Sharing Information and Experiences about Maternal and Child Health Data Sets through the World Wide Web

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Anita M. Farel ◽  
Eleanor I. Locklin ◽  
Mary D. Peoples-Sheps
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Health Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The World ◽  
And Child Health

On Efficient Evaluation of XML Queries

2011 ◽  
pp. 239-293
Author(s):  
Sherif Sakr
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Query Language ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Relational Approach ◽  
Complex Queries ◽  
Xml Documents ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
The World

Recently, the use of XML continues to grow in popularity, large repositories of XML documents are going to emerge, and users are likely to pose increasingly more complex queries on these data sets. In 2001 XQuery is decided by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as the standard XML query language. In this article, we describe the design and implementation of an efficient and scalable purely relational XQuery processor which translates expressions of the XQuery language into their equivalent SQL evaluation scripts. The experiments of this article demonstrated the efficiency and scalability of our purely relational approach in comparison to the native XML/XQuery functionality supported by conventional RDBMSs and has shown that our purely relational approach for implementing XQuery processor deserves to be pursued further.

scholarly journals Pregravidary preparation

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
Yu. S. Podilyakina ◽  
D. V. Kulov ◽  
Zh. T. Amirbekova
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Pregnancy Outcomes ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Preconception Care ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
And Child Health

Preconception care is an essential component of promoting maternal and child health at the national and international levels. The term “preconception care” is found both in various recommendations of the World Health Organization and in practical recommendations for the protection of maternal and child health. Although programs and guidelines may differ depending on local needs (endemic diseases, financial security, educational level of the population, etc.), the general concept of preconception care is present in developing and developed countries within different health systems and does not depend on political, cultural or religious beliefs. In addition, the history of incorporating various preconception strategies and ideologies into international maternal and child health programs and policies spans nearly 30 years, demonstrating the long-term recognition of the relative importance of this approach as a means of optimizing pregnancy outcomes. However, at present there is a large proportion of women who do not know about the importance of preparing for pregnancy.The purpose of this review was to study international experience in the implementation of preconception care in the practice of practical health care professionals. The main tools were highlighted – motivated counseling and reflective practice. Since the United States of America is the world health leader in improving pregnancy outcomes, the information sources were selected from PubMed and the Centers for Disease Control. This review provides evidence of the importance of motivated counseling, identifies the main stages of establishing a trusting relationship between a doctor and a woman or a married couple.Conclusions. Correct pregravid behavior will improve the demographic indicators of the country, however, systematic work is needed with regard to the social responsibility of married couples and the interest of medical personnel in high-quality motivated counseling.

WITCH DOCTORS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 448-455
Author(s):  
Cicely Williams
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World Health ◽  
American University ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Second World ◽  
And Child Health

As a refreshing departure from our usual articles, we welcome the chance to publish these perceptions of an unusual pediatrician. In presenting Dr. Cicely Williams to her Baltimore audience, Dr. Nicholas J. Fortuin said: "Today we introduce to you a distinguished British woman of medicine. Though born in Jamaica, Dr. Williams received her early medical education in England, but later left for a tour with the colonial services in Ghana, where she began her life-long interest in tropical pediatrics and first described the disease we know today as kwashiorkor. After spending 7 years in Africa, Dr. Williams went to Singapore in 1936 as pediatrician to the College of Medicine and, after the second world war, became advisor in child health to the Federation of Malaya. Subsequently she became the first head of the World Health Organization's Department of Maternal and Child Health, and after some years of teaching and consulting work in England, Visiting Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the American University in Beirut in 1960. Dr. Williams returned to London to work with the Family Planning Association in recent years, where she has been able to pursue an interest in population control. Dr. Williams:" I'm sorry if my title is misleading. It's a bit pretentious because it isn't really that I've had spectacular experiences with witch doctors; but, in wandering about the world I've met various unorthodox sorts of medicine and, rather than calling it "unorthodox," it seemed quicker to call it "witch doctors." In every type of medicine we depend largely on confidence, on patient reaction, often on empiricism.

Development of the Stool Color Card for Early Detection of Biliary Atresia using Multispectral Image

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 304-307
Author(s):  
M. Tsuchida ◽  
H. Gunji ◽  
H. Nakajima ◽  
T. Kawanishi ◽  
K. Kashino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Biliary Atresia ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Spectral Information ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Multispectral Images ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
The World ◽  
And Child Health

The stool color card for early detection of biliary atresia have been developed using multispectral images of stools of newborns. Color and its spectra were measured and analyzed spectrally first in the world and used to design the stool color card. Representative texture was selected by medical specialists from captured multispectral images and spectral information of the images was replaced and edited according to the result of spectral and chromaticity analysis. The stool color card was placed within the Maternal and Child Health Handbook that was distributed to all pregnant women by their respective local government according to the Maternal and Child Health Law in Japan.

scholarly journals Pacific island health inequities forecast to grow unless profound changes are made to health systems in the region

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Matheson ◽  
Kunhee Park ◽  
Taniela Sunia Soakai
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Maternal And Child Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Health Development ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
And Child Health

Objective Twenty years ago the Pacific’s health ministers developed a ‘Healthy Islands’ vision to lead health development in the subregion. This paper reports on a review of health development over this period and discusses the implications for the attainment of the health related Sustainable Development Goals. Methods The review used qualitative and quantitative methods. The qualitative review included conducting semi-structured interviews with Pacific Island Government Ministers and officials, regional agencies, health workers and community members. A document review was also conducted. The quantitative review consisted of examining secondary data from regional and global data collections. Results The review found improvement in health indicators, but increasing health inequality between the Pacific and the rest of the world. Many of the larger island populations were unable to reach the health Millennium Development Goals. The ‘Healthy Islands’ vision remained an inspiration to health ministers and senior officials in the region. However, implementation of the ‘Healthy Islands’ approach was patchy, under-resourced and un-sustained. Communicable and Maternal and Child Health challenges persist alongside unprecedented levels of non-communicable diseases, inadequate levels of health finance and few skilled health workers as the major impediments to health development for many of the Pacific’s countries. Conclusions The current trajectory for health in the Pacific will lead to increasing health inequity with the rest of the world. The challenges to health in the region include persisting communicable disease and maternal and child health threats, unprecedented levels of NCDs, climate change and instability, as well as low economic growth. In order to change the fortunes of this region in the age of the SDGs, a substantial investment in health is required, including in the health workforce, by countries and donors alike. That investment requires a nuanced response that takes into account the contextual differences between and within Pacific islands, adherence to aid effectiveness principles and interventions designed to strengthen local health systems. What is known about the topic? It is well established that the Pacific island countries are experiencing the double disease burden, and that the non-communicable disease epidemic is more advanced. What does this paper add? This paper discusses the review of 20 years of health development in the Pacific. It reveals that although progress is being made, health development in the region is falling behind that of the rest of the world. It also describes the progress made by the Pacific countries in pursuit of the ‘Healthy Islands’ concept. What are the implications for practitioners? This paper has significant implications for Pacific countries, donor partners and development partners operating across and within Pacific countries. It calls for a substantial increase in health resourcing and the way development assistance is organised to arrest the increasing inequities in health outcomes between Pacific people and those of the rest of the world.

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