elderly posyandu, but there are also those who do not get support. Elderly considers that the visit to the elderly posyandu is not a necessity if it is not sick. It is recommended that health workers improve the activities of the elderly program by providing counseling to increase knowledge, change negative attitudes, change perceptions about needs. Extension also to elderly families. Keywords : Elderly Visits, Elderly Posyandu

The main scope of the paper is to adopt a fuzzy sets approach for the measurement of multidimensional poverty over a period of eight years, from 2007 to 2015, which takes into account the effect of the 2008 economic and financial crisis. In particular, the focus is on the financial dimension of poverty, and its effects on citizens in the EU Mediterranean Area. The empirical analysis, based on the European Union - Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey (EU-SILC), covers eight Mediterranean Countries.

The article presents the structure of the evaluation design – and main results – used in the project of international cooperation between Europe and Latin America called Alfa III – TRALL (Transatlantic Lifelong Learning. Rebalancing Relations) and the experience of one project partner, the Universidad Católica Boliviana, has been adopted as an example. The design implemented meets the need to evaluate the quality of lifelong learning courses promoted by 15 Latin American universities, partners of the project, and aims to trigger virtuous circles of progressive improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the training offer. This evaluation design has been defined as a «systemic model» based on analysis of the methodological framework that currently characterizes the field of educational evaluation research, connecting – from an ecological perspective – multiple indicators of the quality: input, in context, in the process, output. Furthermore, the evaluation design has been proposed, since its beginnings, participation and discussion among all partners to be as a system of quality training and transactional – where the analysis of gathered information is an opportunity to achieve collective moments of intersubjective interpretation of data – to facilitate a democratic made decision in order to improve and redesign the courses. According to the main results and the meta-evaluative reflection on the implementation of the quality system to 22 courses there are positive evidences, recognized by all partners, as some critical elements that, to improve the lifelong learning processes, will be assumed to redesign the quality system.

The article presents the structure of the evaluation design – and main results – used in the project of international cooperation between Europe and Latin America called Alfa III – TRALL (Transatlantic Lifelong Learning. Rebalancing Relations) and the experience of one project partner, the Universidad Católica Boliviana, has been adopted as an example. The design implemented meets the need to evaluate the quality of lifelong learning courses promoted by 15 Latin American universities, partners of the project, and aims to trigger virtuous circles of progressive improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of the training offer. This evaluation design has been defined as a «systemic model» based on analysis of the methodological framework that currently characterizes the field of educational evaluation research, connecting – from an ecological perspective – multiple indicators of the quality: input, in context, in the process, output. Furthermore, the evaluation design has been proposed, since its beginnings, participation and discussion among all partners to be as a system of quality training and transactional – where the analysis of gathered information is an opportunity to achieve collective moments of intersubjective interpretation of data – to facilitate a democratic made decision in order to improve and redesign the courses. According to the main results and the meta-evaluative reflection on the implementation of the quality system to 22 courses there are positive evidences, recognized by all partners, as some critical elements that, to improve the lifelong learning processes, will be assumed to redesign the quality system.

Purpose
This paper aims to analyze the effects of enabling management control systems (MCSs) and relational capabilities (interorganizational learning and coordination) on conflict management in innovation ecosystems.


Design/methodology/approach
Shedding light on relational governance, structural equation modeling (symmetric analysis) and qualitative comparative fuzzy-set analysis (asymmetric analysis) were applied to a sample of 164 Brazilian firms associated with science and technology parks (STPs), a specific type of innovation ecosystem.


Findings
The results of the symmetric analysis showed that enabling MCSs have a direct and positive effect on conflict management, as well indirect effects through interorganizational learning and coordination. The results of the asymmetric analysis indicated four solutions to promote high levels of conflict management, with enabling MCS solutions standing out, as they are present in the majority of cases in the sample.


Originality/value
Interorganizational conflict in innovation ecosystems are inevitable, but the previous literature is inconclusive about how the interrelation between MCS and relational capabilities can foster the management of these conflicts. By providing evidence on the predictors and solutions that lead to high levels of conflict management, this study presents valuable insights into how firms and STPs can mutually promote organizational and relational benefits throughout the innovation activities developed among those involved in innovation ecosystems.

PurposeThis paper seeks to measure and characterise the extent of consumer over‐indebtedness among the European Union (EU) member states.Design/methodology/approachThe study evaluates alternative measures of over‐indebtedness on the basis of the permanent‐income/life‐cycle theories of consumption behaviour and adopts a subjective approach in identifying over‐indebted households on the basis of European household survey data. It then investigates the main characteristics of over‐indebted households.FindingsThe empirical results reveal that over‐indebtedness was a significant problem across EU member states in the mid‐1990s. Moreover, an inverse relationship emerged between the extent of the over‐indebtedness problem and the extent of consumer borrowing across EU countries.Research limitations/implicationsAnecdotal evidence seemed to suggest that some main factors behind over‐indebtedness could be "market failure" on the credit market, the existence of liquidity constraints and lack of access to formal credit markets. However, a comprehensive and rigorous investigation of the extent and determinants of over‐indebtedness can only be achieved through analysis of more extended household data sets, particularly panel data.Practical implicationsThe EU credit markets exhibited certain symptoms of "market failure", on the one hand, and there was also need for further financial liberalisation in the Southern European countries, on the other hand.Originality/valueThe paper provides a first systematic evaluation of existing measures of consumer over‐indebtedness as well as the first EU‐wide empirical investigation of the problem. It should provide valuable information to the credit industry as well as financial regulatory bodies.

Hypertension or high blood pressure, sometimes also called arterial hypertension, is a chronic medical condition where the blood pressure in the arteries increases. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of smoking habits and patient diet on the incidence of hypertension in outpatients at the hospital polyclinic Patar Asih Lubuk Pakam in 2020. The research method used a quantitative research design with a quasi experimental type. This research is a pre-experimental design using pre-test and final test. (the one group, pretest and post test design). The results obtained based on the analysis of the Paired T-test obtained p-value = 0.000 <a = 0.05, so the research hypothesis is accepted, so it can be concluded that there is an effect of smoking on the incidence of hypertension in outpatients at Patar Hospital. Asih Year 2020. Conclusion: Smoking habits before the incidence of hypertension, namely "not done" as many as 9 people (30.0%), smoking habits after the incidence of hypertension namely "not done" as many as 22 people (73.3%). Suggestion: It is hoped that this research can add input for further researchers to add research variables.