scholarly journals Health Care Assistance for Trans People

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 1196-1207
Author(s):  
Pablo Sebastian Velho ◽  
Carina Nunes Bossardi ◽  
Fabiola Hermes Chesani ◽  
Gabriel Henrique Bomfim França
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Transgender People ◽  
Name Change ◽  
Trans People ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Health Demands ◽  
Care Assistance

Trangender people (trans people) are those who don’t identify with the gender assigned at birth, regardless the will to align their physical appearance to their gender identity by clinical ou surgical procedures. Historically, they are presented with interaction difficulties with health care professionals, leading to barriers to care and potential risks for health issues. This study results come from an integrative review from the literature aiming to know actions and practices of health care for trans people and the existance of protocols of care for assistance to trans people health demands. The following descriptors were chosen in the virtual health library site (DeCS search): transgender people; transsexualism; protocol; health services; care ambulatory; health services for transgender people and their equivalents in portuguese. The literature search was undertaken in the CAPES, Science Direct, MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO databases. Entry criteria were: 1) studies that described the health assistance for trans people; 2) studies published from January 2009 to May 2009 and; 3) studies published in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The research methodology included using software Mendeley and checklist PRISMA, recommended for systematic reviws and meta-analysis. The initial sample was of 471 articles. After applying entry and exclusion criteria, six articles remained for analysis. The categories that emerged from reading the articles were: surgical and hormonal interventions importance; civil name change and respect of the social name; negative health outcomes; barriers of health care. Nonetheless, the results allowed to identify some difficulties in this field, such as health system infrastructure, different sociocultural contexts, inexpressive number of health care professionals specialized or even prepared for this assistance, and lack of protocols of trans people health care applied in a consistant way. It’s proposed health education, in which work is done multidisciplinarilly, developing protocols for trans people health care that respect the chosen name and guaranty the disponibility of hormonal therapy, working health promotion actions aiming to reduce the negative outcomes.

Can employment in a café change Clientele Attitude towards the staff when they are Persons with Mental Illness?

2021 ◽  
pp. 002076402199006
Author(s):  
Sailaxmi - Gandhi ◽  
Sangeetha Jayaraman ◽  
Thanapal Sivakumar ◽  
Annie P John ◽  
Anoop Joseph ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: Clientele’s attitude toward Persons with Mental Illness (PwMI) changes over a period of time. The aim of this study was to explore and understand how and whether perception about PwMI changes when they are seen working like persons without mental illness among those availing services of ROSes café at NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Methods: The descriptive research design was adopted with purposive sampling. Community Attitude toward Mentally Ill (CAMI) a self -administered questionnaire of was administered to measure the clientele attitude towards staff with mental illness in ROSes Café (Recovery Oriented Services). A total of 256 subjects availing services from the ROSes café recruited in the study. Chi-square and Mann–Whitney U test was computed to see the association and differences on selected variables. Results: The present study results showed that subjects had a positive attitude seen in health care professionals in the domains of benevolence (BE) (28.68 ± 3.00) and community mental health ideology (CMHI) (31.53 ± 3.19), whereas non-health care professionals had showed negative attitude in the domain of authoritarianism (AU) (30.54 ± 3.42) and social restrictiveness (SR) (30.18 ± 3.05). Education, employment, marital, income, and working status were significantly associated with CAMI domains. Conclusion: PwMI also can work like people without mental illness when the opportunities are provided. The community needs to regard mental illness in the same manner as chronic physical illness diabetes mellitus and allow PwMI to live a life of dignity by creating and offering opportunities to earn livelihood which would help them recover with their illnesses.

Perceptions of Canadian Armed Forces Health Services health care professionals on cognitive assessment processes

2021 ◽  
pp. e20200066
Author(s):  
Chelsea Jones ◽  
Lorraine Smith-MacDonald ◽  
Suzette Brémault-Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Canadian Armed Forces ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Screen ◽  
And Function

Lay Summary Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Service Members (SMs) experience mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), which can affect cognitive functioning. Adequate cognitive functioning is needed to perform military duties safely and function in all aspects of life. A standardized process that includes cognitive screen/assessment within a mTBI rehabilitation strategy is not widely used within Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS). A qualitative thematic analysis nested within an implementation science approach was used to explore the experiences of 17 CFHS health care professionals who perform cognitive screens/assessments. Perceived facilitators, barriers, and recommendations for improving cog-nitive assessment practices for injured CAF-SMs were identified within 5 themes. Development and implementation of cognitive screen/assessment policies and protocols will enable CFHS to best assess and treat cognitive dysfunction among CAF-SMs.

