scholarly journals Global climate change and health in Canadian children

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 557-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Buka ◽  
Katherine M Shea
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Health Impacts ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Low Latitude ◽  
Climate Change And Health

Abstract Climate change is a reality. Numerous expert authorities warn of the critical need to undertake and adapt environmental efforts to protect human health. Climate change is accelerating, and countries in high latitudes, such as Canada, are experiencing climate change more directly and, for some end points, more dramatically than mid- and low-latitude countries. Children are vulnerable to climate change health effects, and physicians and other health care providers need to be ready to identify, manage, and prevent climate change-related health hazards. This practice point highlights specific, climate change-related threats to the health of children and youth, and provides resources for health care providers. Climate challenges and their health impacts on children are described, based on key Canadian reports and scientifically referenced information. Enhanced awareness of the immediate and longer-term health effects of climate change on children allows physicians and other health care providers to counsel families and practice more effectively.

scholarly journals Cyberbullying in Children and Youth: Implications for Health and Clinical Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 368-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Vaillancourt ◽  
Robert Faris ◽  
Faye Mishna
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Routine Screening ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Intimate Knowledge

We review the recent literature on cyberbullying and its effects on victimised youth, identifying key points. We conclude that cyberbullying, while following many of the underlying dynamics of more traditional forms of bullying, features some unique qualities that can both magnify the damage caused and make it more difficult to detect. These features include the pervasive, never-ending nature of cyberbullying and the ability to quickly reach large audiences. The potential for anonymity and the related distance afforded by screens and devices compared to in-person interaction allow the cruelty of cyberbullying to go unchecked. Despite the perceived anonymity of cyberbullying, cyberbullying can be perpetrated by friends, who often have intimate knowledge about the victimised youth that can be devastating when made public. Given the difficulty schools face in preventing or even detecting cyberbullying, health care providers are an important ally, due to their knowledge of the youth, the sense of trust they bring to youth, and their independence from the school setting. We conclude by calling for routine screening of bullying by health care providers who deal with paediatric populations.

scholarly journals Effects of Climate Change on Avalanche Accidents and Survival

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Strapazzon ◽  
Jürg Schweizer ◽  
Igor Chiambretti ◽  
Monika Brodmann Maeder ◽  
Hermann Brugger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Snow Cover ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Snow Avalanches ◽  
Secondary Injuries ◽  
And Behavior

Avalanches are major natural hazards in snow-covered mountains, threatening people and infrastructure. With ongoing climate change, the frequency and types of snow avalanches may change, affecting the rates of avalanche burial and survival. With a wetter and warmer snow climate, consequences of burial may become more severe. In this review, we assess the potential effects of climate change on the frequency and characteristics of avalanches. We then discuss how these changes might affect the survival rates of subjects buried by avalanches and might influence the responses of search and rescue (SAR) teams and health care providers. While climate change is inevitable, the effects on avalanches remain elusive. The frequency of human triggered avalanches may not change, because this depends largely on the number and behavior of winter recreationists. Blunt trauma and secondary injuries will likely become more frequent as terrain roughness is expected to rise and snow cover to become thinner. Higher snow densities in avalanche debris will likely interfere with the respiration of completely buried victims. Asphyxia and trauma, as causes of avalanche death, may increase. It is unlikely that SAR and health care providers involved in avalanche rescue will have to change their strategies in areas where they are already established. The effects of climate change might foster the expansion of mitigation strategies and the establishment of mountain rescue services in areas subject to increased avalanche hazards caused by changes in snow cover and land use.

Screening, Early Identification, and Office-based Intervention With Children and Youth Living in Substance-abusing Families

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 103 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1099-1112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J. Werner ◽  
Alain Joffe ◽  
Antonnette V. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Early Identification ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Childhood And Adolescence ◽  
Substance Abusing ◽  
Care Providers

All health care professionals with clinical responsibility for the care of children and adolescents must be able to recognize, as early as possible, associated health problems or concerns in children of substance-abusing parents, and to be able to assist these children and families in seeking treatment and promoting health. Health care providers can have a tremendous influence on families of substance-abusing parents because of their understanding of family dynamics and their close long-standing relationship with the family. Information about family alcohol and other drug use should be obtained as part of routine history-taking and when there are indications of family dysfunction, child behavior or emotional problems, school difficulties, and recurring episodes of apparent accidental trauma, and in the setting of recurrent or multiple vague somatic complaints by the child or adolescent. In many instances, family problems with alcohol or drug use are not blatant; rather, their identification requires a deliberate and skilled screening effort. Combining the principles of anticipatory guidance, screening, and early identification, with the acknowledgment that families should be included in the process, leads to a clear conclusion that screening for children affected by parental substance abuse must occur at all ages across infancy, childhood, and adolescence. Health care providers need to be trained in the identification and management of children and youth exposed to parental addiction. Such training must begin during undergraduate education in the health professions and be reinforced by role-modeling among health professions faculty as well as practicing providers.

The Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 177 (7) ◽  
pp. 635-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kangguang Lin ◽  
Bing Xiang Yang ◽  
Dan Luo ◽  
Qian Liu ◽  
Simeng Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Mental Health Effects

scholarly journals Nurses as Boundary Actors in Sustainable Health Care: A Discussion Paper

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-46
Author(s):  
Joanna Law ◽  
Maya R. Kalogirou ◽  
Sherry Dahlke
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Articulation Work ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change

The devastating global health impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent and more frequent. Health care systems are increasingly burdened by the response to these impacts. Paradoxically, as they respond to the negative health effects of climate change, these same resource intense health care systems are contributing to further climate change. Organizations and academics have issued a call to action for health care workers to mitigate climate change and promote environmental sustainability. Nurses are an integral part of health care systems but have been delayed in answering this call. In this paper we argue that nurses are particularly well suited to mitigating climate change in health care systems because their existing role is central to patient care, and as a result they interface with other health care providers and have developed proficiency in articulation work.

Malpractice & Negligence: Cal. Supreme Court Clarifies Negligence Provisions under State’s Elder Abuse Act

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
Kendra Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Skilled Nursing Facility ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Nursing Facility ◽  
Skilled Nursing ◽  
The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of California held, in Delaney v. Baker, 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 610 (1999), that the heightened remedies available under the Elder Abuse Act (Act), Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 15657,15657.2 (West 1998), apply to health care providers who engage in reckless neglect of an elder adult. The court interpreted two sections of the Act: (1) section 15657, which provides for enhanced remedies for reckless neglect; and (2) section 15657.2, which limits recovery for actions based on “professional negligence.” The court held that reckless neglect is distinct from professional negligence and therefore the restrictions on remedies against health care providers for professional negligence are inapplicable.Kay Delaney sued Meadowood, a skilled nursing facility (SNF), after a resident, her mother, died. Evidence at trial indicated that Rose Wallien, the decedent, was left lying in her own urine and feces for extended periods of time and had stage I11 and IV pressure sores on her ankles, feet, and buttocks at the time of her death.

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