Conference Abstracts

IFGH 2012: Effectiveness and Sustainability of an Integrated Care Group Model in Delivering Community Health Services

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Community-based behaviour change communication (BCC) is key to improving household health practices. The Care Group model is an effective method of delivering BCC, resulting in improved health behaviours. The traditional Care Group model requires significant external support, traditionally provided by paid NGO...

IFGH 2012: People Living with HIV in Orissa State, India Supporting Others Living with HIV

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

As a part of the Alliance2015 EU funded HIV programme, thirteen people living with HIV (6 women and 7 men) were interviewed in order to understanding their realities and to give them the chance to have a say in the way HIV is tackled at a programme and policy level in Orissa State. Data was collected using qualitative...

IFGH 2012: Increasing Country & Community Involvement in Global Health Policy Processes? The Case of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Study to examine how non-governmental and other civil society organisations (CSOs) have engaged in global level policy and decision-making processes that affect country and community responses, including health systems and workforce challenges. As well, to highlight the impact CSOs have had on the Global Fund, and the...

IFGH 2012: Childbirth Planning and Preparation: Findings from the Qualitative Assessment of the Bangladesh Maternal Mortality Survey (BMMS), 2010

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Research to understand how women in Bangladesh view birth preparedness and plans they make prior to delivery, in order to provide insight to help increase use of skilled attendants and improve birth outcomes....

IFGH 2012: An Examination of Women Experiencing Normal Deliveries and Obstetric Complications Requiring Emergency Care: Socio Cultural Consequences of Increasing Caesarean Sections in Bangladesh

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

Study to understand the community perceptions towards home and hospital deliveries and its consequences on women and families in rural Bangladesh....

IFGH 2012: Why Some Women Die and Others Survive Maternal Complications: Findings from the Qualitative Assessment of Bangladesh Maternal Mortality Survey (BMMS), 2010

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

A nationwide survey shows an impressive reduction in maternal mortality in Bangladesh, declining from 322 to 194 in 9 years, with hemorrhage and eclampsia the leading causes of death. Little is known about the circumstances that prevent or encourage women with complications to use emergency obstetric...

IFGH 2012: Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation Research (PEER) Empowers Marginalized Women to Engage in Community Directed Reproductive Health Interventions

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

This abstract demonstrates how Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation Research (PPER) can build the capacity, empower and engage local women in conflict affected hard-to-reach communities to participate in Community Directed Reproductive Health Interventions...

IFGH 2012: Innovative Participatory Health Education ‘IPHE’ : an Approach to Capacity Strengthening for Researchers and Policy Makers

by globalhealth on Jan 29, 2012 in Conference Abstracts

We designed and conducted an Innovative Participatory Health Education Project 'IPHE'. In which 12 Masters Student researchers worked together with 2 employees of local NGOs, 10 local women, and 10 local theatrical band members in Renk County in South Sudan to identify the important maternal health issues in their...

Conference Abstracts

IFGH 2012: Effectiveness and Sustainability of an Integrated Care Group Model in Delivering Community Health Services

IFGH 2012: People Living with HIV in Orissa State, India Supporting Others Living with HIV

IFGH 2012: Increasing Country & Community Involvement in Global Health Policy Processes? The Case of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

IFGH 2012: Childbirth Planning and Preparation: Findings from the Qualitative Assessment of the Bangladesh Maternal Mortality Survey (BMMS), 2010

IFGH 2012: An Examination of Women Experiencing Normal Deliveries and Obstetric Complications Requiring Emergency Care: Socio Cultural Consequences of Increasing Caesarean Sections in Bangladesh

IFGH 2012: Why Some Women Die and Others Survive Maternal Complications: Findings from the Qualitative Assessment of Bangladesh Maternal Mortality Survey (BMMS), 2010

IFGH 2012: Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation Research (PEER) Empowers Marginalized Women to Engage in Community Directed Reproductive Health Interventions

IFGH 2012: Innovative Participatory Health Education ‘IPHE’ : an Approach to Capacity Strengthening for Researchers and Policy Makers

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