INTRODUCTION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. ii-ii
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Full Account

In June 1992, 35 health care professionals, child and disability advocates, researchers, clinicians, and parents met at Wingspread Center in Racine, Wisconsin, for an invitational conference on Culture and Chronic Illness in Childhood. The meeting had as its goal the identification of the state of knowledge on the interface between culture, chronic illness, child development, and family functioning so as to lay the foundations for "culturally appropriate" health policy formulation, "culturally sensitive" services, and "culturally competent" clinicians. The purpose of this special supplement is to establish a national agenda for research, policy, service delivery, and training in addressing the needs of all children with chronic illnesses and disabilities that takes the family, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and culture into full account. To meet this task, five papers were commissioned. The first, by Newacheck et al, addresses the changes in incidence and prevalence of chronic illness and disability among children and youth by ethnic group. The second paper, by McManus et al, focuses on the trends in health services organization, delivery, and financing as they vary among ethnic groups in the United States. What emerges is a rhetoric of cultural sensitivity not paralleled in the organization or financing of health services. Groce and Zola's paper addresses how cultural attitudes and beliefs are the foundations of our perceptions about health and illness. Those perceptions at times are predisposed to conflict with a health care professional who, coming from a different culture, may hold different norms and beliefs. Brookins grounds her discussion within the context of child development and argues that for a child of color or one whose ethnic heritage is other than mainstream, the key to developmental success is bicultural competence—the ability to walk in and between two worlds.

Prevalence of Workplace Violence Against Health-Care Professionals in China: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Observational Surveys

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 498-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Lu ◽  
Min Dong ◽  
Shi-Bin Wang ◽  
Ling Zhang ◽  
Chee H. Ng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Random Effects Models ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
Pooled Prevalence ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

Background: In China, workplace violence (WPV) toward health-care professionals has been a major concern, but no meta-analysis on this topic has been published. This study is a meta-analysis of the pooled prevalence of WPV against health-care professionals in China and its associated risk factors. Method: English- (PubMed, PsycINFO, and Embase) and Chinese-language (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang, and SinoMed) databases were systematically searched. Data on the prevalence of WPV and the subtypes of violence experienced by health-care professionals in China were extracted and pooled using random-effects models. Findings: A total of 47 studies covering 81,771 health-care professionals were included in the analyses. The overall prevalence of WPV from 44 studies with available data was 62.4% (95% confidence interval [CI] = [59.4%, 65.5%]). The estimated prevalence of physical violence, psychological violence, verbal abuse, threats, and sexual harassment were 13.7% (95% CI [12.2%, 15.1%]), 50.8% (95% CI [46.2%, 55.5%]), 61.2% (95% CI [55.1%, 67.4%]), 39.4% (95% CI [33.4%, 45.4%]), and 6.3% (95% CI [5.3%, 7.4%]), respectively. Males were more likely to experience WPV than females. Interpretation: WPV against health-care professionals appears to be a significant issue in China. Relevant policies and procedures related to WPV should be developed. Staff should be provided with adequate training, education, and support to implement violence management policies to ensure safety at the workplace.

Overconcern and Overtreatment

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 863-863
Author(s):  
Frank J. Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
American Association ◽  
Marketing Effort ◽  
Utilization Of Services ◽  
Utilization Of Health Services

Recently I received the pamphlet "Age 3 - Age 7" from the American Association of Orthodontists. It strikes me as a not-so-subtle marketing effort to increase the business of orthodontists. Could it be that pediatricians are being asked to do their marketing for them? At a time when health care professionals should be doing their utmost to decrease costs and unnecessary utilization of health services, this pamphlet encourages increased utilization of services of questionable worth.

The personal experience of cancer

2007 ◽  
pp. 79-98
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Service User ◽  
Fear Of Recurrence ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Government Health ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Living With Cancer

Introduction 80 The cancer journey 82 Calendars 84 Diagnosis 86 Reactions to diagnosis and treatment 88 Living with cancer 90 Fear of recurrence 92 Recurrence and facing death 94 Survivorship 96 Government health policy in the UK aims to put the patient, or service user, at the heart of local health services. For this to happen, health care professionals must gain an appreciation of what it is like to be a person with cancer, or a carer of someone with cancer. It is hard to know or understand the experience of another person, but there are various ways that we can gain insights into their experience. This section reviews ways of understanding the experience of cancer, and then goes on to look at different aspects of that experience for individuals, using the words of people with cancer....

scholarly journals Contemporary Transfusion Science and Challenges

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-150
Author(s):  
Heather M. Passerini
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Blood Product ◽  
Damage Control ◽  
Coagulation Factor ◽  
Trauma Patients ◽  
Transfusion Therapy ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact

