Adolescent health in Asia: insights from Thailand

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosawan Areemit ◽  
Boonying Manaboriboon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Fellowship Training ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
Adolescent Medicine ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
Age Of Consent

Abstract Background: Adolescence in an age of opportunity in Thailand. The main health issues of this age group are related to pregnancy, injuries and poisoning, all which should be preventable. Objective and methods: This article presents the experiences of Thai physicians, who received adolescent medicine fellowship training in North America and brought their experience, knowledge, skills, and adolescent health care principles and practice back to Thailand. The anticipations and the facts faced in everyday practice, training, research, and collaboration in a place with their own culture and societal norms are described. Results: Currently, there are six adolescent medicine specialists who work with experienced specialist in the subcommittee of adolescent health under the Royal College of Pediatricians of Thailand. There has been collaboration with both the public sector and health care sector, government and non-government organizations with regards to health care service and promotion. Many hospitals especially residency training institutes have increased the cut-off age of patients to be seen by pediatricians to 15 or 18 years of age. Since 2011, adolescent medicine was made one of the mandatory rotations in all pediatric resident training programs. Conclusion: There is still more work to be done – issues around policies for confidentiality and a lower age of consent, collaboration between other specialties to enable a large-scale youth-friendly one-stop services, and multicenter research opportunities are still awaiting.

scholarly journals P1– Transition from the pediatric to adolescent health care service for type 1 diabetes mellitus patients

2010 ◽  
Vol 143 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 79-79
Author(s):  
Marta Lopez de Argumedo ◽  
Jose Ramón Rueda ◽  
Virginia Guillén ◽  
Sonia Gaztambide ◽  
Maria Angeles Anton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service

Project Kiddum: Early Intervention in a Health Care Setting

1981 ◽  
Vol 163 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dov Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
Mother And Child Health ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
And Child Health

In spite of extensive efforts to close educational gaps in Israel's immigrant populations, large differences in educational attainment still exist among different groups. Based on indications that enrichment programs should begin early in the life of the child and should involve the parents as primary teachers, the Kiddum Project of the Jerusalem Public Health Services Department integrates a large scale infant intervention program into ongoing primary preventive mother and child health care provided by the Municipality of Jerusalem to all its citizens. To date, Project Kiddum functions in nine Mother and Child Health Care Centers in culturally deprived areas of the city which serve approximately 42% of the children served by the entire MCHC network. In this article, the Kiddum project and the Mother and Child Health Care Service are described in detail and initial positive results of a short-term evaluation of Kiddum are presented.

The Great Awakening - Digitalization in Dental Healthcare during the pandemic COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 380-384
Author(s):  
Priyanka Paul Madhu ◽  
Yojana Patil ◽  
Aishwarya Rajesh Shinde ◽  
Sangeeta Kumar ◽  
Pratik Phansopkar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Record System ◽  
The World

disease in 2019, also called COVID-19, which has been widely spread worldwide had given rise to a pandemic situation. The public health emergency of international concern declared the agent as the (SARS-CoV-2) the severe acute respiratory syndrome and the World Health Organization had activated significant surveillance to prevent the spread of this infection across the world. Taking into the account about the rigorousness of COVID-19, and in the spark of the enormous dedication of several dental associations, it is essential to be enlightened with the recommendations to supervise dental patients and prevent any of education to the dental graduates due to institutional closure. One of the approaching expertise that combines technology, communications and health care facilities are to refine patient care, it’s at the cutting edge of the present technological switch in medicine and applied sciences. Dentistry has been improved by cloud technology which has refined and implemented various methods to upgrade electronic health record system, educational projects, social network and patient communication. Technology has immensely saved the world. Economically and has created an institutional task force to uplift the health care service during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis. Hence, the pandemic has struck an awakening of the practice of informatics in a health care facility which should be implemented and updated at the highest priority.

Impulse Control Disorders in Medical Settings

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean G. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Impulse Control Disorders ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Primary Health

Impulse control disorders (ICDs) and conditions with impulse control features provide a challenge in terms of identification, treatment, and follow-up when mental health specialists are in short supply. Medical settings, in particular the largest, primary health care, provide an opportunity to address many impulse-affected conditions currently poorly assessed and treated in health care settings. Barriers to intervention for ICDs in primary health care are time constraints; understanding of the etiology, symptoms, and appropriate interventions; the health and social costs; and prioritizing of training in and treatment of conditions perceived as more serious or appropriate to a primary health care service. These barriers may possibly be overcome in primary care settings, and in this chapter, a model to address problem gambling is described.

Joint call for addressing issues in the 0–19 health-care service

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Voogd ◽  
Madeleine Murphy ◽  
Sophie Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service

The economic burden of vertigo and dizziness in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Jeremy S. Ruthberg ◽  
Chandruganesh Rasendran ◽  
Armine Kocharyan ◽  
Sarah E. Mowry ◽  
Todd D. Otteson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Economic Burden ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Expenditures ◽  
Limited Information

BACKGROUND: Vertigo and dizziness are extremely common conditions in the adult population and therefore place a significant social and economic burden on both patients and the healthcare system. However, limited information is available for the economic burden of vertigo and dizziness across various health care settings. OBJECTIVE: Estimate the economic burden of vertigo and dizziness, controlling for demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical comorbidities. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of data from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (2007–2015) was performed to analyze individuals with vertigo or dizziness from a nationally representative sample of the United States. Participants were included via self-reported data and International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision Clinical Modification codes. A cross-validated 2-component generalized linear model was utilized to assess vertigo and dizziness expenditures across demographic, socioeconomic and clinical characteristics while controlling for covariates. Costs and utilization across various health care service sectors, including inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, home health, and prescription medications were evaluated. RESULTS: Of 221,273 patients over 18 years, 5,275 (66% female, 34% male) reported either vertigo or dizziness during 2007–2015. More patients with vertigo or dizziness were female, older, non-Hispanic Caucasian, publicly insured, and had significant clinical comorbidities compared to patients without either condition. Furthermore, each of these demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical characteristics lead to significantly elevated costs due to having these conditions for patients. Significantly higher medical expenditures and utilization across various healthcare sectors were associated with vertigo or dizziness (p <  0.001). The mean incremental annual healthcare expenditure directly associated with vertigo or dizziness was $2,658.73 (95% CI: 1868.79, 3385.66) after controlling for socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Total annual medical expenditures for patients with dizziness or vertigo was $48.1 billion. CONCLUSION: Vertigo and dizziness lead to substantial expenses for patients across various healthcare settings. Determining how to limit costs and improve the delivery of care for these patients is of the utmost importance given the severe morbidity, disruption to daily living, and major socioeconomic burden associated with these conditions.

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