A enfermagem militar no enfrentamento à COVID-19 em comunidades indígenas

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (34) ◽  
pp. 318-323
Author(s):  
Jessica Bernardes Almeida Borges da Silva dos Reis ◽  
Camila Bento Silva ◽  
Bianca Rafaela Correia ◽  
Vanessa De Almeida Ferreira Corrêa ◽  
Renata Flavia Abreu da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Nurses ◽  
Professional Performance ◽  
Immunological Tests ◽  
The World ◽  
Host Health ◽  
Military Nursing

Descrever a experiência de enfermeiras militares na Operação Xavante no enfrentamento ao novo Coronavírus. Trata-se de um relato de experiência sobre a atuação de enfermeiras militares na Operação Xavante. Como parte de uma equipe multidisciplinar, a enfermagem militar na Operação Xavante foi primordial em várias frentes de atuação, as quais permitiram, dentro do contexto proposto, o adequado cumprimento da missão e o sucesso das ações de saúde planejadas, destacando-se nos seguintes aspectos: recepção e triagem; acolhimento; educação em saúde e realização de testes imunológicos para a COVID-19. Enfatiza-se que estas ações fazem parte da atuação profissional das enfermeiras integrantes das Forças Armadas, atuando em diferentes situações e contextos, possibilitando reafirmar as práticas de enfermagem na atenção à saúde indígena, em meio a um momento de extremo desafio vivenciado pela população mundial.Descritores: Enfermagem Militar, Infecções por Coronavirus, Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Grupos Populacionais. Military nursing in the fight against COVID-19 in indigenous communitiesAbstract: To describe the experience of military nurses in Operation Xavante in coping to the new Coronavirus. This is an experience report on the role of military nurses in Operation Xavante. As part of a multidisciplinary team, military nursing in Operation Xavante was primordial on several fronts of action, which allowed, within the proposed context, the proper fulfillment of the mission and the success of the planned health actions, standing out in the following aspects: reception and screening; host; health education and immunological tests for COVID-19. It ends by emphasizing that these actions are part of the professional performance of nurses who are members of the Armed Forces, working in different situations and contexts, making it possible to reaffirm nursing practices in indigenous health care, amid a moment of extreme challenge experienced by the world population.Descriptors: Military Nursing, Coronavirus Infections, Health of Indigenous People, Population Groups. La enfermería militar en la lucha contra el COVID-19 en comunidades indígenasResumen: Describir la experiencia de las enfermeras militares en la Operación Xavante frente al nuevo Coronavirus. Este es un informe de experiencia sobre el papel de las enfermeras militares en la Operación Xavante. Como parte de un equipo multidisciplinario, la enfermería militar en la Operación Xavante fue primordial en varios frentes de acción, lo que permitió, dentro del contexto propuesto, el adecuado cumplimiento de la misión y el éxito de las acciones de salud planificadas, destacándose en los siguientes aspectos: recepción y selección; acogida; educación en salud y realización de pruebas inmunológicas para COVID-19. Finalizase enfatizando que estas acciones son parte del desempeño profesional de las enfermeras integrantes de las Fuerzas Armadas, actuando en diferentes situaciones y contextos, posibilitando reafirmar las prácticas de enfermería en la atención a la salud indígena, en un momento de desafío extremo que vive la población mundial.Descriptores: Enfermería Militar, Infecciones por Coronavirus, Salud de Poblaciones Indígenas, Grupos Poblacionales.

scholarly journals Depression among health care students in the time of COVID-19: the mediating role of resilience in the hopelessness–depression relationship

2021 ◽  
pp. 008124632199445
Author(s):  
Tammy-lee Pretorius
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
National Level ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Health Care Students ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
First Case ◽  
Hopelessness Depression ◽  
The World

COVID-19 spread rapidly across the world, and by March 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was identified in South Africa. Lockdown-related measures such as restricted movement and isolation were implemented to contain the virus. Combined with these measures, factors such as economic decline, job losses, and food shortages can cause numerous mental health sequelae such as depression. Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness as well as cases of suicide have been reported around the world due to the pandemic and the associated feelings of anxiety and depression. The aims of this study were to investigate levels of hopelessness and depression in a sample of health care students. A random sample of students ( N = 174) enrolled in a health sciences programme at the University of the Western Cape completed the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and a three-item Resilience Scale. The results revealed high levels of hopelessness and depression compared to previously reported normative data for these scales. In addition, the indirect effects of hopelessness on depression were significant, demonstrating the mediating role of resilience in the hopelessness–depression relationship. These results highlight a call for universities to take proactive measures in providing students with free and easily accessible resources to help them cope and manage stress during a traumatic event. More importantly, at a national level, preventive measures should be implemented to strengthen resilience in young adults.

Royal British Legion War Grave Pilgrimages: A Medical Escort’s Perspective

1999 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-139
Author(s):  
J C Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Loved One ◽  
The World

AbstractThe Royal British Legion organises pilgrimages to nearly all parts of the world where British servicemen and servicewomen and their allies fought and died.The Pilgrimage Department has taken thousands of widows, other relatives, veterans and friends to visit the grave of a loved one or comrade buried overseas. The parties of pilgrims are escorted by Service medical officers and nurses of the Regular and Reserve Armed Forces. The role of the medical escort is described.

