scholarly journals A Brief Analysis of Trends in Prehospital Care Services and a Vision for the Future

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Chilton
Keyword(s):  
Prehospital Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Future

This commentary looks at trends in prehospital care for the future

scholarly journals Elderly victims of falls seen by prehospital care: gender differences

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Campo Meschial ◽  
Dorotéia Fátima Pelissari de Paula Soares ◽  
Nelson Luiz Batista de Oliveira ◽  
Alice Milani Nespollo ◽  
Wesley Alexandre da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Prehospital Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Type Of Injury

OBJECTIVE: To identify elderly who are victims of falls, according to gender, who received care from prehospital services of Maringá, Paraná. METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory study carried out with 1,444 elderly patients who suffered falls in Maringá in the period from 2006 to 2008. Data were gathered from prehospital care services, typed and processed using the Epi Info 6.04d(r). The χ² test was used to compare the falls in relation to gender (significance level = 0.05). RESULTS: The number of falls according to gender presented similar percentages, 51.0% for males and 49.0% for females. Significant differences between genders were observed regarding age (p < 0.001), presence of alcohol breath (p < 0.001), type of fall (p < 0.001), place of fall (p < 0.001), treatment at hospital (p = 0.023), number of injuries (p = 0.014), type of injury (p < 0.001) and injury location (p <0.001). CONCLUSION: These results show that falls happen differently among the elderly when considering gender. It highlights the importance of understanding these differences in detail and the circumstances in which the fall occurred, since this knowledge is key to plan preventive actions.

Creating a competence profile of a new profession: social service agents in welfare centers

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 362-380
Author(s):  
Riitta Forsten-Astikainen ◽  
Pia Heilmann
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come ◽  
Context Specific

Purpose This study examines in detail how a new occupational group in a field creates and defines its professional competences. The background of the study refers to a new way of organizing social and health care services that requires new type of expertise. The authors examine the professionals of this new sector – service agents and the competences – they need in a multi-professional networking organization. The goal of this organizational pilot project is to gather both experience and practical knowledge of how the “gatekeeper” model can work between the customer and the service provider. The purpose of this paper is to learn the service agents’ perspective on their own work, namely, how they create their work, what their visions of the future are, and what can be learned from the new organizing model. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative data collection and small-scale exploratory study of a new profession: eight service agents and their two supervisors were interviewed to raise awareness of what professional competences these new job contents require, how service agents can influence the content of their work, and what competence needs will emerge in the future. Findings The key findings indicate that service agents lack the courage to modify their own mission. When a new profession is created, they are uncertain about how to create self-content on their own terms. They assume they need a certain degree and to know something more than they already know. They do not dare define their own new professional territory, but rather wait for that definition to come from their organization or society. However, the results also show that some service agents have a hidden willingness to be creative even when there is a lack of courage. There is a need to take more initiative and for agents to think freely outside the box in this new situation. Research limitations/implications The number of interviewees is small and the context specific. However, the study gives an indication of the factors that need to be taken into account when the dissemination of the model starts. Originality/value The paper describes the results of the pilot project of a new profession and a customer-oriented model in the social and health care sector.

scholarly journals Failing to plan and planning to fail. Can we predict the future growth of demand on UK Eye Care Services?

Eye ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1029-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Cameron Buchan ◽  
Paul Norman ◽  
Darren Shickle ◽  
Andrew Cassels-Brown ◽  
Carrie MacEwen
Keyword(s):  
Eye Care ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Growth

Residential care in Australia, Part I: Service trends, the young people in care, and needs-based responses

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Bath
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
The Past ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Future

This is the first of a two-part discussion of the place of residential care services in Australia, which highlights the issues that are likely to influence the development of these services into the future. This paper explores service trends over the past few decades, the current place and focus of residential care services, the nature of the young people being placed into such services, and the imperative for developing a more needs-based approach to service delivery. It concludes with a review of recent calls for the development of therapeutic or treatment-orientated models and the initial steps in this direction that have been taken around the country.

