scholarly journals The impact of COVID‐19 on the delivery of care by Australian primary health care nurses

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Ashley ◽  
Elizabeth Halcomb ◽  
Sharon James ◽  
Kaara Calma ◽  
Catherine Stephen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Delivery Of Care ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals AVALIAÇÃO DO IMPACTO DA CAPACITAÇÃO NO TRABALHO PARA O CUIDADO DE PESSOAS COM ESTOMIAS

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliano Teixeira Moraes ◽  
Alexandre Ernesto Silva ◽  
Tarcísio Laerte Gontijo ◽  
Renato Ferreira Ribeiro ◽  
Rafaela Das Graças Santiago Faria
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses ◽  
The Impact

Objetivo: Avaliar um processo de capacitação de enfermeiros Atenção Primária da Saúde para o cuidado à saúde da pessoa com estomias produziu impacto no ambiente de trabalho. Método: Estudo transversal, realizado com 32 egressos do processo de capacitação realizado por instituição pública de ensino superior. Foi realizada entrevista e a utilização de um instrumento validado para avaliação do impacto de treinamento. Resultados: Os participantes eram em sua maioria sexo feminino, com idade entre 20 a 40 anos, apresentavam entre 5 e 15 anos de formação e atuavam a menos de 10 anos na Atenção Primária da Saúde. A avaliação demonstrou que a estratégia educativa produziu impacto no trabalho. Conclusão: Estratégias de capacitação que articulam instituições de ensino e serviço favorecem o conhecimento.  Medir o impacto do treinamento no trabalho possibilita avaliar quanto a ação educativa pode propiciar mudança de comportamentos no serviço. Descritores: Estomia; Educação; Capacitação em serviço.EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT CAPACITATION AT WORK FOR THE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH STOMIESObjective: To evaluate the impact of the capacitation of primary health care nurses on the health care of the person with stomies. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 32 Primary Health Care nurses who participated in the training process proposed by a public higher education institution in Divinópolis-MG. An interview was conducted using a validated instrument to evaluate the training impact. Results: The evaluation showed that in 11 of the 12 items of the scale, the percentage of concordants (partial and total) is superior to 62%, which showed positive impact of the training process in the work environment. Conclusion: Training strategies that articulate teaching and service institutions favor knowledge. Measuring the impact of on-the-job training makes it possible to evaluate how much the educational action can lead to a change in behavior in the service.Descriptors: Estomy, Education, Training in service.EVALUACIÓN DEL IMPACTO DE LA CAPACITACIÓN EN EL TRABAJO PARA EL CUIDADO DE PERSONAS CON ESTOMIASObjetivo: Evaluar el impacto de la capacitación de enfermeros de la Atención Primaria de Salud para el cuidado a la salud de la persona con estomias. Metodología: Estudio transversal, realizado con 32 enfermeros de la Atención Primaria de la Salud que participaron del proceso de capacitación propuesto por institución pública de enseñanza superior en Divinópolis-MG. Se realizó una entrevista con la utilización de un instrumento validado para evaluar el impacto de entrenamiento. Resultados: La evaluación demostró que en 11 de los 12 ítems de la escala, el porcentaje de concordantes (parciales y totales) son superiores al 62%, lo que demostró impacto positivo del proceso de capacitación en el ambiente de trabajo. Conclusión: Estrategias de capacitación que articulan instituciones de enseñanza y servicio favorecen el conocimiento. Medir el impacto del entrenamiento en el trabajo posibilita evaluar cuánto la acción educativa puede propiciar cambio de comportamientos en el servicio.Descriptores: Estomia, Educación, Capacitación en servicio.

The Roots of Global Health Inequity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joia S. Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
World War ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Impact

This chapter outlines the historical roots of health inequities. It focuses on the African continent, where life expectancy is the shortest and health systems are weakest. The chapter describes the impoverishment of countries by colonial powers, the development of the global human rights framework in the post-World War II era, the impact of the Cold War on African liberation struggles, and the challenges faced by newly liberated African governments to deliver health care through the public sector. The influence of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund’s neoliberal economic policies is also discussed. The chapter highlights the shift from the aspiration of “health for all” voiced at the Alma Ata Conference on Primary Health Care in 1978, to the more narrowly defined “selective primary health care.” Finally, the chapter explains the challenges inherent in financing health in impoverished countries and how user fees became standard practice.

