Women's Experiences of the State Health Services in Khayelitsha

Agenda ◽  
1992 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Di Cooper ◽  
Peliwe Mnguni ◽  
Karen Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
The State ◽  
State Health ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences

scholarly journals Identification of Health Technology Management departments in Mexico’s State health services

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-21
Author(s):  
Roberto Ayala ◽  
Elizabeth Orencio
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Technology Management ◽  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
The State ◽  
State Health ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Official Information ◽  
Health Technology Management

To advance in the verification for the development of Health Technology Management (HTM) tasks that the State Health Services in Mexico have obligation to perform,  the National Center for Health Technology Excellence (CENETEC) carried out a survey of information to identify the organizational areas in charge for such activities within each of the 32 States, since to date there is no reliable and up-to-date official information about them. It could be identified that not all States have a department with specific designation for HTM, that the vast majority of existing areas are lead by a biomedical engineering professional, and also, in most cases, they respond to infrastructure planning area directives. These findings seek to promote a discussion on the need to standardize across the country, regarding State Health Services, this type of services to improve the processes necessary for the integral management processes of medical equipment.

A Qualitative Study of Black Women’s Experiences in Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services

Affilia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lani V. Jones ◽  
Laura Hopson ◽  
Lynn Warner ◽  
Eric R. Hardiman ◽  
Tana James
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences

Citizenship as Interpellation: Refugee Women and the State

2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Bassel
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Somali Refugee ◽  
The Public Sphere

AbstractThis article examines the ideological function of ‘models’ of citizenship in shaping the contours of public debate and the ability of refugee women to make claims in the public sphere. Key elements of Louis Althusser's concept of interpellation are explored: ideology works by interpellating (‘hailing’) individuals, providing them with a social and juridical identity that constitutes them as subjects. The article argues that ‘models’ of citizenship serve as vehicles for processes of interpellation that restrict claim-making, through the imposition of a dominant hierarchy of identities and needs. These processes become visible through analysis of Somali refugee women's experiences in republican France.

scholarly journals Primary health care policy and vision for community pharmacy and pharmacists in Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Gastelurrutia ◽  
Maria J. Faus ◽  
Fernando Martinez-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Pharmacy ◽  
The State ◽  
Community Pharmacies ◽  
State Health ◽  
Primary Health

From a political and governance perspective Spain is a decentralized country with 17 states [comunidades autónomas] resulting in a governmental structure similar to a federal state. The various state regional health services organizational and management structures are focused on caring for acute illnesses and are dominated by hospitals and technology. In a review by the Interstate Council, a body for intercommunication and cooperation between the state health care services and national government, there is a move to improve health care through an integrative approach between specialized care and primary care at the state level. Community pharmacy does not appear to have a major role in this review. Primary health care is becoming more important and leading the change to improve the roles of the health care teams. Primary care pharmacists as the rest of public health professionals are employed by the respective states and are considered public servants. Total health care expenditure is 9.0% of its GDP with the public health sector accounting for the 71% and the private sector 29% of this expenditure. Community pharmacy contracts with each state health administration for the supply and dispensing of medicines and a very limited number of services. There are approximately 22,000 community pharmacies and 52,000 community pharmacists for a population of 47 million people. All community pharmacies are privately owned with only pharmacists owning a single pharmacy. Pharmacy chain stores are not legally permitted. Community pharmacy practice is based on dispensing of medications and dealing with consumer minor symptoms and requests for nonprescription medications although extensive philosophical deep debates on the conceptual and practical development of new clinical services have resulted in national consensually agreed classifications, definitions and protocolized services. There are a few remunerated services in Spain and these are funded at state, provincial or municipal level. There are no health services approved or funded at a national level. Although the profession promulgates a patient orientated community pharmacy it appears to be reluctant to advocate for a change in the remuneration model. The profession as a whole should reflect on the role of community pharmacy and advocate for a change to practice that is patient orientated alongside the maintenance of its stance on being a medication supplier. The future strategic position of community pharmacy in Spain as a primary health care partner with government would then be enhanced.

scholarly journals Texas Department of State Health Services' Technical Guidance: Mosquito Abatement Post–Weather Incident

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2s) ◽  
pp. 68-73
Author(s):  
Whitney A. Qualls
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Severe Weather ◽  
The State ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Guidance Document ◽  
State Health ◽  
Department Of State ◽  
Weather Events ◽  
Texas Department

ABSTRACT The Texas Department of State Health Services provides assistance to local health departments following severe weather events and other public health emergencies. Following the reports of large mosquito populations hindering recovery efforts after Hurricane Harvey, the Texas State Medical Operations Center created the Vector Control Task Force (VCTF) to organize the mosquito response requested through the State of Texas Assistance Requests. Since Hurricane Harvey, there have been other severe weather events that have activated the VCTF. The purpose of this developed document is to provide guidance to local jurisdictions requesting mosquito abatement assistance from the state level in response to a proliferation of nuisance mosquitoes that hinders governmental response and recovery efforts after a severe weather incident. The document also establishes criteria that the VCTF will evaluate to determine if and how resources should be allocated to programs requesting assistance for mosquito abatement. The guidance document provides background information on mosquito surveillance and control and identifies tasks, roles, and responsibilities for local jurisdictions, state, and federal partners.

Being Pākehā & Researching the Experiences of Māori Women and Weight Loss Surgery: On Ethics & Ethnography

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Joensen
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Ethic Of Care ◽  
Weight Loss Surgery ◽  
The State ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
Subjective Space

This paper proposes that the positionality of Pākehā researchers wishing to learn from Māori, can be reimagined as an atmospheric inter-subjective space within which conversations can happen across difference and between commonalities. I outline my own reckoning as a Pākehā attempting to enter this field as a part of my MA research on Māori women’s experiences of weight loss surgery. I argue that a form of differential distancing, while holding onto an ethic of care, enables a form of academic inquiry that is less stymied by the politics of permission. This paper also proposes that ethical representation can be bolstered by staying close to the logics for living of our participants and conceptualising their narratives through ‘embodied becoming’. I argue that this multi-faceted approach enables ethnography which retrieves nuance and releases participants, to a degree, from discourses that primarily frame individuals as victims of the state.

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