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The hidden cost of being rural: an examination of geographical variations in Local Government funding with a focus on healthcare services [PDF]

, 2007
This research examines the multiple and divergent definitions of rurality employed by public bodies in England. It sets out how evolving definitions have influenced what counts as rural England, and describes the resulting implications for rural land ...
Hobson, Gemma Louise
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Proposed methods for reviewing the outcomes of health research: the impact of funding by the UK's Arthritis Research Campaign [PDF]

, 2004
Background: External and internal factors are increasingly encouraging research funding bodies to demonstrate the outcomes of their research. Traditional methods of assessing research are still important, but can be merged into broader multi ...
Jonathan Grant, Wooding, Steven, Wooding Steven, Buxton, Martin J, Buxton Martin J, Hanney, S, Hanney, Stephen R, Stephen R Hanney, Grant Jonathan, Hanney Stephen R, Steven Wooding, Wooding, S, Martin J Buxton, Grant, J, Buxton, MJ, Grant, Jonathan   +15 more
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New directions in European public health research:report of a workshop [PDF]

, 2007
Public health draws from a range of academic disciplines, social, medical and statistical, and answers questions relevant to improving the health of populations.
Álvarez-Dardet, Carlos, Groot, W., Groot, Wim, Alvarez-Dardet, C., Groenewegen, P, Clarke, A, McCarthy, M, Groenewegen, Peter, McCarthy, M., Delnoij, D., Alvarez-Dardet, C, McCarthy, Mark, Groenewegen, Peter P., Groot, W, Sogoric, S, Sogoric, Selma, Delnoij, D, Sogoric, S., Delnoij, Diana, Groenewegen, P., Clarke, Aileen   +20 more
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A mixed methods study to assess the impact of COVID-19 on maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Conflict and Health, 2022
Background The impacts of COVID-19 are unprecedented globally. The pandemic is reversing decades of progress in maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN), especially fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) whose populations were already
Mariana Rodo, Lucy Singh, Neal Russell, Neha S. Singh   +3 more
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Reproductive justice & preventable deaths: State funding, family planning, abortion, and infant mortality, US 1980–2010

SSM: Population Health, 2016
Introduction: Little current research examines associations between infant mortality and US states’ funding for family planning services and for abortion, despite growing efforts to restrict reproductive rights and services and documented associations ...
Nancy Krieger, Sofia Gruskin, Nakul Singh, Mathew V. Kiang, Jarvis T. Chen, Pamela D. Waterman, Jason Beckfield, Brent A. Coull   +7 more
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Family planning services financing in the West African Economic and Monetary Union countries: Trend analysis from 2013 to 2021

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: Access to high-quality family planning (FP) services is crucial for addressing unintended pregnancies and maternal mortality. There is uncertainty about health expenditures, especially FP services, by financing sources. Aim: The study aims to
Danielle Yugbaré Belemsaga, Simon T. Nassa, Yann Tapsoba, Kadari Cissé, Désiré L. Dahourou, Henri G. Ouedraogo, Seni Kouanda   +6 more
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Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study

The Lancet Public Health, 2021
Summary: Background: Since 2010, large reductions in funding for local government services have been introduced in England. These reductions in funding have potentially led to reduced provision of health-promoting public services.
Alexandros Alexiou, PhD, Katie Fahy, MMath, Kate Mason, PhD, Davara Bennett, MSc, Heather Brown, PhD, Clare Bambra, ProfPhD, David Taylor-Robinson, ProfPhD, Benjamin Barr, ProfPhD   +7 more
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Examining the Sustainability of Core Capacity and Evidence-Based Interventions for FIT-Based CRC Screening: California Colorectal Cancer Control Program

Cancer Control
Objectives We examined the extent to which funded satellite clinics could sustain the California Colon Cancer Control Program (C4P) strategies implemented in health systems to increase uptake of the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) or immunochemical fecal
Ndukaku Omelu PhD, MsCLRA, Marilyn Kempster MPH, LeeAnn Velasquez HS, Jessica Nunez de Ybarra MD, MPH, Renato Littaua DVM, Shauntay Davis-Patterson MPH, Marco Coelho BA, Brendan Darsie MPH, June Hunter MPH, Celena Donahue BA, Socorro Carrillo BA, Raquel Arias MPH, Sonia Pinal MPH   +12 more
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Health information and health-seeking behaviour in Yemen: perspectives of health leaders, midwives and mothers in two rural areas of Yemen

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Humanitarian crises can lead to the rapid change in the health needs of women and newborns, which may give rise to a complex situation that would require various interventions as solutions.
Dalia Hyzam, Mingyang Zou, Michael Boah, Abeer Saeed, Chenrui Li, Shixu Pan, Jinhe Zhai, Li-Jie Wu   +7 more
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Mental health is just an Addendum: Assessing stakeholder's perceptions on COVID-19 and mental health services provision in Malawi.

PLoS ONE
IntroductionThe World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic in March 2020. COVID-19 has since caused a significant increase in mental health problems at national and global levels.
Martina Mchenga, Yamikani Ndasauka, Fiskani Kondowe, Jimmy Kainja, Chilungamo M'manga, Limbika Maliwichi, Simunye Nyamali   +6 more
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