• They include contamination of drinking-water catchment areas (by human and animal faeces) and sources (through inadequate disposal of human or animal waste). (who.int)
  • Catchment areas generally fall under two categories, those that occur organically, i.e., "de facto" catchment area, and a place people are naturally drawn to, such as a large shopping centre. (wikipedia.org)
  • Centennial Parklands ponds form the upper catchment of the Botany Wetlands, an interconnected chain of ponds and dams which lie six kilometres downstream, where they eventually empty into Botany Bay. (centennialparklands.com.au)
  • The ponds also play an important role in flood mitigation, acting as detention basins which slow the flow of water from the upper catchment into the lower wetlands. (centennialparklands.com.au)
  • In addition, it supports the rehabilitation of existing drinking water supply systems, the construction of new systems and the installation of adapted latrines in the upper catchment area of the Río Coco. (giz.de)
  • Based on travel time between rural areas and cities of different sizes, the urban-rural catchment areas (URCAs) is a global GIS dataset that allows for comparison across countries, such as the distribution of population along the rural-urban continuum. (wikipedia.org)
  • Supermarkets, on the other hand, have a much lower density, with catchment areas of several neighborhoods (or several villages in rural areas). (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the past 50 years, food systems worldwide have shifted from predominantly rural to industrialized and consolidated systems, with impacts on diets, nutrition and health, livelihoods, and environmental sustainability. (nature.com)
  • within the country the ratio is even higher in remote, rural and underdeveloped areas, largely due to non-availability and low utilization of maternal health services. (plos.org)
  • We sampled from two key stakeholder groups in the acute management of CMC: four focus groups with emergency medical providers from rural and urban settings and eight key informant interviews with parents/caregivers enrolled in an emergency medical management program for CMC. (biomedcentral.com)
  • consideration rural-urban differences and Various methods have been used to as- altitude. (who.int)
  • Indigenous people may benefit from accessing additional information from Indigenous organizations that are supporting community members in urban, rural, and remote areas in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (tbdhu.com)
  • Estimates of ozone concentrations and attributable mortality in urban, peri-urban and rural areas worldwide in 2019. (cdc.gov)
  • Recently available high-resolution gridded global ozone concentration estimates allow for estimating ozone concentrations and mortality at urban scales and for urban-rural catchment areas worldwide. (cdc.gov)
  • We compared ozone season daily maximum 8 h mixing ratio concentrations and ozone -attributable mortality for urban areas worldwide (including cities and densely-populated towns), and their surrounding peri-urban, peri-rural, and rural areas. (cdc.gov)
  • In rural areas, there is an average of 13 physicians for every 10,000 people. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • So, we're here to talk about rural health, how they have to get creative - especially during the COVID-19 pandemic - to stay viable, to stay open. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • First, after affiliating with major health systems we know that rural hospitals see an improved operating margin, but reduced patient services, such as imaging and obstetrics. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Physicians are most likely to choose to practice in rural areas if they come from that area themselves, but less than 5% of incoming medical students in 2017 were from a rural community. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • My first question is, this may be obvious, but can you paint a picture of the risks our health system faces when rural hospitals are struggling or, worse, they're closing? (modernhealthcare.com)
  • However, in Uganda, little is known about factors that influence use of health facilities for delivery especially in rural areas. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Eligible Project Area All applicants applying for funding under this grant notice must identify themselves as serving an urban, rural, or border community project area. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Rural - To determine whether the Census tract or County for your proposed project area is defined as a rural area (RA), visit the webpage Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer(http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/RuralAdvisor/ruralhealthadvisor.aspx?ruralByAddr=1) and enter the project area address. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • In this observational study, we enrolled equal numbers of HIV concordant and discordant couples in four rural and four urban clinics, with two Catholic and two non-Catholic clinics in each area. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The number of people in rural areas living without access to an improved drinking-water source is more than five times greater than that of urban populations. (who.int)
  • There is a lack of properly operated wastewater treatment plants in major urban centres, and a lack of adapted toilet systems in rural communities. (giz.de)
  • The focus is on urban drinking water supply and wastewater disposal, rural drinking water and sanitation supply, and integrated water resources management. (giz.de)
  • The first catchment area (seven counties in the North-Central Florida) is predominantly rural while the second catchment area (one county in North Florida) is predominantly urban. (bvsalud.org)
  • Overall, urban and the fringe areas have higher spatial accessibility to primary health care, while lower accessibility areas are the suburban and rural areas. (lsu.edu)
  • Sources: 2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (8), Alabama Board of Dental Examiners (9), Rural Health Research Center (13), ESRI StreetMap Premium ArcGIS Pro version 2.5.0 (Esri), Python version 3.4 (Jupyter Project), and NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Alabama West FIPS 0102 (Esri). (cdc.gov)
  • Gilbert Centre covers a large catchment area encompassing a significant geographic territory with a mix of small and mid-sized urban environments and rural settings. (ontarioaidsnetwork.ca)
  • A total of 1568 patients were mapped with most being from the Balimo Urban ( n = 252), Gogodala Rural ( n = 1010) and Bamu Rural ( n = 295) local level government (LLG) areas. (who.int)
  • In the Gogodala region (Balimo Urban and Gogodala Rural LLGs), high-rate clusters occurred closer to the town of Balimo, while low-rate clusters were located in more remote regions. (who.int)
