scholarly journals Epidemiological health assessment in primary health care in the State of Qatar-2019

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari ◽  
Samya Ahmad Al – Abdulla ◽  
Maha Yousef Abdulla ◽  
Ahmad Haj Bakri ◽  
Azza Mustafa Mohammed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Residence Permit ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health

AbstractObjectivesThe Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) in Qatar conducted epidemiological health assessment to understand the burden of diseases impacting the PHCC registered populationDesignThis is a cross-sectional study design among all PHCC registered population between the 1st of September 2018 and the 31st of August 2019SettingPrimary Health Care Corporation health centersParticipantsThe target population is all persons residing in Qatar aged (0-80) years and registered at the PHCC. Excluding patients with expired Qatar residence permit by the 31st of AugustResultsObesity rates ranged between 37% and 35% among the total population registered with the lowest rate in the central region at 34.7%. Burden of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia was the highest among population of the Central region at 13.9%, 15.7% and 11.1%, respectively. Tobacco consumption among males ranged from 25.4 % to 27.8%, with the highest rate in the Northern region. 39.9% of females in the Northern region had BMI above 30 kg/m2. Exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months was significantly lower than that at 4 months across all regions. Children in the Northern region had the highest rate of overweight/obesity based on Z-scores. Western region population had the highest number of communicable diseases notifications especially Chicken pox at 94.6 per 10,000 childrenConclusionUnderstanding the patterns of disease in the local population will enable PHCC to provide a clear set of objectives to work towards meeting population health needs

scholarly journals Epidemiological health assessment in primary healthcare in the State of Qatar- 2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari ◽  
Samya Ahmad Al-Abdulla ◽  
Maha Yousef Abdulla ◽  
Ahmad Haj Bakri ◽  
Azza Mustafa Mohammed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Region ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Residence Permit ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: In the public sector in Qatar, the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) is the major provider of primary healthcare services to families. Therefore, the PHCC conducted the first epidemiological health assessment to understand the burden of diseases and their subsequent risk factors impacting its registered population, to design better services, implement it and allocate resources to respond to the population health needs. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was adopted among all PHCC registered populations between September 1, 2018, and August 31, 2019. The study target population was all persons residing in Qatar aged 0+ years and registered at the 27 health centers affiliated with the PHCC; excluding patients with an expired residence permit on August 31, 2019, and craft male workers were provided their primary healthcare services at the Qatar Red Crescent health facilities. The data were extracted from patients’ electronic medical records (EMR). Results: The burden of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia were the highest among the population of the central region at 13.9%, 15.7%, and 11.1%, respectively. Tobacco consumption among males was higher than females and ranged from 25.4% to 27.8%, with the highest rate in the northern region. Obesity rates ranged between 34.7% and 37.0% among the total population registered with the lowest rate in the central region, while 39.9% of females in the northern region had a body mass index above 30 kg/m2. Exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months was significantly lower than that at 4 months across all regions. Children in the northern region had the highest rate of overweight/obesity based on Z-scores. The western region population had the highest number of communicable diseases notifications. Conclusion: Understanding the patterns of disease in the local population will enable the PHCC to plan a clear set of services that meet the population's health needs, which include tailored health education and promotion components.

scholarly journals Prevalence and profile of daily smokers seen at three primary health care units in Pelotas, southern Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariane Ricardo Acosta Lopez ◽  
Karen Jansen ◽  
Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza ◽  
Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro ◽  
Elaine Tomasi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Daily Smoking ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Significant Difference

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of daily smoking among users of three primary health care units affiliated with a university hospital in the municipality of Pelotas, southern Brazil, and to identify factors associated with daily tobacco consumption. Methods: This cross-sectional study included all individuals over 14 years of age who sought treatment at the health care units between June 29, 2009, and February 23, 2010, and lived in the area covered by the unit. Interviews were conducted during home visits to collect data on sociodemographic characteristics and health behaviors; the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) was used to assess the presence of mood disorders; and a question from the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) on the daily use of tobacco in the past 3 months was used to assess smoking. Results: The total sample comprised 1,848 individuals, mostly female (72.9%), aged between 46 and 60 years (28.5%), and belonging to socioeconomic class C (61%). The prevalence of daily smoking was 23.4% (n = 432), and there was a statistically significant difference between men and women: 27 vs. 22.1% (p < 0.050). Conclusion: Our findings confirm a high prevalence of smoking among users of primary health care units, underscoring the need for a more accurate process of diagnosis and treatment at these facilities.

