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Bishop, Kevin. "The communication of information in Western Samoa : the case of health." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Geography, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1768.
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Health and development are inextricably linked. Within the current development paradigm, Primary Health Care (PHC) has emerged as the dominant approach to address the health problems in Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs). An important element in the process of PHC is the dissemination of health information, enabling communities to improve their own health situations. Using Western Samoa as an example of a developing nation, this thesis investigates the diffusion of health information and its change over time. Analysis of communication processes revealed barriers which reduce the effectiveness of health information diffusion. HIV/AIDS and diabetes information used as two contemporary examples for investigation. Communication barriers have resulted in a separation between the senders and receivers of health information. The evolution of the Western medical paradigm is established as the cause of many of these barriers.
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Miller, Paige Lynn. "Barriers Preventing Access to Health Care Services for Women in Rural Samoa." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1136389101.
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Clark, Margaret Beckwith. "Interdisciplinary ministry collaboration, faith and health." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ55427.pdf.
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Kerai, Kavita, and Louise Roser. "Measuring function and mobility among clients with diabetes in Samoa." Thesis, Hälsohögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, HHJ. Ortopedteknisk plattform, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-30507.
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The aim of the thesis was to collect baseline data and to investigating suitable physical tests and a self-rapport questionnaire. Collected data was used to find a routine measurement when investigating foot health, function and mobility among clients suffering from diabetes in Samoa. Twenty-one participants suffering from diabetes were included in the study. Clients answered the Foot function index (FFI) questionnaire and performed physical tests, consisting of Bergs balance scale (BBS) and Time up and go (TUG). Results from the physical tests revealed a great balance disturbance and mobility limitations among the majority of the clients. General high weight and BMI was measured among both genders. Subjects with the highest BMI performed lowest time during TUG test. The statistic analyze revealed a strong correlation between the two physical tests, indicating that one of the tests could be applied as a routine measurement in the future, when evaluating function and mobility in Samoa. The compilation of self-report questionnaires indicated a general good foot health with a low amount of pain, disabilities and activity limitations.Syftet med studien var att samla in grundata och att hitta ett lämpligt fysiskt test och ett självadministrativt formulär. Den insamlade grunddatan användes för att hitta ett rutinmässigt mätinstrument för undersökning av fothälsa, funktion och mobilitet hos klienter som lider av diabetes i landet Samoa. I undersökningen deltog 21 personer som lider av diabetes. Deltagarna fick besvara ett så kallat ”Foot Function Index formulär” (FFI) och utföra de två fysiska testerna ”Bergs Balance Scale” (BBS) och ”Time Up and Go” (TUG). Resultaten från de fysiska testerna påvisade såväl en stor balansrubbning som mobilitetsbegränsningar hos majoriteten av deltagarna. Ett generellt högt BMI-värde och stor vikt uppmättes hos båda könen. Personer med högst BMI-värde presterade kortast tid under TUG-testet. Den statistiska analysen påvisade en stark korrelation mellan de två fysiska testen, vilket indikerar att endast ett av testerna kan användas som mätinstrument i framtida undersökningar av funktion och mobilitet på Samoa. Sammanställningen av de självadministrativa formulären påvisade en generellt god fothälsa med begränsad smärta, oförmåga och aktivitetsbegränsning hos deltagarna i studien.
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Apatu, E. J., E. Christopher Gregg, Joel Hillhouse, Liang Wang, and Robert P. Pack. "Employment Status and Social Stakeholders Perceptions during the 2009 Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1363.
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Apatu, Emma J. I. "Human Response during the September 29, 2009, South Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami in American Samoa." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2286.
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Near-field tsunamis are a type of natural hazard that provide at-risk individuals with short warning periods that can severely hinder effective response. The Protection Action Decision Model (PADM) is an established theoretical framework that has been used to describe human response to natural hazards. Variables from the PADM have been used to understand individual and household responses during hazards such as hurricanes and floods but seldom for tsunamis. This study surveyed 300 adult American Samoan survivors of the September 29, 2009, Mw 8.1 South Pacific earthquake and tsunami. The primary objectives were to use variables from the PADM to: a) determine the relative importance of determinants of threat perception, b) examine tsunami survivors’ ratings of 4 social stakeholder groups regarding tsunami knowledge, trustworthiness of source of information, and protection responsibility, and c) establish whether household characteristics such as distance to shoreline, household income, and family size were situational impediments to response. Study findings showed that ground motion from the earthquake was found to be the strongest predictor of threat perception. Respondents rated themselves higher than officials and media for the 3 stakeholder characteristics. Occupational status had the most apparent effect on stakeholder perceptions. Those who reported being employed were more likely to have higher mean ratings across the social stakeholder groups for most characteristics. Respondents living closer to the shoreline and having an income of ≥ $15,000 proved to be slightly more likely to evacuate. Overall, findings suggest that the people of American Samoa displayed a remarkable response to the earthquake by evacuating upon feeling the ground shaking. Thousands of people were in the inundation zone but only 34 died, even though the first wave arrived onshore in as little as 15 minutes. The adaptive response during this event is frequently attributed to the success of recent educational outreach conducted in the months and week just prior to the event but other factors may also be important. This research represents a novel study that examines various aspects of tsunami evacuation behavior for a near-field tsunami using the PADM with a population outside of the contiguous 50 states.
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Grant, Debora Felita. "Collaborative campus ministry and its impact on women's health." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1999. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/264.
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This project dissertation, entitled “Collaborative Campus Ministry and Its Impact on Women’s Health,” provides a foundation from which to develop a collaborative campus ministry that approaches issues relating to women’s health on a historically Black campus. The dissertation includes the results of a collaboration between the Campus Ministry Office, Health Service Center, and Counseling at Morris Brown College, along with local congregations and community agencies and organizations.
This project dissertation presents the development and findings of Sisters Aligned and Living Together (SALT): A Women’s Health Conference. Project SALT provided basic information for the development and operation of a weilness program Health Education Resource Service(HERS) designed to address health concerns and challenges of many young African American women at Morris Brown College and other college campuses as well as in local congregations.
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AlAbri, Ahmed. "Risk management for Ministry of Health educational institutions(MOHEIs)." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9400/.
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Risk and risk perception are important concepts for strategic planning and management of an organisation. Risk management (RM) refers to systematic collection and analysis of data to determine the potentially adverse effects of an organisation’s strategic objectives (risk), and the development of mitigation strategies to counteract organisational uncertainties. Such uncertainties are increasing with the rapid development and expansion of the higher education sector (HE). Globalisation, increased competition for funding, advances in information and communication technology, increased social expectations, and many additional challenges have made the educational and research process more complex. This research aims to: 1) assess the level of staff awareness/participation on risk management among the 14 Ministry of Health Educational Institutions (MOHEIs); 2) identify, evaluate MOHEIs’ risks as perceived by MOHEIs staff, and 3) develop a risk management plan with recommendations, to improve the management of risk in MOHEIs. The RM endeavour is part of the new public management (NPM) reform of HE and it adds value to HEIs and their stakeholders. Both aim to: 1) improve the competitive advantage through a better understanding of risk in the operational environment, and 2) improve efficiency and effective use of resources. Diversifying funding sources, privatisation of some services (thereby sharing/transferring risk to other partners) and decentralisation of some authority to the lower organisation level will empower staff to identify risks at local level and assist in developing mitigation strategies that meet their departments’ or units’ needs. The literature review reveals many risk management standards/frameworks, which use similar processes, that include six main steps (1) Defining Context, (2) Event Identification, (3) Risk Assessment, (4) Risk response, (5) Risk Communication and, (5) Evaluation and Monitoring. In the present work I have adapted the first three of these steps through a mixed action research approach. Three data gathering methods were employed to collect qualitative and quantitative data: 1) content analysis of local, national and international published documents, 2) focus group discussions with eight senior managers and academic staff from various institutions and disciplines, and 3) two-round Delphi survey with participation of 158 MOHEIs staff. The research revealed 20 risks, of which seven risks have been rated as MOHEIs top priority risks. These include: (1) breakdown of equipment/applications; (2) inadequate infrastructure; (3) breach of IT or data security; (4) low student satisfaction; (5) insufficient funding: (6) slow procurement processes; and, (7) rising cost of employment. A risk management plan was thus developed to mitigate these seven risks through 21 treatment strategies, 69 operational activities, and 46 key risk indicators. This research highlights the need to develop a risk management framework or standard that caters for all MOHEIs levels and take into consideration the social and cultural values of the stakeholders. Until a risk management framework is established, the results of this research recommend quality assurance section to take the lead in implementing the proposed risk management plan.
