scholarly journals Legal limitations for nurse prescribers in Primary Health Care

Curationis ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Geyer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Related Substances ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Quality Health

The nurse plays an important role in the delivery of primary health care services in South Africa. The primary purpose is to provide the public with access to safe competent basic health care and to achieve this, the nurse should be empowered to practice within legal and ethical boundaries. This paper explores and describes the limitations imposed by legislation on the nurse’s ability to prescribe treatment in the primary health care field. The focus is mainly on the Nursing Act, the Pharmacy Act and the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act which highlights a number of limitations. It is concluded that empowerment of the nurse should not only include addressing the legal boundaries for practice, but also education and training opportunities to equip them with the expert knowledge and skills that they need to render a quality health care service.

scholarly journals A Legislative Agenda for Reducing Existing Disparities in Maternal and Child Health Care in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Rifkatu Nghargbu ◽  
Chukwuemeka Onyimadu ◽  
Ezechinyere Ibe
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Primary Health

A key indicator of the SDG goal of attaining Universal Health Coverage is the access to quality essential health care services, access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. Although The Federal Government of Nigeria has adopted the SDGs, data from UNICEF’s Multiple Cluster survey 2016 – 2017 indicates a severe disparity in health care service coverage among poor women and children who reside in rural areas. To this end, this communication advocates that the National Assembly ensures that 15% - 20% of health expenditure goes to Primary Health Care. Also, the amendment of the NHIS Act to include community based insurance schemes and employ its powers of scrutiny and oversight functions in order to reduce the dearth in Primary Health care facilities in rural areas.

scholarly journals Description of Sanitation Clinic Implementation in Primary Health Care Services in Bukittinggi

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vini Jamarin ◽  
Rosfita Rasyid ◽  
Selfi Renita Rusjdi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Health Care Service ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Almost All

AbstrakSanitasi yang buruk dapat menjadi media transmisi agen penyakit berbasis lingkungan. Salah satu program puskesmas yang menelaah penyakit berbasis lingkungan adalah klinik sanitasi. Bukittinggi sudah menjalankan klinik sanitasi sejak tahun 2009. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui gambaran pelaksanaan program klinik sanitasi puskesmas di Kota Bukittinggi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif. Sampel diambil seluruhnya (total sampling), yaitu tujuh puskesmas di Bukittinggi dari September sampai Oktober 2013. Berdasarkan hasil kuesioner, dari tujuh puskesmas, seluruh petugas telah memiliki pendidikan yang baik, dua petugas telah mendapatkan pelatihan klinik sanitasi, satu puskesmas memiliki ruangan khusus klinik sanitasi, enam puskesmas memiliki poster dan leaflet, tiga puskesmas memiliki dana khusus, dan enam puskesmas memiliki seluruh buku pedoman. Berdasarkan data sekunder, jumlah penyakit berbasis lingkungan bervariasi dan fluktuatif dan jumlah klien yang datang masih sedikit dan jauh dari harapan. Penelitian ini menilai empat kegiatan klinik sanitasi, yaitu kunjungan ke rumah warga, kerjasama lintas program, kerjasama lintas sektor, dan evaluasi. Jumlah kunjungan ke rumah warga masih kurang dari harapan, kerjasama lintas program klinik sanitasi sudah berjalan di seluruh puskesmas, kerjasama lintas sektor sudah berjalan hampir di seluruh puskesmas, dan evaluasi sudah berjalan dengan jangka waktu yang bervariasi. Seluruh klinik sanitasi puskesmas kota Bukittinggi dinilai baik dengan nilai bervariasi antara 50-100%.Kata kunci: klinik sanitasi, puskesmas AbstractPoor sanitation could be the transmission media for environment-based diseases’ agents. The program of Primary Health Care Service (PHCS) which deals with environment-based disease is sanitation clinic. This program has been running in Bukittinggi since 2009. The objective of this study was to see how this program has been going on in PHCS in Bukittinggi. This descriptive study used total sampling, in which all seven PHCS in Bukittinggi are included. This research was done from September to October 2013. Based on quedionaire result, all sanitarians are well-educated, but only two of them had sanitation clinic training. Only one PHCS has a special room, six has posters and leaflets, two allocates special budget for sanitation clinic, and six has all kind of manual books. Based on secondary data, the accumulation of environment-based disease’s cases in all PHCS is variative and fluctuative and the accumulation of clients come to sanitation clinic is still below the expectation. House-visitting activity has not met the expectation yet, while trans-program activity has been running well, trans-sector activity has been running well in almost all PHCS, and evaluation has been running in a variative frequency. All sanitation clinic graded good in implementing sanitation clinic, within the range of 50-100%.Keywords: sanitation clinic, primary health care service

