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Karel, Harumi Sasaki. "Knowledge and Use of Maternal and Child Health Services by Mothers in Papua New Guinea." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 7, no. 3 (July 1994): 191–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/101053959400700308.

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A survey was conducted in the coastal area of Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea between March to April 1992 in order to obtain and examine the current health knowledge and practices of mothers with children under two years of age. The purpose of the survey was to gather data for the detailed planning and implementation of a Child Survival Intervention Project funded by USAID. A total of 30 villages in the area were selected utilizing the WHO 30-cluster sampling technique. The results indicated that breastfeeding was a very common practice. However, because nutritional intake was not increased during pregnancy and lactation for many of the women, it is likely that their nutritional intake was insufficient. Although many mothers knew the importance of immunization, they were unclear about the importance of completing immunization series. The utilization of contraceptive methods was very low among women who did not want to have another child within the subsequent two years. The most common methods were injections and pills. The dissemination of health education to isolated rural villages is one of the most important interventions in reducing maternal and infant mortality. As there currently is no health education unit at the Morobe Provincial Department of Health. It is crucial to establish the unit and to emphasize the importance of health education as the tool for disease prevention and health promotion. Asia Pac J Public Health1994;7(3):191-3.
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Heywood, Peter F., and Robin L. Hide. "Nutritional Effects of Export-Crop Production in Papua New Guinea: A Review of the Evidence." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 15, no. 3 (September 1994): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/156482659401500305.

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The effects of cash cropping on nutrition in Papua New Guinea are reviewed. The interpretation of the available evidence is complicated by the introduction of cash cropping simultaneously with services such as health and education of the rural population. However, there is indication that the growth of children improved over the period in which cash cropping increased, particularly in the highlands, where, as a result of the later introduction of cash crops, more baseline data are available. There is no reason to believe that the same effect did not occur in the lowlands, where the infant mortality rate fell progressively over the same period. There is also evidence of an increase in the height and weight of adults, as well as an increase in the prevalence of degenerative diseases. Programmes need to be developed that retain the important benefits of child health and at the same time arrest the increasing prevalence of degenerative diseases in adults.
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McKenzie, Maviso. "Experiences of men’s involvement in antenatal education services in the rural Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea: a descriptive qualitative study." Pacific Journal Reproductive Health 1, no. 7 (August 20, 2018): 346. http://dx.doi.org/10.18313/pjrh.2018.901.

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Background: Appropriate antenatal education services that increase men’s involvement in pregnancy and childbirth is crucial for improving maternal and child health outcomes. However, in Papua New Guinea (PNG), men’s involvement in antenatal education services remains inadequate. This study aimed to describe experiences of men’s involvement in antenatal education services and identify factors that facilitate or restrict their involvement. Methods: A qualitative study was conducted among 17 men who have attended antenatal care (ANC) and involved in antenatal education sessions with their wives. Semi-structured and face-to-face interviews were employed to obtain detailed descriptions of men’s experiences and their perception of antenatal health education services, including factors that influenced their involvement. Data is generated from interviews. The findings are informed by the thematic analysis. Results: Three key themes that emerged were: (1) perception of ANC as women’s domain, (2) knowledge of antenatal education services, and (3) accessing of antenatal education services. Factors influencing men’s involvement were: strict gender roles, being responsible for pregnancy and spousal communication. Lack of knowledge, dissatisfaction with antenatal services, and lack of capacity to involve men were other reasons further observed. Conclusion: This study found negative perceptions; poor maternal knowledge and socio-cultural norms, inadequate information dissemination and poor men-friendly services influenced men’s involvement. Suggestions to strengthen men’s involvement require gender-inclusive and culturally appropriate antenatal education programs.
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Mohamed, Yasmin, Martha Kupul, Janet Gare, Steven G. Badman, Selina Silim, Andrew J. Vallely, Stanley Luchters, and Angela Kelly-Hanku. "Feasibility and acceptability of implementing early infant diagnosis of HIV in Papua New Guinea at the point of care: a qualitative exploration of health worker and key informant perspectives." BMJ Open 10, no. 11 (November 2020): e043679. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043679.