  • The large BDH catchment area emphasizes the importance of the hospital in managing TB in this rural region. (who.int)
  • CommLink was implemented by two outreach teams, each operating with a van in rural and urban catchment areas in the Hhohho and Manzini regions of Eswatini during June 2015-March 2017 ( Figure 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Barium is present in the atmosphere, urban and rural surface water, soils, and many foods. (cdc.gov)
  • When combined with hospital data, catchment areas can define the epidemiological disease burdens or forecast hospital needs amid a disease outbreak. (wikipedia.org)
  • Help Received for Perceived Needs Related to Mental Health in a Montreal (Canada) Epidemiological Catchment Area. (mcgill.ca)
  • They continue to serve that purpose, but Stock says their wider array of services also are in demand in places with few medical services and by populations with little other access to health care. (chausa.org)
  • Urban Centres are the smallest sub-catchment system by area, but contain the largest populations (Figure 28). (vic.gov.au)
  • I examine neighborhoods, school catchment areas, electoral districts, metropolitan areas, and labor markets with a focus on how these units of observation reflect the distribution of populations in space. (psu.edu)
  • Within these aims, research focuses on cross-cutting themes including underserved/minority populations within our catchment area, communication research, tobacco use and toxicity (including regulatory science), and behavioral strategies that capitalize on our members' strengths, such as epidemiology, biology and behavior. (grantome.com)
  • Its meaning varies depending on cultures, local beliefs, and practices.2 As a result, policymakers need to plan and implement relevant policies and measures based on the mental health representations of various populations, within different countries. (lu.se)
  • In 2000, the World Health Organization outbreak occurred that comprised 134,000 cases and 304 (WHO) Regional Office for Africa adopted a plan to reduce deaths. (cdc.gov)
  • The World Health Organization defines "overweight" as a BMI equal to or more than 25kg/m_2, and "obesity" as a BMI equal to or more than 30 kg/m_2. (tubitak.gov.tr)
  • Among 651 persons diagnosed with HIV infection in community settings in Eswatini, 98% enrolled in care, and 83% initiated ART within a few days of receiving peer-delivered linkage case management services recommended by CDC and the World Health Organization. (cdc.gov)
  • World Health Organization. (lu.se)
  • Nonetheless, multivariable analysis controlling for confounders such as socioeconomic status revealed that utilization of antenatal care services at health centers and TT vaccination during pregnancy are significantly associated with the intervention. (plos.org)
  • In each of the four countries - Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Senegal, and Zimbabwe - the researchers selected 32 health centers in densely populated urban areas based on (1) the availability of the priority vaccines for each country and (2) making sure that the health facilities are at least 4 km apart to avoid spillovers. (who.int)
  • The assessment included household survey(n=7122), a survey of health extension workers (HEWs) (n=584) _, and an assessment of health posts (HPs)(n=343) and their supervising health centers (HCs)(n=179) from 62 randomly selected woredas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Wajid A, White F, Karim MS (2013) Community Health Workers and Health Care Delivery: Evaluation of a Women's Reproductive Health Care Project in a Developing Country. (plos.org)
  • This study was funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Islamabad as part of evaluation of the Women's Reproductive Health Care Project. (plos.org)
  • A collection tools to help you accomplish reproductive health supplies-related goals. (rhsupplies.org)
  • A fast-growing list of interactive presentations and workshops from thought-leaders in the reproductive health supplies community. (rhsupplies.org)
  • As a staff nurse at the Laxminagar urban primary health center (UPHC) in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, Kashmiri is paving the way for women there to learn more about reproductive health and make family planning decisions. (org.in)
  • This study, therefore, seeks to develop a PHC accessibility estimation model that incorporates cost spatial factors of elevation and road network distances using open source software and geospatial routing techniques.The accessibility analysis was evaluated using 2 step floating catchment area (2SFCA) model implemented using PostgreSQL/PostGIS and based on the pgr_dijkstraCost algorithm. (ccc.de)
  • 2SFCA creates two catchment areas called floats in each step.The first step determines the population falling within a specified cost threshold and the facility population ratio. (ccc.de)
  • We show that the affordability of a recommended diet has improved over time, but food systems of all types are falling short of delivering optimal nutrition and health outcomes, environmental sustainability, and inclusion and equity for all. (nature.com)
  • Health facility deliveries are generally associated with improved maternal and child health outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The purpose of this grant program is to improve perinatal health outcomes and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal health outcomes by using community-based approaches to service delivery, and to facilitate access to comprehensive health and social services for women, infants, and their families. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • My work focuses in particular on patterns of clustering and dispersal by race and income as these two characteristics can tell us a lot about inequality in economic, education, health, and political outcomes. (psu.edu)
  • Using information in Electronic Health Record (EHR) data to recognize delirium and possibly COVID-19 could lead to earlier treatment of the underlying viral infection and improve outcomes in clinical and healthcare systems cost per patient. (bvsalud.org)
  • Under half of the US population aged 44 or younger is estimated to have untreated dental caries (3), and regular dental care during childhood can benefit oral health outcomes as an adult (2). (cdc.gov)
  • Management outcomes on this topic in the study area is limited. (who.int)
  • Airport catchment areas can inform efforts to estimate route profitability. (wikipedia.org)
  • We applied existing fine resolution global surface ozone estimates, developed by integrating observations (8834 sites globally) with nine atmospheric chemistry models, in an epidemiologically-derived health impact function to estimate chronic respiratory disease mortality worldwide in 2019. (cdc.gov)
