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Showing 1 to 20 of 168 for “"improve access"”.
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Bridging the knowledge gap: Operational research to improve access to health care in Ethiopia
… : 183418.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Harnessing mHealth to improve access to hearing care: Low material-cost, smartphone-based infant hearing screening at Seattle Children’s Hospital
ObjectiveEarly childhood hearing loss is a neglected global health issue, with the largest and fastest growing burden in low- and middle-income countries. Universal screening is essential for early identification of children with disabling hearing loss, yet there is a lack of cost-effective, …
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as a Means to Improve Access to Timely Justice and a Pathway to Economic Growth in Nigeria
… modernization, unclog the courts, increase access to justice, reduce cost, support economic development by cutting costs of resolving disputes, and increase certainty in business investments. ADR permits claimants to present claims they could not litigate before in court, thereby improving …
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Investigating the Feasibility of Community Health Workers as Teleaudiology Patient-Site Facilitators: A Strategy to Improve Access to Hearing Aid Services for Older Adults
… status, and income, representing underlying access barriers. The prevailing model of hearing aid service delivery is clinic-based and private-pay, posing multiple obstacles for potentially millions of Americans. Teleaudiology is a strategy that can improve geographic access to services, yet …
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Towards Achieving the 95% Treatment Coverage for Hard-to-Reach Populations Living with HIV and AIDS in Lusaka, Zambia Using Community Retail Pharmacies to Improve Access to Antiretroviral Therapy
… ART delivery models have multiple barriers to access and availability. This study explored the feasibility of implementing ART delivery through private retail community pharmacies in Zambia's urban settings based on key stakeholders' perceptions. Methods: This qualitative study utilized a mix …
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Do solar water heaters improve access to hot water and reduce electricity costs? : the complexities of implementing energy poverty interventions in South African Townships : a case study of Nyanga Township
Solar energy is abundantly available in South Africa, but it is a highly under-utilised resource. One way of efficiently using the resource is solar water heating (swh), a natural process whereby hot water for domestic and/or industrial use is heated by the sun. In 2009, a national swh strategy was …
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Improving hearing aid access, use and outcomes in adults
… hearing aid fitting model can be employed to improve access to hearing loss treatment. This overall promotes hearing healthcare wellness to broader communities, regardless of affordability.
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Let's not wait until a crisis for change to occur: a critical analysis of patent law in South Africa and its role in (not) fulfilling the constitutional right to health
… of South Africa. It has been established that access to affordable medicines is a fundamental element to its realisation. Research has identified patent law as a potential barrier to access. Research on how patent law creates a barrier to accessing affordable medicines has been focused on …
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Controlling the Physico-Chemical Microenvironment for Low-Density Neuronal Analysis in Cultures and Microfluidics
… technological advancements have emerged to improve access to developing cells and tissues. The fundamental technological shifts in the ability to culture neurons over the past century are addressed, beginning with the first cultures in the hanging drop by Ross G. Harrison to the modern …
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A critical assessment of the Rwandan health financing system: implications for health service utilisation
… to achieve universal health coverage goals and improve access to quality health services without undue financial hardship for its citizens. The public health sector provides most health services in the country, and fragmentation is a major challenge to its health financing system. Literature …
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Design of an air track for engineering and physics education
… are prohibitively expensive for many schools. To improve access to this helpful device, a number of smaller and less expensive variations on traditional air tracks are designed and tested. From an analysis of test results and theoretical performance calculations, the best design is identified. …
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Reaching Out to Children in Poverty: The Nurse Practitioner-Managed School-Based Health Center
… health center (SBHC) has become a means to improve access to health care among school-aged children. These health centers offer on-campus support to students suffering from minor, chronic, and acute health problems. Historically, the SBHC has provided access to health services for children …
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Improving Access to ETD Elements Through Chapter Categorization and Summarization
… of particular interest. This research aims to improve access to ETD components by providing users with chapter-level classification labels and summaries to help easily find portions of interest. We explore the challenges such documents pose, especially when dealing with a highly specialized …
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Medication Access Using An Evidence-Based Adaptive Transitional Care Guidance Tool For Planned Release Of Older Inmates
… tool guided by Meleis’ transitions theory to improve access to medications for older persons released from jail. Three sources of evidence were used to develop the tool: different categories of literature, expert panel determination of the tool’s domain and content relevance and importance, …
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Gravity assisted continuous flow peritoneal dialysis (CFPD) in children with acute kidney injury
… effective and low-cost techniques for CFPD may improve access to dialysis for children with AKI in low-resource settings.
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The impact of malaria among the poor and vulnerable : the role of livelihoods and coping strategies in rural Kenya
… was designed to meet five main objectives: to improve the understanding on the economic burden of malaria; to identify factors that make households vulnerable to the costs of malaria; to identify and explore coping strategies; to understand the role of health care providers in aggravating cost …
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Co-designing community-based digital innovations for Maternal and Child Health (MCH)
… MCH (Maternal and Child Health) interventions improve access to, and awareness of, maternal and child healthcare. These interventions, however, often fail to receive uptake as the project objectives do not always align with community needs. This is attributable, in part, to the top-down nature …
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Accessibility and Use of Electronic Resources in Library Services in Tanzania: The Case of the Bank of Tanzania Library
… of this study was to investigate challenges of accessibility and use of electronic resources at the Bank of Tanzania Library (BoTL). Specifically, the study aimed at identifying electronic resources available for access and use by library users, the level of access to and use of electronic …
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Accessibility and Use of Electronic Resources in Library Services in Tanzania: The Case of the Bank of Tanzania Library
… of this study was to investigate challenges of accessibility and use of electronic resources at the Bank of Tanzania Library (BoTL). Specifically, the study aimed at identifying electronic resources available for access and use by library users, the level of access to and use of electronic …
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Improving access to community pharmacy services for disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand
… group widely recognised to experience poor access to health services. Health professionals may be unprepared to meet the diverse needs of disabled people. Despite this, limited research has been conducted exploring the accessibility of community pharmacy services to disabled people. This …
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