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Does Universal Health Coverage Include the Caregivers? A Mixed Method Study on Accessibility and Out-of-pocket Expenditure for Healthcare Services by Accredited Social Health Activists of North India

Journal of Primary Care Specialties
Background: Despite the load of voluntary work done by Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), they are not recognized and are not provided any health security measures.
Mitasha Singh, Periasamy Aparnavi, Rakesh Dagar, Kriti Yadav, Shankar Lal Vig, Kallem Dheeraj Reddy   +5 more
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Assessing the Impact of Community Engagement Interventions on Health Worker Motivation and Experiences with Clients in Primary Health Facilities in Ghana: A Randomized Cluster Trial.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundHealth worker density per 1000 population in Ghana is one of the lowest in the world estimated to be 2.3, below the global average of 9.3. Low health worker motivation induced by poor working conditions partly explain this challenge. Albeit the
Robert Kaba Alhassan, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Nicole Spieker, Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Tobias F Rinke de Wit   +4 more
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Elevated Connectivity During Language Processing Is Associated With Cognitive Performance in SeLECTS

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Self‐Limited Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (SeLECTS) is associated with language impairments despite seizures originating in the motor cortex, suggesting aberrant cross‐network interactions. Here we tested whether functional connectivity in SeLECTS during language tasks predicts language performance.
Wendy Qi, Katharine Lee, Kerry C. Nix, Miguel Menchaca, Xiwei Shé, Lorelei Santa Maria, Wei Wu, Zihuai He, Fiona M. Baumer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The work of the Senior Aboriginal Health Worker

, 1980
This small booklet has been produced to show some of the ways that Senior Health Workers help to care for their ...

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Portglenone Enterprise Group (PEG)

, 2010
PEG and the pharmacist have been working through BCPP projects for a few years and have worked with a range of groups (young and older people) on a range of health issues. This project seeks to continue to build on this work. The lay health worker will
Community Development and Health Network
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The cutting edge in the blunt space: an anthropological construct of auxiliary nurse midwives’ social world in the community

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2013
Auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) are the most peripheral health providers and manage the rural health sub-centre in a community. They mediate directly between the community and the health system for the management of Maternal and Child Health Programme in
Avanish Kumar, Meerambika Mahapatro
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of rTMS on Working Memory and Inhibitory Impairments in Patients With Post‐Stroke Executive Deficits

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Considerable efforts have been dedicated to developing effective treatments for post‐stroke executive impairment (PSEI), among which repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has shown great potential. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of high‐frequency rTMS on working memory (WM) and response ...
Mengting Lao, Rongwei Du, Zhujun Wang, Yang Gao, Meiling Cheng, Xianglong Wang, Wen Wu   +6 more
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Dementia Incidence in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Limited information exists on incident dementia in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) in US community‐based samples. We examined cognitive statuses and PD diagnoses of 183 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) to establish incident dementia, mortality rates, associations with sex, age at PD onset, and education level.
Joshi Dookhy, Michael Cummings, Eden Price, Yulin Liu, Santiago Gutierrez‐Gomez, Sarah O'Shea, Samuel Frank, Rhoda Au, Ashita S. Gurnani, Ting Fang Alvin Ang, Jesse Mez, Ludy C. Shih   +11 more
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Comparing the Effect of Semi‐Immersive Virtual Reality, Computerized Cognitive Training, and Traditional Rehabilitation on Cognitive Function in Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cognitive impairment is a common non‐motor symptom in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), negatively affecting autonomy and Quality of Life (QoL). Innovative rehabilitation strategies, such as semi‐immersive virtual reality (VR) and computerized cognitive training (CCT), may offer advantages over traditional cognitive rehabilitation (TCR ...
Maria Grazia Maggio, Desiree Latella, Lilla Bonanno, Paulo Cezar Rocha dos Santos, Marcos Maldonado‐Díaz, Meir Plotnik, Rosaria De Luca, Angelo Quartarone, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community Health Worker. [PDF]

, 1973
Office of Career Development.CURA. (1973). Community Health Worker..
CURA
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