scholarly journals Maternal satisfaction about childhood immunization in primary health care center, Egypt

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanan Abbas Abdo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Maternal Satisfaction ◽  
Maternal Knowledge ◽  
Childhood Immunization ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Immunization Services

Background: Childhood immunization is the most effective preventive services, and is critical to monitor and evaluate. A study reported an association between parental satisfactions with pediatric care and up-to-date immunization at 24 months independent of maternal age, race, and education. In addition to promoting utilization, satisfaction may increase involvement in the health care process. Health system factors included inconvenient clinic hours, dates or locations, waiting lines, and conflicting information. The inconvenience of clinic hours dates of immunization clinics, and locations of clinics were reported by 75% of parents. Objectives of the study: to determine the relationship between maternal knowledge about vaccination and satisfaction about vaccination program. Methods: A cross section study was conducted on three hundred and thirty five mothers chosen from PHCC participating in the study by providing information on satisfaction about the program and their knowledge about vaccination. Result: Inappropriate knowledge was reported by most of mothers (84.8%). Moreover, 95.2% of mothers were satisfied with childhood immunization services in primary healthcare center. Conclusion: The study shows that there was no statistically significant relation between maternal satisfaction with childhood immunization services and knowledge score, priorities from client's perspectives are changing, so on- going monitoring of client satisfaction is the cornerstone to improve quality of care.

scholarly journals Maternal satisfaction about childhood immunization in primary health care center, Egypt

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanan Abbas Abdo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Care Process ◽  
Pediatric Care ◽  
Maternal Satisfaction ◽  
Maternal Knowledge ◽  
Childhood Immunization ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Immunization Services

Background: Childhood immunization is the most effective preventive services, and is critical to monitor and evaluate. A study reported an association between parental satisfactions with pediatric care and up-to-date immunization at 24 months independent of maternal age, race, and education. In addition to promoting utilization, satisfaction may increase involvement in the health care process. Health system factors included inconvenient clinic hours, dates or locations, waiting lines, and conflicting information. The inconvenience of clinic hours dates of immunization clinics, and locations of clinics were reported by 75% of parents. Objectives of the study: to determine the relationship between maternal knowledge about vaccination and satisfaction about vaccination program. Methods: A cross section study was conducted on three hundred and thirty five mothers chosen from PHCC participating in the study by providing information on satisfaction about the program and their knowledge about vaccination. Result: Inappropriate knowledge was reported by most of mothers (84.8%). Moreover, 95.2% of mothers were satisfied with childhood immunization services in primary healthcare center. Conclusion: The study shows that there was no statistically significant relation between maternal satisfaction with childhood immunization services and knowledge score, priorities from client's perspectives are changing, so on- going monitoring of client satisfaction is the cornerstone to improve quality of care.

scholarly journals Evaluating Knowledge Regarding Cervical Cancer and Its Screening among Woman in Rural India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Divya Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Cancer Awareness ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Context Cervical cancer is the most common cancer among rural women of India. However, awareness of cancer of the uterine cervix and its screening coverage among the general population of India remains insufficient. Aims The study aims to assess awareness of cervical cancer and its screening among women attending a rural health care center in northern India and determine factors associated with satisfactory knowledge. Settings and Design A cross-sectional observational study was done among women attending a rural secondary health care center from Uttar Pradesh, India. Materials and Methods A total of 1088 women aged ≥30 years were interviewed using a pretested schedule. Data were collected for biosocial, reproductive, sexual, and personal habits of participants and their partners. Scoring for knowledge related to cervical cancer and its screening was done. Statistical Analysis Used Descriptive statistics were calculated. Chi-square test was applied to detect the significant difference in distribution of bio-socio-demographic variables with knowledge score. Statistically significant variables were subjected to multinomial logistic regression. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence interval were calculated as odds of having poor cervical cancer awareness. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Most participants knew about cervical cancer as a type of cancer in women. Very few knew about symptoms, risk factors, and screening of the disease. Illiteracy and multiple sexual contacts were significant predictors of awareness. Conclusions The study demonstrates a lack of awareness in women regarding cervical cancer and its prevention, especially among those women who belonged to weaker sections of the society, because of illiteracy and poor socioeconomic status. Lack of awareness is a potential limiting step for a woman to seek cervical cancer screening. Multipronged strategies are needed to improve the level of cervical cancer awareness among women.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding the use of personal protective equipment during COVID-19 pandemic among health care workers at a tertiary health care center

