... support thehealth behaviours advocated inthe intervention Lay the foundation ofthe dissemination phase ofthe intervention inthe schools and kindergartens Establishment and composition ofthe ... Concept of module Module includes theintegrationofthe key messages inthe class curriculum andthe promotion ofthe key messages inthe entire school The key messages have to be integrated inthe ... environment of a child includes the family andthe school which are in turn situated inthe community andthe society at large Interactions within and among these social contexts result inchanges within,...
... support thehealth behaviours advocated inthe intervention Lay the foundation ofthe dissemination phase ofthe intervention inthe schools and kindergartens Establishment and composition ofthe ... Concept of module Module includes theintegrationofthe key messages inthe class curriculum andthe promotion ofthe key messages inthe entire school The key messages have to be integrated inthe ... environment of a child includes the family andthe school which are in turn situated inthe community andthe society at large Interactions within and among these social contexts result inchanges within,...
... ofthe severity of illness and outcome prediction [17,18] Inthe present study we evaluated the performance ofthe APACHE II model using physiological data at the time of ICU admission with the ... advantages of ease of use, and, since they are independent of ICU treatment, may be more applicable for risk stratification in clinical research and triage decisions [19] The ability of a scoring system ... Limitations ofthe admission APACHE II model The admission APACHE II model is a minor modification ofthe worst 24-hour APACHE II model and retains many intrinsic weaknesses and problems ofthe worst...
... nurses in all clinics across the province andthe training offered as part ofthe intervention The details of these training programmes are described below Standard ofcare training in all clinics ... implementing theintegrationof all six elements of HIV care into theprimarycare clinics Inthe other nine intervention clinics, the STRETCH team identified the need to integrate further elements of ... during the intervention: further developing the intervention in consultation with staff at management and clinic level; involvement in initial training and continuing support of nurse training...
... costs of providing care model and interpretation ofthe results All authors contributed to the writing, and read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements Competing interests The authors ... not available There have been several applications ofthe latter, including estimating the cost-effectiveness of a large set of interventions as part ofthe WHO-CHOICE [76,77] andthe Disease Control ... becomes increasingly difficult to attract the remaining people in need to seek careThe likely existence of these "economies" and "diseconomies of scale" means that information on the current and...
... were mainly directed toward the 5thD even though I also intervened inthe VT process Today, inthe spring of 2003, the 5thD is still operating inthe school I will in this thesis account for the ... both traditions, i.e., ofthe school culture andthe child care culture respectively Integrationof child care institutions andthe school has been the focus of interest in several doctoral dissertations ... years I stayed inthe school, working with and studying the creation, and eventually the apparent decline oftheintegration attempt My focus was on the potential for change that the VT project...
... process/intervention fidelity in this way Inthe following sections, we discuss considerations of equity in relation to the review findings; the applicability ofthe findings in other settings; and ... high income countries, including Ireland, New Zealand andthe USA (n = 2) In three, the LHW interventions were delivered inthe home, while inthe fourth study, care was delivered inprimaryhealth ... whether the allocation to groups was at the level of individual healthcare provider or at the village/suburb level) The intervention (specific training and ongoing monitoring and support –including...
... dementia and their carers inhealthand social care, managing depression inprimaryand secondary care, assessing and preventing falls in older people, obesity, commonly used methods to increase ... Safety inand around the home • keeping safe inthe community • keeping safe inthe home Personal circumstances • dealing with finance • social relationships and maintaining friendships • dining ... public health guidance 16 Occupational therapy interventions and physical activity interventions to promote the mental wellbeing of older people inprimarycareand residential care Ordering information...
... reduce drinking counselling and therapy for the individual counselling and therapy for the family treatment options including medication to relieve the physical effects of stopping drinking and to ... experts as linked to heavy drinking, such as injuries (including inthe elderly), tremor ofthe hands and tongue, and excessive capillarisation ofthe facial skin and conjunctivae.16,17 The exact ... presenting problem and should help the patient weigh up any benefits as perceived by the patient, versus the disadvantages ofthe current drinking pattern TRAINING Training healthcare providers in the...
... and other primarycare professionals, and as an opportunity for specialists to expand their primarycare knowledge and skills Particular emphasis will be placed on principles ofprimary care; office-based ... developments in preventive careand cardiovascular risk factors in women, issues in reproductive health, and clinical strategies inthe diagnosis and treatment of common gynecologic complaints and common ... primarycareand office gynecology Developed and taught by UCSF faculty inPrimaryCare Internal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, the course will present an integrated approach to women’s health...
