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Effect of reliable electricity on health facilities, health information, and child and maternal health services utilization: evidence from rural Gujarat, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2019
BackgroundReliable basic infrastructure, particularly electricity, is a critical enabling factor in improving health systems and consequently achieving the health sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Y. Chen, Namrata Chindarkar, Yun Xiao
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Determinants for participation in a prevention and early detection programme for children and adolescents in Germany: does social background play a role?

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Early detection examinations and prevention are particularly important in childhood and adolescence, as certain diseases are already developing and health-related attitudes and behaviour patterns are formed and implemented.
Kathrin Krüger, Anne-Marie Lapstich, Katrin Christiane Reber, Stephanie Sehlen, Sebastian Liersch, Christian Krauth   +5 more
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Implementing Operations Support Systems in E-Health Based Systems [PDF]

, 2007
Information and communication technologies have been introduced in different dimensions of the health care. e-Health is the use of advanced communications technologies such as the Internet, portable, wireless and other sophisticated devices to support ...
Ayo, C. K., Ehikioya, S.A., Omoregbe, N. A.   +2 more
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An integrative review of potential enablers and barriers to accessing mental health services in Ghana

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2018
IntroductionThe importance of accessible mental health treatment is a global concern, particularly when one in five people will experience a mental health problem in their lifespan.
Eric Badu, A. O’Brien, Rebecca J Mitchell   +2 more
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The effectiveness of additional screening examinations for children and adolescents in Germany: a longitudinal retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics, 2023
Background Continuous medical care is particularly important in childhood and adolescence. Since there are gaps in regular care in Germany, various health insurance providers offer to cover additional examinations (e.g., U10, U11, J2) to ensure ongoing ...
Kathrin Krüger, Anne-Marie Lapstich, Katrin Christiane Reber, Stephanie Sehlen, Sebastian Liersch, Christian Krauth   +5 more
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Community and health systems barriers and enablers to family planning and contraceptive services provision and use in Kabwe District, Zambia

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
BackgroundUnmet need for contraception results in several health challenges such as unintended pregnancies, unwanted births and unsafe abortions. Most interventions have been unable to successfully address this unmet need due to various community and ...
A. Silumbwe, Theresa Nkole, M. Munakampe, C. Milford, J. Cordero, Yolandie Kriel, J. Zulu, P. Steyn   +7 more
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Health systems facilitators and barriers to the integration of HIV and chronic disease services: a systematic review

Health Policy and Planning, 2017
Integration of services for patients with more than one diagnosed condition has intuitive appeal but it has been argued that the empirical evidence to support it is limited.
Nicola F Watt, L. Sigfrid, Helena Legido-Quigley, S. Hogarth, W. Maimaris, L. Otero-García, P. Perel, K. Buse, M. Mckee, P. Piot, D. Balabanova   +10 more
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Maternal health training priorities for nursing and allied health workers in Colombia, Honduras, and Nicaragua

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019
Objective. To assess maternal health training priorities for primary care human resources for health (HRH) in nursing and allied health workers in Colombia, Honduras, and Nicaragua, to inform maternal care HRH strategic planning efforts. Methods.
Amelia J. Brandt, Samantha Brown, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani, Fernando Antonio Menezes da Silva   +3 more
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Reducing stigma among healthcare providers to improve mental health services (RESHAPE): protocol for a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial of a stigma reduction intervention for training primary healthcare workers in Nepal

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2018
BackgroundNon-specialist healthcare providers, including primary and community healthcare workers, in low- and middle-income countries can effectively treat mental illness.
B. Kohrt, M. Jordans, E. Turner, K. Sikkema, N. Luitel, S. Rai, D. Singla, Jagannath Lamichhane, C. Lund, V. Patel   +9 more
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Strengthening health systems to provide rehabilitation services.

European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2017
demographic trends: populations are ageing, and the number of people living with noncommunicable diseases and the consequences of injuries is increasing [1–3].
E. Krug, A. Cieza
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