10 Result(s)

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Gender, health and ageing in Fiji: a mixed methods analysis

Women are disadvantaged by ageing: older women are more likely than older men to suffer from ill-health, have less access to health care and suffer discrimination within the health care system. Globally, there...

Rebecca Dodd, Janani Shanthosh, Thomas Lung… in International Journal for Equity in Health (2021)

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A social ecological approach to understanding service utilization barriers among male survivors of sexual violence in three refugee settings: a qualitative exploratory study

Post-sexual violence service utilization is often poor in humanitarian settings. Little is known about the service uptake barriers facing male survivors specifically.

Sarah K. Chynoweth, Dale Buscher, Sarah Martin, Anthony B. Zwi in Conflict and Health (2020)

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Regulation of nursing professionals in Cambodia and Vietnam: a review of the evolution and key influences

In 2006, the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed the Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRA) in relation to nursing services in the region. This agreement was part of a set of ...

Noriko Fujita, Sadatoshi Matsuoka, Kyoko Koto-Shimada… in Human Resources for Health (2019)

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Fair publication of qualitative research in health systems: a call by health policy and systems researchers

Karen Daniels, Rene Loewenson, Asha George… in International Journal for Equity in Health (2016)

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Mechanisms underpinning interventions to reduce sexual violence in armed conflict: A realist-informed systematic review

Sexual violence is recognised as a widespread consequence of armed conflict and other humanitarian crises. The limited evidence in literature on interventions in this field suggests a need for alternatives to ...

Jo Spangaro, Chinelo Adogu, Anthony B. Zwi, Geetha Ranmuthugala… in Conflict and Health (2015)

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Policy context and narrative leading to the commissioning of the Australian Indigenous Burden of Disease study

Burden of disease (BoD) studies have been conducted in numerous international settings since the early 1990’s. Two national BoD studies have been undertaken in Australia, in 1998 and 2003, although neither stu...

Jessica R Botfield, Anthony B Zwi, Peter S Hill in Health Research Policy and Systems (2015)

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Changing the malaria treatment protocol policy in Timor-Leste: an examination of context, process, and actors’ involvement

In 2007 Timor-Leste, a malaria endemic country, changed its Malaria Treatment Protocol for uncomplicated falciparum malaria from sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to artemether-lumefantrine. The change in treatment p...

João S Martins, Anthony B Zwi, Karen Hobday… in Health Research Policy and Systems (2013)

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Analysis of policy implications and challenges of the Cuban health assistance program related to human resources for health in the Pacific

Cuba has extended its medical cooperation to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) by supplying doctors to boost service delivery and offering scholarships for Pacific Islanders to study medicine in Cuba. Given the ...

Augustine D Asante, Joel Negin, John Hall, John Dewdney… in Human Resources for Health (2012)

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Prospective policy analysis: how an epistemic community informed policymaking on intentional self poisoning in Sri Lanka

Policy analysis is often retrospective and not well suited to hel** policy makers decide what to do; in contrast prospective policy analysis seeks to assist in formulating responses to challenging public pol...

Melissa Pearson, Anthony B Zwi, Nicholas A Buckley in Health Research Policy and Systems (2010)

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Malaria control in Timor-Leste during a period of political instability: what lessons can be learned?

Malaria is a major global health problem, often exacerbated by political instability, conflict, and forced migration.

Joao S Martins, Anthony B Zwi, Nelson Martins, Paul M Kelly in Conflict and Health (2009)