  • Modified Poisson regression was used to estimate prevalence ratios (PRs) for the determinants of health facility deliveries as well as factors associated with private versus public utilization of health facilities for childbirth. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Statistics from the American Dental Association's Health Policy Institute (7) were used to estimate the likelihood of a dentist retiring in the upcoming year, based on the age provided in the dental provider data (10). (cdc.gov)
  • Similar to previous analyses (11), a 2-step floating catchment area method was employed to estimate accessibility to dentists in Alabama, and we used Monte Carlo methods to simulate future accessibility. (cdc.gov)
  • Governments and community service organizations often define catchment areas for planning purposes and public safety such as ensuring universal access to services like fire departments, police departments, ambulance bases and hospitals. (wikipedia.org)
  • While approval from the LHIN means that the day-to-day operating costs of the new MRI scanner will be covered by the government, the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care requires hospitals to pay for the entire purchase and installation costs of MRI scanners themselves. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Given their large catchment areas and specialized services, these hospitals will often have greater capital needs than other large urban hospitals. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Young doctors are enticed by the higher salaries and the larger growth opportunities at urban hospitals. (modernhealthcare.com)
  • Cross-sectional data were collected from 894 randomly-sampled mothers within the catchment of two private hospitals in Rukungiri and Kanungu districts. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study in Pakistan was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of creating a spatially referenced health facility database for a medium-sized city, in a low-cost, non-resource intensive manner and to visualize the spatial relationship between hospitals and clinics in the city of Islamabad. (who.int)
  • This pitals in the city (45 public sector/ study after few years might help un- lack of baseline data is a major hurdle in government hospitals and 13 private derstand spatiotemporal patterns, implementation of health GIS in many hospitals) and 214 clinics (10 public i.e. how health-facility distribution developing countries, including linking sector/government clinics, 186 private patterns changes, if at al , over time. (who.int)
  • International journal of health geographics, 16(1), 24. (mcgill.ca)
  • International Journal of Health Geographics published recent research of Dellicour and colleagues on spatio-temporal differences in COVID-19 hospital incidence in Belgium between March and November 2020. (brain-helicon.be)
  • Impact of parental socioeconomic status on offspring's mental health: protocol for a longitudinal community-based study. (mcgill.ca)
  • Increased income over time predicts better self-perceived mental health only at a population level but not for individual changes: An analysis of a longitudinal cohort using cross-lagged models. (mcgill.ca)
  • Community mental health journal, 55(2), 189-201. (mcgill.ca)
  • Another issue is possible misreporting of Mental Health (NIMH) used the two estimates to generate race of American Indian and Alaska Native suicides on the the objective baseline of 20 percent. (cdc.gov)
  • In recent decades, the need to tackle mental health issues and promote mental well-being has been increasingly put in the socio-political spotlight. (lu.se)
  • As a first step towards creating a European strategy on mental health, the European Commission published the Green Paper, Improving the mental health of the population: Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union in 2005. (lu.se)
  • This master's thesis aims to thematically track the development of the EU discourse on the topic of mental health from 2005 until the present time. (lu.se)
  • In particular, the objectives and goals of the European Union concerning the mental health of European citizens are examined through a discourse analysis. (lu.se)
  • The results show that in the selected documents, mental health is discursively represented as a key priority. (lu.se)
  • It is also envisioned as a positive mental health and as a human right. (lu.se)
  • Additionally, the European Commission emphasises the multisectoral involvement required for a comprehensive European mental health strategy. (lu.se)
  • The findings of the paper provide an important entry point to the discussion on the relevance and scope of EU public mental health action. (lu.se)
  • The meaning and importance of mental health has long been overlooked and misunderstood in Europe and around the world. (lu.se)
  • In contemporary Europe, it is socially considered to be a taboo subject, which is fuelled by widespread stigmas, prejudices, and discriminations against those with mental health issues. (lu.se)
  • However, in light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic which resulted in a number of lockdowns, heightened anxiety and the loss of a great number of loved ones1, the necessity to address mental health issues and promote mental well-being has been increasingly put under the socio-political spotlight. (lu.se)
  • Many scholars and experts acknowledge that it is now a suitable time to discuss and develop appropriate mental health policies and practices across Europe, including specific political measures within the framework of European integration. (lu.se)
  • Mental health is a complex and challenging concept. (lu.se)
  • In Ontario, health care institutions need approval from their LHIN and the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care before any major capital expenditures can be made. (healthydebate.ca)
  • CONCLUSIONS: The findings informed policy and program decisions of the Ministry of Health, including the design of the HEP Optimization Roadmap 2020-2035 and the development Health Sector Transformation Plan II. (bvsalud.org)
  • In human geography, a catchment area is the area from which a location, such as a city, service or institution, attracts a population that uses its services and economic opportunities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Catchment areas may be defined based on from where people are naturally drawn to a location (for example, labour catchment area) or as established by governments or organizations for the provision of services. (wikipedia.org)
  • There can be large variability in the services provided within different catchments in the same area depending upon how and when those catchments were established. (wikipedia.org)
