... occurring in Masisi and Kitchanga In Kabizo, 92 episodes of violence against individuals were reported, including two women who reported being raped In Masisi, 914 episodes were reported, including ... livestock, or food-stocks), and accessto agricultural fields To estimate accesstohealth care, information was collected on the last household member to be ill, if the illness occurred during the weeks ... proportion of survivors due to lack ofaccessto information and issuesof stigma and confidentiality MSF mental -health programmes in the region treat people who have commonly experienced a combination...
... Using Lay Health Workers to Increase Population Awareness of the Importance of Screening Funding is needed for scholarships to increase the number of female and minority health providers, including ... those still in training in the following highpriority areas: (1) encouraging physicians to review screening history and advise women, including Medicare beneficiaries, about screening at each ... Medicare that include an added reimbursement factor to help them remain viable in their locations Because of financial pressures, however, the number of these rural health centers is declining in...
... better accesstohealthcare services, ability to communicate in English and better integration to community were significantly related to higher QoL scores in all of the scales of the WHOQOL Smoking, ... linguistic barriers and a lack of information or understanding about how the healthcare system works in the United Kingdom (UK) [5-7] There are a number of studies focusing on special healthissues ... E-mail: ktopal9@yahoo.com Abstract Background and aim: There are a significant number of Turkish speaking immigrants living in London Their special healthissues including women’s health, mental health, ...
... characteristics of communities of practice in business and healthcare The structures of CoP groups in business and health sectors are summarized in Additional files and respectively Learning and sharing information ... Hand-searching key journals, including Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Medical Education, and, Harvard Business Review Examining the reference lists of the included articles ... that took place during informal gatherings [14] In addition to learning and building a professional identity, new workers gained confidence in making work-related decisions Similar findings were...
... characteristics of communities of practice in business and healthcare The structures of CoP groups in business and health sectors are summarized in Additional files and respectively Learning and sharing information ... Hand-searching key journals, including Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Medical Education, and, Harvard Business Review Examining the reference lists of the included articles ... that took place during informal gatherings [14] In addition to learning and building a professional identity, new workers gained confidence in making work-related decisions Similar findings were...
... performed, to identify points of interest Findings Characteristics of the pensioners surveyed Basic demographic information was drawn from the pensioners (Table 1) Healthy Aging & Clinical Carein the ... of a total of 830 elderly pensioners The Pensioners’ names, sex, age and places of residence were obtained from the Pensions office of the Ministry of Finance in Maseru which is the capital town ... contributed to the ability of the elderly to pay for health services and toaccesshealthcare The result of the survey indicated that, as with the elderly in other countries, the pensioners in Manonyane...
... will have to provide the financial incentive to bring value to spine care, regulatory and legislative bodies that may have to institute changes in allowing this area ofhealthcareto fully realize ... these factors is incorporated by the primary spine care practitioner into the management of the somatic factors [63,64] An appreciation of minimalism in spine care: The primary spine care practitioner ... name The institution of new models ofhealthcarein general, including primary spine care, will require non-traditional ways of thinking about which provider will become the “team captain” for...
... aware of the need of increased fluid intake during diarrhoea Significantly more respondents in the intervention area were aware of the need to continue breastfeeding during diarrhoea (80.2% in intervention, ... that of the intervention Regarding danger signs in children, the transitional area was similar to the control In many indicators of men’s awareness of their wives’ use of maternal health care, ... higher in the control areas Only knowledge of wrapping was higher in the intervention (Table 2) In the intervention, knowledge on initiation of breastfeeding within an hour, colostrum feeding,...
... of Medicare beneficiaries in 2000 CINCREASE Binary indicator of an increase in competition among the MMC plans available, between 1998–2000, from inverse Herfindahl index XHMO00 Penetration of ... for health maintenance? Health Econ in press Cunningham P, Trude S: Does managed care enable more low income persons to identify a usual source of care? Implications for accesstocare Med Care ... spending, an increasing level of frailty in the elderly, and enrollment in or disenrollment from managed care [3,4] Having a regular source ofcare and continuity ofcare has been shown to significantly...
... oral health and poor accessto dental care, bring into sharp focus the imperative to remedy the inadequacies inaccessto dental carein Medicaid and SCHIP, and the opportunities to so In recent ... Summary Critical inadequacies inaccessto oral healthcarein the U.S., particularly in the low-income population, have been a focus of increasing concern in the health policy community in recent years ... provider types to furnish certain services, or to furnish carein certain settings In addition, states can increase access by leveraging Medicaid and SCHIP service and administrative dollars to provide...
