scholarly journals Assessment of caregivers’ perspectives regarding speech-language services in Saudi Arabia during COVID-19

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0253441
Author(s):  
Nisreen Naser Al Awaji ◽  
Alanoud A. Almudaiheem ◽  
Eman M. Mortada
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Language Services ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Therapy Sessions

Background As a consequence of stay-at-home and other lockdown measures, such as social distancing, all health care service provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic have been affected, including the provision of speech therapy. Telehealth services can play a major role in maintaining access to health care, help speech and language pathologists (SLPs) overcome physical barriers by providing patients and caregivers with access to health care, and limit the discontinuity of patient care. To have a better understanding of the changes that have occurred in these services during COVID-19, this research was conducted to explore the nature and current situation of speech-language services in Saudi Arabia based on caregivers’ perspectives. It also investigated whether changes have occurred in these services during the COVID-19 lockdown. The study also determined the perception of caregivers in delivering SLS sessions remotely. Method A cross-sectional study was conducted with 385 caregivers in Saudi Arabia. An online survey asked whether children were experiencing any SLS problems and if they had received any intervention. The survey also assessed the perception of changes in service during the COVID-19 lockdown and the perceptions, acceptance, and willingness of the caregivers to deliver telehealth speech services in Saudi Arabia. Results About 50% of the respondents had or were suspected to have a child with SLS problems, and just over half of them had accessed SLS services. Most of the respondents reported suspension of therapy sessions as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the respondents had little experience using telehealth prior to the pandemic, they generally showed a willingness to use telehealth in therapy sessions, expressing a preference for video calls over other options. Conclusion The study revealed that SLS services in Saudi Arabia are limited and that accessing these services is challenging. Alternative service delivery using remote services could help caregivers overcome such challenges. When telehealth was introduced as an option for service delivery, the caregivers showed welcoming responses, particularly with video calls.

scholarly journals Health Care Reform and Household Welfare: Health Transformation Programme in Turkey

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdal Bahçe ◽  
Altuğ Murat Köktas ◽  
Deniz Abukan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Reform ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Access To Health

We assessed the health care reform and its effects on household’s welfare such as access to health care and household economic burden. We used descriptive analysis on 2002-2011 Ministry of Health and OECD Health Statistics. The main result is about using health care. Access to health care increased after health care reform in Turkey. Number of applications to health care service server and its units rose. On the other hand, financial burden of health care on household’s budget decreased number of applications. The main result percentage of not consulting a specialist even needed to consult a specialist but did not during the past 12 months is %4.9 in 2003 and %19.9 in 2010. To improve health care access, policy makers should improve public sector provision of health care, increase social security benefit packages and protect poor and vulnerable.

scholarly journals Telemedicine Practice Guidelines and Telepsychiatry Operational Guidelines, India—A Commentary

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1S-3S
Author(s):  
Damodharan Dinakaran ◽  
Chethan Basavarajappa ◽  
Narayana Manjunatha ◽  
Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar ◽  
Suresh Bada Math
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Data Transfer ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Health Service Providers

Recent advancements in technology, access to smartphone, and gains achieved in increased internet speed and data transfer have expanded the scope of health care service delivery through the digital platforms. In India, telemedicine services remain poorly adopted and integrated due to various barriers. The important reasons are lack of legal and administrative clarity in using technology for service delivery and inertia from health service providers to adopt newer developments. However, during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, these equations are changing. The Telemedicine practice guidelines released in March, 2020, and Telepsychiatry operational guidelines released in May, 2020, appear to remove these barriers and promote equitable access to health care. In this article, the authors discuss the scope of these guidelines.

scholarly journals The race to the top initiative: towards excellence in health-care service delivery

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. S16
Author(s):  
E Nahimana ◽  
H Iyer ◽  
A Manzi ◽  
A Uwingabiye ◽  
N Gupta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Race To The Top ◽  
Health Care Service Delivery

scholarly journals Management of Devolved Health Services and Healthcare Service Delivery in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Abdihafid Abdullahi Yarow ◽  
Shadrack Jirma ◽  
Elijah Siringi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Arid Lands ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Semi Arid

