scholarly journals How research-based theatre is a solution for community engagement and advocacy at regional medical campuses: The Health and Equity through Advocacy, Research, and Theatre (HEART) program

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e6-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Brown ◽  
Natalie Ramsay ◽  
Michael Milo ◽  
Mo Moore ◽  
Rahat Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Social Accountability ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Regional Campus

Background: Regional medical campuses are often located in geographic regions that have different populations than the main campus, and are well-positioned to advocate for the health needs of their local community to promote social accountability within the medical school.Methods: At the Niagara Regional Campus of McMaster University, medical students developed a framework which combined research, advocacy, and theatre to advocate for the needs of the local population of the regional campus to which they were assigned. This involved a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with homeless individuals to explore their experience accessing the healthcare system and using a transformative framework to identify barriers to receiving quality healthcare services. Findings from the qualitative study informed a play script that presented the experiences of homeless individuals in the local health system, which was presented to health sciences learners and practicing health professionals. Participants completed two instruments to examine the utility of this framework.Results: Research-based theatre was a useful intervention to educate current and future health professionals about the challenges faced by homeless individuals in the region. Participants from both shows felt the framework of research-based theatre was an effective strategy to promote change and advocate for marginalized populations.Conclusion: Research-based theatre is an innovative approach which can be utilized to promote social accountability at regional medical campuses, advocating for the health needs of the communities in which they are located, with the added bonus of educating current and future health professionals.

scholarly journals Pharmacists’ Utilization of Information Sources Related to Community and Population Needs in the Upper Midwest and Associations with Continuing Professional Education

Pharmacy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Paul Henkel ◽  
Marketa Marvanova
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Continuing Professional Education ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Local Health ◽  
County Level ◽  
Community Changes

Background: To investigate information sources utilized in pharmacists’ assessment of population-based health needs and/or community changes; and the association between information sources utilized and reported completion of continuing professional education topics. Methods: In 2017; licensed pharmacists (n = 1124) in North Dakota; South Dakota; Minnesota; Iowa; and Nebraska completed a questionnaire on continuing professional education and information sources on population-based health needs and community changes. Data were entered; cleaned and imported into Stata 11.1. Census Bureau county-level population density data were used to classify local area characteristics. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: Most sources of primary; county-level data on population-based health needs or community changes were minimally utilized. Pharmacists in more rural areas were statistically more likely to use local health professionals; local non-health professionals; and/or the state health department compared to pharmacists in less rural areas. Pharmacists reporting higher use of population-based information sources were more likely to have completed continuing education in the past 12 months for all 21 surveyed topics; 13 significantly so. Conclusions: There is a reliance of pharmacists on information from local health and non-health professionals for information on population-based health needs and/or community changes. Utilization of health departments and other primary information sources was associated with increased rates of completion of an array of continuing professional education topics. Expanding utilization of evidence-driven information sources would improve pharmacists’ ability to better identify and respond to population-based health needs and/or community changes through programs and services offered; and tailor continuing professional education to population-based health needs.

The Health Status and Health Needs of Chinese Population in Glasgow

1995 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Hui Liao ◽  
G. McIlwaine
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Chinese Community ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional

This cross sectional study explored the health problems and health needs in the local Chinese community in Glasgow. Several data collection methods have been used in this study, including face-to-face and telephone structured interviews, postal and hand delivered questionnaires. A total of 800 questionnaires were processed, and 493 were completed, giving an overall response rate 61.6%. The results from the present survey indicated that the health status of Chinese residents in Glasgow is poorer than that of the local population. The most important findings of the study is that the Chinese community in Glasgow underuse health services, and unmet health needs exist in the community. The main barrier to effective use of present health services and benefit from the health promotion and health education programmes is language difficulties. Following discussion with the local community, options for improving the health services for the Chinese community in Glasgow were obtained. The findings of the study have implications for health service purchaser/providers of health care to the Chinese population generally in Scotland.

scholarly journals A Regional Campus Approach to Culinary Medicine for Interprofessional Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Holland ◽  
Jonell Hudson ◽  
Lauren Haggard-Duff ◽  
Christopher Long ◽  
Linda Worley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Culinary Medicine ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Regional Campus ◽  
Imaging Science

