scholarly journals “I Felt Safe”: The Role of the Rapid Rehousing Program in Supporting the Security of Families Experiencing Homelessness in Salt Lake County, Utah

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivis García ◽  
Keuntae Kim
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Case Managers ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Lake County ◽  
The Road

Homelessness is a public health issue that many organizations are addressing through a Housing First Model. One such organization is The Road Home (TRH), which provides services to homeless individuals and families in Salt Lake County. TRH is perhaps best known for their emergency shelters, but the organization also administers the Rapid Rehousing Program (RRHP), designed to help families experiencing homelessness transition back into stable housing. Those experiencing homelessness tend to have high rates of chronic mental/physical disabilities as well as issues related to substance abuse. Having a home is the first step toward achieving some kind of stability in their lives. The RRHP allows families to find housing in the private rental market and will cover the initial costs and several months of rent for clients. While the program has been praised by policymakers and social service providers for helping homeless families find rental housing, there is no empirical research about participant perspectives regarding their residential (in)security. The research question of this article is: what is the role of the RRHP in supporting the security of families experiencing homelessness? Researchers collected qualitative data through focus groups and interviews with 31 participants, 23 families experiencing homelessness, two landlords, six case managers, and service providers. Lastly, we identify recommendations for program improvements based on information gathered from research participants. It is our hope that the information presented in this article can and will be used in a way that improves public health by increasing the residential security of families experiencing homelessness.

scholarly journals Engaging men in the health system: observations from service providers

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Monaem ◽  
Micheal Woods ◽  
John Macdonald ◽  
Rodney Hughes ◽  
Michael Orchard
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health System ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Health Indices ◽  
Engaging Men ◽  
Significant Public Health

Men?s health is a significant public health issue in Australia. Increasingly, health indices show poor health outcomes for them. Literature suggests limitations in the health services dealing with their needs. If we are to improve boys? and men?s health, we should look at the efficacy of these services and address their limitations. This study provides data from a survey about the types of services available for boys and men. The service provider respondents expressed major concerns and identified ways of improving services.

scholarly journals Role of egg in food born salmonellosis: A public health issue.

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Jannatul Fardows ◽  
S. M. Shamsuzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Public Health Issue

Bangladesh J Med Microbiol 2015; 9 (1): 27-32

scholarly journals Assessing the Skills of Alberta’s Refracting Opticians: Can Opticians Safely and Independently Refract and Prescribe Optical Appliances?

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Alyssa Erin Anderson ◽  
Gordon Hensel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Scope Of Practice ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Systemic Diseases ◽  
Optical Science ◽  
Legislative Authority ◽  
Pharmaceutical Agent ◽  
Canadian Provinces ◽  
Northern Alberta

Alberta is one of three Canadian provinces that permits optician-performed refractions. Recently, the Alberta College and Association of Opticians (ACAO) has requested an expansion of opticians’ scope of practice to include the ability to prescribe optical appliances, an activity currently restricted to optometrists and ophthalmologists. For the remainder of this paper, the term “prescribe” should be interpreted as the prescription of an optical appliance, not a therapeutic pharmaceutical agent. In this paper, we investigate whether designated refracting opticians in Alberta have adequate training and knowledge to safely and independently perform a refraction and prescribe an optical appliance. To answer this research question, we composed a list of 27 skills we deem necessary to safely and independently refract and prescribe. We then evaluated the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (NAIT) opticianry programs and the entry to practice examinations administered by the National Association of Canadian Optician Regulators (NACOR) and the Optometry Examining Board of Canada (OEBC) in terms of their coverage of these 27 skills. Our findings show that NAIT’s optical science programs either do not cover or do not practically assess students on over half (59 percent) of the skills required to safely and independently refract and prescribe, and the NACOR examination fails to cover 77 percent of the skills required to safely refract and prescribe. Based on this information, refracting opticians in Alberta do not possess adequate training and knowledge to safely and independently perform a refraction and prescribe an optical appliance. Granting opticians the legislative authority to independently refract and prescribe may result in a public health issue, as there may be an increase in the number of un-diagnosed or un-detected eye and systemic diseases.

The role of community consultation forums in supporting age-friendly communities: lessons from a disadvantaged British city

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Wright-Bevans ◽  
Alison Stephanie Walker ◽  
Emma Vosper
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Community Consultation ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
World Cafe ◽  
Health Support ◽  
The Uk

In order to be age-friendly, communities need adequate public health support. Community consultation is increasingly favoured as a means of ensuring public health services adequately meet the needs of the populations they serve yet research has highlighted the frequency of inadequate and tokenistic consultation. Our aim was to address the gap in understanding of the subjective benefits of community consultation by being the first study to examine these events in a disadvantaged British city. A naturalistic world café study was co-designed with a community engagement service in the UK. Adults aged 68 to 91 years (n=103) participated in one of two world cafés which aimed to investigate the subjective benefits of consultation forums. Qualitative findings demonstrated how consultation through forums can support age-friendly communities in a variety of expected and unexpected ways. Understanding of the added value of consultation forums may incentivise service providers to facilitate more meaningful consultation.