The 2010 Constitution provides a legal framework that guarantees an all-inclusive rights-based approach to health service delivery to Kenyans. It provides that Kenyans are entitled to the highest attainable standards of health, which includes the right to healthcare services including reproductive health care (Article 43). The purpose of this study was to investigate the the extent to which management of devolved health services influence health-care service delivery in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya. This study was guided by fiscal decentralization theory and theory of performance improvement, as well as sequential theory of decentralization. This study used a triangulation of both positivism and phenomenology. The population under this study constitute the Sub-Counties in ASAL in Kenya with a sample size of 89 Sub-Counties being sampled and 3 patients from each of the 89 sampled sub counties. This study found that, since the onset of devolution, there has been introduction of more healthcare facilities at counties in ASAL resulting with sub-county leaderships have been largely considering the opinions raised by the residents while implementing health services decisions. Management of devolved health services, healthcare has greatly made health facilities and services more accessible to residents compared to before with the previous five years recording great improvement in the quality of the health services at county health centers. The national government should therefore consider increasing financial resources to counties, which would eventually enhance health manpower for better service delivery. This study therefore recommends that the hospitals management should come up with strategies that can help improve financial resources to fund facilities improvement.

Issues concerning the Health of Looked after Children

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Ward ◽  
Helen Jones ◽  
Margaret Lynch ◽  
Tricia Skuse
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Looked After Children ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
National Service Framework ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Health Assessments

There is substantial evidence that looked after children have extensive health needs and disabilities, that they have often missed out on routine health surveillance and health promotion before entry to care or accommodation, but that at present they receive little compensatory care. Harriet Ward, Helen Jones, Margaret Lynch and Tricia Skuse discuss these issues. They look at how frequent changes of placement and poor inter-agency communication exacerbate difficulties in gaining access to adequate health care, especially when children lack an advocate who takes proactive action on their behalf. The Department of Health has responded by issuing new Guidance that sets clear standards for service delivery, encourages children's participation, and ensures that health assessments recognise inequalities and take a holistic view of healthcare needs. The implementation of the Integrated Children's System should improve the quality and accuracy of health information concerning all children in need. New Regulations and Standards for foster care, a National Healthy Care Standard and, on a broader policy front, the National Service Framework for Children should all ensure better access to health care for this population. However, as the authors conclude, such measures will only be successful if inter-agency working can be improved through multi-disciplinary training and better co-ordinated structures for service delivery.

Health care service delivery based on the Internet of things: A systematic and comprehensive study

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. e4179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammet Usak ◽  
Milan Kubiatko ◽  
Muhammad Salman Shabbir ◽  
Olesya Viktorovna Dudnik ◽  
Kittisak Jermsittiparsert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Health Care Service Delivery ◽  
Comprehensive Study

scholarly journals Gender Medicine and Physiotherapy: A Need for Education. Findings from an Italian National Survey

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 516
Author(s):  
Mattia Bisconti ◽  
Fabrizio Brindisino ◽  
Filippo Maselli
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Target Population ◽  
General Information ◽  
Gender Medicine ◽  
Statistical Regression ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Care Path

Background: Gender medicine permeates all sectors of medicine, from prevention to treatment and rehabilitation; it aims to customize the care path, ensuring equity in the access to health care system services. It is unclear to what extent physiotherapists’ treatment choices align with gender medicine principles. The aim of this survey is to detect the need of Italian physiotherapists to deepen knowledge in gender medicine. Materials and methods: An 18-item survey assessed the characteristics of responders about knowledge of gender medicine. An online survey was performed in 2020 using SurveyMonkey Software. Data were analyzed by statistical regression. Results: A total of 617 physiotherapists voluntarily participated in the study (53.84% of the target population). The majority of responders (68.4%) declared having general information about gender medicine, but 55.43% of them claimed to have heard of it but did not know properly what gender medicine was about; 92.38% of the physiotherapists believed that they needed training to acquire knowledge in gender medicine. Conclusions: Gender equity matters for health. Moderate knowledge of gender medicine’ principles and modest application of these findings were used in clinical practice of physiotherapy. Physiotherapists declared that they need training in gender medicine.

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