Health care professionals must understand the impact of blood product transfusions and transfusion therapy procedures to ensure high-quality patient care, positive outcomes, and wise use of resources in blood management programs. Understanding transfusions of blood and blood products is also important because of the number of treatments performed, which affects individual patients and health care system resources. This article reviews research findings to acquaint health care professionals with the most successful protocols for blood, blood product, and coagulation factor transfusions. Damage control resuscitation in bleeding trauma patients, protocols for patients without trauma who are undergoing surgical procedures that place them at risk for excessive bleeding, and protocols for patients with sepsis are addressed. Emerging research continues to help guide mass transfusion treatments (restrictive vs liberal, balanced, and goal-directed treatment). Although available study results provide some guidance, questions remain. Additional research by health care professionals is needed.

scholarly journals Preoperative information needs of children

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (02) ◽  
pp. 040-043
Author(s):  
Priya Reshma Aranha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Preoperative Information

AbstractInformation seeking and receiving is the universally accepted right of children. When the children gets hospitalized and preparing for a surgery, it's the responsibility of the health care professionals to provide them with adequate information. Before giving the information it is essential to know what the children really wants to know. The main purpose of the study was to assess preoperative information needs of children undergoing surgery. With the non experimental research approach, a descriptive survey design was used in the study which was conducted in a selected hospital Mangaluru. Using non probability purposive sampling technique, 100 children of age 6-18 years were selected as study participants. The tool used were – the baseline proforma and the children's desire for preoperative information scale. The study results showed that majority of the children wanted to know the information regarding all the major happenings in their pre, intra and post operative events. Thus the study concludes that a structured preoperative teaching programme can be developed by the health care facility for the children undergoing surgery.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Workplace Physical Violence against Health Care Professionals by Patients and Visitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Lu Li ◽  
Rui-Qi Li ◽  
Dan Qiu ◽  
Shui-Yuan Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Subgroup Analysis ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Persistent Problem ◽  
Prevalence Studies ◽  
Prevalence Estimates ◽  
Meta Regression ◽  
One Year

Workplace physical violence against health care professionals perpetrated by patients and visitors has been a persistent problem worldwide. Prevalence estimates varied vastly across studies and there was a lack of quantitative syntheses of prevalence studies. This review aimed to quantify pooled one-year prevalence estimates at the global and regional levels. A systematic literature search was performed in the databases of PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and Embase between 1 January 2000 and 8 October 2018. Studies providing information about one-year prevalence of self-reported workplace physical violence against health care professionals perpetrated by patients or visitors were included. Heterogeneity between studies was evaluated using Cochran’s chi-squared test (Cochran’s Q) and I2 values. Subgroup analysis and meta-regression were used to explore heterogeneity. A total of 65 eligible studies reported one-year prevalence estimates for 61,800 health care professionals from 30 countries. The pooled one-year prevalence of workplace physical violence against health care professionals perpetrated by patients or visitors was 19.33% (95% confidence interval (CI): 16.49–22.53%) and the overall heterogeneity was high across studies. We noted geographic and staff categories variations for prevalence estimates through subgroup analysis. The meta-regression showed that sample size, type of health care setting, and quality score were significant moderators for heterogeneity. One in five health care professionals experienced workplace physical violence perpetrated by patients or visitors worldwide annually. Practical intervention was needed to ensure safety of health care professionals.

scholarly journals How to Screen Suitable Service Improve Community Health Care Services by University Students in Taiwan

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 5402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guey-Shin Shyu ◽  
Shinn-Jou Lin ◽  
Wei-Ta Fang ◽  
Bai-You Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
University Students ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Community Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Study Results

Engaging in social contributions to enhance social participation and attending community experiential service learning or internship courses have become an essential learning experience for university students. On the basis of postmodern education theories, this study adopted images and oral accounts involving personal experiences to construct a postmodern education research scheme by using the method of collaborative ethnography. This study selected and performed the following services: filming a community documentary, administering community health dance classes, and archiving community cultural artifacts in databases. Interviews were also administered to facilitate implementation of the actual services. Community health services commonly seen in Taiwan and abroad were compiled, and the resources required for each service were examined. Subsequently, factor analysis was performed to explore the characteristic of these services in order to recommend feasible services for university students to undertake. The results indicated that the eight resources required for the 59 common community health services were (1) a designated space or venue, (2) materials, (3) monetary resources, (4) human resources, (5) expertise, (6) professional equipment, (7) patience, and (8) empathy. The results revealed three principal components, namely labor services, high-resource services, and professional services, for a total explanatory power of 67.99%; the individual explanatory power of these components accounted for 25.04%, 21.81%, and 21.15%, respectively. Next, community health care services suitable for university students to perform were selected and implemented, and these services were well received. The study results indicated that community and environmental justice can be realized by identifying with the value of community health services and promoting postmodern education theories and social norms. The research results are suitable for implementation after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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