example of a health policy brief

... higher Tagoe and Dake Globalization and Health 2011, 7:7 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/7 Page of Table Prevalence of risky lifestyle behaviours among Ghanaian adults, 2003 and ... Methodology Data This paper combines data from two nationally representative population surveys conducted in Ghana - the Tagoe and Dake Globalization and Health 2011, 7:7 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/7 ... Tagoe and Dake Globalization and Health 2011, 7:7 http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/7/1/7 Page of Table Socio-economic and demographic correlates of healthy lifestyle behaviour among...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... USA Paula Morgan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, USA Naomi Nhiwatiwa World Health Organization (WHO)/Regional Office for Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe Shanti Noriega-Minichiello ... scope and amount of services that can be provided, the availability of trained staff, and the capacity to plan and evaluate efforts Knowing this information allows the team to draw on available ... World Health Organization (WHO)/Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland Hisashi Ogawa World Health Organization (WHO)/Regional Office for Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines Stella Ogbuagu Food and Agriculture...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... thousand babies, and the average age among adults living in the area (as a proxy for the demand for health care).16 The first column of Table shows the mean across all areas and years and the standard ... The average number of babies in an area-year cell is 6,106 with a standard deviation of 2,629 Most of this variation is due to area-size differences: the standard deviation in number of babies across ... increase of about percentage points in the last two years of data portion of lone parents, number of GPs, and average age of adults, has not been uniform across areas 19 The second specification adds...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 14:20

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Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... extra-articular manifestations (subcutaneous nodules and vasculitis) and X-rays (C1–C2 subluxation, erosions) from all available data in the medical record Potential health care utilisation data ... using data from the medical chart review Using Spearman non-parametric tests, the correlations between the RARBIS and various forms of administrative data variables were then analysed Data taken ... convergent validity with the DAS28 [16,17] Because health care utilisation databases are a valuable source of data for studying health outcomes, other investigators have also used medical records-based...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... Sex (male/female) Associate professor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Professor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Instructor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Non-academic ... strategy scores In table 3, the number of years working as a professional and health system research (as compared to basic research) have a significant inverse relationship with the passive strategy ... comparison to an assistant professor) Professor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Instructor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Non-academic member (in comparison to an assistant...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... Sex (male/female) Associate professor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Professor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Instructor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Non-academic ... strategy scores In table 3, the number of years working as a professional and health system research (as compared to basic research) have a significant inverse relationship with the passive strategy ... comparison to an assistant professor) Professor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Instructor (in comparison to an assistant professor) Non-academic member (in comparison to an assistant...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... directorate alongside a clinical care specialist employed by the Ministry of Health, but receive a higher salary While part of the provincial health team, they also have access to a small operational ... selected based on a "snowballing" process originating from an in-country advisory panel, made up of academics, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, a Zambian clinician and a representative ... year to year There may also be a negative impact on long-term quality of care if top-ups are withdrawn after a year, and this underlines concerns about sustainability of the programmes An advisor...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... J, Saperas E, Santolaria S, Rodrigo L, Balanzo J, Bajador E, Almela P, Navarro JM, Carballo F, Castro M, Quintero E, Investigators of the Asociacion Espanola de Gastroenterologia (AEG): A nationwide ... available to allow the appropriate calculations As the rather disparate examples in Figures to show, it is unusual to have a coherent set of data available for a single topic because the amount ... rate of in 1,000 persons a year, although at age 60 years a higher rate of about or per 1,000 would apply, similar to that of a large survey in Spain [71] A cohort study in Canada [7] showed matched...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... questionnaire, interview guide, and case study data collection plan We also engaged one individual from each of Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to provide a very detailed review of the draft ... innovative nally by the Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation in Europe (AGREE) collaboration, adapted one version of the questionnaire for organizations producing CPGs and HTAs and another ... Summit on Health Research Geneva: World Health Organization; 2005 Antman EM, Lau J, Kupelnick B, Mosteller F, Chalmers TC: A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomized control trials and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... some of the factors accepted by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) as determinants of health (PHAC, 2003) PHAC has adopted a conceptual model of health determinants that includes: income and ... understandings of health as multiply and reciprocally determined by a broad array of biological and nonbiological factors For example, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “ a state of complete ... maternal race, age, adequacy of prenatal care and medical risks, and congenital malformations, birthweight, gestational age, and small-for-gestational age The study by Gaudino et al (1999) offers...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20

