Learning to Respect a Patient’s Spiritual Needs Concerning an Unknown Infectious Disease

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huey-Ming Tzeng ◽  
Chang-Yi Yin
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Holistic Nursing

This article aims to help readers to learn about health care related cultural and religious beliefs and spiritual needs in Chinese communities. The recall diary of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-infected intern working in Hoping Hospital in Taiwan during the 2003 SARS epidemic is presented and used to assist in understanding one patient’s spiritual activities when personally confronted with this newly emerging infectious disease. The article also gives an overview of the 2003 SARS epidemic in Taiwan, and discusses people’s general perceptions towards infectious diseases, their coping strategies concerning disease, and their spiritual beliefs, the psychological impact of the 2003 SARS outbreak in Chinese communities, Chinese myths about infectious disease, and the religious activities of a SARS-infected intern in Taiwan. Recommendations are given on how to achieve quality holistic nursing care.

Spiritual self-care in adolescents: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nafiseh Hekmati Pour ◽  
Gholam Reza Mahmoodi-Shan ◽  
Abbas Ebadi ◽  
Nasser Behnampour
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Purposeful Sampling ◽  
Spiritual Self ◽  
Age Range

AbstractObjectivesOne of the existential questions during adolescence is about the ambiguity in spiritual realms. Adolescents at this age not only have the spiritual, psychological, and unique needs, but also have spiritual needs that help them to relax and solve problems. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to understand the concept of spiritual self-care in Iranian adolescents in 2019.MethodsThis qualitative study with content analysis approach was conducted on 14 adolescents with the age range of 14–20 years, who had been selected by purposeful sampling method. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews which were carried out between 4 March 2019 and 20 August 2019.ResultsThe interviews were transcribed immediately after the recording, and then were analyzed using direct content analysis. A total of 252 primary codes related to the adolescents’ spiritual self-care were extracted from the analysis, which determined 4 main aspects of spiritual self-care (spiritual belief, spiritual experience, social-religious activities, and spiritual growth).ConclusionsThe findings of this study showed that, spiritual self-care is a form of self-care by which a person uses his or her spiritual beliefs, teachings, and experiences as a source of control over stress and crises, and will be able to cope with problems.

scholarly journals The Invisibility of Spiritual Nursing Care in Clinical Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn M. Hawthorne ◽  
Shirley C. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Central Component ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Care Systems

Background and Purpose: Spirituality has been identified as the essence of being human and is recognized, by many health care professionals, as a central component in health and healing. Scholars have identified spiritual nursing care as essential to nursing practice and include caring for the human spirit through the development of relationships and interconnectedness between the nurse and the patient. However, despite the recognition of spiritual practices as important to health, little attention has been given to spirituality in nursing practice and education in the literature. The purpose of this article is to explore factors contributing to the invisibility of spiritual nursing care practices (SNCP), recognition and offer strategies to enhance the visibility of SNCP. Two major factors that reduce visibility of SNCP are conceptual confusion differentiating between spirituality and religion and limited education in the area of spirituality including nursing curricula and organizations. Strategies to enhance visibility of SNCP include educational approaches in nursing curricula and health care organizations. to influence nurses’ perceptions about spirituality and creation of a culture of spiritual care. Conclusion: Holistic nursing includes assessing and responding to the spiritual needs of patients. Changes in nursing education and health care systems are needed to increase the visibility of SNCP.

scholarly journals The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0244921
Author(s):  
Fleur Hierink ◽  
Emelda A. Okiro ◽  
Antoine Flahault ◽  
Nicolas Ray
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Geographical Accessibility ◽  
Physical Accessibility

