The Graphic Display of Labor Events

2011 ◽  
pp. 447-464
Author(s):  
Olufemi T. Oladapo
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Skilled Birth Attendance ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Graphic Display ◽  
Birth Attendance ◽  
Information Technologists ◽  
The Subject

This chapter introduces the partograph as an essential tool of labour management. It describes the concept of the partograph from its historical perspective and highlights its benefits, practical application in contemporary clinical practice, and current challenges to its universal implementation. It also explores the feasibility of design and incorporation of electronic partograph into teleobstetrics to facilitate remote but skilled birth attendance as one of the ways to tackle the problems of prolonged labour resulting from inequitable distribution of maternity specialists in underserved populations. The author hopes that understanding of the basic concept of the partograph, its practical application, and barriers to its global implementation would reveal research priorities in the subject of partography and guide interested information technologists in the development of appropriate design and usage of partograph in the electronic form.

The Graphic Display of Labor Events

2011 ◽  
pp. 1153-1170
Author(s):  
Olufemi T. Oladapo
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Skilled Birth Attendance ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Graphic Display ◽  
Birth Attendance ◽  
Information Technologists ◽  
The Subject

This chapter introduces the partograph as an essential tool of labour management. It describes the concept of the partograph from its historical perspective and highlights its benefits, practical application in contemporary clinical practice, and current challenges to its universal implementation. It also explores the feasibility of design and incorporation of electronic partograph into teleobstetrics to facilitate remote but skilled birth attendance as one of the ways to tackle the problems of prolonged labour resulting from inequitable distribution of maternity specialists in underserved populations. The author hopes that understanding of the basic concept of the partograph, its practical application, and barriers to its global implementation would reveal research priorities in the subject of partography and guide interested information technologists in the development of appropriate design and usage of partograph in the electronic form.

A view on Practical Utility of Paradi Gunas

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sachin Bagali ◽  
Umapati Baragi ◽  
M. R. Sajjanshetti
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Clinical Activity ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Knowledge Domain ◽  
Practical Utility ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way

In the present day scenario prime need of Ayurveda is practical applicability of Ayurvedic fundamental principles and research should be more focused on all aspects where scientific inputs should confirm Ayurveda’s principles and philosophy. In Ayurveda, Gunas are described as the way of presentation of action without which no Karma (action) can be possible. Ayurveda has provided significance to every Guna so that they become useful in clinical practice. Clinical practice or research is a continuous process including a series of events which need to be performed in a sequential manner. Though there are many factors on which accomplishment of treatment depends, among these Charaka has given prime importance to Paradi Gunas. In clinical practice, Guna which are to be with Bhishak are mainly the Paradi Gunas which can also be called as miscellaneous Gunas. As rightly quoted by Acarya Charaka, for getting success in the treatment Paradi Gunas are the best. The Sutra quotes "Sidhyupaya Chikitsayam" which means that Chikitsa i.e. Dhatusamya will be done mainly with the help of Paradi Gunas. Knowledge of Paradi Gunas are required to be present in pharmacists, physicians and Researchers. Acharya Charaka says that Chikitsa Siddhi i.e. successful management of disease is not possible without the knowledge of Paradi Gunas. Paradi Gunas play an important role in selection, adaption and manifestation of drug as per condition of the disease and the patient in particular Desha and Kala. The ultimate goal of any clinical activity is to contribute in the knowledge domain and to improve professional practice. Thus this literary review of Paradi Gunas serves to explore the subject of the clinical practice.

scholarly journals Health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare services utilization in Jordan: evidence from the 2017–18 Jordan demographic and health survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petula Fernandes ◽  
Emmanuel Kolawole Odusina ◽  
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah ◽  
Komlan Kota ◽  
Sanni Yaya
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Skilled Birth Attendance ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Maternal Healthcare ◽  
Services Utilization ◽  
Birth Attendance

Abstract Background Despite the relationship between health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare services utilization, previous studies in Jordan on the use of maternal healthcare services have mainly focused on patterns and determinants of maternal healthcare services utilization in Jordan. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare services utilization in Jordan. Methods This study used secondary data published in 2017-18 Jordan Demographic and Health Survey on 4656 women of reproductive age (15–49 years). The independent variable was health insurance coverage and the outcome variable was maternal healthcare services utilization, measured through timing of first antenatal visit, four or more antenatal care visits, and skilled birth attendance. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. Results Out of the total number of women who participated in the study, 38.2% were not covered by health insurance. With maternal healthcare utilization, 12.5%, 23.2%, and 10.1% respectively, failed to make early first antenatal care visit, complete four or more antenatal care visits and have their delivery attended by a skilled worker. After controlling for the socio-demographic factors, health insurance coverage was associated with increased odds of early timing of first antenatal care visits and completion of four or more antenatal care visits (aOR = 1.33, p < 0.05, aOR = 1.25, p < 0.01, respectively). However, women who were covered by health insurance were less likely to use skilled birth attendance during delivery (aOR = 0.72 p < 0.001). Conclusions Jordanian women with health insurance coverage were more likely to have early first antenatal care visits and complete four or more antenatal care visits. However, they were less likely to have their delivery attended by a skilled professional. This study provides evidence that health insurance coverage has contributed to increased maternal healthcare services utilization, only in terms of number and timing of antenatal care visits in Jordan. It is recommended that policy makers in Jordan should strengthen the coverage of health insurance in the country, especially among women of reproductive age in order to enhance the use of maternal healthcare services in the country.

