scholarly journals Care transition strategies in Latin American countries: an integrative review

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Alice Dias da Silva Lima ◽  
Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães ◽  
Nelly Donszelmann Oelke ◽  
Giselda Quintana Marques ◽  
Elisiane Lorenzini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Discharge Planning ◽  
Care Transitions ◽  
Patient Discharge ◽  
Care Transition ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Transition Strategies ◽  
Time Of Admission ◽  
Latin American Countries

Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify and analyze available literature on care transition strategies in Latin American countries. METHODS Integrative literature review that included studies indexed in PubMed, LILACS, Web of Science Core Collection, CINAHL, SCOPUS databases, and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), published in Portuguese, Spanish or English, between 2010 and 2017. RESULTS Eleven articles were selected and the strategies were grouped into components of care transition: discharge planning, advanced care planning, patient education and promotion of self-management, medication safety, complete communication of information, and outpatient follow-up. These strategies were carried out by multidisciplinary team members, in which nurses play a leading role in promoting safe care transitions. CONCLUSIONS Care transition activities are generally initiated very close to patient discharge, this differs from recommendations of care transition programs and models, which suggest implementing care transition strategies from the time of admission until discharge.

scholarly journals Institutional learning and early economic impact results obtained by the network of business development centers in Chile

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Barra Novoa
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Support Programs ◽  
Technical Cooperation ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Institutional Learning ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Productive Development

Like other Latin American countries, Chile depends heavily on the activity of small and medium-sized companies to sustain some macro and microeconomic indicators. In particular, one of the productive development agencies that has taken a leading role in this objective is the Technical Cooperation Service (SERCOTEC). This institution has defined a set of support programs in different areas in order to meet the needs of this business segment. In this context, the article provides an overview of institutional learning, lessons learned, and economic impacts obtained by the Business Development Centers program, describing the central role of this innovative public policy that has responded actively and efficiently to the growth of the ventures and companies assisted between the years 2015-2019.

The SAFEDC Model for Improving Transitions of Care: Lessons Learned from a Participatory Design Workshop (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji Youn Shin ◽  
Nkiru Okammor ◽  
Karly Hendee ◽  
Amber Pawlikowski ◽  
Grace Jenq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Transitional Care ◽  
Care Transitions ◽  
Patient Discharge ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Transitions Of Care ◽  
Care Transition ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Design Workshop

BACKGROUND Transition home after hospitalization involves the potential risk of adverse patient events, such as knowledge deficits related to self-care, medication errors, and readmissions. Despite broad organizational efforts to provide better care transitions for patients, there are challenges in implementing interventions that effectively improve care transition outcomes, as evidenced by readmission rates. Collaborative efforts that require healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers to work together are necessary to identify gaps associated with transitions of care and generate effective transitional care interventions. OBJECTIVE This study aims to understand the effectiveness of the Integrated Michigan Patient-Centered Alliance in Care Transitions (I-MPACT) design model of bringing together stakeholders of the healthcare system and providing them with a novel tool that captures the patient perspective (patient journey map). METHODS We chose a mixed method of direct patient observations and a participatory design workshop to develop transitional care interventions that serve each hospital’s unique situation and contexts. By applying thematic analysis methods, we analyzed problem statements and proposed interventions collected from the participatory design workshops. Findings showed the patterns of major discussion during the workshop. RESULTS Based on workshop results, we formalized the I-MPACT transition of care model, SAFEDC (socioeconomic, active engagement, follow-up, education, discharge readiness tool, consistency), which other organizations can apply to improve patient experiences in care transition. CONCLUSIONS Our study demonstrates the benefits of the participatory design approach in defining challenges associated with transitions of care related to patient discharge and generating sustainable interventions to improve care transitions.

scholarly journals Feasibility and Acceptability of “Cuida tu Ánimo” (Take Care of Your Mood): An Internet-Based Program for Prevention and Early Intervention of Adolescent Depression in Chile and Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (18) ◽  
pp. 9628
Author(s):  
Vania Martínez ◽  
Daniel Espinosa-Duque ◽  
Álvaro Jiménez-Molina ◽  
Graciela Rojas ◽  
Paul A. Vöhringer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Mental Health Interventions ◽  
Latin American Countries

