Can socio-cultural information improve health planning? A case study of Nepal's assistant nurse-midwife

1984 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Justice
Keyword(s):  
Health Planning ◽  
Cultural Information ◽  
Assistant Nurse ◽  
Nurse Midwife ◽  
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scholarly journals Prevalence of Diabetes and Hypertension among Hajj Pilgrims: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1155
Author(s):  
Saber Yezli ◽  
Abdulaziz Mushi ◽  
Yasir Almuzaini ◽  
Bander Balkhi ◽  
Yara Yassin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Health Services Delivery ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Pooled Prevalence ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
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The Hajj mass gathering is attended by over two million Muslims each year, many of whom are elderly and have underlying health conditions. Data on the number of pilgrims with health conditions would assist public health planning and improve health services delivery at the event. We carried out a systematic review of literature based on structured search in the MEDLINE/PubMed, SCOPUS and CINAHL databases, and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, to estimate the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension among Hajj pilgrims. Twenty-six studies conducted between 1993 and 2018 with a total of 285,467 participants were included in the review. The weighted pooled prevalence rates of hypertension and diabetes among Hajj pilgrims in all included studies were 12.2% (95% CI: 12.0–12.3) and 5.0% (95% CI: 4.9–5.1), respectively. The reported prevalence of other underlying health conditions such as chronic respiratory, kidney or liver disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer and immune deficiency were generally low. Potentially a large number of pilgrims each Hajj have diabetes and/or hypertension and other underlying health conditions. Hajj could be a great opportunity to reduce the burden of these diseases within the over 180 countries participating in the event by identifying undiagnosed cases and optimizing patients’ knowledge and management of their conditions. Prospero registration number: CRD42020171082.

The development of Hemodialysis Units in the Army Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-431
Author(s):  
Rudy Dwi Laksono ◽  
Titih Huriah ◽  
Arlina Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Army Hospital ◽  
Hemodialysis Unit ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Improving Health Care ◽  
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Patients with renal disease require special care.This study aims to develop a hemodialysis unit in the Army Hospital that require the act of washing the blood as a form to improve health services for patients with kidney failure. In this study, the majority of patients covered by the National Health insurance. Research methods namely method a case study with quantitative descriptive analysis.The results of this study show that the development of the hemodialysis unit will give a positive impact for the patient and for the hospital. The review will be the addition of hemodialysis machines, the addition of a new building, the addition of shift nurse can be seen that all these options will be profitable in the foreseeable future. This of course can make the best judgment for the Hospital in determining a decision for the sake of improving health care for the patient.

Political Themes on Mesoamerican Monuments: A Case Study

1975 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Cheek
Keyword(s):  
Historical Events ◽  
Cultural Information ◽  
Facial Types ◽  
Political Groups

Many Mesoamericanists today accept the fact that much Mesoamerican art, in various media, depicts historical events and persons. Much of this evidence has come from hieroglyphic texts. This paper attempts to demonstrate the value of using non-glyphic attributes of depictions of personages and of interaction scenes to investigate the same problems. Non-glyphic attributes of scenes and individual dress and ornamentation are treated as coded cultural information that reflects patterned sociocultural phenomena. This approach is applied to Cotzumalhuapan sculpture from Coastal Guatemala. It is demonstrated that there are two distinctive facial types in interaction which seem to represent two different socio-political groups.

scholarly journals Influence of Facebook on Educational, Political and Cultural life of Students: A Case Study of University of Swat

2020 ◽  
Vol V (I) ◽  
pp. 83-101
Author(s):  
Spogmai ◽  
Sajjad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Political Information ◽  
Quantitative Methodology ◽  
Cultural Information ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
The University ◽  
Educational Information

This study was conducted to analyze the influence and exposure of university students on Facebook. The researcher conducted to examine the educational, political, cultural and fashion influence of Facebook on university students. A quantitative methodology was used by the researcher, and survey technique was used for the collection of data. A questionnaire was designed to contained close-ended questions to collect data randomly from the students of the University of Swat. The data was analyzed through the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS, version.19) to ensure impartiality in the results of the study. The results revealed that most of the students are using Facebook. The study also disclosed that students in the university of Swat are using Facebook for educational purposes. The researcher found that Most of the students also use Facebook for fashion and cultural information. The study proved that most of the students using Facebook for online educational information as compare to political information. It is also found that Students exposed to fashion information than cultural information through Facebook.

