race ethnicity culture and access to medical services

... changes to NIHB policies to increase access to emergency and alternative contraceptives, counselling on sexual and mental health, and midwifery, and to encourage a return of traditional birthing to ... refers to the integration and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards of care, policies, and practices It refers to care that is adapted to the ... exacerbated by inadequate access to health and social services that results from historical and ongoing forms of colonization, including structural barriers, racist and oppressive policies, restrictive...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 17:20

... institutions active in the field of access to finance is essential to increase substantially the number of people who have access to financial services Rather than trying to achieve this alone, savings ... created in 1911 with the mission to be the leading bank for financing low to middle income clients and micro-enterprises and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) According to the bank’s own estimates, ... Thailand has been very active in implementing policies and measures to alleviate and eradicate poverty in the country Individually and in collaboration with other financial institutions and government...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... population due to their vulnerable situation and to cultural obstacles in host countries These health risks increase when compounded by limited access to health care services [1-3] Poor access to health ... were the first to arrive in England and can be traced to the 1920s Increased numbers arrived in the 1940s and late 1950s A large wave from Cyprus came in the 1960s after the island became independent ... similar economic, political, social and cultural activities [4] The aim of this study was to explore the ongoing challenges when accessing to health services and to assess its impact on the QoL Sharing...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... statistically to be the most valid predictors of future credit performance The factors and the weights assigned to each one can vary across evaluators and their different models, but the factors generally ... fall into four broad areas: payment history, consumer indebtedness, length of credit history, and the acquisition of new credit.8 Loretta Nott and Angle A Welborn (2003), A Consumer’s Access to a ... credit history score To conduct this exer­ cise, one must know (1) the factors used to construct the score, (2) the points assigned to these factors in deriving an individual’s score, and (3) the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 14:20

... gain access to the formal sources Enterprises that want to expand beyond the limits of self-finance but lack access to bank credit demand external finance, which the informal sector is unable to ... traders and farmers will most likely lead to the development of an informal unit to meet that demand Informal credit therefore seems to develop in response to an existing demand Aryeetey and Udry ... the total demand for financial services However, participants from either sector may cross to the other depending on factors like institutional barriers, availability of credit facilities and...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... and family organizations is essential in connection with the development of policy and the delivery of services Dr Michelle Funk Dr Benedetto Saraceno xiii PLANNING AND BUDGETING TO DELIVER SERVICES ... health services include the need to develop both visible and invisible inputs, the balance between hospital and community services, and the balance between clinical services, clinical support services ... maintained and services are reviewed and monitored annually and budget adjustments are made in line with what is achieved In order to update targets a more systematic review of services and service...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... only to the medium and higher income groups A policy to improve access to financial services would have to start by offering a very broad section of the population access to In Expanding Access to ... networks in providing access to financial services The landscape is intended to serve as a basis to assess the potential role to expand access to financial services For some aspects and some countries, ... inhibitor for the state-owned postal services is their reluctance to give up control of the postal financial services (and access to these revenues and even depositor funds); a key inhibitor keeping...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... sector and restricted access to healthcare systems leading to a near -to tal ecli pse of avail abil ity and accessibility of universal and comprehensive healthcare A rights-based approach to health ... Territory Andaman & Nicobar islands Chandigarh Dadra / Nagar Haveli Daman & Diu Delhi Lakshadweep Pondicherry INDIA Total Source: † according to RCH-RHS; • according to NFHS-2 (The symptoms for ... vulnerable to neglect and abuse because of their disability They are more likely to be ‘physically, sexually and emotionally abused’; subject to forced sterilisation, contraception and abortion; and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... Fig Then trajectories are defined up to the shock and the intensity is constant along such trajectories as shown in (9) and (10) At all other points in Q not accessible from trajectories (4) or ... the importance of registration for industry and medical imaging is discussed from a medical doctor and from a manufacturer point of view We would like to thank Stephanie Schimkowitsch for a marvelous ... Grefkes, S Geyer, T Schormann, P E Roland and K Zilles: Human somatosensory area 2: Observer-independent cytoarchitectonic mapping, interindividual variability and population map, NeuroImage, 14,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 22:20

... quality of services available and what was needed for improvement They were asked to identify barriers limiting access to services and to suggest ways those barriers might be overcome 15 Access to Health ... to assist her and to make her comfortable, give her medications and what not.” And it would be nice to have that translator too for telling them about the up to date banking, you know, how to ... the quality of services available and what was needed to improve the quality of services They were asked to identify barriers which limit access to services and to suggest ways those barriers might...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 16:20

