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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"community-based health"”.
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Mandatory community-based health insurance schemes in Ghana : prospects and challenges
Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes are new forms of health financing that can increase resources available for a national health system. These schemes are often regarded as not feasible. Evidence from recent experiences however; show that , if they are appropriately designed and managed they …
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Exploring Evaluation Capacity Building in Community-Based Health Organizations in India: What Works and Why
… staff and independent evaluators working with community-based health organizations (CBHOs) in India. It suggests a significant shift from donor-led to CBHO-led evaluation practice in the community health sector of India. CBHOs, however, have limited access to evaluation training, resources, and …
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A Research Study of Underserved Patients with Erectile Dysfunction in a County Hospital, Community Based Health System
… by the researcher. Copies of the Sexual Health Inventory for Men (SHIM) completed by the participants during the clinic visit were photocopied. The responses to the ED-EQoL questionnaire were analyzed using a statistical program SPSS version 15.0. Furthermore, the primary investigator …
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Equity in healthcare: Stakeholder perceptions on the implementation of the Community-Based Health Insurance scheme in Ethiopia
The last four decades have seen universal health coverage (UHC) become a central part of the global agenda. Despite this centrality, a large proportion of academics still focus solely on health schemes in the Global North, and the remaining few that have evaluated interventions in developing …
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Socios para su Salud – A program evaluation of a community-based health education program in Cameron Park, Texas
… for those who live in resource poor settings. Community-Based Health Education Programs, such as Socios para su Salud, utilize community health workers or promotores to offer comprehensive education on the management of diabetes and focus on prevention strategies to decrease the chronic disease …
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Factors that affect uptake of community-based health insurance in low- and middle- income countries: a systematic review
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Reducing Obesity and Obesity-Related Diseases in Richmond, California: Understanding the Importance of Partnerships in Community-Based Health Education
… United States obesity has become a major public health issue. Over the past two decades, the prevalence of obesity has doubled in adults and children. In the city of Richmond, California, adults and children are experiencing the highest rates of obesity and obesity-related diseases in comparison …
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A review of University of the Witwatersrand medical students' community-based health promotion service learning projects in South Africa
The purpose of this study was to review past SL projects that have been implemented by GEMP 1 and 2 students, in order to inform the future planning and conduct of the SL programme in the faculty. A document review of all available Power Point presentations for projects implemented from 2006 - 2011 …
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Critical evaluation of the role of community based health insurance schemes in extending health care coverage to the informal sector in Ghana
… challenge facing the international development community is how to finance and provide health care for the large informal sector in low and middle income countries. This is as a result of the inability of the traditional tax systems in most of these countries to generate the needed revenue to …
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A study evaluating the social and cultural context of a counselling booklet containing infant feeding and caring messages - a component of a community-based health package in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal
… This study was part of formative work for a community-based un-blinded randomised controlled trial (RCT) in an urban township with high antenatal HIV prevalence in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa. The RCT sought to determine whether an integrated package of home-based care delivered by …
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Community centred health promotion and prevention in an Australian context
… early mortality and economic and public health crisis. However, many chronic diseases and conditions could be prevented with better evidence based and community based health promotion strategies. Guided by a philosophy of idealism, the aim of this thesis was to develop a community centred …
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Measuring what works: a mixed-methods evaluation of women’s groups on maternal health uptake in rural Nepal.
… evaluation methods in the context of maternal health promotion. These should assess the effectiveness of health promotion interventions on health outcomes, factors contributing to impact, and transferability. This thesis reports on an evaluation of one such intervention in Nepal targeting rural …
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Developing a manualised task-sharing counselling intervention for perinatal common mental disorders in the South African context
… support for these conditions in public health facilities. The aim of this study was to report on the development of a maternal mental health counselling intervention for routine treatment of mild to moderate symptoms of depression and anxiety for primary healthcare in South Africa, as …
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VETERAN STUDENTS' NEEDS ASSESSMENT
… and positively correlated with utilization of community-based health services. The impact of these findings is discussed.</p>
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A Comparison of the Effects of Two Adult Cardiovascular Education Approaches on Risk Reduction Behaviors of Adults and Their Children
The major problem yet unsolved in community based health education programs is the determination of the minimum degree of personal instruction needed to give maximum yield from mass media at the lowest possible cost. The present research provides an assessment of amount of individual contact …
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Health sector reforms : a study of mutual health organisations in Ghana
<p>This thesis examines the problems of health financing and the emergence of Mutual Health Organisations under the health sector reforms in Ghana. Governments of sub-Saharan Africa region have embraced the Community-based health insurance schemes concept under the health sector reforms, with …
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Overcoming Literacy Barriers in Colorectal Cancer Screening: a Randomized Trial of a Web-based Decision Aid
Background: Patients with low health literacy have difficulty understanding health information and receive fewer preventive services. We sought to determine whether a literacy-sensitive, web-based decision aid (DA) could increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in both low and high literacy …
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The economics of school-based sexual and reproductive health education interventions
Background: Promoting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescent girls remains central to enabling their health, education, and economic prospects. Comprehensive school-based sexual and reproductive health education (SBSHE) has been recognised as a key strategy for promoting adolescent …
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The conversant community : HIV health promotion work at Action Séro Zéro
… research undertaken at Action Séro Zéro , a community-based health promotion organization in Montréal providing HIV prevention services to gay, bisexual and transgender men. The research focuses on how people working at this organization use conversation as a health promotion strategy. The …
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