scholarly journals Development and Usability Testing of an Emergency Alert Device for Elderly People and People with Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Suchitporn Lersilp ◽  
Supawadee Putthinoi ◽  
Peerasak Lerttrakarnnon ◽  
Patima Silsupadol
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Community Health Volunteers ◽  
Testing Phase ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
General Appearance

The objectives of this study were to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an emergency alert device for elderly people and people with disabilities by usability testing. There were two phases in this study: (1) development of a prototype for an emergency alert device and (2) usability testing of the device. Results presented development of the prototype, which comprised parts for sending and receiving signals. There were two kinds of alarms for emergency calls known as conscious and unconscious alerts. Participants in the usability testing phase included 12 specialists and 161 users that comprised 146 elderly people or people with disabilities and 15 caregivers or community health volunteers. The instruments used were a rating scale, usability checklist, and individual interviews regarding the usability, general appearance, and use of the device. The users agreed with the overall aspects regarding usability of the device, its general appearance, and use (X¯ ± SD = 4.24 ± 0.88, 4.11 ± 0.90, and 4.37 ± 0.83, respectively). Most of the participants, both specialists and users, gave their perspectives on improving the size, color of the letters displayed, type of wristband, and method for sending signals.

scholarly journals Development and Usability Testing of SOMO, a Mobile-Based Application to Monitor Social Functioning for Youth at Clinical High-Risk for Psychosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Santesteban-Echarri ◽  
Jacky Tang ◽  
Jaydon Fernandes ◽  
Jean Addington
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Clinical High Risk ◽  
Two Phases

Background: Youth at clinical high-risk (CHR) for developing psychosis are characterized by long-standing social deficits and isolation compared to healthy youth. Because poor social functioning is predictive of transition to psychosis, it is important to monitor its fluctuations. Objective: To describe the development of a mobile application to monitor social functioning for CHR youth. Methods: App development was divided in two phases. In Phase 1, three focus groups with up to 10 CHR participants were conducted to discuss (i) content, (ii) graphic design, and (iii) user experience of the app. A working prototype was developed, debugged, and systematically tested by developers. In Phase 2, 13 participants evaluated the app through a usability testing for one week. Feedback was gathered through the 23-item Mobile Application Rating Scale user-version (uMARS). Focus groups and MARS’ qualitative data were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed through an inductive approach. Results: The app was named SOMO and incorporated five features: 1) home screen; 2) goal setting; 3) 13 daily questions; 4) a calendar; and 5) feedback.  The application monitored number of daily in-person and online interactions, meaningfulness and time spent with each person, conflict and conflict resolution, activities performed, subjective perception of socialization, and loneliness. SOMO received a good overall score in the uMARS, with an excellent score in functionality; followed by good scores in information, aesthetics, and safety; and adequate scores for subjective quality, and engagement. Conclusion: Co-design with youth through focus groups provided effective feedback for developing SOMO, which demonstrated initial usability and acceptability.

Determinants of food insecurity among elderly people: findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga ◽  
Yujiro Sano ◽  
Isaac Bayor ◽  
Joseph Asumah Braimah ◽  
Abraham Marshall Nunbogu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Canadian Community Health Survey ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Community Health Survey

Abstract Food insecurity among elderly people is a major public health concern due to its association with several health conditions. Despite growing research and implementation of diverse income-based policy measures, food insecurity among elderly people remains a major policy issue in Canada. Additional research could inform food policy beyond strategies that target improving the financial resources of elderly people. Drawing data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (N = 24,930), we explored the correlates of food insecurity among older adults using negative log-log logistic regression techniques. Our findings show that certain categories of elderly people are more prone to food insecurity. These segments include seniors who are visible minorities (OR = 1.29, p < 0.01), live alone (OR = 1.13, p < 0.05), have a very weak sense of community belonging (OR = 1.40, p < 0.001), in poor physical health (OR = 1.20, p < 0.01), and those in lower age and income categories. These findings corroborate previous studies that demonstrate that food insecurity among elderly people is a complex phenomenon influenced by diverse socio-economic factors. In Canada, food security policies targeted at elderly people have largely prioritised poverty alleviation through income support programmes. While these programmes can improve the purchasing power of elderly people, they may not be sufficient in ensuring food security. There is a need to embrace and further investigate an integrated approach that pays attention to other contextual socio-economic dynamics.