Background Geographical accessibility to healthcare is an important component of infectious disease dynamics. Timely access to health facilities can prevent disease progression and enables disease notification through surveillance systems. The importance of accounting for physical accessibility in response to infectious diseases is increasingly recognized. Yet, there is no comprehensive review of the literature available on infectious diseases in relation to geographical accessibility to care. Therefore, we aimed at evaluating the current state of knowledge on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Methods and findings A search strategy was developed and conducted on Web of Science and PubMed on 4 March 2019. New publications were checked until May 28, 2020. All publication dates were eligible. Data was charted into a tabular format and descriptive data analyses were carried out to identify geographical regions, infectious diseases, and measures of physical accessibility among other factors. Search queries in PubMed and Web of Science yielded 560 unique publications. After title and abstract screening 99 articles were read in full detail, from which 64 articles were selected, including 10 manually. Results of the included publications could be broadly categorized into three groups: (1) decreased spatial accessibility to health care was associated with a higher infectious disease burden, (2) decreased accessibility was associated to lower disease reporting, minimizing true understanding of disease distribution, and (3) the occurrence of an infectious disease outbreak negatively impacted health care accessibility in affected regions. In the majority of studies, poor geographical accessibility to health care was associated with higher disease incidence, more severe health outcomes, higher mortality, and lower disease reporting. No difference was seen between countries or infectious diseases. Conclusions Currently, policy-makers and scientists rely on data collected through passive surveillance systems, introducing uncertainty on disease estimates for remote communities. Our results highlight the need for increasing integration of geographical accessibility measures in disease risk modelling, allowing more realistic disease estimates and enhancing our understanding of true disease burden. Additionally, disease risk estimates could be used in turn to optimize the allocation of health services in the prevention and detection of infectious diseases.

scholarly journals Legal Measures Undertaken by Public Authorities in Poland for Prevention and Combating COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Mełgieś
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Health Safety ◽  
The Public ◽  
Emergency Situations

The state is a special purpose organization and the directions of its activities are determined by public tasks. One of them is to ensure an efficient health care system, also effective in emergency situations such as those caused by an infectious disease pandemic COVID-19. In particular, legal instruments are used to create it, selected by the rulers within the limits set by law, including the applicable international standards, at the discretion of local governing authorities. The whole system is completed with organizational, medical and finally financial solutions. However, it is due to the fact that public authorities move around in the public space, due to the legality of their operation, that the legal instruments used are of significant importance for the assessment of the effectiveness of the performance of tasks related to combating infectious diseases, and thus ensuring health safety.

scholarly journals Immediate and Sustained Psychological Impact of an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak on Health Care Workers

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grainne M McAlonan ◽  
Antoinette M Lee ◽  
Vinci Cheung ◽  
Charlton Cheung ◽  
Kenneth WT Tsang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Disease Outbreak ◽  
Emerging Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Disease Outbreak ◽  
Care Workers

Occupational diseases of health care workers from exposure to infectious agents: the current state of the problem

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-17
Author(s):  
Railya V. Garipova ◽  
Leonid A. Strizhakov ◽  
Karina T. Umbetova ◽  
Kadriya R. Safina
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Viral Hepatitis ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
Biological Factor ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Republic

Introduction. Infectious diseases occupy a leading place in the structure of occupational diseases (OD) of health care workers (HCW). If until 2020, the main OD from exposure to a biological factor were tuberculosis and viral hepatitis (VH), then in 2020 the world faced another infectious disease of professional etiology - infection of health workers with a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The aim of the study is to identify problematic issues in establishing the connection of an infectious disease with a profession in health care workers. Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of cases of occupational diseases was applied according to the data of the Department of Rospotrebnadzor for the Republic of Tatarstan (RT) and the register of patients of the Republican Center of Occupational Pathology. Results. Among the health care workers of the Republic of Tatarstan, mainly occupational infectious diseases are diagnosed (88.9%). Tuberculosis is the most common occupational disease among health care workers of the Republic of Tatarstan, accounting for 68.4%, and viral hepatitis accounts for 20.5%. In 2020, the most common OD from biological factors in the health care workers of RT was infection COVID-19. Conclusions. Currently, the most common disease of infectious genesis in health care workers is a new coronavirus infection. For a high-quality examination of the connection of an infectious disease with a profession, the list of documents must include a card of epidemiological examination, which must be filled in by an epidemiologist not after establishing the connection of the disease with the profession, but in parallel with the preparation of a sanitary and hygienic characteristic (SGC) of working conditions.