  • Catchment areas may be established for the provision of services. (wikipedia.org)
  • When a facility's capacity can only service a specific volume, the catchment may be used to limit a population's ability to access services outside that area. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the case of a school catchment area, children may be unable to enroll in a school outside their catchment to prevent the school's services being exceeded. (wikipedia.org)
  • As part of the mid-term evaluation of a Women's Health Care Project, a study was conducted to compare the utilization of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) services in two areas with different levels of service in Punjab, Pakistan. (plos.org)
  • Consequently, on univariate analysis, utilization of MNH services: antenatal care, TT vaccination, institutional delivery and use of modern contraceptives were higher in the intervention than control area. (plos.org)
  • Apart from socioeconomic factors, evidence suggests that utilization of these services also depends on timely awareness of health care needs, service availability and accessibility, quality of care, and attitude of facility staff towards clients [2] - [7] . (plos.org)
  • ABSTRACT Use of primary health care (PHC) services and satisfaction among elderly people (60 + years) in Asir was studied in 26 PHC centres. (who.int)
  • However, the study the pattern of utilization of primary rapid pace of socioeconomic growth and health care services and satisfaction among improved provision of health and other so- elderly people in Asir region. (who.int)
  • Family health records of the cho- sess the adequacy of patients' utilization of sen centres were reviewed to identify eld- health services in general and of primary erly adults (aged 60 years and above) and health care services in particular. (who.int)
  • Urban forests are important as they provide recreation areas and offer ecological services. (sisef.it)
  • Urban forest health status at the landscape scale were classified into recreation and eco-conservation services. (sisef.it)
  • Stock says the rebooting community health services are in a "launch and learn phase. (chausa.org)
  • Stock says the mobile clinics are linked to Saint Alphonsus' Social Care Hub, a group of community health workers who connect patients to the services of various community partners to address social influencers of health, such as food and transportation insecurity and homelessness. (chausa.org)
  • Factors associated with delivery in private facilities included health facility WASH status, cost of services, and availability of skilled workforce and caesarean services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Concerns related to efficiency, availability of services, and physical infrastructure in public facilities have been reported in some low- and middle-income countries [ 18 ] and may affect whether mothers deliver in health facilities or not. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) can also be an important component in care-seeking decisions and the provision of basic health services [ 19 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Vision: Urban Centres offer employment, facilities and services for residents while valuing the natural environment. (vic.gov.au)
  • Many areas are so ecologically degraded that they provide few ecosystem services other than land for housing, roads, businesses and other infrastructure. (vic.gov.au)
  • A project area is defined as a geographic community in which the proposed services are to be implemented. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • MCR-ARC is supported in part by a cooperative agreement between the CDC and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) (#U58/DP000820-05) and a Surveillance Contract between DHSS and the University of Missouri. (cdc.gov)
  • Our organization is interested in the dissemination of advances in scientific research fundamental to the proper operation of a modern society, in terms of community awareness, empowerment, health and wellness, sustainable development, economic advancement, and optimal functioning of health, education and other vital services. (aiu.edu)
  • Different studies in Ethiopia showed socio-demographic, obstetric, and health services related factors as determinants for institutional delivery service utilization. (biomedcentral.com)
  • BACKGROUND: The Health Extension Program (HEP) was introduced in 2003 to extend primary health care services by institutionalizing the former volunteer-based village health services. (bvsalud.org)
  • Critical care outreach services assist nurses with the nursing care of a patient whose health is declining. (bvsalud.org)
  • One possible of health services in both developed as Territory area. (who.int)
  • The demographic characteristics of women in the two areas were similar, although socioeconomic status as indicated by level of education and better household amenities, was higher in the intervention area. (plos.org)
  • This effort has ments in health and other socioeconomic been promoted in the Eastern Mediter- indicators in the implementing sites. (who.int)
  • Catchments can be defined relative to a location and based upon a number of factors, including distance, travel time, geographic boundaries or population within the catchment. (wikipedia.org)
  • centre has a well-defined catchment area and population [ 11 ]. (who.int)
  • The disproportionate magnitude of ozone mortality compared with population size in peri-urban areas indicates that reducing ozone precursor emissions in places that influence peri-urban concentrations can yield substantial health benefits in these areas. (cdc.gov)
  • Aim: In this study, we aimed to compare the nutritional habits and obesity status of employed and not-employed (i.e. homemakers) women from an urban population in Ankara between April 2 and 17, 2007. (tubitak.gov.tr)
  • Geelong is the second largest Victorian city (behind Melbourne) with an estimated urban population of 268,277 as of June 2018, [7] and is also Australia's second fastest-growing city. (wikipedia.org)
  • The population living in urban centres has increased by 50% since 1981, with 74% of the total catchment population now living in a town, and a further 17% living in the urban fringe and dependent on towns for employment. (vic.gov.au)