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Akeli, Safua. "Leprosy in Samoa 1890 to 1922 : race, colonial politics and disempowerment : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History at the University of Canterbury /." Thesis, University of Canterbury. History, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/999.
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This thesis investigates the colonial organisation of leprosy care in Samoa from 1890 to 1922. It begins with the examination of the nineteenth century “Three Power” governments of Germany, United States of America and Great Britain over Samoa, and moves on to a study of German rule beginning in 1900 and New Zealand administration from 1914. It analyses colonial politics alongside the medical changes and exchanges of ideas about race, health and disease which dominated the direction of leprosy care in Samoa. During these thirty two years of European influence and control over Samoan affairs, the leprosy sufferer became confined and restricted, to some extent a result of international pressure for the segregation of leprosy sufferers, and a consequence of a public and medical push for isolation and confinement. Beginning in the German period, leprosy care involved medical and missionary alliances, evidence of a shift in the perception of leprosy as a shared responsibility, rather than exclusively a state one. This thesis examines the isolation policies carried out through the network of authorities involved in the organisation of leprosy care. It analyses the medical understanding of leprosy and the leprosy sufferer and traces the impact of these ideas on the leprosy policies implemented in Samoa, particularly the development and establishment of the first leprosy station in the village of Falefa which was later moved to the island of Nu’utele. The iii story of leprosy care in Samoa occurred at a time of decreasing Samoan authority, an indication of not only a disempowered leprosy sufferer but also of a largely disempowered Samoan people.
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Miller, David Teekell. "The establishment of a suicide prevention ministry team." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
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Chou, Jeanie. "Introducing mental health issues in an Asian Ameican [sic] women's ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Project (M.A.R.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2005.An integrative project submitted to the Faculty of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Religion. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-57).
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Sofia, Gustina, and n/a. "Information needs of health researchers at the National Institute of Health Research and Development, Ministry of Health, Indonesia." University of Canberra. Information, Language & Culture, 1992. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.083237.
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The present study attempted to investigate the information needs/information seeking
behaviour of health researchers at the National Institute of Health Research and
Development, Ministry of Health, Indonesia. Its objective was to identify the
relationship between information needs/information seeking behaviour and the
characteristics of those health professionals. Those characteristics include institution
to which health professionals belonged, institution geographic location, level of
appointment, level of education, and work experience.
Research was carried out through survey by using a questionnaire. This survey
obtained a response rate of 92 percent from a sample of 131 health professionals.
Their information needs/information seeking behaviour were correlated with their
characteristics to determine relationships, and the Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyse the data. Frequency distribution, chi-square
analysis, and descriptive analysis were used to obtain the results.
The study found that the health information available did not match the health
professionals' needs and that there was strong demand by these personnel for automated
information services. It also found that total hours reading per week was significantly
related to level of appointment, level of education, and work experience at other
institutions. The perceived usefulness of journals as information sources was
significantly related to institution, geographic location, level of appointment, level of
education and work experience at other institutions. Government publications and
statistical data as a source of information were found to be related significantly to
institution and geographic location. There was also a relationship between the
perceived value of reference books and work experience at the current institution. The
usefulness of library catalogues as a guide to information was found to be related
significantly to institution and geographic location, as was the usefulness of abstracting
and indexing services to level of education. Frequency of visiting libraries was
significantly related to institution, geographic location and level of appointment. The
membership of professional organizations and obtaining useful information from
friends, colleagues or personal contact were found to be significantly related to level of
education.
The study concludes with recommendations and suggestions for further research.
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Chanza, Alfred Witness Dzanja. "An assessment of the motivational value of rewards among health professionals in Malawi's Ministry of Health." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020330.
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The assessment of the motivational value of rewards in the world of work is interesting but difficult to understand. Variations in research reports and inadequate comprehension of the efficiency and motivational value of rewards have brought about confusions, controversies and contradictions among authors, researchers, consultants and practitioners in the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology (Mangham, 2007; Muula, 2006; Muula & Maseko, 2005; Palmer, 2006; World Bank, 2004). As a consequence, organisations are applying theories and models of motivation selectively depending on their beliefs, ideological framework of values and assumptions (Dzimbiri, 2009). The study was therefore carried out as a positive contribution to the existing knowledge and debate on the motivational value of rewards for health professionals in the public health sectors of the developing countries. Through a systematic sampling method, 571 health professionals were sampled for the study. Data were collected through the use of a self-administered questionnaire which was composed based on the data collected from desk research/literature review, focus group discussions and interviews. The findings of the study revealed that the Malawi‟s Ministry of Health (MoH) is failing to attract, motivate and retain health professionals; there is perception of inequity of the rewards among the health professionals; health professionals develop coping strategies to supplement their monthly financial rewards; health professionals engage in corrupt practices to supplement their monthly financial rewards; and there is erosion of industrial democracy in the Malawi‟s Public Health Sector. While the statistical testing of the hypothesized model proved a lack of fit between the variables, the statistical testing of the re-specified model suggests that there is a positive relationship between financial rewards and reward-related problems being faced by health professionals in the Malawi‟s MoH. Through the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) exercise, an inverse (negative) relationship between financial and non-financial rewards was deduced, and scientifically and graphically demonstrated. Both the re-specified and graphical models symbolize a pragmatic departure from the theoretical model whose authors (Franco, Bennett, Kanfer & Stubblebine, 2004) are largely inclined to the use of non-financial rewards and suggest that financial rewards should be used with caution. These findings also reject the Herzberg‟s two factor theory (Herzberg, 1960) which claims that financial rewards (salaries) are not a motivator. The major recommendations of the study are that the Franco et al.‟s (2004) model should be adopted and adapted in the Malawi‟s MoH with the view that the value of both financial and non-financial rewards (as motivators) varies from individual to individual due to individual differences and prevailing factors/forces in both the work environment and wider society in which the MoH operates; a hybrid reward system combining the strengths of time-based, performance-based and competence-based reward systems should be developed and implemented; the results of scientifically testing the re-specified model and the inverse (causal) relationship established between financial and non-financial rewards (as demonstrated in a graphic model) should be re-tested with other samples in the public health sectors of the developing countries; and the motivational value of non-financial rewards should be scientifically established and compared with the motivational value of financial rewards used independent of each other in business organisations to make an objective conclusion on the rewards-motivation debate.
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Lock, Gwendolyn Elizabeth. "Who shares? Managerial knowledge transfer practices in British Columbia's ministry of health services." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/736.
