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Direct linkAhluwalia, Indu B.; Robinson, Dorcas; Vallely, Lisa; Myeya, Juliana; Ngitoria, Lukumay; Kitambi, Victor; Kabakama, Alfreda – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2012
We examined the continuation of community-organized and financed emergency transport systems implemented by the Community-Based Reproductive Health Project (CBRHP) from 1998 to 2000 in two rural districts in Tanzania. The CBRHP was a multipronged program, one component of which focused on affordable transport to health facilities from the…
Descriptors: Females, Access to Health Care, Pregnancy, Health Facilities
Download full textMack Shelley Ed.; Mevlut Unal Ed.; Sabri Turgut Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
The aim of the International Society for Technology, Education, and Science (iHSES) conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and practical issues, and connect with the leaders in the fields of "humanities," "education" and "social sciences." It is organized for: (1) faculty members in…
Descriptors: Television, Race, Anxiety, Athletics
Hughes, Susan; Zweifler, John A.; Garza, Alvaro; Stanich, Matthew A. – Journal of Rural Health, 2008
Context: Pregnant women in rural areas may give birth in either rural or urban hospitals. Differences in outcomes between rural and urban hospitals may influence patient decision making. Purpose: Trends in rural and urban obstetric deliveries and neonatal and maternal mortality in California were compared to inform policy development and patient…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mothers, Hospitals, Pregnancy
Ohnishi, Mayumi; Nakamura, Keiko; Takano, Takehito – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2007
Background: The present study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of a training course designed to improve the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of healthcare personnel to allow them to provide a comprehensive community-based antenatal care (ANC) program in rural Paraguay. Methods: Sixty-eight of 110 healthcare personnel in the Caazapa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Community Services, Knowledge Level
Leue, Mary; Mercogliano, Betsy – Journal of Family Life, 1995
Ina May Gaskin, a traditional midwife and founder of The Farm Midwifery Center in Summertown, Tennessee, discusses how she first became involved in midwifery, where she learned her skills, the status of midwifery, and her future plans. Ms. Gaskin has been instrumental in the revolution of birth practices worldwide. (LP)
Descriptors: Birth, Family (Sociological Unit), Females, Interviews
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
Testimony concerned: (1) difficulties and successes in obtaining private and public medical services experienced by Illinois citizens with health problems during pregancy; (2) Illinois' efforts to deal with high infant mortality, including descriptions of intervention programs, excerpts from the data report of Illinois' 1988 Human Services Plan,…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Family Planning
Maglacas, A. Mangay, Ed.; Simons, John, Ed. – 1986
In nine chapters, this book considers the extent to which training programs can be utilized to improve midwifery practice and reduce the risks surrounding childbirth in rural populations. The book opens with a chapter reviewing the question of whether the availability of trained birth attendants can be linked to a reduced incidence of neonatal…
Descriptors: Birth, Developing Nations, Diseases, Folk Culture
