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"Even if you know everything you can forget": health worker perceptions of mobile phone text-messaging to improve malaria case-management in Kenya.

PLoS ONE, 2012
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study to investigate the perceptions and experiences of health workers involved in a a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a novel intervention to improve health worker malaria case-management in 107 ...
Caroline O H Jones, Beatrice Wasunna, Raymond Sudoi, Sophie Githinji, Robert W Snow, Dejan Zurovac   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of Consumer-provided Services on Assertive Community Treatment and Intensive Case Management Teams: Implications for Future Research and Practice [PDF]

, 2011
Background—Assertive community treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that provides intensive, in vivo services for adults with severe mental illness.
McGuire, Alan B., Salyers, Michelle P., Wright-Berryman, Jennifer L.   +2 more
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An evaluation of the clinical assessments of under-five febrile children presenting to primary health facilities in rural Ghana. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The shift to test-based management of malaria represents an important departure from established practice under the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI).
Amenga-Etego, Seeba, Baiden, Frank, Bawah, Justina, Bruce, Jane, Chandramohan, Daniel, Delmini, Rupert, Gyaase, Stephaney, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Tivura, Mathilda, Webster, Jayne   +9 more
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Design of a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) on the effectiveness of a Dutch patient advocacy case management intervention among severely disabled Multiple Sclerosis patients

BMC Health Services Research, 2010
Background Case management has been suggested as an innovative strategy that facilitates the improvement of a patient's quality of life, reduction of hospital length of stay, optimization of self-care and improvement of satisfaction of patients and ...
Annema Coby, Wynia Klaske, Nissen Hans, De Keyser Jacques, Middel Berrie   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The management of civil cases: a snapshot [PDF]

, 2006
Reports on research into the extent to which eight county courts have succeeded in using case management to fulfil the goals of the 1999 civil justice reforms.
Peysner, J, Seneviratne, M
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Judicial Attention as a Scarce Resource: A Preliminary Defense of How Judges Allocate Time Across Cases in the Federal Courts of Appeals [PDF]

, 2013
Federal appellate judges no longer have the time to hear argument and draft opinions in all of their cases. The average annual filing per active judgeship now stands at 330 filed cases per year — more than four times what it was sixty years ago.
Levy, Marin K.
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Improving pneumonia case-management in Benin: a randomized trial of a multi-faceted intervention to support health worker adherence to Integrated Management of Childhood Illness guidelines

Human Resources for Health, 2009
Background Pneumonia is a leading cause of death among children under five years of age. The Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy can improve the quality of care for pneumonia and other common illnesses in developing countries, but ...
Lama Marcel, Onikpo Faustin, Osterholt Dawn M, Deming Michael S, Rowe Alexander K   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The global pendulum swing towards community health workers in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of trends, geographical distribution and programmatic orientations, 2005 to 2014 [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: There has been a substantial increase in publications and interest in community health workers (CHWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the last years.
A Aghajanian, A Amouzou, A Das, A Dias, A Haines, A Jenson, A Prost, A Rahman, A Rahman, A Rahman, AK Yousafzai, ATA Ramos-Cerqueira, B Dahn, BB Mutamba, C Aantjes, C Giugliani, C Glenton, C Pagel, D Balabanova, D Levac, D Sando, DG Datiko, Dickson Okello, DR Marsh, E Sarriot, Earth Institute, EL Nogueira, EW Kimani-Murage, F Celletti, F Farzadfar, F Holanda Jr, F Kauye, F Rasschaert, Global Health Workforce Alliance, GW Mwai, H Banteyerga, H Perry, H Perry, H Standing, Helen Schneider, IM Roux le, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, J Campbell, J Menon, J Morrison, J Uwimana, JB Christopher, JF Naimoli, K Hermann, K Maes, K Tulenko, KA Bojang, KP Msyamboza, L Bittencourt, L Mangham-Jefferies, LP Tsolekile, M Asnake, M Clarke, M Katabarwa, M Yitayal, MC Kok, MH Kim, MO Omedo, MT Pham, MZ Vouking, N Prata, N Prata, NL Cabral, P Balagopal, P Waiswa, PKA Abanilla, R Jenkins, R Vedanthan, RCK Tine, S Arifeen El, S Atkins, S Bennett, S Chatterjee, S Javanparast, S Malarcher, S Nishtar, S Shinde, S Smith, S Winangnon, SB Jilcott, SK Hyoju, T Decroo, T Sundararaman, TH Jafar, The Global Fund, UNICEF, World Health Organization, Uta Lehmann, V Patel, VNR Das, W Jaskiewicz   +94 more
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Primary Health Care Case-Management Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Nursing Reports
The COVID-19 has caused high morbidity and mortality in vulnerable people, such as those affected by chronic diseases, and case-management nurses (CMNs) are reference professionals for their health care and management.
María José Molina-Gil, María Dolores Guerra-Martín, Rocío De Diego-Cordero   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of telephone delivered case-management on the effectiveness of collaborative care for depression and anti-depressant use: A systematic review and meta-regression.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundThe health service delivery framework collaborative care is an effective intervention for depression. However, uncertainties remain about how to optimise its delivery at scale.
Joanna L Hudson, Peter Bower, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Penny Bee, Janine Archer, Rose Clarke, Andrew S Moriarty, David A Richards, Simon Gilbody, Karina Lovell, Chris Dickens, Linda Gask, Waquas Waheed, Peter A Coventry   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source