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Empirical studies on the impact of micro level intervention strategies on poverty among poor women in Botswana are …
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This article describes how numerous studies in Botswana have found high levels of poverty among women, in particular …, those in female-headed households. Extreme poverty among women continues despite government programme interventions designed … to end poverty. This article reports the findings of an initially donor-funded women's empowerment project in an urban …
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-based comparisons on geographies that can be too large and diverse to effectively assess and resource health care needs and services … system is analyzed by integrating with health services and program data to better understand accessibility and availability … of health services, to assess available program offerings, and to evaluate the geographic distribution of health care …
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predicting susceptibility towards common diseases. In this backdrop, this paper attempts to explore at the intersection of health …
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This article describes how demarketing is a strategy aimed at reducing the demand for the product and thereby the consumption. This strategy is well suited for harmful products though they may have utility in the economics of liquor, drugs, cigars and tobacco products. Many consume cigarettes...
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Each year, thousands of people in developing countries die due to delayed medical response. A common complaint is that emergency vehicles respond late and when they reach the hospital, precious time is lost in understanding the patient trauma before the doctors can get to work. A large number of...
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This article aims to examine the influencing factors on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in middle-aged adults … participated in the 6th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2014). There were statistically significant … differences in health-related quality of life according to income, education, subjective health status, experience of discomfort …
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interaction, changing sedentary lifestyles with a big potential to be used in Health Education. …
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can serve as a planning tool to promote community health at many levels, such as … opportunities to support community public health, including the development of park spaces and new hospital facilities. However … public health. …
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The paper presents the design of an adaptive web/mobile platform, called Counterobe, targeting the problem of obesity and weight management. The platform incorporates several behavioral, emotional and cognitive strategy features in order to motivate and mobilize the end users more effectively,...
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