Dentistry in health care facilities: the public health viewpoint

Purpose This study sought to investigate a framework for ensuring the confidentiality and security of information at the public health-care facilities to curb HIV/AIDS trauma among patients in Africa. In most instances, trauma to HIV/AIDS patients accelerate because of their personal information relating to the state of illness leaks to public people. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study used literature to study confidentiality and security of information at the public health-care facilities to curb HIV/AIDS trauma among patients in Africa. Findings The study revealed that confidentiality and security of information has been neglected, in most instances, at the health-care facilities, and this has, to some extent, affected HIV/AIDS patients negatively, leading to trauma, stigma and skipping of treatment by patients resulting in accelerated mortality among chronic patients. The study recommends that patients’ information be always strictly controlled and kept confidential and secured at all the times, especially that of HIV/AIDS patients. Practical implications The proposed framework can be used by health-care facilities to guide the management and promotion of the confidentiality and security of information in the public health-care facilities to curb additional trauma to HIV/AIDS patients in the context of Africa, and even beyond. Originality/value The study provides a framework to ensure the confidentiality and security of information at the public health-care facilities to curb additional trauma to HIV/AIDS patients.

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Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Sikap Ibu Postpartum tentang Persalinan di Fasyankes dengan Pemilihan Pertolongan Persalinan

Jurnal Ilmiah Universitas Batanghari Jambi ◽

10.33087/jiubj.v18i3.519 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 522

Author(s):

Ratu Kusuma

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Center ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Public Health Center ◽

The Public ◽

Care Facilities ◽

Postpartum Mothers ◽

Selection Of

Safe childbirth is childbirth that helped by health personnel in health care facilities. Coverage of childbirth in health care facilities in Jambi province did not reach strategic plan target yet (77.00%), achievement (63.03%), Jambi city (93.86%) and the public health center did not reach target province yet (90%) that is the public health center Talang Bakung (79.00%) and Pal Merah II (78.00%). This study aimed to determine the correlation of knowledge and postpartum mothers attitude about childbirth in health care facilities with a selection of helping in childbirth at the public health center Talang Bakung. This is an analytic descriptive research; with total populations were 32 postpartum mothers, it used total sampling technique. Instrument test was conducted at the public health center Pal Merah II toward 10 postpartum mothers; an instrument used demographic data instrument, knowledge instrument, attitude instrument, and selection of helping in childbirth instrument, with fisher exact test and contingency coefficient. The findings indicated that there is no significant correlation between knowledge and attitudes of childbirth in healthcare facilities with a selection of helping in childbirth with each score p is (p=0.444 p=1.000), contingency coefficient (p=0.399, p=1.000). It is concluded that knowledge and attitude of the postpartum mother about childbirth in healthcare facilities did not affect in a selection of childbirth place chosen by the mother. For the next researcher to research about childbirth in healthcare facilities with the different method.

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The Evolution of a Public Health Policy: Health Care Providers and the Transmission of HIV

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.2190/2r8v-ntcx-qw4m-l1yf ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 535-548 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sally Guttmacher

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Public Health Policy ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Care Providers ◽

The Public ◽

Care Facilities ◽

Potential Benefits ◽

Spread Of Infection

The single known instance of transmission of HIV from a health care provider to a patient raised issues concerning the responsibility of clinicians to their patients, and sparked debate over policies to prevent the spread of HIV in health care facilities. The intensity and politicization of the debate were reflected in revision of the Centers for Disease Control guidelines to control the spread of infection at health care facilities, and in legislation proposed in Congress. The guidelines and proposed legislation provoked responses by public health and medical organizations, several of which considered the measures to be unnecessarily restrictive and too costly in terms of potential benefits. This article describes the events and responses that took place during 1991–1992 after the public was made aware of the case involving transmission from provider to patient. The author examines the situation in the context of public health efforts to control the spread of HIV.

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Barriers to optimal and appropriate use of uterotonics during active labour and for prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in public health care facilities: An exploratory study in five states of India

Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare ◽

10.1016/j.srhc.2021.100624 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 100624

Author(s):

Shalini Singh ◽

Nomita Chandhiok ◽

Ritam Dubey ◽

Richa Goel ◽

Jyotika Kashyap

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Postpartum Haemorrhage ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Public Health Care ◽

Appropriate Use ◽

Active Labour ◽

Care Facilities

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PNS122 Spatial Distribution of Public Health Care Facilities: Identifying UNDER-Served Population in Kano State, Nigeria

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2020.08.1566 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. S661

Author(s):

B. Fashoto ◽

T. Oginni

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Spatial Distribution ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Public Health Care ◽

Care Facilities

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Challenges of Designing and Implementing High Consequence Infectious Disease Response

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2017.128 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 563-566 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Joan M. King ◽

Chetan Tiwari ◽

Armin R. Mikler ◽

Martin O’Neill

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Infectious Disease ◽

Health Care ◽

Spatial Configuration ◽

The United States ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Disease Response ◽

Response Planning ◽

Care Facilities ◽

State And Local

AbstractEbola is a high consequence infectious disease—a disease with the potential to cause outbreaks, epidemics, or pandemics with deadly possibilities, highly infectious, pathogenic, and virulent. Ebola’s first reported cases in the United States in September 2014 led to the development of preparedness capabilities for the mitigation of possible rapid outbreaks, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) providing guidelines to assist public health officials in infectious disease response planning. These guidelines include broad goals for state and local agencies and detailed information concerning the types of resources needed at health care facilities. However, the spatial configuration of populations and existing health care facilities is neglected. An incomplete understanding of the demand landscape may result in an inefficient and inequitable allocation of resources to populations. Hence, this paper examines challenges in implementing CDC’s guidance for Ebola preparedness and mitigation in the context of geospatial allocation of health resources and discusses possible strategies for addressing such challenges. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:563–566)

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Spatial distribution of public health care facilities in rural areas of Nalanda district, Bihar

National Geographical Journal of India ◽

10.48008/ngji.1756 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 66 (4) ◽

pp. 387-399

Author(s):

Anand Kumar ◽

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Dhiraj Kumar Sharma ◽

Satya Prakash ◽

Ram Sakal Yadava ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Spatial Distribution ◽

Community Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Graphical Representation ◽

Health Care Facilities ◽

Public Health Care ◽

Location Quotient ◽

Care Facilities

At this critical juncture of time when the whole world is facing a health care emergency due to the occurrence of (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. It becomes necessary to critically evaluate public health care facilities and their availability to common people to tackle the ongoing crisis rationally. In this regard, this paper tries to study the spatial distribution of public health care facilities and their availability in rural areas of Nalanda district. Location quotient, Lorenz curve and Gini's coefficient have been worked out to find unequal concentration, availability and distribution of public health care facilities across the study area. To show the concentration and distribution of health care facilities over space maps have been drawn on ArcGIS. MS Excel and Word have been used for showing the availability of health care facilities through graphical representation and for tabulation purposes. This paper concludes that community development blocks surrounding district headquarter have a higher concentration and larger availability of rural public health care facilities in comparison to peripheral community development blocks of the study area.

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