... is, factors that could have been explored and understood using the tools of medical anthropology and sociology, might have revealed important social and cultural factors that would have led to modifications ... screening process will need to be identified, understood, monitored, and overcome At the most basic level, competent CBE should be available to women with breast symptoms Once access is in place, there ... disease presentation, and social and behavioral factors that may influence those patterns A variety of barriers to awareness, seeking and obtaining care, and responsiveness to screening are evident...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 01:20

... Indicator of Access: Access to Financial Institutions 1.12 Access to Loans and Credits 1.13 Access to Loans and Credits: Reasons for Loan Refusals 1.14 Determinants of Access to Financial Services: ... constraints and, since 1999, has accelerated its search for means to expand access to financial services. 8 The improvement of access to financial services should help both consumers and producers to raise ... bring them into the formal sector Access to deposit services helps people save safely and thus handle fluctuations in consumption needs Financial services also enable poor people to use profitable...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 00:47

... categories, and have long struggled to gain access to HIV prevention information and treatment As HIV programs seek to scale-up services and fulfill commitments to provide "universal access" to prevention ... able to access care and are increasingly vulnerable to infection and death, states are less able to realize the goals of universal access to treatment and reduction of the AIDS epidemic, and the ... restrictions for access to care, an end to restrictions on internal migrants, and targeted programs to facilitate access to HIV prevention info and treatment, universal access goals will fail and internal...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... countries The wholesalers interviewed sell to government buying agencies and semi-autonomous Central Medical Stores; to international emergency relief agencies and charities such as the International ... Tanzanian and Kenyan suppliers, and did its own regular plant inspections They also inspected all batches and did random testing using a WHO-prequalified laboratory in Kenya and Tanzania Food and Drug ... introduced distributors to MOs Over time, these distributors started supplying other drugs, and became competitors of CDMU Thanks to CDMU, MOs now know the market much better, and now shop for...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... limited access to and gaps in providing VCT, PMTCT and ART services in northern Uganda was attributed to the longstanding conflicts It is therefore essential to further examine other factors that ... III and above to have VCT services ** HSSP II target is 50% of all HC III and 100% at HC IV and above to have PMTCT services *** HSSP II target is 75% of all HC IV and 100% of hospitals to have ... the study shows that access to VCT, PMTCT and ART services in northern Uganda is geographically limited due to inadequacy and uneven availability and utilization of these services among districts,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21

... August 2007) and Martissant (21 – 31 August 2007) to assess causes of mortality, level and type of violence, and access to health care services The survey covered the period January 2006 to the end ... epidemiological surveys in two districts of Port-au-Prince (Cité Soleil and Martissant) to assess exposure to violence and access to health care for civilian victims of violence MSF was treating victims ... needs increased due to the violence, access to health services was limited by insecurity and poverty Our survey found that 11% (22/196) of victims of violence in Cité Soleil and 23% (49/212) in...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21

... cooking set, blanket, livestock, or food-stocks), and access to agricultural fields To estimate access to health care, information was collected on the last household member to be ill, if the illness ... of actors (Solidarité, Merlin, MSF, UNICEF, Save the Children) In May 2009, to understand the impact of the renewed conflict on selected civilian populations, and to assess their access to health ... year The medical care provided to these populations was comprehensive and free of charge, and our results suggest that access to care was good Although not quantified in our survey, water and hygiene...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

Ngày tải lên: 16/10/2015, 15:37

... countries such as the Philippines and South Korea It is highly unlikely, however, to be a panacea, as access to transaction services does not equate to access to full banking services In this report, ... no access to formal financial services Globally, the gap remains large too – on average, only about 26 per cent of the world’s population has access to formal financial services, according to ... policymakers and institutions is how to extend financial inclusion to the other 74 per cent Governments and policymakers now broadly consider access to savings accounts, credit and insurance facilities to...

Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2015, 23:08

... people and firms in Zambia Historically, the banking sector has been unwilling to lend to the medium, small and micro sectors of the economy due to the high levels of risk associated with this sector ... respect to: a) physical infrastructure that provides timely and reliable trading and fund flow mechanisms; b) timely access to reliable data that conforms by and large to the same standards; and ... evaluation and implementation of banking regulation in light of access needs • Assistance in the assessment of and implementation of pro-active universal access policies Reforms and Access to Banking Services...

Ngày tải lên: 21/04/2016, 07:43