Towards a Conceptual Framework of Lay Evaluation of Health Care

2019 ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
Michael Calnan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Conceptual Framework

Nursing ethics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Nursing Ethics ◽  
Life Crisis ◽  
The Relationship

Nursing ethics may be defined simply in relation to what nurses do that doctors and others do not characteristically do; or in relation to the nursing perspective on any issues in health care and medicine. More radically, it claims to employ a distinctive conceptual framework, regarding care, rather than cure, as fundamental. Nursing ethics concerns itself with the relationship between ‘carer’ and ‘cared for’ and the meanings embedded in that relationship. It is the moral exploration of an illness or disability as a personal life crisis rather than an instance of a biomedical generalization.

scholarly journals Conceptual framework for the formulation of strategies to support registered nurses in their utilisation of the nursing process when executing their roles and functions in local-level Primary health care (PHC) practicein Namibia

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Hermine Iita ◽  
Scholastika Iipinge ◽  
Agnes Van Dyk
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Nursing Process ◽  
Health Care Practice ◽  
Primary Health

<p>This paper describes the conceptual framework upon which the development of strategies to support use of the nursing process by registered nurses in local-level Primary health care practice in Namibia was based. The conceptual framework was developed based on the findings of phase 1 of this study, which was a situational analysis to explore and describe the use of the Nursing Process by registered nurses in local level primary health care practice in Namibia and to identify constraints that registered nurses in local level Primary health care practice face as they implement the nursing process in their daily practice. The study was conducted in four phases namely as follow: Phase1: Needs assessment quantitative survey; Phase 2: Conceptualisation of findings from phase 1; Phase 3: Development of strategies to support the roles and functions of the registered nurse in local level PHC and Phase 4: Validation of these strategies. This article focusses on Phase 2: Conceptualisation of findings from phase 1 and it describes objectives 4 of the study namely, to develop a conceptual framework on which to base the formulation of relevant strategies.</p><p>From phase 1 which focused on needs assessment, findings indicate that registered nurses in local level Primary health care practice in Namibia fulfill most of their expected role functions. However, five main problem areas were identified. The challenges identified were categorised according to the five elements of PHC and management, namely, water and sanitation and related environmental health issues; nutrition and food supply; health education and communication; community diagnosis and care; and management support or administration, including research.</p><p>It was concluded that strategies needed to be developed to support registered nurses in their daily local Primary health care practice.</p><p>The development of the conceptual framework, which guided the development of strategies to support registered nurses use the nursing process in local level Primary health care practice, makes this study an original contribution to the body on knowledge.</p>

scholarly journals Individual responsibility for what? – A conceptual framework for exploring the suitability of private financing in a publicly funded health-care system

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustav Tinghőg ◽  
Per Carlsson ◽  
Carl H. Lyttkens
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Private Financing

AbstractPolicymakers in publicly funded health-care systems are frequently required to make intricate decisions on which health-care services to include or exclude from the basic health-care package. Although it seems likely that the concept of individual responsibility is an essential feature of such decisions, it is rarely explicitly articulated or evaluated in health policy. This paper presents a tentative conceptual framework for exploring when health-care services contain characteristics that facilitate individual responsibility through private financing. Six attributes for exploring the suitability of private financing for specific health-care commodities are identified: (i) it should enable individuals to value the need and quality both before and after utilization; (ii) it should be targeted toward individuals with a reasonable level of individual autonomy; (iii) it should be associated with low levels of positive externalities; (iv) it should be associated with a demand sufficient to generate a private market; (v) it should be associated with payments affordable for most individuals; and finally, (vi) it should be associated with ‘lifestyle enhancements’ rather than ‘medical necessities’. The tentative framework enables exploration of individual responsibility connected to health care as a heterogeneous group of commodities, and allows policymakers to make decisions on rationing by design rather than default.

scholarly journals From parallel practice to integrative health care: a conceptual framework

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Boon ◽  
Marja Verhoef ◽  
Dennis O'Hara ◽  
Barb Findlay
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Integrative Health ◽  
Integrative Health Care

scholarly journals Building information modelling to support maintenance management of healthcare built assets

Facilities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 415-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadeeshani Wanigarathna ◽  
Keith Jones ◽  
Adrian Bell ◽  
Georgios Kapogiannis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Building Information Modelling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Modelling ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Use Phase

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how digital capabilities associated with building information modelling (BIM) can integrate a wide range of information to improve built asset management (BAM) decision-making during the in-use phase of hospital buildings. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive document analysis and a participatory case study was undertaken with a regional NHS hospital to review the type of information that can be used to better inform BAM decision-making to develop a conceptual framework to improve information use during the health-care BAM process, test how the conceptual framework can be applied within a BAM division of a health-care organisation and develop a cloud-based BIM application. Findings BIM has the potential to facilitate better informed BAM decision-making by integrating a wide range of information related to the physical condition of built assets, resources available for BAM and the built asset’s contribution to health-care provision within an organisation. However, interdepartmental information sharing requires a significant level of time and cost investment and changes to information gathering and storing practices within the whole organisation. Originality/value This research demonstrated that the implementation of BIM during the in-use phase of hospital buildings is different to that in the design and construction phases. At the in-use phase, BIM needs to integrate and communicate information within and between the estates, facilities division and other departments of the organisation. This poses a significant change management task for the organisation’s information management systems. Thus, a strategically driven top-down organisational approach is needed to implement BIM for the in-use phase of hospital buildings.

scholarly journals Practical mixed methods strategies used to integrate qualitative and quantitative methods in community-based primary health care research

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 666-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navdeep Kaur ◽  
Isabelle Vedel ◽  
Reem El Sherif ◽  
Pierre Pluye
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Synthesis ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Primary Health

Abstract Background Mixed methods (MM) are common in community-based primary health care (CBPHC) research studies. Several strategies have been proposed to integrate qualitative and quantitative components in MM, but they are seldom well conceptualized and described. The purpose of the present review was to identify and describe practical MM strategies and combinations of strategies used to integrate qualitative and quantitative methods in CBPHC research. Methods A methodological review with qualitative synthesis (grouping) was performed. Records published in English in 2015 were retrieved from the Scopus bibliographic database. Eligibility criteria were: CBPHC empirical study, MM research with detailed description of qualitative and quantitative methods and their integration. Data were extracted from included studies and grouped using a conceptual framework comprised of three theoretical types of MM integration, the seven combinations of these types and nine practical strategies (three per type of integration) and multiple combinations of strategies. Results Among the 151 articles reporting CBPHC and MM studies retrieved, 54 (35.7%) met the inclusion criteria for this review. The included studies provided examples of the three theoretical types of MM integration, the seven combinations of these types as well as the nine practical strategies. Overall, 15 combinations of these strategies were observed. No emerging strategy was observed that was not predicted by the conceptual framework. Conclusions This review can provide guidance to CBPHC researchers for planning, conducting and reporting practical strategies and combinations of strategies used for integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in MM research.

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