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to understand women’s experiences of routine care during labor and childbirth in a medicalised context.twenty-six in-depth interviews were conducted during the late postpartum period and thematic analysis was applied.four public hospitals in Tehran with a high rate of births, providing services to low and middle income families.women who had a low risk pregnancies and gave a birth to a healthy infant...
By the end of this chapter you should be able to: Describe the life cycle of modern medicines. List the market share of medicines for each region of the world. Describe the academic disciplines that have contributed to knowledge about the use and availability of medicines in international health. Explain the benefits of taking a WHO approach to the management...
By the end of this chapter you should be able to: List the countries of the European Union. Describe the role of the European Union in the management of pharmaceuticals. List the main national aid agencies. Describe a sector wide approach. List four characteristics that define a non-governmental organization. Describe the principal aims...
By the end of this chapter you should be able to: Describe incidence of diseases as a method to determine medicine needs of populations. List different perspectives on medicine needs. Describe methods to determine priorities. Explain the meaning of culture and its influence on medicine needs. Describe the role of pharmaceutical anthropology in the description...
By the end of this chapter you should be able to: List the main objectives of medicines utilization studies. Describe medicines utilization sudies that combine qualitative and quantitative data. List the WHO medicines use indicators. Define pharmacoeconomics. Describe the main methods of pharmacoeconomics. Define pharmacovigilance. ...
By the end of this chapter you should be able to: List the principal users of medicines information. Apply key criteria for critical medicine information management. List key sources of medicines information for health professionals. Describe traditional and internet sources of medicine information. List the criteria to be used for critically reviewing...
"One third of the world's population lack effective access to quality assured essential medicines used rationally". When WHO first made this statement fifteen years ago, there was general concern that medical miracles such as antibiotics, antiparasitic medicines, vaccines and anal gesics would not be available to many people. Today, the proportion of those lack ing access is lower in Asia...
there is a consensus that the adoption of evidence-based practice contributes to the improvement of maternity care. Iranian National Guidelines for Normal Childbirth included evidence-based practice and were disseminated to hospitals in 2006 but little is known about the success of implementation. This study investigates the provision of care during labour and childbirth in comparison with national...
Background Achievement of improved maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes continues to be an issue of international priority, particularly for sub-Saharan African countries such as Nigeria. Evidence suggests that the use of Community Health Workers (CHWs) can be effective in broadening access to, and coverage of, health services and improving MCH outcomes in such countries. Methods/design In this...
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