scholarly journals (P1-44) Health Emergency and Disaster Management Training for Health Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s112-s113
Author(s):  
A.U.K. Godamunne ◽  
D.M.G. Fernando ◽  
S.U.B. Tennakoon
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Adult Training ◽  
Training Programmes

BackgroundSri Lanka has learned, with contributions from a 30-year war and a tsunami, that disasters happen when and where least expected. Thus the Health Emergency and Disaster Management Training Centre (HEDMaTC) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya was established to prepare Sri Lankan healthcare workers for all forms of health disasters.DescriptionHEDMaTC conducts training programmes for health professionals, including medical doctors, nurses, emergency technical officers, ambulance drivers and porters. As these are adult training programmes practical methods of training such as drills, workstations, group work and hands on training have been used, in addition to lectures. Emergency care equipment, specific kits and techniques and desktop exercises are used to demonstrate protocols of emergency management and discuss principles of risk management, disaster management concepts, conceptual and technical challenges in measuring disasters and their impact on public health and its effective management. Participants prepare action plans for their individual institution based on the knowledge gained and are discussed in follow up programmes a month later.OutcomeHEDMaTC is the only institution in Sri Lanka that is accredited by the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka to train their staff in disaster management. HEDMaTC has trained 200 personnel in Public Health Emergency and Disaster Management, 117 in Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Crises and 1034 in pre-hospital emergency care. The trained personnel were mobilized to the North and East of the country to handle healthcare issues, ranging from administration to ground work, of almost 300,000 displaced civilians in 2009 with a very satisfactory outcome.RecommendationsThe training methods used in these programmes are especially beneficial in adult training and it is to be recommended. We also recommend that HEDMaTC to be developed as a regional training center for South Asia.

scholarly journals SARIMA Forecasts of Dengue Incidence in Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand: Model Performance and the Significance of Reporting Delays

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pete Riley ◽  
Michal Ben-Nun ◽  
James Turtle ◽  
David Bacon ◽  
Steven Riley
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
National Level ◽  
Null Model ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Incidence Data ◽  
Public Health Professionals

AbstractTimely and accurate knowledge of Dengue incidence is of value to public health professionals because it helps to enable the precise communication of risk, improved allocation of resources to potential interventions, and improved planning for the provision of clinical care of severe cases. Therefore, many national public health organizations make local Dengue incidence data publicly available for individuals and organizations to use to manage current risk. The availability of these data has also resulted in active research into the forecasting of Dengue incidence as a way to increase the public health value of incidence data. Here, we robustly assess time-series-based forecasting approaches against a null model (historical average incidence) for the forecasting of incidence up to four months ahead. We used publicly available data from multiple countries: Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand; and found that our time series methods are more accurate than the null model across all populations, especially for 1-and 2-month ahead forecasts. We tested whether the inclusion of climatic data improved forecast accuracy and found only modest, if any improvements. We also tested whether national timeseries forecasts are more accurate if made from aggregate sub-national forecasts, and found mixed results. We used our forecasting results to illustrate the high value of increased reporting speed. This framework and test data are available as an R package. The non-mechanistic approaches described here motivates further research into the use of disease-dynamic models to increase the accuracy of medium-term Dengue forecasting across multiple populations.Author summaryDengue is a mosquito-borne disease caused by the Dengue virus. Since the Second World War it has evolved into a global problem, securing a foothold in more than 100 countries. Each year, hundreds of millions of people become infected, and upwards of 10,000 die from the disease. Thus, being able to accurately forecast the number of cases likely to emerge in particular locations is vital for public health professionals to be able to develop appropriate plans. In this study, we have refined a technique that allows us to forecast the number of cases of Dengue in a particular location, up to four months in advance. We test the approach using state-level and national-level data from Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. We found that the model can generally make useful forecasts, particularly on a two-month horizon. We tested whether information about climatic conditions improved the forecast, and found only modest improvements to the forecast. Our results highlight the need for both timely and accurate reports. We also anticipate that this approach may be more generally useful to the scientific community; thus, we are releasing a framework, which will allow interested parties to replicate our work, as well as apply it to other sources of Dengue data, as well as other infectious diseases in general.

MODERN PROBLEMS TRAINING PECIALISTS PUBLIC HEALTH OF KAZAKHSTAN

Vestnik ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 329-334
Author(s):  
Ф.А. Бимурзаева ◽  
Ж.К. Бурибаева ◽  
А.М. Сапаралиева ◽  
С.А. Туктибаева
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Google Scholar ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Health Care Reforms ◽  
Training Systems ◽  
Public Health Professionals

Проблемы, возникающие перед системой здравоохранения, диктуют постоянное обновление и совершенствование системы подготовки специалистов общественного здравоохранения, в т.ч. по пересмотру содержания образовательных программ, адаптированных к международным требованиям и потребностям отечественного здравоохранения и позволяющих обеспечить органы и учреждения здравоохранения персоналом, способным на высоком профессиональном уровне решать задачи модернизации здравоохранения, повышения качества медицинской помощи населению. Цель. В представленном обзоре литературы рассматривается актуальные проблемы подготовки специалистов общественного здравоохранения Казахстана. Материалы и методы. Для выделения современных тенденций и подходов в системах подготовки кадров управления здравоохранением проведен обзор литературных данных в международных базах данных PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library. Выводы. Перспективными направления развития системы подготовки специалистов общественного здравоохранения остаются межстранновая интеграция образования, компетентный подход и совершенствование содержательного контента в соответствии с реформами здравоохранения. The problems faced by the healthcare system, dictate the constant updating and improving the system of training specialists in public health, including the revision of the content of educational programs adapted to the international requirements and the needs of the national healthcare system and allowing to provide healthcare institutions with personnel, able to solve the problems of modernizing healthcare and improving the quality of medical care to the population at a high professional level. Goal. The presented review of the literature examines the actual problems of training public health professionals in Kazakhstan. Materials and methods. To highlight current trends and approaches in health management training systems, a review of literature data in international databases PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library. Conclusions. Intercountry integration of education, a competent approach and the improvement of content in accordance with health care reforms remain promising directions for the development of the system of training public health professionals.

