The Newborn Addict, Ante- and Postnatal Care

1983 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwan Mark
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Postnatal Care ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Family Care ◽  
School Age ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
The Family ◽  
Return Home ◽  
Discharge From Hospital ◽  
Obstetric Clinic

An investigation is presented of 87 Danish infants born to 62 drugaddicted mothers who had been pregnant altogether 145 times. In Denmark all pregnant women are offered prophylactic examinations, sometimes by their family doctor, sometimes by the midwife and in special cases by the obstetric clinic. Despite the fact that this antenatal care is considered especially important, not least for the addicted, pregnant woman, these offers were only poorly utilised. There were four perinatal deaths, of which two were stillbirths, further 3 infants died later as a result of abuse or neglect. After discharge from hospital only 43 infants lived at home with their mothers. The rest were either voluntarily or compulsorily placed with the mothers' parents, in family care, or in a childrens home. Only 2 infants were adopted. After their return home from the labour wards the mothers took little advantage of the prophylactic paediatric examinations and the vaccination program which are offered free by the family doctor to all children of pre-school age. The same was true regarding domiciliary visits by the health visitor.

The Impact of Travel Acquired Illness on the World Traveller and Family Doctor and the Need for Pre-Travel Health Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.B. McIntosh ◽  
J.M. Reed ◽  
K.G. Power
Keyword(s):  
Family Doctor ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Travel Health ◽  
Insurance Cover ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stratified Sample ◽  
Return Home ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This retrospective study involved a 20% quota, age and sex stratified sample of people over 16 years of age, presenting to a group medical practice over a period of one year (N = 1568). A standardised, computer-scored, self-report questionnaire was administered. The response rate was 98.3%. 42% of respondents had travelled outwith the UK in the previous year. Of those, 42% had become ill whilst abroad. In 20.5% of cases the illness settled without treatment. However, 26% of the patients required consultation with a doctor whilst abroad and 48.4% of those becoming ill required further attention from the family doctor on return home. 5% of ill travellers were admitted to hospital abroad. 8% of all travellers did not have medical insurance cover. A large and significant population of travellers become ill whilst abroad, and travel-acquired illness has a large impact on general practice, with 1 in 5 travellers seeking GP consultation on return home. Improved practice-generated pre-travel health advice might decrease this burden on primary care.

scholarly journals Reno-urinary changes during pregnancy and monitoring of the pregnant woman in primary care

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Mihaela Adela Iancu ◽  
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Laura Maria Condur ◽  
Camelia Cristina Diaconu ◽  
Dumitru Matei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Woman ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
The Body ◽  
Urinary System ◽  
Active Monitoring ◽  
Functional Changes ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Urinary Tract Symptoms ◽  
The Family

During pregnancy, anatomical and functional changes occur in all organs and systems of the body. The family doctor evaluates the morphofunctional changes in the reno-urinary system throughout the pregnancy. These morphological and functional changes often have no clinical expression. Morphofunctional changes in the reno-urinary system cause changes in laboratory tests results and are the basis for the appearance of urinary tract symptoms. The family doctor has an important role in assessing the pregnant woman, and in diagnosing renal pathology early. Although the pregnant woman has an increased risk of developing various urinary tract diseases, frequently, under active monitoring and conservative treatment, the evolution can be favorable.

Assessment of the older patient with chronic kidney disease and polypharmacy − the perspective of the family doctor

Medic ro ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (125) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Liliana-Ana Tuţă ◽  
Laura Condur ◽  
Alina Mihaela Stăniguţ ◽  
Camelia Pană
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Older Patient ◽  
The Family

“I WRITE LETTER, AND AROUND GOES BATTLE”: CULTURAL GAPS IN WARTIME

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Anna Kimerling
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Family Care ◽  
World War ◽  
Family Control ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Family ◽  
Care Practices ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Cultural Gaps

The article is devoted to the features of the wartime culture. The source was a unique collection of letters from the fronts of World War II, written by political instructor Arkady Georgievich Endaltsev. The war led to the breakdown of familiar cultural models. It is important to understand how, adaptation to new standards occurred on an individual level. For A. Endaltsev, family care practices were a way to bridge cultural gaps. They are reflected in the letters. There, framed by ideologically verified stamps, one can find financial assistance to the family, control over the education of the daughter, the need for a continuous flow of information about the life of the wife and children.

scholarly journals Life-Changing Experiences of Mothers with School-Age Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focusing on Their Health Risk Perceptions and Health-Related Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4523
Author(s):  
Hye Jin Yoo ◽  
JaeLan Shim ◽  
Namhee Kim
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
The Family ◽  
Health Related Behaviors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Prevention Methods

This study aimed to explore health risk perceptions, changes in health-related behaviors, and life experiences of mothers with school-age children during the early coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Data were collected between 16 July and 10 September 2020, by individual interviews and analyzed through qualitative content analysis. After the twelve participants’ experiences were analyzed, four themes and ten sub-themes were derived. The four themes were: “Struggling to identify the substance of COVID-19,” “Taking the initiative to protect the health of the family,” “Frustrated by the brutal reality of no end in sight,” and “Trying to adjust wisely to an inevitable new lifestyle.” The findings suggest that while the world remains in an ongoing battle with COVID-19, national health institutions should prepare a health education system for specific infection prevention methods that can be practiced by individuals in daily life.

The Family Doctor and Health Education

1958 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Guy Daynes
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals Patients’ Perspectives about Lifestyle Behaviors and Health in the Context of Family Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2981
Author(s):  
Rosália Páscoa ◽  
Andreia Teixeira ◽  
Micaela Gregório ◽  
Rosa Carvalho ◽  
Carlos Martins
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Family Doctor ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family

Lifestyle interventions are recognized as essential in the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases. Previous studies have shown that Portuguese patients tend to give more importance to diagnostic and laboratory tests than to lifestyle measures, and seem unaware that behavioral risks are the main modifiable risk factors. The study aimed to analyze patients’ perspectives about lifestyle behaviors and health in the context of family medicine in Portugal. A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in Portugal (the mainland). A total of 900 Portuguese patients aged ≥20 years, representative of the population, were surveyed using face-to-face questionnaires. Participants were selected by the random route method. Descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests were performed to evaluate differences between the personal beliefs and the personal behavior self-assessment, as well as between the level of importance given to the family doctor to address health behaviors and the reported approach implemented by the family doctor, and its association with bio-demographic variables. The results indicate that the vast majority of this Portuguese cohort has informed beliefs regarding lifestyle behaviors, tends to overestimate their own behavior self-assessment, and strongly agrees that it is important that their family doctor asks/advises on these lifestyle behaviors, although the proportion of those who totally agree that their family doctor usually does this is significantly lower. Differences concerning bio-demographic variables were found. Future research directions should focus on the politics, economics, and policy aspects that may have an impact in this area. It will also be important to understand more broadly the relationships between lifestyle behaviors and clinical, physical, and sociodemographic variables.

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