Mothers’ Opinion About the Quality of New-Born Health Services: Implementation Research in Nampula, Mozambique

Abstract. The quality of health services depends on the contribution of all the professionals involved in the system, including certain groups, usually forgotten and underrated, such as the health-transport technicians (HTT). With the aim of improving this group's performance, an intervention program, focusing on the development of the workers' technical and social skills, was designed in a collective of enterprises. Information about the first stage of this program, consisting of the assessment of these workers' social skills, is offered in this study. A specific questionnaire was developed: The Health-Transport Technicians Social Skills Questionnaire (HTT-SSQ), made up of three scales (assertive, passive, and aggressive behavior). It was administered to a large sample (N = 530) from the above-mentioned association. The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were analyzed, with quite satisfactory indexes of internal consistency and factor validity, and the group's deficiencies (excess or deficit) were evaluated.

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AHRQ's Building Bridges Conferences show that health services research can drive improvements in quality of care

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e556782006-016 ◽

2000 ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Care ◽

Health Services Research ◽

Health Services ◽

Services Research

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HASTANELERİN HİZMET KALİTESİNİN HASTA TATMİN ÖLÇEĞİ İLE ÖLÇÜLMESİ: KARABÜK DEVLET HASTANESİNDE YATAN HASTALAR ÜZERİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA THE MEASUREMENT SERVICE QUALITY OF THE HOSPITALS BY THE PATIENT SCALE: A RESEARCH ON THE PATIENTS IN KARABUK STATE HOSP

Business And Management Studies An International Journal ◽

10.15295/bmij.v1i1.20 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 100

Author(s):

Selçuk Yurtsever

Keyword(s):

Patient Satisfaction ◽

Health Services ◽

Literature Review ◽

Private Sector ◽

State Hospital ◽

Continuous Change ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

The World ◽

Main Factors

It has been known that both in the world and in Turkey a continuous change has been experienced in the provision of health services in recent years. In this sense by adopting the customer(client) focused approach of either public or private sector hospitals; it has been seen that they are in the struggle for presenting a right, fast, trustuble, comfy service. The purpose of this research is to measure the satisfaction degree, expectations and perceptions of the patients in Karabük State Hospital through comparison. In this context, the patient satisfaction scale which has been developed as a result of literature review has been used and by this scale it has been tried to measure the satisfaction levels of the patients in terms of material and human factors which are the two main factors of the service that was presented. In the study, with the scales of Servqual and 0-100 Points together, in the part of the analysis MANOVA have been used. The expectations and the perceptions of the patient has been compared first by generally and then by separating to different groups according to the various criterias and in thisway it has been tried to be measured their satisfaction levels. According to the results that were obtained, although, the satisfaction levels of the patients who have taken service from Karabük State Hospital are high in terms of thedoctors and the nurses; it has been reached to the result that their satisfaction levels are low in terms of the materials that have been used at the presenting of the service and the management.

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New Insights into the Supply and Quality of Health Services in Indonesia

10.1596/978-0-8213-8298-1 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Claudia Rokx ◽

John Giles ◽

Elan Satriawan ◽

Puti Marzoeki ◽

Pandu Harimurti

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Quality Of Health Services

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Chemical Effects and Predictive Factors in Premature Birth

Revista de Chimie ◽

10.37358/rc.18.7.6419 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (7) ◽

pp. 1796-1801

Author(s):

Adrian Neacsu ◽

Alina Calin ◽

Anca Daniela Braila ◽

Dan Navolan ◽

Mihai Dimitriu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Extracellular Matrix ◽

Premature Birth ◽

Tissue Concentration ◽

Premature Labor ◽

New Born ◽

Uterine Contractions ◽

Chemical Effects ◽

Equal Importance ◽

Necrosis Factor

Premature birth is considered to be the consequence of independent alterations in the cervix and in the uterus. During labor, for full-term birth, as well as for premature birth, the cervix changes, from firm, long and closed, to soft and pliable, through a biochemical process characterized by the reshaping of the extracellular matrix and a growth of the tissue concentration of inflammatory mediators; the uterus proves an increase in contractility and sensitivity to endogenic hormones, such as oxytocin. Premature labor is associated with the premature activation of the release of cytokines in the decidua (mucosa lining uterus walls) and cervix. Interleukins IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-8 and the alpha tumoral necrosis factor increase the production and activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1, MMP-3 and MMP-9) and of cathepsin S, which digests the collagen from the extracellular matrix of the cervix, causing the wiping and softening of the cervix. These cytokines are released by leukocytes in the myometer, leading to the production of prostaglandins and oxytocin, which stimulate uterine contractions. Therefore, the cervical shortening represented by ultrasound is believed to represent premature cervical softening. The obstetrical approach of aspects related to premature birth are based, considerably, on the prognosis expected by the obstetrician regarding the survival of the premature new-born baby, as well as the therapeutic variants to be followed. And not only survival is important, of equal importance is also the quality of life of underweight, immature new-born babies, who are considerably affected both physically, and intellectually.

