Use of Medicines and Adherence to Standard Treatment Guidelines in Rural Community Health Centers, Timor-Leste
The use of medicines and nurses’/midwives’ adherence to standard treatment guidelines (STGs) were examined in Timor-Leste during the early stage of the nation’s new health system development. A cross-sectional study was conducted as the quantitative element of mixed methods research. Retrospective samples from patient registration books and prospective observations were obtained in 20 randomly selected rural community health centers. The medicines use indicators, in particular the level of injection use, in Timor-Leste did not suggest overprescription. Prescribers with clinical nurse training prescribed s...
Source: Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health - March 31, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Higuchi, M., Okumura, J., Aoyama, A., Suryawati, S., Porter, J. Tags: E-articles Source Type: research
The experience of medical training and expectations regarding future medical practice of medical students in the Cuban-supported Medical School in Timor-Leste
Background:
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse the professional expectations and profile of medical students at the Cuban-supported School of General Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the National University of Timor-Leste.
Methods:
A piloted, standardized questionnaire, with closed- and open-ended questions, was distributed to registered medical students attending classes on the day of the survey. All data were analysed using SPSS. The statistical analysis is mostly descriptive.
Results:
Students decide to study medicine at an early age. Relatives and friends seem to have an esp...
Source: Human Resources for Health - March 28, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Paulo FerrinhoAna ValdesJorge Cabral Source Type: research
Prevalence of hepatitis B infection in women delivering at a community health centre in Dili, Timor-Leste and discussion of programmatic challenges
Conclusions
Further studies are urgently needed to establish the prevalence of HBV infection in Timor-Leste, particularly in pregnant women. Findings from this study suggest that routine HBV immunisation of newborns should be instituted promptly. (Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - March 13, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Hall, C., Gibbons, M., Murphy, D., Nourse, C. Tags: SHORT COMMUNICATIONS Source Type: research
Beyond the crisis: building back better mental health care in 10 emergency-affected areas using a longer-term perspective
Conclusions:
Global progress in mental health care would happen more quickly if, in every crisis, strategic efforts were made to convert short-term interest in mental health problems into momentum for mental health reform. (Source: International Journal of Mental Health Systems)
Source: International Journal of Mental Health Systems - March 12, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: JoAnne Epping-JordanMark van OmmerenHazem AshourAlbert MaramisAnita MariniAndrew MohanrajAqila NooriHumayun RizwanKhalid SaeedDerrick SiloveT SuveendranLiliana UrbinaPeter VentevogelShekhar Saxena Source Type: research
Evidence-based malaria control in Timor Leste from 2006 to 2012
A detailed description of the malaria control activities in Timor Leste (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - March 11, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Manel YapabandaraRaul SarmentoMaria de Fatima MotaJohanes don BoscoNelson MartinsAnanda Wickremasinghe Source Type: research
The impact of violence against women on reproductive health and child mortality in Timor-Leste.
Conclusions: Violence exposes women to poor reproductive health, infant and child mortality and poor infant and child health. Implications: Preventing and reducing violence against women should improve women and children's health outcomes in Timor-Leste.
PMID: 25715972 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health)
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - February 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Taft AJ, Powell RL, Watson LF Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
Challenges to delivery of isoniazid preventive therapy in a cohort of children exposed to tuberculosis in Timor‐Leste
Conclusionsputum smear‐positive pulmonary tuberculosis cases frequently result in household exposure of children <5 years in Timor‐Leste and provision of IPT is suboptimal. Contacts are located in diverse and distant locations. Further studies to delineate access barriers to IPT and review programmatic models that will facilitate IPT scale up in Timor‐Leste are needed.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health)
Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health - February 16, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Charlotte Hall, P. Sukijthamapan, R. dos Santos, C. Nourse, D. Murphy, M. Gibbons, J. R. Francis Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
An Assessment Of Millennium Development Goal (Mdg) 3 In Least Developed Countries Of Asia
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to measure progress towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in Least Developed Countries (LDC) of Asia. We study a group of countries which suffer particularly from poverty, or in the terminology of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), countries with profound economic and social inequalities, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Maldives, Nepal, Timor-Leste and Yemen. To achieve this goal, we use the DP2 distance method to compose a sy...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - February 7, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Pathways to perinatal depressive symptoms after mass conflict in Timor-Leste: a modelling analysis using cross-sectional data
Publication date: February 2015 Source:The Lancet Psychiatry, Volume 2, Issue 2 Author(s): Derrick Silove , Susan Rees , Alvin Kuowei Tay , Zelia Maria da Costa , Elisa Soares Savio , Cesarina Soares , Wietse Tol Background The contributions of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) of mass conflict and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms to perinatal depression in women living in low-income, post-conflict countries are unclear. We tested a model including these factors, intimate partner violence (IPV), and continuing adversity in women in Timor-Leste. Methods Our modelling study used cross-sectional d...
