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Assessing selection procedures and roles of Community Health Volunteers and Community Health Management Committees in Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services program

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Community participation in health care delivery will ensure service availability and accessibility and guarantee community ownership of the program.
Evelyn Sakeah, R. Aborigo, C. Debpuur, E. Nonterah, A. Oduro, J. Awoonor-Williams   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

City planning policies to support health and sustainability: an international comparison of policy indicators for 25 cities

Lancet Global Health, 2022
City planning policies influence urban lifestyles, health, and sustainability. We assessed policy frameworks for city planning for 25 cities across 19 lower-middle-income countries, upper-middle-income countries, and high-income countries to identify ...
M. Lowe, D. Adlakha, J. Sallis, D. Salvo, E. Cerin, A. Moudon, C. Higgs, E. Hinckson, Jonathan Arundel, G. Boeing, Shiqin Liu, Perla Mansour, K. Gebel, A. Puig-Ribera, Pinki Bhasin Mishra, T. Božović, J. Carson, J. Dygrýn, A. Florindo, Thanh Phuong Ho, Hannah Hook, R. Hunter, P. Lai, J. Molina‐García, Kornsupha Nitvimol, A. Oyeyemi, C. Ramos, Eugen Resendiz, J. Troelsen, F. Witlox, B. Giles-Corti   +30 more
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Is evidence-informed urban health planning a myth or reality? Lessons from a qualitative assessment in three Asian cities

Health Policy and Planning, 2019
City governments are well-positioned to effectively address urban health challenges in the context of rapid urbanization in Asia. They require good quality and timely evidence to inform their planning decisions. In this article, we report our analyses of
T. Mirzoev, Ak Narayan Poudel, Stefanie Gissing, T. Doan, T. Ferdous, S. Regmi, Minh Duc Duong, S. Baral, Obindra B. Chand, R. Huque, V. M. Hoang, H. Elsey   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

SARS Preparedness Checklist for State and Local Health Officials

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
A planning checklist for widespread severe acute respiratory syndrome, modeled on an Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) pandemic influenza planning checklist, was developed jointly by ASTHO, the National Association of County ...
Richard S. Hopkins, Lara Misegades, James Ransom, Leigh Lipson, Edward W. Brink   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

[Health Planning and Evaluation: antagonism versus collaboration].

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2018
The authors analyze the relations between two subareas of Collective Health - Planning and Evaluation - through a bibliometric study of articles, theses, and dissertations published from 1980 to 2016.
Juarez Pereira Furtado, G. W. Campos, Wagner Yoshizaki Oda, R. Onocko-Campos   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Using community-based evidence for decentralized health planning: insights from Maharashtra, India

Health Policy and Planning, 2018
Health planning is generally considered a technical subject, primarily the domain of health officials with minimal involvement of community representatives.
A. Shukla, R. Khanna, Nitin N Jadhav
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Male involvement in maternal healthcare through Community- based Health Planning and Services: the views of the men in rural Ghana

BMC Public Health, 2017
BackgroundThe need to promote maternal health in Ghana has committed the government to extend maternal healthcare services to the door steps of rural families through the community-based Health Planning and Services.
Bassoumah Bougangue, H. K. Ling
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Collaborative population health planning between Australian primary health care organisations and local government: lost opportunity

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2018
Objective: To examine the strength and extent of collaborations between primary health care organisations and local government in population health planning.
Sara Javanparast, F. Baum, T. Freeman, A. Ziersch, Julie Henderson, T. Mackean   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

It's about time: WHO and partners release programming strategies for postpartum family planning [PDF]

, 2014
The postpartum period is a critical time to address high unmet family planning need and to reduce the risks of closely spaced pregnancies. Practical tools are included in the new resource for integrating postpartum family planning at points when women ...
Egan, Shannon, Gaffield, Mary Eluned, Temmerman, Marleen   +2 more
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How institutional forces, ideas and actors shaped population health planning in Australian regional primary health care organisations

BMC Public Health, 2018
BackgroundWorldwide, there are competing norms driving health system changes and reorganisation. One such norm is that of health systems’ responsibilities for population health as distinct from a focus on clinical services.
Sara Javanparast, T. Freeman, F. Baum, R. Labonté, A. Ziersch, T. Mackean, Richard L. Reed, D. Sanders   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source