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Infectious disease and health systems modelling for local decision making to control neglected tropical diseases

BMC Proceedings, 2015
Most neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have complex life cycles and are challenging to control. The “2020 goals” of control and elimination as a public health programme for a number of NTDs are the subject of significant international efforts and ...
T. Hollingsworth, Déirdre, I. Langley, D. Nokes, James, E. MacPherson, Gerry, Adams, Emily R Bockarie, Moses J Mortimer, Lisa J Kevin, S. Torr, Graham, T. Hollingsworth, D. Nokes, G. McGivern, E. Adams, M. Bockarie, K. Mortimer, L. Reimer, B. Squire, G. Medley   +21 more
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Health Systems Science in Medical Education: Unifying the Components to Catalyze Transformation

Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 2020
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Medical education exists in the service of patients and communities and must continually calibrate its focus to ensure the achievement of these goals. To close gaps in U.S.
Jed D. Gonzalo, Anna Chang, M. Dekhtyar, S. Starr, E. Holmboe, Daniel R Wolpaw   +5 more
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By Residents, for Residents: Evaluating a Community-Led Peer Health Education Program in Australian Social Housing Communities

International Journal of Integrated Care
Introduction: Socially disadvantaged and marginalised groups experience significant barriers to accessing healthcare compounded by the complexity and lack of integration between health services.
Esther Tordjmann, Fiona Haigh
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Australian local government policies on creating a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system: analysis in New South Wales and Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: To analyse local government (LG) policies concerned with creating a healthy, sustainable and equitable food system. Methods: All relevant policies on LG websites were identified and analysed against a framework of 34 recommendations for LG ...
Amy Carrad, Ikerne Aguirre‐Bielschowsky, Belinda Reeve, Nick Rose, Karen Charlton   +4 more
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Strengthening primary health care in low- and middle-income countries: furthering structural changes in the post-pandemic era

Frontiers in Public Health
Strengthening primary health care (PHC) is the most cost-effective approach in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to achieve sustainable universal health coverage (UHC), protect against health shocks, and promote health and wellbeing for all people.
J. C. Alegre, Suneeta Sharma, Farley Cleghorn, Carlos Avila   +3 more
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Opportunities to engage health system leaders in whole systems approaches to physical activity in England

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Physical activity plays an important role in maintaining good health and wellbeing, non-communicable disease prevention and can improve healthcare outcomes.
E. L. Bird, D. Evans, S. Gray, E. Atherton, J. Blackshaw, M. Brannan, N. Corrigan, D. Weiner   +7 more
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Family medicine training in Sub-Saharan Africa : South-South cooperation in the Primafamed project as strategy for development [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND. Health-care systems based on primary health care (PHC) are more equitable and cost effective. Family medicine trains medical doctors in comprehensive PHC with knowledge and skills that are needed to increase quality of care.
Ayankogbe, Olayinka, Chege, Patrick, De Maeseneer, Jan, Essuman, Akye, Flinkenflögel, Maaike   +4 more
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Derivation and validation of the Personal Support Algorithm: an evidence-based framework to inform allocation of personal support services in home and community care

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Personal support services enable many individuals to stay in their homes, but there are no standard ways to classify need for functional support in home and community care settings.
Chi-Ling Joanna Sinn, Aaron Jones, Janet Legge McMullan, Nancy Ackerman, Nancy Curtin-Telegdi, Leslie Eckel, John P. Hirdes   +6 more
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Federal and state cooperation necessary but not sufficient for effective regional mental health systems: insights from systems modelling and simulation

Scientific Reports, 2021
For more than a decade, suicide rates in Australia have shown no improvement despite significant investment in reforms to support regionally driven initiatives.
Jo-An Occhipinti, Adam Skinner, Samantha Carter, Jacinta Heath, Kenny Lawson, Katherine McGill, Rod McClure, Ian B. Hickie   +7 more
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Public Financial Management as an Enabler for Health Financing Reform: Evidence from Free Health Care Policies Implemented in Burkina Faso, Burundi, and Niger

Health Systems & Reform, 2022
In Burkina Faso, Burundi and Niger, the policy to remove user fees for primary care was carried out through significant adjustments in public financial management (PFM).
Hélène Barroy, Joseph Kutzin, Seydou Coulibaly, Alexis Bigeard, S Pierre Yaméogo, Jean-François Caremel, Catherine Korachais   +6 more
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