Early Mental Health Promotion in Children Through Primary Health Care Services: A Multi‐Centre Implementation

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tsiantis ◽  
Marjorie Smith ◽  
Thalia Dragonas ◽  
Antony Cox
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services

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.

Primary healthcare services and patients with neoplastic disease

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
K. Papastergiou ◽  
M. Lavdaniti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Neoplastic Disease ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services

Introduction: The primary health care services holding the central role in the prevention of various diseases. Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Primary healthcare services, holding a coordinating role in staging, treatment and prognosis of cancer. Purpose: To present the role of primary health care services in primary and secondary prevention of cancer. Materials and methods: A search was made in the PubMed and Scopus databases for reports on primary health care services in cancer patients. Results: Monitoring and early detection are some roles of care. The preventive medicine focuses on health promotion and disease prevention, helping people to enhance their own health. Specifically, majority of researches revealed that mammography ranged 44% to 69%. Also, the screening of cervical cancer by early examination of Pap smear, the percentage ranged 24% to 36%. The screening of prostate specific antigen (PSA) test ranged about 55%. The health professionalsfocused on individual, group and community interventions aimed at health promotion and prevention through programs and counseling. Conclusions: The interest of the fact that the primary care services have multidimensional roles for eliminating the occurrence of cancer. Prevention and health promotion programs, informing the population, campaigns on the part of health professionals for more frequent screening and early diagnosis in general symptoms of cancer, are fundamental principles of these services.

Effectiveness of Primary Health Care Services in Addressing Mental Health Needs of Minority Refugee Population in New Zealand

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagamaya Shrestha-Ranjit ◽  
Elizabeth Patterson ◽  
Elizabeth Manias ◽  
Deborah Payne ◽  
Jane Koziol-McLain
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Mental Health Needs ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services
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