Effect of a Comprehensive Training Programme for Tuberculosis Health Care Providers and Tuberculosis Patients on Diabetes – A Report from South India

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Vijay ◽  
A. Vigneswari ◽  
K. Satyavani ◽  
K. Selvan ◽  
R. Rajeswari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
South India ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Tuberculosis Patients

scholarly journals Perception of patient safety culture among health-care providers in a Tertiary Care Hospital, South India

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adhisakthi Rajalatchumi ◽  
ThanjavurS Ravikumar ◽  
Kaliaperumal Muruganandham ◽  
Mahalakshmy Thulasingam ◽  
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
South India ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Care Providers

scholarly journals Assessing and Enhancing Health Care Providers’ Response to Domestic Violence

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuija Leppäkoski ◽  
Aune Flinck ◽  
Eija Paavilainen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Care Staff ◽  
Baseline Survey ◽  
Health Care Staff ◽  
Care Providers

This study aimed to examine possible changes from 2008 to 2012 in the skills of health care staff in identifying and intervening in domestic violence (DV). A longitudinal descriptive study design with volunteer samples (baseline;n=68, follow-up;n=100) was used to acquire information regarding the present state and needs of the staff in practices related to DV. The results of the baseline survey were used as a basis for planning two interventions: staff training and drafting practical guidelines. Information was collected by questionnaires from nurses, physicians, and social workers and supplemented by responses from the interviews. The data were analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods. A chi-square test was used to test the statistical significance of the data sets. In addition, participants’ quotes are used to describe specific phenomena or issues. The comparison showed that overall a small positive change had taken place between the study periods. However, the participants were aware of their own shortcomings in identifying and intervening in DV. Changes happen slowly, and administrative support is needed to sustain such changes. Therefore, this paper offers recommendations to improve health care providers’ response to DV. Moreover, there is a great need for evaluating the training programme used.

scholarly journals The effect of phlebotomy training on blood sample rejection and phlebotomy knowledge of primary health care providers in Cape Town: A quasi-experimental study

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mumtaz Abbas ◽  
Fidele K. Mukinda ◽  
Mosedi Namane
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Blood Sample ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Rejection Rate ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Background: There is an increasing amount of blood sample rejection at primary health care facilities (PHCFs), impacting negatively the staff, facility, patient and laboratory costs.Aim: The primary objective was to determine the rejection rate and reasons for blood sample rejection at four PHCFs before and after a phlebotomy training programme. The secondary objective was to determine whether phlebotomy training improved knowledge among primary health care providers (HCPs) and to develop a tool for blood sample acceptability.Study setting: Two community health centres (CHCs) and two community day centres (CDCs) in Cape Town.Methods: A quasi-experimental study design (before and after a phlebotomy training programme).Results: The sample rejection rate was 0.79% (n = 60) at CHC A, 1.13% (n = 45) at CHC B, 1.64% (n = 38) at CDC C and 1.36% (n = 8) at CDC D pre-training. The rejection rate remained approximately the same post-training (p > 0.05). The same phlebotomy questionnaire was administered pre- and post-training to HCPs. The average score increased from 63% (95% CI 6.97‒17.03) to 96% (95% CI 16.91‒20.09) at CHC A (p = 0.039), 58% (95% CI 9.09‒14.91) to 93% (95% CI 17.64‒18.76) at CHC B (p = 0.006), 60% (95% CI 8.84‒13.13) to 97% (95% CI 16.14‒19.29) at CDC C (p = 0.001) and 63% (95% CI 9.81‒13.33) to 97% (95% CI 18.08‒19.07) at CDC D (p = 0.001).Conclusion: There is no statistically significant improvement in the rejection rate of blood samples (p > 0.05) post-training despite knowledge improving in all HCPs (p < 0.05).

scholarly journals Nutritional and blood pressure screening in school children in rural South India: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhanya Roy ◽  
Sundar Singh ◽  
Lenikumar Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
School Children ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
South India ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Bmi

Background: Screening for diseases is not very popular in Indian populace in general, and receive little attention from heath care policy makers, administrators or even health care providers, who concentrate on curative services. Health and nutritional screening of school children and adolescents, remains virtually a neglected field. So we conceived this study to look at the feasibility of large scale health screening of adolescents at school by a simple and inexpensive way by looking into the nutritional status (survey of anthropometry) and blood pressure readings among adolescents.Methods: Students from 5 rural school in South India from age group of 10 to 18 years (fifth to twelfth standard) were assessed for their height, weight, BMI and blood pressure. Data was entered in WHO EpidataTM (version 3.0) and transferred to SPSS 12.0 version for analytical studies.Results: In current study of 2201 students, wasting (35.5%), stunting (24.5%), high BMI (7.6%) were found. Prevalence of wasting is 1.63 times higher in males (p<0.001). There is significant relationship with high BMI and severe stunting (p<0.001, OR 2.54; 1.58%, 4.1%; 95% CI). Prevalence of pre-hypertension is 14.1% and hypertension is 9.5%. There is a linear trend in the prevalence of hypertension and BMI (p<0.001). As the BMI increases, blood pressure also increases.Conclusions: Even with all advances in health care, undernutrition is highly prevalent. Obesity is on a rise in rural population and high proportions of overweight children are stunted also. High BMI is a risk factor for hypertension.

scholarly journals Mental Illness-Related Stigma in Health Care in South India: Mixed-Methods Study

2020 ◽  
pp. 025371762093224
Author(s):  
Thenral Munisami ◽  
Rajesh Kannan Namasivayam ◽  
Arunkumar Annamalai
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
South India ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Related Stigma ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: Stigma related to mental illness is a reality among health care providers. This study is an attempt to understand the attitudes of doctors from different specialties toward mental illness and the stigma related to it. Methods: We used a concurrent nested mixed-methods approach to understand and identify the various factors of mental-illness-related stigma in medical practitioners. Between November 2018 and March 2019, 100 medical practitioners from South India were administered a self-reporting OMS-HC (Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers), followed by in-depth interviews among 25 of the 100 participants selected using purposive sampling. Quantitative surveys were analyzed using SPSSv23. In-depth interviews were transcribed as extended notes, translated, and initially explored using focused coding and the constant comparative method. Results: Though findings from quantitative analysis show low to moderate stigma (Mean = 53.52, SD = 7.61), the qualitative study revealed unintended and covert negative attitude toward mental illness. Conclusion: As stigma occurs at various levels—structural, institutional, interpersonal, and personal—anti-stigma measures also need to be systematically designed. Qualitative studies give more insight regarding the nature of stigma in medical practitioners toward mental illness

Malpractice & Negligence: Cal. Supreme Court Clarifies Negligence Provisions under State’s Elder Abuse Act

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
Kendra Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Skilled Nursing Facility ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Nursing Facility ◽  
Skilled Nursing ◽  
The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of California held, in Delaney v. Baker, 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 610 (1999), that the heightened remedies available under the Elder Abuse Act (Act), Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 15657,15657.2 (West 1998), apply to health care providers who engage in reckless neglect of an elder adult. The court interpreted two sections of the Act: (1) section 15657, which provides for enhanced remedies for reckless neglect; and (2) section 15657.2, which limits recovery for actions based on “professional negligence.” The court held that reckless neglect is distinct from professional negligence and therefore the restrictions on remedies against health care providers for professional negligence are inapplicable.Kay Delaney sued Meadowood, a skilled nursing facility (SNF), after a resident, her mother, died. Evidence at trial indicated that Rose Wallien, the decedent, was left lying in her own urine and feces for extended periods of time and had stage I11 and IV pressure sores on her ankles, feet, and buttocks at the time of her death.

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