... can be explained in part by the fact that five of the 24 companies already provided healthinsurance to all their employees at the time of the survey In addition, one company provided insurance ... employees; the latter group did not participate in any of the HIV surveys (Table 1) Exclusion of these six companies resulted in 3783 new insurances inthe remaining 18 companies, which employed 6205 individuals ... HIV/ AIDS (HIVREF) in 2006, which enabled individualhealthinsurance providers to share the risks for this disease Thus, otherwise competing health insurers can collaborate in this unique solidarity...
... then discussed in four focus groups consisting of interviewers The purpose of the focus groups was for training of the interviewers and further refining of the questionnaire Before going to the ... extent of the loss caused by illness/injury, and income [26] Using insurance theory, assuming a decreasing marginal utility of income, it follows that the higher the degree of risk aversion, the higher ... relatively small If the risk is 1, illness will occur with certainty, and theindividual is better-off not buyinginsurance (including a load factor) with a risk-rated premium If theinsurance is based...
... established in 1992 to manage healthinsurance activities throughout the country with two healthinsurance schemes: compulsory and voluntary healthinsurance schemes Having evaluating the needs for health ... people’s access to health care especially for the poor Having realized that, the Government decided to use healthinsurance as a health financing mechanism Therefore, Vietnam HealthInsurance (VHI) ... is transferred to thehealth care reserve fund of the following year The remaining 20% of the surplus is used to provide free healthinsurance cards for the poor children of the school with good...
... contracts with an insurance company to provide defined healthinsurance coverage to a defined population in a district The government funds theinsurance premium, provides oversight of the program, ... compliance mechanism allows the generation of a testable hypothesis leading to theoretical conceptualization in addressing the pressing need for advancing theorization inthe field (Winter, 2012; Hupe, ... with the findings from a developing-country context The findings of this study will probably address one of the pressing questions inthe field of public administration for the developing-country...
... rotavirus inthe secondary effluent is inactivated by the chlorine disinfection (Vaughn et al., 1986) The viral concentration inthe drinking water source is calculated from those inthe reclaimed ... as the product of three valuables of the infectious risk, the relative sensitivity to intestinal infectious disease (Figure 1) and the population inthe age group The DALY lost by rotavirus infection ... cancer for theindividual RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Health risks of infection and cancer inthe wastewater reclamation Infectious risk inthe wastewater reclamation Figure 5(a) shows the annual infectious...
... by other men and invested in maintaining a relationship with the father of the child Women related these incidents underscoring their partners’ blatant disregard for their own pregnancy intentions ... to act out and ask me why I am using them […] Then, there was another time I started using the Ring [the NuvaRing, a hormone-releasing ring placed inthe vagina to prevent pregnancy that must ... removing the condom during sex; compromising the condom (e.g covertly biting holes inthe condom before putting it on); not putting the condom on but saying he did; refusing to use condoms; accusing...
... Leader Inmany ways the school principal is the most important and in uential individualin any school It is his leadership that sets the tone of the school, the climate for learning, the level ... implementing the HSC process, securing the involvement of the school community, and improving the chance for sustainability At HSC sites where the principal was on board and actively engaged in leading ... seamless integration of these principles into its policy and daily routine The biggest impact, the most significant change, has been everyone moving together inthe same direction—understanding what health...
... families in interpreting and evaluating research findings Utilize research findings in planning and evaluating care practices 9 **DEFINITIONS OF COLUMN HEADINGS CORE NURSING CONTENT –.Evident in general ... of informatics in psychiatric nursing Principles of teaching/learning theories as they relate to patients with psychiatric disorders including psychoeducational approaches Principles of clinical ... Psychiatric-Mental Clinical Nursing Practice (2007) address the trends for an increased awareness of physical health problems inthe mentally ill living inthe community It is quite clear that the psychiatric/mental...
... disappointed with the language proficiency level that they achieve once they join the work force, regardless of the effort that they put into their language training On the other hand, the effort ... be used as an input in course design (Jordan, 1997) In language teaching, the provided information guides the teaching process inthe classroom to set the priorities in scaling the communicative ... terminology was the major problem in reading Understanding oral reports and participating in meeting were the most activities needed to succeed in their field In regard to the importance of the...
... there were some farmers who could preserve Aloe (22.7%) by chopping the leaves and storing them in a container Others would store the raw leaves in a safe cool place, but the Aloe could remain ... could be used to treat human beings (80.9%) Almost all the Aloe used inthe study area was collected from the wild (94.7%), with the remaining 5.3% being grown by the farmers to save as flower ... The finding that the herbs were reported to produce acceptable results is in agreement with previous findings that A vera treatment was accompanied by quick recovery from ailments.9 The finding...
