Sökning: "community-based services"

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  1. 6. Integration of national community-based health worker programmes in health systems : Lessons learned from Zambia and other low and middle income countries

    Författare :Joseph Mumba Zulu; Anna-Karin Hurtig; John Kinsman; Charles Michelo; Helen Schneider; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Human resources for health; National community-based health workers; Health Innovations; Integration; Health Systems; Low and middle income countries; Zambia.; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: To address the huge human resources for health (HRH) crisis that Zambia and other low and middle income countries (LMICs) are experiencing, most LMICs have engaged the services of small scale community-based health worker (CBHW) programmes. However, several challenges affect the CBHWs’ ability to deliver services. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Integrated community-based management of severe acute child malnutrition : Studies from rural Southern Ethiopia

    Författare :Elazar Tadesse; Eva-Charlotte Ekström; Anders Hjern; Pia Olsson; Yemane Berehane; Tahmeed Ahmed; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Severe acute malnutrition; integrated outpatient therapeutic programme; programme outcome; recovery; Ethiopia;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the community-based Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) as a standard treatment protocol for the management of uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at the community level. OTP has been scaled up and integrated into the existing grassroots level government health systems in several developing countries. LÄS MER

  4. 8. From institutional life to community participation : Ideas and realities concerning support to persons with intellectual disability

    Författare :Kent Ericsson; Gunnar Stangvik; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Intellectual disability; normalization principle; deinstitutionalization; institutional closure; institutionally based services; community based services; Pedagogik; Utvecklingsstörning; begåvningshandikapp; institutionsavveckling; normaliseringsprincipen; institutionellt baserad omsorg; samhälleligt baserad omsorg; Education; Pedagogik; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The right for everyone with an intellectual disability in Sweden to participate in community life has led to the closure of residential institutions. To understand this issue three questions were formulated: 1) why did this occur, 2) which services provide the alternatives and 3) has this transition led to community participation? The origin of this transition was found in the normalization principle of 1946. LÄS MER

  5. 9. According to need? : Predicting use of formal and informal care in a Swedish urban elderly population

    Författare :Kristina Larsson; Mats Thorslund; Marta Szebehely; Svein Olav Daatland; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; home-based care; community-based services; predicting use of eldercare; home-help services; informal care; institutionalization; dementia; depression; Social work; Socialt arbete;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies factors that predict use of public eldercare, informal care, and purchase of private services in relation to an individual’s needs, social network characteristics, and sociodemographic factors. A further purpose is to examine whether use of public eldercare is correlated to receipt of informal care and purchase of private services in the Swedish welfare state. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Epidemiology of unintentional injuries in rural Vietnam

    Författare :Hoang Minh Hang; Peter Byass; Ton That Bach; Ruth Bonita; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Public health; unintentional injury; community-based; surveillance; Vietnam; Folkhälsomedicin; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Sammanfattning : The main objective of this epidemiological study was to assess the incidence of unintentional non-fatal injuries, together with their determinants and consequences, in a defined Vietnamese population, thus providing a basis for future prevention. A one-year follow-up survey involved four quarterly cross-sectional household injury interviews during 2000. LÄS MER