Specific areas of health care
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Mental health
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Evaluation of a nursery school program in long-term Karen refugee camps in Thailand |
| Date of publication: | | November 2011 |
| Description/subject: | | ABSTRACT:
"The Karen, an ethnic minority group in Burma, have experienced a prolonged state of exile in refugee camps in neighboring Thailand due to ethnic conflict in their home country. Nursery schools in the three largest Karen refugee camps aim to promote psychosocial development of young children by providing a child-centered, creative, learning-friendly environment. Psychosocial development and potentially concerning behaviors of two- to five-year old children in nursery schools were examined using a psychosocial checklist. The results showed that psychosocial development of the children increased with age, with a majority of five year olds being proficient in playing cooperatively with other children. A third of the children showed sadness or emotional outbursts. Difficulty separating from parents was also observed. The results also showed that children who attended the nursery schools for more than a year were better at playing cooperatively with other children and were more aware of their own and others’ feelings. On the other hand, children who were newer to the nursery schools were more polite and better at following rules and controlling their feelings when frustrated. The results indicate that nursery schools can be a promising practice to promote healthy psychosocial development of children in protracted refugee situations." |
| Author/creator: | | Akiko Tanaka |
| Language: | | English |
| Format/size: | | pdf (357K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 13 November 2011 |
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| Title: | | WHO-AIMS report on mental health system in Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 2006 |
| Description/subject: | | Acknowledgement
The World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems (WHO-AIMS)
was used to collect information on the mental health system of Myanmar.
This study was carried out by Professor Hla Htay of the Department of Mental Health, University
of Medicine (1), Yangon and Mental Health Hospital Yangon, Myanmar.
The preparation of this study would not have been possible without the collaboration of the
Ministry of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health Planning, Department of Medical
Sciences, University of Nursing, Budget and Finance Unit, Department of Health, Mandalay
Mental Health Hospital, Mental Health Units in States and Divisions and Department of Social
Welfare. We are grateful for the support of the Medical Superintendent, Yangon Mental Health
Hospital, Consultant/Lecturer, Forensic Psychiatric Unit, Yangon Mental Health Hospital, Rector
University of Medicine (1), Rector University of Nursing. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia |
| Format/size: | | pdf (409.34 K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 November 2010 |
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| Title: | | "Health Messenger Magazine" No. 28, special issue on Mental Health |
| Date of publication: | | June 2005 |
| Description/subject: | | GENERAL HEALTH:
Living as a refugee. By Charles Kemp;
What is Mental Health?
Mental Health and Addictions. By Pam Rogers...
MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH:
Mental Health of Refugee Children;.
Causes and Consequences of violence. By Karine Le Roch, Clara;
Barilani
A protective Network for Victims of Violence...
MANAGEMENT:
What Health Workers can do?
Coping with Stress;
Management of Mental Health at Community Level;
Happy Saturday Group. By Karine Le Roch.;
Counseling for Mental health. By Claudia Pedraglio Martinez...
SOCIAL:
The Psycho-Social Approach. By Elsa Laurin...
INTERVIEW:
Interviews with Mental Health Helpers...
TEST
;Test your Psycho Potential;
How Vulnerable are you to Stress? LACKS COVER PAGES |
| Language: | | Burmese, English |
| Source/publisher: | | Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (1.8MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 July 2007 |
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| Title: | | Karenni refugees living in Thai–Burmese border camps: traumatic experiences, mental health outcomes, and social functioning |
| Date of publication: | | 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | Abstract
In June 2001, we assessed mental health problems among Karenni refugees residing in camps in Mae Hong Son,
Thailand, to determine the prevalence of mental illness, identify risk factors, and develop a culturally appropriate
intervention program. A systematic random sample was used with stratification for the three camps; 495 people aged 15
years or older from 317 households participated. We constructed a questionnaire that included demographic
characteristics, culture-specific symptoms of mental illness, the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25, the Harvard Trauma
Questionnaire, and selected questions from the SF-36 Health Survey. Mental health outcome scores indicated elevated
levels of depression and anxiety symptoms; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) scores were comparable to scores in
other communities affected by war and persecution. Psychosocial risk factors for poorer mental health and social
functioning outcomes were insufficient food, higher number of trauma events, previous mental illness, and landmine
injuries. Modifications in refugee policy may improve social functioning, and innovative mental health and psychosocial
programs need to be implemented, monitored, and evaluated for efficacy.
Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
| Author/creator: | | Barbara Lopes Cardozoa, Leisel Talleya, Ann Burtonb, Carol Crawford |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Social Science & Medicine _58 (2004) 2637–2644 |
| Format/size: | | pdf |
| Date of entry/update: | | 28 October 2010 |
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| Title: | | Psychiatric services in Myanmar A historical perspective |
| Date of publication: | | 1997 |
| Description/subject: | | Historical perspective
The care of the 'insane'
The earliest history of services for the mentally ill
in Myanmar goes back to 1886. The British
authorities felt that a national facility was
required; however, its function was to be merely
containment. Sadly, the prime motivation for this
wnuaissantchea.t Itthweas mcaelnletadllythe i'pllriscoanusefodr thae inpsuabnleic'
and was built close to the City Prison in Rangoon
'(innomwateksn',ownby as19Y1a4ngtohne). nIunmitbiaelrlsy whiathd sroismeen 5t0o
around 750 and yet more space was needed to
accommodate the unfortunates. |
| Author/creator: | | Khin Maung Zaw |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Psychiatric Bulletin 1997 v. 21, p. 506-509 |
| Format/size: | | pdf |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://pb.rcpsych.org/content/vol21/issue8/ |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 October 2010 |
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Primary health care
Individual Documents
| Title: | | Myanmar Country Paper for Revisiting Primary Health Care |
| Date of publication: | | 2008 |
| Description/subject: | | I. Background
The foundation of Primary Health Care and its evolution
The Thirtieth World Health Assembly in 1977 identified the attainment by all
peoples of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that would permit them
to lead socially and economically productive lives as a main social target of
governments, international organizations and communities. This was reaffirmed
by the International Conference on Primary Health Care in 1978 held in Alma
Ata, Kazakhstan in September, 1978.1 The declaration of Alma-Ata formally
adopted primary health care as means for providing a comprehensive, universal,
equitable and affordable healthcare service for all countries. It was unanimously
adopted by all WHO member countries at the Primary Health Care Conference.
The conference defined PHC as "essential health care made universally
accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to
them, through their full participation and at a cost that the community and the
country can afford. The ideology behind Primary Health Care is based on the
recognition that health promotion and protection are essential for sustained
economic and social development and contribute to better quality of life. PHC is a
cost-effective approach and its principles include social-justice, equity, human
rights, and universal access to services, community involvement and priority to
the most vulnerable and underprivileged. |
| Author/creator: | | Dr. Nyo NYo Kyaing |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Department of Health, Ministry of Health via WHO SEAR |
| Format/size: | | pdf (362.44 K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 November 2010 |
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| Title: | | REVITALIZING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE COUNTRY EXPERIENCE: MYANMAR |
| Date of publication: | | 2008 |
| Description/subject: | | CONTENTS
1. BACKGROUND
2. PRESENT STATUS OF PHC IN MYANMAR
2.1 Eight Elements of PHC
2.1.1 Health education
2.1.2 Nutrition
2.1.3 Maternal and Child Health
2.1.4 Water and Sanitation
2.1.5 Immunization
2.1.6 Locally endemic diseases
2.1.7 Treatment of common illness and injuries
2.1.8 Essential Drugs
2.2 Other elements of PHC
2.2.1 Non-communicable disease contro
2.2.2 Tobacco Control
2.2.3 Mental Health 9, 15
2.2.4 Primary Oral Health Care 9, 15
2.2.5 School and Youth Health 9,
2.2.6 Occupational Health and Safety
2.2.7 Food and drug safety
2.2.8 Health Care for the Elderly9,
2.2.9 Gender and Health
2.2.10 Emerging Diseases
2.2.11 Health Management Information System ( HMIS )
3. TRANSLATING THE VALUES OF PHC INTO POLICY AND ACTIONS
3.1 National Health Policy and Health Development Plans 9,15,16,18,19
3.2 Rural Health Development
3.3 Community participation and volunteerism 18,19
3.3.1 Community Health Workers (CHWs)
3.3.2 Auxiliary Midwives (AMWs)
3.4 Integration
3.5 Inter-sectoral actions for health
4 LESSONS LEARNT
4.1 Achievements related to Primary Health Care
4.2 Lesser achievement related to PHC
5 PHC AND THE CURRENT HEALTH ISSUES AND CONTEXT 5.1 Demographic changes and epidemiological transitions
5.2 Public private partnership
5.3 Integrating vertical programme and improving quality of care
6 THE WAY FORWARD |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | World Health Organization |
| Format/size: | | pdf (411.26 K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 November 2010 |
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