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Delivery of primary health care in Malawi

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2018
Malawi is a landlocked country with a population of 17 million. The delivery of the health care system is based on primary health care (PHC). The PHC structures are acceptable; however, the system is marked by maldistribution of resources, fragmentation ...
M. Makwero
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Primary Care Staff's Views and Experiences Related to Routinely Advising Patients about Physical Activity. A Questionnaire Survey [PDF]

, 2006
Background: United Kingdom public health policy has recently re-emphasised the role of primary health care professionals in tackling increasing levels of physical inactivity within the general population.
A Steptoe, A Steptoe, A Taylor, Ann Kerr, BA Swinburn, CR Elley, DA Lawlor, Department of Health, Physical Activity, Health Improvement and Prevention, DO Clark, Edwin van Teijlingen, EG Eakin, FCL Bull, Flora Douglas, J McKenna, J McKenna, J Naidoo, JE Walsh, L Green, M Fitzpatrick, M Hillsdon, Mental Health Foundation, MG Goldstein, N Mutrie, Nicola Torrance, O Morgan, R Ashenden, R Schwarzer, RE Glasgow, RE Glasgow, S Hardcastle, Scottish Executive, Scottish Executive Health Department, Scottish Forum for Public Health Medicine, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Serena Meloni, World Health Organization (WHO)   +36 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Equity aspects of the Primary Health Care Choice Reform in Sweden – a scoping review

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
BackgroundGood health and equal health care are the cornerstones of the Swedish Health and Medical Service Act. Recent studies show that the average level of health, measured as longevity, improves in Sweden, however, social inequalities in health remain
B. Burström, K. Burström, G. Nilsson, G. Tomson, M. Whitehead, U. Winblad   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role and potential of community based cancer care for Māori in Aotearoa/New Zealand : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2016
There are unacceptable ethnic differences in cancer survival in Aotearoa/New Zealand and quality of life differs between Māori and non-Māori at all stages of the cancer journey. Overseas studies have recognised that all the priorities for cancer services
Slater, Tania Michelle
core  

Crosstalk between the ribosome quality control‐associated E3 ubiquitin ligases LTN1 and RNF10

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Loss of the E3 ligase LTN1, the ubiquitin‐like modifier UFM1, or the deubiquitinating enzyme UFSP2 disrupts endoplasmic reticulum–ribosome quality control (ER‐RQC), a pathway that removes stalled ribosomes and faulty proteins. This disruption may trigger a compensatory response to ER‐RQC defects, including increased expression of the E3 ligase RNF10 ...
Yuxi Huang, Satoshi Hashimoto, Sota Ito, Chisato Kikuguchi, Miho Hoshi, Kiyoshi Yamaguchi, Yoichi Furukawa, Toru Suzuki, Toshifumi Inada   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neuroborreliosis in an immunosuppressed patient

Iberoamerican Journal of Medicine
Neuroborreliosis is a rare but significant manifestation of Lyme disease, particularly in immunosuppressed individuals. We present the case of a 43-year-old patient with a history of follicular lymphoma in remission, currently undergoing maintenance ...
Alodia Rodríguez-Nájera, María Viguera-Elías, Javier Albero-Ortín, Sara Lacalle-Navaridas, Claudia González-Arregui   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patients’ preferences for primary health care – a systematic literature review of discrete choice experiments

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
BackgroundPrimary care is a key element of health care systems and addresses the main health problems of the population. Due to the demographic change, primary care even gains in importance.
Kim-Sarah Kleij, U. Tangermann, V. Amelung, C. Krauth   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improving Child Health Care Through Federal Policy: An Emerging Opportunity [PDF]

, 2008
Summarizes legislative proposals introduced in 2007 to track primary care outcomes in Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Programs (SCHIP) and focus on strengthening primary, preventive, and developmental child health services and ...
Carla Plaza, Carrie Fitzgerald, Charles Bruner   +2 more
core  

Performance indicators for primary care groups; an evidence-based approach [PDF]

, 1998
The NHS Executive and Department of Health have proposed a wide range of performance indicators many of which are applicable to future primary care groups Some of these indicators reflect access and efficiency, but few of the effectiveness indicators ...
Gabbay, John, McColl, Alastair, Moore, Michael, Roderick, Paul, Smith, Helen   +4 more
core   +3 more sources