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Évaluation De La Coordination Des Muscles Dorso-Lombaires Chez Des Gens Présentant Une Lombalgie : Une Base De Données Revisitée, Christian Larivière, David Mcfadden, A. Bertrand Arsenault, Thierry Petitjean-Roget
Évaluation De La Coordination Des Muscles Dorso-Lombaires Chez Des Gens Présentant Une Lombalgie : Une Base De Données Revisitée, Christian Larivière, David Mcfadden, A. Bertrand Arsenault, Thierry Petitjean-Roget
Rapports de recherche scientifique
Problématique de santé et sécurité du travail et objectifs spécifiques : Le développement d’outils quantitatifs d’évaluation des déficiences ou des incapacités qui résultent de ces déficiences représente un des axes de recherche définis dans le champ réadaptation de l’IRSST. La littérature actuelle démontre que les gens présentant une lombalgie chronique ont une coordination musculaire altérée, ce qui représente un marqueur intéressant pour des fins d’évaluation lors d’un programme de réadaptation. C’est qu’une coordination musculaire qui revient à la normale pourrait indiquer que les structures lésées ont été réparées. Cependant, l’étude de la coordination musculaire n’est pas facile à quantifier chez …
Étude Ergonomique D'Un Nouveau Traitement Sylvicole, Daniel Imbeau, Denise Dubeau, Bruno Farbos
Étude Ergonomique D'Un Nouveau Traitement Sylvicole, Daniel Imbeau, Denise Dubeau, Bruno Farbos
Rapports de recherche scientifique
Cette étude a comparé deux traitements sylvicoles, soit le débroussaillage conventionnel et le débroussaillage combiné au badigeonnage, avec le produit Myco-TechMC, des tiges coupées. En tout 10 débroussailleurs ayant entre 1 et 4 saisons d'expérience et formés à l'application du produit Myco-TechMC ont participé à cette étude. Un Step-Test a été administré à chaque sujet afin de permettre l'estimation de sa capacité cardiorespiratoire ainsi que du métabolisme de travail à partir de la fréquence cardiaque durant le travail. La fréquence cardiaque a été mesurée en continu durant le travail. Les extrapulsations cardiaques thermiques (EPCT) ont été estimées …
Sens Du Travail, Santé Mentale Au Travail Et Engagement Organisationnel, Estelle Morin
Sens Du Travail, Santé Mentale Au Travail Et Engagement Organisationnel, Estelle Morin
Rapports de recherche scientifique
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Le projet présenté ici vise à déterminer les facteurs reliés au sens du travail qui ont un impact sur la santé mentale au travail et l’engagement organisationnel. Les résultats attendus sont d'une part, vérifier les relations entre les facteurs du sens au travail, la santé mentale au travail et l’engagement organisationnel et d'autre part, recommander des actions visant à corriger ou améliorer les facteurs qui affectent le sens du travail.
Les hypothèses suivantes ont été testées :
- Les caractéristiques du travail suivantes sont positivement corrélées entre elles : l’utilité du travail, …
Un Nouveau Test D’Aide Au Diagnostic Et À L’Évaluation De L’Asthme Professionnel : L’Expectoration Induite, Catherine Lemière, Karim Maghni
Un Nouveau Test D’Aide Au Diagnostic Et À L’Évaluation De L’Asthme Professionnel : L’Expectoration Induite, Catherine Lemière, Karim Maghni
Rapports de recherche scientifique
L’asthme professionnel est un asthme causé par l’exposition à des agents professionnels présents sur le lieu de travail. L’asthme professionnel représente environ 10% des cas d’asthme. Le seul traitement efficace de l’asthme professionnel est le retrait de l’exposition à l’agent en cause. Cependant, malgré le retrait de l’exposition, l’asthme persiste chez la grande majorité des patients. Il est donc important de déterminer l’évolution de cette maladie et d’essayer d’identifier des facteurs pouvant prédire son évolution.