  • In order to be considered for Border Community funding, the project area and the target population to be served both have to reside within 62 miles/100 kilometers of the U.S./Mexico border. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Eligible Target Population The target population is the population that the applicant will serve within their geographic project area and will determine their eligibility. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • The target population may range from a single racial/ethnic group to the entire project area population. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • The project area for which the applicant is applying and the proposed target population within that project area must be clearly identified to confirm eligibility. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Indian and Alaska Native males (6.1d) are measured by the for each of the year 2000 national health objectives and age-adjusted death rate (using the 1940 U.S. standard incorporate these into Public Health Service data population) expressed as deaths per 100,000 resident U.S. collection systems. (cdc.gov)
  • Yet, promoting access to safe drinking-water and basic sanitation for large population groups also has a potentially substantial impact on progress towards meeting the targets of the health-related Goals 4 (Reduce child mortality), 5 (Improve maternal health) and 6 (Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases). (who.int)
  • Additionally, this study provides implications for public policy about the health care distribution and the high health needs population. (lsu.edu)
  • Current- emphasized: equity in access to health serv- ly, CBI covers a population of 18 054 316 ices, economic and social development, the in 17 countries of the Region. (who.int)
  • After comparing MNH service utilization, the two areas were compared using a logistic regression model, to identify the association of different factors with the intervention after controlling for socio-demographic, economic factors and distance of the MWRA residence to a health care facility. (plos.org)
  • Using aggregated incidence data on the level of hospital catchment areas, Dellicour and colleagues investigated potential socio-demographic drivers of spatial heterogeneity (e.g., the share of elderly in the area, the share of urban areas), as well as several indicators relevant for the temporal heterogeneity (e.g., an index of human mobility, temperature). (brain-helicon.be)
  • Field enumeration staff (separate from the Health Ambassadors) operate under the research team's supervision to select 24 households to be surveyed within each cluster. (who.int)
  • Annual Review of Public Health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Climate change is negatively impacting the health of Canadians and is accordingly expected to have a significant impact on public health agencies and their response to these health impacts throughout the twenty-first century. (mdpi.com)
  • While national and international research and assessments have explored the potential human health impacts of climate change, few assessments have explored the implications of climate change from a local public health perspective. (mdpi.com)
  • Malaria is endemic throughout Zambia, where it continues to be a major public health concern. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Millennium Development Goal Target 7.C captures the need for access to safe drinking-water in a broad development framework that also includes public health. (who.int)
  • They are also giving rise to public health hazards and threatening economic development in the affected regions. (giz.de)
  • The OSUCCC addresses the public health needs of the catchment area (the state of Ohio) through research and outreach. (grantome.com)
  • Parks are essential public places and play a central role in urban livability. (mdpi.com)
  • This can only be used for the purpose of preserving public health, public safety, and preventing the spread of disease and is specifically for the control of Herring, Black-backed and Lesser Black-backed gulls. (north-ayrshire.gov.uk)
  • Although herring gulls can be killed under the general licence, this can only be done to protect public health, prevent serious damage to agriculture, or to conserve wild birds. (north-ayrshire.gov.uk)
  • Large loads of urban-associated microorganisms, including faecal bacteria, are released from CSOs which place public health - as well as ecosystems - at risk. (hal.science)
  • What are the implications for public health practice? (cdc.gov)
  • It becomes one of the Road traffic accident most significant public health problems in the world especially in developing countries. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT There are no comprehensive, spatially referenced databases of public and private health facilities in any of the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. (who.int)
  • Antenatal education is one of the pillars of antenatal care which aims at improving the health of mothers, babies and their families. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This principle, similar to the central place theory, makes catchment areas an important area of study for geographers, economists, and urban planners. (wikipedia.org)
  • Evaluation of urban forest landscape health: a case study of the Nanguo Peach Garden, China. (sisef.it)
  • Sustainability was quantified using the principal component analysis and the Kriging method to map the landscape classification in the study area. (sisef.it)
  • They were mainly distributed in the north, southwest, and southeast parts of the study area. (sisef.it)
  • the region classified as "very poor" accounted for 16.4% of the total area, and it was located in the northwestern and eastern parts of the study area. (sisef.it)
  • In this study, we assessed the factors associated with health facility deliveries among mothers living within the catchment areas of major health facilities in Rukungiri and Kanungu districts, Uganda. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An exploratory cross sectional descriptive study using a qualitative approach was conducted in semi-urban areas of Blantyre District in Malawi from February to August 2016. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Generic simulation models of components of urban water systems have been developed and are commonly applied to study specific component design and operation issues. (aiu.edu)
  • Risk factor modifications and depression incidence: a 4-year longitudinal Canadian cohort of the Montreal Catchment Area Study. (mcgill.ca)
  • METHODS: In this study, we analyzed data from two catchment areas with different demographics. (bvsalud.org)
  • Based on the block group level 2010 census data from the U.S. Census Bureau and primary health care data from Association of American Medical Colleges, this study focuses on measuring the primary health care accessibility using an extended kernel-density two Step Float Catchment Area method. (lsu.edu)
  • The study area is the Mississippi State, which is ranked last state for health care. (lsu.edu)
  • The objectives of this study are to calculate the accessibility and analyze the spatial and non-spatial disadvantages of communities in accessibility of primary health care of the Mississippi State. (lsu.edu)