Purpose The purpose of this report is to describe and discuss an innovative culinary medicine interprofessional student educational project through collaboration with community partners.     Method After adapting the culinary medicine program to meet interprofessional education requirements, students from interprofessional graduate healthcare programs on a regional medical campus participated in a culinary medicine active learning experience utilizing the Goldring© curriculum.  For this project, students completed assigned readings prior to the hands-on culinary experience which utilized a patient case scenario and an educational debrief.  Anonymous post-survey quantitative and qualitative data was collected to determine the students’ opinions of the learning experience and the application of the information learned for patient care.   Results Thirty-three students from medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, nursing, radiologic imaging science, and genetic counseling participated.  The project consisted of three separate events, entailing the same learning experience.  The students reported the learning experience to be highly valuable.  Qualitative data analysis revealed three general themes:  1) the novelty of the information learned, 2) the relevance of the information for patients from the perspective of all disciplines represented in the learning experience, and 3) the value of teamwork.    Conclusions Collaboration with a local community culinary arts school provided a unique and innovative learning opportunity for regional campus healthcare students.  The focus of the culinary medicine learning experience to include interprofessional students created a rich learning environment allowing students to learn from, with, and about other healthcare disciplines in addition to practical application of culinary medicine.  The culinary medicine program’s combination of didactic and culinary skills training was well received by students. Students had a positive response to the curriculum and experience stating that they learned information that they were excited to implement with their patients.  To our knowledge UAMS Northwest Regional Campus is the first to implement culinary medicine curriculum with IPE requirements, and it is the first regional medical campus to implement the Goldring© curriculum.

Short-Term Medical Missions: Enhancing or Eroding Health?

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Care Delivery ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Medical Missions ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cultural Assumptions ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Health Care Delivery Systems

This paper analyzes two case studies of short-term medical missions to Latin America. Its conclusions suggest that when such projects are evaluated in terms of their impact upon the health status of the local population or health care delivery systems, they are found to have insignificant and even negative consequences. The shortcomings of these short-term efforts reflect the cultural assumptions that inform their design and implementation, rather than local health realities. Recommendations are suggested to increase the effectiveness of these missions in terms of the health needs of local populations.

scholarly journals The teaching of health promotion and interprofessional education as a learning tool in undergratuated courses

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Kleber Jessivaldo Gomes das Chagas ◽  
Johny Everson Gonçalves ◽  
Gabriella Seixas Sampaio Saraiva ◽  
Gabriela Lisboa ◽  
Ana Claudia Camargo Gonçalves Germani
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Interprofessional Education ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
Polishing Tool

Given the integrality of the health-disease-care process, and the importance of health promotion in this context, the training of future health professionals must include the development of abilities that allow a full therapeutic plan centered on the patient. In order to achieve this goal, there are some initiatives being employed in several countries that aim to offer a better formation for their health care professionals, capacitating them in offering a more integral care, based on collaborative practices. Objective: To verify the teaching of skills and abilities listed in CompHP in some of the health care courses in USP, and to compare the use of Interprofessional Education as a polishing tool in these students’ training with the HPAC Guide. Method: Preliminary exploratory qualitative study based on the documental analysis of the pedagogical-political-project (PPP) and the description of disciplines in eight courses in USP-SP, comparing them with guidelines from CompHP and HPAC.

scholarly journals Guiding the development of community-based services for vulnerable migrants and refugees in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Karnaki ◽  
K Zota ◽  
E Riza ◽  
A Gil-Salmerón ◽  
J Garcés-Ferrer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Migrant Health ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Maternal Child Health ◽  
Online Application

Abstract The Mig-HealthCare roadmap & toolbox emphasize an approach that can be implemented at a local community level by local health professionals. The roadmap and toolbox were the main outcome of the project which combines evidence from original research and other information to present concrete steps in the provision of care to migrants and refugees at a community level. The vision of Mig-HealthCare for this roadmap & toolbox is to (1) Help the health professionals working primarily at the community health care level to familiarize themselves with the key areas of importance in refugee/migrant health (2) Provide health professionals with a valuable set of best practices and handy tools to facilitate their work and to increase their efficiency in delivering appropriate care to migrants/refugees (3) Create a network of professionals experienced in refugee/migrant health who through using this roadmap & toolbox will improve their related knowledge and experience. The roadmap & toolbox is a user-friendly online application which focuses on the key steps for optimal health care delivery to migrants & refugees. It comprises: (1) The necessary actions a health professional needs to engage in during delivery of care to migrants & refugees namely issues related to continuity of information and language, culture & communication issues (2) Health issues of particular importance for migrants & refugees that will pose challenges to health care services especially at the community level including Mental Health, Vaccinations, Maternal/ child health, Health promotion, Oral Health/ Dental Care, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) & chronic conditions (3) an algorithm. Both the roadmap and the toolbox are connected to a toolbox comprising tools in various languages for health professionals or migrants/refugees.

scholarly journals Family health team knowledge concerning the health needs of people with tuberculosis

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Hino ◽  
Renata Ferreira Takahashi ◽  
Maria Rita Bertolozzi ◽  
Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa ◽  
Emiko Yoshikawa Egry
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Treatment Adherence ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Disease Process ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Causal Theory ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Health Team ◽  
Family Health Team

The purposes of the study were to get to know conceptions on tuberculosis and health needs and to describe the care provided to people with tuberculosis, according to health professionals' perspective. Qualitative study developed at family health units in Capão Redondo, São Paulo. The data were collected through open interviews in January 2010 and submitted to discourse analysis, resulting in three categories: meanings attributed to tuberculosis and health needs and care characteristics. The conceptions regarding the disease are supported by the multi-causal theory of the health-disease process. The care is characterized by interventions that go beyond the biological dimension. The precarious living conditions define the needs of most people with tuberculosis, and can be more important to the ill than the very diagnosis of the disease, influencing treatment adherence, and should gain relevance in care.

