These focus on policy effectiveness in terms of utilisation [ 7- 10], equity [ 11] or cost-effectiveness [ 10].
4. The extent to which PUA/PIA has been able to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of local resource utilisation in support of KHPPIA: - The Proportion of KHPPIA in the total regional budgets has increased but social development budgets are small.
Recommendations: On the basis of the available evidence, the following recommendations are made in order to contribute towards the improvement of both the effectiveness and utilisation of workbooks and textbooks in South Africa and provide feedback to guide adjustments to future editions: 1.
Regarding the effectiveness of the recruitment strategy, utilisation of the PCC health service will be expressed in percentages in relation to the number of women approached by the recruitment strategy.
Nonetheless, some reservations concerning the effectiveness of ITN distribution and utilisation were expressed, although a detailed assessment was never undertaken: Bed net distribution in camps.. maybe it is not so much productive because it is very difficult to hang bed nets in the tents in a proper way.. this unfortunately gives a false security to the people.
While the expansion of appropriate, sufficient and high quality services according to need will address much of the primary care service gaps, as demonstrated in this paper, there may be other factors that limit the effectiveness of services in the low utilisation groups.
Using comprehensive linked person-level data, the Smoking MUMS (Maternal Use of Medications and Safety) Study will explore the utilisation and effectiveness of bupropion, varenicline and NRT prior to and during pregnancy, as well as health outcomes for mothers and babies when these medications are used during pregnancy.
Premised that health insurance schemes in Africa have only been introduced recently and continue evolving, various concerns have been raised regarding their effectiveness in improving utilisation of orthodox health care and the reduction of out-of-pocket expenditures for their population, particularly women.
21 The primary outcome regarding the effectiveness of the recruitment strategy is the utilisation of the PCC services of the programme.
Finally, we examined the course of the symptoms in relation to prior mental health care utilisation (third hypothesis on effectiveness of mental health care).
