... systematically defined the processes of NGPcreation and the roles of the various participants. The CEO framed the challenge. The executive team selected the CGO, created the unit, established the mission, ... Some-times, the COO is expected to make the CEO more effec-tive or more complete. Often, the plan is for the COO ulti-mately to fill the CEO’s shoes. But in all of theseconstructions, the CEO is the ... while the hospitals argued in the media that their emergency roomscould not survive without revenue from the relatively healthy patients whom Health Stop targeted. The criticism tar-nished the...
... to the owner and any patrons who might remember the homicide. The rapport that developed among the interviewers, their conviction in the importance of the study and their safety training gave them ... this move had allowed them to escape from theirabuser. It was a tribute to their confidence in their interviewer and their belief in the CWHRS goals that these women gave us their new address and ... woman. We were very interested in the womenthemselves, how they coped over the two-year period of the study, what resources theybrought to bear, and whether they managed to survive.History...
... understanding of the basic concepts of gender mainstreaming, and the ways in which these are linked to health and HIV, there is the goal of increasing understanding of these concepts. On the other hand, ... including the National AIDS Control Programme of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, donors, and civil society. One outcome of the discussion of the fi eld test with these stakeholders was the ... particular importance in the context of HIV/AIDS, as there is clear evidence that girls’ education helps them practise safer sex and protect themselves from HIV. THE RIGHT TO HEALTH: The right of individuals...
... 16report directly to the Director’’ before the period at the 17end thereof . 18SEC. 5. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERV-19ICES ADMINISTRATION. 20Section 501(f) of the Public Health Service ... CHAIRPERSON .The Director of the Of-1fice shall serve as the Chairperson of the Coordi-2nating Committee. 3‘‘(4) DUTIES.—With respect to women’s health, 4 the Coordinating Committee shall assist the ... COMPOSITION. The Coordinating Com-17mittee shall be composed of the directors of the cen-18ters of the Administration. 19‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON. The Director of the Of-20fice shall serve as the Chairperson...
... haveaChapel.Thereisonly one home focelderly Mricans where the dead are bwiedat the home by the residents. Most of the European respondents in the sample feltthatthey would be buriedin the way they ... thesein the institution, to which the clothes and articles belonged anyway.Infact, someclothes had the name of the institution on them. Some respondents feltthattheycould leave their belongings ... researcherto the homes.Each home was then visited. The matron or warden was interviewed with the help of a questionnaire, and asked about the running and routine of the home, the infIrmities of the residenL<!,and...
... faced in ensuring health system benefit; health workers benefit; the people who make use of the health system – the patients and citizens – benefit and their health improves. The seven conclusions ... about the use of ICTs in thehealth sector. These seven should be applicable at all levels, and although they are expressed simply here, the complexity of putting them into practice is one of the ... enables people to produce their own health. On the other hand, social organisations help people to achieve health through health care systems and public health processes. The ability of impoverished...
... to the question whether they got a flu shot in the year before the survey. The second variable is the ratio of the number of smokers over the total population in the region. According to the ... In order to study the role of information on the decision to screen, we test whether the health- education gradient varies with the quality of the information provided by thehealth care system, ... When we control for the potential endogeneity of the GP quality score the results deliver a consistent pattern: the better the quality of the general practitioner, the higher the effect of education...
... for research and practice. 177 THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL The Health Belief Model (HBM)IÓ-18 hypothesizes that health- related action de-pends upon the simultaneous occurrence of ... the condition is likely through personal intervention, or be-cause they feel that the required effort on their part to avoid the problem exceeds the possible gain. These ... of the target population areinterested in health matters, feel susceptible to a serious health problem (or believethey currently have the problem), and believe that the...
... as therisk to the fetus, are well cumented and accepted by the scientific and health communities. r the past several years, new additions to the literature have bstantiated i’ these risks ... submitted: 1. TheHealth Consequences of Smoking, A Report of the Surgeon General, 1972. 2. TheHealth Consequences of Smoking, 1973. 3. TheHealth Consequences of Smoking, 1974. 4. TheHealth Consequences ... Clearinghouse for Smoking and Health and with emphasis on the most recent additions to the literature was that updated report. Since then, the following annual reports on thehealth consequences of...
