Support Workers and the Health Professions in International Perspective: The Invisible Providers of Health Care Mike Saks (ed.), Policy Press, Bristol, UK, 2020, pp. 242, hbk. £60.00, ISBN 13: 978-1-4473-5210-5

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 1697-1698
Author(s):  
Victoria Cluley
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
The Invisible

An International Perspective on Health Care: The Case for Terms Abroad for Future Physicians

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-169
Author(s):  
Terry S. Weiner
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Care System ◽  
The Way

As David Hornung and Cathy Shrady demonstrate in their paper in this volume on different healing traditions, societies differ on how they define illness and health, how they explain the lack of health, and in how they apply local values to problems of health. The purpose of this paper is to expand this insight to some larger issues, including the role played by the health care system, as organized by the modern state, in the way physicians do their work. 

scholarly journals Traditional and Modern Medicine in Worker Health Care

AAOHN Journal ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
Catherine Yuan ◽  
Jin Yu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Worker Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Occupational Health Nursing

Nurses from occupational health care settings around the world, interpreting the theme “Communication, Health Care, and the Community,” presented papers at the First International Conference on Occupational Health Nursing in Edinburgh, Scotland in October, 1986. In keeping with AAOHN's commitment to an international perspective, this article is Part II of a five part series of articles that will be printed in the AAOHN JOURNAL. Next month, Part III of the series will feature, “Occupational Health Nursing World Wide.”

scholarly journals (Re)Introducing communication competence to the health professions

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian H. Spitzberg
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Individual Motivation ◽  
Error Disclosure ◽  
Effective Health Care

<p>Despite the central role that communication skills play in contemporary accounts of effective health care delivery in general, and the communication of medical error specifically, there is no common or consensual core in the health professions regarding the nature of such skills. This lack of consensus reflects, in part, the tendency for disciplines to reinvent concepts and measures without first situating such development in disciplines with more cognate specialization in such concepts. In this essay, an integrative model of communication competence is introduced, along with its theoretical background and rationale. Communication competence is defined as an impression of appropriateness and effectiveness, which is functionally related to individual motivation, knowledge, skills, and contextual facilitators and constraints. Within this conceptualization, error disclosure contexts are utilized to illustrate the heuristic value of the theory, and implications for assessment are suggested.</p>

scholarly journals Cognitive Pretesting and pretest of the STRAIN questionnaire to elaborate work-related stress of health care staff in Switzerland / Verständlichkeitsprüfung und Pretest des STRAIN-Fragebogens zur Erhebung der Arbeitsbelastung bei Gesundheitsfachpersonen in der Schweiz

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Golz ◽  
Karin Anne Peter ◽  
Sabine Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Nursing Assistants ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Health Care Staff ◽  
Work Related Stress ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Cognitive Pretesting ◽  
Related Stress

Abstract The workforce shortage in health care is a major challenge worldwide. In Switzerland, this shortage is not only demographically caused but also due to workload. Adequate measures require a good data basis. The aim of this study is to test instrument specially developed for the health professions to measure work-related stress in practice. Cognitive pretesting was used for the evaluation. Overall, 18 semi-structured single-interviews with nurses and nursing assistants were conducted. In two rounds, the question-answer-process was analysed for 11 questions. The STRAIN questionnaire was then pretested by 17 health professionals. In the first round, 42 problems were identified based on the phases of the “Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology”. Of these, 57 % were comprehension problems. This was shown by the polysemantic usage or unknowingness of terms. Further 38 % were problems with the answer categories, such as a missing category or an inappropriate formulation. Further questions were modified through a final pretest. The uniform comprehensibility has been achieved. Due to the questionnaire length, an online tool with a save function should be used. The results of this study are similar to those of comparable studies, which also show the most common problems with understanding. This is due to changes of concepts’ meanings over time and culture. A cognitive pretest is therefore recommended, especially for a heterogeneous target group such as health professions.

scholarly journals People with an intellectual disability in the discourse of chronic and complex conditions: an invisible group?

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Goddard ◽  
Patricia M Davidson ◽  
John Daly ◽  
Sandra Mackey
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Disability Services ◽  
Complex Care ◽  
Competency Development ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Complex Care Needs ◽  
Respiratory Conditions

People with an intellectual disability and their families experience poorer health care compared with the general population. Living with an intellectual disability is often challenged by coexisting complex and chronic conditions, such as gastrointestinal and respiratory conditions. A literature review was undertaken to document the needs of this vulnerable population, and consultation was undertaken with mothers of children with disabilities and with professionals working within disability services for people with an intellectual disability and their families. Based on this review, there is a need to increase the profile of people with an intellectual disability in the discourse surrounding chronic and complex conditions. Strategies such as guideline and competency development may better prepare health professions to care for people with disabilities and chronic and complex care needs and their families.

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