Essays about: "health intervention programmes"

Found 3 essays containing the words health intervention programmes.

1. 1. Nursing interventions to prevent and treat malnutrition in older adults : a literature review

   University essay from Sophiahemmet Högskola

   Author : Hanna Pettersson; Soffía Stephensen; [2020]
   Keywords : Malnutrition; Aged; Nursing care; Prevention control; Undernäring; Äldre; Omvårdnad; Förebyggande åtgärder;

   Abstract : Background World Health Organization reports that there are no exact statistics of how many older adults worldwide suffer from malnutrition, but available data suggest that about 15–60 percent of older adults cared for in hospitals, nursing homes and home-care programmes are suffering from malnutrition. It is important that the registered nurse is aware of different interventions and how they can be implemented in order to improve the nutritional status of the older adult. READ MORE

3. 2. Smokeless homes : Challenges for Increasing Use of Improved Biomass Cookstoves in Kisumu, Kenya.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Mwanje Dianne; [2018]
   Keywords : Biomass; Dunga wetland community; Improved Biomass Cookstoves; Community Based Organizations; Wise- Kenya; Women’s empowerment;

   Abstract : In Kenya, 69 percent of populations depend on biomass fuels to meet their cooking needs. The incomplete combustion of biomass is performed in insufficiently ventilated settings thus exposing human health and environment to toxic pollution. READ MORE

4. 3. Determinants of Childhood Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh : How Health Intervention Programmes Can Bring Success

   University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Vanda Czifra; [2007]
   Keywords : childhood mortality; health intervention programmes; Matlab; Bangladesh; logit regression model;

   Abstract : Given the question of how to further decrease childhood mortality and attain the fourth MDG in Bangladesh, the determinants of childhood mortality and successful health intervention programmes in a rural area of Bangladesh are examined in this paper. The binominal logit regression analysis, on Matlab HDSS data from 2001 to 2005, indicates that the child’s birth order, outcome of mother’s previous pregnancy, mother’s age, mother’s education, economic condition of the household, immunization, and place of delivery are important determining factors of childhood mortality. READ MORE