SAlBi educa: A promising tailored nutrition app to promote healthy eating habits (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Gonzalez-Ramirez ◽  
Angela Cejudo-Lopez ◽  
Mauricio Lozano-Navarrete ◽  
Elena Salamero Sánchez-Gabriel ◽  
Alfonso Torres-Bengoa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Usability Study ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits

BACKGROUND Mobile applications are one of the fastest growing technology fields in recent years. The rise of smartphones and the special concern about food in the population, as well as the increase in overweight and obesity and their association with non-communicable diseases, makes it necessary to combine both technology and nutrition disciplines to promote healthy eating patterns. OBJECTIVE The main objective of this study was to design and develop a tailored nutrition application to promote healthy eating habits as a tool to support the primary care Dietetic Counselling Program. Additionally, usability study was also performed. METHODS Three focus groups were conducted with 15 primary health care professionals (Family Doctors, Nurses and Public Health and Health Promotion Technicians), Professors and Lectures of Nutrition and Food, expert users (students of the Pharmacy Degree) and Telecommunications Engineers to decide the app design and content. Additionally, for the general and feedback message design a reference model was developed bases in the scientific literature. To evaluate the relevance potential usability, acceptability, credibility, and comprehensibility of the information and interface of the app a pilot testing in a real-life environment with potential users and Health Care Professionals was carried out in four focus groups organized in four different primary health care centers. Participants included forty-two Health Professionals and users. RESULTS The SAlBi educa app developed includes an online dietary record, a self-monitoring tool to evaluate dietary patterns, general and feedback messages and traditional Mediterranean recipe examples. The reference message model included the following characteristics: length of approximately 160 characters, frequency of 1-4 messages/week, simple tone y language, personalized with the user's name and empathic to allow user empowering. More than 60 general and 65 feedback messages were designed following this model. Usability study showed that 91.7% of the participants find SAlBi educa stimulating and easy to use (87.1% of volunteers). It is worth noting that 92.3% of volunteers stated that both general and tailored nutrition messages are clear, useful (100%), relevant (97.4%) and the 86.1% agree that they have the potential to persuade people to improve their diet and physical activity. A total of 95.0% of participants would use SAlBi educa in the future and recommend. CONCLUSIONS SAlBi educa is an innovative nutritional education tool developed based on scientific evidence that has the potential to become an effective solution for supporting Nutrition Counseling in primary health care.

scholarly journals Modes of disciplinary interaction as a line of escape in Family Health practice: a cartographic analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Mendes Pereira ◽  
Mayara Karoline Silva Lacerda ◽  
Cristina Andrade Sampaio ◽  
Patricia Helena Costa Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Primary Health

Abstract The present study aims to discuss the knowledge and practices of Primary Health Care professionals about the modes of disciplinary interaction. It is a descriptive study, with qualitative approach following the methodological proposal of cartography, in which we ran four focus groups with the participation of 33 professionals, among them doctors, nurses and dental surgeons who are part of Family Health teams (FHt). With a cartographic mapping, it was possible to see that the work context of the FHt can be represented by the plan of form, which is affected by the plan of forces, generating interrelationships. From this, the modes of disciplinary interaction emerge as a line of escape, producing new assemblages characterized by the perspectives and proposals listed by the professionals. Through this mapping, the importance of the modes of disciplinary interaction in the FHt practice was evident, mainly as a response to the micropolitics of living labor in health with a focus on lightweight technologies.

scholarly journals The Perception of Health Care Professionals and Managers about Resource Allocation in Primary Health Care in Minas Gerais State Municipalities

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (98) ◽  
pp. 519-548
Author(s):  
Lucas Maia dos Santos ◽  
Márcio Augusto Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Minas Gerais State

Abstract This study aimed to examine and describe the perceptions of health professionals and managers about the main phenomena that influence resource allocation in primary health care. Adopting a qualitative approach, the field research was carried out in ten municipalities in Minas Gerais and involved eleven focus groups, six interviews and two semi-structured questionnaires in 2014 and 2015, and nine focus groups and five interviews in 2018, in which participated a total of 133 health professionals and managers. Other sources of evidence were also included, such as non-participating observations, photographs and documents from the Minas Gerais State Health Secretariat and the Ministry of Health. Based on the content analysis, eight categories of phenomena that influence resource allocation in PHC were obtained, derived from daily interactions between the population and health professionals and managers. Our findings show that primary health care is in a process of institutional change, dependent on the validity of actors and institutions, at different institutional levels. Among the determining factors affecting resource allocation in PHC, the main ones are the agency of the actors involved, the health service flow, the private sector, the medical corporatism, the influence of politicians, the municipal management capability, the infrastructure and groups of specific individuals.

