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31 While not all people will develop dementia, and dementia does not always occur in the older person, the ageing population will increase the demand for mental health services to address dementia.Reforms in primary health care for mental health must focus on stren[r]

contributes significantly to health instability and economic loss. The directly observed treatment (DOT) course is the recommended standard of care in treatment of tuberculosis worldwide and its key elements lie in making the diagnosis. The study was aimed at examining the socio-demogr[r]

Addressing gender within primary health care reformsBox 1. Gender concepts in the context of healthGender equality means equal chances or opportunities for women and men to access and control social, economic and political resources within families, communities and society at la[r]

Services (2004). Assessment of people at risk of suicide is complex and demanding. Wherever possible, all assessments of suicide should be discussed with a colleague or senior clinician at some stage of the assessment process. Support from the Area Mental Health Service may also be sought by[r]

Methods: Data used in this paper come from a nationwide survey of health facilities in 2006. Tenprovinces in different locations and of varying levels of economic development were selected. Fromthese provinces, 119 rural township health centres and 89 urban community health cent[r]

Sweden and 5Clinical Research Utilization, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenEmail: Leif Eriksson* - leif.eriksson@kbh.uu.se; Nguyen Thu Nga - ngthunga55@yahoo.com; Mats Målqvist - mats.malqvist@kbh.uu.se; Lars-Åke Persson - lars-ake.persson@kbh.uu.se; Uwe Ewald - uwe.ewald@kbh.uu.se;[r]

nerships. There are at present more than 70 global health partnerships. Many of these initiatives have brought considerable improvement in countries. How-ever, these initiatives have also brought some challenges. These challenges are mainly related to the coordination of fragmented, parallel[r]

of the various components of the service. Specifically, the traditional separation of family planning (FP) from STI services should be re-examined with a view to providing the two in one setting. This is particularly appropriate where dual protection (from pregnancy and from STIs) is envisaged. Simi[r]

35. Peat G, McCarney R, Croft P: Knee pain and osteoarthritis inolder adults: a review of community burden and current useof primary health care. Ann Rheum Dis 2001, 60:91-97.36. Regulla DF, Eder H: Patient exposure in medical X-ray imagingin Europe. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2005,[r]

the disease constitutes a serious threat, not merely to public health but to economic development in the country. The common water-borne infections – Gastroenteritis, Cholera, and some forms of Hepatitis – continue to contribute to a high level of morbidity in the population, even though the[r]

Hanoi School of Public Health Page 37 MODULE COMMUNITY - BASED REHABILITATION (CBR) Learning objectives The students should be able to: 1. Understand national strategy on community - based rehabilitation. 2. Understand the importance and tasks of community - based rehabilitation on the