  • This study targets adults residing in catchment areas (clusters) of selected urban health facilities in Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Senegal, and Zimbabwe where vaccines, including those for COVID-19, Typhoid, HPV and Hepatitis B are available. (who.int)
  • This study aims to describe the spatial distribution of TB in the Balimo District Hospital (BDH) catchment area to identify TB patient clusters and factors associated with high rates of TB. (who.int)
  • This study used spatial epidemiology of TB at Balimo District Hospital (BDH) was 727 cases techniques to (1) define the catchment area of BDH, (2) per 100 000 people per year from 2014 to 2016 for identify clustering of TB in the BDH catchment area and people in the combined Balimo and Gogodala local (3) investigate factors associated with high rates of TB. (who.int)
  • of spatially referenced health-facility clinics and 18 private homeopathic/ Secondly, repeating this kind of a study information with their catchment areas traditional medicine clinics). (who.int)
  • Gravity-based models for evaluating urban park accessibility: Why does localized selection of attractiveness factors and travel modes matter? (westminster.ac.uk)
  • Accessibility to primary health care (PHC) in developing countries is crucial and remains a challenge with conflicting statistics in Malawi. (ccc.de)
  • The accessibility of primary health care is fundamentally important to people's life quality and wellbeing. (lsu.edu)
  • Results showed that the two-step floating catchment area integrated by a Gaussian function method is a viable method of calculating accessibility. (lsu.edu)
  • Besides, the attempts to integrate the health needs index and the mobility index with the spatial accessibility helps to balance accessibility with different non-spatial conditions. (lsu.edu)
  • The locations of TB patients were mapped, and the spatial scan statistic was used to identify high- and low-rate TB clusters in the BDH catchment area. (who.int)
  • The CBI approach addresses the major niversary of the Alma Ata Declaration and determinants of health within a broad per- the 20th anniversary of CBI implementation spective of development, and creates access in the Region. (who.int)
  • Catchment area boundaries can be modeled using geographic information systems (GIS). (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, a school catchment area is the geographic area from which students are eligible to attend a local school. (wikipedia.org)
  • Geographic information systems (GIS) to see the pattern of distribution of stan, or for that matter, in most other are increasingly being used for planning health facilities in Islamabad Capital developing countries. (who.int)
  • Health facility delivery service utilization was high, and associated with engaging in business, belonging to wealthiest quintile and having higher parity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Christopher Stock, vice president of community health and well-being for Saint Alphonsus, says that is the sort of compassionate healing that the system strives for through the foot care clinics and through its other community health programs. (chausa.org)
  • The relaunch includes deploying the system's mobile medical preventive health clinics for their original purpose of providing primary care at no cost to patients across a catchment area that stretches from the urban environment of Boise to the sparsely populated environs of eastern Oregon. (chausa.org)
  • The foot clinics, once a frequent community health offering, restarted in November after being halted early in the COVID-19 pandemic. (chausa.org)
  • Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the foot care clinics had proved so popular that Saint Alphonsus was holding about one a month at either Corpus Christi House, at senior housing communities or in conjunction with Saint Alphonsus' mobile health clinics. (chausa.org)
  • Addressing health resource needs is clinics, were covered. (who.int)
  • Materials and methods: Employed females (107) were amongst Keçiören (a district of Ankara) municipal employees, and homemakers were selected among the residents of the catchment area of a primary health care unit (PHCU) within the same district. (tubitak.gov.tr)
  • The major community's right and duty to participate in strength of CBI remains the empowered health, access to primary health care (PHC) and organized communities who gained and intersectoral collaboration for health the knowledge and capacity to change in development [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • To inform prospective employers, transport providers, planners and local authorities, data detailing the travel to work patterns of seven towns in the Western Region of Ireland were used to define each towns' labour catchments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Retail, health and education are the main employers for towns such as Murchison, Euroa and Violet Town. (vic.gov.au)
  • In multivariable analysis, urban location and non-Catholic clinic affiliation, Catholic religion of woman or couple, younger age of men, lower educational level of both partners, non-use of condoms or injectable contraception at enrollment, prior discussion of LARC by the couple, and women not having concerns about negative side effects of implant were associated with LARC uptake. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our findings suggest positive changes in health care seeking behavior of women and families with respect to MNH. (plos.org)
  • In 2011, nearly $10 billion was spent on health care capital expenditures in Canada. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Investment in health care infrastructure is important to maintain a safe physical environment and to allow clinicians and patients access to new and effective technologies. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Approval of a project is based on an assessment of the community's need and the local health care infrastructure already in place. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Conclusion PMTCT LHWs in each of the CFL models examined, addressed social, cultural and health system factors influencing client access to, and engagement with, HIV care and treatment. (bmj.com)
  • When Saint Alphonsus Health System held its first foot care clinic at a homeless shelter back in 2015, Cari Moodie says it was no coincidence that the event took place on Holy Thursday. (chausa.org)
  • Vicki Funaiole, left, and Valerie Mentzer tend to the feet of Lynda Reynolds during a foot care clinic sponsored by Saint Alphonsus Health System at Corpus Christi House, a shelter for those who are unhoused in Boise, Idaho. (chausa.org)
  • Such training emphasizing a team approach to health care delivery. (edu.ng)
