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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Health & welfare"”.
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The history of the Health-Welfare-Recreation Planning Council of the United Communities in Tidewater, Virginia: a case study in voluntary planning
… of the Council of Social Agencies (later the Health-Welfare-Recreation Planning Council) and notes particularly those instances where decisions lying in the public domain have been influenced by actions of the Council and its leadership. The study takes up the question of changing patterns of …
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Effects of Spray-Dried Porcine Plasma (SDPP) Administered as an Oral Gavage on Indicators of Health, Welfare, and Performance in Pigs Transported After Weaning
Transportation of swine is an emerging welfare issue, especially for piglets weaned and then immediately transported. Weaned pigs fed starter diets containing SDPP display improved growth performance. The objective of this study was to determine effects of pre-weaning SDPP on indicators of health, …
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O trabalho de enfermagem no processo de construção de um modelo assistencial em saúde coletiva
Study the work of nursing in public health centers and its link with the global work process in Collective Health, brought together by the proposal for the organization of health services proposed by SUS (Unified Health System). The objectives of the study are: 1) Characterize the work of nursing, …
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Association between Family arrangements and Health behaviors by Gender in Older adults
… the relationship between family arrangements and health behavior by gender among older people aged 65years and older. METHOD: Data are from the Living Profiles of Older People Survey conducted by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health & Welfare in 2011. The …
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Budget reform: an evaluation of the implementation of performance budgeting in the Department of Health, Mpumalanga
… of budget reform within the Otief Directorate: Health in the Department of Health, Welfare and Gender Affairs of the Province of Mpumalanga. Chapter 1 sets out the rationale for the study. Chapter 2 reviews traditional budgeting and its limitations in terms of allocating resources for improved …
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A feminist critique of the prostitution/sex work debate: recommendations for legislative change in South Africa
… and a public interest issue which affects health, welfare and labour policies, municipal zoning and critically, the lifestyles of sex workers themselves. In the past, Cape and Durban city councillors have called for the legalisation of prostitution in South Africa (Argus 2/4/93; 3/4/93; …
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Towards a multi-view model of quality in primary health care: User involvement in the North West region of England
… of Clinical Governance within the National Health Service in 1997. The frameworks were used to assess to what extent this new development represented the four views of quality. The conclusion from this exploration was that the user view of quality remained under-represented despite the …
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Working in partnership to develop and implement an oral health promotion programme
Dental decay is a worldwide Public Health problem. In the last decade Oral Health professionals in the UK have focused on developing national and regional Oral Health programmes to reduce dental caries rates in young children. Smile4Life is an example of a regional programme, which has been …
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Quality of life following surgery for breast and coloretal cancer
… many missing answers to the questions on sexual health. Conclusions. This work has provided an insight into the management of two common cancers at a time when guidelines were being established. Quality of life measures with greater sensitivity are required so that they can be used in all …
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Technology and ageing: A person-centred study on the introduction and wellbeing impact of handheld tablets to residents of care homes
This study initially aimed to examine the impact of handheld tablets on the wellbeing of care home residents, specifically regarding connection and social connectedness, with the central research question: How does a handheld tablet intervention impact the wellbeing of older people living in a care …
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Predictors of organizational involvement : a test of the generality of Etzioni's (1961) compliance relations
… 85 groups were solicited from 27 local business, health, welfare, and educational organizations. In addition, for each group, to provide a check on members' replies to some questions, the researcher and (most often) two administrators and two outsiders familiar with the group provided their own …
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Predictors of organizational involvement : a test of the generality of Etzioni's (1961) compliance relations
… 85 groups were solicited from 27 local business, health, welfare, and educational organizations. In addition, for each group, to provide a check on members' replies to some questions, the researcher and (most often) two administrators and two outsiders familiar with the group provided their own …
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The impact of new women infant children (WIC) package on whole grain consumption of participating children in metro-Atlanta, Georgia
… infants and children which seeks to promote the health of women who are pregnant, postpartium and lactating and children up to the age of 5 years. The WIC programme is aimed at low-income women and children facing nutritional risk. This nutritional risk is classified by a number of factors that …
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The burden and control of bovine tuberculosis in endemic settings
… major disease in cattle and also poses a public health risk due to transmission from animals to humans. The effectiveness of traditionally used strategies to control bTB, such as test-and-slaughter, varies considerably and the disease still persists in several places. Furthermore, in many …
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Drugs and drug policies in Oman with special reference to the death penalty
… legal measures designed to protect the health, welfare and finance of people from the effects of drug use. In addition, law makers in Oman have recognized that trade in illicit drugs is a global activity and that drug-related activities are associated with other criminal behaviour; …
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Central and local influences on public health reform in mid-Victorian Liverpool (1830-1875)
… in Liverpool, the administration of its public health and the local/central relationship in the nineteenth century, The growth of the port led to the casualisation of the workforce which encouraged a huge army of unskilled immigrants into the town. Poverty was often widespread at times of …
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Information support for district health care planning and decision making in The Gambia: A holistic approach
… builds upon a body of previous research on health informatics in developing countries. Early research on this area was motivated by a desire to understand the role of different health informatics applications for an effective and efficient health care delivery in developing countries. These …
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Examination of health care costing methodologies: a comparison of the UK and Ontario
… of information systems in the UK National Health Service following the implementation of the White Paper 'Working for Patients'. None of the earlier studies examined the use of the information from those systems for costing health care services, the methodologies used by hospitals for …
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A study of transplant online services for patient-centred care
… the uses of the Internet and email in health care and specifically focuses on the use of these technologies in the management and support of patients following kidney transplantation. Health information websites are recognised to differ widely in quality and reliability of their …
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Resilient places? The healthcare gardens and the Maggie's Centres
… debates about the effects of green space on health and the historical context of the restorative garden. By exploring both historical and contemporary examples, it argues that a healthcare garden may be a space for transformation. Using four different Maggie’s gardens as case studies, the …
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