Knowledge and utilization of partograph among health care professionals in public health institutions of Bale zone, Southeast Ethiopia

Background Blood/body fluid splash are hazards to health care professionals in their working area. Around twenty bloodborne pathogens are known to be transmitted through these occupational injuries. This problem alters the health status of health care professionals in different ways, including physically, mentally, and psychologically. Even though health professionals especially midwives who are working in delivery rooms are highly affected, little is known about the exposure. So, this study was aimed to assess the prevalence of exposure to blood/body fluid splash and its predictors among midwives working in public health institutions of Addis Ababa city. Methods Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among 438 study participants in public health institutions in Addis Ababa. Data was collected from March 1–20, 2020 by a self-administered questionnaire. The data were entered into Epi data version 3.1 and then exported to SPSS version 24 for analysis. All variables with P<0.25 in the bivariate analysis were included in a final model and statistical significance was declared at P< 0.05. Results In this study, a total of 424 respondents respond yielding a response rate of 97%. The prevalence of blood and body fluid splashes (BBFs) was 198 (46.7%). Not training on infection prevention, working in two shifts (> 12 hours), not regularly apply universal precautions, job-related stress, an average monthly salary of 5001–8000 were independent predictors of blood and body fluid splashes. Conclusion The study revealed that nearly half of midwives were exposed to BBFS. This highlights the need for key stakeholders such as policymakers and service providers to design appropriate policies to avert this magnitude and making the environment enabling to comply with standard precautions. We recommend that this study may be done by including rural setting institutions and by including other health professionals that are susceptible to BBFS at work. Formal training on infection prevention and safety practice to apply universal precautions will be needed from the concerned bodies to prevent exposures to blood/body fluid splash.

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Documentation status of the modified World Health Organization partograph in public health institutions of Bale zone, Ethiopia

Reproductive Health ◽

10.1186/s12978-015-0074-z ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Desalegn Markos ◽

Daniel Bogale

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

World Health Organization ◽

World Health ◽

Documentation Status ◽

Public Health Institutions ◽

Health Institutions ◽

Health Organization ◽

Bale Zone

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The work of the medical prevention service of the Ulyanovsk Region during the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Medsestra (Nurse) ◽

10.33920/med-05-2105-03 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 22-28

Author(s):

Irina Ivanovna Tikhova

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Medical Prevention ◽

Ulyanovsk Region ◽

Prevention Service ◽

Public Health Institutions ◽

Coronavirus Infection ◽

Health Institutions ◽

Novel Coronavirus ◽

Restrictive Measures

The purpose of the study was to monitor the activities of departments and offices of medical prevention of public health institutions during the period of restrictive measures related to the spread of the new coronavirus infection COVD19. Results: in health care institutions providing primary health care, the work of primary care was strengthened by specialists from departments, medical prevention offices: this is work with the district service, monitoring COVID-19 patients and contact, taking tests, forming mobile teams, visiting patients as part of the data brigades. Work was carried out at the entrance sanitary checkpoints, the population was informed through the Internet, print media (newspapers) on the prevention and non-proliferation of a new coronavirus infection. Conclusion: the monitoring made it possible to assess the actual activities of specialists in departments and offices of medical prevention of public health institutions during the period of restrictive measures. The temporary change in the functionality of the medical prevention service of the Ulyanovsk region made a significant contribution to the common cause of combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Satisfaction of Patients from the Quality Service of Diagnosis of Health Problem in Public Health Institutions of Nepal

Nepal Journal of Multidisciplinary Research ◽

10.3126/njmr.v2i3.26973 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 33-38

Author(s):

