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Availability and quality of emergency obstetric care in Gambia's main referral hospital: women-users' testimonies

Reproductive Health, 2009
Background Reduction of maternal mortality ratio by two-thirds by 2015 is an international development goal with unrestricted access to high quality emergency obstetric care services promoted towards the attainment of that goal.
Sundby Johanne, Cham Mamady, Vangen Siri
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Adapting to the Changing Climate: An Assessment of Local Health Department Preparations for Climate Change-Related Health Threats, 2008-2012.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundClimate change poses a major public health threat. A survey of U.S. local health department directors in 2008 found widespread recognition of the threat, but limited adaptive capacity, due to perceived lack of expertise and other resources ...
Connie Roser-Renouf, Edward W Maibach, Jennifer Li   +2 more
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Can we optimise the TB response amid funding constraints using evidence-based, cost-effective strategies

IJTLD Open
BACKGROUND: Despite progress in the TB response, including through the Global Fund’s catalytic efforts, funding gaps and inefficiencies threaten efforts to sustain gains and accelerate the TB response.
M.A. Yassin, A. Rashid, E. Wandwalo
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Cambodia's Care Services for Individuals With Disabilities (Hearing Loss and Ear Disease): A Perspective on Challenges and the Urgent Need for Improvement

Health Science Reports
Background and Aim In Cambodia, little is known or paid attention to regarding the care services among disabled people, especially conditions of ear disease and hearing loss care, or the roles that key stakeholders or providers play in providing services.
Virak Sorn, Sokhoeun Eat
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Library and information services for the nursing professional—methods of funding and delivery. A summary of the LINC Health Panel Research Project [PDF]

Health Libraries Review, 1997
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Sustainability of top-performance athletes’ mental health and career retirement support services: European major sports organizations’ perspective

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
IntroductionThe transition out of elite sports presents a complex array of psychological, financial, career, and social challenges requiring tailored and sustainable support services for elite athletes.
Flavia Guidotti, Francesca Di Rocco, Cristian Romagnoli, Simone Ciaccioni, Sabrina Demarie, Laura Capranica, Elvira Padua   +6 more
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An evidence-informed, community-engaged approach to designing a large-scale, impact-oriented research funding initiative to foster the implementation of transformative integrated care: a multi-methods qualitative study

Implementation Science Communications
Background Integrated care is a promising strategy to advance system transformation, care coordination, equity, and better health outcomes. Health services and policy research can drive evidence-informed health system improvements but is often ...
Nida Shahid, Jessica Nadigel, Rhonda Boateng, Richard H. Glazier, Meghan McMahon   +4 more
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Commissioning health services for First Nations, regional, and remote populations: a scoping review

BMC Health Services Research
Background Commissioning for health services has been implemented as one approach to improve the quality and access to healthcare for First Nations, regional and remote populations.
Henry Boer, Janya McCalman, Chris Doran, Amanda Rush, Bridgett Mitchell, Ruth Fagan, Elizabeth Whiting, Megan Kreis, Hannah Johnson, David Lyon   +9 more
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A scoping assessment of dental services at designated head and neck cancer centres in Ontario, Canada

BMC Oral Health
Background Dentists serve a crucial role in managing treatment complications for patients with head and neck cancer, including post-radiation caries and oral infection.
Ben B. Levy, Jade Goodman, Erin Watson, Melanie Gilbert, Nick Blanas, Christopher W. Noel, Pabiththa Kamalraj, Frances C. Wright, Jonathan C. Irish, Lesley Gotlib Conn, Antoine Eskander   +10 more
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Co-designing adult weight management services: a qualitative study exploring barriers, facilitators, and considerations for future commissioning

BMC Public Health
Background Weight management services have not always benefitted everyone equally. People who live in more deprived areas, racially minoritised communities, those with complex additional needs (e.g., a physical or mental disability), and men are less ...
Rebecca Langford, Rowan Brockman, Jonathan Banks, Russell Jago, Fiona Gillison, Karen Coulman, Theresa Moore, James Nobles   +7 more
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