scholarly journals Role of community health volunteers in identifying people with elevated blood pressure for diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension in Malawi: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvis Safary ◽  
Micrina Mwandeti ◽  
Beatrice Matanje ◽  
Claudia Beiersmann ◽  
Caroline Mtaita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Elevated Blood Pressure ◽  
Elevated Blood ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Health Volunteers ◽  
Provision Of Services

Abstract Background In recent years, there has been greater recognition of the important role of community health volunteers in many countries and their important role informs many health programs. This include health education, provision of services such as screening, monitoring and referral to health facilities. Their roles are better understood in the areas of communicable diseases like HIV infection, Tuberculosis and Malaria however little is known about their role in non-communicable diseases. This study seeks to explore perception of CHVs’ functions, tasks, and their fulfilment in identifying people with elevated blood pressure for diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension in Lilongwe, Malawi. Methods This was a qualitative naturalistic research design utilizing observation and semi-structured interviews with community health volunteers working in Lilongwe, Malawi. Interviews were carried out with the researcher. Participants were recruited from the ZaMaC project. An interview guide was developed with a category-guided deductive approach. The interviews were recorded through note taking. Data analysis was performed using content analysis approach. Results Community health volunteers have multiple roles in prevention and monitoring of hypertension. They act as health educators and provide lifestyle counselling. They screened for hypertension and monitored blood pressure and assisted community members to navigate the health system such as linkage to health facilities. These roles were shaped in response to community needs. Conclusion This study indicates the complexities of the roles of community health volunteer in identifying people with elevated BP for diagnosis and monitoring of hypertension. Understanding community health volunteers’ roles provides insight into their required competencies in provision of their daily activities as well as required training to fill in their knowledge gaps.

scholarly journals Pemberdayaan Masyarakat melalui Pelatihan Komunikasi Efektif bagi Kader Posyandu

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
Ngatoiatu Rohmani ◽  
Dewi Utari
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Communication Training ◽  
Health Development ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Community Health Volunteers ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
Community Health Volunteer

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT TROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEER (CADRE) OF POSYANDU. Community participation for creating Indonesia’s health development is necessary. One of manifestation of community empowerment is through Posyandu activities that are managed by community health volunteers (cadre) with the aim of providing facilities to the public in obtaining basic health services as a promotive and preventive health strategy in community. Cadres as the driving agent need to be equipped with health promotion skills as an attempt to create national health development optimally. The purpose of this community service is to provide knowledge of effective communication, and to introduce of communication media for promoting of health information. The methods of conducting communication training include: survey activities, communication training, preparing health promotion media and evaluation. The results of the training showed that participants had good communication skills, participants were able to practice effective communication techniques and realized the importance of the media to promote Posyandu activities.

scholarly journals Analysis of Indonesia’s community health volunteers (kader) as maternal health promoters in the community integrated health service (Posyandu) following health promotion training

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Tumbelaka ◽  
Ralalicia Limato ◽  
Sudirman Nasir ◽  
Din Syafruddin ◽  
Hermen Ormel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Messages ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Community Health Volunteers ◽  
Integrated Health

Background: Maternal health promotion is a task allocated to the kader (community health volunteers) in the community integrated health services called Posyandu. Yet, they are inadequately trained to perform this task. We present an analysis of the kader as maternal health promoters after their health promotion training with use of counselling card. Methods: Between March-April 2015, 14 participatory workshops were conducted and 188 kader in four villages in Ciranjang sub-district were trained. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions from community members, health care providers and policy makers in the four villages. A total of 44 interviews were conducted prior to health promotion training and 48 interviews post- training. In 46 Posyandu, kader were observed during their practice of health promotion within 3 consecutive months of post training. Data was transcribed and analysed in NVivo 10. Results: Most kader acknowledged that health promotion training improved their knowledge of maternal health and counselling skills and changed their attitude towards pregnant women at the Posyandu. They could confidently negotiate health messages and importance of health facility delivery with antenatal women. The kader also found the counselling cards helped pregnant women understand the health messages more clearly. The participatory training method involving role play and direct discussions boost kader confidence to deliver health promotion. As a result, the kader gained community appreciation which enhanced their motivation about their job. Conclusions: Appropriate health promotion training, provided the kader with adequate knowledge and skills to become resourceful maternal health promoters in the community.  

