Kabuki Actors Study

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
Marc Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Pain Severity ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of

The Kabuki Actors Study set out to explore the health status of Kabuki actors, their performance-related medical problems, and the nature and extent of their health care. Two hundred sixteen Kabuki performers voluntarily completed an anonymous three-page survey addressing their health issues. Thirty-eight percent of the actors reported a history of at least one significant medical condition, and 88% of them identified at least one musculoskeletal or nonmusculoskeletal problem associated with performance. Sixty-nine percent of the performers had visited a physician over the preceding year, and 30% of them had consulted nonphysician medical practitioners. Kabuki actors, the Kabuki management, and physicians can use the findings of this study as a starting point to investigate why these injuries occur and how to prevent and treat them. Pain severity scales or other measurable outcomes of therapy can be used to compare the efficacies of physician and nonphysician treatments.

Value-based Competition: the Role of Outcome Measurement

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Deerberg-Wittram ◽  
Clemens Guth ◽  
Michael E. Porter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Treatment Option ◽  
Risk Adjustment ◽  
Outpatient Care ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Inpatient And Outpatient Care ◽  
Comprehensive Measurement

SummaryThe starting point to any real progress in health care is comprehensive measurement of outcomes. Outcomes should be measured for each medical condition. Rather than focusing on single procedures or specialties, outcome sets must cover any treatment option and the full care cycle, from diagnostics to treatment to rehabilitation covering both inpatient and outpatient care. Risk adjustment for individual patient circumstances is also essential to compare outcomes across patients and across time.

E-Shopping for Health: Issues for Latinos Using the Health Insurance Marketplace

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
Georgia Beilmann ◽  
Ying-Jen Lin ◽  
Sabrina Perlman ◽  
Kimberly Ross ◽  
Michael Cavanaugh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Data Collection Strategy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Health care in the United States is undergoing a radical restructuring, mandated in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), designed to improve access to care and increase the efficiency of our health care system. Key features include a revamped health insurance market and increased reliance on electronic technologies for buying insurance and tracking patient care. One goal of these changes is to reduce the unequal burden of disease carried by low-income racial/ethnic minorities. However, the long history of racial/ethnic health disparities in the United States raises concern for how diverse populations will be affected by these innovations. Applied anthropologists are well equipped to produce knowledge and insight to inform how changes are enacted and to maximize positive impact for vulnerable populations. Employing a holistic framework and an in-depth data collection strategy, anthropologists are especially adept at uncovering the insider's perspective. This adds important insight and nuance to understandings of how the ACA's health care innovations affect specific groups.

scholarly journals Micronesian Migrant Health Issues in Hawaii

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Pobutsky ◽  
Dmitry Krupitsky ◽  
Seiji Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Migrant Health ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
The Western Pacific ◽  
The U.S

Up to 15,000 or more Micronesian migrants currently live in Hawaii. Factors driving this recent emigration include inadequate employment opportunities, a limited economic base, and insufficient health and educational infrastructures in the U.S. affiliated Micronesian island entities in the Western Pacific. The aim of this study was to examine reasons why Micronesians were relocating to Hawaii, since there was evidence of healthcare related migration. This study provides the results of an assessment of health and key social determinants among Micronesian migrants conducted in 2007. Results show that diabetes is the most prevalent reported medical condition (35%) among adults >40 years of age. Micronesian migrants in Hawaii report coming to Hawaii for health care, but also for educational and employment opportunities.

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.

Physical, emotional, and social illness

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-207
Author(s):  
Anna Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
School Health ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Explanatory Models ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Science School ◽  
History Of

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine ideas and notions in the founding and development of the area of mental health services in school in Sweden, with special focus on school psychology and school social work. Design/methodology/approach From a history of thought perspective, this paper investigates public Swedish school-related documents from the early 1900s up until the 1980s in order to reveal the influential ideas about school health care, children’s needs, and professionals’ responsibilities. These ideas are linked to the twentieth century development of the behavioural sciences, the school system, and the welfare state in Sweden. Findings Two main turning points are identified. The first occurred in the 1940s when psychologists and social workers were invited to become part of schools as experts on children’s mental health care, implying that mental health issues had become included in the school’s responsibility. The second turning point came in the 1970s when the tasks and the ideational context for the mental health experts changed dramatically. The first turning point challenged the dominant explanation model, a model that relied on scientific references to medicine, and eventually led to an acceptance of psychology instead as dominant provider of explanatory models. The second turning point affected the tension between child and system, and implied a subordination of the needs of the system for the benefit of the needs of the child. Originality/value This paper highlights how views on children’s needs and on the responsibilities of school and its professionals have been constructed and conceptualised differently over time and how those views are connected to changes in science, school, and society.

scholarly journals Patient Readmission Prediction Due to Diabetes using Machine Learning Classification

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 678-681
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Machine Learning Classification ◽  
History Of ◽  
Using Data

