Victorian Health Policy Reform: Impact on Community-based Health Promotion

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Sharon Parkinson

Since the Victorian Coalition Government was elected to office in 1992, community health policy has undergone considerable change as part of broader initiatives within the public sector. In the context of changing policy, concerns have been raised in the field of community health regarding the direction of community-based health promotion. The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of policy reform on the conceptualisation, priority setting and practice of community-based health promotion. A series of interviews was conducted with a small sample of community health centre managers and staff within metropolitan Melbourne. Findings suggest that there has been a significant shift in the profile of community-based health promotion, with increasing emphasis on health promotion in clinical encounters and in groups, and less project work and community development. In terms of the principles of the Ottawa Charter, health promotion has moved away from the areas of community action and building healthy public policy as the centres focus increasingly on direct service provision. This study discusses the influences on and implications for the changing profile of community-based health promotion and considers directions for the future.

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Harsono . ◽  
Bagoes Widjanarko ◽  
Priyadi Nugraha Prabamurti

Penerapan perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat pada tatanan rumah tangga di Indonesia pada tahun 2015, baru mencapai 55%. Padahal dari sisi perilaku per indikator idealnya diatas 80%. Faktor risiko timbulnya Penyakit Tidak Menular(PTM) antara lain karena gaya hidup seperti merokok, obesitas, inaktivitas, peminum alcohol dan narkoba. Lemahnya upaya preventif dan promotif dalam upaya kesehatan masyarakat (UKM) disebabkan salah satunya oleh distribusi tenaga promotif preventif di Puskesmas masih belum merata.. Keberadaan tenaga kontrak Promotor Kesehatan di Puskesmas diharapkan mampu menjawab kekurangan tenaga promotif preventif di Kabupaten Indramayu. Namun keberadaan mereka menjadi prokontra sehingga dapat berpengaruh pada kinerja dalam pelayanan promosi kesehatan di Puskesmas.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kinerja tenaga kontrak promotor kesehatan dalam pelayanan promosi kesehatan Puskesmas di Kabupaten Indramayu. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan rancangan studi cross sectional. Besar sampel adalah 35 orang. Analisis data secara univariat, bivariat dengan Chi square dan multivariat dengan regresi logistik. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa kinerja tenaga kontrak promotor kesehatan dalam pelayanan promosi kesehatan Puskesmas di Kabupaten Indramayu sebagian besar responden berkinerja tinggi (51,4%). Hasil uji statistic menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan (p=000), kemampuan diri (p=0,000), persepsi beban kerja (p=0,011), motivasi (p=0,010), imbalan (p=0,024) dan sarana prasarana (p=0,001) dengan kinerja tenaga kontrak promotor kesehatan dalam pelayanan promosi kesehatan Puskesmas di Kabupaten Indramayu. Faktor yang memiliki pengaruh paling kuat terhadap kinerja tenaga kontrak promotor kesehatan adalah faktor pengetahuan dengan nilai Odds Ratio (OR=17,84 95% CI=1,99-149,5) dan kemampuan diri (OR=17,36 95% CI=1,4-220). Rekomendasi pada penelitian ini adalah perlu adanya pelatihan e-learning dan in-house training, pembinaan tenaga kontrak, dan penyediaan sarana prasarana promosi kesehatan. Abstract The application of clean and healthy life behavior at household order in Indonesia in 2015, had just reached 55%. From the behavior side, where every indicator should be above 80% as the ideal one. The weakness of preventive and promotion effort in accordance with the community health efforts, one of the reasons is because the distribution of the health preventive and promotion agent into the community health centre is not all totally covered yet. The presence of the out-sourcing health promoter agent in the community’s health center is expected to be able to supply the lack of health preventive and promotion agent in Indramayu. However, their presence become pros and cons, which can influence to the performance in theservice of health promotion in community’s health centre. This research aimed to analyze the elements which influence their performance to carry out health promotion service in every community’s health centre in Indramayu. Type of observational study with cross sectional design.The population in this study amounted to 105 people, consisting of 35 contract workers, 35 heads of Puskesmas, and 35 co-workers contract workers.The sampling technique is purposive sampling in total population or saturated sampling, so the same sample size is 105 people. The data are analyzed by univariat, bivariat method with Chi square and multivariate with logistic regression. The results of this study indicate that the performance of health promotion contract workers in health promotion service of Puskesmas in Indramayu Regency most of the respondents are high performers (51.4%). Based on the test of Chi-Square, it shows that the elements related to the out-sourcing health promoter in carrying out the health champagne service at community’s health centre in Indramayu are knowledge (score p=000), self ability (p=0,000), duty perception (p=0,011), motivation (p=0,010), reward (p=0,024), means and infrastructures (0,001). The most influence factors to the performance to the out-sourcing health promoter in carrying out the health champagne service at community’s health centre are knowledge factor (p=0,009) with the OR score=17,84 95% CI=1,99-149,5.Therefore, as the recommendation, the training for the candidates of health promoters, e-learning, in-house training, and also the out-sourcing coaching as well, and providing means and infrastructures of health promotion.


