نتایج جستجو برای: african health systems

تعداد نتایج: 2173213  

2011
Ingela Bäckström

Work-life balance has a major impact not only on business productivity but also on the economy as a whole, (Hughes 2007) and Wolf (2008) maintain that implications for the workplace are enormous as mental disease goes hand in hand with significant productivity losses. According to Janssen et al., (2003), the occurrence and causes of sickness absence are affected by several factors, many of whic...

2017
Raymond Lang Marguerite Schneider Maria Kett Ellie Cole

Contemporary debates in international development discourse are concerned with the non-tokenistic inclusion and participation of marginalised groups in the policy-making process in developing countries. This is directly relevant to disabled people in Africa, which is the focus on this article. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities delineates the principles of ...

2017
Kenneth Sherr Quinhas Fernandes Almamy M. Kanté Ayaga Bawah Jeanine Condo Wilbroad Mutale Ahmed Hingora Dominic Mboya Amon Exavery Kassimu Tani Fatuma Manzi Senga Pemba James Phillips Almamy Malick Kante Kate Ramsey Colin Baynes John Koku Awoonor-Williams Ayaga Bawah Belinda Afriyie Nimako Nicholas Kanlisi Elizabeth F. Jackson Mallory C. Sheff Pearl Kyei Patrick O. Asuming Adriana Biney Roma Chilengi Helen Ayles Moses Mwanza Cindy Chirwa Jeffrey Stringer Mary Mulenga Dennis Musatwe Masoso Chisala Michael Lemba Wilbroad Mutale Peter Drobac Felix Cyamatare Rwabukwisi Lisa R. Hirschhorn Agnes Binagwaho Neil Gupta Fulgence Nkikabahizi Anatole Manzi Jeanine Condo Didi Bertrand Farmer Bethany Hedt-Gauthier Kenneth Sherr Fatima Cuembelo Catherine Michel Sarah Gimbel Bradley Wagenaar Catherine Henley Marina Kariaganis João Luis Manuel Manuel Napua Alusio Pio

BACKGROUND Health systems are essential platforms for accessible, quality health services, and population health improvements. Global health initiatives have dramatically increased health resources; however, funding to strengthen health systems has not increased commensurately, partially due to concerns about health system complexity and evidence gaps demonstrating health outcome improvements. ...

2012
Kim L. Freeman Hayley Thompson Katherine N. DuHamel

Introduction: African Americans are more likely to die from colorectal cancer (CRC) than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States. Unfortunately, African Americans are also less likely to undergo screening for CRC than their White counterparts. Focus groups methodology was used to refine educational brochures designed to increase CRC screening among African Americans. Methods: Two ser...

2014
Jamie A. Mitchell Charles S. Modlin

Background: African-American men are disproportionately burdened with colorectal cancer (CRC). Research is scarce on the social determinants that may influence CRC screening as the primary strategy for early detection among African-American males. Methods: African-American men over the age of 18 years (n= 558) were recruited from a community health fair and anonymously surveyed about their heal...

Journal: :journal of paramedical sciences 0
hamid moghaddasi associate professor, health information technology and management department, faculty of paramedical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran. reza rabiei assistant professor, health information technology and management department, faculty of paramedical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran farkhondeh asadi assistant professor, health information technology and management department, faculty of paramedical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran ali mohammadpour phd candidate, health information technology and management department, faculty of paramedical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, and hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, iran

national health information network (nhin) is a network in which all health care organizations, government agencies and other health-related organizations are connected to each other to exchange information about health. due to the necessity of a framework for nhin development, in this paper, according to the literature review, a definition for nhin framework was provided, and then the nhin rel...

2015
F. M. Mulaudzi R. N. Ngunyulu

The paper aimed to explore and describe the perceptions of the Vhavenda people regarding the significance of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) rituals and customs in promoting Women’s Health. Indigenous knowledge should be given a platform to add to our understanding of the world and advance philosophies that inform research approaches and interventions that sustain and acknowledge the role pl...

Journal: :Ethnicity & disease 2003
Kimberlydawn Wisdom

The African-American community has been disproportionately burdened by diabetes and its associated complications. Nearly 2.8 million African Americans have diabetes. It is essential to increase community participation in diabetes prevention and health promotion as a method to improve health disparities. To address these issues, the Center for Medical Treatment Programs in Diverse Populations (M...

Journal: :American journal of clinical pathology 2010
John N Nkengasong

Improving clinical and public health laboratories should be one of the main goals of strengthening health systems, rather than a desirable afterthought. In this respect, in July 2009, several African countries, donors, the World Health Organization (WHO), and implementing partners met in Kigali, Rwanda, to launch a program for strengthening laboratory management, with the aim to accelerate nati...

Journal: :international journal of health policy and management 2014
fadi el-jardali taghreed adam nour ataya diana jamal maha jaafar

background systems thinking (st) has recently been promoted as an important approach to health systems strengthening. however, st is not common practice, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (lmics). this paper seeks to explore the barriers that may hinder its application in the eastern mediterranean region (emr) and possible strategies to mitigate them.   methods a survey consistin...

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