scholarly journals Interview with the Medicine Man: A Case Study of a Traditional Malian Healer

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Rovers
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Medical Mission ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Mission Teams ◽  
Provide Health Care

Pharmacists are commonly members of medical mission teams that provide health care services in underdeveloped countries. Although pharmacists and others often find their service on a mission trip to be positive and life changing, critics of such missions note that Western providers trained in biomedicine frequently lack the cultural awareness to practice effectively in such settings. This paper is a case study of one traditional healer who practices in rural Mali. Although the results of one case from one practice setting may not be generalizable to all cultures, a basic understanding of the healer's beliefs and practices concerning the etiology and treatment of disease, the role of magic and other supernatural therapies, his experience with Western trained providers and the regulatory environment in which he works should assist pharmacists who serve on mission trips to be better culturally prepared.   Type: Case Study

Community Health and the Environment

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Linda Fabb
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
Local Council ◽  
Care Services ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
Provide Health Care

Case Study One: The Lead Project: Public Health On The Ground: Doutta Galla Community Health Service (DGCHS) is located in Victoria, in Melbourne's inner West. It aims to provide health care services, and health education and promotion to a culturally diverse and changing community. It currently services two local council areas and a population of 146,000 people, with a further 249,000 coming into the area daily for work, study or shopping. It covers four of Melbourne's largest public housing estates and large groups of people from Non-English Speaking Background including South America, the Horn of Africa, Turkey, Vietnam and China.

scholarly journals Critical issues for employees in inter-municipal health care services: a multiple case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Holen-Rabbersvik ◽  
Tom Roar Eikebrokk ◽  
Rune Werner Fensli ◽  
Elin Thygesen ◽  
Åshild Slettebø
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Municipal Health

scholarly journals Role of Community Medicine during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-244
Author(s):  
Epari Venkata Rao ◽  
Prem Sagar Panda
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Community Medicine ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Expert ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Health Expert

Pandemics have significantly affected economy of each country. Health & political system have been also drastically affected in each part of the country. To fight against pandemic, it demands multidimensional approaches comprising of various measures like surveillance, containment, isolation & quarantine, border restriction as well as various socio-political and community measures. Though the entire health workforce is involved at multiple levels, the role of a community medicine/public health expert is maximum in controlling the spread in the community and managing the situation. The community medicine specialists can contribute to the public health as well as health-care services in combating the pandemic. This review has been done for giving an insight of proper utilisation of public health services and existing manpower of community medicine. Also this will channelize our health system and give a direction for combating future public health crisis.  So Government should utilise the experiences and expertise to manage the pandemic very well.

Transnational Diffusion of Health Policy Ideas in Uruguay in the Early Twentieth Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-343
Author(s):  
CECILIA ROSSEL ◽  
FELIPE MONESTIER
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Public Assistance ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Policy Ideas ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Parliamentary Debate ◽  
The Law

AbstractThis article analyzes how policy ideas already adopted in Europe, particularly in France, were taken into consideration for the design of Uruguay’s National Public Assistance (NPA) policy. Established in 1910, the NPA was a pioneering government social policy for the time and for the region.Some have argued that the design of the NPA law followed the secular and republican model instituted in France at the end of the nineteenth century when France established the Assistance Publique, particularly regarding the extent of public assistance to the poor, the role of the state in the provision of health care (as opposed to charity-based provision) and the centralization of health-care services (as opposed to a decentralized health-care system).We analyze how these revolutionary ideas were discussed by the technicians and politicians who participated in the process that culminated in the approval of the law in Uruguay discussed these revolutionary ideas. We explore the factors that motivated the creation of the commission that developed the law. We also review available documentation on the drafting of the bill and the parliamentary debate that culminated in its approval. We find that the design of the NPA included many ideas diffused mainly from France. The French model was not simply emulated, however. Rather, the authors of the NPA thoroughly analyzed and considered the features and main consequences of the Assistance Publique, suggesting that diffusion in this case was more a process of learning than of simple mimicry.

Case Study E-Tailing Health Services in India

2016 ◽  
pp. 292-308
Author(s):  
Bobby Kurian
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The World

This case study has been developed to promote understanding the e-tailing of health services. E-health web portal provides a new medium for information dissemination, interaction and collaboration among institutions, health professionals, health providers and the public. This case study provides a founders perspective in setting up and running a medical website that offers online health care services to customers across the world. The case study discusses the challenges and issues faced by the founders and also the promoter's perspective on the lucrativeness of offering e-tailing services. Using this case study an attempt is made to stress the importance of a flexible e-tailing business model specific to the services offered and need of periodic assessments to ensure that the business runs profitable.

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