Strong Data, Local Relationships: The Future of HIV Care in Tanzania Starts Here
By Margarite Nathe,
Principal Editor/Writer, IntraHealth International ; Lucy Mphuru,
Country Director& Project Director, Tohara Plus Project
Lucy Mphuru (center left) talks with health workers and clients at an IntraHealth-supported mobile clinic in Shinyanga that provides voluntary male circumcision services. Photo by Trevor Snapp for IntraHealth International.November 26, 2019Lucy Mphuru has a big job.Every day, she and her team at IntraHealth International in Tanzania work with frontline health workers and government partners to improve health services in a country of 58 million—1.6 million of whom li...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Tags: HIV & AIDS Community Engagement Leadership and Governance World AIDS Day Health Workforce Systems Source Type: news
What Rural Kansas Child Care and Cafes Say About Shrinking Smart, Rather Than Withering
Features rural Kansas communities that are experiencing a faster than average population decline, but have the qualities of "shrink smart" towns because they remain committed to improving quality of life. To maintain the population they have, small towns must seize opportunities, such as building day-care centers, creating programs that provide internships for students, and opening businesses downtown. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - October 18, 2019 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
How the Ban on Medical Advertising Hurt Women Doctors
This article was published on JSTOR Daily, read the original article here. (Source: TIME: Health)
Source: TIME: Health - October 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Olivia Campbell / JSTOR Daily Tags: Uncategorized health medicine onetime syndication Source Type: news
Beyond internships: experiential learning as a tool for emergency management education - Penta S, Phillips S, Silver A, Barrett E.
This article describes the 100-hour training requirement of an undergraduate degree program at a mid-sized public research university in the nor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
4 Ways to Support Medical Packaging Education
With skilled labor harder than ever to find, it’s everyone’s responsibility to encourage young people to see a medical packaging career as interesting and lucrative. This is the philosophy behind a 30-year relationship between Prent Corporation (Janesville, WI) and University of Wisconsin-Stout (Menomonie, WI). Together they’ve supported hundreds of young professionals entering into packaging, much to the benefit of the students, the school, and the industry as a whole.
Prent is a medical packaging thermoform company that strives to bring more talented people into the i...
Source: MDDI - October 11, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Lisa Balcerak Tags: Packaging Source Type: news
A national survey of trauma training in psychology internships - Simiola V, Smothers B, Thompson R, Cook JM.
Directors from psychology internship programs across the United States were asked to participate in a survey regarding their sites' provision of services to traumatized populations and didactic and supervisory training offered to interns. All totaled, 259 ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
New York ’s MTA Ignored Asbestos Dangers for Years
Glaring safety issues involving asbestos exposure within the Metropolitan Transportation Authority extend further than the East New York bus depot in Brooklyn, a report from the agency’s inspector general alleges.
Inhaling or ingesting tiny asbestos fibers in the air can lead to serious health conditions later in life, including mesothelioma cancer.
The inspector general report, released Monday, shows MTA managers ignored asbestos safety concerns at bus and train facilities across New York City for years.
Asbestos-containing materials were found in disrepair in the boiler rooms of at least six MTA depots throughout the...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - October 8, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Source Type: news
We're Missing Something in Health Worker Training
By Casey Bishopp,
Communications officer, IntraHealth International
Dr. Janet Muriuki addresses a group of attendees at SwitchPoint Shibuya. Photo courtesy of The Global Fund/Shugo Takemi.September 11, 2019The people who attend to us when we’re ill, injured, worried about our health, or scared for the well-being of our loved ones are face-to-face with conflict, end of life, and terminal illness. But are health students adequately prepared to work under such mental stress? According to Health economist and health policy analyst Dr. Akiko Maeda, these issues aren’t properly addressed in schools and in the d...
Source: IntraHealth International - September 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: cbishopp Tags: Mental Health Education & Performance Health Workers Source Type: news
Summer interns take the stage
<div class="rxbodyfield">College students practice communication skills in addition to performing scientific research during their summer at NIEHS</div> (read more) (Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter)
Source: Environmental Factor - NIEHS Newsletter - September 4, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: news
‘Internship and transition’ schemes key to retaining new nurses
Internships and transition to practice programmes are key to improving retention of newly qualified nurses, according to the authors of a research review that claimed nurses would feel “more confident” about the move from student to registered practitioner if such support was enshrined in local and national policy. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - August 2, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Prevalence and correlates of depression among male medical students and interns in Albaha University, Saudi Arabia - Albajjar MA, Bakarman MA.
BACKGROUND: Depression in medical students and interns appear higher than the general population, with evidence of mental health deterioration over a period of medical training. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence and evaluate the predictors of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 26, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
Nigeria: Enugu Govt Approves Employment of 102 Resident Doctors
[Premium Times] Determined to ensure adequate human resources for various clinical departments in the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu, the Enugu State Government has approved the immediate employment of 102 resident doctors and intake of 125 interns by the hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 24, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Namibia: Health Ministry Provides Interns With Placements
[Namibian] THE health ministry's executive director, Ben Nangombe, says the ministry has placed more than 140 medical and dentistry interns in public hospitals across Namibia. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 9, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Out With The Old, In With The New
July is almost here, the month that begins the medical year. July 1 is the day the new interns start their rotations at the hospital, perhaps not the best time to be in the hospital if you can avoid it. It ’s also the day my mother died in a local (Carlsbad, CA) nursing facility 10 years ago, after a remarkable, agonizing, exquisite 17 days with no food or fluids where my three adult siblings, other loved ones and I shared the bedside vigil and many fond reminiscences for much longer than we’d ant icipated. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - May 31, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Karl Steinberg Tags: On My Mind Source Type: news
Ethiopia: Medical Interns Past Compromise
[Addis Fortune] Medical interns are up in arms with working conditions and have launched demonstrations across the country. The interns are complaining of unsafe working environments, unsustainable long hours, low pay and substandard medical facilities that compromise the health of their patients and themselves. As the issue gained national importance, a meeting with Prime Minister Abiy, who talked about progress in the sector, failed to address their concerns, and interns at Black Lion hospital and other hospitals are st (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 16, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