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IntroductionEarly infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV and timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy can significantly reduce morbidity and mortality among HIV-positive infants. Access to EID is limited in many low-income and middle-income settings, particularly those in which standard care involves dried blood spots (DBS) sent to centralised laboratories, such as in Papua New Guinea (PNG). We conducted a qualitative exploration of the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a point-of-care (POC) EID test (Xpert HIV-1 Qualitative assay) among health workers and key stakeholders working within the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) programme in PNG.MethodsThis qualitative substudy was conducted as part of a pragmatic trial to investigate the effectiveness of the Xpert HIV-1 Qualitative test for EID in PNG and Myanmar. Semistructured interviews were undertaken with 5 health workers and 13 key informants to explore current services, experiences of EID testing, perspectives on the Xpert test and the feasibility of integrating and scaling up POC EID in PNG. Coding was undertaken using inductive and deductive approaches, drawing on existing acceptability and feasibility frameworks.ResultsHealth workers and key informants (N=18) felt EID at POC was feasible to implement and beneficial to HIV-exposed infants and their families, staff and the PMTCT programme more broadly. All study participants highlighted starting HIV-positive infants on treatment immediately as the main advantage of POC EID compared with standard care DBS testing. Health workers identified insufficient resources to follow up infants and caregivers and space constraints in hospitals as barriers to implementation. Participants emphasised the importance of adequate human resources, ongoing training and support, appropriate coordination and a sustainable supply of consumables to ensure effective scale-up of the test throughout PNG.ConclusionsImplementation of POC EID in a low HIV prevalence setting such as PNG is likely to be both feasible and beneficial with careful planning and adequate resources.Trial registration number12616000734460.
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Campos-Outcalt, Doug. "Health services in Papua New Guinea." Public Health 103, no. 3 (May 1989): 161–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0033-3506(89)80070-8.

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Campos-Outcalt, Doug, and William Newbrander. "Decentralization of health services in Papua New Guinea." Health Policy and Planning 4, no. 4 (1989): 347–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/4.4.347.

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NEWBRANDER, WILLIAM C., and JANE A. THOMASON. "Alternatives for financing health services in Papua New Guinea." Health Policy and Planning 4, no. 2 (1989): 131–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/4.2.131.

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Williams, Ged, Rose Jaspers, Veronica Wohuinangu, Svatka Micik, and Adrian De Luca. "Critical Care Nursing in Papua New Guinea." Connect: The World of Critical Care Nursing 14, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 35–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/wfccn-d-20-00011.

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ObjectiveTo explore and understand the current context of critical care nursing in Papua New Guinea (PNG).MethodA three day fact finding mission and consulation process with leaders of critical care and health services in PNG.ResultsAlthough challenged by limited resources and healthcare infrastructure there is a determination among local health care providers to growth and improve the provision of critical care services from the major hospitals of PNG. The PNG Critical Care Nurses Society (PNG CCNS) was officially formed in March 2020, providing hope and optimism for a renewed emphasis on this important speciality in PNG.ConclusionThe authors and the PNG CCNS recommend the establishment of active and supportive partnerships with other critical care leaders of the world to help guide future developments in PNG.
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Thomason, Jane, Navy Mulou, and Caroline Bass. "User charges for rural health services in Papua New Guinea." Social Science & Medicine 39, no. 8 (October 1994): 1105–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(94)90382-4.

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Duke, Trevor. "Decline in child health in rural Papua New Guinea." Lancet 354, no. 9186 (October 1999): 1291–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(99)00335-9.

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Spencer, Dora Margaret. "The Early development of the Health Services of Papua New Guinea, 1870-1939 /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 1998. http://adt.library.uq.edu.au/public/adt-QU20021209.145943/.

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Farmer, John William. "Developing eye care and an analysis of eye conditions in Papua New Guinea." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/1730.

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Accessible and affordable eye care is only a dream for much of the population of developing countries. Strategies for improving the visual welfare of these people need to be appropriate to the local situation. In 1992 a proposal was devised to address the lack of eye care in Papua New Guinea. This thesis examines the outcome of this proposal and reports on the ophthalmic data collected by these trained eye nurses.Method: In 1994, 11 National nurses were trained in a 3 month intensive course to become ‘eye nurses’. A basic set of equipment was provided to each eye nurse. Appropriate follow-up and annual conferences supported this initial training. A second group of 14 eye nurses were trained in 1997. Monthly eye clinic reports from the eye nurses provide significant data on eye conditions and visual welfare in PNGResults: After 6 years 80% of the eye nurses were still actively working in eye care. An analysis was made of the eye conditions of the 30,000 patients examined by the eye nurses over this 6 year period. The data is generally consistent with previous ophthalmic data from Papua New Guinea. The eye nurses were able to provide appropriate eye care for 80% of the presenting patients without Optometric or Ophthalmic assistance.Conclusions: Training nurses to become ‘eye nurses’ functioning as basic optometrists is an effective strategy in improving eye care in developing countries. The eye nurses were able to deliver sustainable, accessible, affordable and appropriate eye care, independently treating and managing the most common eye conditions in Papua New Guinea.
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Butt, Leslie. "The social and political life of infants among the Baliem Valley Dani, Irian Jaya /." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=34921.

