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Using the Health Belief Model to explore rural maternal utilisation of skilled health personnel for childbirth delivery: a qualitative study in three districts of the Eastern Region of Ghana

Journal of Global Health Reports, 2021
# Background Although maternal mortality has decreased substantially since the 1990s, it remains one of the top priorities in global health, as most deaths can be prevented if women have access to and utilise skilled health personnel for childbirth ...
Jeanette R Nelson, Lisa H Gren, Ty T Dickerson, L Scott Benson, Stephen O Manortey, Rebecca Ametepey, Yvette E Avorgbedor, Stephen C Alder   +7 more
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A regulatory gap analysis of midwifery to deliver essential reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services in Lao People’s Democratic RepublicResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific
Summary: Background: In Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, midwives are the main providers of primary reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent (RMNCAH) services.
Shogo Kubota, Moe Ando, John Murray, Sengmany Khambounheuang, Khampasong Theppanya, Phouvanh Nanthavong, Chankham Tengbriacheu, Malouny Sisavanh, Thongchan Khattiyod, Daisuke Asai, Howard Sobel, Masamine Jimba   +11 more
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Health Literacy Competencies for European Health Care Personnel

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2017
Background: Health literacy as a concept is gaining importance in European countries, although it is still not adequately addressed among health personnel.
Suvi Karuranga, Kristine Sørensen, Clifford Coleman, Amina Jama Mahmud   +3 more
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The Violence Applied to Health Personnel Working at Hospitals by Patients/ Their Families: The Causes and Factors Regarding Violence

Sağlık ve Hemşirelik Yönetimi Dergisi, 2014
OBJECTIVE: It was to determine violence, its reasons and factors used against the health personnel in hospitals, by patients/their families. METHODS: The study was conducted with 770 patients who were admitted in a single day to 12 hospitals of the ...
Havva Öztürk, Elif Babacan
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Training, certification and accreditation for eye teams

Community Eye Health Journal, 2014
Recent data suggests there may never be enough ophthalmologists to meet the needs of global eye care. One way to lessen the impact of the shortage is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of each ophthalmologist by putting together a team of well ...
Karl Golnick , Lynn Anderson
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Tehran private hospitals—identifying and prioritizing factors affecting employer branding

Journal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: Employer branding (EB) is a collection of ideas and beliefs that influence the perspectives of current and prospective employees regarding an organization and their employment experiences, serving as a strategic tool in the competition to ...
Sam Saghari, Mahboobeh Safavi, Nader Khalesi, Abasat Mirzaei, Amin G. Begloo   +4 more
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Influenza vaccinations of health care personnel

Medycyna Pracy, 2013
Influenza is one of the most common respiratory diseases affecting people of all age groups all over the world. Seasonal influenza leads to substantial morbidity and mortality on a global scale.
Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Lidia Bernadeta Brydak   +1 more
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Health personnel education in South Africa

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 1996
The education of South African health personnel should be reality-based and therefore focused on the real needs of the country. Opsomming Die opleiding van Suid-Afrikaanse gesondheidspersoneel behoort op die realiteit gebaseer te word en derhalwe op die
Rachael V Gumbi, Marie E Muller
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Norwegian health personnel’s contacts and referrals for children of ill parents: an exploratory cross-sectional multi-centre study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background In 2010, changes were made to the Norwegian Health Personnel Act. This led to all health personnel being obliged to support the patients’ children and families.
Kristin Stavnes, Torleif Ruud, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Ketil Hanssen-Bauer, Tytti Solantaus, Marit Hilsen, Bjørg Eva Skogøy, Ellen Katrine Kallander, Elin Kufås, Bente M. Weimand   +9 more
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Role of modifiable organisational factors in decreasing barriers to mental healthcare: a longitudinal study of mission meaningfulness, team relatedness and leadership trust among Canadian military personnel deployed on Operation LASER

BMJ Open
Objectives The literature presents complex inter-relationships among individual-factors and organisational-factors and barriers to seeking mental health support after deployment.
Deniz Fikretoglu, Aihua Liu, Min Xi, Kerry Sudom, Jennifer Born, Kathy Michaud   +5 more
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