scholarly journals COORDENAÇÃO DO CUIDADO EM UMA REGIÃO ADMINISTRATIVA DO DISTRITO FEDERAL: UMA PESQUISA AVALIATIVA

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Agustinho Fernandes ◽  
Rinaldo De Souza Neves ◽  
Suderlan Sabino Leandro ◽  
Pedro Sadi Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Administrative Region ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Distrito Federal

Objetivo: Avaliar a coordenação do cuidado na Atenção Primária à Saúde na Região Administrativa do Recanto das Emas. Metodologia: pesquisa avaliativa, de abordagem quantitativa com delineamento transversal, realizada com quarenta e dois profissionais lotados nas unidades básicas de saúde da região administrativa. Resultados: os resultados da pesquisa indicam uma fragilidade no sistema de referência e contrarreferência aos serviços especializados. Conclusão: foram identificadas fragilidades na comunicação entre os serviços, podendo ser um empecilho para assistência, bem como a inversão do fluxo de encaminhamento, o que leva a crer que este fato esteja impedindo a resolubilidade da Atenção Primária à Saúde.Descritores: Atenção Primária à Saúde, Avaliação em Saúde, Estratégia Saúde da Família.COORDINATION OF CARE IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT: AN EVALUATING RESEARCHObjective: This research aims to evaluate the coordination of care in Primary Health Care in the Recanto das Emas Administrative Region. Methodology: This is an evaluative research, with a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design, carried out with forty-two professionals in the basic health units of the administrative region. Results: The results indicate a fragility in the referral system and counter-referral to specialized services. Conclusion: We have identified weaknesses in communication between services, which may be an obstacle to assistance, as well as the inversion of the referral flow, which leads us to believe that this fact is preventing the resoluteness of Primary Health Care.Keywords: Primary Health Care, Health Assessment, Family Health Strategy.COORDINACIÓN DEL CUIDADO EN UNA REGIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA DEL DISTRITO FEDERAL: UNA INVESTIGACIÓN EVALUTIVAObjetivo: Esta investigación objetiva evaluar la coordinación del cuidado en la Atención Primaria a la Salud en la Región Administrativa del Recanto de las Emas. Metodología: Se trata de una encuesta evaluativa, de abordaje cuantitativo con delineamiento transversal, realizada con cuarenta y dos profesionales abarrotados en las unidades básicas de salud de la región administrativa. Resultados: Los resultados de la investigación indican una fragilidad en el sistema de referencia y contrarreferencia a los servicios especializados. Conclusión: Se identificaron fragilidades en la comunicación entre los servicios, pudiendo ser un obstáculo para asistencia, así como la inversión del flujo de encaminamiento, que lleva a creer que este hecho está impidiendo la resistividad de la Atención Primaria a la Salud.Palabras clave: Atención Primaria a la Salud, Evaluación en Salud, Estrategia Salud de la Familia.

scholarly journals Development and validation of the patient evaluation scale (PES) for primary health care in Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (02) ◽  
pp. 161-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daprim S. Ogaji ◽  
Sally Giles ◽  
Gavin Daker-White ◽  
Peter Bower
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Patient Evaluation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Development And Validation

Background Questionnaires developed for patient evaluation of the quality of primary care are often focussed on primary care systems in developed countries. Aim To report the development and validation of the patient evaluation scale (PES) designed for use in the Nigerian primary health care context. Methods An iterative process was used to develop and validate the questionnaire using patients attending 28 primary health centres across eight states in Nigeria. The development involved literature review, patient interviews, expert reviews, cognitive testing with patients and waves of quantitative cross-sectional surveys. The questionnaire’s content validity, internal structures, acceptability, reliability and construct validity are reported. Findings The full and shortened version of PES with 27 and 18 items, respectively, were developed through these process. The low item non-response from the serial cross-sectional surveys depicts questionnaire’s acceptability among the local population. PES-short form (SF) has Cronbach’s α of 0.87 and three domains (codenamed ‘facility’, ‘organisation’ and ‘health care’) with Cronbach’s αs of 0.78, 0.79 and 0.81, respectively. Items in the multi-dimensional questionnaire demonstrated adequate convergent and discriminant properties. PES-SF scores show significant positive correlation with scores of the full PES and also discriminated population groups in support of a priori hypotheses. Conclusion The PES and PES-SF contain items that are relevant to the needs of patients in Nigeria. The good measurement properties of the questionnaire demonstrates its potential usefulness for patient-focussed quality improvement activities in Nigeria. There is still need to translate these questionnaires into major languages in Nigeria and assess their validity against external quality criteria.

scholarly journals Convergent and discriminative validity of the Frail-VIG index with the EQ-5D-3L in people cared for in primary health care

