scholarly journals Personal Child Health Record and Advice Booklet Programme in Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina

1996 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
P McMaster ◽  
H J McMaster ◽  
D P Southall

Personal child health records, held by the parents, have potential advantages in times of civil disorder. Via health and community workers, 939 booklets (incorporating health records and health advice) were distributed to displaced and other families near Tuzla. Subsequently mothers were invited to bring their children for examination. Five hundred and seventy-one children with their booklets returned to the clinics. The survey revealed high rates of dental caries (305 cases), anaemia (36), and scabies (20). The war had not affected the duration of breast feeding, and the children's nutrition was generally satisfactory. Immunization status was generally good, though rates were unacceptably low in children from certain areas, reflecting not only deficient provision in their place of origin but also failings in the programme for displaced persons. An informal survey indicated that parents and older children appreciated the health-information content of the booklet. In a disaster of this sort, the personal child health record and advice booklet serves the combined purpose of yielding essential epidemiological data, providing a permanent health record, and meeting a need for health education material.

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiane Blanco e Silva ◽  
Maria Aparecida Munhoz Gaíva ◽  
Débora Falleiros de Mello

Qualitative and exploratory study performed in Cuiabá with 20 health professionals with the objective of analyzing the use of child health records by families, from the viewpoint of professionals working in primary health care. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews with thematic content analysis. The results showed that professionals believed that it is the duty of families to take care of child health records and to take them every time they seek health services for their children. However, despite the guidance provided, families seldom use this instrument. Participants also recognized that families have the right to demand the proper completion of data in the records, since this shows that families are interested in their children's health and also helps in the work of professionals. Child health records are an instrument for monitoring and promoting child health; therefore, their use should be known and valued by professionals and by families.


2006 ◽  
pp. 325-334
Author(s):  
David M. B. Hall ◽  
David Elliman

Chapter 17 deals with Personal Child Health Records: their ownership and use, the content and format of the record, confidentiality, information, distribution, recommendations for use of a National Personal Child Health Record, and information collection and management.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamadur Shudayfat ◽  
Çağdaş Akyürek ◽  
Noha Al-Shdayfat ◽  
Hatem Alsaqqa

BACKGROUND Acceptance of Electronic Health Record systems is considered an essential factor for an effective implementation among the Healthcare providers. In an attempt to understand the healthcare providers’ perceptions on the Electronic Health Record systems implementation and evaluate the factors influencing healthcare providers’ acceptance of Electronic Health Records, the current research examines the effects of individual (user) context factors, and organizational context factors, using Technology Acceptance Model. OBJECTIVE The current research examines the effects of individual (user) context factors, and organizational context factors, using Technology Acceptance Model. METHODS A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used, in which 319 healthcare providers from five public hospital participated in the present study. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire, which was based on the Technology Acceptance Model. RESULTS Jordanian healthcare providers demonstrated positive perceptions of the usefulness and ease of use of Electronic Health Record systems, and subsequently, they accepted the technology. The results indicated that they had a significant effect on the perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of Electronic Health Record, which in turn was related to positive attitudes towards Electronic Health Record systems as well as the intention to use them. CONCLUSIONS User attributes, organizational competency, management support and training and education are essential variables in predicting healthcare provider’s acceptance toward Electronic Health records. These findings should be considered by healthcare organizations administration to introduce effective system to other healthcare organizations.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-128
Author(s):  
Hugh C. Thompson

In the April 1977 issue of Pediatrics (59:636, 1977), Dr. Cunningham recommends that the patient's medical record be given to the family to keep. He urges that the Committee on Standards of Child Health Care consider this subject. For at least 20 years the American Academy of Pediatrics has published for this very purpose, a "Child Health Record." This is publication HE-4 of the Academy and was last revised in 1968. The central office of the Academy tells me that, at the present time, between 50,000 and 100,000 of these are sold annually to physicians for the distribution that Dr. Cunningham recommends.


2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 142-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Kabir Alam ◽  
ASM Baslul Karim ◽  
Mosha Hafsa Kabir ◽  
Syed Saimul Huque ◽  
M Samsuzzaman

Background: Ceftriaxone is known to induce reversible precipitations, called billiary sludge or pseudolithiasis in the gall bladder.Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of biliary sludge and factors that contribute to this side effect in children. Methodology: This study was conducted on 50 consecutive children who were admitted at paediatric department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for different illness and who received ceftriaxone in different dosage and duration. Ultraso-nography of hepatobiliary system was done before and at the end of therapy. Children who developed biliary sludge, a third ultrasonography was done after one month. Results: Biliary sludge was found in 4 (08%) of 50 children which resolved within 30 days of cessation of therapy. The mean dose and duration of ceftriaxone in these four children were 92.5±9.6 mg/kg/day and 8.0±2.0 days respectively while it was 78.5±5.2 mg/kg/day and 6.1±1.2 days respectively rest 46 children who did not develop biliary sludge (p<0.05). The mean age of children in sludge formation group was 8.3±2.1 years while it was 5.6±1.6 years in the normal group (p<0.05). Conclusion: Biliary sludge was found in older children who got higher doses of ceftriaxone for a longer period and it was reversible in all the studied children. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjch.v37i3.18617 Bangladesh J Child Health 2013; Vol.37(3): 142-145


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinglei Shen ◽  
Adam P. Dicker ◽  
Laura Doyle ◽  
Timothy N. Showalter ◽  
Amy S. Harrison ◽  
...  

Most large academic radiation oncology practices have incorporated electronic health record systems into practice and plan to meet meaningful use requirements. Further work should focus on needs of smaller practices, and specific guidelines may improve widespread adoption.


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