Une des caractéristiques principales de l’asthme et de l’asthme professionnel est la présence d’inflammation au niveau des bronches. Un des types cellulaires principaux que l’on …
Mise Au Point Et Validation D’Un Outil De Calcul Du Temps De Service Des Cartouches Filtrantes Pour Vapeurs Organiques, Daniel Cossement, Iheb Bellasfar, Patrick-Daniel Dubois, Tapan K. Bose, Jaime Lara, Daniel Drolet, François Lemay, Zélie Fortin
Mise Au Point Et Validation D’Un Outil De Calcul Du Temps De Service Des Cartouches Filtrantes Pour Vapeurs Organiques, Daniel Cossement, Iheb Bellasfar, Patrick-Daniel Dubois, Tapan K. Bose, Jaime Lara, Daniel Drolet, François Lemay, Zélie Fortin
Rapports de recherche scientifique
Le but de cette activité étalée sur une période de 12 mois, était de fournir un logiciel disponible sur le site Web de l’IRSST permettant de calculer le temps de service de six cartouches filtrantes pour les vapeurs organiques pour des solvants réglementés au Québec. La mise au point de ce logiciel est le fruit d’une coopération entre l’IRSST, avec son expertise dans la caractérisation de la durée de vie des cartouches chimiques, et l’Institut de recherche sur l’hydrogène (IRH) via son expertise sur les charbons activés.
Le modèle de base pour estimer la durée de vie des cartouches est …
Évaluation De La Production Et De La Propagation Du Monoxyde De Carbone Suite À Des Travaux De Dynamitage En Milieu Urbain, Richard Martel, Guillaume Comeau, Luc Trépanier, Geneviève Parent, Benoît Lévesque
Évaluation De La Production Et De La Propagation Du Monoxyde De Carbone Suite À Des Travaux De Dynamitage En Milieu Urbain, Richard Martel, Guillaume Comeau, Luc Trépanier, Geneviève Parent, Benoît Lévesque
Rapports de recherche scientifique
La présente étude a pour but d’évaluer la migration du CO dans le roc fracturé et dans l’air et d’évaluer l’exposition des travailleurs sur le chantier et de la population dans un édifice adjacent aux sautages. Le projet d’agrandissement du pavillon Vandry qui couvre une superficie de 2500 m2 a été choisi afin de recueillir des mesures de concentrations en CO et de pressions dans l’air extérieur, dans l’air ambiant de l’édifice et dans un réseau de surveillance temporaire.
L’étude structurale de la géologie a montré que les fractures les plus pénétratives et fréquentes sont celles associées aux strates de …
Sécurité Des Chariots Élévateurs : Étude De L’Efficacité De La Ceinture De Sécurité, Pierre-Étienne Bourret, Stéphane Martel, Marina Koutchouk, Marc-André Roux, Michel Gou, Carl-Éric Aubin, Denis Rancourt
Sécurité Des Chariots Élévateurs : Étude De L’Efficacité De La Ceinture De Sécurité, Pierre-Étienne Bourret, Stéphane Martel, Marina Koutchouk, Marc-André Roux, Michel Gou, Carl-Éric Aubin, Denis Rancourt
Rapports de recherche scientifique
C’est au début des années 90 que la CSST a fait une première demande à l’IRSST pour étudier l’efficacité du port des ceintures de sécurité pour la conduite de chariots élévateurs. En 1998, René Benoît et Josée Duquette (Duquette et Benoît, 1998) déposaient un bilan exhaustif sur l’ensemble des dispositifs de sécurité utilisés sur les chariots élévateurs. Dans ce bilan, on reprochait principalement la non-représentativité des résultats de certaines études. De plus, Duquette et Benoît (Duquette et Benoît, 1998) ont noté, à plusieurs reprises, le caractère contradictoire entre les études effectuées sur les mêmes dispositifs de sécurité. Ces conclusions ont …
Tms : L'Influence Des Représentations De La Maladie, De La Douleur Et De La Guérison Sur Le Processus De Réadaptation Au Travail, Raymond Baril, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, Daniel Côté, Geneviève Cadieux, Annick Rouleau, Suzy Ngomo
Tms : L'Influence Des Représentations De La Maladie, De La Douleur Et De La Guérison Sur Le Processus De Réadaptation Au Travail, Raymond Baril, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, Daniel Côté, Geneviève Cadieux, Annick Rouleau, Suzy Ngomo
Rapports de recherche scientifique
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Problématique de santé et sécurité du travail et objectifs spécifiques :