... testing, both predictive testing and mutation finding, including details of what the tests mean and how informative they are likely to be, andthe likely timescale of being given the results • Information ... number of false positive results andthe resulting increase in cost of those incorrectly brought back for further investigation In making any surveillance decision, the benefits and risks of each intervention ... about their careand treatment, in partnership with their healthcare professionals If patients not have the capacity to make decisions, healthcare professionals should follow the Department of Health...
... politics andthehealth insurances support us Otherwise, nothing will change.” (1/274, GP6, m, 56 y)] Role of GPs inhealth promotion inthe elderly Most ofthe GPs were convinced that primarycare ... important themes ofhealth promotion inthe elderly Some ofthe GPs complained of a lack regarding the content but also regarding specific skills inhealth promotion due to the fact that they had ... experts have been demanding health promotion especially inthe elderly for many years andthe demographic shift will increase the need even more Inthe opinion ofthe GPs interviewed, there is an obvious...
... Description ofthe instruments used The PROFAD-SSI is comprised of eight domain scores that reflect different manifestations of fatigue and sicca The domain scores, including somatic and mental ... domains, may be used independently or combined into a composite fatigue score (ProF), or further summarized to indices of fatigue and discomfort (PROFAD index) and sicca severity (SSI index) PROFAD ... present in 37% of patients compared to 12% of controls In order to assess the impact of gender and disability, and due to the small samples of men and work disabled inthe PhysR patient group, the...
... assessment of OA patients in a primarycare setting in Germany Our findings regarding QoL andthe burden ofthe disease suggest that OA patients differ from patients suffering from other forms of arthritis, ... osteoarthritis [2] Most of these individuals will receive medical treatment inprimarycare settings, accounting for the growing number of studies dealing with OA inprimarycare [3-5] However, to ... utilization ofthe study sample within the last months before the assessment 86.4% of women and 76.7% of men visited their GP at least once during the last half year The amount of visits to the GP...
... were trained inthe integrated protocol Figure compares sites in 2006 offering ART but not ANC (two ofthe first day hospitals), and sites where both ART and ANC are offered inthe same health ... constraints on quality and sustainability of services The use of HIV-focused funding to increase numbers inthe overall health workforce is increasingly essential to scale up success The Mozambique ... The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, UNICEF, andthe World Bank The authors also wish to acknowledge the support ofthe Mozambique Ministry ofHealthandthe Provincial Health...
... attempt There are a number of other ways the chain ofcare model could be defined or operationalised Selecting structural elements as indicators of a chain ofcare model is one way of managing the ... at the hospital level might be important aspects in fostering the presence of a CCS inthe CHS Regular training and supervision of staff inthe assessment and psychosocial careand aftercare of ... explore the capacity of quality indicators measured in 1999 and 2006 at the general hospital EDs to predict the presence of a chain ofcare structure inthe CHS in 2006, and (c) to explore whether...
... provide information about the challenges and costs of implementing and sustaining the intervention inprimarycare settings within large, complex healthcare delivery organizations and determine the ... Is the intervention cost-neutral or cost-saving? What is the value of implementing the intervention in VA clinics andthe possible value of disseminating the intervention to other primarycare ... to the clinics, which involves initial time costs of study investigators and clinic Page 11 of 13 leadership inthe buy -in and planning phases ofthe study [41] Together, these three types of...
... review ofthe use of theory inthe design of guideline dissemination and implementation strategies and interpretation ofthe results of rigorous evaluations Implement Sci 2010, 5:14 Dawson L, Zarin ... application of this typeof worksheet as a means of ‘enhancing’ the effectiveness of audit and feedback is novel Allocation and blinding Given the small number of practices (clusters) involved in EMRALD, ... using EMR at all In addition, many ofthe clinics are involved in other quality improvement interventions Thus, these clinics may be more innovative and may also be achieving a higher level of...
... participation inthe decisionmaking process In spite ofthe growing interest in SDM, few health professionals practice it, and only a few studies on implementing SDM in clinical settings exist [4] ... Ajzen’s theory has been shown to be useful for studying changesinthe behaviour ofhealth professionals [22] According to the Theory of Planned Behaviour, intention is the immediate determinant of ... consists of recordings ofthe 15 training workshops conducted inthe five FMGs, written evaluations ofthe workshops by 27 ofthe 39 original participants, andthe eight logbooks kept by the research...