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Among the Baliem valley Dani of the central highlands of Irian Jaya, Indonesia, infants play a prominent role in social relations. Infant mortality rates among the Dani are above two hundred and fifty deaths per thousand live births and birth rates are low. To these patterns of infant survival and growth the Dani consistently ascribe complex meaning. Drawing from anthropological research conducted in 1994--1995 in the Baliem valley, this dissertation demonstrates that indigenous meanings about the infant body and assessments of infant health link the infant to political relations within polygynous families, to antagonistic gender relations, and to affiliations with powerful ancestor spirits. Gender relations play a prominent role in explanations about infants. When an infant dies, parents explain the death in ways that reflect the lower social status of women in relation to men. A study of sex ratios during the first year of life and biased use of health services by gender of the infant suggest that the Dani may generate and validate cultural patterns of gender inequality during the earliest months of life.
Infants also play an important role in national politics. In Indonesia's attempts to assimilate indigenous peoples into the country's economic development agenda, the infant appears in health promotions as a member of a contrived ideal family. These national cultural models, grounded in a concern with population control, translate into an applied health agenda for infants that has little impact on the mortality rates of the very young in Dani society.
The infant, though mute, is a powerful figure at the center of many social and political relations. The richness of meaning attributed to infants in the Baliem valley suggests that further research is needed to correct lacunae in anthropological theory about one of life's key social figures.
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Davy, Carol. "Primary health care: knowledge development and application in Papua New Guinea." 2009. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/unisa:38312.

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Research into the use of information by health care professionals has generally been conducted in countries dominated by the biomedical model. In these contexts, illness is considered to have a scientifically identifiable physical cause, and treatment practices within the formal health care sector are prescribed and managed in accordance with this definition. Yet there are also contexts where other belief systems inform and guide the way that people think about their health. In comparison to the biomedical model, these contexts have contributed very little to our understanding of how health professionals develop their knowledge. This research investigates how primary health care workers (PHCWs) in one such context, Papua New Guinea (PNG), develop their knowledge about the health services they provide. In order to discover and understand the differing views of these PHCWs, 69 semi-structured interviews were conducted in three culturally and geographically diverse regions of PNG. In explaining the diagnostic and treatment practices they use, these participants provided insights into not only how PHCWs engage with information but also how it informs their professional practice. These data were analysed, interpreted and discussed using a framework consisting of four, primary but interconnecting aspects: the context in which information was provided, the interactions with the sources of information, the processes by which information was understood, and the outcomes realized as a result of the information being used. Findings indicated that the majority of participants in this study acknowledged, if not incorporated, information pertaining to biomedicine, Christianity and Indigenous belief systems into their diagnostic and treatment practices. Even when these belief systems clearly contradicted each other, PHCWs did not in general feel the need to make a conscious choice between them. From their comments it would appear that four factors contributed to this ability to incorporate diverse and often conflicting ideas into the way that patients were cared for. First, all of the belief systems were considered legitimate by at least one group of people connected to the community in which the PHCW worked. Second, although varying in degrees of availability and accessibility, members of these groups were able to disseminate information pertaining to the belief system they supported. Third, the PHCW had no particular affiliation with any one of these groups but instead regularly interacted with a range of different people. Lastly, the PHCW worked in situations where health practices were not generally well supervised by their employers and therefore they were relatively free to choose between various diagnostic and treatment practices. The qualitative interpretive approach adopted in this thesis contributes to the field of human information behavior by affirming that conflict is in the eye of the beholder. When a number of belief systems coexist and all are considered legitimate, information about them is freely available, and the recipients actions are neither constrained by their own dogma, nor imposed upon by others, individuals may quite comfortably embrace diverse beliefs. These findings may also contribute to a better understanding of health management practices in developing countries by suggesting that health professionals are not merely personifications of a biomedical model. Instead, the study demonstrates that multiple belief systems can be combined by PHCWs, and that in turn this benefits the formal health care sector through increased treatment options that are both appropriate and effective in such circumstances.
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Wiltshire, Colin. "Public Expenditure, Decentralisation and Service Delivery in Papua New Guinea: Tracking Budgets to Health Clinics." Phd thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/119220.

