scholarly journals Pelatihan Sistem Informasi Sehat Holistik (SI-SEHO) untuk Pemberdayaan Kader Kesehatan

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Meidiana Dwidiyanti ◽  
Sri Padma Sari ◽  
Diyan Yuli Wijayanti ◽  
Hasanah Eka Wahyu Ningsih ◽  
Reza Indra Wiguna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Holistic Health ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Professional Health

Background: Public health services today require community empowerment so that services become affordable in every village in the community. Health cadres are existing non-professional health workers who are trained to be able to support patients or the community in addressing health problems faced. Health cadres as non-professionals who are directly dealing with the community are required to increase their ability continuously according to the changes that occur in the community.Purpose: The purpose of this study is that health cadres can improve their understanding holistically about health, through the SI-SEHO application tool so that health cadres can monitor the health of patients in the community.Method: The research used is descriptive using a qualitative approach obtained from the results of empowerment and cadre training activities using the SI-SEHO application. Data analysis is based on the objectives of the training on the use of the SI-SEHO application.Results: The results of this research activity are that health cadres can understand the meaning of health holistically that is inseparable from several dimensions of understanding holistic health. As stated by SP respondent 4 "Holistic health is comprehensive health, such as body and mind health." The ability of cadres to help individuals, families and communities increase with cadres saying "now we can help others in the community by registering through applications". Other results were obtained from research subjects as several people had been detected with physical illness and some people were detected at risk for mental disorders.Conclusion: The use of information technology is able to improve the knowledge and ability of health cadres in monitoring sick individuals or patients in the community. The development of health information systems is currently needed in the development of health services in today's digital era, such as empowering health cadres through information system training. 

scholarly journals Tingkat Pengetahuan Kader tentang Posyandu di Puskesmas Temindung Kota Samarinda

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Fransiska Keron Ola Ola
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Basic Health ◽  
Service Activities ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Community health workers are selected by the community from community members who are willing to voluntarily be able to help and have time to organize basic health service activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge community health workers in basic health service the health centers in Temindung, Samarinda.  The research subjects of community health workers were 32 people who were on duty in basic health service activities in 10 basic health service centers in Temindung Samarinda. Measuring the level of knowledge of community health workers using a questionnaire. Percentage analysis to determine the level of knowledge about basic health service. Most community health workers are chosen directly with the essential requirements of being able to read, write and be friendly and voluntarily help and be in their community. Although their knowledge of basic health services is still low with 87.5% of basic health service. Knowledge of community health workers is still low Even though their knowledge is lacking, they still do health services at basic health services once a month. Basic health services are an important part of health services in the community, especially helping health workers in public health services to the community, but so they are expected to get training in basic health services to improve the Indonesian health republic's work program

scholarly journals Design of Mobile Application for Community Health Workers: A Case Study in Rwanda

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Gahizi Emmanuel ◽  
Andi Wahju Rahardjo Emanuel ◽  
Djoko Budiyanto Setyohadi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Adequate Knowledge

Community health workers (CHWs) are the basis of public health services that aim to connect the gap between public health and the human service system. This gap can be completely bridged by navigating the health and human service systems and educating communities on disease prevention. Unfortunately, the way of sharing, accessing information, and delivering health services is still non-digitalized in Rwanda. Community Health workers use a manual system in their daily activities, which is prone to error and falsification. Moreover, these people selected to perform these activities often do not have adequate knowledge about diseases and health systems since they are not professional health workers. To address the above problem, we designed a prototype mobile application to enable these workers to automatically submit reports, transfer knowledge, share information, and receive training from professionals.  The design process followed a User-Centered Design approach to meet the users’ requirements. The evaluation of the design showed that 91.7% of the CHWs agreed with the designed application prototype.  This finding shows that CHWs has an interest in using the mobile application in their work. Using the mobile application will help CHWs to improve data collection, the reporting process, and ease of receiving training.

scholarly journals Model to assess workload of village doctors in the National Essential Public Health Services Program in six provinces of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delu Yin ◽  
Tao Yin ◽  
Huiming Yang ◽  
Lihong Wang ◽  
Bowen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Health Service Provision ◽  
Village Doctors ◽  
Essential Public Health Services ◽  
Town Hospital ◽  
Public Health Workers ◽  
Ev Model

Abstract Background No studies, particularly quantitative analyses, have been conducted regarding the workload of village doctors in the National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) program and differences in service delivery by village doctors, according to region and services. In this study, we developed a quantitative analysis approach to measure the workload of NEPHS provided by village doctors in six provinces of China in 2016. We aimed to identify areas and services of the NEPHS needing improvement, so as to implement targeted measures to ensure adequate delivery of NEPHSs in rural remote underserved areas. Methods Based on survey data from 300 town hospital centers (THCs) located in 60 counties in the six selected provinces, we calculated village doctors’ share of workload under the NEPHS using the equivalent value (EV) model. To define the workload and corresponding EV of each NEPHS, a series of five meetings was held with THC managers, public health workers, family physicians, nurses and village doctors. Field observations were conducted to verify the workload and EV of each service. Results Village doctors’ share of the workload under the NEPHS program was 43.71% across the 300 sampled THCs in six provinces. The village doctors’ workload shares for different NEPHS ranged from 17.14 to 57.00%. The percentage workload undertaken by village doctors under the NEPHS program varied across different provinces, with the highest proportion 63.4% and the lowest 28.5%. Conclusions The total NEPHS workload assigned to village doctors by THCs in the six sampled provinces exceeded the Chinese government’s requirement of 40%, but the workload proportion in some provinces was less than 40%. In addition, the percentage workload for some NEPHS undertaken by village doctors was lower than others. We suggest conducting district-level analysis of the workload among village doctors under the NEPHS program using the EV method, to identify areas and services needing improvement, to implement targeted measures to expand and promote health service provision in China’s rural underserved areas.

