scholarly journals Vietnamese Immigrants in Brisbane, Australia: Perception of Parenting Roles, Child Development, Child Health, Illness, and Disability, and Health Service Utilisation

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uyen N. T. L. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Health Service Utilisation ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Vietnamese Immigrants ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Conducting Research

The limited research into Vietnamese immigrants suggests that this group may have different perceptions relating to parenting roles, child development, child health, illness, and disability, and differing patterns of health service utilisation. The author conducted a pilot study exploring how Vietnamese immigrants differ from Anglo-Australian in relation to these issues. The pilot, utilising a mixed quantitative and qualitative method, was conducted in Brisbane, Australia, with subjects being existing clients of a health centre. Two focus group discussions were conducted and a structured questionnaire developed from the discussions. Vietnamese immigrants in contrast to Australian-born Caucasians regard the general practitioner as the main health care provider and were less satisfied with English-speaking health services. This study highlights potentially important health-related issues for children of Vietnamese immigrants living in Brisbane, the importance of further research in this area, and the methodological challenges faced when conducting research into Vietnamese immigrants.

scholarly journals Health literacy and age-related health-care utilisation: a multi-dimensional approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Joachim Gerich ◽  
Robert Moosbrugger ◽  
Christoph Heigl
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Care Utilisation ◽  
Health Service Utilisation ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
Medication Costs ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Care Utilisation ◽  
Health Related

Abstract Inefficient health service utilisation puts pressure on health systems and may cause such negative individual consequences as over-medicalisation or exacerbation of health problems. While previous research has considered the key relevance of health literacy (HL) for efficient use of health services, the results of that research have been somewhat inconclusive. Possible reasons for diverging results of prior research may be grounded in different measurement concepts of HL and the disregarding of age-specific effects. This paper analyses the association between individuals’ HL typology based on a two-dimensional concept and indicators of health service utilisation measured by registered data covering the number of doctor visits and medication costs. Our results confirm a significant interaction effect between age and HL typology. The age-related increase in health service utilisation is strongest for individuals with the combination of high subjective HL but low health-related knowledge, while the smallest increase is for individuals with the constellation of high subjective HL combined with high health-related knowledge. Individuals with specific constellations of HL (that is, individuals with high subjective HL but low health-related knowledge) are associated with reduced service utilisation in younger ages but higher service utilisation in later stages of life, compared to other groups. These results are likely to be attributed to a higher external health-related locus of control and more traditional paternalistic role expectations in such groups.

Effects of health-related quality of life on health service utilisation in patients with colorectal neoplasms

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. e12926
Author(s):  
Man Yu Wong ◽  
Yingsi Yang ◽  
Zhiqiang Cao ◽  
Vivian Y. W. Guo ◽  
Cindy L. K. Lam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Colorectal Neoplasms ◽  
Health Service Utilisation ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Impact of the first COVID-19 outbreak on mental health service utilisation at a Dutch mental health centre: retrospective observational study

BJPsych Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Man Wei Chow ◽  
Eric O. Noorthoorn ◽  
André I. Wierdsma ◽  
Marte van der Horst ◽  
Nini de Boer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Health Service Utilisation ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Face To Face

Background Previous studies into mental health service utilisation during the COVID-19 pandemic are limited to a few countries or specific type of service. In addition, data on changes in telepsychiatry are currently lacking. Aims We aimed to investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with changes in mental health service utilisation, including telepsychiatry, and how these changes were distributed among patients with mental illness during the first COVID-19 outbreak. Method This retrospective study obtained routinely assessed healthcare data from a large Dutch mental healthcare institute. Data from the second quarter of 2020 (the first COVID-19 outbreak period) were compared with the pre-pandemic period between January 2018 and March 2020. Time-series analyses were performed with the quasi-Poisson generalised linear model, to examine the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown and the overall trend of mental health service utilisation per communication modality and diagnostic category. Results We analysed 204 808 care contacts of 28 038 patients. The overall number of care contacts in the second quarter of 2020 remained the same as in the previous 2 years, because the number of video consultations significantly increased (B = 2.17, P = 0.488 × 10−3) as the number of face-to-face out-patient contacts significantly decreased (B = −0.98, P = 0.011). This was true for all different diagnostic categories, although this change was less pronounced in patients with psychotic disorders. Conclusions Diminished face-to-face out-patient contacts were well-compensated by the substantial increase of video consultations during the first COVID-19 outbreak in The Netherlands. This increase was less pronounced for psychotic disorders. Further research should elucidate the need for disorder-specific digital mental healthcare delivery.

scholarly journals Systematic Review on the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Child Health Service Utilisation and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chukwuemeka Onwuchekwa ◽  
Kristien Verdonck ◽  
Bruno Marchal
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfers ◽  
Health Service Utilisation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Child Health

Background: Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are interventions which provide assistance in the form of cash to specific vulnerable groups on the condition that they meet pre-defined requirements. The impact of conditional cash transfers on children's access to health services and on their overall health has not been established in sub-Saharan Africa.Method: We conducted a systematic review aimed at summarising the available information on the impact of conditional cash transfers on health service utilisation and child health in sub-Saharan Africa. We searched databases for peer-reviewed articles, websites of organisations involved in implementing conditional cash transfer programmes, and Google scholar to identify grey literature. Records were selected based on predefined eligibility criteria which were drawn from a programme impact framework. Records were eligible if one of the following outcomes was evaluated: health services utilisation, immunisation coverage, growth monitoring, anthropometry, illness reported, and mortality. Other records which reported on important intermediate outcomes or described mechanisms significantly contributing to impact were also included in the review. Data items were extracted from eligible records into an extraction form based on predefined data items. Study quality indicators were also extracted into a quality assessment form.Results: Thematic narrative synthesis was conducted using data from nine included records. The review included five cluster randomised evaluations, one quasi-experimental clustered study, one randomised trial at the individual level, one mixed-method study and one purely qualitative study. There was insufficient evidence of an impact of conditional cash transfers on health service utilisation. There was also not enough evidence of an impact on nutritional status. No impact was observed on health status based on illness reports, nor on immunisation rates. None of the included records evaluated the impact on childhood mortality.Conclusions: The findings of this review suggest that a positive impact may be observed in health service utilisation and nutrition, however, this may not translate into improved child health. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms and pathways by which these interventions work, explore the effect of contextual factors on their impact, and assess their cost implication especially within resource-constrained settings.

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