by iphindia | Nov 21, 2011 | Latest Updates
To further the excellent discussions EPHP generated we are releasing all the presentation videos and powerpoints on YouTube. We hope this will help extend the reach of EPHP’s message and keep the debates going strong for some time to come. All presentations, panel discussions and Q&A sessions are available for viewing on YouTube. Also all the powerpoint presentations are available on our EPHP website. Last but not least the Universal Health Coverage Manual, unveiled at EPHP is available for download on our website.
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by iphindia | Nov 21, 2011 | Latest Updates
Second National Conference on bringing Evidence into Public Health Policy (EPHP 2012)
About EPHP
The Institute of Public Health, Bangalore is a community driven academic institution with a mission to promote the health status of the population through research, training and advocacy. IPH organized the first national conference (EPHP-1) “Bringing Evidence to Public Health Policy” in December 2010 and the main focus of this conference was taking the evidence from NRHM to policy makers. IPH is now hosting EPHP 2012 on October 5 – 6 2012, in collaboration with Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Belgium, National Health Systems Resource Center (NHSRC), Government of India and State Health Systems Resource Center (SHSRC), Government of Karnataka.
The overall theme of EPHP-II is “Strengthening Health Systems to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in India” .The conference will focus on the role of service provision & delivery, governance, financing, human resources, technology and information systems for strengthening / restructuring health systems at various levels by different sectors for achieving universal health coverage.
The main objectives of the conference are:
Disseminate the concepts of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Health Systems (HS) in the Indian context.
Disseminate and review the evidence of research and implementation experiences of health systems strengthening at the National and State Level.
Provide a platform to bring together policy makers, practitioners and researchers to reflect on issues related to Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage.
EPHP will be a platform in bringing together all stakeholders and to gain more insights to operationalising Universal Health Coverage in India. In this context, we would request the participation of your institute in this conference and share your experiences and hear from others working in this area.
To know more about the conference kindly visit – www.ephp.in or Watch YouTube Videos
by iphindia | Nov 14, 2011 | Latest Updates
Full citation: Sudarshan & Prashanth (2011) Good governance in health care: the Karnataka experience, The Lancet. January issue.
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by iphindia | Nov 6, 2011 | Latest Updates, Research
About Urban Health project
The Urban Health Project in Bengaluru was envisaged as an intervention based creation of a model for public health in a large and expanding city, focusing on the needs of the poor. Initially planned as an exercise in co-ordination with other NGOs, it has moved to focusing primarily on a “field area” –KG Halli where direct intervention by IPH staff is taking place.
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Need for Urban Health Project
Given the rapid urbanisation and delay in the unrolling of the NUHM, much remains to be done in the area of urban health. Bengaluru with its rapidly expanded city precincts needs careful study and quick well planned interventions. With this background, IPH is carrying out an action research project in ward number 30, KG Halli, Bengaluru. Here the IPH team will work towards improving the quality of health care provided to the community of roughly 42,000 people, with a small part of notified slum in it.
Action taken to achieve it
The action research is based on a seemingly simple idea, that if the stakeholders – communities and both private and public health providers in a geographical area can be brought together to dialogue on a common “health platform”, they can work towards improving the quality of care in the area. What brings complexity to the situation is the multi layering of the “community” where class, language and religion play important roles in decision making processes. Additional factors include the complexity of the government health system, partially under the corporation and partly under the state services.
Ultimate Goal
The overall ambition is to test strategies for improved access to quality care in a metropolis such as Bengaluru, emphasizing bottom up processes based on community empowerment. A key aspect of envisaged strategies is the creation of local health platforms involving community, providers and local authorities, to which health services would be answerable.
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by iphindia | Nov 6, 2011 | Advocacy, Latest Updates, Research
This project was implemented in collaboration with the Gramin Shikshan Charity Foundation (an NGO based in Hubli, Karnataka) across seven districts – three northern and four southern Karnataka districts. Project aim was to study effect of district level capacity building of law enforcement officials and tobacco control advocacy on implementation of selected provisions of national tobacco control legislation. Five districts, namely, Tumkur, Ramanagaram, Mysore, Dharwad & Gadag, were taken as intervention districts while two districts – Bengaluru rural and Haveri – were taken as control districts. In the course of one year, state and district level need assessment surveys as well as pre-compliance monitoring exercises were conducted in all seven districts highlighting the needs of district level law enforcement officials as well as the status of implementation of tobacco control law in these districts.
by iphindia | Nov 6, 2011 | Advocacy, Latest Updates, Research
Exposure to on-screen (portrayal of tobacco use in media) tobacco use has been shown to be one of the factors influencing initiation of tobacco use by youth. Media rating system is one of the tool to reduce exposure of youth to on-screen tobacco use. There was a proposal by Central Board for Film Certification (film certification authority in India) to possibly rate films with portrayal of tobacco use as ‘A’ (only for adult viewing) films, in order to reduce its exposure to youth.
IPH carried out a study among youth in Karnataka (including students from metropolitan city, towns and villages) to assess awareness and enforcement of current media rating system. Study findings suggested poor re of viewership restrictions as prescribed by prevailing media rating system. Study also provided data on various aspects of tobacco use and its association with exposure to on-screen tobacco use among youth. This study was funded by the World Health Organisation (India). Publications from the study are in progress.
