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PURPOSE Social prescribing (SP) is an emerging area of public health that has the potential to alleviate pressure on primary care by offering non-clinical solutions to health problems. Whilst there is an increasing body of literature exploring service design and impact, there is little research that focuses specifically on the SP workforce. The purpose of this paper is to explore routes into SP, worker's experiences of the sector and potential career progression. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH For this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight members of the SP workforce with varying levels of responsibility from within six different organisations in an urban/suburban area of South West England. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis. FINDINGS Pathways into the sector were varied, and those without direct experience often brought transferable skills from other professions. Careers in SP were clearly rewarding, and some providers had established good support structures for staff. However, some participants were in need of additional training in areas such as collaborative working and staff management. Staff working at a more senior level - particularly in community-based organisations - seemed less well supported overall, with limited career progression. Staff in such organisations also reported working beyond contractual hours. ORIGINALITY/VALUE This study has revealed inconsistencies between the experiences of staff in some community organisations vs those associated with larger, more established services. It has also highlighted a need for further training and capacity building in some areas. These findings may be of interest to those commissioning or funding SP services in the future. © Emerald Publishing Limited.PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between three antecedents, namely, work self-determination, managerial support (i.e. interpersonal motivation style) and person-organization fit (P-O) (i.e. shared values among employees and the overall organization) on employee work satisfaction in a French Canadian health care context. Assessing the relationships between such intrapersonal, interpersonal and macro-level variables will help to better comprehend work satisfaction in health care and shed light on applicable transformations for management. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The study tested a judicious model grounded in self-determination theory in order to capture and construe the three levels of influence. Participants were recruited from four health centers in the Suroît (Quèbec, Canada) region. Management was provided with the questionnaire and asked to distribute to all employees including nurses and allied health. A serial multiple mediation analysis was used to test the proposed model. FINDINGS The findings revealed that nearly 60 percent of the participants from each of the professional groups reported feeling moderately to not at all satisfied with their job (follow-up ANOVA revealed that nurses were the least satisfied). Through closer examination, the findings revealed that 46 percent of the variance in reported job satisfaction was explained by the three focal antecedents from the hypothesized model (work self-determination, managerial support and P-O fit). Therefore the model, in its entirety, represents a comprehensive perspective for influencing employee work satisfaction in particularly demanding health care work contexts. ORIGINALITY/VALUE The study is the first to indicate the prevailing factors necessary to pursue and support employee satisfaction within a health care context among French Canadians. © Emerald Publishing Limited.PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to analyse ethical competence related to healthcare governance and management tasks at the county/regional level in Sweden. The paper also discusses conditions that support or constrain the development and application of such competence. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH The study is based on original qualitative data from 13 interviews and 6 meeting observations. Three key groups of actors were included politicians, civil servants and CEOs in publicly financed health-provider organizations. An abductive analysis was carried out by a stepwise method guided by thematic research questions. FINDINGS The informants viewed themselves as having a high degree of ethical responsibility for healthcare practice. However, they did not integrate ethical reflection and dialogue into their work decisions (e.g. regarding budgets, reforms and care agreements). The current organization, control systems and underlying business principles, along with the individuals' understanding of their own and others' roles, tended to constrain the development and use of ethical competence. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Qualities of an appropriate ethical competence related to healthcare governance and management, and conditions to develop and use such competence, are suggested. ORIGINALITY/VALUE Hardly any empirical research has examined ethical competence related to healthcare governance and management tasks. The paper integrates ethics and theories on learning in organizations and contributes knowledge about ethical competence and the conditions necessary to develop and practise ethical competence in an organizational and inter-organizational context. © Emerald Publishing Limited.In October 2019, samples of galled roots with rhizosphere soil were collected from declining Elaeocarpus decipiens in Hernando County, Florida. Extracted root-knot nematodes were identified by both molecular and morphological methods as Meloidogyne enterolobii. This is a first report of this regulated root-knot nematode on Elaeocarpus decipiens in Florida.Tomato (Solanum esculentum) is one of the vegetable crops grown by both smallholder and commercial farmers in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta M. is a major insect pest of tomatoes resulting in reduced tomato yields throughout the country. The study investigated the virulence of two sub-tropical EPN species on T. absoluta larvae. Steinernema yirgalemense and S. jeffreyense at different concentrations (0, 20, 40, 60 IJs/insect) were screened for efficacy (i.e. mortality rate) against larvae of T. absoluta in laboratory bioassays. Results obtained showed that S. yirgalemense and S. jeffreyense were able to kill T. absoluta larvae without significant differences between the two EPN species in 24-well bioassay trays. GRL0617 mouse Significantly higher (p  less then  0.05) mortality was observed when 60 IJs/insect was used. The combination of S. yirgalemense at 60 IJs/insect (100%) and S. jeffreyense at 60 IJs/insect (98.3%) resulted in significantly higher (p  less then  0.05) mortality, compared with the other four combinations of EPN and concentration tested.