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Contraception determinants in youths of Sierra Leone are largely behavioral
Reproductive Health, 2018 Background Sexual initiation occurs early in Sierra Leone. This study aims to analyze the determinants of condom and/or contraceptive use among a representative sample of young persons (10 to 24 years) in Sierra Leone.
Aline Labat +8 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 2017 Trials of various approaches to health insurance and other policy issues can help policymakers decide how to structure incentives to provide the best value. This review examines this type of trial, addressing issues common to and distinct from trials of drugs or devices.
Joseph P, Newhouse +1 more
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Agriculture Policy Is Health Policy [PDF]
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2009 The Farm Bill is meant to supplement and secure farm incomes, ensure a stable food supply, and support the American farm economy. Over time, however, it has evolved into a system that creates substantial health impacts, both directly and indirectly. By generating more profit for food producers and less for family farmers; by effectively subsidizing the
Jackson, Richard J +4 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background The delivery of health services around the world faced considerable disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While this has been discussed for a number of conditions in the adult population, related patterns have been studied less for ...
Dimitra Panteli +3 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Emergency department (ED) use is often viewed as an indicator of health system quality. ED use for mental health (MH) reasons is increasing and costly for health systems, patients, and their families.
Morgane Gabet +3 more
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BMJ, 1992 Marks a retreat from ideology The NHS presents the Labour party, as the next government in waiting, with a particularly difficult political challenge. On the one hand, the party's apocalyptic prophecies about the consequences of the changes in 1991 have been betrayed by events: the NHS has not disintegrated, nor has it been privatised.
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Justifying abuse of women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon: the opinion of recruitment agencies
Gaceta Sanitaria, 2020 Objective: Gender-based violence against women migrant domestic workers (WMDW) is a serious public health concern in the Middle East region. The current study is the first to explore abuse of WMDW as perceived by recruitment agency managers.
Ali Ghaddar +2 more
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Does Management Really Matter? And If so, to Who?; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016 The editorial is commendable and I agree with many of the points raised. Management is an important aspect of health system strengthening which is often overlooked.
Delanyo Dovlo
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Health equity, although addressed in several publications dealing with health efficiency analysis, is not easily translated into the operationalization of variables, mainly due to technical difficulties.
Simone Schenkman, Aylene Bousquat
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How do tobacco control policies work in low-income and middle-income countries? A realist synthesis
BMJ Global Health, 2022 Background The burden of tobacco use is disproportionately high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is scarce theorisation on what works with respect to implementation of tobacco control policies in these settings. Given the complex nature
Gera E Nagelhout +6 more
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