Diabetes mellitus is a general illness of body caused due to a group of metabolic disorders and conditions where the sugar level readings over a prolonged period are very high. It affects different organs of the human body which thus harm a large number of the body's system and tissues to micro level, particularly blood veins, nerves and also skin. It usually occurs when body has malfunctioned pancreas or there is insulin resistance. As there have been huge advancements in machine learning field which is widely used in solving different real life community level problems including health care and also due to presence of vast data from different medical care centres and hospitals which can play an important role in building a machine learning model which can predict weather a person is suffering from diabetes by using data sets from different hospitals and medical care centres. We have collected data from different hospitals over past 10 years where we consider different factors that determine whether admission of a person into hospital is required or not. Depending upon the previous medical history of the person, it can be determined that weather or not the person is readmitted into the hospital and within what time period. Hence in this paper we try to construct a model where we predict weather a person is readmitted to hospital or not .Main focus is to help health care professionals, medicine practitioners and people who suffer from its symptoms improve their treatment process by predicting the chance of the person having diabetes, here by decreasing cost of treatment and enabling the concerned person to be self-aware of their medical condition.

A survey on the health status of Dutch scuba diving instructors

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Prashant Komdeur ◽  
◽  
Thijs T Wingelaar ◽  
Rob A van Hulst ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Prescription Medication ◽  
Hay Fever ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Ear Drops

Introduction: As the diving population is ageing, so are the diving instructors. Health issues and the use of prescribed medications are more common when ageing. The death of two diving instructors during one weekend in 2017 in the Netherlands, most likely due to cardiovascular disease, motivated investigation of the prevalence of relevant comorbidities in Dutch diving instructors. Methods: All Dutch Underwater Federation diving instructors were invited to complete an online questionnaire. Questions addressed diving experience and current and past medical history including the use of medications. Results: A response rate of 27% yielded 497 questionnaires (87% male, average age 57.3 years [SD 8.5]). Older instructors were over-represented among responders (82% of males and 75% of females > 50 years versus 66% of males and 51% of females among the invited cohort). Forty-six percent of respondents reported no current medical condition. Hypertension was the most commonly reported condition followed by hay fever and problems equalising ears and sinuses. Thirty-two percent reported no past medical condition. Problems of equalising ears and sinuses was the most common past medical condition, followed by hypertension, joint problems or surgery, and hay fever. Fifty-nine percent used non-prescription medication; predominantly analgesics and nose or ear drops. Forty-nine percent used prescription medicine, mostly cardiovascular and respiratory drugs. Body mass index (BMI) was > 25 kg·m-2 in 66% of males and 38% of females. All instructors with any type of cardiovascular disease were overweight. Conclusions: Nineteen percent of responding diving instructors suffered from cardiovascular disease with above-normal BMI and almost 60% used prescribed or non-prescribed medication. Some dived while suffering from medical issues or taking medications, which could lead to medical problems during emergency situations with their students.

Fragmented Pathways to Care

Crisis ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Strike ◽  
Anne E. Rhodes ◽  
Yvonne Bergmans ◽  
Paul Links
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Pathways To Care ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cyclical Pattern ◽  
History Of

Using qualitative methods, this study examined how, and under what circumstances, suicidal men used mental health services. In particular, the analyses focused on fragmented pathways to care. Fifteen men with a history of suicidal and aggressive behaviors and a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and/or antisocial personality disorder participated in semistructured interviews that consisted of questions about their mental health status and experiences with mental health and addiction services. Interviews were taped and transcribed. An iterative, inductive qualitative analytic process was used. Men followed a cyclical pattern wherein negative experiences with health care providers were said to be followed by avoidance of health care settings, crisis, and then by involuntary service utilization. Men identified five health care provider and three personal practices, and two types of episodes they believed to contribute to their fragmented pathways to care. Implementation of specialized interventions, and providing patients with more information and more opportunity to participate in decisions, may improve interactions between patients and providers and improve patients' mental health status.

Ethical Concerns with COVID-19 Triage Protocols

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 5-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
NCBC Ethicists ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Religious Belief ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Do Not Resuscitate ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
The Family ◽  
Catholic Health Care ◽  
History Of

As one of the primary resources for Catholics concerned about moral issues in health care, the ethicists of The National Catholic Bioethics Center have received many questions regarding triage protocols in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many protocols emphasize utilitarian principles that are incompatible with a principled approach to Catholic health care. Others expressly discourage appeals to ethical principles that are religious in nature or connected to systems of religious belief. This exclusion is arbitrary given the long history of Catholic health care. The ethicists also have concerns about patient priority scores that include disqualifying criteria based on age, disability, or medical condition. These criteria constitute unjust forms of discrimination. Finally, the withdrawal of care should occur only after consultation with the family, and in no case should physicians unilaterally assign do-not-resuscitate status to critically ill patients with COVID-19.

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