Professors' Corner

From Iph-partnership.org

Postings in this section by Prof. Dr. H. Seval Akgün, Baskent University, Ankara

• Turkish National Burden of Disease and Cost Effectiveness Project - Methods & Results

• Health Sector Reform: The Case of TURKEY

Postings in this section by Prof. K.R. Nayar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

• Leprosy Elimination: An issue for debate?

• Entry of Insurance in Health Services: Some recent Trends in India

• Self help: What future role in health care for low and middle-income countries?

Nayar KR, Kyobutungi C, Razum O International Journal for Equity in Health 2004, 3:1

This review paper provides a definition of self-help groups, depicts the historical background, and assesses scope and limitaions of the self-help movement. It further discusses how self-help experiences can be transferred to developing countries.

Postings in this section by Prof. Oliver Razum, Bielefeld University

• A farewell to polio vaccination? Not anytime soon
  
• Low overall mortality of Turkish residents in Germany persists and extends into a second generation: merely a healthy migrant effect?

Razum O, Zeeb H, Akgün HS, Yilmaz S Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1998 3:4 pp 297-303

This paper compares mortality rates of Turkish residents in Germany with Germans and with adult population in Ankara in Turkey. The study aims to test wether a minority with lower socio-economic status, Turkish residents, in Germany might experience a higher mortality than Germans.

• How useful is a name-based algorithm in health researchamong Turkish migrants in Germany?

Razum O, Zeeb H, Akgün HS Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2001 6:8 pp 654-661

In this paper a name-based algorithm for health research for Turkish migrants in Germany is developed. The algorithm may provide a tool to retrieve cases of Turkish descent from German registries for identifying and monitoring health inequalities.

• Self help: What future role in health care for low and middle-income countries?

Nayar KR, Kyobutungi C, Razum O International Journal for Equity in Health 2004, 3:1

This review paper provides a definition of self-help groups, depicts the historical background, and assesses scope and limitaions of the self-help movement. It further discusses how self-help experiences can be transferred to developing countries.