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Project explores how lessons from technology 'rollouts' could help spread good practice in child protection

03-20-2007 · University of Bath

Researchers in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences will use the theory behind how businesses roll out new technologies to investigate ways of encouraging the spread of new social programmes designed to prevent child abuse and neglect.

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