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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"models of care"”.
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Loss to follow-up from South Africa's antiretroviral treatment programme: Trends, risk factors, and models of care to improve retention
… to a chronic disease. However, the benefits of ART to patients and communities are dependent on patients being retained in care. This thesis investigates loss to follow-up (LTFU) after ART initiation, in the context of scale-up and limited resources and evaluates models of ART delivery to …
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Understanding the factors, coverage, and quality of care, influencing the choice of different models of delivering primary health care in conflict-affected settings of Cameroon and Nigeria
… are forced to flee their home every day because of violence, conflict or disaster. In conflict-affected settings, access to health care for displaced population is constrained by insecurity, geographical, cultural, communication, logistical and financial barriers. In addition, health systems are …
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Economic evaluation of models of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV intervention for large scale implementation
… Huge successes have been seen in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) towards its elimination. Now amidst a landscape of universal antiretroviral therapy (ART), focus has been placed on different models of care to support and retain mother-infant pairs in the vulnerable …
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Building the OD professional of the future: creating a blueprint for new models of organisational development practice in the NHS
… Health Service (NHS) in England provides vital care to the population, free at the point of delivery. Demographic changes in society and advances in treatment of illness have resulted in a population that is living longer with complex long-term conditions. For the NHS this means a shift from …
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Evolution Of A 90-Day Model Of Care For Bundled Episodic Payments For Congestive Heart Failure In Home Care
… and post acute providers in the redesign of care that achieves savings and improve quality. Community-based organizations are at the forefront of this care redesign through innovative models of care aimed at bridging gaps in care coordination and reducing hospital readmissions. This …
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Valuing maternity care: a comparison of stated preference methods with an application to cost-benefit analysis
… research investigates whether a reconfiguration of maternity services, which collocates consultant- and midwifery-led care, reflects demand and value for money in Ireland. Qualitative and quantitative research is undertaken to investigate demand and an economic evaluation is performed to evaluate …
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Nurturing Indigenous Maternal-Child Wellness: Urban Indigenous Midwifery, Birth Workers, and Families’ Experiences in Calgary, Alberta
… health outcomes, leading to higher rates of adverse health outcomes and experiences, violence against women, socioeconomic barriers, and anti-Indigenous bias. Existing maternal health gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, alongside increasing Indigenous population growth …
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Telemonitoring for Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions in Nurse-led Integrated Care
… a significant challenge to the Canadian health care system. The heterogeneity of patients with complex and multi-morbid conditions does not align with current models of care delivery. The system of health care delivery in Canada is built on a foundation which continues to be focused on single …
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An Interpretive Exploration of the Meaning of Being with Women during Birth for Midwives
This study explored the meaning of the phenomenon of the midwife's experience of being present with a woman during childbirth. The value and importance of being with a woman during childbirth, specific and unique to midwifery care, is reflected in midwifery philosophies and models of care. This …
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A grounded theory study on midwifery managers' views and experiences of implementing and sustaining continuity of carer models within the UK maternity system.
Current NHS policy recommends the transition of maternity services towards providing Midwifery Continuity of Carer (MCoCer) models in order to provide quality care for women and their families in the UK. It is known from the literature that quality of care received in the NHS is correlated with the …
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Taking Care of Heroes: A Cultural Study of Health Policy Formation
This dissertation examines the formation of health policy as a cultural process in a large federal bureaucracy in the United States, namely the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The everyday experience of bureaucrats working in the VA is used to answer the question: why does the VA fail to meet …
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Use of Complementary Therapies by Individuals with or at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: Results of the 2007 National Health Interview Survey
… mellitus (DM) place a heavy disease burden of high morbidity, mortality, and rising health care costs on people of the United States. With mortality reports from the two diseases of over 600,000 per year and costs in excess of $176 billion, identifying alternatives to traditional models of …
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Loneliness, Social Connection, and Quality of Life: A Complex Network and Ecological Momentary Assessment Analysis
… away from the DSM towards more process oriented models of care, methods and investigation strategies are needed that rise to the challenge. Social connection and loneliness remain relevant investigation topics in the literature with clear clinical implications, as well as renewed interest in an …
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Community postnatal care provision in Scotland : the development and evaluation of a template for the provision of woman centred community postnatal care
The specific objectives of the study were to: 1. Investigate women's perceptions and experiences of postnatal care; 2. Examine the current pattern of postnatal care provision in terms of clinical outcomes (maternal and neonatal) and maternal satisfaction; 3. Evaluate the new model in terms of …
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Experiences and Perceptions of Rural Postpartum Women With Substance Use Disorders Inclusive of Opioids Regarding Their Care
… withdrawal continue to rise rapidly in the face of the growing epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States, with rural areas more severely impacted. Despite several decades of research and development of practice guidelines, maternal and neonatal outcomes have not improved substantially. …
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How podiatry may inform the United Kingdom's inter-professional education agenda
The impetus for Inter-Professional Education (IPE) amongst the health and social care professions within higher education has been gaining pace over the past fifteen year. The exploratory research adds to the understanding of podiatry as a health profession involved with IPE. It comprises two …
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A new way of being: an autoethnographic account of an academic journey exploring continuity of midwifery care
… training pathway in which the experiences of midwives who work in a continuity of care model were explored. It is a story of adaptation and survival, and reflects a postgraduate research journey in which many challenges have been overcome. Within this postgraduate research programme, I …
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Diversity is (not) good enough: Unsettling White Settler Colonialism within Toronto's Queer Service Sector
… more specifically, about their understandings of how diversity, anti-racism, and anti-colonialism are practiced. Findings highlight how queer service provision, particularly its perpetual crisis and capacity to care for queerness, can obscure the ways the organizations themselves contribute to …
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A Patient-Oriented Exploration of Women's Perspectives on Surgeon Continuity in Breast Cancer Care
… a single surgeon is considered a key component of patient-centered care, yet little is known about how women with breast cancer perceive and value surgeon continuity compared with team-based models of care. This study explored women’s perspectives on continuity across diagnosis, surgery, and …
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An integrated decision support model for the sustainable refurbishment of hospitals and healthcare facilities: developing a prototype.
… in regards to operation and maintenance of the diverse built estate, and the ever-evolving clinical models of care. The economic downturn, and strict policy of austerity in the UK, presents limitations and challenges in capital investment. The majority of healthcare facilities which will …
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