scholarly journals The effect of cartoon on the immediate motor executive function of 4-6 year old children

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 1648 ◽  
Author(s):  
. Sanketh ◽  
Peter Prasanth Kumar Kommu ◽  
Susan Solomon ◽  
Lalitha Krishnan ◽  
Saravanan S. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Executive Function ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Children's Television ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Board Test ◽  
Colour Match

Background: Children’s television viewing has been of concern to parents, educators and health care providers for almost as long as the television itself has been in existence. Objective of present study was to investigate the effect of cartoon viewing on the immediate motor executive function of 4-6 year old children.Methods: 279 children, aged 4-6 year old children were administered the Seguin Form board test to confirm they were all developmentally equal. These children were then randomly assigned to watch a fast paced television cartoon, a slow paced cartoon or colour an image. Following this they were then given 3 tasks to assess motor executive function, including the colour match, 4 two piece puzzle and separating coloured beads. The time taken to complete the task was noted and the data was analyzed.Results: Children who watched the fast-paced cartoon performed slower on the motor executive function tasks than the children in the other two groups. (p<0.001).Conclusions: Even ten minutes of viewing a fast paced television cartoon had immediate negative effects on 4-6 year old children’s motor executive function. Parents should be aware that fast paced cartoon shows could at least temporarily impair young children’s motor executive function. 

Understanding the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in the Aging Patient

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon H. Samson ◽  
James D. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Drug Interactions ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Bone Health ◽  
Older Patients ◽  
Viral Suppression ◽  
Antiretroviral Drugs ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects

The prevalence of HIV infection is increasing in the older population. Because of other comorbidities, older patients infected with HIV may be taking multiple medications, which increases the risk of drug–drug interactions. Treatment of HIV in aging patients is based on the consideration of adverse effects associated by antiretroviral therapy (ART) with regard to renal, hepatic, cardiovascular, metabolic, and bone health, as well as the potential for increased drug–drug interactions. Because ART is associated with both beneficial and deleterious effects, health care providers should weigh the negative effects against the positive effects of viral suppression. Health care providers should routinely review patients’ medication lists to search for significant drug–drug interactions and perform drug interaction checks using available resources.

scholarly journals Diversiteit en complexiteit van kennis in zorginteracties

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Jana Declercq ◽  
Tessa van Charldorp ◽  
Mike Huiskes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Experiential Knowledge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Shared Decision ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Complex Matter

Abstract The empirical papers in this special issue show that how knowledge is made relevant and negotiated in interaction is a complex matter. Traditionally, research on knowledge conceptualizes knowledge as being distributed across patients and health care providers, who respectively have access to experiential knowledge and medical knowledge of illness. In this view, both forms of knowledge then need to be transferred from one party to the other. However, our contributions show that interactions are more complex in many ways. First of all, there are more actors involved in medical interaction, such as translators and family members, who each uniquely contribute to what knowledge is constructed and how. Secondly, the forms and domains of knowledge cannot be reduced to medical and experiential knowledge, but for instance also concern knowledge on how health care interactions are structured. Thirdly, knowledge is not only about informing the other party in interaction but is for instance also used to account for decisions or to seek alignment. In this contribution we explore how these insights can inform future research and how it can help deepen our understanding of patient centredness and shared decision making in health care communication.

scholarly journals Case Report: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Shofi Hesfianto
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Patient’S Expectation

.......A patient who was first diagnosed with a chronic disease often does not fully understand the meaning or significanceof the chronic disease with which his/ her body suffers, against the risk of future complications if the disease is not well-controlled. On the other hand, in this reported case, the patient’s expectation was that her chronic disease, the T2DM, can be cured. Therefore, a shared understanding between health care providers and patient is likely the key to commencing the course of managing any chronic disease in a patient effectively.......

scholarly journals A Second Pandemic? Perspective on Information Overload in the COVID-19 Era

2020 ◽  
Vol 163 (5) ◽  
pp. 931-933
Author(s):  
Taher S. Valika ◽  
Sarah E. Maurrasse ◽  
Lara Reichert
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The World ◽  
Pubmed Search ◽  
Access Information

The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected the globe in previously unimaginable ways, with far-reaching economic and social implications. It has also led to an outpouring of daily, ever-changing information. To assess the amount of data that were emerging, a PubMed search related to COVID-19 was performed. Nearly 8000 articles have been published since the virus was defined 4 months ago. This number has grown exponentially every month, potentially hindering our ability to discern what is scientifically important. Unlike previous global pandemics, we exist in a world of instantaneous access. Information, accurate or otherwise, is flowing from one side of the world to the other via word of mouth, social media, news, and medical journals. Changes in practice guidelines should be based on high-quality, well-powered research. Our job as health care providers is to mitigate misinformation and provide reassurance to prevent a second pandemic of misinformation.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Four Artificial Intelligence–Assisted Self-Diagnosis Apps on Three Diagnoses: Two-Year Follow-Up Study

10.2196/18097 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. e18097
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Ćirković
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Learning Algorithms ◽  
Treatment Recommendations ◽  
The Other ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Diagnostic Efficiency ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Over Time

