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A Better Understanding of Reasons for the Failure of the Healthcare Reform in Colombia

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52547#.VJtmIcCAM4 Author(s) Oscar Bernal , Diana C. Zamora Affiliation(s) Escuela de Gobierno, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia . ABSTRACT The Colombian healthcare crisis is evidenced by obstacles to health service, diminished working conditions and medical autonomy, financial infeasibility, loss of leadership and legitimacy of the healthcare system. In the year 2013 twelve reform projects were presented to Congress, including a statutory law that defines health as a fundamental right which was approved and another ordinary one which sought a complete reform of the system but was rejected and criticized by different o...

Female Genital Cut in Relation to Its Value and Health Risks among the Kisii of Western Kenya

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=49365#.VI5ZDcnQrzE Author(s) Pauline G. Okemwa , Harrison M. K. Maithya , David O. Ayuku Affiliation(s) Department of Health Management, School of Public Health, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya . Department of Anthropology, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya . Department of Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya . ABSTRACT Background: The practice of female genital cutting as a cultural obligation is widespread in Kenya but there is little consensus about its effects on health. Some of the health risks associated with female genital cut range from minor and short-term...

Physical Fitness Level and Its Relationship with Self-Concept in School Children

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51697#.VHVkCGfHRK0 Author(s) Pedro L. Rodríguez García 1,2 , Loreto Tarraga Marcos 1,2 , Andrés Rosa Guillamón 1,2 , Eliseo García-Cantó 1,2 , Juan J. Pérez-Soto 1,2 , Arancha Gálvez Casas 1,2 , Pedro Tarraga Lopez 1,2* Affiliation(s) 1 Universidad de Murcia, Murcia (Espana), Spain . 2 Universidad Castilla la Mancha, Albacete, Spain . ABSTRACT Objectives : The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between general self-concept and health-related physical fitness in primary school children. Design : Cross-sectional design and descriptive court. Method : A total of 216 schoolchildren (9.26 ± 1.26 years) participated ...