Les troubles musculo-squelettiques (TMS) affectent une grande proportion des travailleurs du Québec et engendrent des coûts humains, sociaux et financiers très importants. Ces troubles laissent des séquelles persistantes chez une proportion non négligeable de travailleurs. Afin d’effectuer un retour au travail sain et sécuritaire, ceux-ci doivent souvent avoir recours à un processus de réadaptation. Le processus de réactivation et de retour au travail n’est pas nécessairement linéaire. Les travailleurs passent plutôt par des phases caractérisées par une évolution physique, psychologique …
Dimensionnement Des Chutes À Minerai, John Hadjigeorgiou, Jean-François Lessard
Dimensionnement Des Chutes À Minerai, John Hadjigeorgiou, Jean-François Lessard
Rapports de recherche scientifique
La manutention du minerai et du stérile dans la plupart des mines souterraines repose sur un système de cheminées à minerai. Ces cheminées ont pour but de transférer, par gravité, le minerai depuis les niveaux supérieurs de la mine jusqu'au niveau de concassage et de hissage.
L’expérience observée dans 12 mines souterraines québécoises a démontré que les problèmes d’écoulement du matériau dans les systèmes de cheminées sont fréquemment rencontrés. Ces problèmes ont été classifiés en deux catégories distinctes, telles que proposées par Emmerich (1992); soit les accrochages et les blocages. Les accrochages sont définis comme des obstructions empêchant l’écoulement dans …
Industrie De La Réparation Automobile : Caractérisation Du Bruit Et Des Vibrations Émis Par Les Outils Portatifs, Pierre Marcotte, Rémy Oddo, Jérôme Boutin, Rémi Boilley, Hugues Nélisse, Paul-Émile Boileau, Pierre Drouin, Christian Sirard, Renaud Daigle
Industrie De La Réparation Automobile : Caractérisation Du Bruit Et Des Vibrations Émis Par Les Outils Portatifs, Pierre Marcotte, Rémy Oddo, Jérôme Boutin, Rémi Boilley, Hugues Nélisse, Paul-Émile Boileau, Pierre Drouin, Christian Sirard, Renaud Daigle
Rapports de recherche scientifique
L’objectif de ce projet de recherche était de caractériser, en laboratoire, le bruit et les vibrations émis par cinq classes d’outils portatifs (clés pneumatiques, clés pneumatiques à impact, meuleuses et meuleuses d’outillage, ponceuses, marteaux pneumatiques), utilisées dans les ateliers de réparation automobile du Québec. Pour chaque classe d’outil, 4 à 5 modèles d’outil ont été sélectionnés pour évaluer l’émission vibratoire et sonore de ces outils sur des bancs d’essai. Ces bancs d’essai de première génération sont basés sur la série de normes ISO 8662 pour l’évaluation des vibrations main-bras, ainsi que sur la norme ISO 15744 pour l’évaluation de la …
Female-Initiated Prevention Methods (Fipm) In Kenya: Focus On The Female Condom, Martha Brady
Female-Initiated Prevention Methods (Fipm) In Kenya: Focus On The Female Condom, Martha Brady
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
As noted in this brief, the female condom (FC) is the only female-initiated prevention product that provides simultaneous protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Although available for more than a decade, the FC remains limited in supply, not readily available, and underutilized. Obstacles to widespread availability and use are often generalized (e.g., high costs, resistance of partners, or unavailability). With the upcoming second generation of FCs—and ultimately microbicides—being added to female-initiated prevention methods, the need to overcome these impediments with concrete solutions is critical. Government and donor commitment to long-term, sustained supply and program support is essential. …
The Female Condom In Ghana: Exploring The Current State Of Affairs And Gauging Potential For Enhanced Promotion, Reshma Naik, Martha Brady
The Female Condom In Ghana: Exploring The Current State Of Affairs And Gauging Potential For Enhanced Promotion, Reshma Naik, Martha Brady
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
The female condom (FC) is the only safe and effective female-initiated method that provides simultaneous protection against unintended pregnancy as well as sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. An exploratory exercise was conducted by the Population Council to gain an understanding of the current and historical landscape of FC procurement, distribution, and programming in Ghana and to explore the viability of enhancing national FC promotion. The exercise revealed that a large-scale launch of the FC occurred in Ghana in 2000 and was largely successful in raising product awareness; however, uptake remained low. Momentum has waned since the initial launch and financial …
