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Higher Education Institution Partnership to Strengthen the Health Care Workforce in Afghanistan
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Porta, Carolyn M.; Mann, Erin M.; Amiri, Rohina; Avery, Melissa D.; Azim, Sheba; Conway-Klaassen, Janice M.; Golzareh, Parvin; Joya, Mahdawi; Mwikarago, Emil Ivan; Nejabi, Mohammad Bashir; Olejniczak, Megan; Radhakrishnan, Raghu; Tengera, Olive; Thomas, Manuel S.; Weinkauf, Julia L.; Wiesner, Stephen M. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Despite ongoing insecurity, Afghanistan has demonstrated improvement in health outcomes. Reasons for this success include a strategic public-private health service delivery model and investment in Afghan health care workforce development. Afghan universities have the primary responsibility for ensuring that an adequate health care workforce is…
Descriptors: Health Services, Public Health, Delivery Systems, Labor Force Development
Developing a Sustainable Research Culture in an Independent Academic Medical Center
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Joyce, Jeffrey N. – Journal of Research Administration, 2013
Independent academic medical centers (IAMC) are challenged to develop and support a research enterprise and maintain primary goals of healthcare delivery and financial solvency. Strategies for promoting translational research have been shown to be effective at institutions in the top level of federal funding, but not for smaller IAMCs. The…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Hospitals, Research, Sustainability
The Midwife in Taiwan: An Alternative Model for Maternity Care.
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Kang-Wang, Janet F. – Human Organization, 1980
The author compares and analyzes American and Taiwanese maternity care systems, discussing the history of midwifery in Taiwan; the process by which a midwife establishes her practice; and her role in childbirth, abortion, adoption, and other services. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Birth, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Females
The Role of Private Health Insurance in Children's Health Care.
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Sheils, John F.; Wolfe, Patrice R. – Future of Children, 1992
Summarizes the private health insurance market, focusing on recent trends. Efforts should be made to preserve the current private health insurance system through comprehensive reforms that reduce cost and shift from public programs; control costs by competition, managed care, and global spending limits; and guarantee coverage for all groups. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Health, Children, Cost Effectiveness
Quality Health Care for People with Developmental Disabilities: A Guide for Health Professionals.
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Nelson Richard P.; And Others – 1990
This guide is aimed at improving health services for people with developmental disabilities by educating people presently training as health practitioners and persons working in community service programs. It contains information on health care needs of people with developmental disabilities and recommendations for health care practices adapted…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Children
Health Care Resources for Children and Pregnant Women.
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Perloff, Janet D. – Future of Children, 1992
Reviews evidence about health care resources currently available to children and pregnant women in the United States. Evidence suggests that the maldistribution of resources remains a serious threat to health care access for women and children at greatest risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and child morbidity and mortality. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, At Risk Persons, Children, Delivery Systems