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Challenges and Opportunities for Academic Journals to Serve the Older Population in Western Pacific Region [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2021
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research held its inaugural international editorial board virtual meeting on September 16, 2021, to brainstorm ideas for sustainable growth.
Hee-Won Jung, Wee Shiong Lim, Matteo Cesari, Tung Wai Auyeung, Taro Kojima, Hyuk Ga, Ian D. Cameron, Jae-Young Lim   +7 more
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The economic burden of malaria: a systematic review

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Quantifying disease costs is critical for policymakers to set priorities, allocate resources, select control and prevention strategies, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of interventions. Although malaria carries a very large disease burden,
Mônica V. Andrade, Kenya Noronha, Bernardo P. C. Diniz, Gilvan Guedes, Lucas R. Carvalho, Valéria A. Silva, Júlia A. Calazans, André S. Santos, Daniel N. Silva, Marcia C. Castro   +9 more
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The Art and Science of Urban Gun Violence Reduction: Evidence from the Advance Peace Program in Sacramento, California

Urban Science, 2022
Urban gun violence is a critical human health and social justice issue. Strategies to reduce urban gun violence are increasingly being taken out of the domain of police and into community-based programs.
Jason Corburn, Yael Nidam, Amanda Fukutome-Lopez   +2 more
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Transportation barriers to care among frequent health care users during the COVID pandemic

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Transportation problems are known barriers to health care and can result in late arrivals and delayed or missed care. Groups already prone to greater social and economic disadvantage, including low-income individuals and people with chronic ...
Abigail L. Cochran, Noreen C. McDonald, Lauren Prunkl, Emma Vinella-Brusher, Jueyu Wang, Lindsay Oluyede, Mary Wolfe   +6 more
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Low level of attention to health inequalities in prevention planning activities of the Italian Regions [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Health promotion and prevention activities should tackle health inequalities to reduce disparities in health among disadvantaged populations.
D'ANDREA, ELVIRA, DE VITO, CORRADO, DI THIENE, DOMITILLA, MARZUILLO, CAROLINA, MASSIMI, AZZURRA, ROSSO, ANNALISA, VACCHIO, Maria Rosaria, VILLARI, Paolo   +7 more
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The need to improve implementation and use of lifestyle surveillance systems for planning prevention activities: an analysis of the Italian Regions [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives: To describe the level of use of lifestyle surveillance systems in Italy and to identify predictors of their use by the Italian Regions for planning and monitoring purposes.
D'Andrea, Elvira, DE VITO, Corrado, Marzuillo, Carolina, Massimi, Azzurra, Rosso, Annalisa, Unim, BRIGID ANDOUNIMYE, Villari, Paolo   +6 more
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Stakeholders' Participation in Planning and Priority Setting in the Context of a Decentralised Health Care system: the case of prevention of mother to child Transmission of HIV Programme in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
In Tanzania, decentralisation processes and reforms in the health sector aimed at improving planning and accountability in the sector. As a result, districts were given authority to undertake local planning and set priorities as well as allocate ...
A Blystad, Astrid Blystad, C Leighton, Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED, CP Conn, De-Savigny, E Makundi, Elizabeth H Shayo, G Mubyazi, G Mubyazi, G Mwale, H Phillips, I Semali, I Semali, J Byskov, J Sundewall, K Moland, KA Johansson, L Franco, L Gilson, Leonard EG Mboera, M Were, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Health, Ministry of regional administration and local government, MOH, MOHSW, N Daniels, O Burki, R Tesch, R Walensky, S Leshabari, S Leshabari, S Maluka, S Maluka, S Maluka, Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), UNAIDS/UNICEF/WHO, United Republic of Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania- joint Ministry of Health and Presidents office Regional administration and local government, World Health Organization, Alma-Ata 1978   +40 more
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Integrated care through disease-oriented critical paths:experience from Japan’s regional health planning initiatives

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2011
Introduction: In April 2008, Japan launched a radical reform in regional health planning that emphasized the development of disease-oriented clinical care pathways.
Etsuji Okamoto, Masaki Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Hara, Jun Yoshida, Masaki Muto, Aizan Hirai, Haruyuki Tatsumi, Masaaki Mizuno, Hiroshi Nagata, Daisuke Yamakata, Hiroshi Tanaka   +10 more
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Implementation fidelity of a strategy to integrate service delivery: learnings from a transitional care program for individuals with complex needs in Singapore

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background To cope with rising demand for healthcare services in Singapore, Regional Health Systems (RHS) comprising of health and social care providers across care settings were set up to integrate service delivery.
Milawaty Nurjono, Pami Shrestha, Ian Yi Han Ang, Farah Shiraz, Joanne Su-Yin Yoong, Sue-Anne Ee Shiow Toh, Hubertus Johannes Maria Vrijhoef   +6 more
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Evaluation of the Rubella Surveillance System in Quebec

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2000
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the validity of information in the rubella surveillance system in Quebec.
Lina Perron, Philippe De Wals, François Milord   +2 more
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