MODELING INFECTIOUS OUTBREAKS IN NON-HOMOGENEOUS POPULATIONS

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 591-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
JORGE REYES-SILVEYRA ◽  
ARMIN R. MIKLER ◽  
JUSTIN ZHAO ◽  
ANGEL BRAVO-SALGADO
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Emerging Diseases ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Infectious Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Realistic Approach

Emerging diseases, novel strains of reemerging diseases, and bioterrorism threats necessitate the development of computational models that can supply health care providers with tools to facilitate analysis and simulation of the progression of infectious diseases in a population. Most computational models assume homogeneous mixing within populations. However, a more realistic approach to the simulation of infectious disease outbreaks includes the stratification of populations in which the interactions between individuals are affinity-based. To examine the effects of heterogeneous populations on the outbreak dynamics, we developed a hybrid model that includes clustered individuals which represent differentiated populations. This facilitates the study of the effects of distinct behavioral properties on the dynamics of an infectious disease epidemic. Our results indicate that non-uniform interactions and affinity-driven behavior can drastically change the outbreak dynamics in the population.

scholarly journals Infectious Diseases and Advocacy: This Is our Lane

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna K Person
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
Communities Of Color

Abstract The disparate effects of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 virus on communities of color, paired with disjointed federal and local responses to the pandemic and the ongoing examples of structural racism’s effects on health, highlight the need for physician advocacy on behalf of patients. The job of infectious disease physicians has always involved caring for the “whole patient,” but the need for advocacy around issues related to racism, housing, food insecurity, substance use disorders, and mental health has increased. Advocacy at all levels—local, regional, and national—can make a difference and be a profoundly rewarding part of the career of an infectious disease/HIV physician.

scholarly journals C�te d�Ivoire Dual Burden of Disease (CoDuBu): Study Protocol to Investigate the Co-occurrence of Chronic Infections and Noncommunicable Diseases in Rural Settings of Epidemiological Transition (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikenna C Eze ◽  
Clémence Esse ◽  
Fidèle K Bassa ◽  
Siaka Koné ◽  
Felix Acka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Epidemiological Transition ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Dual Burden

BACKGROUND Individual-level concomitance of infectious diseases and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is poorly studied, despite the reality of this dual disease burden for many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVE This study protocol describes the implementation of a cohort and biobank aiming for a better understanding of interrelation of helminth and Plasmodium infections with NCD phenotypes like metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and diabetes. METHODS A baseline cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted over one year, in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in south-central Côte d’Ivoire. We randomly identified 1020 consenting participants aged ≥18 years in three communities (Taabo-Cité, Amani-Ménou, and Tokohiri) reflecting varying stages of epidemiological transition. Participants underwent health examinations consisting of NCD phenotyping (anthropometry, blood pressure, renal function, glycemia, and lipids) and infectious disease testing (infections with soil-transmitted helminths, schistosomes, and Plasmodium). Individuals identified to have elevated blood pressure, glucose, lipids, or with infections were referred to the central/national health center for diagnostic confirmation and treatment. Aliquots of urine, stool, and venous blood were stored in a biobank for future exposome/phenome research. In-person interviews on sociodemographic attributes, risk factors for infectious diseases and NCDs, medication, vaccinations, and health care were also conducted. Appropriate statistical techniques will be applied in exploring the concomitance of infectious diseases and NCDs and their determinants. Participants’ consent for follow-up contact was obtained. RESULTS Key results from this baseline study, which will be published in peer-reviewed literature, will provide information on the prevalence and co-occurrence of infectious diseases, NCDs, and their risk factors. The Taabo HDSS consists of rural and somewhat more urbanized areas, allowing for comparative studies at different levels of epidemiological transition. An HDSS setting is ideal as a basis for longitudinal studies since their sustainable field work teams hold close contact with the local population. CONCLUSIONS The collaboration between research institutions, public health organizations, health care providers, and staff from the Taabo HDSS in this study assures that the synthesized evidence will feed into health policy towards integrated infectious disease-NCD management. The preparation of health systems for the dual burden of disease is pressing in low- and middle-income countries. The established biobank will strengthen the local research capacity and offer opportunities for biomarker studies to deepen the understanding of the cross-talk between infectious diseases and NCDs. CLINICALTRIAL International Standard Randomized Controlled Trials Number (ISRCTN): 87099939; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN87099939 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6uLEs1EsX)

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