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2321
Author(s):  
Jatin V. Badgujar ◽  
Gaurav M. Sharma ◽  
Nisha R. Relwani ◽  
Omprakash S. Rohondia ◽  
Tanvi D. Patole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Senior Resident ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Total Knowledge Score ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
The Mean

Background: The aim of the present study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) regarding the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during COVID-19 pandemic among health care workers.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among health care workers (HCW) including junior and senior resident doctors and nursing staff working at a tertiary health care center. A pre-designed, pre-validated, semi-structured questionnaire regarding the use of PPE was distributed online to eligible HCW and their responses were recorded electronically between 14 April 2020 and 20 April 2020. The survey questionnaire consisted of questions based on demographic and background characteristics along with KAP; knowledge (K1-K6), attitude (A1-A3) and practices (P1-P4).Results: A total of 423 out of 475 eligible participants successfully submitted their responses and were included in the present study which included junior resident doctors (55.70%), senior resident doctors (19.60%) and nursing staff (24.60%). The mean total knowledge score was 4.169±1.006 with an overall correct response rate of 75.8%. The result of one way ANOVA indicated that there is significant difference in the mean total knowledge score according to designation (F=6602, p<01) with improved knowledge score seen in HCW with higher designation. Majority of HCW had positive attitude and appropriate practices regarding the use of PPE.Conclusions: Optimal use of PPE is crucial to avoid transmission of infection in health care setting. Assessment of KAP of HCW regarding the use of PPE can help hospital authorities to introduce educational programs accordingly to gaps identified in the survey. 

scholarly journals Perbandingan Metode Clustering dalam Pengelompokan Data Puskesmas pada Cakupan Imunisasi Dasar Lengkap

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pelsri Ramadar Noor Saputra ◽  
Ahmad Chusyairi
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Fcm Algorithm ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Infant Deaths ◽  
Silhouette Coefficient ◽  
Immunization Services ◽  
Heath Care ◽  
Better Than

The coverage of Health Care Center toward UCI (Universal Child Immunization) at Banyuwangi Regency in 2018 met the target 91%. Onfortunately with a high amount of immunization, the number of infant deaths reached 138 infants. Total number increased 111 from the previous year. A review of the complete basic immunization data needs to be done. In this research, a clustering method was proposed by comparing the K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) algorithm in grouping Health Care Center data. Silhouette Coefficient and Standart Deviation were used to evaluate clusters that were perfomed to find out the accuracy in grouping data. The result showed that the FCM algorithm was better than K-Means based on Silhouette Coefficient results that were close to good, and the calculation of Standart Deviation had a smaller result that was 0.0918 than K-Means with the results of 0.0942. The Grouping of Heath Care Center data can be considered by the Health Department of Banyuwangi Regency in evaluating complete basic immunization services, especially in groups with poor immunization services to reduce infant and child mortality, so a disease that can be prevented with immunization become lower.

Non-Fatal Deliberate Self-Harm in Three Remote Indigenous Communities in Far North Queensland, Australia

Crisis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 422-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Rouen ◽  
Alan R. Clough ◽  
Caryn West
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Health Care Center ◽  
Far North ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Self Harm

Abstract. Background: Indigenous Australians experience a suicide rate over twice that of the general population. With nonfatal deliberate self-harm (DSH) being the single most important risk factor for suicide, characterizing the incidence and repetition of DSH in this population is essential. Aims: To investigate the incidence and repetition of DSH in three remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland, Australia. Method: DSH presentation data at a primary health-care center in each community were analyzed over a 6-year period from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011. Results: A DSH presentation rate of 1,638 per 100,000 population was found within the communities. Rates were higher in age groups 15–24 and 25–34, varied between communities, and were not significantly different between genders; 60% of DSH repetitions occurred within 6 months of an earlier episode. Of the 227 DSH presentations, 32% involved hanging. Limitations: This study was based on a subset of a larger dataset not specifically designed for DSH data collection and assesses the subset of the communities that presented to the primary health-care centers. Conclusion: A dedicated DSH monitoring study is required to provide a better understanding of DSH in these communities and to inform early intervention strategies.

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