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Primary healthcare providers’ views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua

Primary healthcare providers’ views on improving sexual and reproductive healthcare for adolescents in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua

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By Lina Jaruseviciene, Miguel Orozco, Marcia Ibarra, Freddy Cordova Ossio, Bernardo Vega, Nancy Auquilla, Joel Medina, Anna C. Gorter, Peter Decat, Sara De Meyer, Marleen Temmerman, Alexander B. Edmonds, Leonas Valius, Jeffrey V. Lazarus Objectives: To elicit the views of primary healthcare providers from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Nicaragua on how adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) care in their communities can be improved. Methods: Overall, 126 healthcare providers (46 from Bolivia more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 15, 2013

Reviews: To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation

Reviews: To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation

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Paul Edward Farmer is best known for his humanitarian work providing "first world" health care for "third world" people, beginning in Haiti. He is co-founder of the international social justice and health organization Partners In Health (PIH). To Repair the World is a recently published a collection of his short speeches on the reform of health service systems, especially those serving the poor in poor countries. This website from GoodReads.com provides reviews of the book, and will more...

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John Daly on May 15, 2013

Correlates of physical activity in adolescence: a study from a developing country

Correlates of physical activity in adolescence: a study from a developing country

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By Behjat Shokrvash, Fereshteh Majlessi, Ali Montazeri, Saharnaz Nadjat, Abbas Rahimi, Abolgasem Djazayeri, Davoud Shojaeezadeh Background: Physical activity is important for adolescent health. The current study aimed to explore factors that predict physical activity among adolescents. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of physical activity among a sample of adolescents in Tabriz, Iran. Information on physical activity was collected using a modified version of the Adolescent Physical more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 13, 2013

Health, Education, Social Protection News & Notes 10/2013

Health, Education, Social Protection News & Notes 10/2013

A bi-weekly newsletter supported by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit). The newsletter is between 25 and 35 pages in Adobe PDF format - usually not larger than 650 kB and deals with summaries of books, online publications, electronic resources, web pages, training opportunities, conferences and computer and internet tips & tricks. You can download and search back issues (2005 - 2012) of this newsletter at: http://german-practice-collection.org/en/links/ more...

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Dieter Neuvians on May 12, 2013

The role of home-based records in the establishment of a continuum of care for mothers, newborns, and children in Indonesia

The role of home-based records in the establishment of a continuum of care for mothers, newborns, and children in Indonesia

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By Keiko Osaki, Tomoko Hattori, Soewarta Kosen Background: The provision of appropriate care along the continuum of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) service delivery is a challenge in developing countries. To improve this, in the 1990s, Indonesia introduced the maternal and child health (MCH) handbook, as an integrated form of parallel home-based records. Objective: This study aimed to identify the roles of home-based records both before and after childbirth, especially in provinces more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 10, 2013

Routine vaccination coverage in low- and middle-income countries: further arguments for accelerating support to child vaccination services

Routine vaccination coverage in low- and middle-income countries: further arguments for accelerating support to child vaccination services

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By Wenjing Tao, Max Petzold, Birger C. Forsberg Background and objective: The Expanded Programme on Immunization was introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in all countries during the 1970s. Currently, this effective public health intervention is still not accessible to all. This study evaluates the change in routine vaccination coverage over time based on survey data and compares it to estimations by the WHO and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Design: Data of vaccination more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 10, 2013

Utility of knowledge, attitude, and practice survey, and prevalence of dental caries among 11- to 13-year-old children in an urban community in India

Utility of knowledge, attitude, and practice survey, and prevalence of dental caries among 11- to 13-year-old children in an urban community in India

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By Baranya Shrikrishna Suprabha, Arathi Rao, Ramya Shenoy, Sanskriti Khanal Background: The school oral health education program is believed to be a cost-effective method for promoting oral health. The KAP (knowledge-attitude-practice) model of oral health education is often the foundation of most health education programs. Objectives: To assess the existing knowledge, attitude, and oral health care practices among 11- to 13-year-old children and the association of knowledge with attitude, more...

