scholarly journals Where can I find services that will help me meet my basic needs?: Developing a geospatial tool to support college students experiencing basic needs insecurities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elizabeth Rowen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Care Services ◽  
System Usability Scale ◽  
Geospatial Tools ◽  
Support Students

College students in California are unable to meet their basic needs for survival, leaving students across the state without consistent access to food, housing, and health care. Emergency programs and services, both public and private, exist on most college campuses to address students' basic needs. Unfortunately, due to the stigmatization of basic needs insecurities and a lack of widespread knowledge about these services, students who need help meeting their basic needs are not connecting with the programs and services on campus that can help them. This dissertation contends that college students experiencing homelessness, housing insecurity, and food insecurity would benefit from the use of a mobile application that assists users in finding and accessing on-campus and off-campus services, such as housing services, food services, health care services, financial services, personal care services, and LGBTQ+ student services. Using the frameworks of design science research, public participatory GIS, and critical GIS and tools such as Esri's QuickCapture, Esri's Web App Builder, React Native Listings, Termly, ATLAS.ti, Qualtrics, and Google Forms, this dissertation illustrates the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of a model of a mobile application, the Campus Cares Community App, that connects student users with basic needs services. The dissertation includes a literature review of all of the studies conducted on college students' experiences with basic needs insecurities in the U.S. and California and a review of the public policies shaping college students' experiences with basic needs insecurities. The literature review shows that despite the increased empirical examination of college students' experiences with basic needs insecurities in recent years, there have been few uses of geospatial tools, methods, or artifacts to support research about this topic or development of solutions to address this problem. Geospatial methods can help researchers to document, describe, and analyze data about students' experiences with basic needs insecurities because these conditions are experienced geographically. Many applied geospatial tools can be useful in addressing this problem because these tools provide user-friendly, cost-effective methods for connecting people with other people, locations, and institutions. In addition, the dissertation presents a comprehensive explanation of the iterative process of designing and developing a model of a mobile application in consultation with important stakeholders and potential users, such as students and staff who work with students experiencing basic needs insecurities. Three iterative cycles were performed, during which processes such as: reviewing existing tools to support service navigation, collecting information about software and applications for designing the application, selecting and testing multiple programs and applications, creating a model of an application showing proof of concept of the idea, brainstorming ideas for the app with potential users, naming the application, and developing a template of the application occurred. The evaluation of the model of the mobile application employed the System Usability Scale (SUS) and five open-ended questions to assess the usability of the application. The five participants who responded to the survey containing the SUS and the evaluative open-ended questions found the Campus Cares Community App to be usable and useful. The participants also shared ideas for improvements and revisions to the application which can be applied in future iterative cycles. A mobile application to support students experiencing basic needs insecurities is feasible, usable, and beneficial. College administrators can consider implementing the Campus Cares Community App on their campuses as an additional instrument of mitigation to support students experiencing basic needs insecurities.

scholarly journals Maturity assessment and maturity models in health care: A multivocal literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 205520762091477
Author(s):  
Ayça Kolukısa Tarhan ◽  
Vahid Garousi ◽  
Oktay Turetken ◽  
Mehmet Söylemez ◽  
Sonia Garossi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Maturity Models ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Maturity Assessment ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Operational Excellence

Background The maturity of practices and infrastructure in the health care domain directly impacts the quality and efficiency of health care services. Therefore, various health care administrations (e.g. from hospital management to the nationwide health authority) need to assess and improve their operational maturity. Objective This study aimed to review and classify studies that propose/use maturity assessment or maturity models (MMs) as a vehicle to achieve operational excellence in the health care domain. Method To achieve this objective, we performed a multivocal literature review (MLR) – a form of systematic review that includes data from the grey literature (e.g. white papers and online documents) in addition to formal, peer-reviewed literature. Results Based on 101 sources, 80 from peer-reviewed literature and 21 from the grey literature, we identified 68 different MMs on, for example, telemedicine, care pathways and digital imaging. We reviewed them with respect to various aspects, including types of research and contribution, list of MMs proposed/used with their subject areas, elements of maturity/capability and application scope or scale. In the synthesis of empirical benefits of using MMs, two were found to be significant: (a) identifying issues and providing guidance for improvement in health care contexts, and (b) improving efficiency, effectiveness, performance and productivity. Conclusion This MLR provides an overview of the landscape and serves as an index to the vast body of knowledge in this area. Our review creates an opportunity to cope with the challenges in obtaining an overview of the state-of-the-art and practice, choosing the most suitable models or developing new models with further specialties.

