Ethnicity as a risk factor for consultations in primary health care and out-patient care

Introduction: Pneumonia is an infectious disease attacking lower respiratory tract. It has one of the highest number of world’s mortality and morbidity in children. Many risk factors are suspected as the reasons why the disease still occur a lot. One of the major risk factors is birth weight which makes their immune system immature and easier to get various complications and infections. The aim of this study is to analyze birth weight as risk factor of pneumonia in children under 5 years old. Methods: This was an analytical study with case control design. This study was held in Primary Health Care of Tambakrejo, from August to December 2017. The sample size was 22 respondents for each case and control group. Technique of sampling was total sampling. Secondary data were collected by medical records at the health center and Kartu Menuju Sehat (KMS). Data were entered into Microsoft Excel then statistically analyzed using IBM SPSS 22. The data were analyzed by Fisher’s Exact Test.Results: During August to December 2017, there were 22 respondents which were diagnosed with pneumonia in Tambakrejo Primary Health Center. Two of them (4.55%) had low birth weight and the rests had normal birth weight (95.45%). The analyze result stated that there is no significant correlation between pneumonia incidence and birth weight. Conclusion: Birth weight is one of pneumonia risk factors without significant impact.

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Doctors’ and nurses’ views on patient care for type 2 diabetes: an interview study in primary health care in Oman

Primary Health Care Research & Development ◽

10.1017/s146342361200062x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 14 (03) ◽

pp. 258-269 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Nadia M. Noor Abdulhadi ◽

Mohammed Ali Al-Shafaee ◽

Rolf Wahlström ◽

Katarina Hjelm

Keyword(s):

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Health Care ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

Patient Care ◽

Interview Study ◽

Primary Health ◽

Doctors And Nurses

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Implementing a package of noncommunicable disease interventions in the Republic of Moldova: two-year follow-up data

Primary Health Care Research & Development ◽

10.1017/s1463423620000420 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

Author(s):

Dylan Collins ◽

Laura Inglin ◽

Tiina Laatikainen ◽

Angela Ciobanu ◽

Ghenadie Curocichin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Risk Factor ◽

Primary Health Care ◽

National Level ◽

Noncommunicable Disease ◽

Risk Factor Control ◽

Republic Of Moldova ◽

Primary Health ◽

The Republic

SUMMARY Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a growing challenge in the Republic of Moldova. A previously reported pilot cluster randomized controlled trial aimed to determine the feasibility of implementing and evaluating essential interventions for NCDs (e.g. cardiovascular risk scoring, hypertension management, statin treatment, etc.) in primary health care in the Republic of Moldova, with a view toward national scale up. One-year follow-up data (previously published) demonstrated modest improvements in NCD risk factor identification and management could be achieved. Herein, we report the second-year follow-up data and conclude that sustainable improvements in NCD risk factor control (e.g. hypertension control) can be achieved in primary health care in low resource settings by adapting existing resources (e.g. WHO PEN) and conducting focused clinical training and support. If scaled to a national level, these improvements in risk factor control could significantly translate to reductions in premature mortality from NCDs.

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