1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Montalto ◽  
David Dunt ◽  
Robyn Vafiadis ◽  
Doris Young

The aims of this study are to compare the rates of health promotion and disease prevention activity within Community Health Centre (CHC) and private general practice (GP) consultations. A prospective field�based observation study was designed using medical students as observers. Private and CHC general practitioners involved in the teaching of the medical students in metropolitan Melbourne were observed for one week of consecutive consultations. Primary preventive interventions or behaviours during GP consultations were recorded, based on best practice guidelines. Twenty two students acted as observers. Fifty-one general practitioners were observed, 20 from CHCs and 31 from private general practices. Inter-observer reliability was satisfactory. CHC general practitioners had higher rates of overall preventive activity. Of the four broad categories of activities coded, CHC general practitioners were significantly more likely to detect patients' risk status but no more likely to conduct casefinding examinations, make test recommendations and provide advice. Among the 46 specific activities coded, CHC general practitioners were more likely to detect their patients' exercise levels and dietary details, perform a pap smear, and give advice on smoking, alcohol and diet. It was not possible to determine to what extent doctor and patient characteristics, as distinct from practice setting, were responsible for these results. While CHC general practitioners had higher levels of preventive activity, the differences were not great. Patient-initiated disease prevention is an under-reported phenomenon which deserves further attention.


1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Basser

A community health outreach service was piloted among older homeless Sydney men in 1997/98 from Darlinghurst Community Health Centre, responding to an observed disparity between their high health needs and low use of community health care. The project tried to improve their access to community health services, their health and quality of life by allocating a project worker who built referral networks, assisted the men and advocated for them with other agencies. From the impact evaluation, the conclusion could be drawn that the men's access to community services improved, but whether lasting benefits were delivered by the interventions remained ambiguous. Referrals of homeless men from GPs and hospitals to the health centre increased in the year following the pilot, despite the absence of a project worker for most of that time. The project was guided by an inter-sectoral advisory committee, whose deliberations altered the evaluation questions, the interpretation of findings and recommendations. Reflection on this process led to some lessons about working with committees. The pilot project has contributed to the current planning in South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service to address homeless people's health care issues by highlighting some of the issues and viable responses to them.


2022 ◽  
pp. 479-490
Author(s):  
Vibeke Koushede ◽  
Robert Donovan

AbstractThis chapter highlights the relevance of mental health as a resource and risk for population health and describes mental health problems and related financial and social implications for society, which has led to an increased focus on prevention of mental health problems in health policy lately. Using the river metaphor of salutogenesis and a mental health ease–disease continuum, mental health is seen not as a stable trait but rather as a constant process, which needs to be protected and promoted. Thus, mental health promotion is foremost focused on protective factors and promoting mental health resources at different levels of society and is relevant to everyone.The authors also present and describe the ‘Act-Belong-Commit’/‘ABCs of Mental Health’ Campaign, a world-first comprehensive, population-wide, community-based mental health promotion campaign designed to promote mental health and prevent mental ill health.


