Government Mass Communication in Asean Countries in Health Services during the Covid 19 Pandemic

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of government mass communication in ASEAN countries in health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to increase awareness of COVID-19, the development of digital-based information is increasingly needed. The public needs credible and reliable information to find out the Covid-19 phenomenon and its various impacts. people are increasingly understanding ways to protect themselves, their families, and the environment appropriately. This will also affect the improvement of public health services by providing good education and guidelines in mass media communication in ASEAN countries, especially in improving health services to the community

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Desenvolvimento regional e a distribuição dos serviços públicos de saúde em Goiás por municípios sede / Regional development and the distribution of public health services in Goiás by municipality headquarters

DRd - Desenvolvimento Regional em debate ◽

10.24302/drd.v8i1.1478 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 142-163

Author(s):

Claudia Regina Rosal Carvalho ◽

Flávia Rezende Campos ◽

Mirian Castro Portilho Dias Amorim ◽

Fernanda Machado Ferreira

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Regional Development ◽

Public Health Services ◽

Cultural Economic ◽

Public Power ◽

The Public ◽

Data Survey ◽

Health And Development

A saúde no contexto brasileiro é vista como um direito de todos os cidadãos e um dever do poder público. Em meio às diversidades culturais, econômicas e sociais que permeiam um país de dimensões continentais como o Brasil, as desigualdades inter e intrarregionais fazem-se visíveis de diversas formas. Desse modo, o objetivo desse estudo foi verificar de que forma as desigualdades existentes entre os municípios goianos são projetadas na estrutura pública de saúde. Para isso, realizou-se um levantamento de dados nos sítios eletrônicos do Conecta SUS e do Instituto Mauro Borges, de dezoito municípios goianos, que são sedes das regionais de saúde do estado de Goiás. Foram coletados dados referentes ao ano de 2010 e 2016. A seguir, analisaram-se indicadores públicos com o intuito de abranger aspectos de demografia, economia, desenvolvimento social e serviços de saúde. Os aspectos mapeados incluíram: quantitativo populacional, taxa de alfabetização, renda média da população, IDH, índice de Gini, quantitativo de estabelecimentos, médicos e leitos do sistema público de saúde desses municípios. O trabalho procurou contribuir para a discussão acerca do papel da saúde pública no contexto do desenvolvimento regional, reafirmando a relação entre saúde e desenvolvimento.AbstractHealth in Brazil is seen as a right of all citizens and a duty of the public power. Amid the cultural, economic and social diversities that permeate a country with continental dimensions such as Brazil, inter and intra-regional inequalities become visible in a variety of ways. Thus, the objective of this study was to verify how inequalities between the counties of Goiás are projected in the public health structure. For that, a data survey was carried out on the websites of Conecta SUS and the Mauro Borges Institute, from eighteen counties in Goiás, which are headquartered in the health centers of the state of Goiás. Data were collected for the year 2010 and 2016. Next, public indicators were analyzed in order to cover aspects of demography, economy, social development and health services. The mapped aspects included: population quantification, literacy rate, average income of the population, HDI, Gini index, quantitative of establishments, doctors and beds of the public health system of these conties. The paper sought to contribute to the discussion about the role of public health in the context of regional development, reaffirming the relationship between health and development.

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Evaluation of the first pharmacy-led weight management programme in Greece

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice ◽

10.1093/ijpp/riab015.056 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. i45-i46

Author(s):

