Most youth offenders were housed in facilities that provided physical health care services in 2004

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Youth Offenders ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Physical Health Care

Rural physical health care services for people with serious mental illness: A nursing perspective

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 248-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Happell ◽  
David Scott ◽  
Chris Platania-Phung ◽  
Janette Nankivell
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Physical Health Care

Reflections on integrating mental health into primary health care services in remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Haswell-Elkins ◽  
Ernest Hunter ◽  
Tricia Nagel ◽  
Carolyn Thompson ◽  
Brenda Hall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

At present, there is a perceived and functional separation of mental health services from the general delivery of primary health care services in remote Indigenous communities in most places in the country. There are a range of issues underlying this separation; many are historical but continue to influence patterns of thinking about mental and physical health. With the increasing shift of focus of care at primary level from being largely reactive to presentations of acute illnesses towards proactive and strategically guided approaches to the management of chronic diseases, coupled with similar national strategic documents guiding mental health care into a primary health care format, the opportunity to integrate the provision of mental and physical health care has never been better. Accompanying this integration should be a reflection and improvement on models of care that address needs of Indigenous people in a more culturally and contextually appropriate manner, as is clearly defined in an increasing range of Indigenous health policy documents. This paper will begin with a summary of the link between mental and physical health supported by key references. It will then briefly reflect on the current organisation of mental and physical health services in remote Indigenous settings of Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory, identifying some of the major disadvantages being experienced. The paper will close with a description of the approach and some early outcomes to address these issues by the Indigenous Stream of the AIMhi project (Australian Integrated Mental Health Initiative), which is a major National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Strategic Partnership initiative that began implementing a framework of research activities in mid-2003.

Confined to Obscurity: Health Challenges of Pregnant Women in Jail

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-185
Author(s):  
Susan J Rose ◽  
Thomas P LeBel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Care Services

Abstract Research about pregnant women in jail is scant. This exploratory study begins to fill this gap by examining the demographics; background characteristics; and self-reported physical health, mental health, and substance use challenges reported by 27 pregnant women incarcerated in a large midwestern county jail. It further reports on the prenatal care before and during their incarceration, plans of these pregnant women for delivery of their child, caring for their infant after their release from jail, and their expectations of paternal or family support post-release. Among the sample, 66.7 percent reported a physical health care problem, 48.2 percent had received mental health treatment, and 18.5 percent had substance use treatment in the previous year, but only 51.9 percent had seen a health care professional before their incarceration. All women expected the father of their child to provide financial support, but only 76.9 percent expected the father to be involved with the child. The authors also discuss implications of the findings for jail health care services and reintegration policy and practice for pregnant women.

Health Behaviors, Physical Health, and Health Care Utilization in Children With ADHD

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 1011-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se Jin Park ◽  
Hyesue Jang ◽  
Yeeun Lee ◽  
Chul Eung Kim ◽  
Subin Park
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Children With Adhd ◽  
Care Services

Objective: To compare health behaviors, physical health outcomes, and health care utilization between children with and without ADHD. Method: In this cross-sectional study, we obtained data for children with and without ADHD from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. To investigate the association between ADHD and health outcomes, we estimated the adjusted prevalence ratios (APRs) in these groups. Results: Among 10,838 children aged 7 to 18 years with and without ADHD, those with ADHD had significantly higher APRs for overall health problems, physical illness, and injuries than those without ADHD. Despite having health care needs, children with ADHD were less likely than those without ADHD to use health care services. However, there were no significant associations between most health behaviors and ADHD. Conclusion: Increased efforts are needed to provide quality health care services to address the medical conditions of children with ADHD and to enhance their health care utilization when needed.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Healthy Ageing, Healthy Status and Community Nursing Needs among the Rural Elderly in an Empty Nest Family: Results from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liping Fu ◽  
Yuhui Wang ◽  
Lanping He
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Rural Elderly ◽  
Healthy Ageing ◽  
Empty Nest ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Care Services

Health care for the rural elderly in and empty nest family is a major problem in such an ageing society such as China. Based on previous studies, China’s rural health care services only focus on the physical health of the elderly, while public health care services only provide primary services such as blood pressure and blood glucose measurement. This leads to the question of whether physical health is the most important issue for the Chinese rural empty nest elderly (CREE). It is necessary to find out their health status, nursing needs and influencing factors associated with healthy ageing (HA). Using the method of logistic regression, four dimensions of HA (adding psychological health, social participation and daily activities to physical health) among 618 respondents in total were analyzed based on public panel data from the national survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Interesting results have been found; for example, the most important factor restricting the HA of the CREE is not physical health but social participation. The independence, health, good employment and economic conditions of their adult children play an important role in protecting the HA of the CREE.

Race and gender as factors in access to health insurance and utilization of health care services

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana J. Ferradas ◽  
G. Nicole Rider ◽  
Johanna D. Williams ◽  
Brittany J. Dancy ◽  
Lauren R. Mcghee
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
And Gender

Task-Shifting Mental Health Care Services to Faith Healers in Ghana: Potentials and Pitfalls

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Osafo ◽  
Isaac Agyapong ◽  
Moses A. Kumi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Task Shifting ◽  
Care Services
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