scholarly journals Nothing but Trouble: Studies on the Effects of Reforms in Elderly Care in Sweden and Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iwona Sobis
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Care For The Elderly ◽  
The Future

Abstract Reforms of the public sector, conducted in the spirit of NPM since the 1990s, are frequently studied by Western and Eastern scholars. The research shows national variations in how the NPM idea was translated and adapted into a country’s context and regulations. Care for the elderly is an interesting example of reforms conducted in the spirit of NPM, because it relates to welfare and health care and to the competences of provincial and local authorities in most European countries. This paper addresses the following questions: What do we know about the reforms conducted in the spirit of NPM and its practical implication within the field of care for the elderly during 1990 - 2010? What kind of knowledge about care for the elderly is still missing and should be developed in the future ? Th is paper conducts comparative research on what is known about the effects of the Swedish and the Polish reforms regarding care for the elderly. It argues that most literature points to negative effects, but also to the fact that there are still gaps in our knowledge about the effects of reforms concerning elderly care, especially regarding its organization. Hence, despite all the research done, we do not know what kind of social and health-care services for seniors represent the best practices for the future.

scholarly journals Cancers in Vietnam—Burden and Control Efforts: A Narrative Scoping Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 107327481986380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tung Pham ◽  
Linh Bui ◽  
Giang Kim ◽  
Dong Hoang ◽  
Thuan Tran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Cancer Occurrence ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Control

Although the burden of cancer is rapidly growing in Vietnam, there was no up-to-date review that describes cancer burden and control in Vietnam throughout the literature. By identifying various risk factors, means of prevention, and methods for early detection, this review seeks to systematically summarize the evidence for the future planning and management of cancer occurrence in Vietnam. Additionally, this report aims to identify improvements which are necessary for the treatment and palliative care of patients with cancer in Vietnam. We employed a hybrid approach including both a scoping review and narrative synthesis for this study. Information was identified, extracted, and charted from various sources, which include international and domestically published studies, in addition to gray literature. Our results illustrate that the burden of cancer in Vietnam has tripled in the past 30 years, and this situation could be partly explained by the growing prevalence of both old and new risk factors. Besides hepatitis B virus, various other important risk factors such as human papilloma virus, tobacco usage, physical inactivity, and improper diets are still not under control in Vietnam. There is presently a lack of national cancer screening programs, and the capacity of cancer care services could not maintain pace with the demands of a rapidly increasing Vietnamese population. Overall, policy frameworks for cancer control in Vietnam are in place, but there is still a lack of proper financing and governing models necessary to support a sustainable program. In conclusion, Cancer and its associated consequences are both persistent and emerging problems in Vietnam, and the results of cancer control programs are limited. A comprehensive and evidence-based approach toward the prevention and treatment of cancer should be the future direction for Vietnam.

scholarly journals Health Promotion Among Families Having a Newborn Baby

2021 ◽  
pp. 173-184
Author(s):  
Shefaly Shorey
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Maternity Care ◽  
Postpartum Period ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Newborn Baby ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future

AbstractPregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period are the stressful transition periods to parenthood. With medicalization of perinatal period, parents feel left out and less confident in their parenthood journey, which may pose serious threats to the family dynamics. Salutogenesis theory offers the potential to influence a shift away from negative health outlooks and outcomes, medicalization of childbirth, toward health promotion and positive well-being focus for maternity care services design and delivery in the future.

scholarly journals Fagpersonells forståelse av økt registrert tvangsbruk overfor personer med utviklingshemming

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Frode Dragsten ◽  
Erik Søndenaa
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Strong Increase ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Positive Direction ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future

Norwegian legislation concerning restraint measures in the care and treatment to people with intellectual disability (ID) has been established since 1999. This study examined the social workers’ explanations for the increased number of people with ID being legally restrained since 1999. This article discussed both staff and the supervisors perspectives of the increase. Although an increasingly number of people with ID are treated by restraint measures, respondents (n = 206) report that care services has evolved in a positive direction. The strong increase is explained by a higher ethical awareness and changes in legal rules along the way. When asked about the future development, most respondents expect a continuing growth in the number of people with ID treated with the use of restraint measures.

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