scholarly journals Determinants of Nurse Preparedness in Disaster Management: A Cross-Sectional Study Among the Community Health Nurses in Coastal Areas

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 13 ◽  
pp. 373-379
Author(s):  
Etika Emaliyawati ◽  
Kusman Ibrahim ◽  
Yanny Trisyani ◽  
Ristina Mirwanti ◽  
Fitri Muthiara Ilhami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Community Health Nurses

scholarly journals The Practice of Home Visiting by Community Health Nurses as a Primary Healthcare Intervention in a Low-Income Rural Setting: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region, Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Kennedy Diema Konlan ◽  
Nathaniel Kossi Vivor ◽  
Isaac Gegefe ◽  
Imoro A. Abdul-Rasheed ◽  
Bertha Esinam Kornyo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Home Visit ◽  
Home Visiting ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Community Health Nurses ◽  
Household Members ◽  
Volta Region

Background. Home visit is an integral component of Ghana’s PHC delivery system. It is preventive and promotes health practice where health professionals render care to clients in their own environment and provide appropriate healthcare needs and social support services. This study describes the home visit practices in a rural district in the Volta Region of Ghana. Methodology. This descriptive cross-sectional study used 375 households and 11 community health nurses in the Adaklu district. Multistage sampling techniques were used to select 10 communities and study respondents using probability sampling methods. A pretested self-designed questionnaire and an interview guide for household members and community health nurses, respectively, were used for data collection. Quantitative data collected were coded, cleaned, and analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences into descriptive statistics, while qualitative data were analysed using the NVivo software. Thematic analysis was engaged that embraces three interrelated stages, namely, data reduction, data display, and data conclusion. Results. Home visit is a routine responsibility of all CHNs. The factors that influence home visiting were community members’ education and attitude, supervision challenges, lack of incentives and lack of basic logistics, uncooperative attitude, community inaccessibility, financial constraint, and limited number of staff. Household members (62.3%) indicated that health workers did not adequately attend to minor ailments as 78% benefited from the service and wished more activities could be added to the home visiting package (24.5%). Conclusion. There should be tailored training of CHNs on home visits skills so that they could expand the scope of services that can be provided. Also, community-based health workers such as community health volunteers, traditional birth attendants, and community clinic attendants can also be trained to identify and address health problems in the homes.

scholarly journals Physicians', nurses' and community health workers' knowledge about physical activity in Brazil: A cross-sectional study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 467-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Burdick ◽  
Gregore I. Mielke ◽  
Diana C. Parra ◽  
Grace Gomes ◽  
Alex Florindo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Validation of Health Extension Workers Job Motivation Scale in Gamo-Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shikur Mohammed ◽  
Marelign Tilahun ◽  
Mesfin Kote ◽  
Mohamedaman Mama ◽  
Dessalegn Tamiru
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Health Extension Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Job Motivation ◽  
Motivation Scale ◽  
Gamo Gofa

Introduction. Well-trained and highly motivated community health workers are critical for delivery of community-based health care services. Understanding what motivates especially community health care providers for better community health requires the use of psychometrically reliable and valid scale. This study was conducted to validate job motivation scale in Gamo Gofa Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 150 health care posts in Gamo Gofa Zone, from February 01, 2013, to March 01, 2013. A total of 301 participants responded to questionnaires asking about sociodemographic characteristics and job motivation. Exploratory factor analysis with principal component extraction and varimax with Kaiser Normalization rotation were employed to develop scales for job motivation. Eigenvalues greater than 1 were used as criterion of extraction. Items with item factor loadings less than 0.4 and double loaded items were dropped. Alpha and exploratory factor analyses were examined to test reliability and validity of the scale. Results. During exploratory factor analysis eight factors emerged from the three dimensions of job motivation scale, namely, educational career, workload, financial incentive, supervisor encouragement, community recognition, access to infrastructure, living condition, and better achievement in work. The factor loadings of the items in each dimension ranged from 0.58 to 0.83. Crobach’s alpha of the scales ranged from 0.79 to 0.90. To check validities of the scales developed in this study, the previous studies conducted to develop job motivation scale were used. Conclusion. Although the present scale has the potential to measure the job motivation of health extension workers and it is low in cost and easy to administer and analyze, it should be field-tested at different settings.

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