A hybrid, effectiveness-implementation research study protocol targeting antenatal care providers to provide female genital mutilation prevention and care services in Guinea, Kenya and Somalia [PDF]
, 2021 BackgroundIn settings with high prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), the health sector could play a bigger role in its prevention and care of women and girls who have undergone this harmful practice.
Ahmed, W. +21 more
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Understanding the health-care experiences of people with sickle cell disorder transitioning from paediatric to adult services: This Sickle Cell Life, a longitudinal qualitative study [PDF]
, 2020 Background Transitions from paediatric to adult health-care services cause problems worldwide, particularly for young people with long-term conditions. Sickle cell disorder brings particular challenges needing urgent action.
Cicely Marston +11 more
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Techniques to tell the real story: narrative inquiry in health services research [PDF]
, 2014 Fifteen years ago in Health Services Research (1999) qualitative research methods were argued to be useful and valid. Since that time qualitative research methods have gained increasing legitimacy however qualitative research papers remain ...
Cusick, Anne +5 more
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Service provision and barriers to care for homeless people with mental health problems across 14 European capital cities [PDF]
, 2012 Background Mental health problems are disproportionately higher amongst homeless people. Many barriers exist for homeless people with mental health problems in accessing treatment yet little research has been done on service provision and quality of care
Greacen, Tim +70 more
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Building health research systems to achieve better health [PDF]
, 2006 Health research systems can link knowledge generation with practical concerns to improve health and health equity. Interest in health research, and in how health research systems should best be organised, is moving up the agenda of bodies such as the ...
Hanney Stephen R +3 more
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Age Discrimination in Mental Health Services [PDF]
, 2008 The UK government is currently (June 2008) considering the introduction of legislation to outlaw age discrimination in the provision of public services.
Fernández, José-Luis +8 more
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Clinical peripherality: development of a peripherality index for rural health services. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: The configuration of rural health services is influenced by geography. Rural health practitioners provide a broader range of services to smaller populations scattered over wider areas or more difficult terrain than their urban counterparts ...
Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam +8 more
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Center for Mental Health Services Research (CMHSR) 2013 Annual Report to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health [PDF]
, 2013 Annual report for Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) from the Center for Mental Health Services Research (CMHSR). We are grateful to the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health for its continued support of the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s (UMMS ...
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The inability to pay for health services in Central and Eastern Europe: evidence from six countries. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket payments for health services constitute a major financial burden for patients in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Individuals who are unable to pay use different coping strategies (e.g.
Rechel, Bernd +12 more
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The impact of universal National Health Insurance on population health: the experience of Taiwan. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Taiwan established a system of universal National Health Insurance (NHI) in March, 1995. Today, the NHI covers more than 98% of Taiwan's population and enrollees enjoy almost free access to healthcare with small co-payment by most clinics and
Yi-Wen Tsai +14 more
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