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Guidelines to Strengthen the Social Service Workforce for Child Protection

Global Social Service Workforce Alliance, UNICEF (2019)

These guidelines are informed by evidence of ‘what works’ and lessons learned in the field. They are designed to accelerate UNICEF regional and country offices’ programming on social service workforce strengthening, and support work to better plan, develop and support the social services workf... more

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Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2010) CC

This Practice Parameter reviews the evidence from research and clinical experience and highlights significant advances in the assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder since the previous Parameter was published in 1998. It highlights the importance of early identification of posttrau... more

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Behavorial Health Departement - Primary Care Center and fireweed Treatment Guidelines for PTSD

Sorkin, J., Chaney, G., Garcia, M.,et al. (2006) C2

This treatment guideline is intended to assist clinicians in the Behavioral Health department in treatment planning and service delivery for patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It may also assist clinicians treating patients who have some of the signs and symptoms of PTSD but who do... more

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Attitudes of Parents towards Behavioural Management of Children with Intellectual Disability

Amina Mushtaq, Attiya Inam, Muhammad Abiodullah Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015) CC

The study was designed to understand the attitudes of parents of children with intellectual disabilities, with regard to the management of problematic behaviour of their children, and to identify whether the mothers or the fathers had more positive attitudes.

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The African report on children with disabilities: promising starts and persisting

by Mark Nunn, Annalies Borrel, Allison deFranco et al. The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) (2014) CC

This pan-African report describes and analyses the cultural, social, physical and other societal barriers preventing children with disabilities in Africa from realising their full human potential. It also describes the opportunities, initiatives and good practices that exist, that indicate the progr... more

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Social resistance drives persistent transmission of Ebola virus disease in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: A mixed-methods study

Masumbuko ClaudeK, Underschultz J,Hawkes MT (2019) CC

PLoSONE 14(9):e0223104.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223104. The survey centering on reasons behind community resistance was conducted in Butembo in November during a time of Ebola transmission. A researcher from Catholic University of Graben in Butembo and collaborators at the University o... more

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Social Science in Epidemics: Ebola Virus Disease lessons learned. Summary

Social Science in Humanitarian Action: A Communication for Development Platform (2019) C1

This brief draws out some recommendations for Ebola response actors in North Kivu. It includes lessons learned primarily from (i) historical outbreaks in Congo; (ii) outbreaks in Uganda in 2000-01 and 2012; (iii) the 2014-2016 West African epidemic; (iv) the outbreak in Equateur Province in DRC (May... more

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What the girls say. Improving practices for the demobilisation and reintegration of girls associated with armed forces and armed groups in Democratic Republic of Congo

Child Soldiers International CSI (2016) C1

This report presents the findings of research conducted by Child Soldiers International to assess the effectiveness of release, psychosocial recovery and reintegration interventions (commonly referred to as ‘DDR’) for girls associated with armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR... more

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Students' Toolkit: Social accountability in medical schools

The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA); Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet) (2017) C2

This toolkit aims to provide you with a brief introduction of what SA and its core principles are, and how you as a student can apply several of the existing tools for your own school to really make a difference. French, Spanish and Arabic Version available: https://ifmsa.org/social-acc... more

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Alleviating the Burden of Responsibility: Men as Providers of Community-Based HIV/AIDS Care and Support in Lesotho

Newman C Capacity Project (2009) C2

Capacity Project Gender Research Brief | In Lesotho, as in many other countries, the HIV and AIDS care burden falls on the shoulders of women and girls in unpaid, invisible household and community work. This gender inequity in HRH needs to be addressed to ensure fair and sustainable responses to the... more

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Situation of child and adolescent health in Europe (2018)

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2018) C_WHO

The report focuses on several key areas where health outcomes are falling short, and provides insight into ways in which countries can improve the situation for their children and adolescents. Areas in focus include mental health, overweight/obesity and adolescent risk-taking behaviour. The report ... more

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Workplace violence and gender discrimination in Rwanda’s health workforce: Increasing safety and gender equality

Newman, C.J., de Vries, D.H., Kanakuze, J., et al. Human Resources for Health (2011) CC

This article reexamines a set of study findings that directly relate to the influence of gender on workplace violence, synthesizes these findings with other research from Rwanda, and examines the subsequent impact of the study on Rwanda’s policy environment.

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Way of the elders conserving indigenous healing knowledge and medicinal plants

Sai Sam Hkam (2011) C1

An action research conducted in Bang Shau village Northern Shan State, Myanmar

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Social protection: a Fast-Track commitment to end AIDS

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); Unicef; World Health Organization; et al. (2018) C2

UNAIDS 2018 / Guidance Guidance for policy-makers, and people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV

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Money & Microbes: Strengthening clinical research capacity to prevent epidemics

International Vaccines Task Force (IVTF) (2018) C1

Robust clinical research capacity in low- and middle-income countries is key to stemming the spread of epidemics, according to a new report from the International Vaccines Task Force (IVTF). The report lays out how to develop the political support, financing and coordination required to build this c... more

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Indicators of young women’s modern contraceptive use in Burkina Faso and Mali from Demographic and Health Survey data

Regan A., Thompson G. (2017) C2

nContraception and Reproductive Medicine (2017) 2:26 DOI 10.1186/s40834-017-0053-6 Young women in Burkina Faso and Mali are increasingly using modern contraceptives for family planning; however, the LAPM contraceptive prevalence rate remains low. Our analysis indicates that social norms around idea... more

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Social Costs of the COVID-19 Pandemic

P. Pereznieto; I. Oehler The Independent Panel (2021) CC

Background paper 9 The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response May 2021

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Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning Systems - Technical report and guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Against this background of nearly 20 years of experience of research, development and improvement in patient safety, the role of incident and adverse event reporting, as well as the benefits that derive from it, is still a work in progress.This document has two main purposes: • to provide an up... more

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Improving the Quality of PrEP Implementation for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: An implementation brief to support programming in Eastern and Southern Africa

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa; UNICEF (2021) C_WHO

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remain disproportionately affected by HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), with 26 per cent of new infections attributed to this population. AGYW face many personal, social and structural barriers to access, uptake and use of traditional HIV prevention me... more

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Communicating on air quality and health – Inspiring practices, challenges and tips

Health and Environment Alliance (2018) CC

In spite of the work carried out by the EU institutions, the Member States, many cities and grassroot movements in Europe, the general public is still not engaging enough in air quality policy initiatives and the level of awareness and knowledge of the effects of poor air quality on health is often ... more