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF ACUPRESSURE AND EFFLEURAGE ON PAIN RELIEF IN THE ACTIVE PHASE OF THE FIRST STAGE OF LABOR IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF KAWUNGANTEN, CILACAP, INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 508-514
Author(s):  
Yuli Sya’baniah Khomsah ◽  
Agus Suwandono ◽  
Ida Ariyanti
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Numerical Rating Scale ◽  
Community Health Center ◽  
Active Phase ◽  
Labor Pain ◽  
Control Group ◽  
P Value ◽  
First Stage Of Labor

Background: Pain during pregnancy and childbirth is a physiological process, but it leads to discomfort without pain management. Acupressure and effleurage are considered to be effective in reducing labor pain.Objective: To examine the effect of acupressure and effleurage in reducing pain during in the active phase of the first stage of labor in the community health center of Kawunganten, Cilacap regency.Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with pretest-posttest control group design. There were 33 respondents recruited using simple random sampling. Numerical rating scale was used to measure labor pain. Data were analyzed using one way anova, Post hoc anova and repeated anova for normal data distribution. Kruskal Wallis was also used for non-normal data distribution.Results: There was a statistically significant mean difference of pain scale before and after given acupressure and effleurage (p-value <0.05). However, acupressure treatment had a greater effect  in reducing pain compared with effleurage.Conclusion: Acupressure and efflurage had a significant effect in reducing pain in mothers in the active phase of the first stage of labor. The results of this study are expected to enrich and contribute to the development of science in the field of health promotion, and  serve as an additional input for midwives in order to carry out the care of mother during labor.

scholarly journals Content Based Confidentiality Detection Method for Data Leakage Prevention

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S3) ◽  
pp. 2080-2087
Keyword(s):  
Detection Method ◽  
Public Organizations ◽  
Training Phase ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Testing Phase ◽  
Confidential Data ◽  
Prevention System ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Two Phases

protecting confidential data became a challenge for all private and public organizations. According to Gartner report, the majority of data leakages in organizations are due to internal factors. Data Leakage Prevention Systems can protect monitor and identify the confidential data at-rest, inuse and in-motion. This paper presents a Data Leakage Prevention system, to prevent confidential data from leakages using the Term Based Confidentiality Detection Method .The proposed method consists of two phases: training and testing phase. The training phase identifies confidential terms from the documents and testing phase detects the confidentiality of the document.

scholarly journals Effect of an Educational Intervention on Knowledge and Perception Regarding Rational Medicine Use and Self-medication

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-320
Author(s):  
Nisha Jha ◽  
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar ◽  
Anurag Marasini
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Medicine Use ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Community Health Volunteers ◽  
Female Community ◽  
Pharmaceutical Promotion ◽  
Female Community Health Volunteers ◽  
The Mean

Background: Rational use of medicines is important for safe and cost-effective pharmacotherapy. However, nearly half of the medicines available in the market may be used irrationally. The present study assessed the perceptions and knowledge about rational medicine use and responsible self-medication among participants before and after an educational intervention at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur. Methods: An educational module was conducted among healthcare professionals, media personnel and female community health volunteers. The questionnaire was administered before and immediately after the module. The areas addressed were rational medicine use, ethical prescribing, rational drug use situation in Nepal, pharmaceutical promotion, rational self-medication, safe use of antibiotics, and drug use problems in Nepal. Results: Among healthcare professionals, the rational drug use situation in Nepal and the total score significantly increased post-intervention (p<0.05). Among media personnel the mean scores increased significantly in pharmaceutical promotion and drug use problems in Nepal areas but there was a significant decrease in safe use of antibiotics. The pre-intervention pharmaceutical promotion score was significantly higher among healthcare professionals compared to media personnel while the rational self-medication scores were highest among female community health volunteers, safe use of antibiotics scores were highest among the media personnel. Post-intervention the mean pharmaceutical promotion scores was highest among healthcare professionals, rational self-medication scores among female community health volunteers, safe use of antibiotics, drug use problems in Nepal and total scores were highest among the media personnel. Conclusions: There were differences in the mean pre-intervention scores among different subgroups. A single session may not be enough to bring about significant changes in knowledge and perception. The retention of knowledge could be measured in future studies. Keywords: Female community health volunteers; health care professionals; media; rational medicine use; self medication.

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