Milan Gurung ◽

Arvind Saraswat

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Health Services ◽

Health Problem ◽

Rural Setting ◽

Fiscal Year ◽

Primary Health ◽

Public Health Institutions ◽

Health Institutions

Health should be the first priority of each people; people can do creative work if s/he is healthy. According to the annual report of the Department of Health Services (DoHS) for fiscal year 2072/73 (2015/2016), the main institutions that delivered basic health services were 104 public hospitals, 303 private hospitals, 202 primary health care centres (PHCCs) and 3,803 health posts. The primary health care services also provided 12,660 primary health care outreach clinic (PHCORC) sites. The health service was affected from the earthquake of April 2015 so the study aims to identify the satisfaction of patient from quality of diagnosis of health problem in public health institutions after earthquake. The study had covered 82 health institutions (45 from Kavre and 37 from Sindhupalchowak district). The statistical result of t-test shows that there was significant difference in approach of doctors (p = .012), and counselling of doctors (p=.043) but there was no difference in answering the queries promptly (p=.187), and explanation given for aliment (p = .180). The descriptive data show slight increase in level of satisfaction of patient after earthquake. Still health posts established in rural setting have inadequate human resource basically doctors are not adequate so Government should provide the trained Doctor in rural areas to increase the access of rural people in health services.

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The influence of social environment on the smoking status of women employed in health care facilities

Journal of Health Sciences ◽

10.17532/jhsci.2013.23 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 13-19

Author(s):

Dragana Nikšić ◽

Aida Rudić ◽

Haris Nikšić ◽

Zaim Jatić ◽

Amela Džubur ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Social Environment ◽

Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Smoking Status ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

The Social ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Public Health Institutions ◽

Health Institutions

Introduction: Bosnia and Herzegovina has a high prevalence of smoking among women, especially among health care professionals. The goal of this study is to investigate the influence of the social environment of women employed in health institutions in relation to the cigarettes smoking habits.Methods: The study included 477 women employed in hospitals, outpatient and public health institutions in Sarajevo Canton Bosnia and Herzegovina. We used a modifi ed questionnaire assessing smoking habits of medical staff in European hospitalsResults: The results showed that 50% of women are smokers, with the highest incidence among nurses (58.1%) and administrative staff (55.6%). The social environment is characterized by a high incidence of colleagues (60.1%) and friends who are smokers (54.0%) at the workplace and in the family (p<0.005). One third of women (27.8%), mainly non-smokers, states that the work environment supports employees smoking (p=0.003).Conclusion: Workplace and social environment support smoking as an acceptable cultural habit and is contributing to increasing rates of smoking among women.

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From hostile worlds to multiple spheres: towards a normative pragmatics of justice for the Googlization of health

Medicine Health Care and Philosophy ◽

10.1007/s11019-021-10006-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tamar Sharon

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Market Value ◽

Theory Of Justice ◽

Alternative Framework ◽

Orders Of Worth ◽

Public Health Institutions ◽

Health Institutions ◽

Normative Pragmatics ◽

The Many ◽

Critical Perspectives

AbstractThe datafication and digitalization of health and medicine has engendered a proliferation of new collaborations between public health institutions and data corporations like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. Critical perspectives on these new partnerships tend to frame them as an instance of market transgressions by tech giants into the sphere of health and medicine, in line with a “hostile worlds” doctrine that upholds that the borders between market and non-market spheres should be carefully policed. This article seeks to outline the limitations of this common framing for critically understanding the phenomenon of the Googlization of health. In particular, the mobilization of a diversity of non-market value statements in the justification work carried out by actors involved in the Googlization of health indicates the co-presence of additional worlds or spheres in this context, which are not captured by the market vs. non-market dichotomy. It then advances an alternative framework, based on a multiple-sphere ontology that draws on Boltanski and Thevenot’s orders of worth and Michael Walzer’s theory of justice, which I call a normative pragmatics of justice. This framework addresses both the normative deficit in Boltanski and Thevenot’s work and provides an important emphasis on the empirical workings of justice. Finally, I discuss why this framework is better equipped to identify and to address the many risks raised by the Googlization of health and possibly other dimensions of the digitalization and datafication of society.

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