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Utilisation, equity and determinants of full antenatal care in India: analysis from the National Family Health Survey 4 Open
Full ANC utilisation in India was inadequate and inequitable. Although half of the women did not receive the minimum recommended ANC visits, the utilisation of TT immunisation was almost universal. The positive association of full ANC with…
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The frequency of family meals and nutritional health in children: a meta‐analysis Open
Summary Findings on the relationship between family meal frequency and children's nutritional health are inconsistent. The reasons for these mixed results have to date remained largely unexplored. This systematic review and meta‐analysis o…
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Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research Open
Foundations in Family Health Care Nursing Introduction to Family Health Care Nursing Families and Health Demographics Theoretical Foundations for Family Nursing Family Assessment Approaches and Intervention Strategies Family Social Policy …
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Advanced practice nursing: a possibility for Primary Health Care? Open
Objective: Reflect on the role of advanced practice nursing (APN) in the context of Brazilian primary health care. Method: analysis of the main scientific productions and of the discussion on the implementation of APN. Results: there are f…
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A Demographic Perspective on Gender, Family and Health in Europe Open
This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependenc…
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Experiences in the Family Health Strategy: demands and vulnerabilities in the territory Open
Objective: To understand the daily demands of Family Health Strategy in clinical practice of the team and social vulnerabilities of community territory. Method: Research with qualitative approach, in a critical-reflexive perspective, held …
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Conflict Structures in Family Networks of Older Adults and Their Relationship With Health-Related Quality of Life Open
This study explores the interrelationships between health-related quality of life and conflict structures in family networks of older adults. Data were derived from a sample of 2,858 elders (aged 65 years and older) from the Vivre/Leben/Vi…
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Measuring Health Spillovers for Economic Evaluation: A Case Study in Meningitis Open
Summary The health of carers and others close to the patient will often be relevant to economic evaluation, but it is very rarely considered in practice. This may reflect a lack of understanding of how the spillover effect of illness can b…
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Assessment of Variation in Cesarean Delivery Rates Between Public and Private Health Facilities in India From 2005 to 2016 Open
In this study, private sector health facilities were associated with a substantial increase in cesarean deliveries in India. Further research is needed to assess the factors underlying the increase in cesarean deliveries in private sector …
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Transition to universal primary health care coverage in Brazil: Analysis of uptake and expansion patterns of Brazil’s Family Health Strategy (1998-2012) Open
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Education practices: research-action with nurses of Family Health Strategy Open
Objective: to identify the factors that determine the implementation of educational practices of health promotion and to construct proposals to implement the educational actions of the nurses of the Family Health Units (FHU). Method: resea…
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Health and Well-Being of Adolescents in Different Family Structures in Germany and the Importance of Family Climate Open
The family is of exceptional and lifelong importance to the health of adolescents. Family structure has been linked to children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being; a nuclear family has been shown to be indicative of better health out…
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Time trends in prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy Open
Background & objectives: The prevalence of anaemia in pregnancy in India is among the highest in the world. In the last two decades, several national surveys have estimated haemoglobin levels in pregnant women. In this study, data from the…
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The challenges of teamwork in the family health strategy Open
Objective: To grasp the perceptions and experiences of professionals in the primary health care as teamwork in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) in a medium-sized municipality in the southern of Brazil. Method: Qualitative research carried …
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Nursing workloads in family health: implications for universal access Open
Objective to identify the workloads of nursing professionals of the Family Health Strategy, considering its implications for the effectiveness of universal access. Method qualitative study with nursing professionals of the Family Health St…
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Health Information–Seeking Behaviors of Family Caregivers: Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey Open
This study highlights the prevalence of electronic means to find health information among caregivers. Notable differences in difficulty and confidence in health information seeking exist between caregivers, indicating the need for more att…
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the quality of primary care under Brazil's national pay-for-performance programme: a longitudinal study of family health teams Open
UK Medical Research Council, Newton Fund, and CONFAP (Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa).
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Does having a mobile phone matter? Linking phone access among women to health in India: An exploratory analysis of the National Family Health Survey Open
Women of reproductive age have significantly lower phone access use than the households they belong to and marginalized women have the least phone access. Existing phone access for rural women did not improve their health care utilization …
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Family practice and the quality of primary care: a study of Chinese patients in Guangdong Province Open
This study provided evidence that family practice has the potential to provide higher-quality primary care, which may encourage patients to seek family practice physicians for their primary care needs, and help family practitioners better …
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Using Information and Communication Technologies for Family Communication and Its Association With Family Well-Being in Hong Kong: FAMILY Project Open
Socioeconomic disparities in using these information and communication technologies (ICT) methods for family communication were observed. Although traditional methods remain as the main platform for family communication and were associated…
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Family functioning and health issues associated with codependency in families of drug users Open
Substance abuse affects both the user and the family system as a whole, yet substance abuse treatment is centered on the user, leaving the family in the background. Objective: To identify the symptoms of codependency and health issues in t…
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The contribution of family physicians to district health services: a national position paper for South Africa Open
This position paper on Family Medicine in South Africa was written for the National Department of Health in 2014 for the purposes of delivering a comprehensive assessment of the contribution that family physicians could make to the health …
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Association of Health Literacy Levels Between Family Members Open
Background: Health literacy (HL) is not solely an individual skill but a distributed resource available within individual's social networks. This study explored the associations between individual and family member HL using two separate se…
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Ser enfermeiro na estratégia de saúde da família Open
The present study aimed at analysing the nursing challenges and career opportunities in the (FHS) in a Health District of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. It is a qualitative study; data was collected through individual semi-structured interv…
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The experiences of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder: Managing family routines and mothers’ health and wellbeing Open
Background/aim Families of children with autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) use family routines to provide predictability and structure to support occupational engagement of their family members. Mothers assume the major role to orchestrate …
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Nutritional status of Indian adolescents (15-19 years) from National Family Health Surveys 3 and 4: Revised estimates using WHO 2007 Growth reference Open
Using the adult cutoffs significantly overestimates thinness in adolescents in the age group of 15-19 years old in India. Stunting, which is an indicator of long term nutrition is also widely prevalent in them. Future editions of DHS and N…
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Factors Associated With Perceptions of Family Belonging Among Adolescents Open
Adolescents' perceptions of family belonging are associated with several well‐being indicators, yet we know little about which factors influence these perceptions or how they differ by family structure. The current study uses nationally re…
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AGING AND INDIVIDUAL VULNERABILITY: A PANORAMA OF OLDER ADULTS ATTENDED BY THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY Open
Objective: identifying conditions of individual vulnerability in older adults and investigating the relationship with health indicators through a household survey. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted with 368 older adults…
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Accessibility of children with special health needs to the health care network Open
Objective: To know how children with special health needs access the health care network. Method: This is a qualitative research of descriptive-exploratory type, developed using semi-structured interviews mediated by the Talking Map design…
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Educational technology to mediate care of the “kangaroo family” in the neonatal unit Open
Objective: to validate the content of an educational technology in the form of a booklet developed to mediate care of family members of newborns hospitalized in a neonatal unit. Method: Methodological research with content validation. Data…