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Societal determination of usefulness and utilization wishes of community health services: a population-based survey in Wuhan city, China

open access: yesHealth Policy and Planning, 2014
Background As a developing country with the world’s largest population in a state of economic transition, reforms to China’s health system, including community health services (CHS), are very complex and difficult.
Peipei Zhang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Equipping community health workers with digital tools for pandemic response in LMICs

open access: yesArchives of Public Health, 2021
Background Community health workers (CHWs) are well-positioned to play a pivotal role in fighting the pandemic at the community level. The Covid-19 outbreak has led to a lot of stress and anxiety among CHWs as they are expected to perform pandemic ...
A. Feroz, Adeel Khoja, S. Saleem
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Beyond TRIPS: Why the WTO's Doha Round is Unhealthy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
OA Monitor ExerciseOA Monitor ExerciseOA Monitor ExerciseThe current round of World Trade Organization (wto) negotiations—the Doha Round—has significant implications for global health which have received insufficient attention from the global health ...
HARMAN, S, Scott, J
core   +1 more source

How equitable are community health worker programmes and which programme features influence equity of community health worker services? A systematic review

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
BackgroundCommunity health workers (CHWs) are uniquely placed to link communities with the health system, playing a role in improving the reach of health systems and bringing health services closer to hard-to-reach and marginalised groups.
Rosalind McCollum   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Future of Community Health Services [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health Reports (1896-1970), 1962
T WENTY years ago, when I first entered the field of public health, I had the good fortune to become an apprentice epidemiologist in the New York State Department of Health. The epidemiologic tradition was very strong in New York at that time; our seniors preferred to be members of the epidemiology section rather than the health officers section of the
openaire   +3 more sources

The unpredictably eruptive dynamics of spruce budworm populations in eastern Canada

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
We examine historical population data for spruce budworm from several locations through the period 1930–1997, and use density‐dependent recruitment curves to test whether the pattern of population growth over time is more consistent with Royama's (1984; Ecological Monographs 54:429–462) linear R(t) model of harmonic oscillation at Green River New ...
Barry J. Cooke, Jacques Régnière
wiley   +1 more source

Preexposure Prophylaxis for HIV Infection Integrated With Municipal- and Community-Based Sexual Health Services.

open access: yesJAMA Internal Medicine, 2016
IMPORTANCE Several randomized clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition.
A. Liu   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Building community resilience in mine impacted communities : a study on delivery of health services in Papua New Guinea : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the building of Community Resilience in mine-impacted communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The study aimed to establish the general relationship between community resilience, community capitals and the delivery ...
Kuir-Ayius, Dora Dau
core  

Highly multiplexed digital PCR assay for simultaneous quantification of variant allele frequencies and copy number alterations of KRAS and GNAS in pancreatic cancer precursors

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Combining melting curve analysis enhances the multiplexing capability of digital PCR. Here, we developed a 14‐plex assay to simultaneously measure single nucleotide mutations and amplifications of KRAS and GNAS, which are common driver genes in pancreatic cancer precursors. This assay accurately quantified variant allele frequencies in clinical samples
Junko Tanaka   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experience of psychologists in the delivery of cognitive behaviour therapy in a non-western culture for treatment of substance abuse: a qualitative study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2022
Background Psychotherapy is the preferred form of treatment for psychological disorders worldwide. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is one of the most widely used psychotherapies due to its proven efficacy for psychological disorders, including ...
Abrar Hussain Azad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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