Call to Action: Healthcare Providers Must Speak Up for Adolescent Abortion Access

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda E. Bryson ◽  
Areej Hassan ◽  
Jessica Goldberg ◽  
Ghazaleh Moayedi ◽  
Atsuko Koyama
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Abortion Access ◽  
Speak Up

scholarly journals Stethoscope hygiene: A call to action. Recommendations to update the CDC guidelines

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Sarathi Kalra ◽  
Alpesh Amin ◽  
Nancy Albert ◽  
Cindy Cadwell ◽  
Cole Edmonson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Acoustic Properties ◽  
Patient Encounter ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
The Us ◽  
Cdc Guidelines ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Healthcare Acquired Infections ◽  
Current Guidance ◽  
Tremendous Challenge

Abstract Healthcare-acquired infections are a tremendous challenge to the US medical system. Stethoscopes touch many patients, but current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not support disinfection between each patient. Stethoscopes are rarely disinfected between patients by healthcare providers. When cultured, even after disinfection, stethoscopes have high rates of pathogen contamination, identical to that of unwashed hands. The consequence of these practices may bode poorly in the coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Alternatively, the CDC recommends the use of disposable stethoscopes. However, these instruments have poor acoustic properties, and misdiagnoses have been documented. They may also serve as pathogen vectors among staff sharing them. Disposable aseptic stethoscope diaphragm barriers can provide increased safety without sacrificing stethoscope function. We recommend that the CDC consider the research regarding stethoscope hygiene and effective solutions to contemporize this guidance and elevate stethoscope hygiene to that of the hands, by requiring stethoscope disinfection or change of disposable barrier between every patient encounter.

scholarly journals Missed Opportunities for Compassion: A Call to Action for Incarcerated Individuals Denied Compassionate Release

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 891-891
Author(s):  
Claire Morton ◽  
Rachel Nathan ◽  
Anjana Chacko ◽  
Raya Kheirbek
Keyword(s):  
Terminal Illness ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Prison Reform ◽  
Advanced Illness ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
State Prisons ◽  
Federal Statute

Abstract In 2016, a total of 4,117 state and federal prisoners died in publicly or privately operated prisons. Each year from 2001 to 2016, an average of 88% of deaths in state prisons were due to natural causes, with more than half of those due to cancer, heart disease or liver disease, conditions for which non-incarcerated citizens often benefit from palliative care and hospice. Prisoners age 55 and older are the fastest-growing segment of the population residing in prisons, as well as those with the highest mortality rate. Compassionate release of seriously ill prisoners became a matter of federal statute in 1984 and has currently been adopted by the majority of U.S. prison jurisdictions. The spirit of the mandate is based on the idea that catastrophic health conditions ie terminal illness affect the four principles of incarceration: retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, and incapacitation. Concerned about an aging prison population, overcrowded facilities, and soaring costs, many policy makers are calling for a wider use of compassionate release for persons with terminal illness as well as broader prison reform. The prognosticating criteria of compassionate release guidelines are clinically flawed, and the application and procedural barriers are prohibitive. In this paper we review cases of patients who qualified for compassionate release but had their applications denied. We will discuss the urgent need for access to quality palliative medicine for incarcerated persons with advanced illness and call healthcare providers to action with the aim of reducing suffering and promoting social justice for those in need.

Implementing International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants Intervention into Routine Care: Barriers and Recommendations

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 131-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Hartman ◽  
Josephine Barnett ◽  
Karen A. Bonuck
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
System Level ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Lactation Consultants ◽  
Breastfeeding Education