... the purpose of the project and the project itself, the ethics of sensitivities to asking questions on human sexuality as well as the threats to the validity of the study and how to manage them, ... made over the telephone and in others pre -visits were made to set up appointments. During pre -visits or on arrival at the school for the actual interviews, the supervisors delivered the Head ... Thehealth ofoureducatorsxviExecutivesummaryxvii The DoEin the variousprovincesassignedco-ordinatorswhoensuredthatschoolswereinformedabout the study. The districtofficersof the DoEandlabourunionsassisted the HSRCco-ordinators,whoconsistedofMAandPhdresearchinterns,inmakingappointmentsatschoolsand/oraccompanyingco-ordinatorstoschoolstoaddresseducators.Officialsfromlabourunionshelpedwithadvocacyfor the studyand the natureof the study,whichincreasedparticipation. The fieldteamsweresupportedbyanationalfieldmanager,andaseparateprojectmanagerwhotrackedprogressof the study.Visitingtimestoschoolswereadaptedtominimisepossibledisruptionofteachingtime.FindingsDemographicandsocio-economiccharacteristicsof the ELRCstudysample The demographicandsocio-economicprofileanalysisofeducatorsin the samplerevealedthat68%of the sampleofeducatorsconsistedoffemales. The majorityof the educatorsweremarried.Overthree-quartersof the samplewereAfricans(77%)whilelessthan5%of the samplewereAsians,whichisareflectionof the demographiccharacteristicsofSouthAfrica.Self-reportedsocio-economicstatusandincomedistributionsuggestthateducatorsweregenerallywellqualified,withafirstdegreeorhigher,andhadmanyyearsofteachingexperience,with70%ofeducatorsteachingforatleasttenyearsorlonger.About94%ofeducatorsreportedthat the DoEemployedthemwith the rest(6%)beingSchoolGoverningBody(SGB)appointments.Only27%ofeducatorsin the samplesaidtheyhadahousingsubsidyand67.8%of the educatorsreportedtheyweremembersofamedicalaidfund. The majorityofeducators(89%)weremembersofatradeunion.Thereweredisparitiesinsomeof the demographicandsocio-economicprofilesofeducatorsbyraceandprovince. The findingsshowedthattherewereproportionatelymorefemaleandmaleAfricaneducatorsin the low-incomecategorycomparedwitheducatorsinotherracegroups.On the otherhandtherewereproportionatelylessmalewhiteeducatorsin the medium-incomecategorythanmaleeducatorsinotherracegroups.PrevalenceofHIV The resultsshowedthat12.7%ofeducatorswhogaveaspecimenforHIVtestingwereHIVpositive.Thispercentageincludeseducatorsinallprovinces,andeducatorsofallages,sexandracialgroups.Inthisstudy,withoutconsideringageandracedifferences, the HIVprevalencewas the samefor the maleandfemaleeducators. The resultsinthisstudyshowedthatHIVprevalenceamongeducatorswashighestforthoseaged25–34years(21.4%)followedbythoseaged35–44(12.8%).Oldereducators(55yearsandolder)had the lowestHIVprevalence(3.1%).However,differenceswereobservedwhen the analysiswasrestrictedtowomenandmenaged25–34years,withwomenhavinghigherHIVprevalence.WomenweregenerallymorevulnerabletoHIVinfectionbecauseoftheirbiologicalmakeupaswellastheirlowsocio-economicstatus....
... to be served by the public health sector.Although there were significant differences between the two health sectors in the demographic characteristics of patients they serve, there were no significant ... served by the public andprivate health care system. In this part of the study, we surveyed 1 949 patients in all provinces. Of these, 86.9 percent were in the public health sector and the remainder ... informrecommendations for, thehealth care system. The objective of this study was to ascertain the HIV/AIDS prevalence ratio amongst health workers and patients in thehealth care system, and to...
... Indeed, thehealth professions and health care industry are fighting toretain the public’s confidence that the U.S. health care system can continue to be the world’s best.Compounding these problems ... research,dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congressin 1863, the Academy has a ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professionsin the examination of policy matters pertaining to thehealth of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the...
... available to the national and international agencies using healthriskassessment as a tool in the design of strategies to reduce air pollution and its impact on health. Furthermore, the results ... research. 4.6 How should health impact assessments quantify and express the uncertainty of their estimates? Health impact assessments should address the uncertainties in their estimates of impact ... understanding of these factors, their value for health impact assessment will also be limited. Additional research on modifiers of thehealth risks of air pollution exposure, and how they distribute...