Overpopulation as Crisis: Redirecting Health Care Services in Rural Bangladesh

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services ◽  
Limited Health

This article examines the consequences of a “population-as-crisis” theme on the institutional configuration and resource endowments of health care services in an integrated Ministry of Health and Population Control in Bangladesh. The Ministry's focus on women as child bearers and its emphasis on sterilization supported by incentives has contradictory consequences as women become vulnerable to a limited health service and incentives encourage a focus on meeting sterilization targets. Both undermine people's access to and use of primary health care services. Findings from three studies, undertaken between 1978 and 1983, support the argument that despite international concern with preventive and promotive primary health care, simultaneous support for and emphasis on population control inhibits meeting the goals of a broad-based rural primary health care service.

scholarly journals Adapt or die?

Curationis ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Visser ◽  
A. H. Nel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Comprehensive Health ◽  
Quality Health

The worldwide economic recession and the concomitant limited stock of finances have had an influence on the available money of every household and have also inhibited the improvement of socio-economic conditions and medicine. The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) has the objective of improving the living conditions of the people with regard to housing, education, training and health care. The latter seems to be a major problem which has to be addressed with the emphasis on the preventive and promotional aspects of health care. A comprehensive health care system did not come into being properly in the past because of the maldistribution of health care services, personnel and differences in culture and health care beliefs and values. The question that now arises, is how to render a quality health care service within the constraints of inadequate financing and resources. A comprehensive literature study has been done with reference to quality health care and financing followed by a survey of existing health services and finances.

scholarly journals The perceptions of professional nurses regarding factors affecting the provision of quality health care services at selected rural public clinics in the Capricorn district, Limpopo Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick T. Matlala ◽  
Rambelani N. Malema ◽  
Mamare A. Bopape ◽  
Peter M. Mphekgwana
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Quality Of Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Quality Health Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Professional Nurses

Background: Despite many initiatives made by the National Department of Health through the Minister of Health, the provision of quality health care services remains a serious challenge in South Africa, especially in public rural clinics.Aim: The study aims to determine the perceptions of professional nurses on the factors affecting the provision of quality health care services at selected public primary health care clinics in rural areas of the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province.Setting: The study was conducted at selected public primary health care clinics in rural areas of the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province.Methods: This study utilised a quantitative method, descriptive and a cross-sectional study conducted for three months at the selected public primary health care clinics. A structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 155 professional nurses who met the selection criteria. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences programme version 26.0.Results: The results of 155 professional nurses were only 116 (74%) and reported that the use of modern technology such as electronic blood pressure, sonar machines and pulse reading computers improves the quality of health care services. Also 129 (84%), 124 (77%) and 118 (76%) reported that they were overwhelmed by the workload, the staff attitude and cleanliness of the clinic, respectively, which all affect the quality of health care services rendered. Moreover, only about 29 (19%) were satisfied with the salary they earned.Conclusion: Despite the effort and interventions put in place by the Department of Health with regard to the Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance in response to the current deficiencies in the quality of primary health care services and to lay a strong foundation for the implementation of National Health Insurance. The quality of health care services is still hindered by several factors such as an overwhelming workload, the attitude of the staff and cleanliness in the work environment, poor infrastructure and the professional nurses perceive the environment as lacking equipment.

scholarly journals Main characteristics of patients of primary health care services in Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (suppl.2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ione Aquemi Guibu ◽  
José Cássio De Moraes ◽  
Augusto Afonso Guerra Junior ◽  
Ediná Alves Costa ◽  
Francisco de Assis Acurcio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services

OBJECTIVE: To characterize patients of primary health care services according to demographic and socioeconomic aspects, habits and lifestyle, health condition, and demand for health services and medicines. METHODS: This study is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos – Serviços (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines – Services), a cross-sectional study carried out between 2014 and 2015. Interviews were conducted with patients over the age of 17 years, with a standardized questionnaire, in primary health care services of a representative sample of cities, stratified by regions of Brazil. The analysis was performed for complex samples and weighted according to the population size of each region. RESULTS: A total of 8,676 patients were interviewed, being 75.8% women, most of them aged from 18 to 39 years; 24.2% men, most of them aged from 40 to 59 years; 53.7% with elementary school; 50.5% reported to be of mixed race ethnicity, 39.7%, white, and 7.8%, black. Half of patients were classified as class C and 24.8% received the Bolsa Familia benefit. Only 9.8% had health insurance, with higher proportion in the South and lower in the North and Midwest. The proportion of men who consumed alcohol was higher than among women, as well as smokers. The self-assessment of health showed that 57% believed it to be very good or good, with lower proportion in the Northeast. The prevalence of chronic diseases/conditions, such as hypertension (38.6%), dyslipidemia (22.7%), arthritis/rheumatism (19.4%), depression (18.5%), diabetes (13.6%), and others are higher in these patients them among the general population. Medicines were predominantly sought in the health care service or in pharmacies of the Brazilian Unified Health System. CONCLUSIONS: It was possible to characterize the profile of patients of Primary Health Care, but the originality of the research and its national scope hinders the comparison of results with official data or other articles

scholarly journals The Perception of South African Adolescents Regarding Primary Health Care Services

