brac s experience with community health wo

... known as shasthya shebikas (SS) They work under the direct supervision of shasthya kormis or SKs (paid health worker), para-professionals and physicians The upazila level staffs are supervised by ... samples Chest x-ray Sputum samples culture Pos Case definition Case Pos suggestive Neg Not suggestive Case Not case Case suggestive or Pos Pos=Positive Neg= Negative Pos Case Not case Quality control ... the healthcare workers than the general populations This poses a serious challenge to the healthcare workers involved in TB control worldwide BRAC has been using services of thousands of community- based...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 13:20

... vectors are estimated by the simple two-step estimator (S2 S) As Brüggemann and Lütkepohl (2005) show, this estimator produces relatively robust estimates in short samples The lag length is set ... aggregates The loss of access to foreign borrowing, the contraction of deposits, interest rates increases as well as the decline of the demand for loans during the severe recession caused decreasing ... components: currency outside banking system, transferable deposits and other deposits Currency outside banking system includes currency issued by the Bank of Russia into circulation less currency...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... facilities, HBC volunteers and health surveillance assistants (HSAs) We chose to focus on the HSAs, as they are the most widely established Also, while there is some literature on HSAs [15,24], we found ... adherence support workers (ASWs) in adherence counselling, treatment retention and addressing HRH constraints at health facilities showed a marked shift of workload from health care workers to ASWs without ... HIV medics, field officers, community ART and TB treatment supporters (CATTS), community AIDS support agents (CASAs), AIDS community workers (ACW), expert patients (network support agents) and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... systems, 79% for carbon dioxide systems, 81% for foam systems, and 88% for halogen systems (Wet chemical systems may be included with dry chemical systems or with other special hazard systems.) ... fires reported to U .S fire departments, excluding buildings under construction.) Keywords: fire sprinklers; fire statistics; automatic extinguishing systems; automatic suppression systems Acknowledgements ... chemical systems and may include some miscoded portable extinguishers), Carbon dioxide systems (which may include some wet chemical systems and some miscoded portable extinguishers), Foam systems (which...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 09:20

... long-standing efforts within communities across sub-Saharan Africa to merge successful community- based efforts with formal health systems strengthening initiatives This is reflected in national health ... of CHWs is not a new realization, and there are long-standing efforts within communities across sub-Saharan Africa to merge successful community- based efforts with formal health systems strengthening ... Defining the Community Health Worker Community Health Worker Subsystem as an Extension of the Primary Health System Scope of Community Health Workers Globally This report will focus on describing...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... multiple disease case management Assessment and diagnosis Family assesses Malaria Assessment need for microscopy of sick child antior rapid by CHW malarial test Limited No No CHW assesses signs requiring ... components of programmes based on community health workers, including selection and training of CHWs, programme supervision, health information systems, drug supply systems, sustainability and scalability ... be sustainable (231) Ideally, CHWs can act as catalysts to help communities examine their own health problems Community- based health information systems can foster this process and are discussed...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... CHWs (Table 3, and 5) As the reader will notice, these issues overlap and some studies refer to all three issues while most others primarily cover one of these issues We propose this classification ... current status of VHWs An analysis of country s progress is done using sidels hypothesis of fundamental shift of wealth and power considering the PHC program An analysis of country s progress is done ... (2005) Community Health Workers: Essential to Improving Health in Massachusetts Bureau of Family and Community Health Boston: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, retrieved from www.mass.gov/dph...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 20:20

... to cost- benefit analysis, forms for needs assessment, and appraisals of health status, visit the University of Arizona s Evaluating CHA Services60 at www.rho.arizona.edu/Publications/CAH.aspx ... The University of Southern Mississippi used the Sourcebook to educate community health advisors about heart disease and stroke prevention throughout the Mississippi Delta • ­ Wyoming s HDSP program ... Public Health; 2005 Available at: www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/com _health/ comm _health_ workers_narrative.pdf 54 Office of Community Health Workers Community Health Workers in Massachusetts: Improving...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 21:20