Religion, health care, and Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Robert B. Lloyd ◽  
Melissa Haussman ◽  
Patrick James
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Determinants Of Health ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World

It is estimated that populations in Africa are afflicted with 24% of the global load of disease with only 13% of the population. This chapter provides theoretical suggestions for studying why this is so. Among these theories are area studies, Africa studies and the World Health Organization’s Social Determinants of Health Framework, which relates social inequality to the study of political and health-providing institutions. The chapter lays out the book’s three case studies and our look at the role of national and international health and secular ngo’s in helping to remedy gendered health inequalities. It lays out the MDG framework of 2000, to be discussed in succeeding chapters.

scholarly journals COVID-19: Military Nurses Leading Innovation Through Research, Clinical Care, Education, and Collaboration

2021 ◽  
Vol 186 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Heather C King ◽  
Laura A Talbot
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Military Nurses ◽  
Care Education ◽  
Military Nursing ◽  
Practice Projects

ABSTRACT Military nurses have been placed in the forefront of clinical and leadership roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Serving in critical roles, military nurses have spearheaded innovations in clinical practice, conducted research, and implemented evidence-based practice projects that have advanced the capabilities of the Armed Forces Nurse Corps. This collection captures and highlights many of these military nursing contributions combating the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Health care of deaf persons during coronavirus pandemics

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 (suppl 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luana Paula de Figueiredo Correia ◽  
Márcia de Assunção Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Deaf People ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Full Inclusion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Deaf Persons

ABSTRACT Objective: To reflect about the barriers experienced by the deaf population during the COVID-19 pandemic, the proposals to overcome communication barriers in health care and the role of public policies in effecting the social inclusion of deaf people. Methods: Reflection based on studies on health care for deaf people, the COVID-19 pandemic and public accessibility policies. Results: The global crisis of COVID-19 has deepened pre-existing inequalities in the world, in addition to highlighting the vulnerability of people with disabilities, including deaf. Government, institutional and social initiatives to mitigate difficulties in communicating to deaf people have been made, but they are still insufficient to guarantee protection for them in this pandemic and full inclusion in health care. Final considerations: Social inclusion, supported by law, and the linguistic accessibility of deaf people still need to generate broad and concrete actions so that deaf people can enjoy their rights as citizens.

Israeli Militarism Reconsidered

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Adi Sherzer
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Israeli Society ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
The World ◽  
Archival Documentation ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
The Military ◽  
Unique Relationship

This article seeks to challenge conventional arguments about Israel’s ‘cultural militarism’ through a comparative analysis of Independence Day parades of the 1950s. Using media reports, newsreels, and archival documentation, it examines the parades and compares them to other cases from around the world. The discussion focuses on three features of the Israeli parades: the widespread civil criticism of the place of the military in Independence Day celebrations; the role of the crowds and their proximity to the marchers; and the partly militaristic character of the parades themselves. While the article does not deny the obvious militaristic connotations of soldiers marching in the streets, it stresses the unique relationship between the armed forces and society in Israel and argues that militarism alone is not a sufficient analytic framework for analyzing Israeli society.

Major Trends in the Development of Military Power and the Armed Forces High Command

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pesach Malovany ◽  
Amatzia Baram ◽  
Kevin M. Woods ◽  
Ronna Englesberg
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Gulf War ◽  
Military Power ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The World ◽  
Saddam Hussein ◽  
Commander In Chief

This chapter deals with the major trends in the development of the Iraqi military power and the Armed Forces High Command during the Ba’ath regime, especially during Saddam’s presidency period. It describes the building of the Iraqi Armed Forces as a high-quality and the greatest military power in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world and the components of its military power. It describes its rise, as well as its deterioration since the Gulf war in 1991. It deals also with the high command of the armed forces, its organization and functions, and the main bodies that were included in it. It analyses also the role of Saddam Hussein as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.

scholarly journals Synaptic Pruning in Alzheimer’s Disease: Role of the Complement System

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Frederic H. Brucato ◽  
Daniel E. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The World ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Complement System ◽  
Primary Risk Factor ◽  
Synaptic Pruning

Alz heimer’s disease (AD) continues to threaten aged individuals and health care systems around the world. Human beings have been trying to postpone, reduce, or eliminate the primary risk factor for AD, aging, throughout history. Despite this, there is currently only symptomatic treatment for AD and this treatment is limited to only a handful of FDA approved AD drugs.

scholarly journals DIET INFLUENCES THE GUT MICROBIOTA: A MINIREVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. e247
Author(s):  
Manish Soni
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Complex Interaction ◽  
Human Gut ◽  
Dietary Fibres ◽  
The World ◽  
Host Health ◽  
Genetic Makeup ◽  
Diet Intake

The human gut ecosystem is dynamic in nature which harbors trillions of microorganisms. These microorganisms constituting the gut microbiota are highly diverse and abundant having multiple implications on wellbeing and health of a person. There is a complex interaction between diet and microorganisms which can lead to beneficial or detrimental outcomes to host health. Each individual harbors specific and diverse microbiota depending upon his diet intake, genetic makeup, medication, metabolic regulations, external environment and his way of living the life. Among all these factors, diet plays a major role in deciding and influencing the microbiota of any person. The effects of diet on the gut microbiota are mostly temporary in nature. The microbiota of a person can be modulated by consumption of dietary fibres and prebiotics. This review focuses on the role of diet in influencing the gut microbiota of varied populations in different regions of the world.

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