  • Promote a high standard of health care in its catchments area. (edu.ng)
  • 3 4 A strong association exists between depression in late life and factors that increase mortality risk, such as poor adherence to medical treatment and self care for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, 5 health behaviors such as smoking and lack of physical activity, 6 cognitive impairment, 7 and disability. (bmj.com)
  • Repeating such studies elsewhere would help us to better understand different spatial distribution patterns, the reasons for them and the implications for health-care planning. (who.int)
  • Editors select a small number of articles recently published in the journal that they believe will be particularly interesting to readers, or important in the respective research area. (mdpi.com)
  • The choice of place to deliver a child is thus an important aspect for the health of the mother and baby. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Trust is committed to providing good quality water which is not only important for the health of the ponds and the survival of native flora and fauna that rely on this environment but also for the health of the Botany Aquifer. (centennialparklands.com.au)
  • Preventing unplanned pregnancy is an important health and economic goal for Africa. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Considering the important share of urban design in urban transition success, the paper is focusing on categorizing the required steps of flood resilient urban design. (iwaponline.com)
  • These disparities are also important in terms of health risks associated with poor water safety and may be further aggravated by the impact of climate change. (who.int)
  • The results clearly show an important association between increased hospital incidence and a higher share of nursing home residents in the area, both in the first and second wave of the epidemic. (brain-helicon.be)
  • This has created a move among the sector has confirmed its catalytic role for communities to achieve self-reliance, self- health promotion, devising appropriate sufficiency and solidarity. (who.int)
  • Rivers are representative of the overall contamination found in their catchment area. (hal.science)
  • A catchment area in terms of a place people are drawn to could be a city, service or institution. (wikipedia.org)
  • About 78.30% delivered their last child in health institution while rest gave birth at home. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Catchment areas in terms of a geographical location is a low lying region in which water from higher areas collect into a single water body. (wikipedia.org)
  • Catchment areas may drain their water into other lower lying basins or into a single place, usually a lake, in the case of a closed catchment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Data were collected on the place of delivery for the most recent child, mothers' sociodemographic and economic characteristics, and health facility water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) status. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The catchment's abundant food and water resources were first enjoyed by the Yorta Yorta and Taungurung Clans and the many cultural sites in urban areas indicate the area's importance to Traditional Owners. (vic.gov.au)
  • A snapshot of the Urban Centres natural resources is provided under the themes of biodiversity, community, land and water. (vic.gov.au)
  • The goal of urban water management thesis to investigate components of urban water system and careful, economic use handling of the water in urban. (aiu.edu)
  • The first goal of this thesis is to evaluate the waste and storm water management in urban. (aiu.edu)
  • The second goal of the thesis is to recommend storm water management strategies for urban residential areas. (aiu.edu)
  • To explore various components of urban water supply system. (aiu.edu)
  • To explore the need for storm water management and/or water conservation practices in urban residential areas. (aiu.edu)
  • Schematic showing urban surface water source, water treatment prior to urban use, and some sources of nonpoint urban drainage and runoff and its impacts. (aiu.edu)
  • Most urban water users require high-quality water, and natural surface and/or groundwater supplies, called raw water, often cannot meet the quality requirements of domestic and industrial users. (aiu.edu)
  • Utilizing the earth's surface as part of sustainable water infrastructure, also as powerful element for creating the space, adds multiple values to our urban environments. (iwaponline.com)
  • The quality of drinking-water is a powerful environmental determinant of health. (who.int)
  • This pollution may be linked to a lack of proper management of urban and industrial wastewater or agricultural run-off water, with potentially long-term exposure to pollutants, resulting in a range of serious health implications. (who.int)
  • For the sake of this blog article however, we are going to focus only on THM volatilization removal strategies through the prism of water surface area. (environmental-expert.com)
  • To begin with, the project is drawing up a plan for integrated water resources management together with the stakeholders, in particular the communities involved and the catchment area committee. (giz.de)
  • A five-year management plan has been defined in two water catchment areas. (giz.de)
  • In three catchment areas, the relevant authorities and community administrations have implemented 57 measures to improve water resources management and adapt systems to climate change. (giz.de)
  • Although the relative influence appears to be much smaller, hospital incidence also seems to be related to the proportion of urban areas and to the occupational composition of the area. (brain-helicon.be)
  • Hong Kong divides its primary schools into School Nets under its Primary One Admission System, functioning as catchment areas for allocation of school places. (wikipedia.org)
  • Findings underscore the importance of person-centred design in the 'treat-all' era and the contribution LHWs can make to this, but foreground the challenges of achieving person-centredness in the context of an under-resourced health system. (bmj.com)
  • The system is part of Trinity Health. (chausa.org)
  • tabulated in the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) interviews included the Children's Global Assessment Scale within the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), (CGAS) (11). (cdc.gov)
  • Integrated Modelling of the river-sediment-soil-groundwater system, advanced tools for the management of catchment areas and river basins in the context of global change. (r3environmental.co.uk)
  • We can begin to treat urban environments as system resources, rather than a mute collection of disarticulated buildings, vehicles, sewers and sidewalks. (urbanomnibus.net)
