Swarna Prashana – faith in the embrace of research

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shruti Verma ◽  
Satyawati Rathia ◽  
Lowkesh Chandravanshi ◽  
Prashant Kumar Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Poor Appetite ◽  
Health Care Program ◽  
Overall Health Status

Abstract Childhood needs diverse nutritional requirements. Poor appetite, lifestyle changes, and poor digestion affects child immunity and make them prone to diseases. Kaumarabhritya, a branch of Ayurveda which deals in child and adolescent health care, has a unique concept of Swarna Prashana (SP) to promote generalized immunity and intellect. SP is commonly recommended to children between 0 and 12 years of age and given as a general health promoter to improve intellect, digestion, strength, immunity, longevity, and complexion. Multiple benefits of SP are mentioned in different Samhitas which needs to be explored on scientific background. Authors have highlighted content variabilities, plausible mechanisms, research tasks and potentials, lacunae, and future prospects about SP. This manuscript is a spotlight on current social, clinical, marketing, and scientific information of Swarna Prashana. SP can be a cost-effective, safe, infrastructure compatible, and prevention-centric approach to improve children’s overall health status and has the potential to serve as a positive health care program for children.

Evaluation of a primary health care program for the poor

1989 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Begley ◽  
Lu Ann Aday ◽  
Roy McCandless
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Care Program ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Health Care Program ◽  
Primary Health

A Comprehensive Health Care Program in the Community1

1972 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-113
Author(s):  
THOMAS M. BATCHELOR ◽  
ANTOINETTE MC. NOWELL ◽  
MURIEL G. WAGNER
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Comprehensive Health Care ◽  
Health Care Program ◽  
Comprehensive Health

scholarly journals Virtual health care for community management of patients with COVID-19. (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Owen Hutchings ◽  
Cassandra Dearing ◽  
Dianna Jagers ◽  
Miranda Shaw ◽  
Freya Raffan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Hospital Admission ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Community Management ◽  
Inpatient Setting ◽  
Healthcare Associated Infection ◽  
Health Information Technologies ◽  
Health Care Program

BACKGROUND Virtual health care is emerging as a central strategy to manage large numbers of patients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as this can maximise the use of limited clinical resources, reduce pressure on acute facilities and reduce the potential for healthcare-associated infection OBJECTIVE To describe the implementation and early experience of virtual health care for community management of patients with COVID-19. METHODS Design: observational cohort study. Setting: large Australian metropolitan health service with established virtual health care program and remote patient monitoring capability. Participants: patients with COVID-19 living within the health service who can self-isolate safely, do not require immediate admission to an inpatient setting, have no major active comorbid illness and can be managed at home or other suitable accommodation. Main outcome measures: care escalation rates, including hospital admission. RESULTS between 11-29 March 2020, 162/173 (93.6%) locally diagnosed patients with COVID-19 were accepted to the virtual health care program, median age 38y (range 11-79). For the 62 patients discharged during this period the median length of stay was 8 days (range 1-17). The peak of 100 prevalent patients equated to approximately 25 patients per Registered Nurse per shift. Patients were contacted a median of 16 times (range 1-30) during this period, with video consultations used 66.3% of the time; 132/162 (81.5%) patients were monitored remotely. Care escalation rates were low: ambulance attendance, 5 (3%); ED attendance, 4 (2.5%); hospital admission, 3 (1.9%). There were no deaths. CONCLUSIONS Community-based virtual health care is feasible for managing most patients with COVID-19 and can be rapidly implemented in an urban Australian context for pandemic management. Health services implementing virtual health care should anticipate challenges with rapid technology deployments and provide adequate support to resolve them including strategies supporting consumer use of health information technologies.

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