... Passive case finding is the mainstay of case finding in most developing countries This relies heavily on sputum examination by smear and culture, chest radiology and tuberculin skin testing Under ... available to detect AFB in clinical samples by ZN staining As seen in Table 1, 80 % of the samples showed the presence of AFB in the primary smear Most of the primary smears showed + grading (28.6 ... growth of a small number of contaminating bacteria It has been quoted by Jenkins (1994) that – % of culture could be lost due to contamination, indicating that the treatment procedure is neither too...
... appointment For information on clinic hours, services and how to make referrals, call or go to their website Lincoln-Lemington Lincoln-Lemington Family HealthCare Center - Christian Ministry of ... resources to this guide Underinsured or Uninsured Underinsured or Uninsured? A Guide to Healthcare Resources in Allegheny County Following is a list of clinics and health centers in Allegheny County that ... Application with proof of income must be submitted in advance Dental Care listings continue on next page 25 Underinsured or Uninsured Dental Care listings continue here Wilkinsburg Donated Dental...
... accessto home care; accessto long term care; quality ofcare services for the elderly; needs of elderly women and caregivers; distance caregiving; planning caregiving; coordination of care/ care ... elderly Aboriginal women were experiencing increasing vulnerability and multiple marginalizations when accessing healthcare Barriers to service delivery that involve issuesof accessibility include ... In community discussions held in the spring of 2004, women identified the following components to the issues: Fiscal restraint, healthcare restructuring and limited investment in home care infrastructure...
... systems financing, focusing on tax-/insurance-based funding, ensuring universal coverage ofhealthcare regardless of ability to pay, and minimizing out of- pocket health spending” [5] Providing financially ... low income individuals In this paper, we discuss the associations between socioeconomic status and accesstocare by investigating possible barriers tohealth care, examining the scope ofhealth ... at birth [9] In addition to income, education, and occupation, accesstohealthcare is a vital determinant ofhealth regardless of the nation’s income level [5] Yet, the accesstocare problem...
... activities including bathing and dressing due to health, to high physical health, associated with performing all types of physical activities without limitations tohealth [31] Eriksson & Lindstrom's ... four areas in which people need to invest if they want to maintain a sense of meaningfulness: feelings, interpersonal relationships, employment and existential value Healthcare professionals ... concerning care plans, professionals could provide healthcare information to residents in a way that is easy for them to understand Professionals could also encourage residents to engage in the kind...
... exercise was divided into two major categories: any form of exercise, excluding walking, lasting a minimum of 30 minutes per day, and walking alone, again for a minimum period of 30 minutes Both groups ... factors leading to increased body weight and obesity and, consequently, to the impairment of health- related quality of life Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... modification of the general quality of life [8-11] Whilst obesity has an obvious and often objectively measurable impact on the state ofhealthof the individual, the influence of increased body...
... risk factors were associated with work in internal or respiratory medicine, years of work in healthcare, more direct indicators of TB exposure, including TB admission or the percentage of patients ... in TB incidence was observed in this time period there was no significant decrease in TB incidence in the hospital staff According to the authors this indicated a "strong, flowing source of infection" ... reduce the indication of preventive chemotherapy The use of IGRAs in serial testing ofhealthcare workers is still not very well studied and the influence of the role of potential dynamic of IGRA...
... exercise was divided into two major categories: any form of exercise, excluding walking, lasting a minimum of 30 minutes per day, and walking alone, again for a minimum period of 30 minutes Both groups ... factors leading to increased body weight and obesity and, consequently, to the impairment of health- related quality of life Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests ... modification of the general quality of life [8-11] Whilst obesity has an obvious and often objectively measurable impact on the state ofhealthof the individual, the influence of increased body...
... influence on individual opinion relating to new innovation The ABCD project team took an active approach to influencing the opinion of key stakeholders as a means of facilitating uptake of the project ... project in 12 Indigenous primary healthcare services in the Northern Territory in 2002 and has since spread Page of 14 through an extension phase to almost 70 Aboriginal health services in four ... interacting with others in the pursuit of developing a shared meaning According to agency theory this has distinct dimensions: imagining a Page 11 of 14 future through re-evaluating the past and taking...