scholarly journals Stress on Human Health Resources as A Result of The COVID-19 Virus

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Suresh Vázquez Raposo ◽  
Maria de los Angeles Dichi Romero ◽  
Olga Margarita Bertadillo Mendoza ◽  
Luis Rey Garcia Cortes ◽  
Fatima Korina Gaytan Nuñez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Health Work ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
The World

The world has been paralyzed by a new pandemic, efforts to mitigate the spread, the necessary medical intervention in infected patients, the problems of health systems have shown the value of the personnel working in the health sector. The objective is to reflect on the implications of the Human Resource of health in the care of COVID-19. Arguing that health work in the urgent situation of the pandemic can generate stress as a consequence. The intervention to temper the spread of the virus makes human resources vulnerable to health, these repercussions are exalted by working hours and overwork. It delves into the problem of stress as part of mental health and the daily work of human resources. It concludes with a series of suggestions that could contribute to the phenomenon of stress in human health resources.

Interventions for Improving Health Care Workers’ Retention in Epidemics – a Scoping Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Zarei Jelyani ◽  
Sadra Valiee ◽  
Mohammad Kia ◽  
Ali jajarmizadeh ◽  
Sajad Delavari
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Health System ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Care Workers

Abstract Introduction: Generally, in Epidemics, such as COVID-19, health care workers (HCWs) faces many problems which lead to a shortage and weakening of human resources in the health system. Therefore, using effective strategies to retain human resources is one of the most important issues during outbreaks. This study aims to collect and classify the proposed interventions to strengthen human health resources and their sustainability during epidemics through scoping review.Methods: In this scoping review study, 2300 studies were retrieved through searching international databases –PubMed, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science. The retrieved studies were screened, and finally, 50 studies were included for analysis. The strategies were classified using inductive qualitative content analysis.Results: Most of the studies were conducted in the United States and the United Kingdom. The target population in 39 studies was all health workers; five studies were on physicians, five studies on nurses, and only one study on dentists. The proposed interventions were classified into five categories: preparation, protection, support, treatment, and feedback. Discussion: Most studies focused on providing interventions in one or two dimensions of human resources, but these interventions were summarized and categorized in this review. Therefore, this study has a holistic view of various dimensions of strengthening and maintaining human health resources during epidemics by providing a thematic map. Considering that human beings are multidimensional, policymakers and managers of the health system should use a set of interventions that simultaneously cover different aspects of their needs to strengthen and maintain HCWs.

Allocation of mental health resources

2021 ◽  
pp. 157-182
Author(s):  
James E. Sabin ◽  
Norman Daniels
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
Allocation Process ◽  
Setting Process ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Appeals Process

Resource allocation in mental health occurs at four levels. First, within the total allocation a society makes to health care, how much should go to mental health? In most societies, mental health services have been discriminated against. The quest for parity with medical and surgical services reflects the effort to undo this discrimination. In the Oregon priority-setting process, mental health conditions ranked high among community choices. Second, within the mental health sector, which conditions should receive priority? Some priority should be given to those with the most severe impairments, but no principles tell us just how much priority the sickest should receive. Third, within a particular area, such as schizophrenia, how much resource should be devoted to prevention, treatment of acute episodes, or rehabilitation of those with chronic conditions? Finally, in the care of individual patients, how much treatment is ‘enough’? Where and how is the line drawn between interventions regarded as ‘medically necessary’ versus interventions that are desirable but ‘optional’? In the absence of shared principles for making these allocational decisions, societies must establish fair decision-making processes, in which the rationales for policies and decisions are shared with the public, the rationales address meeting population needs in the context of available resources, and a robust appeals process allows patients, families, and clinicians to challenge decisions and policies. Because societies will develop their own distinctive approaches to resource allocation, progress requires looking at the allocation process in an international context.