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The British Columbia government's Ministry of Health Services will experience significant loss of operational knowledge from an aging managerial workforce, increased staff turnover, and difficulties in recruitment. The purpose of this study is to provide the ministry's Strategic Human Resources Planning branch staff with a map and description of knowledge transfer practices used by approximately 40 managers within the ministry's Health Sector Information Management/Information Technology division and its Vital Statistics Agency. The study is a mixed-methods case study of knowledge retention and transfer practices founded on a knowledge management and social network theoretical foundation. To understand the ministry's complex nature of knowledge transfer, research questions examined the characteristics of an effective knowledge sharing network, associated knowledge sharing similarities and dissimilarities, and perceived knowledge sharing enablers and inhibiters. Social network and thematic analysis were used to collect, map, and analyze perceived informal knowledge transfer practices. Findings indicated that face-to-face communication, visual and verbal cues, and individuals who had a few powerful neighboring connections were influential knowledge resources. The social implications from these findings will act as a catalyst to shift prevalent cultural knowledge management practices thereby positively affecting workload and resource management. Employees will more clearly understand their knowledge management roles and how their actions affect service delivery to citizens. Acting as a knowledge transfer model, the ministry could positively influence the government's Public Service Agency, other ministries, health authorities, and private sector organizations to adopt effective knowledge transfer practices to improve managerial and managerial/staff communication and trust.
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Mobley, Deborah. "The Lived Experience of Faith Community Nurses Living the Call to Health Ministry." VCU Scholars Compass, 2010. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/101.
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Faith community nursing is one of the newest specialized practices of professional nursing. A faith community nurse is an actively registered professional nurse, who serves as a paid or volunteer staff member in a faith community. The faith community nurse promotes health and wholism of the faith community, its groups, families, and individual members. A faith community, as in a church, synagogue or mosque, is an organization of individuals and families who share common beliefs, values, religious doctrine, and faith practices that influence their lives. The faith community functions as a client system for the faith community nurse. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the experiences of Protestant faith community nurses "living the call" to health ministry. Previous researchers have explored the roles of the faith community nurse, but have not specifically investigated the experience of living the call. A hermeneutical phenomenological methodology was used to answer the question, "What is the lived experience of faith community nurses living the call to health ministry?" The participants were ten Caucasian female faith community nurses residing in four regions in the Commonwealth of Virginia. All participants acknowledged receiving a "call" to health ministry. A structured interview of 60 to 90 minutes was conducted with each participant. The interview consisted of structured and semi-structured questions and explored the meaning of living the call to health ministry. Data were analyzed using the phenomenological method of Max van Manen. Five themes emerged including: 1) the calling; 2) relating to God in living the call; 3) practice in living the call; 4) challenges in living the call; and 5) blessings in living the call. Participants described the experiences of the callings to health ministry, consistent communications with God and the challenges and blessings of faith community nursing. The practices of faith community nurses were also described by the participants. The findings provide a glimpse into the lifeworld of the faith community nurse living the call to health ministry. This study may be helpful to others wanting to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of the calling to health ministry as well as the experiences of relating to God, practice, challenges, and blessings.
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Alhurayess, Saleh. "Energy management in hospitals : a case study of the Saudi Ministry of Health." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13593.
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Huge amounts of energy are consumed by hospitals to improve the health environment for patients. This energy needs to be stable and continuous. Therefore, it is necessary to manage energy consumption. The purpose of this research is to study the energy management performance in hospitals in Saudi Arabia aiming to develop theoretical framework for energy management and to provide guideline to support implementing an effective energy management system in hospitals. This research consists of two main parts. The first part involves the assessment of the level of energy management program and the gathering of energy consumption quantitative data from five hospitals in order to determine the level of implementation of energy management program and the amounts and percentage of annual change in electricity consumption per bed in hospitals. The second part involves the inspection of the opinions of hospital top technical managers regarding energy management in their hospitals and their knowledge in auditing procedures, energy efficiency barriers, awareness to energy management and percentage of expected amount of saved energy. The research delivers recommendations tailored to the health sector in Saudi Arabia that encourages implementing energy management programs in hospitals to save energy, increase energy efficiency and improve energy management awareness.
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Mirzoev, Tolib. "Assessment of capacity of the Ministry of Health to conduct health policy processes in the Republic of Tajikistan." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2010. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1120/.
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The widely-recognised importance of robust health policy processes suggests the need for capacity to ensure these. Whilst research exists on capacity or policy processes, little is known about how these two are related. This study starts to fill this gap by developing a conceptual framework and testing in the Republic of Tajikistan, where independence reinforced the need for Ministry of Health's (MOH) capacity to conduct country-level policy processes. The following overarching research question guided this qualitative study: What are the key elements of, and main effects on, MOH capacity to conduct health policy processes in RT and how has this capacity changed since independence? Data was collected using semi-structured interviews, document reviews and observations of policy event. A framework approach was used for analysis, drawing on the conceptual framework. An understanding of what constitutes robust health policy processes is important and six characteristics were identified: holistic, evidence-informed, efficient, effective, feasible and sustainable. The conceptual framework distinguishes five components: MOH capacity to conduct policy processes (comprising elements of policy cycle, use of evidence, leadership and governance, and resources), actors, context, policy contents and policy results. This study explored the MOH capacity related to its management or response to the first three components. Though positive changes since independence were identified, the study found that MOH capacity is lacking in all following areas: recognising and managing stages of policy cycle, considering wider context, managing involvement of policy actors, ensuring evidence-informed policy processes, applying good governance and effective leadership, and establishing and effectively using resources. Each area is dynamic, interrelated with others and involves intra-relationships, with implications for overall MOH capacity. Two underlying issues are important: the need for both ability and willingness and the inter-relationships and interdependence between different capacity levels. As a result of the study a revised framework was developed.
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Trauth, Jonathan N. "An Evaluation of the St. Leo Burundi Refugee Ministry Program." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1468512316.
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Hagos, Samuel. "Assessment of Business Process Reengineering Implementation and Result within Ethiopian Ministry of Health and Gambella Regional Health Bureau Contexts." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5312.
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For many years, the tight bureaucratic and task centered approaches of civil service institutions of Ethiopia led to fragmentation, overlap and duplications of efforts than being responsive, flexible and customer focus. To this end, Business Process Reengineering (BPR) has been considered as a government sector technique to help organizations fundamentally rethink how they do their work in order to dramatically improve customer service, cut operational costs, become responsive, flexible and customer focus. BPR has great potential for increasing productivity through reduced process time and cost, improved quality, and greater customer satisfaction, but it often requires a fundamental organizational change. Despite the numerous advantages of BPR in terms of responsiveness, flexibility and customer focus, its implementation is perceived to be a difficult task and also many unsuccessful experiences have been reported in the literature. In fact, there are very few survey researches that attempt to highlight the kinds of activities that the organizations should pursue to ensure a reasonable transition to the new process; manage the human and technical issues surrounding implementation of the new process; and assess the results of its reengineering efforts. But these researchers saw the issues from private cooperative organizational perspectives and contexts. Besides, most of the discussions and findings were stretched up to showing that successful BPR implementations process are mainly associated with the organizations capability in managing changes. The researches paid no attention to other factors, like the issues of enabler, tools and techniques which can be utilized to build momentum. Hence, the present research investigated the factors associated with successful implementations of BPR projects in the contexts of public institutions. Based on a case study conducted in Ethiopian Ministry of Health and Gambella Regional Health Bureau; this research attempted to provide guidelines and best practices in public service providing institutions that will help them to achieve dramatic performance gains while implementing BPR projects. A cross sectional, qualitative and quantitative study was conducted taking 90 respondents and 20 interviewees as study subjects. Data were collected from June 1 to July 31 2010. A structured questionnaire was filled by 90 respondents where 43.3 % of them from Gambella Peoples’ National Regional State Health Bureau and 56.7% of them were from Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health. The questionnaire was employed to collect data on change management and factors associated with the attainment of performance goals whereas in-depth interviews were utilized to substantiate the findings of questionnaire and investigate the use of information technology as enabler. The in-depth interviews included planners, core process owners and directors. Cross tabulation results imply that there is significant associations between attainment of performance goals and availability of written comprehensive plan for pilot test, refinement and implementation of change management plan, availability of communication strategy, placement of performance measures, motivation to take new roles and responsibilities, Use of information technology as enabler and pilot testing to evaluate new process. Hence, the findings of this research suggest that reengineering project implementation is complex, involving many factors. To succeed, it is essential that change be managed and that balanced attention be paid to all identified factors, including those that are more contextual (e.g., management support and technological competence), performance management, availability of comprehensive implementation plan, communication strategies, refinement and implementation of change management plan, use of pilot testing to evaluate new process, motivation to take new roles and responsibilities and usage information technology as enabler.+251911436197, Gambella, Ethiopia, P.o.box. 90
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Brooks, Gary S. "A proactive strategy for improving the health and ministry effectiveness of Bethany Baptist Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Alghamdi, Saleh. "The adoption of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2018. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.768496.