The role of employee empowerment in the implementation of continuous improvement

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1563-1579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Kathrin Hirzel ◽  
Michael Leyer ◽  
Jürgen Moormann
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Structural Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the role of increasing employees’ level of continuous improvement (CI) empowerment, i.e. employees’ knowledge and understanding of CI, the possibility of open communication and support from the work environment regarding CI, in the implementation of CI over time. Design/methodology/approach Based on the theory of structural empowerment, the authors test the research question using evidence from a case study in a European financial services provider. Data are gathered with questionnaires on a team level and cover a period of 2.5 years including 780 participants. Findings The findings show that after conducting a CI programme in the case, there is a significant increase in employees’ CI empowerment over time, which has a positive but time-lagged relationship with the level of CI implementation. Research limitations/implications Implications are that CI empowerment can be created sustainably and is an important factor in establishing CI in a company, but that it takes time until empowerment leads to changes in behaviour. However, it has to be considered that these implications are solely derived from empirical results from a single company. Practical implications Financial service providers should invest in establishing CI empowerment and consider a delay in realising measurable benefits in terms of the level of CI implementation. Originality/value This paper is the first empirical study to examine the relationship between employee CI empowerment and the implementation of CI from a longitudinal perspective.

State Governments’ Response to the AIDS Crisis: An Advertising Perspective

1989 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan J. Bush ◽  
Victoria Davies
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Aids Virus ◽  
Aids Crisis ◽  
State Aids

AIDS in the United Slates may be the most urgent public health issue facing public policy makers today. Since there is currently no chemical cure or vaccine for the AIDS virus, the only weapons available for prevention are public information and education. This study assesses the role of advertising in disseminating information during the AIDS crisis by interviewing the state AIDS coordinators in each of the 48 contiguous United States. The results of the study summarize what the states are currently doing with their AIDS advertising campaigns. Additionally, state AIDS coordinators’ perceptions are presented on advertising's role during the AIDS crisis, and what can be done to improve current AIDS advertising campaigns. Finally, implications for public policy makers are discussed.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Interests of Adolescent Visit in Poly PKPR (Health Care Service) Public Health Gondang Legi Malang District

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Evi Kurniawati ◽  
Nurwijayanti Nurwijayanti ◽  
Agusta Dian Ellina
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Care Health ◽  
Return Visits

A person's interest in services is related to the ability of these service providers to provide care. Interest in adolescents to take advantage of adolescent health care services is influenced by several factors, including perceptions, peers and the role of health workers in the service at puskesmas. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the interest of teenage return visits at the PKPR (Youth Caring Health Services) Gondang Legi Health Center in Malang Regency. The design of this study was an observational quantitative study with a cross sectional approach with the focus of the research directed to be analyzing perceptions, the role of peers and the role of health workers on the interest of teenage return visits at the PKPR (Youth Care Health Services) Gondang Legi Public Health Center Malang Regency with a population of 167 respondents and a sample of 113 respondents taken by accidental sampling technique. The findings found that the majority of respondents had less categories of perception as many as 57 respondents (50.4%). In addition, the majority of respondents had the role of less peer categories of 45 respondents (51.3%). In addition, most respondents had the role of health workers in the good category of 59 respondents (52.2%). While the majority of respondents had a high interest category of 62 respondents (54.9%). The results of the study using the Logistic Regression Test showed that a p-value of 0,000 <0.05 then H1 was accepted so it was concluded that there was simultaneously the influence of perception, the role of peers and the role of health workers on the interest of teenage returnees in the PKPR (Youth Care Health Services) ) Gondang Legi Health Center in Malang Regency. The perspective of the patient regarding the available health services raises their perceptions. All friends will make an impact on individuals. And the provision of special services to adolescents through special treatment tailored to the desires, tastes and needs of adolescents has not been implemented

scholarly journals Best Practices and Innovations for Managing Codeine Misuse and Dependence

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian J. Norman ◽  
Michael Bergin ◽  
Charles D. Parry ◽  
Marie Claire Van Hout
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
The Road ◽  
Scoping Reviews ◽  
Data Points ◽  
Monitoring And Surveillance ◽  
On The Road

Purpose. Promoting and ensuring safe use of codeine containing medicines remains a public health issue given the rise in reporting of misuse and dependence particularly in countries where available over–the-counter (OTC). The aim of this unique study was to identify best practices in management of opioid abuse and dependence, particularly codeine, and innovations to meet challenges surrounding safe and compliant use, patient awareness-raising, reducing health harms and enhancing successful treatment of dependence. Methods. A mixed methods approach using three data points was used that included : (1) analysis of data from existing scoping reviews to identify potential areas for innovation (2) interviews with key national stakeholders from public health, pharmaceutical, regulatory, primary care and addiction practice in three distinct regulatory regimes (Ireland, United Kingdom and South Africa); and (3) a circular email request for information on potential innovations to members of the European Medicine’s Agency European Network of Centres for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacovigilance (ENCEPP). Data from these three sources were analysed to identify best practices and opportunities for innovation. Results. Best practices and potential innovations were identified under the nine headings: (1) manufacture; (2) product information and public education; (3) responsible prescribing; (4) monitoring and surveillance; (5) dispensing, screening and brief interventions in community pharmacies; (6) safety in the workplace and on the road; (7) internet supply of codeine and online support; (8) treatment of codeine dependence; and (9) learning resources and training for health professionals. Conclusions. Challenges ensuring availability of codeine containing medicines for legitimate therapeutic use, while minimising misuse, dependence and related health harms warrant consideration of new innovations. Most promising innovative potential lies across the products’ retail lifecycle from manufacture to prescriber and community pharmacy practitioner.This article is open to POST-PUBLICATION REVIEW. Registered readers (see “For Readers”) may comment by clicking on ABSTRACT on the issue’s contents page.

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