scholarly journals ADVERSITIES AND COPPING MECHANISMS OF SLUM AREA RESIDENTS IN GONDAR CITY; NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alemayehu Mulat Liyew
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Slum Area ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
North West ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

The expansion of slum areas have been one of the critical challenges manifested with the rapid urbanization of the global south countries. As one of the metropolitan cities in Ethiopia, Gondar city experienced this problem for long time. This study aimed at investigating the adversities related to physical environment, means of survival, health situation and social network of residents in Gojjo sefer slum area in Gondar city. Qualitative phenomenological research design was employed to understand the real life experience of slum dweller in the study area. A total of 35 participants were purposively recruited in the study area. Accordingly, data was collected by in-depth interview, key informant interview and field observation. The findings show that, congested and poorly constructed housing, inadequate infrastructure and poor social service provision characterize the area. Most of the dwellers are immigrants from rural area. They have being suffered from varieties of problems such as low income, lack of health care services and are exposed to frequent disease such as diarrhea, fever and chronic illnesses. As copping strategy, dwellers in this area are mainly engaged in petty economic activities-small and informal business, daily labor, street vending and paid domestic works. Thus, the local government and nongovernmental organization should intervene to the area with appropriate urban planning and sustainable livelihood strategies.

Practising Public Health

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ashton
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
North West ◽  
External Threats ◽  
The North ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
The Subject

This book is based on over 40 years work in public health at a time of unprecedented change and challenge. The emphasis is on the practical aspects of working at different levels of action, very much ‘how to do it and how it was done’. As such it is a personal account. This period marked a new era in which the previous medical paradigm, dating from the mid-nineteenth century, was replaced by a broader, multidisciplinary approach, grounded in social science, the humanities, ecology, and public engagement with the politics of health once more coming into focus. The author uses case studies, storytelling, and real-life experience of establishing a new and revitalized public health system in the North West of England to bring the subject alive for a new generation of students and practitioners. Building on historic insights and timeless lessons from the Victorian and early-twentieth-century pioneers, he traces the evolution of the new thinking and its translation into action. The volume offers a rich menu of examples of responses to an array of new challenges ranging from new infections, such as HIV/AIDS and Ebola, to the lifestyle diseases of the new age, and the application of public health thinking to mental health and the problems of an ageing population. The external threats to health from the environment and as a result of man-made disasters and emergencies are extensively covered. The author brings a fresh approach to public health and the communication of public health issues. This work is accessible and stimulating, speaking to a wide range of audiences and sharing his passion for the subject.

scholarly journals Treating People With Epilepsy in Rural Low-Income Countries Is Feasible. Observations and Reflections From a “Real Life Experience” After a Long Lasting Intervention in the Rural Chaco

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Nicoletti ◽  
Loretta Giuliano ◽  
Chiara Colli ◽  
Calogero Edoardo Cicero ◽  
Sandra Padilla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Low Income Countries

scholarly journals PPEs From Nigerian Academia: Flattening The COVID-19 Curve With 3D Printing And Locally Sourced Intervention

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Royhaan Folarin ◽  
Andre Chagas ◽  
Mahmoud Bukar ◽  
Abisola Akinbo ◽  
Tamra Runsewe-Abiodun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Community Support ◽  
The World ◽  
Hygienic Measures ◽  
The Face

Abstract Background:Personal protective equipment (PPE) supply shortages were a big issue in the fight against COVID-19 around the world at the onset of the pandemic, requiring all communities to find innovative ways to make and supply PPE for health workers, vulnerable people and the general public. To this end and in line with the WHO’s call for 40% raise in PPE production across the world, we sought to alleviate the PPE shortage and to support our local communities using 3D printing (additive manufacturing) and free and open-source hardware (FOSH). Methods:Utilising a 3D printer and off-the-shelf components, reusable face shields and face masks were produced based on open source designs. Off-the-shelf components included transparent polyvinyl chloride (PVC) visor, ribbon tapings and elastic bands for the face shields, as well as cushioning pads (clothed foams) and filters (sensitive tissues) for the face masks. Hygienic measures employed during fabrication included the assembly following safety protocols, disinfection of products with ultraviolet bactericidal lamps, ensuring hygiene during collection and distribution. Users’ real-life experience and feedback were utilised to modify and improve on quality and adaptability of the designs.Results:In a period of three months, over 400 reusable 3D-printed face shields and face masks were produced by a team of academics, for health practitioners, other professionals and people across the Olabisi Onabanjo University community and other cities within Ogun and Lagos states. Conclusions:More awareness is generally required on the potentials of 3D printing and FOSH in the global south, particularly in universities and research institutions where innovative alternatives to expensive equipment remain vital. Our feat corroborated and advocated these potentials in a low-income setting like Nigeria, where the immediate response and synergy between academics, and researchers yielded a substantial number of PPE to front line workers, in a timely manner at the peak of the viral transmission and lockdowns- a period wherein manufacturers of PPEs struggled to establish their commercial logistics. We emphasize the need for university managements to support academics and researchers strongly to deliver on much needed community support in crises time, and encourage governmental and non-governmental bodies to consider investing in this innovative self-reliant perspective through their research funding and managemnt programmes in a bid to achieving a lot more with the less funds.Trial registration:Not applicable.

Standpoint, Objectivity, and Social Construction: Reflections from the Study of Gay and Lesbian Communities

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Homfray
Keyword(s):  
Social Construction ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Theoretical Developments

This article considers a number of related concepts – standpoint, objectivity, emancipation – in the light of my own research which looked at gay and lesbian communities in the north-west of England. It advocates and promotes the use of gay and lesbian standpoint and defends research with emancipatory aims, notably in the light of academic and theoretical developments which eschew real-life experience and categories of identity rooted in lived actuality. Suggesting that queer theory is largely irrelevant to the lives of gay men and lesbians, it advocates a return to an engaged and practical sociology which acknowledges the benefit of research which has potential for application by the communities it observes.

Use of nintedanib for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: multi-centre real life experience in Germany

Pneumologie ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (S 01) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Bonella ◽  
M Kreuter ◽  
L Hagmeyer ◽  
C Neurohr ◽  
K Milger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Pulmonary Fibrosis ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life

Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Lebanon: Enhancing Empowerment or Vulnerability?

1970 ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Nabil Abdo
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Palestinian Women ◽  
Support Organizations ◽  
And Training

The International Labour Organization in Beirut has been running a project in the Palestinian Camps of Nahr El Bared and Ein El Helweh entitled “Palestinian Women Economic Empowerment Initiative”. The project started in 2011 and targets lowincome Palestinian women entrepreneurs through a threefold strategy: giving out loans and grants to women business groups in order to expand their businesses; training women entrepreneurs to enhance their business skills; and building the capacity of support organizations in order to improve business development services for women entrepreneurs and training them to be formally certified to deliver business group formation training. The project builds on the potential of business groups in assuring the protection of Palestinian women entrepreneurs from risks through resilience, pooling of resources, and collective voice. The objectives are to assure a sustainable livelihood for Palestinian women entrepreneurs through supporting them in expanding their businesses beyond survivalist low-income activities

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