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1. Structural violence and clinical medicine

Author

Farmer, Paul E., Nizeye, Bruce, Stulac, Sara, and Keshavjee, Salmaan

Subjects
Political violence -- Analysis, Physicians -- Practice, Clinical medicine -- Analysis
Abstract

Because of contact with patients, physicians readily appreciate that large-scale social forces--racism, gender inequality, poverty, political violence and war, and sometimes the very policies that address them--often determine who falls [...]

Published
2006

2. Improving Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Care and Related Services in Eastern Rwanda

Author

Lim, Younsook, Kim, Jim Yong, Rich, Michael, Stulac, Sara, Niyonzima, Jean Bosco, Fawzi, Mary C. Smith, Gahire, Rose, Mukaminega, Martha, Getchell, Marya, Peterson, Curtis W., Farmer, Paul E., and Binagwaho, Agnes

Subjects
Child health services -- Service enhancement, HIV infection in children -- Risk factors -- Prevention -- Distribution, Company distribution practices, Biological sciences
Abstract

Introduction A recent World Health Organization (WHO) report found a complex array of positive and negative impacts of global health initiatives (GHIs) on existing health systems [1]. The report's examination [...]

Published
2010
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3. Indigenous Health and Socioeconomic Status in India

Author

Farmer, Paul E, Nizeye, Bruce, Stulac, Sara, and Keshavjee, Salmaan

Subjects
Policy Forum, Health Policy, Infant, HIV Infections, Disease-Free Survival, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Infectious Diseases, Health Economics, Breast Feeding, Epidemiology/Public Health, Socioeconomic determinants of health, Africa, Infant Mortality, HIV Infection/AIDS, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Humans, Female, Public Health, Developing Countries, Primary Care
Abstract

Structural violence refers to the social structures that put people in harm's way. Farmer and colleagues describe the impact of social violence upon people living with HIV in the US and Rwanda.

Published
2006

4. Improving Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Care and Related Services in Eastern Rwanda.

Author

Younsook Lim, Jim Yong Kim, Rich, Michael, Stulac, Sara, Niyonzima, Jean Bosco, Smith Fawzi, Mary C., Gahire, Rose, Mukaminega, Martha, Getchell, Marya, Peterson, Curtis W., Farmer, Paul E., and Binagwaho, Agnès

Subjects
HIV prevention, AIDS prevention, HEALTH services administration, MATERNAL health services, CHILD health services, QUALITY of service, COMMUNITY health workers
Abstract

The article focuses on the improvement of HIV care and related services to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS in eastern Rwanda. It suggests designing targeted disease-specific programs to have an impact on associated nontargeted services to maximize the health value given to families. It emphasizes that methods for quality improvement can be effective tools to engage local health workers and target limited resources investment to maximize services improvement.

Published
2010
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