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Implementation Research With the Soliga Indigenous Community in Southern India for Local Action on Improving Maternal Health Services

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3483650 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tanya Seshadri ◽

C Madegowda ◽

Giridhara R Babu ◽

Prashanth Nuggehalli Srinivas

Keyword(s):

Maternal Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Implementation Research ◽

Maternal Health Services ◽

Indigenous Community ◽

Southern India ◽

Local Action

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Analisis Pengalaman Keluarga Merawat Pasien Skizofrenia dengan Masalah Halusinasi Pendengaran Pasca Hospitalisasi

Jurnal Endurance ◽

10.22216/jen.v4i2.3844 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 282

Author(s):

Isti Harkomah

Keyword(s):

Health Services ◽

Family Support ◽

Depth Information ◽

Continuous Family ◽

Family Experience ◽

Schizophrenic Patients ◽

Heavy Burden ◽

Document Review ◽

Depth Interviews

Clients with hallucinations really need continuous family support both internal and external families. Reduced external family support will cause a heavy burden on the internal family in caring for hallucinatory clients. The reason families bring to the hospital is the inability to treat patient hallucinations at home after hospitalization because hallucinations pose a burden on the family. The purpose of this study was to find out in-depth information about family experience in treating schizophrenic patients who experience auditory hallucinations after hospitalization. This research is qualitative research, the phenomenology approach uses the method of collecting data by in-depth interviews and document review. Data were obtained by in-depth interviews with six participants. The results of the study are two main themes, namely family understanding of recognizing hallucinatory problems after hospitalization and family experience in treating schizophrenic patients with hallucinatory problems.It is hoped that health services will further improve the quality of health services in providing health education to families about how to properly care for hallucinatory patients and families are expected to be able to treat hallucinogenic patients well. Klien dengan halusinasi sangat membutuhkan dukungan dari keluarga secara terus menerus baik keluarga internal maupun eksternal. Berkurangnya dukungan keluarga eksternal akan menimbulkan beban yang berat bagi keluarga internal dalam merawat klien halusinasi. Alasan keluarga membawa ke RSJ adalah ketidakmampuan merawat halusinasi pasien dirumah pasca rawat inap karena halusinasi menimbulkan beban bagi keluarga. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui informasi mendalam tentang pengalaman keluarga dalam merawat pasien skizofrenia yang mengalami masalah halusinasi pendengaran pasca hospitalisasi. Penelitian ini merupahkan penelitian kualitatif, pendekatan fenomenologi menggunakan metode pengumpulan data dengan wawancara mendalam dan telaah dokumen. Data didapatkan dengan wawancara mendalam terhadap enam partisipan. Hasil wawancara dianalisis dengan menggunakan metode Collaizi. Hasil penelitian yaitu terdapat 2 utama tema yaitu pemahaman keluarga tentang mengenal masalah halusinasi pasca hospitalisasi dan pengalaman keluarga dalam merawat pasien skizofrenia dengan masalah halusinasi.Diharapkan bagi pelayanan kesehatan agar lebih meningkatkan mutu pelayanan kesehatan dalam memberikan pendidikan kesehatan kepada keluarga tentang cara merawat pasien halusinasi yang benar dan keluarga diharapkan dapat merawat pasien halusinasi dengan baik.

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Future Issues in Dissemination and Implementation Research

10.1093/oso/9780190683214.003.0029 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ross C. Brownson ◽

Graham A. Colditz ◽

Enola K. Proctor

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Implementation Research ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Dissemination And Implementation ◽

Public Health Services ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Dissemination And Implementation Research ◽

The Many

This chapter highlights just a sample of the many rich areas for dissemination and implementation research that will assist us in shortening the gap between discovery and practice, thus beginning to realize the benefits of research for patients, families, and communities. Greater emphasis on implementation in challenging settings, including lower and middle-income countries and underresourced communities in higher income countries will add to the lessons we must learn to fully reap the benefit of our advances in dissemination and implementation research methods. Moreover, collaboration and multidisciplinary approaches to dissemination and implementation research will help to make efforts more consistent and more effective moving forward. Thus, we will be better able to identify knowledge gaps that need to be addressed in future dissemination and implementation research, ultimately informing the practice and policies of clinical care and public health services.

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