Human Health Resources In Kazakhstan

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aikan Аkanov ◽  
Тilek Меimanaliev ◽  
Аizhan Кyzayeva ◽  
Ainur Кumar ◽  
Gulzhakhan Kashafutdinova
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Effective Use

We have analyzed human resources in healthcare of Kazakhstan over 1985-2011, and determined general trends and regularities. By the level of provision with physicians, Kazakhstan ranks as one of the leaders in the world, at the same time there have been a deficit of physicians in the Republic over the last 20 years, particularly in rural areas. As per its regions, there is an irregularity in the physicians provision rate: the most part of specialists is concentrated in cities – Almaty and Astana, there is a deficit of physicians in the Almaty, Коstanai, North-Kazakhstan and Jambyl Oblasts. The effective use of human resources will enable to optimize expenditure for the public health and to improve the medical service quality.

scholarly journals God’s health and human health: A proposal for the world of well-being

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Harold Ellens
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Mental Image ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
The World

This article reflects on people’s presuppositions with regard to God’s mental health as it has been recounted throughout history. The article asserts that the dominant report of a ‘sick god’ has nothing to do with God at all, but is, instead, the manifestation of a sick projection of people who are terrified of the unknown and the unpredictable in life. Such a projection reflects their own fears, which they project upon their own mental image of the mentor who they thought was God. The other, sound, report on God’s mental health has encountered many difficulties in competing with the dominant report. The alternative report has met with much resistance, because it seems so humanly unbelievable, in its claim that God is a God of unconditional grace to all humankind.

Trauma Intervention in Sub-Saharan African Children: A Systematic Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-469
Author(s):  
Tiamo Katsonga-Phiri ◽  
Kathryn E. Grant ◽  
Molly Brown
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
World Health ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The People ◽  
Qualitative Systematic Review ◽  
The World ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Health Organization

Sub-Saharan Africa is a part of the world that is highly affected by a large number of atrocities, causing a myriad of financial, physical health, and mental health consequences. Yet, unfortunately, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), this is also the part of the world that is least served by mental health services. In response, the WHO has created mandates to increase mental health resources and capacity in all countries. Researchers have taken on the work of introducing and adapting treatments in various sub-Saharan African countries with an aim to create sustainable, evidence-based treatment in a part of the world with high need. The current qualitative systematic review of the literature examines 20 articles that report on research conducted in sub-Saharan African countries with children who have suffered different types of traumas. This review answers questions concerning the types of treatments used, the people administering the treatments, the measures they take to adapt these treatments, and the types of outcomes that are seen. Overall, the majority of treatments being used are shown to be effective with the associated populations.

scholarly journals Newly enacted mental health law in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ershadul Karim ◽  
Sabuj Shaikh
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Mental Health Law ◽  
The World ◽  
Future Policy

Mental health problems are almost ignored in Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The lack of overall health literacy and human resources due to an ineffectively updated legal and regulatory framework, coupled with very limited but misused budget allocation, are some of the factors responsible for this. The country's Constitution recognises the importance of public health and stipulates the improvement of public health as an important primary duty of the state. Nevertheless, it is often compromised or neglected in favour of other socioeconomic development priorities. The Lunacy Act 1912 was recently repealed and substituted by the Mental Health Act 2018 to fill in various gaps in mental health law. This is a welcome development, but there remain limitations and scope for further improvement. We highlight some important provisions of this newly enacted law, identify some limitations and propose some issues for consideration in future policy reform.

scholarly journals Multidisciplinary nexus for global public health challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Aminul Haque ◽  
Siwi Pramatama Mars Wijayanti ◽  
Budi Aji
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
Mass Participation

Disease pandemic has shown that human health does not belong to health human resources only but beyond it. People should realize that health issues could not only be relied on the health sector but it also needs a cross-cutting stakeholders such as social scientists, economists, politicians, non-governmental organizations, mass media, private entities, mass participation etc. So, human health belongs to the participation of everyone because it comes from everyone. No one will deny it!  

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