Organizational Use of a Media Campaign Booklet to Encourage Parent–Child Communication about Waiting to Have Sex

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer C. Gard ◽  
Marni L. Kan ◽  
Sarah B. Jones ◽  
J. Cassie Williams ◽  
W. Douglas Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Media Campaign ◽  
Center Staff ◽  
Parent Child Communication ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Print Materials ◽  
Communication Approach ◽  
Parent Child

Promoting parent—child communication through the use of print materials may be an important health communication approach for preventing teen sexual activity in the United States. Although prior work has suggested successful methods of disseminating print materials, research has not examined dissemination approaches across organization types. Understanding the use and dissemination of print materials among different organizations is crucial to guiding materials development in a way that maximizes uptake and effectiveness among consumers. Accordingly, this study examined the use of a booklet for parents that encouraged parent–child communication about waiting to have sex as collateral material for a national media campaign. We interviewed staff at 9 community organizations, 9 health care facilities, 5 school-based organizations, and 3 campaign outreach centers. Results suggested variability within and across organization types regarding use of the booklet. Community and outreach center staff tended to walk through the booklet content with parents; health care facilities and education-oriented organizations usually reported both direct and indirect distribution approaches. Staff identified useful elements of the booklet and made suggestions for dissemination in line with prior research. A better understanding of how print materials are utilized to supplement media campaigns can improve their usefulness and potential influence on health behaviors.

scholarly journals Characterizing the Rural Opioid Use Environment in Kentucky Using Google Earth: Virtual Audit

10.2196/14923 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. e14923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Danielle Crawford ◽  
Regine Haardöerfer ◽  
Hannah Cooper ◽  
Izraelle McKinnon ◽  
Carla Jones-Harrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Opioid Epidemic ◽  
Care Facilities

Background The opioid epidemic has ravaged rural communities in the United States. Despite extensive literature relating the physical environment to substance use in urban areas, little is known about the role of physical environment on the opioid epidemic in rural areas. Objective This study aimed to examine the reliability of Google Earth to collect data on the physical environment related to substance use in rural areas. Methods Systematic virtual audits were performed in 5 rural Kentucky counties using Google Earth between 2017 and 2018 to capture land use, health care facilities, entertainment venues, and businesses. In-person audits were performed for a subset of the census blocks. Results We captured 533 features, most of which were images taken before 2015 (71.8%, 383/533). Reliability between the virtual audits and the gold standard was high for health care facilities (>83%), entertainment venues (>95%), and businesses (>61%) but was poor for land use features (>18%). Reliability between the virtual audit and in-person audit was high for health care facilities (83%) and entertainment venues (62%) but was poor for land use (0%) and businesses (12.5%). Conclusions Poor reliability for land use features may reflect difficulty characterizing features that require judgment or natural changes in the environment that are not reflective of the Google Earth imagery because it was captured several years before the audit was performed. Virtual Google Earth audits were an efficient way to collect rich neighborhood data that are generally not available from other sources. However, these audits should use caution when the images in the observation area are dated.

Challenges of Designing and Implementing High Consequence Infectious Disease Response

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 563-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan M. King ◽  
Chetan Tiwari ◽  
Armin R. Mikler ◽  
Martin O’Neill
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Disease Response ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
State And Local

AbstractEbola is a high consequence infectious disease—a disease with the potential to cause outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics with deadly possibilities, highly infectious, pathogenic, and virulent. Ebola’s first reported cases in the United States in September 2014 led to the development of preparedness capabilities for the mitigation of possible rapid outbreaks, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) providing guidelines to assist public health officials in infectious disease response planning. These guidelines include broad goals for state and local agencies and detailed information concerning the types of resources needed at health care facilities. However, the spatial configuration of populations and existing health care facilities is neglected. An incomplete understanding of the demand landscape may result in an inefficient and inequitable allocation of resources to populations. Hence, this paper examines challenges in implementing CDC’s guidance for Ebola preparedness and mitigation in the context of geospatial allocation of health resources and discusses possible strategies for addressing such challenges. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:563–566)

scholarly journals Three Unsuspected CT Diagnoses of COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Vu ◽  
Maryanne Ruggiero ◽  
Woo Sung Choi ◽  
Daniel Masri ◽  
Mark Flyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Ground Glass ◽  
Imaging Findings ◽  
Adequate Supply ◽  
Imaging Characteristics ◽  
Care Facilities

Abstract PURPOSE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel strain of coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has quickly spread around the globe. Health care facilities in the United States currently do not have an adequate supply of COVID-19 tests to meet the growing demand. Imaging findings for COVID-19 are nonspecific but include pulmonary parenchymal ground-glass opacities in a predominantly basal and peripheral distribution.METHODS: Three patients imaged for non-respiratory related symptoms with a portion of the lungs in the imaged field.RESULTS: Each patient had suspicious imaging findings for COVID-19, prompting the interpreting radiologist to suggest testing for COVID-19. All 3 patients turned out to be infected with COVID-19 and one patient is the first reported case of the coincident presentation of COVID-19 and an intraparenchymal hemorrhage.CONCLUSION: Using imaging characteristics of COVID-19 on abdominal or neck CT when a portion of the lungs is included, patients not initially suspected of COVID-19 infection can be quarantined earlier to limit exposure to others.

Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative in Care Facilities in Upstate New York

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Caileen Harvey ◽  
Rachel Flemming ◽  
Julia Davis ◽  
Victoria Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
New York ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Upstate New York ◽  
Texture Modification ◽  
Care Facilities

Introduction: Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that can result in aspiration, asphyxiation, or other complications. One method of facilitating safer swallowing is modification of the diet and fluids of individuals living with dysphagia. The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) is a globally standardized framework for texture modification. Its implementation has been recommended in the United States, but adoption is not yet universal. This study investigated implementation issues by surveying health care professionals in health care facilities in rural, Upstate New York. Method: A questionnaire created through the SurveyMonkey platform was distributed to health care facilities within a predetermined geographical area in Upstate New York. The survey consisted of 22 questions and utilized a mixed-methods design. Results: Forty-six participants from 10 individual professions and nine types of facilities completed the study. Twenty texture modification labels and 10 fluid modification labels were described. Analysis of qualitative data yielded three main barriers to implementation: funding, education, and communication. Within each barrier, awareness and resources were recurrent themes. Discussion: The variety of modification labels in comparison with the sample size demonstrates a lack of standardization of texture modification processes across facilities. While nearly half the respondents had not heard of IDDSI prior to the survey, 89% agreed that a standardized dysphagia diet would improve patient health and safety. This demonstrated a willingness to adopt IDDSI and indicated that staff attitudes may not be a barrier to its implementation. Participants felt that training was needed for successful implementation and expressed concern about the lack of availability of financial resources. Supplemental Material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.17270861

scholarly journals The Emerging Epidemiology of VRE in Canada: Results of the CNISP Passive Reporting Network, 1994 to 1998

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 364-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M Conly ◽  
Marianna Ofner-Agostini ◽  
Shirley Paton ◽  
Lynn Johnston ◽  
Michael Mulvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Hospital Infection Control ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Canadian Health ◽  
Canadian Health Care

OBJECTIVE:To provide a rapid and efficient means of collecting descriptive epidemiological data on occurrences of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) in Canada.DESIGN AND METHODS:Passive reporting of data on individual or cluster occurrences of VRE using a one-page surveillance form.SETTING:The surveillance form was periodically distributed to all Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee members, Community and Hospital Infection Control Association members, L'Association des professionnels pour la prevention des infections members and provincial laboratories, representing 650 health care facilities across Canada.PATIENTS:Patients colonized or infected with VRE within Canadian health care facilities.RESULTS:Until the end of 1998, 263 reports of VRE were received from 113 health care facilities in 10 provinces, comprising a total of 1315 cases of VRE, with 1246 cases colonized (94.7%), 61 infected (4.6%)and eight of unknown status. (0.6%). VRE occurrences were reported in 56% of acute care teaching facilities and 38% of acute care community facilities. All facilities of more than 800 beds reported VRE occurences compared with only 10% of facilities with less than 200 beds (r2=0.86). Medical and surgical wards accounted for 51.4% of the reported VRE occurences. Sixty-five (24.7%) reports indicated an index case was from a foreign country, with 85.2% from the United States and 14.8% from other countries. Some type of screening was conducted in 50% of the sites.CONCLUSIONS:A VRE passive reporting network provided a rapid and efficient means of providing data on the evolving epidemiology of VRE in Canada.

scholarly journals Patient safety culture in health care facilities in Ukraine (message 1)

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-187
Author(s):  
A.P. Yavorovsky ◽  
M.M. Rygan ◽  
A.N Naumenko ◽  
Yu.N. Skaletsky ◽  
S.G. Gichka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Length Of Service ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Comparison Groups

Using a questionnaire from the United States Agency for Research and Quality in Health Care (AHRQ), the characteristics of patient safety (PS) culture in the staff of various health care facilities (HCF) in Ukraine were analyzed. In addition, the characteristics of PS culture were analyzed depending on the length of service and affiliation of the respondents to the medical or nursing staff, as well as the profile of therapeutic or surgical activities. It is established that the weakness of the PS culture of the staff of domestic HCF is "Reaction to mistakes" (less than 30% of positive responses), which indicates the predominance of culture of accusation (unfair culture) in Ukrainian HCF and as a consequence fears of the staff to disclose mistakes and accordingly, the lack of opportunity to learn from these mistakes.“Staffing” is identified as a weakness of the PS culture (less than 50% of positive responses) in most comparison groups. It is worth noting such a characteristic of the culture of BP, as the "Frequency of error messages" (less than 70% of positive responses). The Cronbach's alpha coefficient in all groups of respondents ranged from 0.62 to 0.78, which indicates the truth of the results of the study.

scholarly journals Effects of Public Reporting Legislation of Nurse Staffing: A Trend Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela B. de Cordova ◽  
Jeannette Rogowski ◽  
Kathryn A. Riman ◽  
Matthew D. McHugh
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nurse Staffing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Reporting ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
American Hospital ◽  
American Hospital Association ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Care Facilities

Public reporting is a tactic that hospitals and other health care facilities use to provide data such as outcomes to clinicians, patients, and payers. Although inadequate registered nurse (RN) staffing has been linked to poor patient outcomes, only eight states in the United States publicly report staffing ratios—five mandated by legislation and the other three electively. We examine nurse staffing trends after the New Jersey (NJ) legislature and governor enacted P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2 H-13) on January 24, 2005, mandating that all health care facilities compile, post, and report staffing information. We conduct a secondary analysis of reported data from the State of NJ Department of Health on 73 hospitals in 2008 to 2009 and 72 hospitals in 2010 to 2015. The first aim was to determine if NJ hospitals complied with legislation, and the second was to identify staffing trends postlegislation. On the reports, staffing was operationalized as the number of patients per RN per quarters. We obtained 30 quarterly reports for 2008 through 2015 and cross-checked these reports for data accuracy on the NJ Department of Health website. From these data, we created a longitudinal data set of 13 inpatient units for each hospital (14,158 observations) and merged these data with American Hospital Association Annual Survey data. The number of patients per RN decreased for 10 specialties, and the American Hospital Association data demonstrate a similar trend. Although the number of patients does not account for patient acuity, the decrease in the patients per RN over 7 years indicated the importance of public reporting in improving patient safety.

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