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Novo Onde Não Há Médico (Where there is no doctor - Portuguese)

David Werner (2015)

Abaixo encontra um capítulo do livro da Hesperian: O Novo Onde Não Há Médico. Outros capítulos serão adicionados a medida que forem desenvolvidos e traduzidos. Saiba mais sobre a revisão desta publicação amplamente utilizada. To access the chapters please visit: http://pt.hesperian.org/... more

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Where There Is No Doctor

David Werner Hesperian Health Guides (2013)

The most widely-used health care manual for health workers, educators, and others involved in primary health care and health promotion around the world. Current edition includes updated information on malaria, HIV, and more.

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Disabled village children. 2nd edition
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Werner, D. Hesperian (2018) C2

A guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers, and families. This manual covers identifying primary and secondary disabilities, developing skills for daily living, and working through behavior problems. The new 2018 edition features new topics, including mental and developmental di... more

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Helping Health Workers Learn

Werner, D. and B. Bower Hesperian Health Guides (2012) C2

A book of methods, aids, and ideas for instructors at the village level An indispensable resource for health educators, this book provides hundreds of methods, aids, and learning strategies to make health education engaging and effective, encouraging community involvement through participatory edu... more

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Where there is no dentist.
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Murray Dickson Berkeley, CA: Hesperian Foundation (2015) C1

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Understanding and Responding to Children’s Needs in Inclusive Classrooms

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (2001) C2

A Guide for Teachers

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Disability checklist for emergency response

Handicap International (2014) CC

Adapted from Disability Task Force. General protections and inclusion principles of injured persons and people with disabilities

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Diretrizes para o fornecimento de Cadeiras de Rodas Manuais em locais com poucos recursos

World Health Organization (WHO) (2008) C_WHO

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Helping Children Who Have Cerebral Palsy: Manual for Fieldworkers, Parents and Caregivers

Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2012)

Part of the CBM Prevention Toolkit on Cerebral Palsy. | This manual is meant to be used in combination with the Flipcharts on Cerebral Palsy developed by CBM and CCBRT (Tanzania). The full Prevention Toolkit on Cerebral Palsy (composed of the A4 Flipcharts, this Manual and a Fact sheet) aims to miti... more

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Aider les enfants atteints d’infirmité motrice cérébrale: Un manuel à l’intention des agents de terrain, parents et autres aidants

Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2012)

Ce document fait partie de la trousse à outils de CBM sur la prévention de l’infirmité motrice cérébrale | Ce manuel est destiné à être utilisé en association avec les tableaux de présentation flipchart sur l’infirmité motrice cérébrale mis au point par CBM et CCBRT (Tanzanie). L’... more

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Ayudando a niños y niñas con Parálisis Cerebral

Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2012)

Manual para promotores/as, madres, padres y cuidadores/as | Parte del juego de herramientas de Prevención de CBM sobre Parálisis Cerebral

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Global Climate Risk Index 2021

Eckstein, D.; V. Künzel and L.Schäfer Germanwatch e.V. (2015) C2

Who suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2019 and 2000 to 2019 The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ranks to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of climate related extreme weather events (storms, floods, heatwaves etc.). The... more

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ESTADO MUNDIAL DE LA INFANCIA 2017: Niños en un mundo digital

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017)

El Estado Mundial de la Infancia 2017 trata sobre un tema extraordinario que influye cada vez más en casi todos los aspectos de la vida de millones de niños en todo el mundo y, de hecho, de todos nosotros: la tecnología digital. A medida que aumenta la influencia de la tecnología digital, y espe... more

The Challenge of Environment and Climate Justice: Imperatives of an Eco-Theological Reformation of Christianity in African Contexts

Humboldt University Berlin, Research Programme on Religious Communities and sustainable developpment (2019) CC

Religion and Development 01/2019. Discussion Paper Series of the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development

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Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a...t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

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Guidelines on the provision of Manual Wheelchairs in less resourced settings

World Health Organization; USAID; ISPO (2008) C_WHO

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Where There Is No Doctor. New Chapters
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Hesperian Foundation (2016) C1

Advance chapters from the new edition

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A Community Guide to Environmental Health

Conant, J.; Fadem, P. Hesperian (2012) C2

With hundreds of illustrations and clear instructions, A Community Guide to Environmental Health helps health promoters, development workers, environmental activists, and community leaders take charge of their environmental health in villages and cities alike. Also available in Arabic, Spanish, Chin... more