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From Parallel Provision to Health System Integration: Exploring the Trajectory and Contextual Drivers of the Healthcare Response for Refugees in Six Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rising numbers of refugees, prolonged displacement and reduced funding have led to challenges in terms of how to address their healthcare needs, with different approaches taken, ranging from parallel mechanisms to arrangements that are integrated (to different extents) within the national health system. Increasingly, global frameworks call for
Maria Paola Bertone   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harm reduction in an emergency response to homelessness during South Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown

open access: yesHarm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Caledonian Stadium, the main mass temporary shelter for homeless people in the City of Tshwane, was created as a local response to the imperatives of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) National State of Disaster lockdown in South Africa.
Tessa S. Marcus   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

First Step Toward Freedom: Women in Contraband Camps In and Around the District of Columbia During the Civil War

open access: yes, 2012
A white Quaker abolitionist woman from Rochester, New York was not a likely sight in occupied Alexandria, Virginia during the Civil War where violence, suffering, death and racial inequality were rampant just south of the nation’s capital.
Roedner, Lauren H.
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Hunger in America 2010 Executive Summary [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Feeding America seeks not only to immediately alleviate hunger through distribution of food and grocery products to people in need, but also to address the problem of hunger in the long-term by increasing awareness among the public, connecting clients ...

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Safeguarding maternal health against extreme heat in India: A policy analysis of state‐level heat action plans

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study identifies and characterizes policy measures across Indian states to protect pregnant and lactating women from extreme heat exposure through a thematic analysis of state‐level heat and climate adaptation plans. Methods Using content analysis, we systematically reviewed publicly available Heat Action Plans (HAPs) (N = 19 ...
Gabriela De Jesus Cipriano Flores   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are retrofitted social houses sufficiently reflecting the holistic health and wellbeing requirements of older people? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
There is a requirement to address the needs of the most at risk individuals in society through robust policies designed to improve the energy performance of buildings and safeguard the wellbeing of the elderly from the known vulnerabilities of their ...
Callaghan, Nicola   +2 more
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Interventions addressing violence against women in health services: An overview of systematic reviews regarding barriers and facilitators to implementation

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Violence against women is a global issue rooted in gender inequities, requiring coordinated responses within the healthcare system. However, both providers and users face significant challenges in effectively implementing interventions to address it.
Odette del Risco Sánchez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decrease in Population and Increase in Welfare of Community Cats in a Twenty-Three Year Trap-Neuter-Return Program in Key Largo, FL: The ORCAT Program

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a long-term (23-year) trap-neuter-return program on the population size of community cats in the Ocean Reef Community and to describe the demographic composition and outcome of enrolled cats.
Rachael E. Kreisler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

We Must Do Better: It's Time to Make Alberta Poverty-Free [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This report, authored by Jim Gurnett (in partnership with the ESPC, Public Interest Alberta, and the Bissell Centre), is a follow up to the We Can Do Better report released in 2009. We Must do Better overviews: the results of 5 poverty forums held across
Bill Moore-Kilgannon   +2 more
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Period poverty, housing and food insecurity, and mental health among college students in Hawaiʻi

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To assess the prevalence and associations between period poverty and depressive symptoms among college students with food and/or housing insecurity in the University of Hawaiʻi system. Period poverty is an important public health concern within the USA and has been linked with poor mental health among university students in prior ...
Samantha Kanselaar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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