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-José Zamora-Sánchez ◽  
Edurne Zabaleta-del-Olmo ◽  
Vicente Gea-Caballero ◽  
Iván Julián-Rochina ◽  
Gemma Pérez-Tortajada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Frailty Index ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Programme ◽  
Discriminative Validity ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Related Quality

Abstract Background The Frail-VIG frailty index has been developed recently. It is an instrument with a multidimensional approach and a pragmatic purpose that allows rapid and efficient assessment of the degree of frailty in the context of clinical practice. Our aim was to investigate the convergent and discriminative validity of the Frail-VIG frailty index with regard to EQ-5D-3L value. Methods We carried out a cross-sectional study in two Primary Health Care (PHC) centres of the Catalan Institute of Health (Institut Català de la Salut), Barcelona (Spain) from February 2017 to January 2019. Participants in the study were all people included under a home care programme during the study period. No exclusion criteria were applied. We used the EQ-5D-3L to measure Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and the Frail-VIG index to measure frailty. Trained PHC nurses administered both instruments during face-to-face assessments in a participant’s home during usual care. The relationships between both instruments were examined using Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression analyses. Results Four hundred and twelve participants were included in this study. Frail-VIG score and EQ-5D-3L value were negatively correlated (r = − 0.510; P < 0.001). Non-frail people reported a substantially better HRQoL than people with moderate and severe frailty. EQ-5D-3L value declined significantly as the Frail-VIG index score increased. Conclusions Frail-VIG index demonstrated a convergent validity with the EQ-5D-3L value. Its discriminative validity was optimal, as their scores showed an excellent capacity to differentiate between people with better and worse HRQoL. These findings provide additional pieces of evidence for construct validity of the Frail-VIG index.

scholarly journals Factors Related to Primary Health Care Provision: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Elderly Rural Population

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 343-356
Author(s):  
Ana Maseda ◽  
José Carlos Millán-Calenti ◽  
Julia Carpente ◽  
José Luis Rodríguez-Villamil ◽  
Carmen de Labra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Provision ◽  
Care Provision ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals The situation of nursing education in Latin America and the Caribbean towards universal health

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani ◽  
Lynda Law Wilson ◽  
Sabrina de Souza Elias Mikael ◽  
Laura Morán Peña ◽  
Rosa Amarilis Zarate Grajales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Clinical Decision Making ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Universal Health

Objective: to assess the situation of nursing education and to analyze the extent to which baccalaureate level nursing education programs in Latin America and the Caribbean are preparing graduates to contribute to the achievement of Universal Health. Method: quantitative, descriptive/exploratory, cross-sectional study carried out in 25 countries. Results: a total of 246 nursing schools participated in the study. Faculty with doctoral level degrees totaled 31.3%, without Brazil this is reduced to 8.3%. The ratio of clinical experiences in primary health care services to hospital-based services was 0.63, indicating that students receive more clinical experiences in hospital settings. The results suggested a need for improvement in internet access; information technology; accessibility for the disabled; program, faculty and student evaluation; and teaching/learning methods. Conclusion: there is heterogeneity in nursing education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The nursing curricula generally includes the principles and values of Universal Health and primary health care, as well as those principles underpinning transformative education modalities such as critical and complex thinking development, problem-solving, evidence-based clinical decision-making, and lifelong learning. However, there is a need to promote a paradigm shift in nursing education to include more training in primary health care.

scholarly journals Factors associated with reporting of abuse against children and adolescents by nurses within Primary Health Care

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1048-1055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carine Arruda Rolim ◽  
Gracyelle Alves Remigio Moreira ◽  
Sarah Maria Mendes Gondim ◽  
Soraya da Silva Paz ◽  
Luiza Jane Eyre de Souza Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Topic Identification ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Primary Health

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the factors associated with the underreporting on the part of nurses within Primary Health Care of abuse against children and adolescents.METHOD: cross-sectional study with 616 nurses. A questionnaire addressed socio-demographic data, profession, instrumentation and knowledge on the topic, identification and reporting of abuse cases. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was used.RESULTS: female nurses, aged between 21 and 32 years old, not married, with five or more years since graduation, with graduate studies, and working for five or more years in PHC predominated. The final regression model showed that factors such as working for five or more years, having a reporting form within the PHC unit, and believing that reporting within Primary Health Care is an advantage, facilitate reporting.CONCLUSION: the study's results may, in addition to sensitizing nurses, support management professionals in establishing strategies intended to produce compliance with reporting as a legal device that ensures the rights of children and adolescents.

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