Elaine Zeighami
Biographic Data
| ID | 5907264 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elaine Zeighami |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elaine |
| FAMILY NAME | Zeighami |
| SIGNATURE | ZEIGHAMI E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Physician importation--a solution to developing countries' rural health care problems
Developing countries almost universally suffer from severe health service shortages, particularly in rural areas. Manpower problems are the most critical aspect of the shortages. Iran has recently begun a massive program to increase physician supply in its rural areas by importation of physicians from India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The present study investigated two questions: What are physicians' reasons for accepting a post in a rural ar…
The Rural Health Worker as a Family Planning Provider
The impact of the Kavar Village Health Worker Project on contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practice was studied 14 months after health workers were deployed in this pilot project in rural Iran. Results showed that knowledge and use of the pill were significantly higher in the project villages than in control villages, where the pill was supplied by a nonresident rural midwife: 28 percent of married women of reproductive age were using the p…
Effectiveness of the Iranian Auxiliary Midwife in IUD Insertion
In Iran, a traditional rural midwife is allowed to perform pelvic exams and insert IUD'S under conditions of almost total independence after she has received one month of intensive training in the procedures. The present study compared two groups containing 232 village women each, matched for age and parity. One group had IUDs inserted by rural midwives and the other by physicians or nurse-midwives at ubran clinics. The one-year and two-year clos…
Physician importation--a solution to developing countries' rural health care problems
Developing countries almost universally suffer from severe health service shortages, particularly in rural areas. Manpower problems are the most critical aspect of the shortages. Iran has recently begun a massive program to increase physician supply in its rural areas by importation of physicians from India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The present study investigated two questions: What are physicians' reasons for accepting a post in a rural ar…
Effectiveness of the Iranian Auxiliary Midwife in IUD Insertion
In Iran, a traditional rural midwife is allowed to perform pelvic exams and insert IUD'S under conditions of almost total independence after she has received one month of intensive training in the procedures. The present study compared two groups containing 232 village women each, matched for age and parity. One group had IUDs inserted by rural midwives and the other by physicians or nurse-midwives at ubran clinics. The one-year and two-year clos…
Effectiveness of the Iranian Auxiliary Midwife in IUD Insertion
In Iran, a traditional rural midwife is allowed to perform pelvic exams and insert IUD'S under conditions of almost total independence after she has received one month of intensive training in the procedures. The present study compared two groups containing 232 village women each, matched for age and parity. One group had IUDs inserted by rural midwives and the other by physicians or nurse-midwives at ubran clinics. The one-year and two-year clos…
The Rural Health Worker as a Family Planning Provider
The impact of the Kavar Village Health Worker Project on contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practice was studied 14 months after health workers were deployed in this pilot project in rural Iran. Results showed that knowledge and use of the pill were significantly higher in the project villages than in control villages, where the pill was supplied by a nonresident rural midwife: 28 percent of married women of reproductive age were using the p…
Physician importation--a solution to developing countries' rural health care problems
Developing countries almost universally suffer from severe health service shortages, particularly in rural areas. Manpower problems are the most critical aspect of the shortages. Iran has recently begun a massive program to increase physician supply in its rural areas by importation of physicians from India, Pakistan, and the Philippines. The present study investigated two questions: What are physicians' reasons for accepting a post in a rural ar…
Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Developing country (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Rural area (2 works) · Socioeconomics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)