Standards of Practice for Speech Pathologists in Community Health: Towards a Formal Program of Continuing Professional Development

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Louise Bayley ◽  
Melissa Bevan ◽  
Sally Butzkueven ◽  
Jan Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Speech Pathology ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Standards Of Practice ◽  
Formal Program ◽  
Professional Accreditation ◽  
Speech Pathologists

The current accreditation system existing in community health � CHASP � is concerned with finding ways of ensuring quality of service within community health centres, but falls short of assessing the quality of specific professional areas. A group of speech pathologists accepted an offer to prepare a demonstration document of Speech Pathology standards that could be incorporated into a Professional Accreditation Module. The standards document was presented to the Victorian Department of Health and Community Services with the aim of securing further funding for the completion of the project. Although, verbal feedback indicated in principle support for the development of Professional Accreditation Modules for all community health disciplines, no provision of resources was made to fully develop the project during the 1995-1996 budget. A description of the process of arriving at the draft set of 26 standards is presented and the outcomes and future directions are discussed.

Fact and Fiction in Community Health

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Alison Paul
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Health Centres ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Victorian Department ◽  
Unique Program

In July 1996, La Trobe University's Schools of English, Nursing and Public Health joined forces to produce a unique program for three Writers-in-Residence. For six weeks the writers spent one day a week teaching writing techniques to clients from two Community Health Centres. In response, the clients and staff drew on their experiences of illness and health, producing autobiographical and fictional works. The Writers-in-Residence Program was funded by the Literature Board of the Australia Council. Financial support was also provided by the Public Health Branch of the Victorian Department of Health and Community Services. The writers involved were author Andrea Goldsmith, playwright Ray Mooney and poet Earl Livings. Projects involving two of these authors are described here.

scholarly journals Patient experience surveys for children’s community health services: A scoping review

2021 ◽  
pp. 136749352110058
Author(s):  
Helen J Nelson ◽  
Catherine Pienaar ◽  
Anne M Williams ◽  
Ailsa Munns ◽  
Katie McKenzie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Patient Experience ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Experience Of Care ◽  
Healthcare Experience

Patient experience surveys have a user focus and measure the quality of person-centered health care for hospital inpatients and consumers of community health services, providing a governance process to evaluate the quality of care and to action improvement. Experience of care has been described as effective communication, respect and dignity, and emotional support. Measurement criteria for these domains are not standardized, leading to inconsistent reporting of patient experience. The objective of this scoping review was to synthesize evidence for measuring experience of care in children’s community health services using the Joanna Briggs Institute framework for scoping review method. Three parent-reported surveys met the inclusion criteria, and 50 survey items were assessed by expert reviewers for fit to domains of healthcare experience. Conceptual domains of parent experience in children’s community health services included respect and dignity, effective communication, and emotional support. A gap was identified, in that few items in identified surveys measured emotional support. This contribution will promote consistent reporting of healthcare experience, informing policy and practice for person-centered health care.

scholarly journals Empowerment among adult patients with type 2 diabetes: age differentials in relation to person-centred primary care, community resources, social support and other life-contextual circumstances

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Simonsen ◽  
Anne M. Koponen ◽  
Sakari Suominen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Younger Adults

Abstract Background Rising prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), also among younger adults, constitutes a growing public health challenge. According to the person-centred Chronic Care Model, proactive care and self-management support in combination with community resources enhance quality of healthcare and health outcomes for patients with T2D. However, research is scarce concerning the importance of person-centred care and community resources for such outcomes as empowerment, and the relative impact of various patient support sources for empowerment is not known. Moreover, little is known about the association of age with these variables in this patient-group. This study, carried out among patients with T2D, examined in three age-groups (27–54, 55–64 and 65–75 years) whether person-centred care and diabetes-related social support, including community support and possibilities to influence community health issues, are associated with patient empowerment, when considering possible confounding factors, such as other quality of care indicators and psychosocial wellbeing. We also explored age differentials in empowerment and in the proposed correlates of empowerment. Method Individuals from a register-based sample with T2D participated in a cross-sectional survey (participation 56%, n = 2866). Data were analysed by descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results Respondents in the youngest age-group were more likely to have low empowerment scores, less continuity of care, and lower wellbeing than the other age-groups, and to perceive less social support, but a higher level of person-centred care than the oldest group. Community support, including possibilities to influence community health issues, was independently and consistently associated with high empowerment in all three age-groups, as was person-centred care in the two older age-groups. Community support was the social support variable with the strongest association with empowerment across age-groups. Moreover, vitality was positively and diabetes-related distress negatively associated with high empowerment in all age-groups, whereas continuity of care, i.e. having a family/regular nurse, was independently associated in the youngest age-group only. Conclusion Person-centred care and community support, including possibilities to influence community health issues, supports empowerment among adults with T2D. Findings suggest that age is related to most correlates of empowerment, and that younger adults with T2D have specific healthcare needs.

scholarly journals Assessment of the quality, content and perceived utility of local maternity guidelines in hospitals in England implementing the saving babies’ lives care bundle to reduce stillbirth

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e000756
Author(s):  
Yu Zhen Lau ◽  
Kate Widdows ◽  
Stephen A Roberts ◽  
Sheher Khizar ◽  
Gillian L Stephen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Clinical Practice Guidelines ◽  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Care Bundle ◽  
Intrapartum Care ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
The Uk

IntroductionThe UK Department of Health have targeted a reduction in stillbirth by 50% by 2025; to achieve this, the first version of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCB) was developed by NHS England in 2016 to improve four key areas of antenatal and intrapartum care. Clinical practice guidelines are a key means by which quality improvement initiatives are disseminated to front-line staff.MethodsSeventy-five clinical practice guidelines covering the four areas of antenatal and intrapartum care in the first version of SBLCB were obtained from 19 maternity providers. The content and quality of guidelines were evaluated using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE II) tool. Maternity health professionals in participating organisations were invited to participate in an anonymous survey to determine perceptions toward and experiences of the use of clinical practice guidelines using a series of Likert scales.ResultsUnit guidelines showed considerable variation in quality with median scores of 50%–58%. Only 4 (5.6%) guidelines were recommended for use in clinical practice without modifications, 54 (75.0%) were recommended for use subject to modifications and 12 (16.7%) were not recommended for use. The lowest scoring domains were ‘rigour of development’, ‘stakeholder involvement’ and ‘applicability’. A significant minority of unit guidelines omitted recommendations from national guidelines. The majority of staff believed that clinical practice guidelines standardised and improved the quality of care but over 30% had insufficient time to use them and 24% stated they were unable to implement recommendations.ConclusionTo successfully implement initiatives such as the SBLCB change is needed to local clinical practice guidelines to reduce variation in quality and to ensure they are consistent with national recommendations . In addition, to improve clinical practice, adequate time and resources need to be in place to deliver and evaluate care recommended in the SBLCB.

Improving the quality of care for patients with chronic respiratory diseases provided by the community health nurse

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. S66-S67
Author(s):  
C.A.J. Ketelaars ◽  
H.Abu Saad ◽  
R.J.G. Halfens ◽  
R. Mostert ◽  
M.A.G. Schlosser ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Chronic Respiratory Diseases ◽  
Health Nurse ◽  
Community Health Nurse

Advancing Excellence in Community Health Nursing Through Evidence-Based National Standards of Practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 168-175
Author(s):  
Emily Belita ◽  
Ruth Schofield ◽  
Genevieve Currie ◽  
Marie Dietrich Leurer ◽  
Aliyah Dosani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Health ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Community Health Nursing ◽  
Standards Of Practice ◽  
Health Nursing
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