Health needs, community and network in primary care: an action research program

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Milani ◽  
G Occhini ◽  
C Francini ◽  
G Orsini ◽  
L Baggiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Networks ◽  
Comprehensive Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Related

Abstract Issue According to the Alma Ata Declaration, Comprehensive Primary Health Care (C-PHC) addresses the main health problems in the community, promotes participation and involves all health related sectors. In Italy the so called Case della Salute model aims at realizing these principles. The purpose of the project is to understand how this model should be implemented in order to better answer the community needs. In the outskirts of Florence there is an area mostly made of public housing, devoted to people with housing and economic problems. There it is Casa della Salute (a health center where a PHC multidisciplinary team works), which could represent the key to cope with health inequalities and to create a network with the multiple associations rooted in the community. The implementation of an experimental model of C-PHC needs to involve local population, community actors, health professionals and researchers in a process of action-research. Results • An epidemiological study described a heavily deprived population compared with the rest of the city, with a burden of mortality especially affecting those most deprived and women. Mental health and addictions showed a deep need of care. A map of the neighbourhood was created in order to analyse formal and informal resources.The health needs of the community were deepened using social and ethnographic methodologies (semi-structured interviews, participant observation and focus groups with health workers, associations' representatives and individuals).Standing multi professional briefings were launched in order to facilitate the process of taking care of complex situations as a team. Lessons Preliminary results show the need for stronger collaborations with the actors in the community; further exploration of health related topics; community participation in the process of informing and transforming health practices; involvement of health workers in interprofessional practices to create a shared knowledge. Key messages Local health networks need a methodology to expand knowledge of peoples’ needs. Complexity in health and inequalities require a paradigm based on social determinants of health such as PHC.

scholarly journals Building Novel Research Capacity in a Regional Medical Campus Emergency Medicine Program: 1.0 Origins and Partnerships

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Shira Brown ◽  
Karl Stobbe ◽  
Maynard Luterman ◽  
Suneel Upadhye ◽  
Christopher Henderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Research Organization ◽  
Community Health Care ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Regional Campus ◽  
Productive Research ◽  
To Come

The Emergency Medicine Researchers of Niagara (EMRoN) program is an evolving research incubator with the Niagara Regional Campus (NRC) of McMaster University’s Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine and Niagara Health (NH) that is becoming a productive research organization aligned with the strategic priorities of its partner organizations (NRC and NH). EMRoN is committed to advancing local community health care standards and sharing best practices with provincial and national peers.  In its first two years of operation EMRoN has achieved success in new structures, processes and outcomes that position it well to be a fulsome research organization for years to come.

scholarly journals 3007 Addressing Community Health Needs through Community Engagement Research Advisory Boards

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 82-82
Author(s):  
Christi Patten ◽  
Monica L. Albertie ◽  
Chara A. Chamie ◽  
Tabetha A. Brockman ◽  
Mary Gorfine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Community Advisory Board ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Advisory Boards ◽  
Study Population

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Over 80% of CTSA programs have a community advisory board (CAB), an effective strategy to increase community engagement (CE) in research. Little is known about how the research discussed with CABs aligns with community priorities (i.e., bi-directionality). This program evaluation assessed the health topics presented by researchers to the CABs linked to our CE Program at all three Mayo Clinic sites (MN, AZ, and FL) for relevance to local community needs. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: Two coders classified Mayo researcher presentations to our CABs from 2014-2018 for relevance to needs identified in the local 2013 and/or 2016 County Health Needs Assessments and specific topic(s); with high levels of agreement (Kappa=0.90). RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Overall, of the 65 presentations 41 (63%) addressed one or more local health needs (47% MN, 60% FL, 80% AZ). Cross-cutting health topics addressed at 2 sites were physical activity/obesity/nutrition and mental health. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Findings were shared with our CABs to obtain input on future directions. The FL and AZ CABs are systematic in seeking out or initiating research projects that address local health needs, an approach the MN site is interested in adopting. Ultimately, it is important to demonstrate improved health outcomes with CTSA-based CE research strategies. Understanding community health needs and depth of researchers in those areas may help to focus priorities for demonstrating such outcomes.

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