scholarly journals Model for context-fitting mobile services for monitoring delivery of public health services

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Fredrick Mutungi ◽  
Fredrick Mutungi ◽  
Rehema Baguma ◽  
Dr. Annabella Basaza-Ejiri
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
General Nature ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Policy And Practice

Purpose: The study aimed at establishing the contextual factors affecting performance of mobile services for monitoring delivery of public health services in Uganda. Methodology: The study used a qualitative research design in an interpretivist paradigm where the identified factors were subjected to analysis using documentary evidence and qualitative data from interviews. Using purposive sampling, six case studies among institutions responsible for monitoring health service delivery in Uganda were selected. Data was categorized through creating code families, grouping codes with similar attributes into broad categories and represent a higher order grouping of data from which the researcher began to build conceptual model and categories continued until saturation point. Findings: It was established that lack of power for charging mobile devices, limited content and coverage of data captured by mobile technologies, limited man power, knowledge and skills of using mobile technologies and poor attitude of health workers, general nature of some mobile technologies, language barrier, poor connectivity and reliability of mobile and internet networks,  insufficient supplies of health data collection and processing tools affect the performance of mobile services for monitoring delivery of public health services in Uganda. Contribution to policy and practice: The study significantly contributes to a large body of knowledge in the adoption and use mobile technologies in monitoring delivery of public health services that has been less investigated in Uganda.

scholarly journals Design of Mobile Application for Community Health Workers: A Case Study in Rwanda

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
Gahizi Emmanuel ◽  
Andi Wahju Rahardjo Emanuel ◽  
Djoko Budiyanto Setyohadi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Adequate Knowledge

Community health workers (CHWs) are the basis of public health services that aim to connect the gap between public health and the human service system. This gap can be completely bridged by navigating the health and human service systems and educating communities on disease prevention. Unfortunately, the way of sharing, accessing information, and delivering health services is still non-digitalized in Rwanda. Community Health workers use a manual system in their daily activities, which is prone to error and falsification. Moreover, these people selected to perform these activities often do not have adequate knowledge about diseases and health systems since they are not professional health workers. To address the above problem, we designed a prototype mobile application to enable these workers to automatically submit reports, transfer knowledge, share information, and receive training from professionals.  The design process followed a User-Centered Design approach to meet the users’ requirements. The evaluation of the design showed that 91.7% of the CHWs agreed with the designed application prototype.  This finding shows that CHWs has an interest in using the mobile application in their work. Using the mobile application will help CHWs to improve data collection, the reporting process, and ease of receiving training.

scholarly journals Model to assess workload of village doctors in the National Essential Public Health Services Program in six provinces of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delu Yin ◽  
Tao Yin ◽  
Huiming Yang ◽  
Lihong Wang ◽  
Bowen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Health Service Provision ◽  
Village Doctors ◽  
Essential Public Health Services ◽  
Town Hospital ◽  
Public Health Workers ◽  
Ev Model

Abstract Background No studies, particularly quantitative analyses, have been conducted regarding the workload of village doctors in the National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) program and differences in service delivery by village doctors, according to region and services. In this study, we developed a quantitative analysis approach to measure the workload of NEPHS provided by village doctors in six provinces of China in 2016. We aimed to identify areas and services of the NEPHS needing improvement, so as to implement targeted measures to ensure adequate delivery of NEPHSs in rural remote underserved areas. Methods Based on survey data from 300 town hospital centers (THCs) located in 60 counties in the six selected provinces, we calculated village doctors’ share of workload under the NEPHS using the equivalent value (EV) model. To define the workload and corresponding EV of each NEPHS, a series of five meetings was held with THC managers, public health workers, family physicians, nurses and village doctors. Field observations were conducted to verify the workload and EV of each service. Results Village doctors’ share of the workload under the NEPHS program was 43.71% across the 300 sampled THCs in six provinces. The village doctors’ workload shares for different NEPHS ranged from 17.14 to 57.00%. The percentage workload undertaken by village doctors under the NEPHS program varied across different provinces, with the highest proportion 63.4% and the lowest 28.5%. Conclusions The total NEPHS workload assigned to village doctors by THCs in the six sampled provinces exceeded the Chinese government’s requirement of 40%, but the workload proportion in some provinces was less than 40%. In addition, the percentage workload for some NEPHS undertaken by village doctors was lower than others. We suggest conducting district-level analysis of the workload among village doctors under the NEPHS program using the EV method, to identify areas and services needing improvement, to implement targeted measures to expand and promote health service provision in China’s rural underserved areas.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-641
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Departments ◽  
State Health ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
And Control ◽  
The U.S

