Local Involvement Networks (LINks): Giving local communities and individuals a greater say in the design and delivery of health and care services

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-220
Author(s):  
Ivan Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Local Communities ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Local Involvement

scholarly journals ‘Yassaba’ or the Fear of Being Abandoned

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Manca
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Care Services

AbstractHealth promotion is dependent upon sharing information with local populations and adapting health-care services to make them more acceptable, and is an essential part of any Ebola intervention. Listening to the concerns of local communities and engaging them as active participants ensures that health promotion messages are relevant, acceptable and understandable as well as culturally appropriate. Ebola is associated with fear and death, thus understanding the significance and meanings of life, death, disease and sickness for the Kissi of Guinea Forestière (Guinea) is essential for ensuring acceptable health services. Community engagement was essential for this research to gain the trust of the Kissi and to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and information to reduce the transmission of the Ebola virus. This technical account is based on three periods of ethnographic fieldwork and health promotion activities conducted in Guinea between May 2014 and February 2015.

Care services and specialist care services provided in the place of residence as support instruments

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-112
Author(s):  
Beata Krajewska
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Care Services

Social support means contribution of many people, takes various forms, is provided by many entities. It includes, in particular, the support of a child, family, but also people disabilities, the elderly and those requiring special attention due to other reasons. The purpose of this study is to analyse care services and specialist care services provided at the place of residence of their beneficiaries, in particular the elderly. By undertaking a discourse on this issue, the essence, scope and types of care services and specialist care services were shown. In addition, it presents statistical data on the services and their significance were indicated, especially for the elderly beneficiaries as well as for local communities.

scholarly journals Green Militarization and the Necessity of Local Involvement

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Sophia Foster
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Human Species ◽  
Conservation Programs ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Local Involvement ◽  
Effective Conservation

This article argues that Green Militarization, the use of military and paramilitary actors in the pursuit of conservation (Lunstrum, 2014), is most effective with the involvement of local communities as one instrument in combating environmental issues. The arguments used to demonstrate this emphasize the great dependence humans have on endangered species and their environment, the aid locals can provide to conservation operations, and the risk of human settlements being encroached if conservation is effective without local involvement. This paper will offer examples of effective conservation programs in West Bengal and Nepal. Militarized conservation programs based on the ideas of coexistence and respect of all species not only benefit the region and its non-human species, but also lead to improved human conditions.

scholarly journals Towards sustainable ecotourism development in Ghana

Tourism ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-277
Author(s):  
Gabriel Eshun ◽  
Tembi M. Tichaawa
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
National Government ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Equitable Distribution ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Local Involvement

The study, which focused on Bobiri Forest Reserve and Butterfly Sanctuary in Ghana, sought to identify the challenges that the local communities face in contributing to the sustainability of the Sanctuary, to categorise the benefits that the local communities derive from ecotourism, and to evaluate the local involvement toward the sustainability of the Sanctuary. A mixed-methodological approach was employed in the data collection and analysis. Semi-structured questionnaires were administered to 387 respondents, selected from the six surrounding communities, at the study site. The study also purposively selected and interviewed some key informants. The study revealed that the local communities did not contribute much to the sustainability of the Sanctuary. At the time of the study, the national government received most of its economic benefits at the expense of the local communities. The study recommends the involvement of the neighbouring communities in the development of ecotourism in the Sanctuary, as well as the introduction of structures that help to ensure equitable distribution of the economic benefits accruing from ecotourism.

Ethnic Differences in Self-Poisoning Across South London

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-272
Author(s):  
Sean Cross ◽  
Dinesh Bhugra ◽  
Paul I. Dargan ◽  
David M. Wood ◽  
Shaun L. Greene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
White Women ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Incident Cases ◽  
Minority Ethnic

Background: Self-poisoning (overdose) is the commonest form of self-harm cases presenting to acute secondary care services in the UK, where there has been limited investigation of self-harm in black and minority ethnic communities. London has the UK’s most ethnically diverse areas but presents challenges in resident-based data collection due to the large number of hospitals. Aims: To investigate the rates and characteristics of self-poisoning presentations in two central London boroughs. Method: All incident cases of self-poisoning presentations of residents of Lambeth and Southwark were identified over a 12-month period through comprehensive acute and mental health trust data collection systems at multiple hospitals. Analysis was done using STATA 12.1. Results: A rate of 121.4/100,000 was recorded across a population of more than half a million residents. Women exceeded men in all measured ethnic groups. Black women presented 1.5 times more than white women. Gender ratios within ethnicities were marked. Among those aged younger than 24 years, black women were almost 7 times more likely to present than black men were. Conclusion: Self-poisoning is the commonest form of self-harm presentation to UK hospitals but population-based rates are rare. These results have implications for formulating and managing risk in clinical services for both minority ethnic women and men.

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