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Aim: This thesis aims to explore and investigate the level and process of adoption of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes (ASPs) and factors influencing their implementation in Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals. The findings of this study will provide hospitals and policy makers with evidence-based recommendations on how barriers to ASPs adoption can be overcome, which will ultimately improve antimicrobial use and reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Method: A mixed method approach was carried out using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with healthcare professionals in three Saudi hospitals to explore the enablers and barriers to their adoption of ASPs. A survey was then developed based on these findings to investigate the level of hospitals’ adoption of ASPs and factors influencing their implementation at a national level. Further, a case study using in-depth interviews was utilised to understand the process of ASP adoption in a Saudi hospital, and how adoption challenges were addressed. Finally, a self-administered questionnaire was used to examine patients’ knowledge and perceptions of antimicrobial use and resistance, and to evaluate the institutional role of patient education on antimicrobial use in two Saudi hospitals. The overall methodology of the research is summarised in Figure I. Results: Despite the introduction of a national ASP strategy, adoption of ASPs in Saudi MOH hospitals remains low. Organisational barriers such as the lack of senior management support, lack of supportive IT infrastructure and the shortage of ASP team members hinder hospitals’ efforts to adopt ASPs. Further barriers relate to the lack of formal enforcement by MOH and the physicians fears of patients' complications and clinical liability. Patients admitted to Saudi hospitals lack knowledge and perceptions of AMR, and the adoption of ASPs may improve hospitals’ role in patients' education. Conclusions: Despite the established benefits of ASPs, their adoption in Saudi MOH hospitals remains low. Urgent action is needed to address the strategies priorities associated with AMR, including access to antimicrobials, antimicrobial stewardship and education and research. Policy makers are urged to consider making ASPs adoption in hospitals a regulatory requirement supported by national guidelines and surveillance programmes. It is essential to increase the provision of ID and infection control residency and training programmes to meet the extreme shortage of ID physicians, pharmacists, microbiologists and infection control practitioners. Higher education institutions and teaching hospitals are required to introduce antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship competencies into undergraduate Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Nursing and Veterinary curriculum, as well as introduction of AMR topics in order to increase knowledge and awareness of ASPs and AMR. Collaboration between ASPs adopting and non-adopting hospitals is essential to share implementation experience, strategies and solutions to overcome barriers. Healthcare specialised associations are needed to be part of AMR conversation and guide healthcare professionals’ training and accreditation. Multiple stakeholders should be actively part of the conversations around tacking AMR. Primary care, secondary care, community pharmacies and policy makers should strive to create a shared culture of responsibility among all healthcare partners to improve antimicrobial therapy and reduce risks of AMR
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Watson, Brenda Ivy. "African American Pastors' Perspectives on Health Promotion Ministries." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3846.
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The centrality of the church in African American communities makes it a culturally compelling sponsor for health promotion activities targeting health disparities among the medically underserved. Pastoral support is critical in determining whether a church initiates or supports a health promotion agenda, but there is little understanding of the variables that influence this decision. The aim of the qualitative study was to investigate the perceptions of African American pastors regarding the decision to incorporate health promotion programs in their churches. This study was guided by the health belief model using a phenomenological approach. Data were collected using both semi-structured and open-ended interviews. Ten pastors of North Carolina African American churches, with and without health promotion ministries, were recruited for the study. Eight pastors agreed to participate in the study. They were interviewed, and interviews were recorded and transcribed. The data were open coded and analyzed. NVivo 11 was used to manage the data. Five themes emerged from the study: the importance of health promotion, pastor support of a health promotion program, pastor influence on individuals in the congregation, the health status of church members, and barriers and facilitators. Positive social change may be realized by using this information to increase the effectiveness of culturally sensitive health information and developing health education programs that specifically target the African American faith community. Information from this research could help guide public health agencies on how to approach health programming in this specific area and for this population.
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Rasmussen, Dawn Therese. "Implementing the Samoa Secondary Schools Health and Physical Education Curriculum: A Peg in the Ground. “O Le Ma’a Tulimanu Sa Lafoai’ina E Tufuga”." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Educational Studies and Human Development, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5700.
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The aim of this qualitative case study was to examine how the teachers in Samoa were
implementing the Samoa Secondary Schools Health and Physical Education Curriculum and to
assess what problems the teachers were encountering in the implementation of the curriculum
and the barriers that may have contributed to the delay and acceptance of Health and Physical
Education as an academic subject.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect data from teachers and principals of two
different schools. Data was analysed using a thematic approach that allowed for identification of
similarities and differences in teachers’ and principals responses and provided a structure for talanoa
or discussion.
On analysis of the findings, it is apparent that several important aspects of the teaching and learning
environment had an impact on the implementation of the new curriculum. These findings include the
emphasis on examinations within the Samoan educational system, the lack of confidence
demonstrated by the teachers in delivering the content of the Health and Physical Education
curriculum, and the limitations experienced with resources and equipment. Moreover, there was an
obvious concern of the principals in the ability and skills of the teachers in the delivery of the
subject. The findings also indicate that there was more importance placed on theory rather than the
practicals which had negative implications on the time spent out doors on physical activities.
These findings suggest that there are four main areas of influence on the implementation of the new
curriculum; perceptions and attitudes of Health and Physical Education, curriculum knowledge,
pedagogical and content knowledge and resources and training. In order for the new curriculum to be
implemented successfully, these areas will have to be addressed. As it is the new curriculum marks a
new era of development in the Samoa educational system, “a peg in the ground” where a subject that
has been marginalised for so long “O le ma’a sa lafoai’ina e tufuga” (the stone that was rejected by
the carpenters) can now be given the academic value it deserves.
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Shoopala, Anna-Liisa. "Design of a backend system to integrate health information systems – case study: ministry of health and social services (MoHSS)-Namibia." Master's thesis, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34011.
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Information systems are the key to institution organization and decision making. In the health care field, there is a lot of data flow, from the patient demographic information (through the electronic medical records), the patient's medication dispersal methods called pharmaceutical data, laboratory data to hospital organization information such bed allocation. Healthcare information system is a system that manages, store, transmit and display healthcare data. Most of the healthcare data in Namibia are unstructured, there is a heterogeneous environment in which different health information systems are distributed in different departments [1][2]. A lot of data is generated but never used in decision-making due to the fragmentation. The integration of these systems would create a flood of big data into a centralized database. With information technology and new generation networks becoming a called for innovations in every day's operations, the adaptations of accessing big data through information applications and systems in an integrated way will facilitate the performances of practical work in health care. The aim of this dissertation is to find a way in which these vertical Health Information System can be integrated into a unified system. A prototype of a back-end system is used to illustrate how the present healthcare systems that are in place with the Ministry of Health and Social Service facilities in Namibia, can be integrated to promote a more unified system usage. The system uses other prototypes of subsystems that represent the current systems to illustrate how they operate and, in the end, how the integration can improve service delivery in the ministry. The proposed system is expected to benefit the ministry in its daily operations as it enables instant authorized access to data without passing through middlemen. It will improve and preserve data integrity by eliminating multiple handling of data through a single data admission point. With one entry point to the systems, manual work will be reduced hence also reducing cost. Generally, it will ensure efficiency and then increase the quality of service provided.
