A General Introductory Statement of the Problems of the Health Status and Health Education of Negroes

1937 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Thomas Parran
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Introductory Statement

The Impact of a Health Education Program Targeting Patients with High Visit Rates in a Managed Care Organization

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana L. Dally ◽  
Wendy Dahar ◽  
Ann Scott ◽  
Douglas Roblin ◽  
Allan T. Khoury
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Managed Care ◽  
The Other ◽  
Care Organization ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Health Education Materials

Purpose. To determine if a mailed health promotion program reduced outpatient visits while improving health status. Design. Randomized controlled trial. Setting. A midsized, group practice model, managed care organization in Ohio. Subjects. Members invited (N = 3214) were high utilizers, 18 to 64 years old, with hypertension, diabetes, or arthritis (or all). A total of 886 members agreed to participate, and 593 members returned the initial questionnaires. The 593 members were randomized to the following groups: 99 into arthritis treatment and 100 into arthritis control, 94 into blood pressure treatment and 92 into blood pressure control, and 104 into diabetes treatment and 104 into diabetes control. Measures. Outpatient utilization, health status, and self-efficacy were followed over 30 months. Interventions. Health risk appraisal questionnaires were mailed to treatment and control groups before randomization and at 1 year. The treatment group received three additional condition-specific (arthritis, diabetes, or hypertension) questionnaires and a health information handbook. The treatment group also received written health education materials and an individualized feedback letter after each returned questionnaire. The control group received condition-specific written health education materials and reimbursement for exercise equipment or fitness club membership after returning the 1-year end of the study questionnaire. Results. Changes in visit rates were disease specific. Parameter estimates were calculated from a Poisson regression model. For intervention vs. controls, the arthritis group decreased visits 4.84 per 30 months (p < 0.00), the diabetes group had no significant change, and the hypertension group increased visits 2.89 per 30 months (p < 0.05), the overall health status improved significantly (−6.5 vs. 2.3, p < 0.01) for the arthritis group but showed no significant change for the other two groups, and coronary artery disease and cancer risk scores did not change significantly for any group individually. Overall self-efficacy for intervention group completers improved by −8.6 points (p < 0.03) for the arthritis group, and the other groups showed no significant change. Conclusions. This study demonstrated that in a population of 18 to 64 years with chronic conditions, mailed health promotion programs might only benefit people with certain conditions.

A Health Education Approach to Training Village Health Workers in Nigeria

1982 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R. Brieger ◽  
Samuel U. Akpovi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Skill Transfer ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Village Health Workers ◽  
Village Health

Health education plays an important role in the primary health care process, particularly in the training of village health workers. Three educational concepts, training based on community felt needs, trainee involvement and social and cultural realism, are essential in designing these programs. These concepts were applied over a three year period in the training of village health caretakers in Idere town of Oyo State, Nigeria. Volunteer village health workers from ten villages were able to bring about changes in knowledge, behaviour and health status of their fellow villagers indicating that the health education approach fostered skill transfer to the communities.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pregnant Women regarding Oral Health Status and Treatment Needs following Oral Health Education in Pune District of Maharashtra: A Longitudinal Hospital-based Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 371-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roshani M Chawla ◽  
Pranjan Mitra ◽  
Sahana H Shetiya ◽  
Deepti R Agarwal ◽  
D Satya Narayana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Oral Health Status ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

ABSTRACT Introduction Pregnancy is a natural process that may create some changes in different parts of the body including the oral cavity. These changes will lead to oral diseases if enough and timely care of oral cavity is not taken. Women may experience increased gingivitis or pregnancy gingivitis beginning in the second or third month of pregnancy that increases in severity throughout the duration of pregnancy. To motivate the patient toward oral health and implement the needed prophylactic measures, a longitudinal study was planned to observe the effect of oral health education during pregnancy on knowledge, attitude, practice, oral health status, and treatment needs (TNs) of pregnant women belonging to different socioeconomic groups. Materials and methods A longitudinal study was conducted among 112 pregnant women belonging to different socioeconomic groups to assess the effect of oral health education on knowledge, attitude, practice, oral health status, and TNs. The demographic details, knowledge, attitude, and practice of pregnant women, and oral health status were collected through a predesigned questionnaire by a principal investigator through an interview. Oral health examination was carried out to assess oral health status using revised World Health Organization Proforma 1997, and oral health education was given through PowerPoint presentation to the participants in local language, i.e., Marathi, after collecting the baseline data. Reinforcement of oral health education and blanket referral was done at 14th week, and follow-up data were collected at 28th week of gestation. The demographic details, such as age, sex, education, occupation, income, and the questions based on knowledge, attitude, and practice among participants were analyzed using number, percentage, and mean. Results At baseline, knowledge was limited, attitude was positive, while the practice was poor regarding oral health care during pregnancy in pregnant women belonging to different socioeconomic groups. After oral health education and blanket referral, at 28th week of gestation, knowledge regarding oral health care improved drastically, attitude toward oral health became more positive, whereas practice did not change much among all the pregnant women belonging to different socioeconomic groups, probably indicating sociocultural influences. Conclusion Intensive oral health education during pregnancy leads to drastic improvement in knowledge and attitude. Practice, gingival health, and the number of filled teeth also improved to some extent. Clinical significance Regular oral health education programs should be conducted at community level among pregnant woman to reduce the burden of oral diseases. How to cite this article Chawla RM, Shetiya SH, Agarwal DR, Mitra P, Bomble NA, Narayana DS. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pregnant Women regarding Oral Health Status and Treatment Needs following Oral Health Education in Pune District of Maharashtra: A Longitudinal Hospital-based Study. J Contemp Dent Pract 2017;18(5):371-377.