scholarly journals Mindfulness Mobile Application Menurunkan Tingkat Stres Mahasiswa : A Literature Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasanah Eka Wahyu Ningsih ◽  
Meidiana Dwidiyanti ◽  
Elis Hartati
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Online Database ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
Literature Searches ◽  
Reducing Stress

Background: Stress among college students have been widely researched. The interventions such as mindfulness, meditation, relaxation and yoga using mobile application become most appealing choices to reduce stress. Technology is used as media to help implementing the interventions include mindfulness mobile application. It provides mindfulness steps and other features.Purpose: The aim of this paper is to evaluate previous research studies of mindfulness mobile application on decreasing stress level among college students.Method: Literature searches were conducted in October 2018. The search involved the utilization of the following online database: Google Scholar dan Medline. Keywords were “stress, mindfulness, and mobile application”. Searches were limited from 2008 to 2018 with paper in full-text and English language.Results: Four literatur were found which met inclusion and exclusion criteria. Three themes were identified: aplikasi mindfulness, framework penggunaan aplikasi, dan mengukur tingkat stres.  Conclusion: This review expands the knowledge in the area of stress reduction using mindfulness mobile application and calls for further research. The researchers should develop an application using mindfulness as the therapy to decrease stress level of college students. The institution or universities should utilize the findings of this review to promote training of mindfulness in managing the stressors or reducing stress through mobile application.  

The effects of payments for pharmaceuticals: a systematic literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 337-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kolasa ◽  
Marta Kowalczyk
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Care Costs ◽  
Drug Cost ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Cost Sharing ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Costs

AbstractThe existence of different forms of out-of-pocket payments (OOPs) for pharmaceuticals across the globe provokes the question whether they can achieve more negative or positive consequences. A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the association between drug cost sharing and health care services utilization, health care costs as well as health outcomes. Studies published in The Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase were searched with such keywords as: drug, pharmaceutical, cost sharing, out of pocket, co-payments paired with the following: impact, health outcomes, health care costs and utilization. The final review included 18 articles. A total of 11 publications reported the association between drug cost sharing and health care utilization patterns, of which nine found a statistically significant direct relationship. In all 10 publications concerned the association between drug copayments and health care costs. Majority were limited to the impact on the drug budget. Seven studies looked into the link between drug cost sharing and health outcomes, of which five reported statistically significant inverse relationship. There is some evidence for the association between drug copayments, health outcomes and health care services consumption. The optimal system of OOPs’ payments for pharmaceuticals needs to prevent drugs’ overconsumption and mitigate the risks of excessive cost sharing’s burden.

scholarly journals Utilization of health care services by migrants in Europe—a systematic literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Graetz ◽  
B. Rechel ◽  
W. Groot ◽  
M. Norredam ◽  
M. Pavlova
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Care Services

Impact of Patients Presenting with Alcohol and/or Drug Intoxication on In-Event Health Care Services at Mass-Gathering Events: An Integrative Literature Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makayla Bullock ◽  
Jamie Ranse ◽  
Alison Hutton
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Mass Gathering ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Music Festivals ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Impact

