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Home / Archives for BMC Health Services Research

WhatsApp: A supplementary tool for improving bed nets universal coverage campaign in Mozambique

  • Authors: Arroz JAH, Candrinho BN, Mussambala F, Chande M, Mendis C, Dias S, Martins MRO
  • Publication Year: 2019
  • Journal: BMC Health Services Research
  • Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-019-3929-0

Background WhatsApp (WA) is the most recent and attractive applicative among Smartphone users. The use of WA in healthcare environment has been shown of multiple benefices. Mozambique team involved in 2017 bed nets universal coverage campaign (UCC) implemented a distant mentoring strategy using WA. This study aims to perform a descriptive analysis of the use […]
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Exploring public sector physicians’ resilience, reactions and coping strategies in times of economic crisis; findings from a survey in Portugal’s capital city area

  • Authors: Barros PP, Gonçalves L, Perelman J, Pires CA, Russo G
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Health Services Research
  • Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-017-2151-1%20

Evidence is accumulating on the impact of the recent economic crisis on health and health systems across Europe. However, little is known about the effect this is having on physicians – a crucial resource for the delivery of healthcare services. This paper explores the adaptation to the crisis of public sector physicians and their ability […]
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Migrant’s access to preventive health services in five EU countries

  • Authors: Buttigieg SC, Dauvrin M, Dias S, Ronda E, Rosano A, Tafforeau J
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Health Services Research
  • Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-017-2549-9

Preventive health services (PHSs) form part of primary healthcare with the aim of screening to prevent disease. Migrants show significant differences in lifestyle, health beliefs and risk factors compared with the native populations. This can have a significant impact on migrants’ access to health systems and participation in prevention programmes. Even in countries with widely […]
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The primary health care in the emirate of Abu Dhabi: are they aligned with the chronic care model elements?

  • Authors: Lapão LV, Loney T, Paulo MS
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Journal: BMC Health Services Research
  • Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-017-2691-4

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the largest of the seven emirates in terms of land mass and population. Abu Dhabi emirate has three different geographical regions: the Central Capital District, the Eastern Region, and the Western Region. The health system has been regulated by the Health Authority – […]
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Integrated health service delivery networks and tuberculosis avoidable hospitalizations: Is there a relation between them in Brazil

  • Authors: Arcêncio RA, Arroyo LH, Berra TZ, Chiaravalloti Neto F, da Costa Uchoa SA, da Cunha Garcia MC, de Almeida Crispim J, Fronteira I, Lapão LV, Palha PF, Pinto IC, Popolin MP, Ramos AC, Rodrigues LB, Santos Neto M, Touso MM, Yamamura M
  • Publication Year: 2016
  • Journal: BMC Health Services Research
  • Link: https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-016-1320-y

The early identification of the Breathing Symptoms within the scope of Primary Health Care is recommended, and is also one of the strategies of national sanitary authorities for reaching the elimination of tuberculosis. The purpose of this study is to consider which attributes and which territories have shown the most significant progress in Primary Health […]
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