Essays about: "Health reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 essays containing the words Health reform.

  1. 1. “Don’t do it, but do it” : Exploring a legal window of opportunity for safe abortion and the role of healthcare practitioners in implementing the right to health in Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Anna Ternström; [2023]
    Keywords : SDG3; SDG4; safe abortion; SRHR; human rights; HRBA; street-level bureaucracy; global health; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Unsafe abortion is a major contributing factor to maternal mortality with 47,000 largely avoidable deaths occurring globally every year, the majority in the global south. Ethiopia has taken a unique approach to addressing maternal mortality impacted by unsafe abortion through a 2005 reform of the abortion legislation in which abortion is illegal but available under a range of exceptions. READ MORE

  3. 2. The pension reform of 1948 and its potential effect on health for older adults in Sweden during the middle of the 20th century : A description of the pension reforms in the eldercare between the years of 1913 and 1948 in Sweden, and the potential effect of the reform in 1948 on death rates for those 67 years and older during the middle of the 20th century.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Emelie Thunqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Pension; Eldercare reforms; Death rates; Gender differences; Social determinants of health; Income;

    Abstract : Background: In 1946, a proposal was made for a law on national pensions with the aim of reforming the pension system and giving pensioners better finances, which later was implemented at 1948. The theory of the social determinants of health suggests that income is an important factor that has an impact on health. READ MORE

  4. 3. Health Inequalities in Italy: Evaluating the Impact of Decentralisation Reform on Regional Disparities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Ilaria Rinaldi; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

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  5. 4. Understanding China’s New Fertility Policy System through ‘Incrementalism’: Inferences from Online Articles Published by China Population and Development Research Center

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Yongheng Sun; [2022]
    Keywords : China; “Two- three-child policy”; “Supporting measures” system; Incrementalism; Public Administration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the ongoing transformation from previous “one-child policy” to current “two-/three-child policy” in China, the newly issued “supporting measures” system is highlighted to be crucial to boosting fertility. Extant studies on the issue are mostly limited to idealized discussions, while lacking a Public Administration perspective to comprehensively understand the real policy process. READ MORE

  6. 5. The effects of parental unemployment on children's health in China

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Mengya Wang; [2022]
    Keywords : Parental unemployment; Child health; Nutritional intake; the State-owned enterprise reform;

    Abstract : This thesis uses data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) from 1991 to 2004 to estimate the short-term effects of parental unemployment on children's health through exogenous shocks from state-owned enterprise reforms at the end of the last century by employing fixed effects and instrumental variables methods. Findings show that parental unemployment decreases children's weight z-scores and reduces the frequency with which children have been ill or hurt in the past month. READ MORE