scholarly journals Experiences of Batswana women diagnosed with both HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer

Curationis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Molefe ◽  
S.E. Duma
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Hiv Aids

The central phenomenon of interest to the authors was the experiences of Batswana women who have been diagnosed with both HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer. They wanted to know how these women and their families coped with the burden of the two ‘fatal’ diseases. This interest was brought about by the current surge in cervical cancer cases in the country, and the relationship between the two diseases. There is scant literature on the experiences of women with the dual diagnosis of HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer. The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences of Batswana women who are diagnosed with both HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer. The research question was ‘What are the experiences of Batswana women diagnosed with both HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer?’ A phenomenological descriptive qualitative research design was therefore appropriate to answer the research question.Semi-structured interviews and field notes were used to collect data. One-to-one interviews were conducted with six women diagnosed with the two diseases. Both convenience and purposive sampling techniques were used in selection of participants. The seven procedural steps proposed by Collaizi (1978) were utilized in data analysis as the study was based on the phenomenology approach. The findings revealed that HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer are chronic illnesses that can instill chronic emotional pain. Reactions to diagnosis with these diseases include pain, fear or intense sadness. Coping with these conditions can be facilitated by different strategies such as acceptance, having hope, support from others and positive thinking. Support can come from children, family members, informal or formal groups and health service providers.

scholarly journals Factors contributing to late breast cancer presentation for health care amongst women in Kumasi, Ghana

Curationis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Comfort Asoogo ◽  
Sinegugu E. Duma
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cancer Awareness ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Fear Of Cancer ◽  
Ghanaian Women

Background: Delay in presenting breast cancer for health care is dangerous because it can increase the mortality rate amongst affected women. Delaying health care and treatment makes it difficult to manage advanced breast cancer successfully. Understanding the factors that contribute to delays in presentation for health care can save lives.Objectives: The purpose of the study was to describe the factors which contribute to the latepresentation of Ghanaian women with breast cancer for health care at a tertiary hospital in Kumasi, Ghana.Method: A descriptive qualitative research design was utilised to answer the research question: ‘What factors contribute to presenting with late breast cancer for health care amongst Ghanaian women who were treated for breast cancer at a tertiary hospital in Kumasi, Ghana?’ A sample of 30 women diagnosed with breast cancer and presented with Stage II and Stage III participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews and field notes were conducted for data collection. Content data analysis was used in line with the research question.Findings: Five themes were discovered as findings. These were: lack of knowledge about breast cancer; fear of cancer treatment and its outcomes; poverty; traditional and spiritual beliefs and treatments and caring for others.Conclusions: We recommend the development of breast cancer awareness programmes and health education at primary health care level.

scholarly journals Identifying executive challenges of performance-based payment from medical and educational hospitals managers’ perspective and offering solutions in Isfahan (2018)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Jabbari ◽  
Nasrin Shaarbafchi Zadeh ◽  
Behrooz Maddahian
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Correct Implementation

Introduction: Performance-based payment is a payment model that attempts to reward the measured dimensions of performance and encourages health service providers to achieve predetermined goals by financial incentives. This study aimed to identify executive challenges of performance-based payment from medical and educational hospitals managers’ perspective and offering solutions in Isfahan 2018. Methods: This study was a qualitative study. Semi structured interviews were used to collect data. The research population was 11 people (the managers of educational and medical hospitals in Isfahan) who were selected purposefully. All interviews were recorded and then written on a paper. The duration of the interviews varied between 45 to 60 minutes. The data were analyzed using MAXQDA120 software and based on thematic analysis. Results: In this study, , regarding executive challenges, seven themes and fifteen sub-themes were obtained, including the weakness of the performance-based payment project, weakness in education and educational support, low employee participation, weakness of information and communication technology, weakness of laws and regulations, unfavorable economic conditions of the public sector, and special conditions governing public hospitals.   Conclusion: performance-based payment, if implemented correctly, can lead to the improvement of quantitative and qualitative indicators related to employees’ performance. Correct implementation requires identifying challenges and obstacles and then corrective actions. This study was able to identify and present some of the operational challenges of the performance-based payment from the viewpoint of hospital managers.

scholarly journals Strategies for Development of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Meditation-based Health Tourism in Nepal: Using SWOT Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-107
Author(s):  
Bishnu Prasad Khanal ◽  
Tetsuo Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Strategy Formulation ◽  
Health Tourism ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Health Products ◽  
Tourism Service

Now health tourism based on yoga, Ayurveda and meditation is growing sector in Nepalese Tourism. Health tourism as one of the most important forms of tourism is not an exception and preparing strategies for its development will not be possible without considering its specific and extraordinary environment. The objective of preparing and is writing this research paper is to formulate suitable strategies for health tourism development in Nepal. This study uses a qualitative approach. We conduct 38 semi structured interviews with related stakeholder’s of health tourism in Nepal, including health service providers, tourism service providers (as enterprise), and government officials. It was carried out in 2017 in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, and Pokhara. For strategy formulation, we employ the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis method to examine the internal and external factors comprehensively, in terms of health tourism development in Nepal. The strategy to the health tourism development will be considered in terms of four relations: strengths-opportunities (S-O), weaknesses-opportunities (W-O), strengths-threats (S-T), weakness-threats (W-T). The results of this study show that the strategy in health tourism development in Nepal, it is necessary to work on policy and regulation, promotion and branding, introducing the quality standards for health products and service as well as to establish the institutional support in order to successful implementation for the strategy of the health tourism development in Nepal.

