scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICIANS' HEALTH CARE NEEDS: IS THERE A LINK WITH QUALITY OF CARE IN SAUDI ARABIA?

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-185
Author(s):  
Mohamed Mahrous
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Convenience Sampling

Background: In daily practice, physicians encounter many health risks. Multiple studies have found that physicians are finding it difficult to access health care, and often resort to self-diagnosis and treatment. Methods: Cross-section analytical observational study. A non-random convenience sampling technique using a preexisting self-administered validated questionnaire. Results: Most of the factors represented a low-to-moderate or neutral level of difficulty, although 42% of respondents said that finding the time to access care was a high priority. Career threatening illnesses were not a significant problem (72 of 456 respondents, or 15.8%), but 54.4% of respondents reported that they had a colleague with a career-threatening illness. Conclusion: The results indicate the need for policy makers and employer to make a greater effort to meet physicians' health care needs. One of the main weaknesses of this study was the sample, as it cannot be considered to be representative of physicians working in Saudi Arabia. The majority of respondents were general and family physicians, so the results may not apply to other specialties that were not represented equally in our sample.

Dentists’ perception of barriers to dental care for children with special health care needs in bengaluru, india

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Mufeedha K Nazar ◽  
Divya Reddy C ◽  
Santhosh T Paul
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Special Health Care Needs ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Special Health Care ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Oral Hygiene Instructions ◽  
Special Health

INTRODUCTION: Despite advances in dental care in recent decades, the oral health of people with disabilities remains poor. The treatment of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) presents challenges for the dentists that may ultimately become a barrier. Identification of barriers can be the first step in addressing the deficiencies in dental care for such patients. AIM: To identify barriers to oral/dental care for CSHCN as perceived by dentists Materials and Methods: 110 randomly selected dental professionals were interviewed through a validated questionnaire for their perceived barriers to provide oral health care for CSHCN RESULTS: Majority of respondents attended CSHCN (77.3%) and mostly provided restorations, oral hygiene instructions including preventive measures and basic restorative care. Dentists perceived concern regarding medical history (50%) and patient co-operation (38%) as the main barriers to provide dental care to CSHCN. CONCLUSION: Our findings conclude that majority of dentists are willing to treat CSHCN despite the challenges they faced. Minimizing the barriers is essential to provide comprehensive dental care to CSHCN.

scholarly journals Women: Mental Health Care Needs

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunanda. G. T ◽  
Mrs. Ashwini. R ◽  
Dr. Eilean Lazarus Victoria
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Media Law ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Professional Interest ◽  
The Family ◽  
Biological Differences

Women mental health needs arise from the biological differences, life situations of women, the stresses of changing society, decreasing social support from family and community and related issues. The broader aspects of meet the needs of women mental health care must need to be strengthen the family support, increase the mental health professional interest on these issues and also sensitize the writers, media, law, policy makers regarding women’s mental health care needs.

An evaluation of home health care needs and Quality of Life among the elderly in a semi-rural area of Western Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Aydin ◽  
E. Unal ◽  
M.E. Gokler ◽  
S. Metintas ◽  
G.O. Emiral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Home Health Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Home Health ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Western Turkey

scholarly journals Partner care at the end-of-life: identity, language and characteristics

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE CORDEN ◽  
MICHAEL HIRST
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Health Care Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Welfare Benefits ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Emotional Commitment ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

ABSTRACTThe delivery of services and benefits to people supporting older and disabled relatives and friends depends largely on their identification within constructs of ‘care-giving’ and ‘carer’. Those who are married or living with a partner may be particularly resistant to adopting the identity of ‘care-giver’ or ‘care receiver’. This paper investigates the circumstances of couples and their adoption of carer identities, drawing on a study of the financial implications of a partner's death. That study was based on over 750 couples where one partner died, drawn from the British Household Panel Survey, and separate qualitative interviews with people whose partner died in the previous two years. The findings show that carer self-identification was influenced by the partner's health-care needs and service contacts, including welfare benefits receipts. None of the socio-demographic factors considered was statistically linked to whether people described themselves as providing care for their partner, unless there was an underlying association with the partner's health-care needs. The findings underline the problems of using self-reported identities in surveys and estimates of take-up of services and benefits, and the difficulties of delivering entitlements to people who care for their partner at the end-of-life. A challenge for policy makers is how to move beyond formal categories of ‘carer’ and ‘care-giving’ to incorporate inter-dependence, emotional commitment and the language of relationships in planning support for frail older people.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document