scholarly journals Four Approaches for Implementing Interprofessional Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 106-106
Keyword(s):  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Marketing Plan ◽  
State University ◽  
Wayne State University ◽  
Online Simulation ◽  
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Abstract Using Microsoft Teams, the students from Psychology and marketing at Upper Iowa University, create a marketing plan focused on proposing a product or service targeting older adults. The Michigan LEND program, engages a minimum of 4 disciplines in practice online simulation approaches to respond to a case study. At Wayne State University and University of Detroit Mercy, during a zoom visit with community dwelling 50+ old adults, students from 9 disciplines collaborate on recommendations, referrals, and resources to improve health and/or quality of life. Marquette University students from 10 health professions participate in a series of four half-day workshops, designed in alignment with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) core competencies.

scholarly journals The Learning Exchange, a Community Knowledge Commons for Learning Networks: Qualitative Evaluation to Test Acceptability, Feasibility, and Utility (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel McLinden ◽  
Sarah Myers ◽  
Michael Seid ◽  
Melida Busch ◽  
David Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Learning Networks ◽  
Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease ◽  
Disease Outcomes ◽  
Inflammatory Bowel ◽  
Share Information ◽  
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BACKGROUND Learning Networks are distributed learning health systems that enable collaboration at scale to improve health and health care. A key requirement for such networks is having a way to create and share information and knowledge in furtherance of the work of the community. OBJECTIVE We describe a Learning Exchange—a bespoke, scalable knowledge management and exchange platform initially built and tested for improving pediatric inflammatory bowel disease outcomes in the ImproveCareNow (ICN) Network—and assess evidence of its acceptability, feasibility, and utility in facilitating creation and sharing of information in furtherance of the work of the community and as a model for other communities. METHODS Acceptability was assessed via growth in active users and activity. Feasibility was measured in terms of the percentage of users with a log-in who became active users as well as user surveys and a case study. Utility was measured in terms of the type of work that the Learning Exchange facilitated for the community. RESULTS The ICNExchange has over 1000 users and supported sharing of resources across all care centers in ICN. Users reported that the Learning Exchange has facilitated their work and resulted in increased ability to find resources relevant to local information needs. CONCLUSIONS The ICNExchange is acceptable, feasible, and useful as a knowledge management and exchange platform in service of the work of ICN. Experience with the ICNExchange suggests that the design principles are extensible to other chronic care Learning Networks.

scholarly journals Improving the design of heart failure care from the perspective of frontline providers and administrators: A qualitative case study of a large, urban health system

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 2235042X2092417
Author(s):  
Husayn Marani ◽  
Hayley Baranek ◽  
Howard Abrams ◽  
Michael McDonald ◽  
Megan Nguyen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health System ◽  
Chronic Care ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Heart Failure Patients ◽  
Heart Failure Care ◽  
System Functioning ◽  
Improve Health System ◽  
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Background: Heart failure patients often present with frailty and/or multi-morbidity, complicating care and service delivery. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is a useful framework for designing care for complex patients. It assumes responsibility of several actors, including frontline providers and health-care administrators, in creating conditions for optimal chronic care management. This qualitative case study examines perceptions of care among providers and administrators in a large, urban health system in Canada, and how the CCM might inform redesign of care to improve health system functioning. Methods: Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted between August 2014 and January 2016. Interpretive analysis was conducted to identify how informants perceive care among this population and the extent to which the design of heart failure care aligns with elements of the CCM. Results: Current care approaches could better align with CCM elements. Key changes to improve health system functioning for complex heart failure patients that align with the CCM include closing knowledge gaps, standardizing treatment, improving interdisciplinary communication and improving patient care pathways following hospital discharge. Conclusions: The CCM can be used to guide health system design and interventions for frail and multi-morbid heart failure patients. Addressing care- and service-delivery barriers has important clinical, administrative and economic implications.

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