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Measuring spatial equity and access to maternal health services using enhanced two step floating catchment area method (E2SFCA) – a case study of the Indian Sundarbans

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2016
IntroductionInaccessibility due to terrain and lack of transport leaves mothers travelling for long hours before reaching a facility to deliver a child.
L. Vadrevu, B. Kanjilal
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Treated Incidence of Psychotic Disorders in the Multinational EU-GEI Study [PDF]

, 2018
Importance: Psychotic disorders contribute significantly to the global disease burden, yet the latest international incidence study of psychotic disorders was conducted in the 1980s.
Alice Mulè, Andrea Tortelli, Andrei Szöke, Antonio Lasalvia, Bart P. Rutten, Caitlin Turner, Celso Arango, Charlotte Gayer-Anderson, Craig Morgan, Cristina Marta Del-Ben, Diego Quattrone, Domenico Berardi, Eva Velthorst, Hannah E. Jongsma, Ilaria Tarricone, James B. Kirkbride, Jean-Paul Selten, Jim van Os, José Luis Santos, Julio Bobes, Julio Sanjuán, Lieuwe de Haan, Manuel Arrojo, Miguel Bernardo, null null, Paulo Rossi Menezes, Peter B. Jones, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Robin M. Murray   +28 more
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Equitable Distribution of Poor Quality of Care? Equity in Quality of Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia

Health Systems & Reform, 2022
The Ethiopian health system faces persistent inequities in health-care utilization and outcomes, despite continued efforts to expand health service coverage.
Girmaye D Dinsa, Ermias Dessie, Sarah Hurlburt, Yosef Gebreyohannes, Catherine Arsenault, Bereket Yakob, Tsinuel Girma, Peter Berman, Margaret E. Kruk   +8 more
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Distribution of Ixodes scapularis in Northwestern Ontario: Results from Active and Passive Surveillance Activities in the Northwestern Health Unit Catchment Area

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
The range of Ixodes scapularis is expanding in Ontario, increasing the risk of Lyme disease. As an effective public health response requires accurate information on disease distribution and areas of risk, this study aims to establish the geographic ...
Erin Schillberg, D. Lunny, L. R. Lindsay, M. Nelder, C. Russell, M. Mackie, Dave Coats, A. Berry, Kit Ngan Young Hoon   +8 more
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The aggregate effect of implementation strength of family planning programs on modern contraceptive use at the health systems level in rural Malawi

PLoS ONE, 2021
To explore the association between the strength of implementation of family planning (FP) programs on the use of modern contraceptives. Specifically, how strongly these programs are being implemented across a health facility’s catchment area in Malawi ...
Anooj Pattnaik, Diwakar Mohan, Amy Tsui, Sam Chipokosa, Hans Katengeza, Jameson Ndawala, Melissa A. Marx   +6 more
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Accumulation of heavy metals and human health risk assessment of vegetable consumption from a farm within the Korle lagoon catchment

Heliyon, 2023
The Korle lagoon is known to have high concentration of heavy metals. The use of land for agriculture and water for irrigation within the Korle Lagoon's catchment constitutes a potential health risk.
Richard Osae, Daniel Nukpezah, Daniel Amoako Darko, Samuel Senyo Koranteng, Adelina Mensah   +4 more
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Measuring Spatial Accessibility of Health Care Providers – Introduction of a Variable Distance Decay Function within the Floating Catchment Area (FCA) Method

PLoS ONE, 2016
We integrated recent improvements within the floating catchment area (FCA) method family into an integrated ‘iFCA`method. Within this method we focused on the distance decay function and its parameter.
J. Bauer, D. Groneberg
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Welfare impacts of water security in Kenya: Evidence from the Upper Ewaso Ngiro North Catchment Area

Watershed Ecology and the Environment, 2022
Water insecurity is a major concern both in the global and local contexts. The study estimated the sub-catchment water poverty index and the household water security index, on cross-sectional farm household data collected from 652 households randomly ...
Simon Ng'ang'a Mwaura, Isaac Maina Kariuki, Symon Kiprop, Augustus Sammy Muluvi, Boniface Kiteme   +4 more
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Influence of human pressures on large river structure and function [PDF]

, 2009
A large river study was conducted as part of the Cross Departmental Research Pool (CDRP) ecological integrity project to (i) provide an overview of the macroinvertebrate faunas of large rivers, including those in deep-water habitats, and (ii) to ...
Clapcott, Joanne E., Collier, Kevin J., Young, Roger G.   +2 more
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Defining catchment boundaries and their populations for Aotearoa New Zealand’s rural hospitals [PDF]

Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023
Introduction There is considerable variation in the structure and resources of New Zealand (NZ) rural hospitals; however, these have not been recently quantified and their effects on healthcare outcomes are poorly understood.
Garry Nixon, Xaviour Walker, Stephen Ram, Sue Crengle, Rory Miller, Katharina Blattner, Jesse Whitehead   +6 more
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