scholarly journals Preparing Health Care Professionals for Public Health Disaster Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (s1) ◽  
pp. s160-s160
Author(s):  
Regina Rigatto Witt ◽  
Alexandre Barbosa Oliveira ◽  
Elaine Silva Miranda ◽  
Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha ◽  
Collective health student Natalia Silva Pires ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Curriculum Guidelines ◽  
Selection Of

Introduction:Disasters are a major challenge for public health because of damage caused by death, injury, or illness that exceeds health services’ ability to respond. Health professionals and students require awareness and understanding of particular aspects of disaster planning, mitigation, response, or recovery. In Brazil, despite the increase in the number and intensity of disasters, there is no formal acceptance regarding the need to integrate disaster content into curriculum guidelines (1)Aim:To develop and test referential and models for disaster management health professional education.Methods:Competence-based education has been proposed. The methodology adopted was developed by the Association (2) and adapted to be used in the Brazilian context. An initial literature search was performed in MEDLINE via PubMed, Google Scholar, Lilacs, and Scielo databases using disaster and competencies as descriptors.Results:Articles and documents in Portuguese, Spanish, and English were identified for: public health (21), nursing (20), multi-professional (16), psychology (4), pharmacy (4), dentistry (2), medicine (1), veterinary (2), and nutrition (1). Data were organized according to a proposal from the literature (3) Selection of benchmarks for the preparation of education models identified 27 referential, three of them developed in Brazil.Discussion:Application and evaluation of the methodology developed with undergraduate students of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul consisted of an initiative to prepare health care professionals for disaster management.

Oral health diseases among the older people: a general health perspective

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Older People ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
General Health ◽  
Oral Health Care ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Public Health Professionals ◽  
The Relationship

Background: The relationship between oral health and general health is gaining interest in geriatric research; however, a lack of studies dealing with this issue from a general perspective makes it somewhat inaccessible to non-clinical public health professionals. Purpose: The purpose of this review is to describe the relationship between oral health and general health of the elderly on the basis of literature review, and to give non-clinical medical professionals and public health professionals an overview of this discipline. Methods: This study was based on an in-depth review of the literature pertaining to the relationship between oral health and general health among the older people. The tools commonly used to evaluate dental health and the academic researches of male elderly people were also reviewed. And future research directions were summarized. Results: Dental caries, periodontal disease, edentulism, and xerostomia are common oral diseases among the older people. Dental caries and periodontal diseases are the leading causes of missing teeth and edentulism. Xerostomia, similar to dry mouth, is another common oral health disease in the older people. No clear correlation exists between the subjective feeling of dryness and an objective decrease of saliva. Rather, both conditions can be explained by changes in saliva. The General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP) are the main assessment tools used to examine oral health and quality of life in the older people. The GOHAI tends to be more sensitive to objective values pertaining to oral function. In addition, oral health studies in male elderly people are population-based cohort or cross-sectional studies, involving masticatory function, oral prevention, frailty problems, cardiovascular disease risk, and cognitive status. Conclusion: It is possible to reduce the incidence of certain oral diseases, even among individuals who take oral health care seriously. Oral health care should be based on the viewpoint of comprehensive treatment, including adequate nutrition, good life and psychology, and correct oral health care methods. In the future, researchers could combine the results of meta-analysis with the clinical experience of doctors to provide a more in-depth and broader discussion on oral health research topics concerning the older people.

Instagramming our way through public health communication: why and who is using it?

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Vareda ◽  
T Garcia ◽  
J Rachadell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Non Communicable Diseases

Abstract Background From disease prevention to health promotion, communication is key for Public Health (PH) practice and, according to the 9th Essential Public Health Operation its goal is to improve populations health literacy and capacity to access, understand and use information. Though social media is frequently presented as a potentially useful tool for PH communication, there is a lack of evidence about its effectiveness and impact on PH outcomes. This study researches Instagram® as a PH tool and aims to know who is using it, what content is shared on the platform and how much engagement there is. Methods This cross-sectional study regards information on 1000 Instagram® posts with the hashtags publichealth, publichealthpromotion, healthpromotion, publichealthmatters and publichealtheducation. Authors categorized post content and creators, and reviewed the number of likes and comments per post to determine engagement. Data analysis was performed on IBM SPSS® Statistics. Results The most common content categories were communicable diseases (n = 383), non-communicable diseases (n = 258) and healthy lifestyles (n = 143). Health professionals post more about communicable diseases (43,6%) and non-professionals about healthy lifestyles (36,1%). Non-professionals (n = 191) post about PH issues almost as much as health professionals (n = 220) and PH associations (n = 201). Most don't reference their sources (n = 821). Posts on communicable diseases have the most likes and comments per post (mean of 172 likes and 3,1 comments). Conclusions Half the Instagram® posts analysed in this study were made by health professionals or organizations. Communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases and healthy lifestyles were the most frequent content categories and had the most engagement. The majority of posts didn't reference their sources. Though Instagram® seems to be a potential PH communication tool, further research is needed to confirm its benefits for PH. Key messages Social media platforms like Instagram® are potentially powerful tools for PH communication. There is a need to understand the efficacy of social media as health promotion tools.

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