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Community health extension program of Ethiopia, 2003–2018: successes and challenges toward universal coverage for primary healthcare services

Globalization and Health, 2019
BackgroundEthiopia has been implementing a community health extension program (HEP) since 2003. We aimed to assess the successes and challenges of the HEP over time, and develop a framework that may assist the implementation of the program toward ...
Y. Assefa, Y. Gelaw, P. Hill, B. Taye, W. Van Damme   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a Ward level target accountability strategy for hand hygiene

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019
Background Hand hygiene is a simple and effective solution in prevention of Multi Drug Resistant Organisms. Hand Hygiene campaigns have mostly taken the form of a generalised hospital approach with visual reminders and rewards for improvement in ...
Surinder M. S. Kaur Pada, Poh Ling Chee, Sarathemani Rathenam, Kim Sim Ng, Lilibeth Silagan Alenton, Lishi Poh, Paul Anatharajah Tambyah   +6 more
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Achieving Research Impact Through Co‐creation in Community‐Based Health Services: Literature Review and Case Study

Milbank Quarterly, 2016
POLICY POINTS Co-creation-collaborative knowledge generation by academics working alongside other stakeholders-is an increasingly popular approach to aligning research and service development.
T. Greenhalgh, C. Jackson, S. Shaw, Tina Janamian   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Community Mental Health Services in Egypt

Consortium Psychiatricum, 2022
As far back as the 14th Century, Egypt had already developed mental health care in a community-based sense in Kalaoon Hospital in Cairo, 600 years before similar institutions were founded across the globe. By 2001, an Egyptian-Finnish bilateral comprehensive reform program was incorporated.
Tarek Ahmed Okasha, Nermin M. Shaker, Dina M. Elgabry   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Development of Community Health Services

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1959
TODAY S PRACTICE of providing community health services through local units was developed nearly a half century ago. It was well suited to the most critical health problems of that time and has continuously proved its value in bringing public health to the people. In recent years.
Jack C. Haldeman, Evelyn Flook
openaire   +4 more sources

Trust of community health workers influences the acceptance of community-based maternal and child health services

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2017
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are a component of the health system in many countries, providing effective community-based services to mothers and infants.
M. Grant, A. Wilford, L. Haskins, S. Phakathi, N. Mntambo, C. Horwood   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Health and community services for trafficked women: An exploratory study of policy and practice [PDF]

, 2011
The trafficking of women has attracted considerable international and national policy attention, particularly since the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000), of which the Australian ...
Hepworth, Julie, Jones, Mairwen, Schofield, Eugene, Schofield, Toni   +3 more
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Community participation in health services development, implementation, and evaluation: A systematic review of empowerment, health, community, and process outcomes

PLoS ONE, 2019
Background Community participation is widely believed to be beneficial to the development, implementation and evaluation of health services. However, many challenges to successful and sustainable community involvement remain. Importantly, there is little
V. Haldane, Fiona L H Chuah, Aastha Srivastava, S. Singh, G. Koh, C. K. Seng, Helena Legido-Quigley   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient-level predictors of temporal regularity of primary care visits

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Patients with chronic diseases should meet with their primary care doctor regularly to facilitate proactive care. Little is known about what factors are associated with more regular follow-up.
Adam J. Rose, Wiessam Abu Ahmad, Faige Spolter, Maram Khazen, Avivit Golan-Cohen, Shlomo Vinker, Ilan Green, Ariel Israel, Eugene Merzon   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intimate partner violence and physical and mental health among women utilizing community health services in Gujarat, India

BMC Women's Health, 2014
BackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health threat which causes injury and acute and chronic physical and mental health problems. In India, a high percentage of women experience IPV.
A. Kamimura, Vikas Ganta, K. Myers, Tomi Thomas   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source