Child Sexual Abuse: Are Health Care Providers Looking the Other Way?

Background: Children’s television viewing has been of concern to parents, educators and health care providers for almost as long as the television itself has been in existence. Objective of present study was to investigate the effect of cartoon viewing on the immediate motor executive function of 4-6 year old children.Methods: 279 children, aged 4-6 year old children were administered the Seguin Form board test to confirm they were all developmentally equal. These children were then randomly assigned to watch a fast paced television cartoon, a slow paced cartoon or colour an image. Following this they were then given 3 tasks to assess motor executive function, including the colour match, 4 two piece puzzle and separating coloured beads. The time taken to complete the task was noted and the data was analyzed.Results: Children who watched the fast-paced cartoon performed slower on the motor executive function tasks than the children in the other two groups. (p<0.001).Conclusions: Even ten minutes of viewing a fast paced television cartoon had immediate negative effects on 4-6 year old children’s motor executive function. Parents should be aware that fast paced cartoon shows could at least temporarily impair young children’s motor executive function.

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Diversiteit en complexiteit van kennis in zorginteracties

Tijdschrift voor taalbeheersing ◽

10.5117/tvt2021.2.001.decl ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 83-94

Author(s):

Jana Declercq ◽

Tessa van Charldorp ◽

Mike Huiskes

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Medical Knowledge ◽

Experiential Knowledge ◽

The Other ◽

Future Research ◽

Shared Decision ◽

Care Providers ◽

Special Issue ◽

Complex Matter

Abstract The empirical papers in this special issue show that how knowledge is made relevant and negotiated in interaction is a complex matter. Traditionally, research on knowledge conceptualizes knowledge as being distributed across patients and health care providers, who respectively have access to experiential knowledge and medical knowledge of illness. In this view, both forms of knowledge then need to be transferred from one party to the other. However, our contributions show that interactions are more complex in many ways. First of all, there are more actors involved in medical interaction, such as translators and family members, who each uniquely contribute to what knowledge is constructed and how. Secondly, the forms and domains of knowledge cannot be reduced to medical and experiential knowledge, but for instance also concern knowledge on how health care interactions are structured. Thirdly, knowledge is not only about informing the other party in interaction but is for instance also used to account for decisions or to seek alignment. In this contribution we explore how these insights can inform future research and how it can help deepen our understanding of patient centredness and shared decision making in health care communication.

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Case Report: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Review of Primary Care Practice and Education (Kajian Praktik dan Pendidikan Layanan Primer) ◽

10.22146/rpcpe.33890 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 45

Author(s):

Shofi Hesfianto

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Health Care ◽

Chronic Disease ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

The Other ◽

Shared Understanding ◽

Care Providers ◽

Patient’S Expectation

.......A patient who was first diagnosed with a chronic disease often does not fully understand the meaning or significanceof the chronic disease with which his/ her body suffers, against the risk of future complications if the disease is not well-controlled. On the other hand, in this reported case, the patient’s expectation was that her chronic disease, the T2DM, can be cured. Therefore, a shared understanding between health care providers and patient is likely the key to commencing the course of managing any chronic disease in a patient effectively.......

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A Second Pandemic? Perspective on Information Overload in the COVID-19 Era

Otolaryngology ◽

10.1177/0194599820935850 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 163 (5) ◽

pp. 931-933

Author(s):

Taher S. Valika ◽

Sarah E. Maurrasse ◽

Lara Reichert

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Word Of Mouth ◽

Information Overload ◽

The Other ◽

Care Providers ◽

High Quality ◽

The World ◽

Pubmed Search ◽

Access Information

The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected the globe in previously unimaginable ways, with far-reaching economic and social implications. It has also led to an outpouring of daily, ever-changing information. To assess the amount of data that were emerging, a PubMed search related to COVID-19 was performed. Nearly 8000 articles have been published since the virus was defined 4 months ago. This number has grown exponentially every month, potentially hindering our ability to discern what is scientifically important. Unlike previous global pandemics, we exist in a world of instantaneous access. Information, accurate or otherwise, is flowing from one side of the world to the other via word of mouth, social media, news, and medical journals. Changes in practice guidelines should be based on high-quality, well-powered research. Our job as health care providers is to mitigate misinformation and provide reassurance to prevent a second pandemic of misinformation.

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