scholarly journals Female genital mutilation: an update for primary health-care professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhilesh Todkari
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Female Genital

ABSTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) has historically been seen as a health concern limited to women living in other parts of the world. However, with the rising number of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, countries like New Zealand, Australia and Europe have seen a surge in the number of women and girls affected by FGM seeking medical care. This topic is increasingly becoming relevant to primary health-care providers in this country and therefore a good understanding of this practice is important.

The Use of and Attitude Towards Telehealth in Rural Communities

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Mauldon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Urban Hospital ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rural Patients

This paper reports on the attitudes of a sample of health care providers towards the use of telehealth to support rural patients and integrate rural primary health and urban hospital care. Telehealth and other information technologies hold the promise of improving the quality of care for people in rural and remote areas and for supporting rural primary health care providers. While seemingly beneficial for rural patients, study participants believed that telehealth remains underused and poorly integrated into their practice. In general, participants thought that telehealth is potentially beneficial but places constraints on their activities, and few actually used it. Published literature usually reports either on the success of telehealth pilot projects or initiatives that are well resourced and do not reflect the constraints of routine practice, or has an international focus limiting its relevance to the Australian context. Because of the paucity of systematic and generalisable research into the effects of the routine use of telehealth to support rural patients, it is unclear why health care professionals choose to provide such services or the costs and benefits they incur in doing so. Research and policy initiatives continue to be needed to identify the impact of telehealth within the context of Australian primary health care and to develop strategies to support its use.

scholarly journals Attitudes of health care providers regarding female genital mutilation and its medicalization in Guinea

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. e0249998
Author(s):  
Mamadou Dioulde Balde ◽  
Sarah O’Neill ◽  
Alpha Oumar Sall ◽  
Mamadou Bailo Balde ◽  
Anne Marie Soumah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Prevention Messages ◽  
Female Genital

Background Guinea has a high prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) (95%) and it is a major concern affecting the health and the welfare of women and girls. Population-based surveys suggest that health care providers are implicated in carrying out the practice (medicalization). To understand the attitudes of health care providers related to FGM and its medicalization as well as the potential role of the health sector in addressing this practice, a study was conducted in Guinea to inform the development of an intervention for the health sector to prevent and respond to this harmful practice. Methodology Formative research was conducted using a mixed-methods approach, including qualitative in-depth interviews with health care providers and other key informants as well as questionnaires with 150 health care providers. Data collection was carried out in the provinces of Faranah and Labé and in the capital, Conakry. Results The majority of health care providers participating in this study were opposed to FGM and its medicalization. Survey data showed that 94% believed that it was a serious problem; 89% felt that it violated the rights of girls and women and 81% supported criminalization. However, within the health sector, there is no enforcement or accountability to the national law banning the practice. Despite opposition to the practice, many (38%) felt that FGM limited promiscuity and 7% believed that it was a good practice. Conclusion Health care providers could have an important role in communicating with patients and passing on prevention messages that can contribute to the abandonment of the practice. Understanding their beliefs is a key step in developing these approaches.

Client characteristics and satisfaction with the quality of primary health-care services in Calabar, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
H. C. Okeke ◽  
P. Bassey ◽  
O. A. Oduwole ◽  
A. Adindu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Client Satisfaction ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Client Characteristics ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Primary Health

Different mix of clients visit primary health care (PHC) facilities, and the quality of services is critical even in rural communities. The study objective was to determine the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and client satisfaction with the quality of PHC services in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria. Specifically to describe aspects of the health facilities that affect client satisfaction; determine the health-care providers’ attitude that influences client satisfaction; and determine the socio-demographic characteristics that influence client satisfaction with PHC services. A cross-sectional survey was adopted. Ten PHCs and 500 clients utilizing services in PHC centers in Calabar Municipality were randomly selected. Clients overall satisfaction with PHC services was high (80.8%). Divorced clients were less (75.0%) satisfied than the singles and the married counterparts (81%), respectively. Clients that were more literate as well as those with higher income were less satisfied, 68.0% and 50.0%, respectively, compared to the less educated and lower-income clients, 92.0% and 85.0% respectively. These differences in satisfaction were statistically significant (P = 0.001). Hence, it was shown that client characteristics such as income and literacy level show a significant negative relationship with the clients satisfaction with the quality of PHC services in Calabar Municipality.

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