AbstractBackgroundThere is a growing body of literature relating to mass-gathering events. A common thread amongst this literature, particularly the literature relating to music festivals, is the incidence of patients presenting with substance and/or alcohol intoxication. However, the impact of alcohol and/or drugs on the provision of in-event health care services has not been explored in detail.AimThe goal of this review was to develop an understanding of the impact of alcohol and/or drugs on in-event health care services at mass-gathering events.MethodThis paper used integrative review as a methodology. The articles included in this literature review were sourced by searching databases inclusive of Medline (Ovid; US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, Maryland USA), Scopus (Elsevier; Amsterdam, Netherlands), PsycINFO (Ovid; American Psychological Association; Washington DC, USA), and Pub Med (National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health; Bethesda, Maryland USA). Identified manuscripts that met the inclusion criteria were thematically analyzed.ResultsIn total, 12 manuscripts met the inclusion criteria for this review. A thematic analysis of these manuscripts identified three main themes: (i) predictive factors, (ii) patient presentation rates, and (iii) levels of care.Conclusion:Substance use and/or intoxication can place a strain on in-event medical services at mass-gathering events. Of the various types of mass-gathering events, music festivals appear to be the most affected by substance use and intoxication.BullockM, RanseJ, HuttonA.Impact of patients presenting with alcohol and/or drug intoxication on in-event health care services at mass-gathering events: an integrative literature review. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(5):539–542.

Health care infrastructure amenities – an empirical examination of Indian perspective

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-262
Author(s):  
Atul Gupta ◽  
Ipseeta Satpathy ◽  
B. Chandra Mohan Patnaik ◽  
Niharika Patel
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
The State ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peace Of Mind ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
The Status

Purpose – Health is an important issue in our life. A person with good health will have peace of mind and will be able to contribute to nation-building. We cannot expect performance from an ill person with a low morale. In the present paper, the authors tried to understand the ground realities of health-care facilities provided in India and more specifically in Odisha, India. Design/methodology/approach – This empirical paper used a non-experimental design to test a proposed model based on a review of relevant literature. In this paper, an initial pilot study was conducted by taking 44 various variables; however, after the study and taking the expert opinion, the variables were restricted to only 30. For the purpose of study, only state-sponsored hospitals were considered on a random sampling method. Findings – The analysis of data is conducted on a simple percentage method with closed-end options. It is found that even after 67 years of independence, people do not have access to basic medical care facilities in the rural areas and to some extent in semi-urban areas also. The major stumbling block is inadequate infrastructure in these hospitals. Research limitations/implications – While this study offers some insight into the status of healthcare infrastructure in rural India, the sample was limited to respondents in state-sponsored hospitals, which may not represent the views about private hospitals. Practical implications – It seems that in some interior areas of Odisha, people rely more on their fate than then these health-care services. Social implications – Various governments claim that they are spending millions of rupees on health-care service, but the benefits are not being felt by the masses. We are sure that our attempt to highlight the scenario of health-care services in the state of Odisha will be an eye opener and will compel the various stake holders to introspect their involvement in the health-care services provided in these areas. Originality/value – A considerable amount of research has been done evaluating the status of healthcare in India, but this is the first empirical research study to date based on respondents from the rural parts of the state of Odisha in India. Some of these areas are not reachable to researchers due to the poor infrastructure. This contribution is also of special importance amid the recent criticism of the healthcare infrastructure in India by prominent management scholars.

Examining healthcare systems: a market analysis for Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 2-20
Author(s):  
Elise Catherine Davis ◽  
Terri Menser ◽  
Alondra Cerda Juarez ◽  
Lesley E. Tomaszewski ◽  
Bita A. Kash
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Health Care Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Narrow Scope ◽  
Subject Areas

Purpose This paper aims to present a literature review of the health workforce, hospital and clinic systems, infrastructure, primary care, regulatory climate, the pharmaceutical industry and community health behavior of the Kenyan health-care system with the purpose of providing a thorough background on the health-care environment in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted using Pub Med, searching for “Kenya” in the title of articles published from January 1, 2015 to February 24, 2016; this provided a broad overview of the type of research being conducted in Kenya. Other data provided by governmental agencies and non-governmental agencies was also reviewed to describe the current state of population health in Kenya. Findings An initial review of 615 Pubmed articles included 455 relevant articles. A complete review of these studies was conducted, resulting in a final sample of 389 articles. These articles were categorized into three main subject areas with 14 secondary subject areas (Figure 1). Research limitations/implications The narrow scope of the search parameters set for the systematic review was a necessary limitation to focus on the most relevant literature. The findings of this study provide a thorough background on health care in Kenya to researchers and practitioners. Originality/value This compilation of data specific to Kenya provides a detailed summary of both the country’s health-care services and health status, focusing on potential means of realizing increased quality and length of life.

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