scholarly journals Community Empowerment in Health: An Exploratory Study in Rural Community of a District of West Bengal

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Sujishnu Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Nivedita Das ◽  
Tarun Kumar Sarkar ◽  
Fasihul Akbar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Health Staff ◽  
Key Informants

Background: Community empowerment is the process and outcome where community itself is able to identify, prioritize health problems and address them. It has been considered as the key strategy for scalability and sustainability of health services. Objectives: To explore the status of community empowerment in health in rural areas in West Bengal, India and the interplay of different stakeholders. Methods: A cross-sectional, qualitative study was conducted in 2017 – 2018 among the people residing in rural areas of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India who utilized the public health system (lay informants), formal and informal leaders of the community, community level health workers and peripheral health staff (key informants). Three community blocks, two sub-centers from each block and one village from each sub-center were selected randomly. In-depth interviews were conducted among 36 lay and 36 key informants using Laverack’s nine dimension model of community empowerment. Framework analysis was done to summarize data. Results: Participation of people was restricted to awareness and utilization of existing health services. Unmet aspiration for greater participation was noted among a small section of the community. They were mostly fitted to the role of beneficiaries. Functioning of village level organization to promote communitization as envisaged in national health programmes was largely deficient. The community health workers acted as the most peripheral appendages of formal health system rather than the health activists to empower community regarding community’s health. Conclusion: Although, every national health programme advocated community empowerment, the current status and the process of empowerment in health is in nascent stage.

scholarly journals Den familiære relasjonens betydning for pårørendes behov i møte med helsetjenesten

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helene Hanssen ◽  
Rita Sommerseth
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Informal Carer ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Family Relation ◽  
Professional Health ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
Group Interviews

<p>The Significance of Family relations to Informal Carers’ Needs in interaction with Health Services</p><p>This article is based on a study aiming to explore informal carers’ needs and experiences in their contact with health services. The study was accomplished in 2011 and consisted of two sub-studies: a survey addressing informal carers in general and a focus-group study, where the participants were informal carers to one or more family members. In this article, the qualitative data from both studies are emphasised: the open written statements in the questionnaires and the focus-group interviews. The results show a similarity in informal carers’ needs and experiences independent of the patients’ diagnoses. However, we find that the needs are related to the family relation between the informal carer and patient. Particularly, there is a difference between the needs of those who are informal carers to their partner and those who care for their own parent(s) or grown children. The value of informal carers’ support also is clearly pointed out in the results. Our findings highlight the importance of professional health workers paying attention to both the informal carer and the patient, individually as well as relationally.</p>

scholarly journals The use of synchronous video-conference teaching to increase access to specialist nurse education in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2010 ◽  
pp. 154-168
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Nurse Education ◽  
Teaching Hospitals ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Potential Cost ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

In KwaZulu-Natal more than 50% of the population lives in the rural area but most of the health workers are based in urban centres where teaching hospitals and high incomes are common. Nursing provides the backbone of health care in the public sector. Specialist nurses such as advanced midwives or specialist HIV nurses are in short supply. Teaching via live synchronous videoconference (VC) provides an opportunity to extend specialist education to nurses at rural hospitals. Aim: The aim of the study was to review and evaluate the current use of videoconference education for nurses in KwaZulu-Natal. Methodology: A review the literature on VC education in nursing using bibliometric review strategies was conducted and two nurses’ education courses conducted via videoconferencing was evaluated against a set of criteria developed and validated by the Department of TeleHealth at the University. Results: 81 publications addressing videoconference nurse education were found, most being published after 2000. Over half were descriptive studies, but were still valuable for informing this study. Based on the evaluation of the two courses against the set of criteria, the two courses were aligned sufficiently well with the measurement criteria. Additionally, the delivery of the courses via videoconferencing allowed for the identification of potential cost savings. Discussion: This evaluation indicates that these two courses have been successfully implemented using VC. In the light of the potential savings of time and money, VC can be used to teach specialist nursing courses to rural nurses. Recommendations to improve the VC courses included orientation training for presenters and encouraging more research regarding the effectiveness of VC as a teaching modality for clinical nurses in rural areas. Conclusion: More attention should be given to developing the infrastructure and skills to make this technology available and commonly used in health services in under-resourced public health services and hospitals. Additional research is also suggested.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-641
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Departments ◽  
State Health ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
And Control ◽  
The U.S

Course on Tuberculosis: A course on Tuberculosis Today will be offered six times during 1971 by the U.S. Public Health Services Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia. The course is intended for health workers who are responsible for the management and control of tuberculosis, and for those responsible for providing teaching or training in the fields of tuberculosis or infectious disease. No fees are charged for these courses. Application forms can be obtained from State Health Departments, HEW Regional Offices, or the Tuberculosis Branch, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.

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