based on the ratio of height to weight, linked to health, using a four-year (1991, 1993, 1997 and 2000) panel data set which … comes from the Physical Examination in China Health and Nutrition Survey. To an extent we confirm the results with respect … range based on self-reported health. We also find that variables such as income can modify the impact of an adverse BMI on …

Christian Health Associations (CHAs) – umbrella networks of faith-inspired health providers – have become a solid … presence in the collaborative environment of African health systems. Established through sometimes trial-and-error attempts to … draw together disparate faith-based health providers who were disconnected from each other, and also unaligned with …

(FIIs) in the provision of health care services in Africa. While estimates based on facilities data, especially for … market share of FIIs in health care systems as a whole than is the case for any single type of measure. …

Faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) commonly have as their stated mission a desire to provide quality health services to … services more affordable. However, it suggests that in current African health contexts, FIIs may no longer be that different …

The issue of whether faith-inspired providers are able to reach the poor depends in part on the cost of the health … assess to what extent the cost of healthcare is a major reason for not being satisfied with health services and whether …

predict a range of health-related behaviors and outcomes. What can be said about patient satisfaction with faith … satisfaction of patients with FII-health services in Africa today. Second, we present new evidence from household surveys in six …

Much of the evidence used to-date to back up statements about the market share of faith-inspired providers of health … care in sub-Saharan Africa comes from data on health care facilities, and especially on the share of hospital beds held by … Christian Health Associations in the countries where these associations operate. In those countries, estimates of the market …