Care for Foster Children on the Move

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 826-827
Author(s):  
John M. Neff
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Foster Children ◽  
Current Problem ◽  
Foster Families ◽  
Current Health ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Health Care System ◽  
Excellent Article ◽  
Care System

Schor is to be congratulated on his excellent article on foster care and health1 and his emphasis on the major deficiencies that exist for foster children in our current health-care system. I am also pleased to see that there was such a strong commentary on this issue by Sokoloff.2 I would, however, like to differ with one of Sokoloff's conclusions, and that is that "Foster families should be encouraged to incorporate the foster child into their own health care system." In fact, this is what most foster families have done in the past and this practice has helped accentuate the current problem.

scholarly journals An Empirical study on the importance of Task Shifting in current Health Care System

2016 ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Architha Aithal ◽  
Ateendra Jha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Task Shifting ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Current Health Care System ◽  
Care System

Many developing countries are facing a crisis in human health resources due to a critical shortage of health workers. Despite of many trained health care professionals our health care system is struggling to provide optimum services to the patients. Gaps still exist with respect to patient care, which are unevenly delivered. The data collected from 228 subjects reveals that only 7.01% of the subjects have received counseling always, 59.65% think that counseling should be given and only 41.66% are satisfied with current health care system while 56.57% are not satisfied. Our study shows that there is a huge burden on health care professionals due to a high number of the patient load which leads to the hindrance in optimum patient care and finally leads to the degradation in the quality of health care services. Now time has approached when the term task shifting should be taken seriously especially in the health care sectors. Pharmacists, an ignored profession in the health care sector have a crucial role for optimum patient care. It is the demand of the scenario that pharmacist should be taken as a key role player between the patient and prescriber. A proper communication between the patient and prescriber can be established only if all health care professionals will start working to assist each other not to compete with each other.

scholarly journals Electronic Mental Health as an Option for Egyptian Psychiatry: Cross-Sectional Study

10.2196/19591 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. e19591
Author(s):  
Mostafa Mamdouh Kamel ◽  
Jean Nicolas Westenberg ◽  
Fiona Choi ◽  
Katarina Tabi ◽  
Adel Badawy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Mental Health Care System ◽  
Current Health Care System ◽  
Care System

Background Egypt is a country of nearly 100 million citizens, and there are less than 1000 registered psychiatrists. The mental health care system is under resourced and nearly inaccessible for the majority of the population. In addition, youth under the age of 25 years represent 50% of Egyptian citizens; however, there are no specific services addressing their unique needs. How can the needs of the largest population in the Middle East be effectively addressed? Is a web-based framework an option for Egyptian psychiatrists to serve the population? Objective The aims of this study were to better understand the opinions of psychiatrists on the current state of mental health care services in Egypt and their current knowledge on electronic mental health (EMH); assess the attitudes of Egyptian psychiatrists toward web-based interventions and telemedicine for mental health; and identify perceived advantages and barriers of EMH development in Egypt. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted online among 640 Egyptian psychiatrists. It included a total of 36 items within a set of 16 questions asking about EMH literacy, integrating EMH into the mental health care system, and the perceived priorities and barriers of EMH. The sampling was supported by Tanta University, a large academic institution close to Cairo. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 25 (IBM Corp). Descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, the independent sample t test, and analysis of variance were applied. Results A total of 188 participants responded (response rate of 29.4%), of which 54.2% (102/188) were female and 54.3% (102/188) were between 30 and 45 years old. Less than half of the participants thought that the current health care system was efficient for adults (69/155, 44.4%), and even less thought it was efficient for youth (44/155, 28.3%). Almost all participants agreed that EMH would be beneficial for patient care (147/155, 94.8%) and that integrating EMH into the current health care system would be a good idea (118/155, 76.2%). The highest rated utility of web-based solutions was documentation, followed by psychoeducation and communication with professionals. The main advantages were to improve access to care in rural areas of the country and its convenience. Conclusions There is scarcity of mental health resources in Egypt. Egyptian psychiatrists are interested in EMH and believe web-based platforms can become part of the solution for the Egyptian mental health care system.

scholarly journals Electronic Mental Health as an Option for Egyptian Psychiatry: Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Mamdouh Kamel ◽  
Jean Nicolas Westenberg ◽  
Fiona Choi ◽  
Katarina Tabi ◽  
Adel Badawy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Mental Health Care System ◽  
Current Health Care System ◽  
Care System

BACKGROUND Egypt is a country of nearly 100 million citizens, and there are less than 1000 registered psychiatrists. The mental health care system is under resourced and nearly inaccessible for the majority of the population. In addition, youth under the age of 25 years represent 50% of Egyptian citizens; however, there are no specific services addressing their unique needs. How can the needs of the largest population in the Middle East be effectively addressed? Is a web-based framework an option for Egyptian psychiatrists to serve the population? OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to better understand the opinions of psychiatrists on the current state of mental health care services in Egypt and their current knowledge on electronic mental health (EMH); assess the attitudes of Egyptian psychiatrists toward web-based interventions and telemedicine for mental health; and identify perceived advantages and barriers of EMH development in Egypt. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted online among 640 Egyptian psychiatrists. It included a total of 36 items within a set of 16 questions asking about EMH literacy, integrating EMH into the mental health care system, and the perceived priorities and barriers of EMH. The sampling was supported by Tanta University, a large academic institution close to Cairo. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 25 (IBM Corp). Descriptive statistics, the chi-square test, the independent sample <i>t</i> test, and analysis of variance were applied. RESULTS A total of 188 participants responded (response rate of 29.4%), of which 54.2% (102/188) were female and 54.3% (102/188) were between 30 and 45 years old. Less than half of the participants thought that the current health care system was efficient for adults (69/155, 44.4%), and even less thought it was efficient for youth (44/155, 28.3%). Almost all participants agreed that EMH would be beneficial for patient care (147/155, 94.8%) and that integrating EMH into the current health care system would be a good idea (118/155, 76.2%). The highest rated utility of web-based solutions was documentation, followed by psychoeducation and communication with professionals. The main advantages were to improve access to care in rural areas of the country and its convenience. CONCLUSIONS There is scarcity of mental health resources in Egypt. Egyptian psychiatrists are interested in EMH and believe web-based platforms can become part of the solution for the Egyptian mental health care system.

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