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Showing 1 to 20 of 478 for “"social health"”.
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The Social Health and Well-being Impacts Associated With Hydraulic Fracturing
… in the form of Case Studies and completed Health Impact Assessments, of which there is a paucity, tend to support these concerns. However, clearly absent from this literature, are the Social Health and Well-Being Impacts (Social Determinants of Health) associated with Hydraulic Fracturing. …
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Childhood sexual abuse. Women's Mental and Social Health Before and After Group Therapy
… was to evaluate changes in psychological and social variables before and after group therapy for adult women who were sexually abused in childhood. Other aims were to describe and evaluate the traumafocused group therapy by consumer satisfaction, to describe the women's health before group …
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Willingness to pay for social health insurance : a case study of Kampala (Uganda)
In the face of rising health care costs and reductions imposed by budgetary cuts, many governments in developing countries are considering alternatives, other than general tax revenue, to finance their health services. The most popular options, so far adopted, include user fees, community …
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Willingness to pay for social health insurance in Zambia a two-stage regression approach
Among the key objectives of health financing reforms in Zambia has been the need to generate additional financial resources and foster partnerships between users and providers. The choice of the financing mechanism(s) therefore becomes critical in ensuring that objectives in the health sector are …
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Policy development and implementation : a multiple sector collaborative approach in social, health, and community fields
… sector collaboration (MSC) approach to public health and social policy development and implementation is becoming the norm in postmodern cities and communities. The development of a theoretical framework in relation to MSC practice is still in its infancy. As an approach to policy development …
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Exercise Level and Age as Related to Self-Perceived Physical Health, Mental Health, and Social Health in Older Adults
… age and self-perception of physical, mental and social health in older adults. Voluntary quota sampling was used to recruit 224 older adults aged 55 and up. The Physical Activity Questionnaire for the Elderly (Voorrips, Ravelli, Dongelmans, Deurenberg, & Van Staveren, 1990) was used to determine …
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In-depth enquiry into the implementation of a large-scale social health protection scheme in the context of the drive towards universal health coverage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
BACKGROUND: In the wake of Goal 3 (ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the resulting push for Universal Health Coverage (UHC), Pakistan’s Federal and Provincial Governments launched three large-scale social health …
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The impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme on the interactions between providers and clients in the Bolgatanga and Builsa districts of Ghana
Prepayments and risk pooling through social health insurance has been advocated by international development organizations. Social health insurance is seen as a mechanism that helps mobilize resources for health, pool risk, and provide more access to health care services for the poor. Hence Ghana …
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Efeito dos sistemas de financiamento sobre os sistemas de saúde em países da América Latina e Caribe
… to investigate the impact of transitions between Health Financing Systems (SFS) from predominantly out-of-pocket (OOP) to predominantly government (GOV) or social health insurance (SHI) systems on health outcomes, both intermediate and health outcomes, in Latin American and Caribbean countries, in …
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Urban African traditional healers : their understanding of and beliefs about biomedical diseases
… themselves "patients" in the modern bio-psycho-social health system. Their "frameworks of meaning" of biomedical diseases provides a glimpse of the "voice of the lifeworld" of the patients who interact both with them and the modern allopathic health services. The main objective of this study was …
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Weightbearing and Activity Restriction Treatments and Quality of Life in Patients with Perthes Disease
… influence on the physical, mental, and social health of a child. However, their impact on the patient's quality of life is not well-described. OBJECTIVES: After controlling for confounding variables, are restrictions on weightbearing and activity associated with physical health measures …
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The effect of exercise and autogenic training on the psychological well-being and health-related quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis
… of exercise and autogenic training (AT) on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and psychological well-being of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The terms HRQOL and psychological well-being in this thesis were operationally defined by the instruments used. The Multiple Sclerosis …
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Healing Places
… a rapid decline in physical, mental, social, and environmental health. The built environment directly affects each of these factors, and therefore has the ability to improve them. Baltimore City, Maryland is a clear example of the dialectic relationship between a built environment and …
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Creating Socialization and Empathy through Athletics in Chris Crutcher’s Fiction
… promote greater physical, psychological, and social health for adolescents in Chris Crutcher’s fiction. In his novels, <em>Ironman</em> and <em>Whale Talk</em>, published in 1995 and 2001 respectively, Crutcher uses athletically minded protagonists and the teams which form around them to …
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Drumming Up Health: A Case Study of Carleton University's West African Rhythm Ensemble
… music, and the mental, physical and social health benefits it can provide. This thesis examines the ways in which participation in the Carleton University West African Rhythm ensemble contributes to positive health and well-being for the students involved. Through email and audio …
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A data analysis system for mobile phone
… experiment of using the mobile phone application Social Health Tracker to collect participants' mobile phone data and survey answers regarding their social, physical activity and mental concentration level. It also shows the design and the implementation of a Data Analysis System that provides …
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