The Surgeon General’s 2011 Call to Action on Breastfeeding (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2011) encourages greater use of International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs) to increase breastfeeding rates. The objective was to examine IBCLCs’ experiences as part of a routine, primary-care based team serving low income, minority populations, and to elicit their recommendations for implementing IBCLC support as routine in prenatal care. Using a predesigned interview guide, a debriefing session was held with three IBCLCs who served as interventionists in two NIH-funded randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of breastfeeding promotion interventions. Themes were identified through coding and analysis of the session transcript. The results indicated that healthcare provider (HCP) support for breastfeeding was undermined by inadequate education and experience, often resulting in support "in name only." In addition, IBCLCs rapport and expertise—with both women and the healthcare team—helped overcome individual- and system-level barriers to breastfeeding. IBCLCs’ acceptance and integration into the primary-care team validated their work and increased their effectiveness. IBCLCs comments suggest that mothers cannot rely solely upon their healthcare providers for breastfeeding education and support. IBCLCs integrated into routine antenatal and postpartum care are pivotal to encouraging and reinforcing a woman’s choice to breastfeed through education, as well as emotional and skill-based support.

Families experiencing homelessness: Concerns and solutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 458-459
Author(s):  
Charlotte Cockman ◽  
Sarah Cockman
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Sector Organisation ◽  
Improve Health

This article explains how a clinician-led third sector organisation in Greater Manchester has issued a call to action requiring healthcare providers and service commissioners to adapt to improve health outcomes

scholarly journals Self-Administered Mind-Body Practices for Reducing Health Disparities: An Interprofessional Opinion and Call to Action

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Kinser ◽  
Jo Lynne W. Robins ◽  
Saba W. Masho
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
High Quality Research ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Interprofessional Healthcare ◽  
Body Practices ◽  
Improve Health

Health disparities (HD) continue to persist in the United States which underscores the importance of using low-cost, accessible, evidence-based strategies that can improve health outcomes, especially for chronic conditions that are prevalent among underserved minority populations. Complementary/integrative health modalities, particularly self-administered mind-body practices (MBP), can be extremely useful in reducing HD because they are intrinsically patient-centered and they empower patients to actively engage in self-care of health and self-management of symptoms. Interprofessional healthcare providers and patients can engage in powerful partnerships that encompass self-administered MBP to improve health. This is a call to action for interprofessional researchers to engage in high-quality research regarding efficacy and cost-effectiveness of self-administered MBP, for practitioners to engage patients in self-administered MBP for health promotion, disease prevention, and symptom management, and for healthcare institutions to integrate self-administered MBP into conventional health practices to reduce HD in their communities.

scholarly journals Promoting health literacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a call to action for healthcare professionals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Joy Damian ◽  
Joseph J. Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
Four Levels

The extraordinary spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic is impressive. And, to public health professionals like us, it’s worrying: We know that good information and good health go hand in hand. Knowing what we do about the practice of public health and what the science tells us about how people fall for misinformation, we see promising strategies for intervention in our own field. We therefore call on fellow healthcare professionals to take concerted action against misinformation, and we suggest here one lever our field is perfectly situated to address: health literacy. In this commentary, we propose concrete strategies for colleagues at four levels of practice: in healthcare organizations, community-based partnerships, cross-sector collaborations, and as individual healthcare providers.

Global Warming: Polar Bears and People— Implications for Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Medicine: A Call to Action

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tareg Bey ◽  
Ernst U von Weizsäcker ◽  
Kristi L Koenig
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Public Health Preparedness ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Health Communities ◽  
Earth Day ◽  
Global Threat

Global warming has been hotly debated over the last two decades among scientists, economists, legal experts, philosophers, and politicians. Yet, the medical and public health communities are relative newcomers to understanding this global threat to humanity. As we celebrate Earth Day on 22 April 2008, there is an opportunity to educate physicians and other healthcare providers involved in mitigating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters about the medical and health implications of global warming.

Diminishing Barriers to the Praxis Examination in Communication Sciences and Disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-71
Author(s):  
Luis F. Riquelme
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Location ◽  
The United States ◽  
Success For All ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Barriers To Success ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
National Certification ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Passing Score

Abstract Passing the Praxis Examination in speech-language pathology or audiology can be a difficult task. A passing score is the entry to a list of requirements for national certification (CCC-SLP, CCC-A) and for state licensure in the United States. This article will provide current information on the examination and address barriers to success that have been identified over the years. A call to action may serve to refocus efforts on improving access to success for all test-takers regardless of race/ethnicity, ability, or geographic location.

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