scholarly journals P.123 Assessing level of awareness, attitudes and believes toward pediatric congenital neurosurgical conditions

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (S2) ◽  
pp. S48-S48
Author(s):  
MA Hasen ◽  
A Ammar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Eastern Province ◽  
Variable Parameters ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Awareness

Background: Community awareness, attitudes and beleifs toward pediatric patients diagnosed with congenital neurosurgical conditions is not known in the Saudi population and the number of studies is few worldwide. Such attitudes have a direct impact on the quality of life of patients with these congenital conditions. This study aims to demonstrate the variation in awareness, attitudes and believes in the public and among health-care professionals towards patients diagnosed with congenital neurosurgical conditions and its associated factors. Methods: A survey consisting of 36 questions pertaining to Hydrocephalus, Brain Tumors and Spina Bifida awareness, attitudes and believes was distributed to Saudi citizens living in the eastern province older than 15 years of age among hospitals visitors, medical students, nutritionists, physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses. Results: The analysis of the 1002 respondent of the questionnaire shows clear social stigmata and improper awareness, attitudes and believes toward pediatric patients diagnosed with congenital neurosurgical conditions. There are variable parameters on interest measured and analyzed and there are certain patterns observed as well. Conclusions: The analysis showed the importance of health education for the public to increase the level of awareness and it justifies why these factors should be addressed in the middle of patients’ management, community awareness and health planning.

scholarly journals Differences in Perceptions of Health Information Between the Public and Health Care Professionals: Nonprobability Sampling Questionnaire Survey (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anat Gesser-Edelsburg ◽  
Nour Abed Elhadi Shahbari ◽  
Ricky Cohen ◽  
Adva Mir Halavi ◽  
Rana Hijazi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
New Media ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
General Public ◽  
The Public ◽  
Search For Information

BACKGROUND In the new media age, the public searches for information both online and offline. Many studies have examined how the public reads and understands this information but very few investigate how people assess the quality of journalistic articles as opposed to information generated by health professionals. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine how public health care workers (HCWs) and the general public seek, read, and understand health information and to investigate the criteria by which they assess the quality of journalistic articles. METHODS A Web-based nonprobability sampling questionnaire survey was distributed to Israeli HCWs and members of the public via 3 social media outlets: Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. A total of 979 respondents participated in the online survey via the Qualtrics XM platform. RESULTS The findings indicate that HCWs find academic articles more reliable than do members of the general public (44.4% and 28.4%, respectively, P<.001). Within each group, we found disparities between the places where people search for information and the sources they consider reliable. HCWs consider academic articles to be the most reliable, yet these are not their main information sources. In addition, HCWs often use social networks to search for information (18.2%, P<.001), despite considering them very unreliable (only 2.2% found them reliable, P<.001). The same paradoxes were found among the general public, where 37.5% (P<.001) seek information via social networks yet only 8.4% (P<.001) find them reliable. Out of 6 quality criteria, 4 were important both to HCWs and to the general public. CONCLUSIONS In the new media age where information is accessible to all, the quality of articles about health is of critical importance. It is important that the criteria examined in this research become the norm in health writing for all stakeholders who write about health, whether they are professional journalists or citizen journalists writing in the new media.

Preparing a Future Graduate Workforce for Work

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-103
Author(s):  
Salah Al-Ali
Keyword(s):  
Direct Contact ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Department Heads ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The Public ◽  
Applied Education ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
And Training

This paper reports on a study that examined factors which had a direct impact on the quality of graduates from the Public Authority of Applied Education and Training (PAAE&T) in Kuwait. The study also examined the extent to which the graduates met the requirements of local employers. It consisted of a review of the literature; a questionnaire given to a sample of students in selected departments; interviews with department heads at the PAAE&T; Deans of related colleges and institutions; Deans of industrial liaison offices in the selected sample of the PAAE&T; supervisors in industry who had direct contact with prospective PAAE&T graduates; and employed graduates. The findings indicate that there is a need to develop a proper labour strategy to ensure that graduates from PAAE&T are equipped with the required knowledge, skills and attitudes to meet industry and business requirements.

