scholarly journals Dementia care in public health in Brazil and the world: A systematic review

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Bolzan Cieto ◽  
Gabriela Gallego Valera ◽  
Glaucia Bueno Soares ◽  
Roberta Hehl de Sylos Cintra ◽  
Francisco Assis Carvalho Vale
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
New Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Current Scenario

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify in the recent scientific literature, information on health care provided to people with dementia, dementia costs and its resource implications for public health. METHODS: This was a systematic review of the literature in which the articles were consulted from the databases PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO. The review sample consisted of 45 articles. RESULTS: Examination of the studies identified the current scenario of dementia in relation to public health and public policy in Brazil and the world. The analyzed studies revealed key information on aspects of dementia in the world. There was consensus on the high prevalence of the syndrome and on the significant cost of health care and public policy for assisting the elderly with dementia. CONCLUSION: The importance of planning and implementing new public policies was recognized, since these are essential for the organization and management of health services and directly influence the country's ability to provide health care for people with dementia.

scholarly journals Digital Transformation of the Sphere of Public Health in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 217-226
Author(s):  
Oleksii DEMIKHOV
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Health Culture ◽  
The World

Currently, coronavirus infection is spreading around the world. Public health professionals need to develop new tools to ensure the epidemiological safety of citizens. First of all, it concerns the implementation of public health policy and health culture at the intersectoral level. Big data analytics, smart solutions for COVID-19 vaccination and morbidity monitoring, mobile applications to monitor the movement and contact of individuals, personal smart devices, cyberphysical technologies, and smart city infrastructure help in this regard. Scientific works of researchers are devoted to the impact of the digital economy on the development of society, the application digital communications in the activities of public authorities, the peculiarities of the formation of digital culture, cybersecurity and e-democracy. NGO’s experts offer their projects of digital transformation in the country, including in the field of health care. The issue of electronic tools in the field of public health and related public policy has not yet been addressed in recent scientific publications. The purpose of the article is to find out the current state of digital transformation in public administration and politics of Ukraine and the world, to determine further effective areas of application of IT tools in the field of public health policy. The article examines domestic laws and regulations in the field of e-government. Alternative projects of digital transformation of Ukraine proposed by public organizations are analyzed. It is established that at the national level, the foundations of digital transformation in the field of health care and public health in particular have been formed. The author of the article records a private initiative of professional associations of ICT specialists, the desire and efforts of the third sector in the direction of dynamic development of digitalization of health care. Regions and local communities at the united territorial communities’ level are not sufficiently covered by digital development. The directions of digitalization of public administration and public policy are proposed. Thus, the use of digital and mobile jobs in the public sector and in local governments will bring employees closer to society; will enable them to perform quality service functions, including health care. E-government tools are one of the leading positions in public policy-making. Today, Ukraine has laid the foundations for the digital transformation of public administration and public policy. The necessary legislative and regulatory framework for the development of e-government has been developed, including in terms of morbidity prevention, monitoring and assessment of public health, promotion of healthy lifestyles, anti-epidemiological measures, formation of health culture and development of health-preserving regional and local visions. However, the problem of further development at the regional level of public health remains. There are not enough funds in local budgets and experienced staff. Further research should focus on aspects of human-centred, humanistic public health policy, especially in quarantine.

scholarly journals Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e000903
Author(s):  
Natalie F Shur ◽  
David Johns ◽  
Stefan Kluzek ◽  
Nicholas Peirce
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
Physical Inactivity ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Restricted Movement ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
The World ◽  
Additional Burden ◽  
Public Health Promotion

Government-restricted movement during the coronavirus pandemic in various countries around the world has led to rapid and fundamental changes in our health behaviour. As well as being at a higher risk of contracting and being hospitalised with COVID-19, the elderly, those with chronic disease and lower socioeconomic groups are also disproportionately affected by restriction of movement, further widening the physical activity health inequality. In this viewpoint we discuss the physiological sequelae of physical inactivity, and the additional burden of ageing and inflammation. We provide recommendations for public health promotion and interventions to try to mitigate the detrimental effects of physical inactivity and rebalance the health inequality.

scholarly journals PERAN POSYANDU DALAM PELAYANAN KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 058-070
Author(s):  
Erwina Susanti
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Study Design ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Care Coverage ◽  
Refresher Training ◽  
Elderly Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Age Range