Source: The Lancet Psychiatry - January 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research
Measuring Women’s Empowerment at Household Level Using DHS Data of Four Southeast Asian Countries
In this study, a measurement of women’s empowerment is developed using principal axis factoring with micro data from the Demographic and Health Surveys on four Southeast Asia countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Timor-Leste. The results has consistently found three factors including women’s labor force participation, women’s education and women’s household decision-making that affect individual women’s empowerment. Nevertheless, despite the literature suggested by other studies, very little evidence was found to support family planning use as one of the components of women’s empowerment in t...
Source: Social Indicators Research - January 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
Analysis of pig movements across eastern Indonesia, 2009–2010
This study investigated movement of live pigs in West Timor, Flores and Sumba islands during 2009–2010, with the aim of informing CSF control policies for Nusa Tenggara Timor province. A market survey of 292 pig sellers and 281 pig buyers across nine live pig markets and a farmer survey across 18 villages with 289 smallholder farmers were conducted and information collected on pig movements. The data obtained was used for social network analysis (SNA) on formal (via a market) and informal (village-to-village) movements using information on trading practices, source and destination locations, and the number of pigs being ...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - December 31, 2014 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research
A generic rabies risk assessment tool to support surveillance
Publication date: Available online 12 November 2014 Source:Preventive Veterinary Medicine Author(s): Michael P. Ward , Marta Hernández-Jover The continued spread of rabies in Indonesia poses a risk to human and animal populations in the remaining free islands, as well as the neighbouring rabies-free countries of Timor Leste, Papua New Guinea and Australia. Here we describe the development of a generic risk assessment tool which can be used to rapidly determine the vulnerability of rabies-free islands, so that scarce resources can be targeted to surveillance activities and the sensitivity of surveillance systems incr...
Source: Preventive Veterinary Medicine - December 10, 2014 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research
Domestic Violence, Marital Control, and Family Planning, Maternal, and Birth Outcomes in Timor-Leste
Abstract
Patriarchal traditions and a history of armed conflict in Timor-Leste provide a context that facilitates violence against women. More than a third of ever-married Timorese women report physical and/or sexual domestic violence (DV) perpetrated by their most recent partner. DV violates women’s rights and may threaten their reproductive health. Marital control may also limit women’s reproductive control and healthcare access. Our study investigated relationships between DV and marital control and subsequent family planning, maternal healthcare, and birth outcomes in Timor-Leste. Using log...
Source: Maternal and Child Health Journal - December 5, 2014 Category: Health Management Source Type: research
Assessment of equity in healthcare financing in Fiji and Timor-Leste: a study protocol
This study aims to assess equity in healthcare financing in Fiji and Timor-Leste in order to support government efforts to improve access to healthcare and move towards universal health coverage in the two countries.
Methods and analysis
The study employs two standard measures of equity in health financing increasingly being applied in LMICs—benefit incidence analysis (BIA) and financing incidence analysis (FIA). In Fiji, we will use a combination of secondary and primary data including a Household Income and Expenditure Survey, National Health Accounts, and data from a cross-sectional household survey on healthcare...
Source: BMJ Open - December 2, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Asante, A. D., Price, J., Hayen, A., Irava, W., Martins, J., Guinness, L., Ataguba, J. E., Limwattananon, S., Mills, A., Jan, S., Wiseman, V. Tags: Open access, Health economics, Health policy, Health services research Protocol Source Type: research
The role of international NGOs in health systems strengthening: the case of Timor-Leste.
Authors: Mercer MA, Thompson SM, de Araujo RM
Abstract
Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for health will require that programs supporting health in developing countries focus on strengthening national health care systems. However, the dominant neoliberal model of development mandates reduced public spending on health and other social services, often resulting in increased funding for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) at the expense of support for government systems. East Timor, later Timor-Leste, is an example of a post-crisis country where international NGO efforts were initiall...
Source: International Journal of Health Services - December 1, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Int J Health Serv Source Type: research