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Umeå Centre for... on May 10, 2013

Jairam Ramesh says toilets more important in India than temples

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Toilets are more important in India than temples, Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said here on Friday, as he inaugurated a yatra that will travel through states raising awareness about sanitation."Sixty-four per cent of Indians defecate in open spaces, which is a global record. It is now reckoned as the main cause of India's malnutrition problem.

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Gaurav Kashyap on May 2, 2013

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"Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia"

"Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia"

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Water Sanitation Menstrual Hygiene&Girl Education Awareness Project Learn Hand washing & Hygiene Practice Through Games & Multimedia. Promoting awareness among children about Handwash & Menstrual Hygiene through games and multimedia. Games and Multimedia played a very important role in creating awareness among school children about Hand wash and Menstrual Hygiene. For complete Article Reading please visit Us at :- http://volunteerheeals.blogspot.in/2013/04/learn-hand- more...

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gagan kash on May 2, 2013

Building Health Systems from Scratch in Somalia

Building Health Systems from Scratch in Somalia

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Lul Mohamed, director of the paediatric ward at Banadir Hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, treated five children after two bomb attacks killed 30 people on 14 April. "And they were shooting last night. One died, a bullet in his liver," she said of an eight-year-old boy. Yet these are conditions of relative peace in Mogadishu. While the conflict is not over, insecurity has diminished since the withdrawal of insurgent group Al-Shabab in 2011. This relative security is allowing Mohamed to more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 28, 2013

Making Health Services Adolescent Friendly

Making Health Services Adolescent Friendly

This guidebook sets out the public health rationale for making it easier for adolescents to obtain the health services that they need to protect and improve their health and well-being, including sexual and reproductive health services. It defines ‘adolescent-friendly health services’ from the perspective of quality, and provides step-by-step guidance on developing quality standards for health service provision to adolescents. Drawing upon international experience, it is also tailored to more...

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Moushumi Biswas on April 25, 2013

Teaching handwashing with soap for schoolchildren in a multi-ethnic population in northern rural Vietnam

Teaching handwashing with soap for schoolchildren in a multi-ethnic population in northern rural Vietnam

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By Le Thi Thanh Xuan, Thilde Rheinländer, Luu Ngoc Hoat, Anders Dalsgaard, Flemming Konradsen Background: In Vietnam, initiatives have been started aimed at increasing the practice of handwashing with soap (HWWS) among primary schoolchildren. However, compliance remains low. Objective: This study aims to investigate responses to a teacher-centred participatory HWWS intervention in a multi-ethnic population of primary schoolchildren in northern rural Vietnam. Design: This study was more...

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Umeå Centre for... on April 24, 2013

CIHR’s Citizen Engagement in Health Casebook

CIHR’s Citizen Engagement in Health Casebook

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The primary purpose of this Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Casebook is to highlight and share some of the diverse citizen engagement activities that are occurring throughout Canada. There are many excellent examples; more than 40 outstanding cases of citizen engagement within the Canadian health care system were submitted for review for this Casebook alone. Those chosen for inclusion in this book represent a wide range of citizen engagement activities from across the health more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

HealthMap

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HealthMap, a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital founded in 2006, is an established global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats. The freely available Web site 'healthmap.org' and mobile app 'Outbreaks Near Me' deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local more...

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John Daly on April 23, 2013

Pre-empting pandemics: An ounce of prevention

Pre-empting pandemics: An ounce of prevention

economist.com –

H7N9 flu has infected at least 82 people and killed 17 of them in China; a new coronavirus (the family of viruses that SARS belongs to) is circulating in the Middle East. It has killed 11 people since it was noticed in September. Either might evolve into a global pandemic. "As the case of AIDS shows, a novel pathogen that spreads around the world unnoticed by the medical authorities can wreak havoc. More recently, cheap air travel has proved a boon to pathogens keen for a global tour. more...

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John Daly on April 23, 2013

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