scholarly journals Understanding the barriers to the utilization of primary health care in a low-income setting: implications for health policy and planning

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurfi Abubakar Muhammed ◽  
Kalu Nnena Umeh ◽  
Sambo M. Nasir ◽  
Idris Hadejia Suleiman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Policy And Planning ◽  
Low Income Setting

scholarly journals Results From Screening Immigrants of Low‐Income Countries: Data From a Public Primary Health Care

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Hladun ◽  
Albert Grau ◽  
Esther Esteban ◽  
Josep M. Jansà
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Guide posts for investment in primary health care and projected resource needs in 67 low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. e1500-e1510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Stenberg ◽  
Odd Hanssen ◽  
Melanie Bertram ◽  
Callum Brindley ◽  
Andreia Meshreky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Resource Needs ◽  
Modelling Study

A taxonomy of primary health care practices: an avenue for informing management and policy implementation

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
John Rodwell ◽  
Andre Gulyas
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Care Practices

Health policy and practice managers often treat primary practices as being homogenous, despite evidence that these organisations vary along multiple dimensions. This treatment can be a barrier to the development of a strong health care system. Therefore, a more sophisticated taxonomy of organisations could inform management and policy to better cater to the diversity of practice contexts, needs and capabilities. The purpose of this study was to categorise primary practices using practice features and characteristics associated with the job satisfaction of GPs. The current study uses data from 3906 GPs from the 2008 wave of the MABEL survey. Seven configurations of primary health care practices emerged from multivariate cluster analyses. The configurations incorporate, yet move beyond, simplistic categorisations such as geographic location and highlight the complexity facing managers and health policy interventions. The multidimensional configurations in the taxonomy are a mechanism for informing health care management and policy. The process of deriving configurations can be applied in a variety of countries and contexts.

scholarly journals Maternal mode of living and child health

2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane L.G. Dytz ◽  
Semíramis M. M. Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Reproductive Behavior ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
And Child Health

ln this article, maternal mode of living is investigated, examining both socioeconomic conditions and lifestyle factors, in order to identify to what extent health policies are tangibly meeting the needs of low income Brazilian mothers and children. Data are derived from unstructured interviews with 17 mothers with children underage 6, residing in the Federal District, Brazil. Their stories reveal a life marked by economic difficulties and inadequate living conditions, aggravated by early reproductive behavior, confinement to the home and no leisure. Although they have access to primary health care, the quality is inadequate. Increased awareness to the mother's situation is necessary in order to improve the health of young children.

Implementation and evaluation of primary health care financing strategies for low-income communities of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Johnson Lassner ◽  
Beatriz B. Collere Hanff ◽  
Glaucia Maria Bon ◽  
Luiz Claudio De Souza Benguigui ◽  
Barnett R. Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Health Care Financing ◽  
Primary Health

Neoliberal Reforms in Swedish Primary Health Care: For Whom and for What Purpose?

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 697-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Göran Dahlgren
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
High Income ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Access And Quality

The conservative government that came to power in Sweden in 2006 has initiated major market-oriented reforms in the health sector. Its first health care policy bill changed the health legislation to make it possible to sell/transfer public hospitals to commercial providers while maintaining public funding. Far-reaching market-oriented primary health care reforms are also initiated, for example in Stockholm County. They are typically presented as “free choice models” in which “the money follows the patient.” The actual and likely effects of these reforms in terms of access and quality of care are discussed in this article. One main finding is that existing social inequities in geographic access to care not only are reinforced but also become very difficult to change by democratic political decisions. Furthermore, dynamic market forces will gradually reduce the quality of care in low-income areas while both access and quality of care will be even better in high-income areas. Public funds are thus transferred from people living in low-income areas to people living in high-income areas, even though the need for good health services is much greater in the low-income areas. Certain policy options for reversing the inverse law of care are also presented.

Designing primary health care financing strategies for low-income communities of Rio De Janeiro: A heuristic solution

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barnett R. Parker ◽  
Karen Johnson Lassner ◽  
Magda Soares Smarzaro ◽  
Carlos Augusto Barros Riberro
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Health Care Financing ◽  
Heuristic Solution ◽  
Primary Health

Primary Health Care. Suicide Prevention Proposal. Santiago del Estero. Argentina

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S570-S570
Author(s):  
T. Sanchez Cantero ◽  
R. Costilla ◽  
M. Chávez
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Young People ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Care Physician ◽  
World Health ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Commit Suicide

Background and aimSuicide is a serious and growing problem worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, for each death there are twenty attempts on record. Every year over 800,000 people commit suicide, that is, one in every forty. 45% of the people who commit suicide visit their Primary Health Care physician in the previous month. Seventy-five percent of suicides take place in countries with medium or low income and Argentine heads the suicide rate in Latin America. In the last twenty years the death by suicides rate in young people (aged 15–35) and has decreased in older age groups (+ 55), which historically presented the highest rates. In the inner zone of the province of Santiago del Estero, suicides have increased among teenagers [1].AimsTo know suicide statistics in young people in the last decade so that a prevention scheme can be produced.MethodsDescriptive observational study.ResultsIn the province of Santiago del Estero suicides occur more frequently among young people, aged 15–35, and the rate has increased significantly in the inner zone of the province.ConclusionsThe analysis carried out reveal that this problem in increasing in our province and it requires analysis and consensus in order to design a model of Primary Health Care Prevention.Disclosure of InterestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of no competing interest.

How Low-Income Residents Decide Between Emergency and Primary Health Care for Non-Urgent Treatment

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holley A. Wilkin ◽  
Elizabeth L. Cohen ◽  
Michael A. Tannebaum
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Primary Health
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