The rapid internet penetration in Latin American countries has made it possible to implement digital mental health interventions. “Cuida tu Ánimo” (Take Care of Your Mood) is an internet-based program for the prevention and early intervention of depression in adolescents. A pilot study was conducted in Chile and Colombia to study the feasibility and acceptability of the program and estimate its effects. There were 199 participants (53.3% women; mean age = 14.8 years, SD = 1.0) recruited from two schools in Chile and two schools in Colombia. Qualitative and quantitative methods were applied for data collection and analyses. Although the levels of acceptance were moderate to high across all variables, adherence was lower than expected. The participants deemed important for an intervention of this type offered a higher level of interaction with team members through internet-based and face-to-face activities. Post-intervention outcomes show a reduction in depressive and anxious symptoms in adolescents in Chile, while there were no significant changes in the level of symptomatology in adolescents in Colombia. The women used the program more than the men. Results show the need to improve the intervention by increasing its levels of customization and developing strategies to achieve better adherence. The contradictory results of the program in Chile and Colombia suggest the importance of other variables beyond the content of the intervention, such as the setting or context of the intervention.

scholarly journals İspanya Dış Politikasında İmparatorluk Geçmişi ve Latin Amerika

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 197-219
Author(s):  
Filiz ÇOBAN ORAN ◽  
Adem Emre KÖSE
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Latin American ◽  
American Identity ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
American People ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Cultural Investment ◽  
Latin American Countries

In Spain’s foreign policy, the relationships with the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries have a special privileged place which dates back to the country’s imperial past. Based on a narrative of common language and a shared cultural history and identity with the Latin American people, Spain still aims to maintain its leading role in diplomatic relations, cultural investment, and foreign aid more than any country. Moreover, the ongoing relationships with this region has been one of the key areas of Madrid’s foreign policy for its global role expanding from the Iberian Peninsula to the entire world. Since Spain emphasises on the concept of Ibero-American identity in its relations with the Latin America, this study attempts to use a social-constructivist approach in analysing the place of the Latin America in the contemporary Spanish foreign policy. Specifically, it searches for the influences of Spain’s European Union membership on these relationships. Consequently, it argues that European identity of the nation has gained a greater weight than its Ibero-American identity since the democratisation process of 1980s. Thus, the relationships with Europe have pushed the Latin America to a secondary position in the foreign affairs.

Test Use in Spain, Portugal and Latin American Countries

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Muñiz ◽  
Gerardo Prieto ◽  
Leandro Almeida ◽  
Dave Bartram
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Test Construction ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Testing Practices ◽  
Professional Psychologists ◽  
Test Use ◽  
Latin American Countries

Summary: The two main sources of errors in educational and psychological evaluation are the lack of adequate technical and psychometric characteristics of the tests, and especially the failure to properly implement the testing process. The main goal of the present research is to study the situation of test construction and test use in the Spanish-speaking (Spain and Latin American countries) and Portuguese-speaking (Portugal and Brazil) countries. The data were collected using a questionnaire constructed by the European Federation of Professional Psychologists Association (EFPPA) Task Force on Tests and Testing, under the direction of D. Bartram . In addition to the questionnaire, other ad hoc data were also gathered. Four main areas of psychological testing were investigated: Educational, Clinical, Forensic and Work. Key persons were identified in each country in order to provide reliable information. The main results are presented, and some measures that could be taken in order to improve the current testing practices in the countries surveyed are discussed. As most of the tests used in these countries were originally developed in other cultures, a problem that appears to be especially relevant is the translation and adaptation of tests.

Test movement in Ibero-Latin American countries

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solange Muglia Wechsler ◽  
Maria Perez Solis ◽  
Conceicao Ferreira ◽  
Isabel Magno ◽  
Norma Contini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Latin American Countries

The Spanish Translation of Les Leçons de chimie élémentaire: On the Legal Status of Translation and its Various Values

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 201-215
Author(s):  
Tania P. Hernández-Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Spanish Translation ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Translation Rights ◽  
International Legal System ◽  
Latin American Countries ◽  
Legal Battle

Throughout the nineteenth century, European booksellers and publishers, mostly from France, England, Germany and Spain, produced textual materials in Europe and introduced them into Mexico and other Latin American countries. These transatlantic interchanges unfolded against the backdrop of the emergence of the international legal system to protect translation rights and required the involvement of a complex network of agents who carried with them publishing, translating and negotiating practices, in addition to books, pamphlets, prints and other goods. Tracing the trajectories of translated books and the socio-cultural, economic and legal forces shaping them, this article examines the legal battle over the translation and publishing rights of Les Leçons de chimie élémentaire, a chemistry book authored by Jean Girardin and translated and published in Spanish by Jean-Frédéric Rosa. Drawing on a socio-historical approach to translation, I argue that the arguments presented by both parties are indicative of the uncertainty surrounding the legal status of translated texts and of the different values then attributed to translation.

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