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Damanhouri, Amal Mohammed Sheikh. "Considering total quality management in Ministry of Health hospitals in Jeddah City in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2160/98dc854f-2337-435d-a669-ef11d212ad15.
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This study investigates Total Quality Management in the Ministry of Health hospitals in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia as a method of continuous improvement in health services. The objective of the study is to determine the concept of quality, the characteristics of a quality system and the definition and importance of Total Quality Management. The hypotheses are based on the assumption that there are standards and indicators for quality in health services; that current quality plans lead to improving quality and the hospitals are applying Total Quality Management factors. These include commitment of top management to Total Quality Management, customer satisfaction, improvements in the process, changes in the culture, human resources management, containing the costs of quality and the use Total Quality Management tools. The theoretical chapters include the outline of the study, the health services in KSA; quality in health services; Total Quality Management and its factors in health services; how it could be applied in hospitals especially in the public hospitals; the critiques of Total Quality Management regarding theory and practice, in the public and private sectors and the problems that may be found in its application. The study was based on two questionnaire surveys dealing with patients and employees in the hospitals and the interviews with the managers of Total Quality Management departments. The results concluded that there are many factors that determine the concept of quality, and the definition of Total Quality Management. The characteristics of a traditional quality management system are still used and there is a need to implement a more comprehensive quality system such as Total Quality Management in hospitals in Jeddah. Also, the study concluded that most hospitals have not quality standards and indicators, just two plans have an effect on improving quality (plans relating to human resources management and culture environment)and there was a weakness in the application of the elements of Total Quality Management in hospitals. The elements relating to the top management are lower than expected, such as mission, vision, values and objectives of Total Quality Management. The level of health services quality does not meet the patients’ requirements and achieve employee’s satisfaction. The elements relating to the process of health services are lower than expected, such as systems and explicit work methods. T he cultural environment in hospitals does not contribute to the achievement of the provision of a proper work environment for the programmes of Total Quality Management such as factors related to organizational environment, decision-making, prevention and information. There was a lack of human resources management in the implementation of Total Quality Management programmes in the variables related to the employees’ competence, involvement, teamwork, communication and system. Finally, Total Quality Management tools do not contribute to improving the quality of health services. There is a need for further study relating to quality costs. Also studies will need to carry out research of other dependent variables that are not included in the model suggested in the study related to the top management commitment, cultural environment and human resources management.
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Scott, Elizabeth J. C. "The influence of the staff of the Ministry of Health on policies for nursing 1919-1968." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318208.
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This thesis examines the role and influence of the administrative Civil Service on the development of policies on nursing and the role played by the nurses employed on the staff of the Ministry of Health. The period studied is the life time of the Ministry of Health, 1919- 1968. Throughout this period nurses were employed within the Ministry in various types of advisory roles. It was also a period when Ministers of Health, and consequently their Civil Servants, had legislative responsibilities and policy interests in the adequate provision of nursing services in hospital and public health services. - The main hypothesis addressed here is that throughout this period, the administrative Civil Service demonstrated a more constructive and realistic view of nursing and of the conthbution made by nurses to the delivery of health care services than the profession's own representatives and leaders. During this period there were five nursing issues which appeared as matters of concern to the Ministry, and while these issues were of concern to central government they could also have been expected to be of central importance to the nursing profession. These issues were nurse registration, recruitment, remuneration, education and training and management and they provide common themes running through this thesis. The study is presented in chronological order and these issues provide the subject context and illustrations of how decisions, on nursing issues, were taken in the Ministry of Health. Some historians and commentators have suggested that the nursing profession was curtailed in what it wanted to achieve for their profession by the Civil Service and the medical profession. In this thesis a contrary conclusion is drawn. Nursing appears as a leaderless profession, lacking any sense of cohesiveness, political awareness or assertiveness and consequently unable to exploit the available opportunities and political support to establish a voice for nursing in the formulation of health policies or in the distribution of resources. While the representatives and leaders of nursing were protecting professional boundaries it was the administrative civil servants who became involved in forward looking debates on the delivery of services and standard of nursing care.
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Ramos, Juan Manuel HernaÌndez. "Health care for the poor in Mexico : which is more efficient and effective, the social security system or the Ministry of Health?" Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.250363.
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Johnston, William D. "Equipping selected members of the First Baptist Church of Alabaster, Alabama to lead a wellness ministry." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Bujang, Fatimah binti. "Implementation of the modified budgeting system in the Malaysian Ministry of Health, with special reference to Sarawak General Hospital." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307952.
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This research was originally planned to study the implementation of the Modified Budgeting System (MBS) in hospitals in the Malaysian Ministry of Health, but as it turned out from the results of the intensive case study in the Sarawak General Hospital in 1994, MBS had not been implemented in the way intended by its architects. Thus, what has been observed is not an exercise in the implementation of a fixed technology known as Modified Budgeting System, but is a process of discovery of what MBS means and construction of what MBS can become. This research, therefore, analyses the processes involved in fabricating a form of responsibility accounting system in the Malaysian Ministry of Health. The Malaysian Federal Treasury introduced MBS in 1990 as part of a pilot project to effect changes and improvements to the management of resource allocation. The newly introduced MBS is a government-mandated budgetary reform and the Ministry of Health was selected as a pilot agency to implement the reform. This study analyses not only the outcome of the project but how it was implemented (or faced resistance), and also examines how ready the Ministry of Health was to accept the challenge of implementing a devolved budgeting system. The study is considered as important not only to the Malaysian Federal Government but also in terms of its contribution to the academic literature on budgeting in developing countries. No other study is known to have been attempted to investigate how MBS operates in practice in the Malaysian Ministry of Health or in any other organization in Malaysia that uses MBS. The research methods used were semi-structured interviews, reference to documentary materials, attending MBS workshops, attending management meetings and non-participant observation.
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Watts, Brittany Clarvon. ""Ministry is Very Vulnerable Work": A Qualitative Exploration of Black Women's Mental Health in the Black Church." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent155457519429668.
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Shaw, Mike. "The restructuring of organizational groups and ministries of Trinity Baptist Church of Lawton, Oklahoma to promote greater church health and growth." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p054-0248.
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Piscoya, Alejandro, Noé Atamari-Anahui, Maycol Suker Ccorahua-Rios, and Riego Angela Parra del. "National trends of hepatocellular carcinoma mortality registered by the ministry of health in Peru, from 2005 to 2016." Sociedad Argentina de Gastroenterologia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/655696.