scholarly journals Caregivers’ perception of dignity in teenagers with autism spectrum disorder

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 2035-2046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Mohammadi ◽  
Mahnaz Rakhshan ◽  
Zahra Molazem ◽  
Najaf Zareh ◽  
Mark Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Targeted Sampling ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Field Notes

Introduction: Maintaining dignity is one of patients is one of the main ethical responsibilities of caregivers. However, in many cases, the dignity of patients, especially autistic teenagers is not maintained. The extent to which dignity needs are met for this group within the Iranian care system is difficult to determine as dignity is an abstract concept, and there are few related research studies reported. Objectives: The objective of this study is to find out caregivers perspectives on dignity in teenagers with autistic spectrum disorder. Research design: This study uses a qualitative research design. The data were collected through individual, semi-structured interviews and field notes developed during the interviews. In order to analyze the data, qualitative conventional content analysis was used. Participants and research context: In all, 16 professional caregivers for autistic teenagers working in public hospitals were recruited based on a targeted sampling method to reach data saturation from February 2016 to July 2017. Findings: The findings of this study were presented in three main themes, “privacy,” “respecting individual identity,” and “comprehensive support,” and 11 categories. Ethical consideration: This study’s protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of medical universities located in Southeast of Iran and the required ethical principles were followed throughout. Discussion and conclusion: Based on the findings of this study from the perspective of caregivers, autistic teenagers need to be cared for and educated in a respectful environment where their privacy is maintained, their individual identities are respected, and they receive comprehensive familial, social, and financial support. These conditions would maintain the dignity of such teenagers and would result in appropriate behavioral outcomes. Therefore, it is suggested that a cultural, professional and institutional background in which all components of the autistic teenager’s dignity are protected and emphasized be provided.

scholarly journals Universal Precautions in the Era of HIV/AIDS: Perception of Health Service Providers in Yunnan, China

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 806-814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Wu ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Zunyou Wu ◽  
Haijun Cao ◽  
Chunqing Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Universal Precautions ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Perception Of Health ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Assessment of cervical cancer services and cervical cancer related knowledge of health service providers in public health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Firdawek Getahun ◽  
Adamu Addissie ◽  
Shiferaw Negash ◽  
Gebrekiros Gebremichael
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Public Health Facilities ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Cancer Services

Abstract Objective To assess cervical cancer services and knowledge of health service providers in public health facilities. Result Two of the three hospitals had cervical cancer screening services. One-third of the hospital had cervical cancer diagnosis service punch biopsy and cervical cancer treatment. Majority, 289 (93.5%) of study participants said cervical cancer was a preventable disease. Having multiple sexual partners 257 (83.2%) and post coital bleeding 251 (81.2%), were the most mentioned risk factor and clinical manifestation of cervical cancer respectively. Majority of the participants were aware of the correct time to start screening 291 (70.5%), and only 95 (25.9%) knew the screening intervals. Overall, 165 (53.4%) of health providers scored below the mean knowledge level score. Females had better knowledge about cervical cancer than males (X2 = 8.4, P = 0.003).

scholarly journals Knowledge and awareness about cervical Cancer and its Prevention among Women Attending at Out patient Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Lutfa Begum Lipi ◽  
Afroza Kutubi ◽  
Mohammed Mizanur Rahman ◽  
Nebedita Shaha ◽  
Nazma Haque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Medical College Hospital ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Socioeconomic Condition ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
Patient Department

The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and awareness regarding cervical cancer and its prevention among women attending at out patient department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. A qualitative study was undertaken using face to face in depth interviews from January 2015 to July 2015 .Among 229 women mean age 34.07±7.92 ,from 18 to 60 years were observed. Awareness and knowledge about cervical cancer was very poor which was about 25.3%. Knowledge was high among women coming from high socioeconomic condition which was 31.5% (p=0.03). Participants who were highly educated had more knowledge about 83.3% (<0.001). Most of the participants about 72.22% got the information from doctors and health service providers. The findings highlights the importance of awareness creation about cervical cancer and its risk factors, screening through utilization of the services of media like television, newspaper and radio which have massive impact in improving the knowledge.J Shaheed Suhrawardy Med Coll, June 2018, Vol.10(1); 36-41

Changes in service delivery following HIV/AIDS education of medical and mental health service providers: Results of a one-year follow-up.

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith A. Cook ◽  
Lisa A. Razzano ◽  
Nathan Linsk ◽  
Barbara L. Dancy ◽  
Dennis D. Grey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Aids Education ◽  
Health Service Providers ◽  
One Year ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals “Somebody has to teach the ‘broccoli’ course”: Administrators Navigating Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET)

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
Luis Francisco Vargas-Madriz ◽  
Norma Nocente ◽  
Rebecca Best-Bertwistle ◽  
Sarah Forgie
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Student Evaluations ◽  
Teaching Evaluation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Student Evaluations Of Teaching ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
Large Research

Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET) have been the most consistently administered tool, and they are still extensively used in higher education institutions to assess teaching effectiveness. The purpose of this study was to explore how SET are used by administrators in the teaching evaluation process at a large, research-intensive Canadian university. A basic qualitative research design was used in this project, and semi-structured interviews were used to obtain administrators’ experiences. The research question that guided this study was: How are SET (and other tools) used in the evaluation of teaching at this university? Findings showed that although participants mostly utilized a couple of SET statements as indicators of effective teaching, they were certainly aware of the intrinsic issues concerning these tools, and that they are continually seeking to obtain more evidence if SET results are below their benchmarks.

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