... developing tables on themes emerging from the discussions Notes taken during the discussions as well as the transcripts were consulted for developing these tables to ensure as much rigor as possible Communication ... comprised focus group discussions (FGDs) with LHWs and their supervisors; in component 2, information from the same LHWs and their supervisors was obtained through a self-response questionnaire ... to make use of diagnostic facilities; and talking about taboo subjects such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were reported as health issues on which dialogue was difficult...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... many of these women, "work is good; whatever it is Joblessness is a curse." For most CHWs, this was their first job, and many considered it to be a gateway to future work Two of the CHWs explained: ... government positions Disapproval from families regarding household visits by male supervisors, problems with travel bills, and overall dissatisfaction with management styles were other factors cited ... the CHW survey displays responses to questions on the CHW survey in Sylhet District on job satisfaction and work-related challenges Two challenges to carrying out the work are mentioned significantly...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... time series, and cohort and case control studies were included Cross-sectional studies were excluded We assessed risk of bias for included studies but did not exclude studies on this basis Page ... more skilled providers in sub-district clinics It is not possible to assess the validity of this hypothesis since no empirical evidence for or against it is presented However this highlights the ... community- based studies of the impacts of CHWs in Africa is more significant than ever before Such studies should assess intermediate and process outcomes not only to explain measured impacts,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... BMI groups in sex-stratified analyses Two sided p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant The analyses were performed using SPSS statistical software version 17.0 (SPSS inc., Chicago, ... individuals (25.0-27.4 kg/m2, 27.5-29.9 kg/m2) Assessment of mental health symptoms Mental health status was assessed by the Hopkins Symptoms Check List-10 (SCL-10), which has been widely used in ... (1) “Sudden fear without apparent reason”, (2) “Afraid or worried”, (3) “Faintness or dizziness”, (4) “Tense or upset”, (5) “Easily blaming yourself “, (6) “Sleeplessness”, (7) “Depressed or sad”,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... effects on the bronchioles have also been proposed as explanations of these associations Int J Med Sci 2007, Experience of subsequent poor health was only associated to smoking, i.e smoking seems ... Vitalograph Spirometer was used to measure VC and FEV1, with subjects in a sitting position and without using a nose clip The results were expressed as absolute values in litres and as percentage ... stress, physical activity or PEF at the 1968-1969 examination Discussion Main finding of this study Smoking, low socio-economic status, mental stress, and obesity predicted obstructive symptoms...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2012, 15:34

... outcomes assessed and timing of the outcome assessment The results (effects), organized into seven areas (consultation processes, utilization of lay health worker services, consumer satisfaction with ... between studies and were not described in the same level of detail in all of them The terms used included: courses, classes, seminars, sessions, workshops, reading, discussion groups, meetings, role ... medical assistants, physician assistants, paramedical workers in emergency and fire services and other self-defined health professionals or health paraprofessionals were not considered Trainee health...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... perceived stressful working conditions to be associated with a worsening of menopausal symptoms (Paul, 2003) A further study reported that levels of stress hormones in working postmenopausal women ... this important study It was not always easy to persuade organisations that this was a topic worthy of serious consideration Awareness of the menopause as a potential occupational health issue is ... income, low status working women in the United States (Im & Meleis, 2001) Symptoms described as problematic were depression and tiredness Nonetheless, a study examining supervisors’ evaluations of menopausal...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 13:20

... with his disease and has stated to be unconcerned with correcting his habits (although he admits them) and in future sessions would supposedly not be susceptible to working with the rest of the ... education in prisons: assessment of an experience with diabetics low levels of knowledge, regarding issues of special importance such as their health, is a helpful means of relevant teaching so that ... information was collected by means of specifically designed questionnaires, after each session Statistic analysis: it was descriptive and used average results for quantitative variables and absolute...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 22:21

... Increases in business and non-business assests New clients year+ clients Increase in business assets 31% 38% Increase in non-business assets 78% 82% The right to have and to determine choices By formally ... role compared with husband s role in expenditure of client s earnings and decisions on household purchases Increase in personal savings Increases in business and non-business assets Effect of education ... access to opportunities and resources This study shows that microfinance increases women s right to access opportunities and resources It enables them to develop their businesses, increase financial...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 22:21

... les progr s en direction de l’OMD concernant la survie des enfants Les démarches faisant appel des volontaires issus des communaut s sont néanmoins sans effet sur la mortalité Les résultats de ... Conclusion L’affectation de personnel infirmier dans des centres situ s proximité des communaut s, où ce personnel peut dispenser des soins curatifs et préventifs de base, a permis de réduire substantiellement ... interviews and focus groups of panels of married men, married women, commun n nity leaders and health workers were cond n ducted to assess perceived health service needs These sessions were followed...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 16:20

... workers exposed to asbestos in the United States (Steenland and Stayner, 1997) By 1997, dust-related lung diseases, including silicosis, asbestosis, and coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, accounted ... cultures and political systems But the negative aspects of work, such as work-related diseases and injuries, bring tremendous losses both in economic terms and in the quality of workers’ lives Occupational ... workers in 1902, and workers’ compensation laws for railway workers followed in 16 states in 1906 In 1911, Wisconsin, and then seven other states, passed broader laws that compensated workers across...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 12:20