scholarly journals Are Ghanaian women meeting the WHO recommended maternal healthcare (MCH) utilisation? Evidence from a national survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Kwabena Ameyaw ◽  
Kwamena Sekyi Dickson ◽  
Kenneth Setorwu Adde
Keyword(s):  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Skilled Birth Attendant ◽  
World Health Organisation ◽  
Skilled Birth Attendance ◽  
World Health ◽  
Maternal Healthcare ◽  
Wealth Status ◽  
Maternal Characteristics ◽  
Birth Attendance ◽  
Three Components

Abstract Background To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal target 3.1, the World Health Organisation recommends that all pregnant women receive antenatal care (ANC) from skilled providers, utilise the services of a skilled birth attendant at birth and receive their first postnatal care (PNC) within the first 24 h after birth. In this paper, we examined the maternal characteristics that determine utilisation of skilled ANC, skilled birth attendance (SBA), and PNC within the first 24 h after delivery in Ghana. Methods We used data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. Women aged 15-49 with birth history not exceeding five before the survey were included in the study. A total of 2839 women were included. Binary logistic regression was employed at a 95% level of significance to determine the association between maternal factors and maternal healthcare (MCH) utilisation. Bivariate and multivariate regression was subsequently used to assess the drivers. Results High proportion of women had ANC (93.2%) with skilled providers compared to the proportion that had SBA (76.9%) and PNC within the first 24 h after delivery (25.8%). Only 21.2% utilised all three components of MCH. Women who were covered by national health insurance scheme (NHIS) had a higher likelihood (AOR = 1.31, CI = 1.04 – 1.64) of utilising all three components of MCH as compared to those who were not covered by NHIS. Women with poorer wealth status (AOR = 0.72, CI = 0.53 – 0.97) and those living with partners (AOR = 0.65, CI = 0.49 – 0.86) were less likely to utilise all three MCH components compared to women with poorest wealth status and the married respectively. Conclusion The realisation that poorer women, those unsubscribed to NHIS and women living with partners have a lower likelihood of utilising the WHO recommended MCH strongly suggest that it is crucial for the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service to take pragmatic steps to increase education about the importance of having ANC with a skilled provider, SBA, and benefits of having the first 24 h recommended PNC.

Geometric Transformations in the Plane: Shapes in Motion.

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-175
Author(s):  
Antonio Paulo Muccillo de Medeiros ◽  
Lícia Giesta Ferreira De Medeiros
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Geometric Transformations

This work intends to analyze the validity of inserting the study of Geometric Transformations in Basic Education. It is based on the analysis, from the historical perspective, of the use of these transformations by man and the development of these concept by mathematicians. It intends to show that this subject can be used as an integrating content between the branches of mathematics in basic education to contextualize teaching of subjects in which students do not easily see a practical application.

scholarly journals Evaluación del discurso narrativo en pacientes con daño cerebral leve

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Ana María Cachón
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Speech Analysis ◽  
Recovery Stage ◽  
Language Therapist ◽  
Speech Evaluation ◽  
Mild Brain Injury ◽  
Oral Speech ◽  
The Subject

In clinical practice there are few test that language therapist can use for the oral speech evaluation. The battery that has been frecuently used for the aphasia assessment, doesn´t usually give us this type of data, and when it happens, it is just a global description of the language of the subject, which doesn't make possible a detailed pursuit of the evolution. The relevance of linguistic production´s assessment becomes more evident in the study of patients with mild injury as well as when patient is in an advanced recovery stage. An assessment without a speech analysis uses to overestimate the subject's capacities and usually ends in an incomplete and inadequate intervention. The aim of the present work was to review different studies that include the narrative speech as part of the assessment, and to explore, with the study of a single case, some applications in this kind of studies for language evaluation in mild brain injury patients.

Expert Systems in Medicne:Possible Future Effects

1988 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Potthoff ◽  
M. Rothemund ◽  
D. Schwefel ◽  
R. Engelbrecht ◽  
W. van Eimeren
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Actual Knowledge ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health Insurance Industry

It should be pointed out that during the interviews most of the experts had positive expectations of ESM. The developers are more generally enthusiastic than the prospective users and affected parties who, especially in respect of the diffusion of ESM into practical application, only show a limited optimism.However, the representatives of the medical profession and the health insurance industry were convinced that ESM might contribute to cost-neutral increases of quality in out-patient and in-patient medicine. But we also understood them to say that they consider other developments in medicine to be overriding, for example, a tendency of general medicine towards a more family-oriented medicine and a reduced emphasis on technology-oriented medicine. In respect of the conception shared by developers as well as potential users that over-enthusiastic expectations should rather be restrained, we consider such a balanced expectation of positive effects of ESM to be adequate to the actual knowledge of the subject.

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