Epidemic Response

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-58
Author(s):  
Jennifer Dohrn ◽  
Eleanor Stein
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Social Organization ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Swine Flu ◽  
Lightning Strike ◽  
Racial Capitalism ◽  
Long Line ◽  
The Social ◽  
Epidemic Response

The COVID-19 pandemic is at its root a crisis of globalization, racial capitalism, colonialism, the social organization of our public health system. It is a crisis of treatment and care versus demonization and wall building. And it is the latest pandemic in a long line of modern ones—from SARS to swine flu to HIV to Ebola—a predictable and predicted outcome, not the mysterious unforeseeable lightning strike as it is often portrayed.

scholarly journals Path taken by morbidly obese people in search of bariatric surgery in the public health system

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudete Aparecida Conz ◽  
Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus ◽  
Estela Kortchmar ◽  
Vanessa Augusta Souza Braga ◽  
Renata Evangelista Tavares Machado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Health System ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Morbidly Obese ◽  
Obese People ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

Objective: to understand the path taken in the public health system by people with morbid obesity in the search for bariatric surgery. Method: qualitative research based on the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz, with 17 hospitalized morbidly obese people, with a scheduled date for bariatric surgery. The phenomenological interview with open questions was used and the statements were analyzed in the light of the theoretical-methodological framework and literature related to the theme. Results: the participants were able to schedule bariatric surgery by referring friends, family and public people. The waiting list for the procedure generated anguish and anxiety due to fear of surgery, weight gain, risk of worsening health and physical limitations, but it helped prepare for its performance. The experience lived in the search for bariatric surgery led these people to want continuity of care in the Basic Health Unit, after the surgery, by professionals trained to meet their needs. Conclusion: the aspects inscribed in the path of people in search of bariatric surgery signal the need to strengthen the assistance-related flows of the public health system and to invest in professional training to reduce the social inequalities in access to bariatric surgery and increased quality of services.

scholarly journals Can Cost-effective Reallocation of Inputs Increase the Efficiency of the Public Health System in Pakistan?

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (4II) ◽  
pp. 669-693
Author(s):  
M. Aynulhasan ◽  
Hafiz A. Pasha ◽  
Ajazm M. Rasheed
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Public Health Department ◽  
Social Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social

Heavy investment in many developing countries in the social sector including health is based on the premise that human capital is vital to the growth and development of a nation. However, Pakistan's spending on this sector has been one of the lowest in the region. In the present environment of high budget deficits, one does not expect substantial public funds to be forthcoming and diverted towards the social sector in the intermediate- or medium-term future. The critical issue facing the public sector should then be to design health policies which must be cost-effective and efficient. This study examines these health policy issues within the context of an optimisation framework for public health system, forecasts future upto (2002-03) and discusses an efficient optimal mix of health inputs, outputs, expenditures, and wage policies under alternative scenarios. The study recommends that, first, growth of health infrastructure building in the urban areas be slowed down in the short-term (two to three years), and some of the resources reallocated towards the rural sector either in terms of building new Basic Health Units or upgrading the existing Rural Health Centres. Second, not only attractive wage policies be formulated for health personnel, but the status of nurses in the public health system be also elevated by giving them higher grades. Third, for every rupee of development expenditure incurred, Public Health Department must plan or keep provisions for recurring outlays. All this reallocation of resources is feasible within the projected actual budget and it will lead to efficiency gains in the order of 8 to 10 percent for the entire public health system.