... populations in rural areas of Siem Reap and Pursat The partnerships also facilitated an extensive training program of partners and providers on diarrheal disease, prevention, and treatment, and ... financial means and greater availability of alternative treatments More efforts need to be made to discourage the prescribing of inappropriate treatments for Lesson 4: The availability of anti-diarheal ... evidence-based communications and social marketing campaigns in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and child survival Ms Warsh has assisted in the expansion of the Orasel DTK program and launched a point...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 19:20

... calibrated against a master examiner The kappa statistic was used to assess the inter-examiner reliability of caries and the final kappa scores were higher than 0.8518 Data on oral health behaviour of ... classroom instructions focussed on general health, oral health, teeth and their functions, dental plaque and tooth decay, diet, sugar and health (general and dental), selfcare for oral health and ... teachers All teachers were instructed in the use of a health education manual16 encompassing an appropriate booklet and a guide for including oral health into lessons, use of health education materials...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 13:20

... social capital and neighbourhood The relationship between poverty and mental health status Labour market disadvantage and mental health Housing and mental health Social class and mental health ... which are stable, certain or invariant In each case, the caveat of social relativism has to be registered Judgements about health and illness (physical as well as mental) are value laden and reflect ... Social class and mental health Chapter overview The general relationship between social class and health status The relationship between social class and diagnosed mental illness Social class,...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 02:20

... (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), as well as from central bank colleagues at the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, ... Australia, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Norges Bank, and the Riksbank Each case study reviews key features ... described as a “floor system.” These are the ECB, the Bank of Japan, the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada, and Norges Bank The remaining central banks— the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Reserve Bank...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 03:20

... COMMITTEE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ASSEMBLY OF THE AMERICAN THORATIC SOCIETY (ATS) Health effects of outdoor air pollution, Part American journal of respiratory and critical care ... COMMITTEE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ASSEMBLY OF THE AMERICAN THORATIC SOCIETY (ATS) Health effects of outdoor air pollution, Part American journal of respiratory and critical care ... that deaths take place throughout a year Without precise dates of each death, the usual (“actuarial”) convention is that about half the deaths in a year take place in each half of the year So,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 11:20

... financial strength rating to AA, Credit Watch Negative Standard and Poor’s place Ambac’s AAA rating on CreditWatch Negative January 22, 2008 | Federal Reserve Press Release Page of 32 In an intermeeting ... the Capital Purchase Program of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) The four banks are Bank of Marin Bancorp (Novato, CA), Iberiabank Corporation (Lafayette, LA), Old National Bancorp (Evansville, ... Currently, all TALF loans have maturities of three years Page 25 of 32 TALF loans with maturities of five years Currently, all TALF loans have maturities of three years TALF loans with five-year maturities...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 21:20

... Ethiopia, Ghana, Guniea Bissau, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sychelles, Tanzania, Zimbabwe Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Cameroon, Swaziland, Equatorial Guinea Algeria, Botswana, Gabon, Lybia, Namibia Source: ... high Level of vulnerability high poverty and weak macro balances/ fiscal space High High poverty and moderately weak macro balances/fiscal space Countries Burundi, Eritrea, Madagascar, Mozambique, ... DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP An Update on the Impact of the Financial Crisis on African Economies Meeting of the Committee of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Dar Es-Salaam, Tanzania March 11,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 21:20

... externalities for tobacco use have changed dramatically in the past years, and as a result, policy with respect to managing tobacco usage behavior also has changed The relationship of behavior management ... singular choice of edu cation, marketing, or force of law as a paradigm of choice Each paradigm has a role to play in behavior management; behavior management must be considered from the pragmatic ... Social Marketing Health Research: Examples from South Africa," presented at Innovations in Social Marketing, (May), Boston Matarazzo, J.D (1984), "Behavioral Health: A 1990 Challenge for the Health...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 02:20