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Background. Hepatocellular carcinoma results in most cases from underlying chronic liver disease. The most common causes are the Hepatitis B virus and the Hepatitis C virus in-fections, the alcoholism and the aflatoxin. Mortality statistics of liver cell carcinoma in Peru is limited. Objectives. Update statistics on hepatocellular carcinoma mortality in Peru between the years 2005 and 2016. Methods. Observation-al, descriptive studyand secondary analysis of the Ministry of Health database. Records with the basic cause of death ICD 10: C22, the liver cell carcinoma were reviewed. Mortality was calculated according to the age, the sex and the department in which death was recorded; Also, standardized mortality by age was calculated. Results. 2,170 people were registered as deceased due to hepatocellular carcinoma. The 50.1% were male and the 67.5% older than 60 years. The standardized mortality rate in Peru decreased from 1.1 to 0.7 per 100,000 population from 2005 to 2016. The raw cup of mortality per 100,000 population shows that when comparing the first period (2005-2010) with the second (2011-2016), the tendency in Peru has decreased. The only region that presented a decrease in mortality was the Mountains (% change =-40.1). Conclusions. Standardized mortality by age had a slight decrease from 2005 to 2016; however, this difference does not show considerable variations. Mortality from this neoplasm seems to remain high and stable since the period from 1995 to 2000.Revisión por pares
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Al, Aswad Amal Mohammad. "Issues concerning the adoption and usage of Electronic Medical Records in Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/9632/.
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Background: There is a lack of research with regard to understanding the factors that motivate hospitals to proceed with implementing Electronic Medical Record Systems (EMR). The Health Information Management and System Society (HIMSS) outlines eight levels of EMR implementation from 0 (no implementation) to 7 (full use and implementation of the system). Some hospitals proceed to implement EMR and achieve a high level of implementation, while others stop at a certain level of EMR implementation or may even regress to lower levels. Aims and Methods: This research aimed to develop a framework to understand the motivational and de-motivational factors for proceeding with EMR implementationto uncover which hospitals have implemented EMR, to which levels, and how hospitals perceive EMR. In order to accomplish this,a mixed method design was adopted including a survey and case studies of a sample of hospitals in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The three case study sites were: a large hospital located in the capital city, a medium hospital located in a town, and a small hospital located in an isolated rural area. Results: The study found that 3 out of 29 hospitals in the area had implemented EMR. Contrary to expectations, the largest hospital located in the central city had regressed from level four of EMR implementation to level one, whereas the smallest hospital located in anisolated rural location achieved the highest EMR level. It was found that there were common factors that affected all the case study sites, whileother factors varied among them. Shared factors motivating sites to adopt EMR included a desire to escape from the manual system, whereas shared de-motivational factors included funding and technical problems. As these factors were common across sites at different levels of implementation, it is suggested that they do not sufficiently explain the variance in implementation level. It is argued that factors which varied between sites, however, may shed more light on the main motivators for implementation. For example, although there were technical problems across the sites,the way these technical problems were treated made the difference in terms of the success of the implementation. Additionally, top management commitment, users’ involvement in the EMR development and other factors varying between sites appeared to make the difference in the implementation’s success. Conclusion:The study concluded that all these common and varied factors affectedstaff attitudes toward the system. However, the site-related factors were perceived to be the main driver for the variance in the implementations. Since all site-related factors are controllable by top management, it is recommended that EMR implementation should be managed and supervised by a committee consisting of representatives from among clinical staff and IT staff. Based on this research, it is believed that such a committee is necessary for proceeding with an EMR implementation. However, there is no empirical evidence from this research about that. Therefore, it is advised that future research should find the rules, authorities and compositions of such committees that would make the committee effective.
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Padalino, Johnny Ross. "Overcoming the fear -- learning to care training in crisis intervention from a Christian perspective /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Schiesswohl, Scott J. "Restoring the phoenix pastoral care and preaching --post 9/11 as a concept for ministry /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.
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Opalinski, Andra Simmons. "Cultural beliefs and attitudes related to overweight children in Haitian and Hispanic cultures and the role of health ministry /." Connect to full text via ProQuest. Limited to UCD Anschutz Medical Campus, 2007.
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Thesis (Ph.D. in Nursing) -- University of Colorado Denver, 2007.Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-183). Free to UCD affiliates. Online version available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations;
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Leonidou, Maria Papaconstantinou. "Patients' satisfaction received from nursing staff in the Home Care Programme run by the Ministry of Health in Cyprus." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2015. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/15143/.
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate the home care patients’ satisfaction received from the nursing staff in the public home care program in Cyprus. Patients’ satisfaction has become an important part in evaluating the quality of health care services. Patients are the ones who can identify better than anyone else the aspects of nursing care which need improvement. Home care services are quite new and still developing in Cyprus while the need for these services is increasing rapidly. This study, utilized the QPP survey questionnaire, in depth semi-structured interviews and observations. The questionnaire was delivered to the home care patients who received long term care during the period of February 2011 to May 2011. A purposive sample was used for the interviews of the patients, the nursing staff and the management staff of the home care program and for the observations of the home care visits. The results of this study showed that the home care patients of the public home care program in Cyprus are very satisfied from the services they receive from the home care nursing staff. The quality of care, QPP index was found of the highest score in all items of the questionnaire. This study revealed high standards in the elements relating to the humane approach, the medical competence, the information and advising provided to the patients. At the same time, this study identified a deficiency in the abilities of the nursing staff to provide psychological support in difficult cases and the patients’ inadequate control of their medical care according to their desires rather than by the procedures of their home care nurse. It also identified the need of the home care patients for help in the activities of daily living (ADLs). Additionally, this study surfaced the aspects of the nursing care which the home care patients consider more important and highlighted the characteristics of an ideal home care nurse through the patients’ eyes; placing the humane approach as the most important aspect, followed by the psychological support provided and then by the nursing knowledge. A deviation was identified between the nursing and management views, with the later placing the nursing knowledge as first, followed by leadership skills and then by the humane approach. This study, also identified those problematic areas of the program which negatively influence the nursing services; these were the absence of a team of health professionals in the program, the limited operating hours, the non-implementation of the concept of prescribing nurses, the non- eligibility of the nurses to refer the patients to other health professionals, inadequate technology, insufficient financial support of the program, and the cumbersome procedures of the public sector. Home care patients’ satisfaction from the nursing staff is very high; yet there are some areas which need improvement. Recommendations emanated from the project include the enhancement of the nursing undergraduate and post graduate education in home care nursing, with courses and workshops on the psychology of home care patients, on gerontology, on leadership and communication skills. Recommendations also include individual and organizational development interventions for providing more support to the home care nurses, higher quality of care to the home care patients within a client-centred environment and feedback strategies.
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Thomas, Patricia E. "Recovery is reachable at the Third Street Church of God: A twelve-week spiritually based ministry for substance abusers and alcoholics (Washington, D.C.)." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1999. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/AAIDP14687.
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The purpose of this research project was to design an alternative ministry for recovering substance abusers and alcoholics during a twelve-week period. This recovery ministry was used in conjunction with Alcoholic Anonymous. The difference between this ministry and Alcoholics Anonymous is the qualitative base upon which this ministry was established and proclaimed. The Christian Church and Alcoholics Anonymous can be used as parallel rehabilitative agencies for substance and alcoholic abusers to a point. This recovery ministry leads the substance abuser and alcoholic to another level of understanding that God is the supreme being that brings deliverance to the addict.
The ministry setting is the Third Street Church of God in Washington, D.C. The recovery ministry was developed from the Urban Prayer Breakfast Ministry at this church. The Urban Prayer Breakfast Ministry provides breakfast five days a week to one hundred people who are homeless, substance abusers, and poor. A recovery ministry was established for this particular population. Therefore, it was the writer's intention to organize another way of helping the hurting in this community.
Interviews were conducted with one hundred persons of the Urban Prayer Breakfast Ministry who would be interested in participating in the recovery ministry. There were thirteen adult clients (twelve males and one female) from the treatment group who expressed an interest. The clients were given a screening interview prior to acceptance into the recovery ministry. A post-interview evaluation was given at the end of the twelve-week ministry. Five male clients completed the twelve-week recovery ministry.
This dissertation includes a twelve-week outline for a spiritually-based program, the interview questionnaire, drug and alcohol testing results, and a daily itinerary of the recovery ministry.