Education And Transition To Work Among Youth In Maharashtra, International Institute For Population Sciences (Iips)
Education And Transition To Work Among Youth In Maharashtra, International Institute For Population Sciences (Iips)
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
The extent to which India will be able to successfully harness its demographic dividend depends significantly on the situation of its youth, notably on the levels of education and market-oriented skills they attain. In many states, youth have made progress on these fronts. Youth in Maharashtra have made considerable strides in terms of educational attainment, yet it is not clear that they are prepared for the challenges they will face in a globalized world. Looking at the current educational and employment situation of youth in Maharashtra, this policy brief argues that significant investments in terms of appropriate policies and programs …
Young People's Participation In Civil Society And Political Life In Maharashtra, International Institute For Population Sciences (Iips)
Young People's Participation In Civil Society And Political Life In Maharashtra, International Institute For Population Sciences (Iips)
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
Youth participation in civil society and political life is increasingly recognized as an important development objective. The opportunities for participation that young people experience in their communities may influence their development and the types of transitions they make to adulthood. Moreover, behaviors and attitudes relating to community participation that individuals adopt as young people predict lifelong civic affiliations and perspectives. In India, the National Youth Policy 2003 has underscored the role of India’s youth in political decision-making, and has argued for greater representation of youth in appropriate bodies as well as more extensive youth participation in program design and implementation. …
Terms Of Marriage And Time-Use Patterns Of Young Wives: Evidence From Rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, Luciana Suran
Terms Of Marriage And Time-Use Patterns Of Young Wives: Evidence From Rural Bangladesh, Sajeda Amin, Luciana Suran
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
This working paper explores the relationship between marriage arrangements and daily activities of young married women, using detailed time-use data from an adolescent study in rural Bangladesh. Measures of marriage arrangement are payment of dowry and the relative wealth status of natal and marital families. Using multivariate regression analysis, the results show that women’s time spent in domestic work, socializing, and self-care is significantly associated with marriage arrangement variables. Those who paid dowry spent more time in domestic work and less time in self-care and socializing relative to those who did not pay dowry. These patterns of association are similar …
Multiple Dimensions Of Urban Well-Being: Evidence From India, S. Chandrasekhar, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Multiple Dimensions Of Urban Well-Being: Evidence From India, S. Chandrasekhar, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
This working paper addresses differences in outcomes across households residing in slums and non-slum urban areas of India. We first established that if utility is defined as access to public goods such as water and sanitation, then residents in non-slum urban areas are unambiguously better off than slum dwellers. On the other hand, we found that the distribution of private goods (monthly per capita expenditure and per capita living area) in non-slum areas does not dominate the distribution of these goods in the slums, implying that non-slum residents are not unequivocally better off than slum residents. Since slums are on …
Early Marriage And Sexual And Reproductive Health Risks: Experiences Of Young Women And Men In Andhra Pradesh And Madhya Pradesh, India, K.G. Santhya, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Saswata Ghosh
Early Marriage And Sexual And Reproductive Health Risks: Experiences Of Young Women And Men In Andhra Pradesh And Madhya Pradesh, India, K.G. Santhya, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Saswata Ghosh