Challenges in the Treatment of Mobility Loss and Walking Impairment in Multiple Sclerosis

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
June Halper ◽  
Amy Perrin Ross
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Standards Of Care ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Care Partners ◽  
Review Current ◽  
Current Standards

Several recent studies have shown that mobility loss and walking impairment are significant concerns among people living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Ongoing challenges related to the assessment and management of mobility loss can have a direct impact on outcomes and patient quality of life. These challenges are evident across the spectrum of patient experience and at all stages on the treatment continuum. In June 2009 a panel of MS experts met to review current standards of care in the treatment of mobility loss in MS. The objective of the roundtable meeting was to identify specific actions that patients, care partners, and health-care professionals should consider to improve the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mobility loss and walking impairment in people with MS. The meeting was hosted by the International Organization of Multiple Sclerosis Nurses and was supported by a grant from Acorda Therapeutics.

scholarly journals Study on health-related quality of life and influencing factors of pediatric medical staff during the COVID-19 outbreak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Huang ◽  
Zhe Yang ◽  
Yue Wang ◽  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Yan Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Emotional Functioning ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Abstract Aims To evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) status and explore its associated factors in pediatric medical staff during the COVID-19 epidemic so as to guide hospitals and administrators to formulate suitable interventions.Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the HRQoL of pediatric medical staff. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression were used to analyze the associated factors.Results A total of 2,997 participants were recruited. Females scored worse than males in terms of emotional functioning (OR = 1.6, 95%CI: 1.2–2.1) and cognitive functioning (OR = 1.4, 95%CI: 1.1–1.8). The respondents aged 30–39 years and 40–49 years scored worse in nearly all domains of HRQoL compared health care professionals under 30 years old. Respondents with high education had lower scores in physical functioning (OR = 1.3, 95%CI: 1.0-1.7) and emotional functioning (OR = 1.5, 95%CI: 1.2–1.9).Compared with doctors, nurses had higher scores in all domains except for summary score and worry. The respondents whose working places had not set up pediatric fever clinics and isolated observation areas independently had better scores in all domains except for worry. The respondents who had ever treated patients with COVID-19 had lower scores in all domains.Conclusions During the COVID-19 outbreak, the HRQoL of pediatric medical staff decreased. The factors associated with HRQoL can be used to develop intervention to improve HRQoL in pediatric medical staff.

Assessments of User Comments With “Alternative Views” as a Function of Media Trust

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Marlene Kunst
Keyword(s):  
Online Discussions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Argument Quality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
User Comments ◽  
Media Trust ◽  
Heuristic Information Processing

Abstract. Comments sections under news articles have become popular spaces for audience members to oppose the mainstream media’s perspective on political issues by expressing alternative views. This kind of challenge to mainstream discourses is a necessary element of proper deliberation. However, due to heuristic information processing and the public concern about disinformation online, readers of comments sections may be inherently skeptical about user comments that counter the views of mainstream media. Consequently, commenters with alternative views may participate in discussions from a position of disadvantage because their contributions are scrutinized particularly critically. Nevertheless, this effect has hitherto not been empirically established. To address this gap, a multifactorial, between-subjects experimental study ( N = 166) was conducted that investigated how participants assess the credibility and argument quality of media-dissonant user comments relative to media-congruent user comments. The findings revealed that media-dissonant user comments are, indeed, disadvantaged in online discussions, as they are assessed as less credible and more poorly argued than media-congruent user comments. Moreover, the findings showed that the higher the participants’ level of media trust, the worse the assessment of media-dissonant user comments relative to media-congruent user comments. Normative implications and avenues for future research are discussed.

Trust in the Police: Cross-country Comparisons

2012 ◽  
pp. 24-47
Author(s):  
V. Gimpelson ◽  
G. Monusova
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
The Public ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Police Activity

Using different cross-country data sets and simple econometric techniques we study public attitudes towards the police. More positive attitudes are more likely to emerge in the countries that have better functioning democratic institutions, less prone to corruption but enjoy more transparent and accountable police activity. This has a stronger impact on the public opinion (trust and attitudes) than objective crime rates or density of policemen. Citizens tend to trust more in those (policemen) with whom they share common values and can have some control over. The latter is a function of democracy. In authoritarian countries — “police states” — this tendency may not work directly. When we move from semi-authoritarian countries to openly authoritarian ones the trust in the police measured by surveys can also rise. As a result, the trust appears to be U-shaped along the quality of government axis. This phenomenon can be explained with two simple facts. First, publicly spread information concerning police activity in authoritarian countries is strongly controlled; second, the police itself is better controlled by authoritarian regimes which are afraid of dangerous (for them) erosion of this institution.

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