Author(s):  
Sathish Rajaa ◽  
Swaroop K. Sahu ◽  
Mahalakshmy Thulasingam

Background: Many countries have experimented with community health volunteers (CHVs) to expand their health systems. Adolescents represent 20% of India's population and serve as a vital resource in transforming its social and economic fortunes. Thus, we aimed at evaluating the contribution of CHVs in mobilizing adolescents for the adolescent health clinics (focusing on adolescent nutrition and anaemia) in a selected primary health centre (PHC) of Puducherry.Methods: A community-based operational research study was conducted in the urban field practice area of JIPMER, Puducherry. Around 5-6 volunteers were selected from each of the 13 anganwadis functioning under the PHC. The volunteers were interviewed before enrolment for willingness. About four batches of sensitization and training sessions were conducted to provide necessary training regarding the prioritized topic. CHVs were then given three months to mobilize the adolescents. This model was evaluated using the theoretical underpinning technique.Results: Of the total 85 CHVs suggested, around 65 (76.5%) showed willingness in rendering services. About 32 (49.2%) discontinued during the initial weeks of the intervention due to various reasons. The remaining CHVs reached 61 (17.2%) new adolescents and motivated around 48 (78.6%) individuals to visit the health center. All 48 were screened for malnutrition and anemia. About 25 (52%), 5 (10.2%) and 31 (64%) adolescents were diagnosed to have undernourishment (BMI<18.5), obesity (BMI>25) and anaemia (Hb<12) respectively.Conclusions: About half of the CHVs who volunteered remained till the end. The involved volunteers improved the adolescent coverage by tripling the number of adolescent beneficiaries.


2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary-Lou Horst ◽  
Irene Turpie ◽  
Nelson Wendy ◽  
Cole Beverley ◽  
Sammon Sheila ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Kirui ◽  
Josephine Malinga ◽  
Edna Sang ◽  
George Ambani ◽  
Lucy Abel ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Maximizing the impact of community-based programs requires understanding how the supply of and demand for the intervention interact at the point of delivery. We present results from a large-scale community health worker study designed to increase the availability of and demand for malaria diagnostic testing in a rural, malaria-endemic region in western Kenya between 2015 and 2017. Methods: Community Health Workers (CHWs) provided free malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test(mRDT) in the community. Those with a positive malaria test were provided with a discounted first-line antimalarial over-the-counter. We conducted a community-based survey to collect individual study outcomes at 12- and 18-months post-implementation. In addition, we collected monthly testing data from the 244 participating CHWs and also conducted in-depth interviews with a random sample of 70 CHWs. Results: From the survey, 55% (n=948/1738) reported having a malaria test for their recent illness with 38% having been tested by a CHW. Being aware of a local CHW (95% CI:1.10-2.04) and belonging to a wealthy household (95% CI:1.14-2.06) were associated with higher malaria testing uptake from any source. Poorer households were more likely to receive a test from a CHW. School-aged children between 5-17 years were more than twice as likely to be tested by a CHW (95% CI:1.47-4.14). Both confidence in AL treatment (95% CI:1.54-4.92) and perceived accuracy of an RDT performed by a CHW (95% CI:1.12-5.27) were strongly and positively associated with testing by a CHW. In adjusted analyses, specific CHWs attributes were significantly associated with higher testing rates including formal employment (95% CI:0.05-2.70), those serving more than 50 households (95% CI:0.70-2.74) and those serving areas with a higher proportion of positive tests (95% CI:1.05, 3.22). On both the supply side and the demand side, confidence in a test performed by a CHW was strongly correlated with the success of the intervention.Conclusion: Scale-up of community-based malaria testing intervention through CHWs is feasible and effective at reaching the poorest households. In order to maximize the impact of such interventions, it is important to recognize factors that may restrict both delivery and demand for such services.


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