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
The Population Council undertook a large-scale study of married young women and men in two rural settings in India to assess their situation and vulnerability to HIV and other adverse sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Findings of the study clearly underscore the vulnerability of married youth to STI/HIV as a result of risky sexual experiences before, within, and after marriage. Furthermore, there is a need to sensitize healthcare providers to the special needs and vulnerability of married young people and orient them to the need for developing appropriate strategies to reach diverse groups of young people, including married young women …
Youth In India: Situation And Needs 2006-2007, Executive Summary, Maharashtra, International Institute For Population Sciences (Iips), Population Council
Youth In India: Situation And Needs 2006-2007, Executive Summary, Maharashtra, International Institute For Population Sciences (Iips), Population Council
Poverty, Gender, and Youth
This executive summary presents, in brief, findings on the situation of youth in Maharashtra, part of a subnational study undertaken by the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, and the Population Council, New Delhi, as part of a project to collect information on key transitions experienced by youth in India. Transitions include those related to education, workforce participation, sexual activity, marriage, health and civic participation, the magnitude and patterns of young people’s sexual and reproductive practices before, within, and outside of marriage, as well as related knowledge, decision-making, and attitudes. The project was implemented in six states of India, namely, …
Validation Of Two Qualitative Occupational Expose Assessment Models For Particulates And Vapors, Leshan J. Elliott
Validation Of Two Qualitative Occupational Expose Assessment Models For Particulates And Vapors, Leshan J. Elliott
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o ensure industrial workers are not overexposed to hazardous chemicals, it is necessary to evaluate the magnitude of occupational exposures. Small and medium sized companies usually do not employ industrial hygienists or other professionals trained in occupational exposure evaluations. Thus, traditional quantitative air sampling methods are usually not feasible due to resource and budgetary limitations. Qualitative exposure assessment models have gained in popularity because they are simple, inexpensive, and less time consuming than quantitative methods. Models are available which predict exposure concentrations or categorize exposures as acceptable or unacceptable. Unfortunately, most models have not been validated or previous studies have …
Gender Difference In Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes: Survival, Functional Independence, And Employment Status, Andrea T. Underhill
Gender Difference In Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes: Survival, Functional Independence, And Employment Status, Andrea T. Underhill
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Medical and rehabilitative care of women living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is based on information drawn from research conducted primarily on men. Care for men may be adequate for women, but all of the body’s organs have the capability to respond differently based on gender, and research should examine the genders separately. This dissertation examines the survival to 24 months post-TBI and the functional independence and employment status at 12 and 24 months post-TBI of men and women. Participants were drawn from a longitudinal study of injured persons and include those diagnosed only with a TBI. Variables used in …
Partner Referral Among Patients With Sexually Transmitted Diseases In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nazmul Alam
Partner Referral Among Patients With Sexually Transmitted Diseases In Dhaka, Bangladesh, Nazmul Alam
