Child public health part 2: prevention and where paramedics contribute

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 354-357
Author(s):  
Simon Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Child Public Health

The second part of the series on child public health explores the levels of prevention implemented in order to hinder diseases from affecting the lives of children, and how paramedics implement prevention strategies in their practice both in prehospital and primary care settings.

The clinical profile of dysthymia in a group of Latin American women

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 257-265
Author(s):  
CA León ◽  
A León
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Affective Disorders ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Treatment Results ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Treatment Of Depression

SummaryMore than half of all patients consulting at public health facilities in Cali, Colombia have been shown to present mental disorders, the majority of which were non-psychotic; there is a high female preponderance amongst the affective disorders. As in other developing countries, in Colombia depressive disorders tend to present as somatic complaints, rather than as mood disturbances. The nomenclature used to describe these disorders is poorly codified, with most patients classed as “neurotic” or “depressed”; the diagnosis of “dysthymia” is very seldom encountered. Mental disorders are frequently misdiagnosed in primary care settings; when identified, treatment of depression by GPs generally involves TCAs or MAOIs, sometimes in conjunction with anxiolytics or neuroleptics. Only very severe cases are referred to psychiatrists, and many patients purchase drugs upon the recommendation of a pharmacist. Diagnostic trends and treatment results of a comparative study of amisulpride and viloxazine carried out in 80 patients assessed by DSM III-R criteria are reported.

scholarly journals Time trends in primary-care morbidity, hospitalization and mortality due to pneumonia

2009 ◽  
Vol 137 (10) ◽  
pp. 1472-1478 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. VAN GAGELDONK-LAFEBER ◽  
M. A. H. BOGAERTS ◽  
R. A. VERHEIJ ◽  
M. A. B. VAN DER SANDE
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Dutch Population ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Health Burden

SUMMARYMost studies reporting pneumonia morbidity are restricted to hospitalized patients, although only a minority of pneumonia patients are admitted to hospital. To get a better understanding of the burden of disease in the general population, we conducted a population-based retrospective study to examine trends in pneumonia incidence in general practice, hospitalization, and mortality due to pneumonia in The Netherlands between 1997 and 2007. Between 2001/2002 and 2006/2007 there was an adjusted yearly increase of 12% in the clinical diagnosis of pneumonia in patients consulting general practitioners. Hospitalizations increased 5% per year between 1999/2000 and 2006/2007, while mortality annually decreased by 2% between 1997/1998 and 2006/2007. Our study suggests that the morbidity of pneumonia in the Dutch population increased considerably over this period, especially in primary-care settings, and that focusing only on hospitalization might underestimate the increasing public health burden of pneumonia.

Primary Care and Public Health: A Vision for the Future

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick H. DeLeon ◽  
Michaela Shafer
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
The Future

Promoting respiratory infection control practices in primary care: Primary care/public health collaboration

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Hogg ◽  
Patricia Houston ◽  
Carmel Martin ◽  
Raphael Saginur ◽  
Adriana Newbury ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Respiratory Infection
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