A Peletidi ◽

R Kayyali

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Potential Role ◽

Annual Report ◽

World Health ◽

Public Health Services ◽

Cvd Risk ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization

Abstract Introduction Obesity is one of the main cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.(1) In primary care, pharmacists are in a unique position to offer weight management (WM) interventions. Greece is the European country with the highest number of pharmacies (84.06 pharmacies per 100,000 citizens).(2) The UK was chosen as a reference country, because of the structured public health services offered, the local knowledge and because it was considered to be the closest country to Greece geographically, unlike Australia and Canada, where there is also evidence confirming the potential role of pharmacists in WM. Aim To design and evaluate a 10-week WM programme offered by trained pharmacists in Patras. Methods This WM programme was a step ahead of other interventions worldwide as apart from the usual measuring parameters (weight, body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure (BP)) it also offered an AUDIT-C and Mediterranean diet score tests. Results In total,117 individuals participated. Of those, 97.4% (n=114), achieved the programme’s aim, losing at least 5% of their initial weight. The mean % of total weight loss (10th week) was 8.97% (SD2.65), and the t-test showed statistically significant results (P<0.001; 95% CI [8.48, 9.45]). The programme also helped participants to reduce their waist-to-height ratio, an early indicator of the CVD risk in both male (P=0.004) and female (P<0.001) participants. Additionally, it improved participants’ BP, AUDIT-C score and physical activity levels significantly (P<0.001). Conclusion The research is the first systematic effort in Greece to initiate and explore the potential role of pharmacists in public health. The successful results of this WM programme constitute a first step towards the structured incorporation of pharmacists in public’s health promotion. It proposed a model for effectively delivering public health services in Greece. This study adds to the evidence in relation to pharmacists’ CVD role in public health with outcomes that superseded other pharmacy-led WM programmes. It also provides the first evidence that Greek pharmacists have the potential to play an important role within primary healthcare and that after training they are able to provide public health services for both the public’s benefit and their clinical role enhancement. This primary evidence should support the Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association, to “fight” for their rights for an active role in primary care. In terms of limitations, it must be noted that the participants’ collected data were recorded by pharmacists, and the analysis therefore depended on the accuracy of the recorded data, in particular on the measurements or calculations obtained. Although the sample size was achieved, it can be argued that it is small for the generalisation of findings across Greece. Therefore, the WM programme should be offered in other Greek cities to identify if similar results can be replicated, so as to consolidate the contribution of pharmacists in promoting public health. Additionally, the study was limited as it did not include a control group. Despite the limitations, our findings provide a model for a pharmacy-led public health programme revolving around WM that can be used as a model for services in the future. References 1. Mendis S, Puska P, Norrving B, World Health Organization., World Heart Federation., World Stroke Organization. Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization in collaboration with the World Heart Federation and the World Stroke Organization; 2011 [cited 2018 Jun 26]. 155 p. Available from: http://www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/publications/atlas_cvd/en/ 2. Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union. Pharmacy with you throughout life:PGEU Annual Report [Internet]. 2015. Available from: https://www.pgeu.eu/en/library/530:annual-report-2015.html

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The therapeutic journey of families of children with respiratory diseases in the public health service

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem ◽

10.1590/s0104-11692012000300005 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 453-461 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira ◽

Neusa Collet ◽

Débora Falleiros de Mello ◽

Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Services ◽

Respiratory Diseases ◽

Health Issues ◽

Public Health Services ◽

The Public ◽

Primary Health ◽

Therapeutic Encounters ◽

Access To Medical Care

This study's purpose was to identify the therapeutic journey of families seeking health care for their children with respiratory diseases. This qualitative study had the participation of parents of children younger than five years old who were hospitalized with respiratory diseases. Path mapping was used as an instrument to collect data, which was analyzed through thematic analysis. The findings indicate that families sought the health services as soon as they perceived symptoms and had access to medical care, however such care was not decisive in resolving their health issues. Even though the families returned to the service at least another three times, the children had to be hospitalized. The attributes of primary health care were not observed in the public health services, while therapeutic encounters had no practical success.

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Role of Community Medicine during COVID-19 Pandemic

Indian Journal of Community Health ◽

10.47203/ijch.2021.v33i02.003 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 242-244

Author(s):

Epari Venkata Rao ◽

Prem Sagar Panda

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care Services ◽

Community Medicine ◽

Public Health Services ◽

Health Crisis ◽

Public Health Expert ◽

The Public ◽

Care Services ◽

Health Expert

Pandemics have significantly affected economy of each country. Health & political system have been also drastically affected in each part of the country. To fight against pandemic, it demands multidimensional approaches comprising of various measures like surveillance, containment, isolation & quarantine, border restriction as well as various socio-political and community measures. Though the entire health workforce is involved at multiple levels, the role of a community medicine/public health expert is maximum in controlling the spread in the community and managing the situation. The community medicine specialists can contribute to the public health as well as health-care services in combating the pandemic. This review has been done for giving an insight of proper utilisation of public health services and existing manpower of community medicine. Also this will channelize our health system and give a direction for combating future public health crisis. So Government should utilise the experiences and expertise to manage the pandemic very well.

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The Future of the Public Health Services, by COUNCILLOR W. ASBURY, J.P., Chairman of the City of Sheffield Health and Public Assistance Committees

Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute ◽

10.1177/146642403805901202 ◽

1938 ◽

Vol 59 (12) ◽

pp. 727-740

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Public Assistance ◽

Public Health Services ◽

The Public ◽

The Future ◽

The City

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Developing High Quality Public Health Services Across the Union That Are Equally Accessible to All

Gender and Diversity ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6912-1.ch101 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 1924-1947

Author(s):

Androutsou Lorena ◽

Androutsou Foulvia

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Services ◽

Member State ◽

Health Systems ◽

Quality Standards ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Public Health Services ◽

High Quality ◽

The Public ◽

European Health

Health systems are facing greater demands and challenges. Access to all with high-quality standards has been a key challenge for the European health systems, however, they are engaged to take care of the rights of those in need. This article aims to identify public health areas and values. It offers many opportunities to help policy and decision makers to write “policy briefs” and to clearly outline the rationale for action. It will pursuit to enhance local capacities and skills to plan, implement, evaluate and sustain system improvements. There is a need both at Member State and European levels to support the public health services to shape the future of health and healthcare.

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