scholarly journals Cross-Talk for Health Care Providers: Part Two/Nutrition and Behavior as it Applies to Systemic and Ocular Disease

2009 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Larry Alexander

Cross-Talk for Health Care Providers: Part Two/Nutrition and Behavior as it Applies to Systemic and Ocular Disease

2020 ◽  
pp. 104365962096861
Author(s):  
Oscar Noel Ocho ◽  
Cynthia Archer Gift

Introduction While Caribbean researchers have explored masculinity, socialization, and behavior, the literature has been silent on masculinity and “male sensitive” health services. This study explored masculinity and perceptions of “male sensitive” health services. Method An interpretative, phenomenological, qualitative design that used 14 focus groups and 12 semistructured interviews among men between the ages 18 and 65 years. Results The notion of “male sensitive” services were more of preferences like having more females, timeliness, and privacy of services rather than a specific set of services unique to men. Services were expected to be professional, offered in private spaces, timely, and as an “all in one” service with more male service providers. Discussion Male utilization of health services may be a problem if they are not considered “sensitive” to their needs. This has implications for the reorientation of services, as well as, personnel, including increased involvement of males as health care providers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 117954681771447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Shurrab ◽  
Teresa Pagacz ◽  
Ayelet Shauer ◽  
Ilan Lashevsky ◽  
David Newman ◽  
...  

Ventricular safety pacing (VSP) is used to avoid cross talk by delivering ventricular stimulus shortly after an atrial-paced event if ventricular-sensed event occurs. Although VSP is a protective feature that exists for decades in different pacing devices, there are some reports of unfavorable outcomes of this algorithm. More so, health care providers sometimes face difficulties in interpreting and dealing with VSP strips. This case report discusses an important pacemaker algorithm and encourages further attention to possible pitfalls and hence avoids unnecessary interventions.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Maryam Kebbe ◽  
Arnaldo Perez ◽  
Annick Buchholz ◽  
Tara-Leigh F. McHugh ◽  
Shannon D. Scott ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Strapazzon ◽  
Jürg Schweizer ◽  
Igor Chiambretti ◽  
Monika Brodmann Maeder ◽  
Hermann Brugger ◽  
...  

Avalanches are major natural hazards in snow-covered mountains, threatening people and infrastructure. With ongoing climate change, the frequency and types of snow avalanches may change, affecting the rates of avalanche burial and survival. With a wetter and warmer snow climate, consequences of burial may become more severe. In this review, we assess the potential effects of climate change on the frequency and characteristics of avalanches. We then discuss how these changes might affect the survival rates of subjects buried by avalanches and might influence the responses of search and rescue (SAR) teams and health care providers. While climate change is inevitable, the effects on avalanches remain elusive. The frequency of human triggered avalanches may not change, because this depends largely on the number and behavior of winter recreationists. Blunt trauma and secondary injuries will likely become more frequent as terrain roughness is expected to rise and snow cover to become thinner. Higher snow densities in avalanche debris will likely interfere with the respiration of completely buried victims. Asphyxia and trauma, as causes of avalanche death, may increase. It is unlikely that SAR and health care providers involved in avalanche rescue will have to change their strategies in areas where they are already established. The effects of climate change might foster the expansion of mitigation strategies and the establishment of mountain rescue services in areas subject to increased avalanche hazards caused by changes in snow cover and land use.


2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 582-591
Author(s):  
Michelle Pannor Silver ◽  
Shawna M. Cronin

Background. Evidence suggests that children and adolescents growing up in low-income families and those with underrepresented ethnocultural backgrounds tend to have high prevalence rates of obesity and more difficulty adhering to childhood obesity interventions. However, less is known about how intergenerational, family-based approaches to lifestyle interventions for childhood obesity support sustained behavior change. Aims. The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of health care providers regarding family adherence and behavior change in a childhood obesity program that served ethnoculturally diverse and low-income families. Method. Semistructured in-person interviews were conducted with 18 providers at one of three hospitals participating in a Canadian family-based childhood obesity program. Data were thematically analyzed using a constant comparative approach. Results. The following key themes emerged as challenges from the provider’s perspective for family adherence and behavior modification in the childhood obesity program: divergent views about obesity, complicated lives and logistical priorities, parental role modeling, and intergenerational tensions. Discussion and Conclusion. This examination of providers’ perspectives on family adherence and behavior modification relevant to the management of childhood obesity highlight the importance of tailoring childhood obesity programs to the complex and diverse needs of families from diverse backgrounds. Recommendations include methods of service delivery that address logistical challenges and are better suited to extended families, particularly grandparents.


2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Henry

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals have long been subject to discrimination. This has led to the fear of victimization and the overall avoidance of health care services and increasing health disparities in this group. Health care providers, including nurses who have limited knowledge, poor attitudes, and behavior, have been shown to significantly dilute the patient–provider relationship. This reduces self-disclosure and increases likelihood of poor outcomes of the LGBT individual. An educational program was developed to focus on health care providers (n = 8) knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in LGBT self-disclosure. A pretest, posttest methodology was used to assess the aforementioned concepts using a 29-item sexual orientation counselor competency scale. All measured concepts showed clinical significance with highest being self disclosure, which revealed both clinical and statistical significance from (SD) 1.0 to 1.63, a 63% increase. The implications of these findings on the current and future practice of health care providers and nurses support cultural competency training for both practicing health care professionals and students in educational curriculums.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
Zehtiye Füsun Yaşar ◽  
Elif Durukan ◽  
Berk Halibeyoğlu ◽  
Irmak Erdemir ◽  
Erim Berke Yöney ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
Kendra Carlson

The Supreme Court of California held, in Delaney v. Baker, 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 610 (1999), that the heightened remedies available under the Elder Abuse Act (Act), Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 15657,15657.2 (West 1998), apply to health care providers who engage in reckless neglect of an elder adult. The court interpreted two sections of the Act: (1) section 15657, which provides for enhanced remedies for reckless neglect; and (2) section 15657.2, which limits recovery for actions based on “professional negligence.” The court held that reckless neglect is distinct from professional negligence and therefore the restrictions on remedies against health care providers for professional negligence are inapplicable.Kay Delaney sued Meadowood, a skilled nursing facility (SNF), after a resident, her mother, died. Evidence at trial indicated that Rose Wallien, the decedent, was left lying in her own urine and feces for extended periods of time and had stage I11 and IV pressure sores on her ankles, feet, and buttocks at the time of her death.


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