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This dissertation puts together three closely related articles on partner referral for sexually transmitted diseases (STD). The first paper sought to understand feasibility and acceptability of partner referral for STD in less developed countries using a systematic literature review. The results summarized from 39 articles indicate that partner referral outcome was more common for spousal partners than for causal partners. Client's reported barriers included stigma and fear of abuse while infrastructural barriers included limited resources are important. Client centered counseling was found to be effective in increasing partner referral in Africa. The second paper aimed to determine if intention of …
Diagnosing Antiretroviral Treatment Failure In Resource-Limited Settings, Ronald Alexander Cantrell
Diagnosing Antiretroviral Treatment Failure In Resource-Limited Settings, Ronald Alexander Cantrell
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This dissertation had three central goals. The first was to review the existing literature for reports of virologic failure among adults initiating non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings. The second was to describe the epidemiology of virologic failure over the first 6 months of therapy in Lusaka, Zambia. The third was to examine the performance of different approaches for diagnosing virologic failure. We performed a meta-analysis using data from previously published reports to create summary estimates for the prevalence of virologic failure and found that the lowest estimate of the 95% confidence interval was 10% or higher …
Enzymatic And Proteomic Analysis Of Spinal Cord In A G93a Als Mouse Model, Page Jones
Enzymatic And Proteomic Analysis Of Spinal Cord In A G93a Als Mouse Model, Page Jones
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Mutations to copper,zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn SOD or SOD1) are the only known causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disorder characterized primarily by death of spinal motor neurons. While the molecular mechanisms responsible for motor neuron death in this disease remain to be elucidated, recent studies implicate mitochondrial dysfunction as a key factor in the pathogenesis of ALS. In support of this, we observed ALS-dependent alterations in key functions including creatine kinase activity and ATP levels, which could be linked to changes in the mitochondrial proteome. Importantly, extensive research efforts have failed to develop a treatment that significantly …
Taller Regional De Utilización De Resultados De Investigación Operativa Para Incrementar El Acceso, La Calidad E Integración De Los Servicios Anticonceptivos En América Latina Y El Caribe, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Antonieta Martin
Taller Regional De Utilización De Resultados De Investigación Operativa Para Incrementar El Acceso, La Calidad E Integración De Los Servicios Anticonceptivos En América Latina Y El Caribe, M. Estela Rivero-Fuentes, Antonieta Martin
Reproductive Health
En octubre de 2007, el programa Fronteras de la Salud Reproductiva (FRONTERAS) realizó un taller regional de tres días en La Antigua, Guatemala, para difundir los resultados de sus proyectos de investigación operativa. Durante el taller, los participantes escucharon los avances en la metodología anticonceptiva y escucharon las estrategias efectivas que probó FRONTERAS para incrementar el acceso al DIU y la vasectomía; la integración de la planificación familiar con los servicios posparto, postaborto y PTMI. Los investigadores habloaron sobre los resultados de los estudios, los gerentes de los programas explicaron cómo se usaban los instrumentos y se habló de la …
Guía Operativa Para Programas De Educación Sexual Y Servicios De Salud Reproductiva Para Jóvenes, Ofelia Aguilar, Lorena Santos, Marisa Diaz Infante, Rocio Mejia, Ricardo Vernon, Antonieta Martin
Guía Operativa Para Programas De Educación Sexual Y Servicios De Salud Reproductiva Para Jóvenes, Ofelia Aguilar, Lorena Santos, Marisa Diaz Infante, Rocio Mejia, Ricardo Vernon, Antonieta Martin
Reproductive Health
El presente libro tiene como fin poner al alcance de personas y organizaciones interesadas en establecer políticas y programas de servicios y educación sexual para los jóvenes, una guía basada en el Programa Gente Joven que implementa la Fundación Mexicana para la Planeación Familiar, A.C. (MEXFAM). Consideramos que los componentes y las actividades de este programa pueden ser adaptados en otras latitudes y así enriquecer proyectos orientados al trabajo con jóvenes.
