scholarly journals Emigration of Philippine Nurses: Ethical Concerns Home and Abroad

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Economic Gain ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Filipino Nurses ◽  
The U.S

After 2010, the greatest increase will occur between the sixty-five (65) year and older age group from 13.2 percent to 20 percent by 2030 – from 39.4 million elderly to 69.4 million. Therefore, the question one would ask oneself is, “Should the U.S. continue to support the emigration of Philippine nurses to the U.S. when a violation of ethical principles occur?”. These ethical principles include beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, which will influence the fair-play practice of emigration, economic gain with emigration, necessity versus choice, the safety of the nurses and patients, and social justice and responsibility. For nurses in developing countries, it is essential that nurses develop a utilitarian collective voice to demand health care service changes from their government to meet the health care needs of the citizens and improve the infrastructure. Keywords: Filipino, Nurses, Ethical principles, Push/pull factors, Emigration, Economic

Meeting the Health Care Needs of Elderly Métis Women in Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Brigette Krieg ◽  
Diane Martz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Care Services

There is limited data, including health data, specific to the Métis population in Canada. As a result, the health issues and concerns of Métis communities—in particular Métis women—have largely been ignored in health research and in program and policy development. To address this dearth of information, a community-based research committee made up of Métis women initiated the Buffalo Narrows Métis Women’s Health Research Project. The goals of the project were to investigate the health care needs of elderly women and their caregivers in a northern and remote Saskatchewan Métis community. The project looked at barriers to health care service access in terms of accessibility, affordability, availability, acceptability and accommodation. Results showed that elderly Métis women experienced multiple, interconnected barriers to accessing health care services, making it difficult to isolate one variable as being more important than another. However, the Métis women interviewed did identify a number of recommendations to help in meeting the complex service needs of elderly women in the community. If implemented, these recommendations would help to ease the pressure put on extended family members who act as informal caregivers to elderly residents as well as giving elderly patients more independence and improving elderly women’s access to primary health care services.

scholarly journals Primary health care service for long-stay psychiatric in-patients

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 610-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Fisher ◽  
Judy Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Primary Health Care Service ◽  
Active Management ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Organ Systems

Aims and methodA retrospective review of the activity of a general practitioner employed specifically to provide a primary health care service to the residents of an ‘old long-stay’ psychiatric ward was undertaken.ResultsAll but one patient had a chronic physical health problem requiring active management. Presenting pathology covered all organ systems. The review indicated that these health problems had not previously been satisfactorily managed by psychiatrists. This service was acceptable to and valued by patients.Clinical implicationsThe success of the service was only achieved by dedicating specific resources to meet primary health care needs. The extent to which this model could be extended to ‘new long-stay’ populations located in dispersed hospital hostels is less certain.

scholarly journals What Does the Epidemic of Childhood Obesity Mean for Children with Special Health Care Needs?

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula M. Minihan ◽  
Sarah N. Fitch ◽  
Aviva Must
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Special Health Care Needs ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Special Health Care ◽  
Special Health ◽  
The U.S

Although the obesity epidemic appears to have affected all segments of the U.S. population, its impact on children with special health care needs (SHCN) has received little attention. Children with special health care needs is a term used in the U.S. to describe children who come to the attention of health care providers and policy makers because they need different services and supports than other children. Government, at both the federal and state levels, has long felt a particular responsibility for safeguarding the health of children with special needs. The definition children with special health care needs, in fact, was developed by a work group established by the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) to assist states in their efforts to develop community systems of services for children with complex medical and behavioral conditions.

scholarly journals Health Care Service and Outcomes Among an Estimated 6.7 Million Ambulatory Care Diabetic Foot Cases in the U.S.

Diabetes Care ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (7) ◽  
pp. 936-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grant H. Skrepnek ◽  
Joseph L. Mills ◽  
Lawrence A. Lavery ◽  
David G. Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Ambulatory Care ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
The U.S
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