Browsing Global health by Subject "Public policy"
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A Qualitative Assessment of Breast Cancer Advocates in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Breast cancer mortality is higher in low- and middle-income countries than high-income countries due to lack of awareness about the benefits of early detection and treatment, late-stage diagnosis and limited access to care. ... -
Asylee Access to Refugee Health Screenings: Refugee Health Screenings Should Be Urgently Granted to Asylees in Washington State
This research is a policy analysis assessing the importance of health screenings for newly granted asylees in Washington State as both a tool for surveillance and a form of preventative care. This paper will go further and ... -
Betel Nut Product Characteristics and Availability in King County, Washington: A Secret Shopper Study
(2013-11-14)Background: The cultural practice of betel nut chewing with known detrimental health effects has become more geographically widespread through migration, and subsequently, global disease patterns have changed. Immigrants ... -
Bridging the Research to Policy Gap for Effective engagement in policy agenda setting in southern and eastern Africa
Increasingly, health conditions exist for which there are high quality local and international data; effective, feasible, and affordable interventions; and strong research communities advocating for attention in low- and ... -
Development assistance for health and the Middle East and North Africa
Introduction Donor countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates have been among the most generous donors in the world, providing a large amount of aid relative ... -
Driving Under the Influence of Khat: From the Perspective of Ethiopians
Abstract Background: In Ethiopia, chewing khat is legal and driving while chewing is normal. Although drugged driving is implicitly illegal in the country, it does not appear that this law includes khat. It has been suggested ... -
Exploration of attributes and sources of population-health awareness among US college seniors
Background: What do Americans think about their national health when compared to other nations? Research points out that Americans live shorter lives than the people in other rich countries. However, most Americans are ... -
Health Policy Approaches to Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Infrastructure
As part of the Sustainable Development Goals introduced by the United Nations in 2015, SDG 6 aims to achieve environmentally sustainable and equitable water, sanitation, and hygiene accessibility for all. WASH-focused ... -
Impact of Inclusive Policies on Health and Clinical Outcomes of Noncitizen Migrants: A Systematic Review
Background: Globally, authorized international migration and unauthorized border crossings are on the rise, especially from developing countries to More Economically Developed Countries (MEDCs). This surge in immigration ... -
Inequity in access to paid sick leave in the Seattle area leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic
Objectives: To examine inequity in access to paid sick leave (PSL) by race/ethnicity, income, and sex and to examine the association of PSL access with leave-taking, health behaviors, and respiratory pathogen presence among ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Kenyan healthcare workers regarding pediatric discharge from hospital
The objective of this study was to assess attitudes, perceptions, and practices of healthcare workers regarding hospital discharge and follow-up care for children under age five in Nyanza Province, Kenya. From November ... -
Lessons Learned from Sudan's Health Sector Response Addressing Female Genital Mutilation between 2016 - 2018
About 87% of Sudanese women (15 – 49 years) have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) mostly performed by midwives (64%). Since 2016, Sudan’s federal ministry of health (FMoH) initiated the largest health program ... -
Primary health care management effectiveness as a driver of family planning service readiness: A cross-sectional survey in central Mozambique
Objective: To assess the relationship between management effectiveness and family planning service readiness among primary health care facilities in an on-going Health Alliance International study in central Mozambique. ... -
Understanding the role of the health workforce in driving health spending: trends across OECD countries and implications for the US
Given its high levels of health spending but lacking proportionately better health outcomes, the US has focused much policy attention on improving health spending efficiency and reducing health spending overall. One factor ... -
Washington State Nursing Facility Characteristics, Foreign-born Employees and Quality Ratings: Does the proportion of foreign workers predict quality differences?
(2013-07-25)The number of elderly people in the U.S. is projected to more than double over the next 30 years, leading to an increase in demand for long-term care. Washington State is following national industry trends, relying heavily ...