scholarly journals Gingival Health Status among the Arsenicosis Patients

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-26
Author(s):  
Rathindro Nath Sarker ◽  
Afroza Akter ◽  
Nahid Al Noman ◽  
Md Zahidur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Healthy Individuals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Gingival Health ◽  
Health Education Intervention ◽  
Control And Prevention

Aims: The study was performed to assess gingival health status among the arsenicosis patients in comparison with the nonarsenicosis healthy individuals. Methods: A cross-sectional comparative type of study was conducted. One hundred and ninety two (192) arsenicosis patients and 96 non-arsenicosis healthy individuals were recruited purposively on the basis of defined selection criteria from January 2010 to June 2012. Research instrument was an interviewer questionnaire with gingival examination checklist. The questionnaire included socioeconomic family profile and the gingival checklist included attrition, pigmentation, gingivitis, and periodontitis. Results: One hundred and thirty seven (71.35%; n=137) of arsenicosis patients suffered from gingival attrition in comparison with the healthy individuals (38.54%; n=37). Gingival pigmentation was seen 61.98% (n=119) and 29.16% (n=28), respectively, among arsenicosis and non-arsenicosis individuals. Results also showed that 89.58% (n=172) of arsenicosis patients suffered from gingivitis, whereas, 44.79% (n=43) did not. In addition, 46.88% (n=90) and 25.00% (n=24) of arsenicosis and non-arsenicosis patients, respectively, were found suffered from periodontitis. Conclusion: Gingival health status of the arsenicosis patients was found relatively higher vulnerable to gingival attrition, pigmentation, gingivitis and periodontitis than that of nonarsenicosis healthy individuals. Health education intervention programs among the risk population and arsenicosis patients, and ensure of arsenic-free safe drinking and household use of water may be one of the most important applicable way to control and prevention of arsenicosis and gingival health problems in Bangladesh. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/cdcj.v10i2.16316 City Dent. Coll. J Volume-10, Number-2, July-2013

scholarly journals Pendidikan Kesehatan pada Klien TBC Paru Ditinjau dari Teori Keperawatan Transkultural

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Sudiharto Sudiharto
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Spiritual Belief ◽  
Transcultural Nursing ◽  
Lung Tuberculosis

Tuberkulosis paru merupakan penyakit menular-kronis yang dapat mengganggu fisik maupun mental klien. Gangguan tersebut dapat berupa gangguan pada kehidupan social, cultural dan spiritualklien. Kondisi seperti ini dapat dicegah bila klien memliki pandangan positif terhadap status kesehatannya. Untuk meningkatkan sikap dan pandangan klien yang positif perawat mempunyai peranan penting dalam memberikan pendidikan kesehatan dengan menggunakan pendekatan keperawatan transkultural yang dikembangkan oleh Leininger (1970). Metode ini diyakini dapat menolong klien mengembangkan kemampuan melakukan evaluasi mandiri melalui belajar secara selektif, aktif dan mandiri. Lung Tuberculosis as a chronic-infectious disease more often producing negative impact to the client such as physically and mentally disturbance as well as disturbing his social, cultural and spiritual belief. Those conditions will be able to e prevented if the client has positive attitude toward his health status. To improve client’s attitude, nurses has the important role in conducting health education using transcultural-nursing approach that developed by Leininger (1970). This method will be able to help the client’s ability in evaluating his health condition by selective, active and independent learning.

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