Browsing by Subject "Health Personnel"
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A cross-sectional exploratory study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of emergency health care providers in the assessment of child maltreatment in Maputo, Mozambique.
(BMC emergency medicine, 2018-05-09)BACKGROUND:In Mozambique, and other low-income countries (LICs), there is little information on the burden of child maltreatment (CM). Emergency care services (ECS) play an important role in recognizing, treating, and intervening ... -
A qualitative analysis of the Three Good Things intervention in healthcare workers.
(BMJ open, 2017-06-13)BACKGROUND:Intensive care unit (ICU) personnel have an elevated prevalence of job-related burn-out and post-traumatic stress disorder, which can ultimately impact patient care. To strengthen healthcare workers' skills to ... -
Child welfare agency ties to providers and schools and substance abuse treatment use by adolescents.
(Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2011-01)Policy makers and advocates are increasingly encouraging child-serving organizations to work together. This study examined how child welfare agency ties with substance abuse treatment providers and schools correlated with ... -
Digital health competencies for primary healthcare professionals: A scoping review.
(International journal of medical informatics, 2020-11)<h4>Background</h4>Despite digital health providing opportunities to enhance the quality, efficiency and safety of primary healthcare, the adoption of digital tools and technologies has been slow, partly because of poor ... -
Educating future providers of personalized medicine.
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Educational interventions to improve recognition of delirium: a systematic review.
(J Am Geriatr Soc, 2013-11)Delirium is a common and serious condition that is underrecognized in older adults in a variety of healthcare settings. It is poorly recognized because of deficiencies in provider knowledge and its atypical presentation. ... -
Evaluating Response Time in Zanzibar's Malaria Elimination Case-Based Surveillance-Response System.
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2019-02)As countries transition toward malaria elimination, malaria programs rely on surveillance-response systems, which are often supported by web- and mobile phone-based reporting tools. Such surveillance-response systems are ... -
From Community Laywomen to Breast Health Workers: A Pilot Training Model to Implement Clinical Breast Exam Screening in Malawi.
(PloS one, 2016-01)BACKGROUND:Breast cancer burden is high in low-income countries. Inadequate early detection contributes to late diagnosis and increased mortality. We describe the training program for Malawi's first clinical breast exam ... -
Gaps in Hypertension Guidelines in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
(Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2016-12) -
Good to Great: Quality-Improvement Initiative Increases and Sustains Pediatric Health Care Worker Hand Hygiene Compliance.
(Hospital pediatrics, 2017-04)The Joint Commission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the World Health Organization challenge hospitals to achieve and sustain compliance with effective hand hygiene (HH) practice; however, many inpatient ... -
Gratitude at Work: Prospective Cohort Study of a Web-Based, Single-Exposure Well-Being Intervention for Health Care Workers.
(Journal of medical Internet research, 2020-05-14)BACKGROUND:Emotional exhaustion (EE) in health care workers is common and consequentially linked to lower quality of care. Effective interventions to address EE are urgently needed. OBJECTIVE:This randomized single-exposure ... -
Hand hygiene noncompliance and the cost of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
(Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2010-04)BACKGROUND: Hand hygiene noncompliance is a major cause of nosocomial infection. Nosocomial infection cost data exist, but the effect of hand hygiene noncompliance is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To estimate methicillin-resistant ... -
Implementation of the HEART Pathway: Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.
(Critical pathways in cardiology, 2018-12)OBJECTIVE:The HEART Pathway is an evidence-based decision tool for identifying emergency department (ED) patients with acute chest pain who are candidates for early discharge, to reduce unhelpful and potentially harmful ... -
Mixed Methods Survey of Zoonotic Disease Awareness and Practice among Animal and Human Healthcare Providers in Moshi, Tanzania.
(PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2016-03)BACKGROUND: Zoonoses are common causes of human and livestock illness in Tanzania. Previous studies have shown that brucellosis, leptospirosis, and Q fever account for a large proportion of human febrile illness in northern ... -
Prevalence and predictors of HIV-related stigma among institutional- and community-based caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children living in five less-wealthy countries.
(BMC Public Health, 2010-08-19)BACKGROUND: In the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has contributed to the dramatic increase in orphans and abandoned children (OAC) worldwide, caregiver attitudes about HIV, and HIV-related stigma, are two attributes ... -
Roles for Health Care Professionals in Addressing Patient-Held Misinformation Beyond Fact Correction.
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Scientific writing: a randomized controlled trial comparing standard and on-line instruction.
(BMC Med Educ, 2009-05-27)BACKGROUND: Writing plays a central role in the communication of scientific ideas and is therefore a key aspect in researcher education, ultimately determining the success and long-term sustainability of their careers. Despite ... -
Standardization of health care provider competencies for intrathecal access procedures.
(Journal of pediatric oncology nursing : official journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses, 2014-11)<h4>Introduction</h4>This quality improvement (QI) project addresses a method for experienced health care providers to maintain skill-based competence for intrathecal access procedures.<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective QI design ... -
Tb in a global health exchange program.
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The dilemma of the wounded healer.
(Psychotherapy (Chic), 2012-12)The wounded healer is an archetype that suggests that a healer's own wounds can carry curative power for clients. This article reviews past research regarding the construct of the wounded healer. The unique benefits that ...