Aufgabenwahrnehmung zwischen Partikularinteressen und Gemeinwohl: Steuerung des Gesundheitswesens durch die Selbstverwaltung

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 537-545
Author(s):  
Markus Hofmann ◽  
Robert Spiller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Administration ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Administrative Structures

Zusammenfassung Die Kompetenzen der Institution der Sozialen Selbstverwaltung in der Steuerung des öffentlichen deutschen Gesundheitssystems sind geprägt von der historisch und gesetzlich begründeten Legitimation der Sozialpartner, Verantwortung sowohl für eine am Versichertenbedarf auszurichtende Gesundheitsversorgung zu übernehmen als auch deren Wirksamkeit durch demokratische Partizipation und nachhaltige Finanzierung sicherzustellen. Verschiedene politische Initiativen haben in den vergangenen Jahren sukzessive dazu beigetragen, diese Bedeutung zugunsten einer strukturellen Professionalisierung zurückzudrängen, wodurch auch das Verständnis der ehrenamtlichen Ebene der sozialen Selbstverwaltung unter Druck gesetzt wurde. Dies geschah im Kontext einer am Primat des Wettbewerbs und der Wirtschaftlichkeitsorientierung ausgerichteten Gesundheitspolitik. Um die Solidargemeinschaft GKV gegen diese Tendenzen zu stärken, ist auch eine Stärkung des Solidaritätsprinzips und damit eine Stärkung des Systems der ehrenamtlichen sozialen Selbstverwaltung notwendig. Abstract The social self-administration asserts control over the German public health system according to both a broad historical and social legitimation and a legal consensus on the role and competences of the social partners. Policy readjustments led to a subsequent shift of power within these administrative structures towards a professional, economy-oriented management style in accordance with a new, broad health policy perception based on competition and market influence. Thus, it is necessary to strengthen both the principle of solidarity and the voluntary dimension of the social self-administration in order to realign the public health system with a focus on public interest, needs of the social insured and sustainability of the social insurance systems.

scholarly journals The making of a modern public health system in some smaller Chinese towns, 1929–1949

Urban History ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-350
Author(s):  
VENUS VIANA
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nationalist Government

ABSTRACT:This article is a study of Zhongshan in South China, which took on the responsibility for modernizing its public health system after it was promulgated as a model county by the Nationalist government in Nanjing in 1929. However, the county was not ready to become a model. Insufficient budget, lack of experience, medical skills and directions limited the scope of the enterprise and its chances to succeed in a number of projects. Zhongshan's urban residents, on the other hand, were going through a transition from traditional to new public health practices. There were widely divergent views on the subject. For instance, some did not only accept the authorities interfering in and controlling their personal and environmental hygiene, but regarded this role as their right. Yet, many others did not see the need for changes. Ultimately, Zhongshan was caught between pressure exerted by Nanjing and the social tensions created by reform programmes that the authorities failed to implement properly.

India as a Pioneer of Innovation

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Innovation Project ◽  
Context Specific

What does innovation mean to and in India? What are the predominant areas of innovation for India, and under what situations do they succeed or fail? This book addresses these all-important questions arising within diverse Indian contexts: informal economy, low-cost settings, large business groups, entertainment and copyright-based industries, an evolving pharma sector, a poorly organized and appallingly underfunded public health system, social enterprises for the urban poor, and innovations for the millions. It explores the issues that promote and those that hinder the country’s rise as an innovation leader. The book’s balanced perspective on India’s promises and failings makes it a valuable addition for those who believe that India’s future banks heavily on its ability to leapfrog using innovation, as well as those sceptical of the Indian state’s belief in the potential of private enterprise and innovation. It also provides critical insights on innovation in general, the most important of which being the highly context-specific, context-driven character of the innovation project.

scholarly journals Epidemic of plague amidst COVID-19 in Madagascar: efforts, challenges, and recommendations

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode ◽  
Ana Carla dos Santos Costa ◽  
Anmol Mohan ◽  
Samarth Goyal ◽  
Aishat Temitope Rabiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
The Face ◽  
Endemic Areas

AbstractThe plague has been wreaking havoc on people in Madagascar with the COVID-19 pandemic. Madagascar’s healthcare sector is striving to respond to COVID-19 in the face of a plague outbreak that has created a new strain on the country’s public health system. The goal and activities of the gradual epidemic of plague in Madagascar during COVID-19 are described in this research. In order to contain the plague and the COVID-19 pandemic in this country, we have suggested long-term recommendations that can help to contain the outbreak so that it may spread to non-endemic areas.

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