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 737-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena S. Richter ◽  
Vivian Mfolo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
South African ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Services

Most of the South African public health facilities fail to provide adolescent-friendly health services. A quantitative, descriptive research study was conducted at Stinkwater, a rural area in Hammanskraal, South Africa. The objective of the study was to describe the adolescent's preferences regarding primary health care services. A survey was conducted among 119 adolescents. It was found that adolescents wished to be involved in the planning of the activities of the adolescent health service, and that friendliness and respect for adolescents were seen as desirable characteristics of an adolescent-friendly health care service. Adolescents preferred services to be available throughout the week and to be located at the school, youth center, community center, hospital, or clinic. Health education was indicated as a priority and the health care team should include different members of a multidisciplinary team. Adolescents preferred that their health services be separated from adult services and that a male nurse be employed in the adolescent service in order to create a less feminine image. It was also recommended that all adolescents be educated about the types of services available. Understanding health care service preferences of adolescents is needed in order to deliver optimal health care to this group.

scholarly journals Transformation management of primary health care services in two selected local authorities in Gauteng

Curationis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
W Sibaya ◽  
Marie Muller
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Primary Health Care Service ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Leadership Strategy

The transformation of health services in South Africa today is governed by the political, policy and legislative frameworks. This article focuses on the transformation of a primary health care service within a local authority in Gauteng. The purpose with this article is to explore and describe the perceptions (expectations and fears) of selected managers employed in this primary health care service. The results are utilised to compile a strategy (framework) for transformation management and leadership within the primary health care service. A qualitative research design was utilised and the data was collected by means of individual interviews with selected managers in the service, followed by a content analysis. The expectations and fears of managers focus mainly on personnel matters, community participation/satisfaction, salaries and parity, inadequate stocks/supplies and medication, the deterioration of quality service delivery and the need for training and empowerment. These results are divided into structure, process and outcome dimensions and are embodied in the conceptual framework for the transformation and leadership strategy. It is recommended that standards for transformation management be formulated and that the quality of transformation management be evaluated accordingly.

scholarly journals Collaborative and Systems Approach to Transforming Primary Health Care in Manitoba First Nations Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Kyoon-Achan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Primary Health

The models of primary health care currently operating in First Nations communities are rooted in policies that were crafted without prior appropriate consultations. Many have continued to be applied even though they no longer adequately serve the needs of First Nations communities and people, if they ever did. Transforming primary health care will necessarily involve community- inclusive and self-determined reviewing of existing policies with a goal of implementing opportunities to update policies and models of care. This study was a partnership with university-based researchers, a First Nations health and social development entity separately established by a regional organization of First Nations Chiefs, and eight First Nations communities. A multi-pronged methodology was used in which five concurrent studies employing qualitative, quantitative, and case-study methods provided information on the primary health care experiences of First Nations and rural and remote communities. The program of research took a community-based participatory approach to engage participants in designing and carrying out data gathering while strengthening local capacity and encouraging long-term ownership of the process of research for change. Participating communities pointed out key setbacks to community- based primary health care, including differing models of care, jurisdictional complexities, funding that creates isolated programs within the same community, lack of promotion of cooperation among health care services, and a general acute approach to health care service delivery in the community. These barriers are both problems and opportunities for change. A borderless health care system that is jurisdictionally seamless and that promotes collaboration through cooperative funding models that reflect community priorities is recommended and advocated for all Manitoba First Nations communities.

Impulse Control Disorders in Medical Settings

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean G. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Impulse Control Disorders ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Medical Settings ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Primary Health

Impulse control disorders (ICDs) and conditions with impulse control features provide a challenge in terms of identification, treatment, and follow-up when mental health specialists are in short supply. Medical settings, in particular the largest, primary health care, provide an opportunity to address many impulse-affected conditions currently poorly assessed and treated in health care settings. Barriers to intervention for ICDs in primary health care are time constraints; understanding of the etiology, symptoms, and appropriate interventions; the health and social costs; and prioritizing of training in and treatment of conditions perceived as more serious or appropriate to a primary health care service. These barriers may possibly be overcome in primary care settings, and in this chapter, a model to address problem gambling is described.

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