Elderly health care coverage in Public Health Jalan Gedang as much (81.92%)and the number of elderly as many as 686 people. Visit the elderly who come to posyanduranges from 41-53 people per month in 2016. The health center has two IHC GedangWay consists of IHC Elderly Elderly Serayu Mandiri and Posyandu Elderly Peace. IHChas five cadres and participants 44 people. Elderly Posyandu cadre of Peace has fivepeople, participants lansianya 50 people. IHC Elderly Peace has many achievements thanPosyandu Elderly Serayu Mandiri The study design used in this research is descriptivequalitative method. Informants in this study as many as 10 cadres and 1 officer in chargePosyandu program. The study design used in this research is descriptive qualitativemethod. Knowledge Posyandu Elderly Peace found that IHC Elderly for seniors 60 yearsand older age range and Posyandu Elderly Serayu Mandiri that Posyandu Elderly agerange of 40 years and above. Attitude Posyandu Elderly Peace mostly elderly support andintegrated support Serayu Mandiri attitude. Kader Posyandu Elderly Peace and PosyanduElderly Serayu Mandiri mostly not expect incentives. Kader Posyandu Elderly Peacemostly mentioned five systems the table properly and Posyandu Elderly Serayu Mandirino mention of five tables with the right system. Expected to conduct refresher training orvolunteers to knowledge about Posyandu cadres better, could improve the role in theservice of Posyandu.

COVID-19: Avoiding a second tragedy in a tuberculosis burdened country

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddharth Raj Yadav ◽  
Rohit Kumar ◽  
Nitesh Gupta ◽  
Pranav Ish ◽  
Shibdas Chakrabarti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Population ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The World

To the EditorNovel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first notified in December 2019 from Wuhan, China. Now, it has spread rapidly and has been declared a pandemic affecting over 200 countries with widespread morbidity and mortality. It has been postulated that the most vulnerable population are the elderly, people living in crowded areas, children and immune-compromised individuals, such as people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The correlation of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and malnutrition are well documented and hence, people with tuberculosis should be considered as special population in this pandemic. TB is an ancient disease among humans recorded as far back as seventy thousand years which was declared a global public health emergency in 1993 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). India has the highest TB burden in the world.

scholarly journals Utilization of public health care by people with private health insurance: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Congcong Zhang ◽  
Chenwei Fu ◽  
Yimin Song ◽  
Rong Feng ◽  
Xinjuan Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Public Health Care

scholarly journals A MOOC to disseminate key concepts related to the future challenges of the French health system

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C You ◽  
V Lissillour ◽  
A Lefébure
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
New Public Health ◽  
New Public ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Public Health Challenges

Abstract Background The increase of life expectancy creates critical health needs that developed countries health systems have to deal with. They are also confronted to persistent health inequalities. A common vision of these issues may not be shared by the health care professionals, decision-makers and citizens. In the context of the launch of new public health laws in France, the French School of Public Health (EHESP) decided to offer a MOOC entitled “Public Health and Health System: transition and transformation” (2019). Objectives The MOOC intends to raise awareness and increase understanding of public health challenges. It is designed for a wide audience of professionals, decision-makers and citizens in the French speaking world. The content was designed by a multidisciplinary team of academics from the EHESP (N = 50) and a network of health professionals (N = 21). The 6 modules address major themes of the recent health policies, e.g. social and territorial inequalities in health, health care security, health pathways, innovation or health democracy. Results Over the course of 6 consecutive weeks, almost 7800 people have enrolled in this e-learning. They are provided with short teaching videos (109 capsules of 4-5’) and webinars, have access to a number of supplementary reading material and a variety of self-assessment. Active learning is enhanced via forum involving peers and teaching staff. The full course represents around 20 hours of teaching. So far, completion rate has attained 13% which compares well with usual rate for MOOCs. Participants include a wide range of professionals, students and citizens from 87 different countries (72% from France) and 50% had a master or higher degree. The overall satisfaction rate is 98%. Conclusions This MOOC attracted the attention of a wide and diverse audience regarding the major public health issues. Some public health agencies have expressed interest in implementing the MOOC into their professional development program of their staff. Key messages Health system reforms are constantly implemented to face new public health challenges. A multidisciplinary MOOC can help raise awareness and understanding of the issue being addressed by new policies.

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