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Forty years post-independence, Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) development aspirations remain unmet. Important social and human development indicators have stagnated, as has the delivery of basic public services, especially for PNG’s large rural populace. Over the last decade, PNG has experienced strong economic growth from an extended resource boom. Much of the increased revenues generated have been invested into public expenditure reforms aimed at improving service delivery through decentralised governance arrangements. This thesis questions whether the significantly increased public expenditure commitments to service delivery have been translated into improved health services on the ground. A mixed methods approach was adopted that involved undertaking PNG’s largest and most comprehensive health expenditure tracking and facility survey, combined with in-depth case studies that mapped the implementation of national budgets to front-line service providers, and actual health delivery to communities. This thesis makes a significant contribution to research on the changing political economy of service delivery in PNG. It delivers a policy relevant and empirically grounded analysis of the state of health services and the politics that have driven decentralisation reforms. New findings are presented on the status of PNG’s health clinics, how they receive funding, raise revenue and the services that are delivered. Comparative survey data indicates that health service delivery has largely declined over the last decade, despite huge increases in recurrent and development health budgets. It is argued that the weak implementation of previous and current decentralisation reforms have contributed to widespread inefficiencies and inequalities in the delivery of health services across PNG. The implications of these findings are analysed in the context of contemporary health expenditure reforms in PNG, which are increasingly politicised and appear destined to repeat past failures. This thesis finds that PNG’s major health policies are poorly targeted, misaligned with strengthening the health system, and do not address weaknesses in health financing. In particular, PNG members of parliament have directed ever-increasing constituency development funds to their electorates and have enacted legislative reforms that deliver greater control over the allocation of resources and service delivery priorities for their respective districts. This entrenches the de facto arrangements of the past, meaning that local politics, rather than national policy guidelines, increasingly determine how expenditure reforms are implemented on the ground. These changing governance arrangements have significant implications for the health sector, risking greater fragmentation of an already weak health system. More broadly, the research shows that the political context in which decentralisation reforms are implemented has important implications for service delivery.
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Kulumbu, Ellen. "Health Service Delivery in Papua New Guinea and Determinants Influencing Health Outcomes: The Case of Women and Health." Phd thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/165911.

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This study aims to uncover the determinants influencing health outcomes and investigates health service delivery in Papua New Guinea (PNG) within the context of women and their health. Despite extensive research on health and health service delivery in PNG over the past three decades, little or no improvement has been made to attain better health outcomes. Various factors which were found to contribute to PNG’s poor health outcomes, include poor financial management and resource allocation, complex institutional structures and challenges following government’s reform policies, lack of capacity, rugged geographical conditions and lack of essential infrastructure. These are mainly provider side factors with experiences of health service users largely understudied. My research adopts qualitative data collection methods, including focus groups discussions, questionnaires, in-depth interviews, observations, body-mapping exercises and illness narratives to understand women and their health service usage, and health workers providing health care. Fieldwork was conducted in three geographically, linguistically, culturally and religiously diverse locations in PNG. Over 100 people participated, including health workers and women. The subsequent data was analysed and showed that women were prevented from using health services by factors existing on user and provider side, such as financial constraints, unfriendly health workers, and long waiting time at health facilities. Their personal values encouraged them to seek health care, such as consideration of familial responsibilities and trust in health workers. Although determinants were similar across the three locations, the degree of influence of the determinants varied in the context of the geographical and socio-economic environments. Medical pluralism exists in PNG with a large number of women using natural therapies and home remedies in rural and urban areas. Informal agencies were influential sources of their health knowledge. Health was narrowly confined to biomedicine and efforts to improve health outcomes handled solely by the health sector. However, health outcomes are not the result of use of biomedical health services alone but result of economic policies, political systems, educational programmes, social and cultural beliefs and practices regarding wellbeing. Thus, health outcomes need not be confined to biomedical disciplines but be a multidisciplinary and multisectoral responsibility, involving formal and informal institutions impacting all determinants and dimensions of people’s health. Intersectoral collaboration between relevant disciplines, sectors and agencies at various levels are suggested in recognition of this. Many factors discussed in this study are likely to be amenable to interventions that are beyond the scope of the health domain. The PNG Department of Health has relatively little influence over many issues affecting individuals providing and using health services. While medical standards and training health workers may be within its scope, improving rural roads to increase access to health services often require assistance from other sectors. Multidisciplinary and multisectoral approaches are needed to address all determinants of health and improve health outcomes. Preventive primary health care through community-based approaches should be the focus. Appropriate methods that adequately capture human phenomena be used in health research. Any service delivery and development studies should include providers and users of services.
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Books on the topic "Child health services Papua New Guinea"

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Ayisi, Ruth Ansah. UNICEF in Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: UNICEF, 2004.