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The purpose of this book is to make available, to people and organizations interested in establishing policies and programs on sexual education and services for young people, a …
Lutte Contre La Pratique De L'Excision Au Mali: De L'Approche Santé À L'Approche Basée Sur Les Droits De L'Enfant-Rapport D'Evaluation Du Programme Du Centre Djoliba, Anta Fall Diagne
Reproductive Health
Depuis les années 1980, Save the Children Suède soutient des activités visant à éliminer la pratique de l'excision organisées par le Centre Djoliba au Mali. Le but de cette évaluation est d'examiner l'impact du programme du Centre Djoliba sur la vie de communautés sélectionnées et en utilisant une approche basée sur les droits de l'homme et de l'enfant, pour examiner les changements majeurs dans les communautés cibles. Cette approche a conduit à une meilleure compréhension de ces droits et à la volonté des communautés d’essayer d’intégrer les connaissances acquises sur ces droits dans leur vie quotidienne. Cependant, l'environnement socioéconomique défavorable …
Managing And Preventing Female Genital Cutting (Fgm/C) Among The Somali Community In Kenya, Maryam Sheikh Abdi, Guyo W. Jaldesa, Ian Askew
Managing And Preventing Female Genital Cutting (Fgm/C) Among The Somali Community In Kenya, Maryam Sheikh Abdi, Guyo W. Jaldesa, Ian Askew
Reproductive Health
This report details the Council’s innovative work with religious leaders to reduce the practice of FGM/C in the Somali community in Northern Kenya. In the mid to late 2000s, through the USAID Frontiers project, the Council successfully engaged religious leaders and scholars as community educators to correct the customary misconception that FGM/C is a requirement of Islam. Through sermons and training sessions, these leaders were able to dis-associate FGM/C from Islam, raise public awareness about the harms associated with the practice, and encourage its abandonment.
Evaluation Of The Long-Term Impact Of The Tostan Programme On The Abandonment Of Fgm/C And Early Marriage: Results From A Qualitative Study In Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Amadou Moreau, Helene Benga
Evaluation Of The Long-Term Impact Of The Tostan Programme On The Abandonment Of Fgm/C And Early Marriage: Results From A Qualitative Study In Senegal, Nafissatou J. Diop, Amadou Moreau, Helene Benga
Reproductive Health
In 1998–99, a village empowerment program was implemented in the Thiès/Fatick and Kolda regions of Senegal by the nongovernmental organization Tostan, to mobilize communities to hold public declarations in support of abandoning harmful traditional practices, including female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage. The information presented in this report indicates that many did end the practices following a public declaration, however, the lack of follow-up in the field and the absence of support mechanisms pose a large obstacle. Nevertheless, the program achieved significant results: knowledge of life skills resulting in positive changes and a shift in the perception of FGM/C …
Analysis Of The Evolution Of The Practice Of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting In Burkina Faso, Nafissatou J. Diop, Zakari Congo, Aina Ouedraogo, Alphosine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, Ida Tamini
Analysis Of The Evolution Of The Practice Of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting In Burkina Faso, Nafissatou J. Diop, Zakari Congo, Aina Ouedraogo, Alphosine Sawadogo, Lydia Saloucou, Ida Tamini
Reproductive Health
This study was undertaken as a collaboration between the Population Council’s Frontiers in Reproductive Health program and the Comité National de Lutte contre la Pratique de l’Excision (CNLPE) within the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity in Burkina Faso. The creation of a favorable environment for the campaign against excision in Burkina Faso has facilitated various anti-cutting activities over the past two decades and enabled the achievement of gains, both in terms of awareness and behavior change. However some of the strategies need further readjustment: among the reasons why excision still continues in Burkina Faso is a certain view …
Institutionalization Of Quality Assurance Within District Health Management: Experiences From Maharashtra And Karnataka, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, Vivek Sharma, Jaleel Ahmad, Jose Joseph, Venkatesh Srinivasan, K.M. Sathyanarayana, Viji Vargees, K.D. Maiti, Rashmi Sharma
Institutionalization Of Quality Assurance Within District Health Management: Experiences From Maharashtra And Karnataka, M.E. Khan, Anurag Mishra, Vivek Sharma, Jaleel Ahmad, Jose Joseph, Venkatesh Srinivasan, K.M. Sathyanarayana, Viji Vargees, K.D. Maiti, Rashmi Sharma
Reproductive Health
The Population Council, with financial support from UNFPA, provided technical assistance to the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka, India in implementing a quality assurance (QA) program and helped its institutionalization in the district level of health management. An analysis of all the facilities covered as of December 2007 revealed substantial gaps in the infrastructure and human resources available to provide good-quality services, as well as adherence to standards for providing the services. To build the capacity to undertake QA visits, the Population Council and state authorities organized a series of events to orient and train state and district officials, facility-level …