The study explored strategies that could be used to strengthen the integrated inter-sectoral collaboration among Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) providers in Northern Cape province, South Africa. It is evidenced literature early childhood education centers operate without maximum collaboration. There a need therefore for intersectoral ensure smooth running of program children’s develo...

This study examines the change in demand for financial assistance from Illinois townships and capacity of to meet demands, with special attention collaborative townships. The results suggest that greater larger staff resources were more likely respond increased needs 2020 than other As such, this makes a meaningful contribution current governance intersectoral collaboration literature practices...

OBJECTIVE It is generally accepted that a wide range of factors determine the health of a population, many of which are beyond the remit of the Ministry of Health. The aim of intersectoral health policy is to influence these factors. Success depends on a multi-stage process. This paper aims to provide support for the first stage of this process in the form of a quick scan for appraising the fea...

So far, knowledge convergence has been a widely neglected aspect of collaborative knowledge construction. Collaborative learners contribute their individual knowledge resources, discuss the contributions of their learning partners, and eventually synthesize their individual perspectives. In collaborative knowledge construction groups of learners may be characterized by convergence or divergence...

INTRODUCTION Farm health and safety has historically focussed on strategies such as injury prevention, safety audits and fulfilling legislative responsibilities. However, farmer injuries mask deeper health issues including higher rates of cancer, suicides, cardiovascular disease and stress. The relationship between occupational health and safety and farm family health has not been fully investi...

INTRODUCTION Palliative care is one component of rural generalist practice that requires interprofessional collaboration (IPC) amongst practitioners. Previous research on developing rural palliative care has created a four-phase capacity development model that included interprofessional rural palliative care teams; however, the details of rural team dynamics had not been previously explored and...

OBJECTIVES To explore the opportunities for interprofessional collaboration (IPC) to improve paediatric oral health in federally qualified health centres (FQHCs), to identify challenges to IPC-led integration of oral health prevention into the well-child visit and to suggest strategies to overcome barriers. SAMPLE Nurse managers (NMs), nurse practitioners (NPs), paediatric clinical staff and ...

This article provides an overview of three research projects which designed and implemented innovative interventions for Chagas disease vector control in Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico. The research initiative was based on sound principles of community-based ecosystem management (ecohealth), integrated vector management, and interdisciplinary analysis. The initial situational analysis achieved a...

BACKGROUND In the European Union and European Economic Area only 38% of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients notified in 2011 completed treatment successfully at 24 months' evaluation. Socio-economic factors and patient factors such as demographic characteristics, behaviour and attitudes are associated with treatment outcomes. Characteristics of healthcare systems also affect health outcom...

BACKGROUND Even though Africa has the highest disease burden compared with other regions, it has the lowest per capita spending on health. In 2007, 27 (51%) out the 53 countries spent less than US$50 per person on health. Almost 30% of the total health expenditure came from governments, 50% from private sources (of which 71% was from out-of-pocket payments by households) and 20% from donors. Th...