Background Consumer-oriented mobile self-diagnosis apps have been developed using undisclosed algorithms, presumably based on machine learning and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The US Food and Drug Administration now discerns apps with learning AI algorithms from those with stable ones and treats the former as medical devices. To the author’s knowledge, no self-diagnosis app testing has been performed in the field of ophthalmology so far. Objective The objective of this study was to test apps that were previously mentioned in the scientific literature on a set of diagnoses in a deliberate time interval, comparing the results and looking for differences that hint at “nonlocked” learning algorithms. Methods Four apps from the literature were chosen (Ada, Babylon, Buoy, and Your.MD). A set of three ophthalmology diagnoses (glaucoma, retinal tear, dry eye syndrome) representing three levels of urgency was used to simultaneously test the apps’ diagnostic efficiency and treatment recommendations in this specialty. Two years was the chosen time interval between the tests (2018 and 2020). Scores were awarded by one evaluating physician using a defined scheme. Results Two apps (Ada and Your.MD) received significantly higher scores than the other two. All apps either worsened in their results between 2018 and 2020 or remained unchanged at a low level. The variation in the results over time indicates “nonlocked” learning algorithms using AI technologies. None of the apps provided correct diagnoses and treatment recommendations for all three diagnoses in 2020. Two apps (Babylon and Your.MD) asked significantly fewer questions than the other two (P<.001). Conclusions “Nonlocked” algorithms are used by self-diagnosis apps. The diagnostic efficiency of the tested apps seems to worsen over time, with some apps being more capable than others. Systematic studies on a wider scale are necessary for health care providers and patients to correctly assess the safety and efficacy of such apps and for correct classification by health care regulating authorities.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICES ON HEALTH AND HYGIENE: A CRITICAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARTICLE 25 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaibhav Goel Bhartiya ◽  
Prem Chandra ◽  
Himani Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
History Of

Since the beginning of human civilization, hygiene, health, medicine religious practices and law, are found to be interwoven around each other. On one hand, ancient legal system or religion preaches us about an ideal way of living life, on the other hand, the health care providers, try to identify and observe the religious practices and faith of the patient for providing better treatment. These practices may include prayer, meditation, bathing and cleanliness, dietary needs and astrological beliefs of patient. The history of alliance of law in the religious preaching and religious practices, medicine, and healthcare is very interesting to look at. Since ages, to make people take up cleanliness as a habit, it has been linked to Godliness, for example in Hinduism it is often said that “Swachchta hi Prabhuta hai”. Also, for hundreds of years, religious institutions were responsible for licensing physicians to practice medicine. Thus, religious practices are external activities or functions of human civilizations which works as code of conduct for them. The present piece of work is an attempt to identify the relevance of Article 25 of Indian Constitution for the medical practitioners while treating patients with orthodox patients with deep rooted religious practices which may create hindrances in the treatment too.

scholarly journals A Healer's Uncertain State of Mind in COVID-19 Pandemic

BioMedica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2S) ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Zeenaf Aslam ◽  
Mansoor Ghani ◽  
Samina Kauser
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
State Of Mind ◽  
Conflicting Messages ◽  
Financial Losses

<p>Current plight of COVID-19 in developing countries entails uncertain prognosis, impending severe shortages of resources for testing and treatment and inadequate safety measure for health care providers. The imposition of unfamiliar public health measures that may infringe on personal freedoms, large and growing financial losses, and conflicting messages from authorities are among the other major stressors that undoubtedly will contribute to widespread emotional distress and increased risk for mental fatigue associated with COVID-19.</p>

SOCIAL WORK IN ROMANIA IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remus Runcan
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Anxiety Depression

The Covid-19 pandemic has posed great challenges for all social work clients and their families, caregivers, medical and mental health care providers, and support systems. Social work clients are vulnerable to the detrimental effects of restrictions (isolation) and are confronted with adverse consequences from distancing and new rules, which may trigger or worsen psychiatric disorders (anxiety, depression, self-harm, substance abuse, suicidal behaviour and thoughts), according to recent literature (March-May 2020). This paper presents the results of a survey of Romanian social workers aimed at identifying both positive and negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on both social workers and their clients.

scholarly journals False Framings: The Co-Opting of Sex-Selection by the Anti-Abortion Movement

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seema Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Sex Selection ◽  
The Other ◽  
Egg Donation ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Egg Donor

Sujatha Jesudason and Tracy Weitz provide an empirical examination of the framing of public discourses related to assisted reproductive technology (ART) and abortion by examining two bills considered by the California legislature in “Eggs and Abortion: The Language of Protection in Legislation Regulating Abortion and Egg Donation in Debate over Two California Laws.” Jesudason and Weitz analyze the framing of two different legislative efforts: one allowing non-physician practitioners to perform non-surgical abortions and the other removing the prohibition on egg donor payment in the research setting. Jesudason and Weitz identified three different memes that were present in the discussion of these two bills: health care providers and scientists as inherently suspect, denial of women of agency through speaking about them as passive actors that things happen to, and the focus on potential harms and the need to protect women from harm. What was most compelling about their article is that they convincingly show how these themes were used as political tools by both anti-choice and pro-choice groups in California. Jesudason and Weitz note that “frames and language matter.”

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