One male client did remain drug free during the last six weeks of the recovery ministry. This project was designed to help persons become free of substance abuse. The writer believes that it is possible for a person who desires freedom from substance abuse dependency to gain deliverance in twelve weeks. However, freedom from substance abuse dependency is a one day at a time process. Some substance abusers are delivered instantaneously, others are delivered over a period of time, and some never gain total deliverance from substance abuse. The mission of this project was to create an atmosphere where substance abusers could receive help with their addiction. During the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays of the twelve-week recovery ministry, the clients did not engage in substance abuse.
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Scheffer, Susara Elizabeth. "A pastoral study focusing on the influence of fulltime ministry on marital wellness / Scheffer, S.E." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4961.
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One of the most important social institutions in our society is that of the family and specifically the union of marriage. Marriage is one of God's central institutions as it depicts His relationship to his body of believers just as Christ is the groom and his body the bride.
Full-time ministry couples experience certain pressures, which impact the health and union of the marriage in a variety of ways - yet these "pressures" are not always understood in society or by the church.
This study undertakes to understand what the influence of full-time ministry has on the health of a marriage for couples who are engaged in full-time ministry.
Through a qualitative empirical research based on the model of Zerfass, the researcher will gain understanding into the various aspects underlying the ministry environment that influences the health of a marriage. The researcher establishes that three main areas must be formulated for future ministry couples in order to function at an optimal level. These areas include the establishment of proper ministerial and marriage guidelines. It also includes that married couples should gain proper equilibrium and consciousness towards their ministry and marriage health.
It is evident that the body of Christ doesn't fully grasp the influence of full-time ministry on the health of a marriage. An overall uncertainty exists of what constitutes a healthy marriage and therefore a lack of understanding on the various pressures exerted on full-time ministry is prevalent.
Ultimately couples should realise that today's changing times and uncertain job roles necessitate flexibility to adapt to new environments while still holding on to a healthy marriage unionThesis (M.A. (Practical Theology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.
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Buckley, Cosley. "A study on the effectiveness of the hope for generation Buddy Partner Prayer ministry to Christians with Bipolar 1 Disorder who exhibit manic symptoms." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3707812.
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The purpose of this dissertation: A Study of the Effectiveness of the Hope For Generations Buddy Partner Prayer Ministry on Christians with Bipolar 1 Disorder Who Exhibit Manic Symptoms is to examine the impact of prayer during the manifest flare up of manic symptoms. The study will focus on the effectiveness of the prayer ministry of the Buddy Partner Prayer Group (BPPG) in ‘Hope For Generation Church Ministry on behalf of participants in the midst of Bipolar Disorder 1 decompensating during worship services. Using a case study approach utilizing eight (8) participants, the results verified the hypotheses and demonstrated that when the Buddy Partner Prayer Group (BPPG) in Hope For Generation Church Ministry prayed, in 7 of 8 cases believers with Bipolar 1 Disorder who exhibited manic symptoms showed a decrease in these symptoms.
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Alsulaiman, Saud Abdulaziz. "Health Crisis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Study of Saudis’ Knowledge of Coronavirus, Attitudes toward the Ministry of Health’s Coronavirus Preventive Campaigns, and Trust in Coronavirus Messages in the Media." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1521673786522563.
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Lebo, Franklin Barr. "Between Bureaucracy and Democracy: Regulating Administrative Discretion in Japan." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1365802091.
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Lockett, Harold John. "Educating religious leaders about organ donation and organ transplantation: Using the theory of gift exchange as a model for pastoral ministry." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2002. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/AAIDP14677.
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The purpose of this ministry project is to educate religious leaders about an alternative to approaching organ donation and organ transplantation, using the Theory of Gift Exchange as the model paradigm. This ministry project is based on the premise that religious leaders generally use dated statistical material, life changing stories, and personal experiences to raise awareness on the subject. Thus, the Theory of Gift Exchange is a different approach and a unique model for religious leaders to begin understanding the complex nature of organ donation and organ transplantation, and ultimately embracing it with less reluctance.
The results of this ministry project discovered that practically every religious leader was unfamiliar with the idea of Gift Exchange. However, they were familiar with this concept only as it relates to the exchanging of personal gifts around special occasions and holidays.
Thus, the conclusion gathered from this ministry project suggests that the 'Theory of Gift Exchange' is an excellent model to educate about organ donation and organ transplantation. This conceptual idea makes it easy for a religious leader to understand and embrace the subject, and feel less threatened by it, particularly because one can see that the overall intent is about gift giving and gift receiving.
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Shaikh, Ahmed Al. "An assessment of operating performance in contract managed hospitals versus traditionally managed hospitals : a case study of Ministry of Health hospitals in Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249804.
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Broh, Tou Plui Nonglak Pancharuniti. "Utilization of Thai traditional massage at the Institute of Thai Traditional Medicine, Department for development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Ministry of Public Health /." Abstract, 2004. http://mulinet3.li.mahidol.ac.th/thesis/2547/cd363/4637908.pdf.
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Víchová, Alžběta. "Zdravotní turistika v České republice a možnosti zapojení Ministerstva zdravotnictví do její podpory." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-194127.
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The goal of this master thesis is to analyze issues connected to medical tourism, to show, how the Czech Republic could benefit from supporting this niche and imply whether this support is worth it. Bearing this in mind, I suggest a plan of medical tourism support, which could be implemented by the Czech Ministry of Health. In the theoretical part, the term medical tourism is defined and it is determined what implications medical tourism might have for both source and destination countries. The legal framework on medical tourism is described and I mention reasons why it should be the Ministry of Health's responsibility to support the segment. The analytical part describes and analyzes in depth the current state of medical tourism in the Czech Republic. A research on the hospitals' position on medical tourism has been carried out. Furthermore, a questionnaire had been sent to embassies of the Czech Republic around the world. Based on discoveries made in the analytical part, I conclude that although medical tourism in the Czech Republic has certain potential, this potential has its limits. The main limit might be that public hospitals have little motivation to seek for revenues outside of subsidies. In accordance with the aforementioned, I suggest a plan on medical tourism support for the Ministry of Health and a budget of its implementation is also established. The thesis also mentions its possible connection to medical export.
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Pereira, Júnior Nilton 1980. "O apoio institucional no SUS : os dilemas da integração interfederativa e da cogestão." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/309398.