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. WHO country cooperation strategy: Papua New Guinea, 2010-2015. Manila, Philippines: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2010.

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Papua New Guinea. National Parliament. Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts. Parliamentary report on rural health services. Papua New Guinea]: Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts, 2011.

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Papua New Guinea. Ministry of Health. Minimum standards for village health volunteers in Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea: Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Ministry of Health, 2003.

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Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea (23rd 1987 Madang, Papua New Guinea). Rural health services in Papua New Guinea: Papers on rural health services presented at the Twenty-third Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua New Guinea, held at Madang 4-5 September 1987. Boroko, N.C.D: Papua New Guinea Dept. of Health, 1987.

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Pahun, Miriam. Strategic plan to sustain leprosy services following elimination in Papua New Guinea: 2006-2010. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: National Leprosy Elimination Program Unit, Disease Control Branch, National Dept. of Health, 2005.

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Papua New Guinea Independent Monitoring Review Group (Health): Report. [Port Moresby?], Papua New Guinea: Independent Monitoring Review Group (Health)-IMRG, 2006.

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A, Thomason Jane, Newbrander William C, Kolehmainen-Aitken Riitta-Liisa, and Australian National University. National Centre for Development Studies., eds. Decentralization in a developing country: The experience of Papua New Guinea and its health service. Canberra: National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, 1991.

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UNICEF and Papua New Guinea, eds. Master plan of operations: Programme of co-operation between Government of Papua New Guinea and UNICEF 1998-2002. [Papua New Guinea: UNICEF], 1997.

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Rural health services in Papua New Guinea: Papers on rural health services presented at the Twenty-third Annual Symposium of the Medical Society of Papua ... at Madang 4-5 September 1987 (Monograph). Papua New Guinea Dept. of Health, 1987.

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Pal, Sanu, and Sutanaya Pal. "Melanesian Mental Health and Psychiatric Services: Perspectives from Papua New Guinea." In International and Cultural Psychology, 147–61. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87763-7_10.

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"“The baby is turning”: child-bearing in Wanigela, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea: Yvonne Underhill-Sem." In Geographies of Women's Health, 209–24. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203186022-20.

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Flicker, Leon, and Ngaire Kerse. "Population ageing in Oceania." In Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine, 55–62. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198701590.003.0008.

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The region of Oceania describes a collection of islands scattered throughout the Pacific Ocean between Asia and the Americas. The region is vast and largely covered by ocean. There are four subregions of this region including Australasia (Australia and New Zealand), Melanesia (Papua and New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia), Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia and Guam), and Polynesia (includes French Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, Tokalau, and Niue). Australasia is relatively affluent and developed with an ageing population, whereas the other nations are of a developing nature with relatively younger populations but will face dramatic population ageing over the next 40 years. Australasia has well-developed services for older people. The Indigenous populations of Australasia have worse health outcomes than the non-Indigenous populations. However, outside Australasia there is an urgent need to develop health and community services for older people in the remainder of the region.
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Fitzpatrick, Jane. "Migrant Women." In Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration, 121–35. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4619-3.ch007.

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Women across the world migrate for a wide range of reasons. Some gravitate to towns and cities in their own countries seeking safety, education, health care, and employment opportunities. Others cross international boundaries, fleeing from the atrocities of war and extreme poverty. Migration within countries is also on the rise, as people move seeking resources, services, education, and employment opportunities. In addition, they may want to escape from violence or natural disasters. This movement of people from rural to urban areas has resulted in an explosive growth of cities around the globe. Women migrate to enhance their life experiences and that of their children and kinsfolk. This chapter draws on a research case study undertaken with the Kewapi language group in Port Moresby and the Batri Villages of the Southern Highlands in Papua New Guinea. It highlights the perspectives of women migrating from their home communities in order to seek education and health care. It explores the implications for developing user-focused health care systems designed to meet the needs of mobile and vulnerable women. The study suggests that if women and their families from remote rural communities participate in health promoting initiatives, they can dramatically improve their life and health experiences and that of their community.
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