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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"Health and Social Services"”.
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Care Needs, Social Wellbeing, and Health and Social Services Use in Older Age
… perceived as a global challenge with substantial and changing implications for societies, economies, and health care systems. To respond to this challenge, a first step is to understand the change in health and social care needs in older age to inform policy and practice. The Cambridge City …
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MATCHING HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO NEEDS IN AN AGEING POPULATION: DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIMPLE SEGMENTATION TOOL
This thesis aims to develop a health and social service (HASS) need based population segmentation tool which assists policy makers responsible for evaluating and developing HASS interventions designed to meet population needs. A systematic review was first conducted to determine if suitable tools …
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A quality improvement training programme for health professionals in the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia
… is important to address the challenges that the health professionals are facing in their quest for quality health care delivery. In Namibia, most health care facilities have not been yielding good results in response to patients’ health care needs. Health care dynamics are complex and inundated …
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Gender equity and career progression in the Ministry of Health and Social Services in Khomas region of Namibia
… in terms of gender. There is a need to understand the status quo of gender equity and career progression amongst Namibian government institutions. This will help accelerate the realisation of the objectives of the national plans on gender equality namely; the National Gender Policy of …
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Design of a backend system to integrate health information systems – case study: ministry of health and social services (MoHSS)-Namibia
… systems are the key to institution organization and decision making. In the health care field, there is a lot of data flow, from the patient demographic information (through the electronic medical records), the patient's medication dispersal methods called pharmaceutical data, laboratory data to …
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Using performance budgeting to improve service delivery : a case study of the Mpumalanga Department of Health
… of budget reform within the Department of Health and Social Services in Mpumalanga, and the extent to which this has led to implementation of policy objectives and improved equitable service delivery.
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Effectiveness of health education in prevention of diarrhea among the refugess in Osire refugee camp, Namibia
The Ministry of Health and Social Services in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and its Implementing partners has extended Primary Health Care Services to Osire refugee camp and implemented the system jointly. Health education program was introduced and …
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Factors influencing the follow-up visits of mothers registered with prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS programme at the Katutura State Hospital
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) has launched a comprehensive programme for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) in March 2002. This programme was introduced for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Namibia using Nevirapine (an Antiretroviral …
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Le programme de santé spécifique à un établissement 20 ans après sa mise en application
The context in which the Occupational health and safety programme evolved from its inception up to now is very complex. On the one hand, the objective is the same for everyone: elimination at source of the dangers to the health, safety and physical wellbeing of workers as stipulated in article 2 of …
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Causes of attempted suicide in Ohangwena region: A social work exploration
… semi-structured self-developed interviews and analysed using thematic content analysis. The sample of twenty (20) participants who were all suicide attempters, were purposively selected from the three districts of Ohangwena region, namely Eenhana, Engela and Okongo districts. Due to the …
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The impact of COVID-19 on services for Indigenous people who use substances and are living with HIV in Winnipeg, Manitoba
… those recently diagnosed, Indigenous people and injection drug users are overrepresented. As the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted service delivery, Indigenous people living with HIV (IPLH) who use substances may have been disproportionality negatively impacted. This Master of Social …
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The perception of teenagers regarding teenage pregnancy in the Rehoboth district
… exposure to sexually transmitted infections, social discrimination, and complicated labor and abortions. Regardless of the universal effort made by governmental and non-governmental agencies to prevent teenage pregnancies, teenagers still get pregnant. In Namibia the overall teenage pregnancy …
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The effect of health facility renovation on HIV counselling and testing (HCT) service utilisation in health facilities in the Otjozondjupa region, Namibia
The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia has embarked on a fight against the human immunodeficiency virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. The human immunodeficiency virus counselling and testing (HCT) services comprises the core component of the prevention, …
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Identifying Essential Components of Effective HIV Teen Clubs in Namibia
Teen clubs are psychosocial support groups based at health facilities that help adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) learn about their health and engage with their peers. Various nonprofit organizations have set up and funded these clubs in high HIV prevalence African countries to encourage ART …
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Making It Work: Small-Town System Building in Homelessness Service
… the American tradition of localism prevailed, and in the early 1980s homelessness services were developed by non-profit entrepreneurs quite separate from existing systems of health and social services. Within a decade, federal intervention began to suggest—and then require—that communities …
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Human resources development and the utilisation of expatriates in Namibia's public sector
This paper looked at human resource development and the utilisation of expatriates in Namibia's Ministries of Health and Social Services and Basic Education, Sports and Culture. The two ministries are among those which were projected to continue to suffer from scarcities of skilled and professional …
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Factors associated with mortality of patients on antiretroviral therapy at the Andara district, Namibia
… HIV/AIDS, has embarked on a large scale public health sector roll-out of ART. The Catholic Health Services is implementing an HIV/AIDS treatment program in the Andara district since 2004. Even though there is strong evidence to show that antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the survival and …
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Understanding the Implementation of Integrated Care for People Living with HIV
Introduction: The integration of physical and behavioral health services is an innovative method of delivering health care services for persons dual or triply diagnosed with HIV, mental health and/or substance use disorders. Reducing the fragmented delivery of health services by integrating …
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Digital Environments of Reception and Governance: A Landscape Analysis of Immigration-Related Webpages on U.S. State Websites
… public-facing policy areas like education, health, transportation, and commerce, and therefore they administer many public services and benefits that affect immigrants and their communities. This study expands the existing knowledge of the ways in which U.S. state governments digitally …
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