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Orientador: Gastão Wagner de Sousa CamposDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
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Resumo: Este estudo objetiva compreender a formulação do Apoio Institucional pelo Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, e como esta estratégia do Método da Roda vem sendo incorporada ao discurso oficial da gestão federal do SUS. Investigamos o contexto político-institucional que condicionou a incorporação do Método da Roda na instituição, buscamos identificar especificidades e singularidades da construção do Apoio em diferentes Secretarias e Departamentos do Ministério da Saúde; e propusemos uma matriz analítica com os modos de organização e de operação do Apoio Institucional na gestão federal. O estudo situa-se na categoria de pesquisa qualitativa, dentro do campo da pesquisa social em saúde. Definimos a Hermenêutica-Dialética como abordagem metodológica por considerarmos coerente com o referencial teórico utilizado - Apoio Paidéia e Dialética Marxista - e com os objetivos desta investigação. Analisamos documentos oficiais, Diretrizes Nacionais, Cadernos de Formação, Políticas e Programas que tratam do Apoio Institucional no Ministério da Saúde, produzidos por vários setores. Concluímos que o estudo mais aprofundado sobre o Estado é necessário para compreendermos o mundo da gestão e do trabalho em saúde. Entendemos que os sujeitos (individuais e coletivos) são influenciados e determinados pela macroestrutura, inclusive estatal, com disputa de hegemonia no conjunto de instituições, nas práticas sociais, na ideologia, na cultura, na política, na educação etc. Identificamos dilemas decorrentes de dificuldades, limites e contradições que os gestores do SUS vivenciam cotidianamente ao buscarem estratégias de mudança da lógica tradicional de governo (racionalidade gerencial hegemônica), seja na gestão democrática e participativa, seja na relação entre entes federados. Os documentos analisados expressam desejo da mudança, consistência teórica-política adequada a esse desejo e priorização de parte dos dirigentes. Entretanto, apresentam contradições dentro das mesmas equipes dirigentes, entre secretarias e políticas distintas, mostram dificuldade de integração entre as áreas do Ministério da Saúde e deste com os gestores descentralizados (estados e municípios)
Abstract: This study aims to understand the formulation of the Institutional Support by the Ministry of Health of Brazil and how this strategy of Paideia Method has been incorporated in the official discourse of the federal management of the SUS. We have researched the political and institutional context which led to the incorporation of the Paideia Method in the institution, also have tried to identify the specificities and peculiarities of the Support construction in different Secretaries and Departments of the Ministry of Health. Besides, we have proposed an analytical matrix with the manners of organization and operation of the Support Institutional of the federal management. The study is a qualitative research within the social research on health. We have defined the Dialectical Hermeneutics as the methodological approach as we consider it coherent to the theoretical framework which was used- Paideia Support and Marxist Dialectic - and also to the goals of this research. We have analyzed official documents, National Guidelines, Training Booklets and Policies and Programs which are concerned with the Institutional Support of the Ministry of Health produced by various sectors. We have concluded that a deeper study on the State is necessary to understand the world of management and furthermore the work on health. We have understood that the subjects (individual and collective) are influenced and determined by the macrostructure, including state, with fight for hegemony in the set of institutions, social practices, ideology, culture, politics, education etc. We have identified dilemmas which come from the difficulties, limits and contradictions that SUS managers experience daily while seeking strategies of changes of the government traditional logic (hegemonic managerial rationality), either in democratic and participative management or in the relationship between federal entities. The documents analyzed reflect a desire for change, political-theoretical consistency which suits this desire and priority of the leaders. However, they show contradictions within the same management teams, between secretaries and distinct policies and show difficulty of integration between the Ministry of Health and this Ministry with decentralized managers (states and municipalities)
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Política, Planejamento e Gestão em Saúde
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Torres, Mary Ann. "Access to treatment as a human right, a discussion of the aspects of the right to health under national and international law in Venezuela; Cruz Bermudez, et al v. Ministry of Health, Supreme Court of Venezuela, July 1999." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ54070.pdf.
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Kyriakides-Yeldham, Anthony Paul Richard. "Identity and ministry in healthcare chaplaincy : the liminality of the Church of England priest who continues to sing the Lord's song in the strange land of the National Health Service." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/29655.
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This thesis examines the dual identity of the Church of England priest employed as an NHS healthcare chaplain. In 1948, full-time NHS chaplains provided a Church of England ministry of liturgy and pastoral care. Their twenty-first century counterpart delivers existential spiritual or pastoral care. Though Church of England chaplains are licensed by the Church, their work is shaped by the NHS and the Trust which employs them. They are accountable to the Church and the NHS even though each promotes different values and serves different ends. Published literature alludes to the chaplain’s sense of marginalization from the Church and within the NHS. Interviews with twelve full-time NHS chaplains, who are Church of England priests, focused on how they interpreted their dual identity as priest and chaplain, and the impact the two institutions had on these identities. This I framed using the theoretical model, ‘communities of practice’. Analysis of these interviews confirmed that chaplains thought they were disconnected from the priorities and values of the Church. This they described as ‘marginalization’, a term which appears elsewhere in published literature sometimes interchangeable with ‘liminality’. I claim that liminality is not only conceptually different but makes a distinct contribution to understanding the work and identity of chaplain and priest. I argue the existence of liminal intelligence and its importance in the ministry of the chaplain. I maintain that ministerial priesthood needs to be faithful to its liminal credentials. These I trace back to the liminality of the cultic priesthood outlined in the Hebrew bible as well as the liminality of Jesus, his teaching and the communitas of the early Church. I propose that the role of the ministerial priest is not only about recalling the institutional Church to its liminal roots but that liminality is the essence of priesthood.
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Marini, Glauco Henrique. "Oferta de leitos hospitalares em Taubaté: uma análise comparada da prática versus Portaria 1101/GM." Universidade de Taubaté, 2010. http://www.bdtd.unitau.br/tedesimplificado/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=539.
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O objetivo deste trabalho foi examinar a prática adotada para disponibilização de leitos para internação pelos hospitais públicos da cidade de Taubaté - SP. Os hospitais-foco desse estudo foram escolhidos por acessibilidade não probabilística e os entrevistados selecionados por interesse dentro do perfil de caráter Público. O estudo possibilitou identificar eventuais lacunas e oportunidades de melhoria na gestão pública hospitalar, observar fatores e variáveis socioeconômicos e demográficos como, por exemplo, receitas Estaduais e Municipais, renda per capita, taxas Estaduais e Municipais e Dados Territoriais, além do número de internações por especialidades. O método utilizado foi a pesquisa de natureza exploratório-descritiva e documental. Foi utilizada uma entrevista semi-estruturada junto aos gestores dos hospitais pesquisados. Após a coleta, por meio de documentos fornecidos por órgãos reguladores e entrevistas com os respectivos gestores, os dados foram examinados e comparados com os parâmetros da Portaria MS n 1101/GM. Diante dos resultados encontrados concluiu-se que os hospitais públicos dessa cidade atendem parcialmente aos parâmetros estabelecidos pela Portaria 1101/GM. Em particular, no que diz respeito às internações por especialidades médicas, há um cenário de muitas oportunidades para os gestores hospitalares, a começar pela expertise na gestão pública profissionalizada, arraigada no processo de melhoria contínua na qual há a necessidade de mudanças no sistema de administração hospitalar, devido à complexidade dessa organização. Enfim, é imprescindível que haja a inter-relação dos saberes interdisciplinares eivados na busca do conhecimento do todo da organização hospitalar e também em partes devido à pluralidade de profissionais de diferentes formações e de serviços. Há oportunidades na gestão da saúde por meio de ações preventivas, não tardias ou dispendiosas, com diagnósticos precisos e tratamento multidisciplinar. Essa mudança seria um alvo a ser atingido.The aim of this paper is to examine the practice adopted for the provision of beds for public hospitals by the city of Taubaté - SP. The hospitals focused on this study were chosen for non-probabilistic accessibility, and the interviewees selected by interest in the public character profile. The study enabled to identify possible gaps and opportunities for improvement in public hospital management, observe socioeconomic factors and demographic variables such as, for example, state and local income, per capita income, state and local taxes, territorial data, besides the number of hospitalizations for specialties. The method used was the exploratory-descriptive and documentary research. Data were collected through a semi-structured interviews with the managers of the hospitals surveyed and through the documents provided by regulatory agency. Afterwards, the corpora were examined and compared with the parameters of Ordinance No. 1101 G / M MS. Considering the results, it was concluded that public hospitals in this city partially meet the parameters established by this ordinance. Consequently, regarding the admissions to medical specialties, there are many opportunities for hospital managers, starting with expertise in professionalized public administration ingrained in the process of continuous improvement, which there is a need for changes in the hospital administration system, due the complexity of the organization. Finally, it is crucial that the interrelationship of interdisciplinary knowledge riddled in the pursuit of knowledge of the whole hospital organization, and also the parts, due to the plurality of different backgrounds and professional services. In short, there are opportunities in health management through preventive actions, not late or expensive, with precise diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment, in other words, a change to be conquered.