Disaster Management in Rural and Remote Primary Health Care: A Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-369
Author(s):  
Katie A. Willson ◽  
Gerard J. FitzGerald ◽  
David Lim
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
Primary Health

AbstractObjective:This scoping review aims to map the roles of rural and remote primary health care professionals (PHCPs) during disasters.Introduction:Disasters can have catastrophic impacts on society and are broadly classified into natural events, man-made incidents, or a mixture of both. The PHCPs working in rural and remote communities face additional challenges when dealing with disasters and have significant roles during the Prevention, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery (PPRR) stages of disaster management.Methods:A Johanna Briggs Institute (JBI) scoping review methodology was utilized, and the search was conducted over seven electronic databases according to a priori protocol.Results:Forty-one papers were included and sixty-one roles were identified across the four stages of disaster management. The majority of disasters described within the literature were natural events and pandemics. Before a disaster occurs, PHCPs can build individual resilience through education. As recognized and respected leaders within their community, PHCPs are invaluable in assisting with disaster preparedness through being involved in organizations’ planning policies and contributing to natural disaster and pandemic surveillance. Key roles during the response stage include accommodating patient surge, triage, maintaining the health of the remaining population, instituting infection control, and ensuring a team-based approach to mental health care during the disaster. In the aftermath and recovery stage, rural and remote PHCPs provide long-term follow up, assisting patients in accessing post-disaster support including delivery of mental health care.Conclusion:Rural and remote PHCPs play significant roles within their community throughout the continuum of disaster management. As a consequence of their flexible scope of practice, PHCPs are well-placed to be involved during all stages of disaster, from building of community resilience and contributing to early alert of pandemics, to participating in the direct response when a disaster occurs and leading the way to recovery.

The Use of and Attitude Towards Telehealth in Rural Communities

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Mauldon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Urban Hospital ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rural Patients

This paper reports on the attitudes of a sample of health care providers towards the use of telehealth to support rural patients and integrate rural primary health and urban hospital care. Telehealth and other information technologies hold the promise of improving the quality of care for people in rural and remote areas and for supporting rural primary health care providers. While seemingly beneficial for rural patients, study participants believed that telehealth remains underused and poorly integrated into their practice. In general, participants thought that telehealth is potentially beneficial but places constraints on their activities, and few actually used it. Published literature usually reports either on the success of telehealth pilot projects or initiatives that are well resourced and do not reflect the constraints of routine practice, or has an international focus limiting its relevance to the Australian context. Because of the paucity of systematic and generalisable research into the effects of the routine use of telehealth to support rural patients, it is unclear why health care professionals choose to provide such services or the costs and benefits they incur in doing so. Research and policy initiatives continue to be needed to identify the impact of telehealth within the context of Australian primary health care and to develop strategies to support its use.

Development of the perceptions of preventable adverse events assessment tool (PPAEAT): measurement properties and patients’ mental health status

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska Maria Keller ◽  
Christina Derksen ◽  
Lukas Kötting ◽  
Martina Schmiedhofer ◽  
Sonia Lippke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Item Scale

Abstract Background Patient-centered care and patient involvement have been increasingly recognized as crucial elements of patient safety. However, patient safety has rarely been evaluated from the patient perspective with a quantitative approach aiming at making patient safety and preventable adverse events measurable. Objectives The objectives of this study were to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of a questionnaire assessing patient safety by perceived triggers of preventable adverse events among patients in primary health-care settings while considering mental health. Methods Two hundred and ten participants were recruited through various digital and print channels and asked to complete an online survey between November 2019 and April 2020. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to identify domains of triggers of preventable adverse events affecting patient safety. Furthermore, a multi-trait scaling analysis was performed to evaluate internal reliability as well as item-scale convergent–discriminant validity. A multivariate analysis of covariance evaluated whether individuals below and above the symptom threshold for depression and generalized anxiety perceive triggers of preventable adverse events differently. Results The five factors determined were information and communication with patients, time constraints of health-care professionals, diagnosis and treatment, hygiene and communication among health-care professionals, and knowledge and operational procedures. The questionnaire demonstrated a good total and subscale internal consistency (α = 0.90, range = 0.75–0.88), good item-scale convergent validity with significant correlations between 0.57 and 0.78 (P < 0.05; P < 0.01) for all items with their associated subscales, and satisfactory item-scale discriminant validity between 0.14 and 0.55 (P > 0.05) with no significant correlations between the items and their competing subscales. The questionnaire further revealed to be a generic measure irrespective of patients’ mental health status. Patients older than 50 years of age perceived a significantly greater threat to their own safety compared to patients below that age. Conclusion The developed Perceptions of Preventable Adverse Events Assessment Tool (PPAEAT) exhibits good psychometric properties, which supports its use in future research and primary health-care practice. Further validation of the PPAEAT in different settings, languages and larger samples is needed. The results of this study need to be considered when assessing patient safety in the context of health-care research.

The Role of Primary Health Care Professionals

2017 ◽  
pp. 329-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfonso M. Cueto-Manzano ◽  
Héctor R. Martínez-Ramírez ◽  
Laura Cortés-Sanabria ◽  
Enrique Rojas-Campos
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Primary Health

scholarly journals Social Networking App Use Among Primary Health Care Professionals: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

10.2196/11147 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. e11147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc X Marin-Gomez ◽  
Francesc Garcia Cuyas ◽  
Ramon Reig-Bolano ◽  
Jacobo Mendioroz ◽  
Pere Roura-Poch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Primary Health

Evaluation of a no-smoking resource pack and training for primary health care professionals

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola T A Hopkins ◽  
John A White ◽  
Lesley Rushton ◽  
Jackie Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
And Training
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