scholarly journals Cohort study of ageing from Bagé (SIGa-Bagé), Brazil: profile and methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Thumé ◽  
Marciane Kessler ◽  
Karla P. Machado ◽  
Bruno P. Nunes ◽  
Pamela M. Volz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background The Bagé Cohort Study of Ageing is a population-based cohort study that has recently completed the first follow-up of a representative sample of older adults from Bagé, a city with more than 100,000 inhabitants located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This is one of the first longitudinal studies to assess the impact of primary health care coverage on health conditions and inequalities. Our aim is to investigate the prevalence, incidence and trends of risk factors, health behaviours, social relationships, non-communicable diseases, geriatric diseases and disorders, hospitalisation, self-perceived health, and all-cause and specific-cause mortality. In addition, we aim to evaluate socioeconomic and health inequalities and the impact of primary health care on the outcomes under study. Methods/design The study covers participants aged 60 or over, selected by probabilistic (representative) sampling of the urban area of the city of Bagé, which is covered by Primary Health Care Services. The baseline examination included 1593 older adults and was conducted from July 2008 to November 2008. After eight to nine years (2016/2017), the first follow-up was conducted from September 2016 to August 2017. All participants underwent an extensive core assessment programme including structured interviews, questionnaires, cognitive testing (baseline and follow-up), physical examinations and anthropometric measurements (follow-up). Results Of the original participants, 1395 (87.6%) were located for follow-up: 757 elderly individuals (47.5%) were re-interviewed, but losses in data transfer occurred for 22. The remaining 638 (40.1%) had died. In addition, we had 81 (5.1%) refusals and 117 (7.3%) losses. Among the 1373 older adults who were followed down, there was a higher proportion of female interviewees (p=0.042) and a higher proportion of male deaths (p=0.001) in 2016/2017. There were no differences in losses and refusals according to gender (p=0.102). There was a difference in average age between the interviewees (68.8 years; SD ±6.5) and non-interviewees (73.2 years; SD ±9.0) (p<0.001). Data are available at the Department of Social Medicine in Federal University of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, for any collaboration.

Do primary health care nurses address cardiovascular risk in diabetes patients?

2014 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Daly ◽  
Timothy Kenealy ◽  
Bruce Arroll ◽  
Nicolette Sheridan ◽  
Robert Scragg
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses ◽  
Diabetes Patients

Impact of community participation in primary health care: what is the evidence?

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessamy Bath ◽  
John Wakerman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Service Access ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Intermediate Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

Community participation is a foundational principle of primary health care, with widely reputed benefits including improved health outcomes, equity, service access, relevance, acceptability, quality and responsiveness. Despite considerable rhetoric surrounding community participation, evidence of the tangible impact of community participation is unclear. A comprehensive literature review was conducted to locate and evaluate evidence of the impact of community participation in primary health care on health outcomes. The findings reveal a small but substantial body of evidence that community participation is associated with improved health outcomes. There is a limited body of evidence that community participation is associated with intermediate outcomes such as service access, utilisation, quality and responsiveness that ultimately contribute to health outcomes. Policy makers should strengthen policy and funding support for participatory mechanisms in primary health care, an important component of which is ongoing support for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services as exemplars of community participation in Australia. Primary health-care organisations and service providers are encouraged to consider participatory mechanisms where participation is an engaged and developmental process and people are actively involved in determining priorities and implementing solutions.

The Use of and Attitude Towards Telehealth in Rural Communities

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Mauldon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Urban Hospital ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rural Patients

This paper reports on the attitudes of a sample of health care providers towards the use of telehealth to support rural patients and integrate rural primary health and urban hospital care. Telehealth and other information technologies hold the promise of improving the quality of care for people in rural and remote areas and for supporting rural primary health care providers. While seemingly beneficial for rural patients, study participants believed that telehealth remains underused and poorly integrated into their practice. In general, participants thought that telehealth is potentially beneficial but places constraints on their activities, and few actually used it. Published literature usually reports either on the success of telehealth pilot projects or initiatives that are well resourced and do not reflect the constraints of routine practice, or has an international focus limiting its relevance to the Australian context. Because of the paucity of systematic and generalisable research into the effects of the routine use of telehealth to support rural patients, it is unclear why health care professionals choose to provide such services or the costs and benefits they incur in doing so. Research and policy initiatives continue to be needed to identify the impact of telehealth within the context of Australian primary health care and to develop strategies to support its use.

scholarly journals Employment conditions of Australian primary health care nurses

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Halcomb ◽  
Christine Ashley ◽  
Sharon James ◽  
Elizabeth Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses

scholarly journals Severe disability: Do primary health care nurses have a role to play?

Curationis ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Bornman ◽  
E. Alant ◽  
L.L. Lloyd
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Training Strategy ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Intervention Protocol ◽  
Children's Caregivers ◽  
Primary Health Care Nurses ◽  
Traditional Roles

This article focuses on the importance of primary health care nurses’ involvement in the identification of children with severe disabilities, early and appropriate intervention that includes referral, as well as the provision of support to the children’s caregivers. The use of multiskilling as a strategy to train nurses to fulfil this role is described. The traditional roles of community nurses are explored within the disability paradigm, with specific reference to multi-skilling. Finally, research results following the implementation of the Beginning Communication Intervention Protocol (BCIP), which uses multiskilling as a training strategy, are described. Recommendations for further research are then provided.

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