  • Healthy People 2000 , with its Midcourse Revisions, issues are discussed, and references are cited for expanded includes 319 objectives to improve the health of Americans discussions of the data systems (appendix B) that provide by the year 2000 (1,2). (cdc.gov)
  • Health, one of 22 priority areas in Healthy People 2000 . (cdc.gov)
  • Nevertheless there has been significant advancement in the past 15 years in which the number of deliveries at health facility is higher, from 5% in 2000 to 10% births reported in 2011 [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To view the status of cases in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit catchment area, including First Nation communities, please visit the Current COVID-19 Data webpage. (tbdhu.com)
  • It was more data based, observational and included site evaluations, such as for culverts, bridges or other crossings, evaluation of floodplain or flood prone areas for example. (researchgate.net)
  • To the greatest extent, estimates of flooding had a strong relationship to watershed size, with considerations associated with physiographic area, topography and rainfall amount and frequency data. (researchgate.net)
  • Table 1 is a data comparability worktable with objective objectives is dependent in part on the ability of health definitions, data sources, and issues. (cdc.gov)
  • To permit comparison of local, State, and Tribal definition (numerator and denominator where applicable), health data with national data and that of other States and national data source, and a brief description of data issues. (cdc.gov)
  • The i2b2 data repository was queried for COVID-19 patients admitted to inpatient units via ED within the health center during the period between 01-APR-2020 and 01-APR-2022. (bvsalud.org)
  • This paper presents an improved methodology of using social media (Twitter) data to extract spatial and temporal patterns of park visits for urban planning purposes, along with the sentiment of the tweets, focusing on frequent Twitter users. (mdpi.com)
  • Figure 1 in other cities in Pakistan and in other using maps created by using high-reso- shows the spatial distribution of all these developing countries would help us lution satellite imagery in conjunction health facilities in the Islamabad Capital to better understand different spatial with census data [4,5]. (who.int)
  • In order to reduce the negative impacts of flood, open and surface solutions play a key role in the efficiency of urban drainage systems. (iwaponline.com)
  • In Malawi, several large community-facility linkage (CFL) models have emerged to address these challenges, training lay health workers (LHW) to support the national prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme. (bmj.com)
  • Saint Alphonsus is restarting other community health programs too. (chausa.org)
  • Lesley Ashley rests while Valerie Mentzer, a volunteer with Saint Alphonsus Health System's faith community nursing program, examines one of her feet. (chausa.org)
  • Rina was recently recognized as one of the best community health workers for mobilizing four non-surgical vasectomy (NSV) clients during the country's NSV fortnight in November 2022. (org.in)
  • I acknowledge the contributions made by various experts in education, health, community development, nutrition, agriculture and other fields. (who.int)
  • Alma Ata Declaration, and provides an and communities to protect and promote excellent, replicable model of community the health of all people. (who.int)
  • The success of initiatives for improving health and quality the programme has resulted in improve- of life of the community. (who.int)
  • This paper presents experiences from Organization (WHO) since 1988 through countries in the WHO/EMR, with a focus on Community-Based Initiatives (CBI), which community ownership, intersectoral actions have provided opportunities to integrate and building partnerships for health devel- health interventions in local development opment. (who.int)
  • economic development concept, which is · linking various health-related pro- based on full community involvement, sup- grammes. (who.int)
  • Urban Centres threaten biodiversity with high-density housing and associated infrastructure, cats and dogs, invasive species such as rats, foxes, Indian mynas and sparrows, inappropriately dumped garden waste and urban pollution. (vic.gov.au)
  • Service density health. (cdc.gov)
  • 3. In conformity with World Health Assembly Resolution WHA33.17 and in pursuance of operative paragraph 5 of Resolution AFR/RC30/R12, the Regional Committee is invited to examine the proposed ways and means of implementing the resolutions and provide guidance, taking into account the related resource and managerial implications. (who.int)
  • Multiple resistance gene transfer is likely enhanced with drastic consequences for the environment and human-health, particularly in a scenario of intensification of extreme hydrological events. (hal.science)
  • Efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality include initiatives to increase the proportion of mothers delivering babies in health facilities, attended to by skilled health workers [ 13 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Examples of the Linkages between Health and Human Rights. (lu.se)
  • Some Urban Centres have major waterways and associated riparian and terrestrial habitat, such as large old hollow-bearing trees. (vic.gov.au)
  • A project area must represent a reasonable and logical catchment area, but the defined areas do not have to be contiguous. (federalgrantswire.com)
  • Functional economic areas (FEAs), also called larger urban zone or functional urban areas, are catchment areas of commuters or commuting zones. (wikipedia.org)
  • The target is turning a space to a functional place by applying drainage techniques in urban design, which requires robust local integration between the urban space and technical solutions. (iwaponline.com)
  • Therefore, this policy will attempt to address and promote the health and nutrition status of learners through the strategies outlined herein. (who.int)
  • These authorities include the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), 4 American Lung Association, 5 American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 6 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP), 7 the National Institutes of Health Medline Plus, 8 and the Caribbean Health Research Council. (bjgpopen.org)
  • In each cluster, the researchers obtained approval from the relevant health authorities to proceed with field activities. (who.int)
  • Countries en route to measles control ( 8 ) comprised a catch-up campaign in 1998 directed elimination, such as Malawi, should improve outbreak toward children 9 months-14 years of age and follow- preparedness. (cdc.gov)