... efficient in maintaining health and using healthcare resources The model showed little dependence of health status on enabling variables, including income, insurance type, and regional settings It could ... toward the null, indicating the strong confounding effect of the total number of prescriptions taken Adding predisposing and enabling variables in Model C, the coefficient remained virtually the ... ei Þ where Hi2 is thehealth status for individual i in Round 2; Mi1 is a vector indicating the status of inappropriate drug use for individual i in Round 1; Ni1 represents the total number of...
... by the recent global recession “Given the increasing complexity of public health science, meeting these challenges means training many more specialists inthemany sub-disciplines of public health ... nearly doubling the previous network of 14 training centers PHTCs aim to develop the existing public health workforce as a foundation for improving the infrastructure of the public health system ... to strengthen health systems around the world The complexity of these problems requires that students be trained, not in disciplinary silos but in interdisciplinary environments where they learn...
... with the paternity status (father vs not father) and the population effect incorporated to the model as fixed factors Because the size of the individuals in a stack depends on the size of theindividual ... offspring, their known mothers and the candidate fathers, the paternity was assigned to the most likely father, i.e theindividual with the highest log-likelihood ratio (LOD score as defined in ... occupied within the maternal stack by the assigned fathers (A1) Position of the father is given relative to the position of the mother (0 is the mother) ′Side position′ is used for single individuals...
... group interviews in Geneva, the interview guide was translated into French As an introduction to the discussion, we asked questions concerning the opinion of the GPs about health promotion inthe ... health promotion inthe elderly K Interface problems inhealth promotion inthe elderly L Other important aspects Coding system: Categories for the coding process, used with the ATLAS.ti software ... important themes of health promotion inthe elderly Some of the GPs complained of a lack regarding the content but also regarding specific skills inhealth promotion due to the fact that they had...
... safe training inside laboratories before indulging inthe real-life field training Developments in Nursing Sciences & Research: The nursing research is highly important inthe improvement of health ... impact on the applications of informatics Also the developments in digital technology lead to increasing interest in telemedicine applications As for the nursing staff inthe 21st century, they are ... Shortage in Nursing Staff: Globally, according to the report of the International Nursing Organization for the year 2005, there are wide variations inthe ratio of nurses to population On the individual...
... during the period of the study, and the other was working as a sole practitioner in a remote clinic in Makira Province At the time of the study the two-way radio at this clinic was not functioning ... as teaching, data collection and reporting or involvement in research The interviews consisted of 10 main questions The questions were designed to obtain information regarding the main themes, ... appropriateness of their training to these roles, including whether they felt equipped to address the complexity of new child health and public health challenges, and their continuing professional...
... education in a democratic society Thus, the Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education are intended to inform programming that: • provides sexual health education within the context of theindividual s ... provide insights into broader aspects of sexuality, including sexual wellbeing and rewarding interpersonal relationships (Health Canada, 2003) Do parents want sexual health education taught inthe ... that include discussion of condoms and contraception not increase sexual intercourse; they not hasten the onset of intercourse, not increase the frequency of intercourse, and not increase the...
... backgr Schooling in rural area Parents live in rural area Motivated Spec in Spec Community by interest medicine inhealth service in pub during medicine health studies Field work during studies ... parents living in a rural area, motivation by an interest in medicine, intended specialization in medicine, intended specialization in public health, community service during studies, and having done ... institutions educating medical doctors inthe United Republic of Tanzania, although one of them was still in start-up phase and the other inthe middle of an administrative crisis, so these institutions...
... with maintaining professional standards and quality inthehealth care industry These include most prominently The Joint Commission, formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare ... emphasized the potentially universal features of health care But thehealth care industry inthe United States is distinct from those inthe rest of the industrialized world in several respects The ... Center for Health Administration Studies, which, beginning inthe mid-1970s, introduced me to the field of health administration and policy From outstanding figures in this field, including Ronald...
... theindividual and their family, pending other treatment to be established, and guidance and support in establishing or maintaining contact with other community based services (for example, health ... were excluded The selected municipalities were sent a written invitation to participate inthe study The invitation was specifically addressed to the employee within the CHS inthe municipality ... were gathered from Statistics Norway Information on the position of the informant inthe CHS (leader/non-leader) was gathered through the interview EDs at Norwegian general hospitals in 1999...