Healthcare access for pregnant women in a rural developing country context: Formal and informal institutional challenges.

This study examines healthcare access for pregnant women in a rural developing country context. Drawing upon institutional theory and Levesque et al's model of access, the study finds pregnant women face challenges both of a formal and informal nature in accessing healthcare. The findings suggest the need for integrated and collaborative workings across formal and informal institutional networks.

Obesity and health care interventions: Substantiating a multi-modal challenge through the lens of grounded theory.

Issue Addressed: One of the biggest concerns for human health in the 21st century is the ever-increasing rate of obesity and its associated budgetary implications for publicly funded health care service provisioning. This study at the outset explores the multifaceted nature of food-related consumption choices and outcomes of obesity, and later offers suggestions to improve the existing interventional strategies to curtail the epidemic.

Methods: A total of 24 participants were recruited through poster invitations placed around the greater metropolitan area of Auckland, New Zealand.