Course on Tuberculosis: A course on Tuberculosis Today will be offered six times during 1971 by the U.S. Public Health Services Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia. The course is intended for health workers who are responsible for the management and control of tuberculosis, and for those responsible for providing teaching or training in the fields of tuberculosis or infectious disease. No fees are charged for these courses. Application forms can be obtained from State Health Departments, HEW Regional Offices, or the Tuberculosis Branch, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.

scholarly journals How Cultural Values transfer into the Basis for Health Services in the Industry Revolution Era: A Critical Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Joko Susanto ◽  
Amos Neolaka ◽  
Hafid Abbas ◽  
Evi Nopiyanti
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Critical Perspective

Public health servicesneed serious attention in Indonesia. In fact, the number of health workers is sufficient enough and even excessive in certain areas. This situation is caused by lack of observing principles of the local and national cultural values in carrying out the public health services. We reviewed the published literature over the current satisfactory level of people with regard to thehealth services. Furthermore, we compared the results between residents of the suburb and urban areas regarding the national health services. This critical perspective offerred a concept of health services based on the cultural values with the belief that these values can influence the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviour of individuals, including health workers in rendering health services through health consultations. The purpose was to design a situated cultural learning, through which they can learn to respect and apply cultural values in implementing health services. To implement such cultural values, the concept of industrial revolution 4.0 and 5.0 is also needed, where individuals utilize and work together with machine learning technology or artificial intelligence.

scholarly journals Model to assess workload of village doctors in the National E sential Public Health Services Program in six provinces of China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delu Yin ◽  
Tao Yin ◽  
Huiming Yang ◽  
Lihong Wang ◽  
Bowen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Health Service Provision ◽  
Village Doctors ◽  
Town Hospital ◽  
Ev Model

Abstract Background: Village doctors face many challenges in providing the National Essential Public Health Service (NEPHS) program, and many factors affect the provision of these services. However, there are no studies (particularly quantitative analyses) regarding the workload of public health services provided by village doctors. In this study, we aimed to develop a quantitative analysis approach to measure the workload of NEPHS provided by village doctors in six provinces of China in 2016. Methods: Based on survey data from 300 town hospital centers (THCs) located in 60 counties in the six selected provinces, we calculated village doctors’ share of workload under the NEPHS using the equivalent value (EV) model. To define the workload and corresponding EV of each NEPHS, a series of five meetings was held with THC managers, public health workers, family physicians, nurses and village doctors. Field observations were conducted to verify the workload and EV of each service. Results: Village doctors’ share of the workload under the NEPHS program was 47.0% across the 300 sampled THCs in six provinces. The village doctors’ workload shares for different NEPHS ranged from 17.1% to 57.0%. The percentage workload undertaken by village doctors under the NEPHS program varied across different provinces, with the highest proportion 63.4% and the lowest 28.5%. Conclusions: The total NEPHS workload assigned to village doctors by THCs in the six sampled provinces exceeded the Chinese government’s requirement of 40%, but the workload proportion in some provinces was less than 40%. We suggest that local governments conduct district-level analysis of the workload among village doctors under the NEPHS program using the EV method, to identify priorities and influencing factors and implement targeted measures to promote health service provision. An EV model of the NEPHS could be built to monitor village doctors’ workload and ensure that assigned workloads are manageable.

scholarly journals KORELASI REGISTRASI TENAGA KESEHATAN TERHADAP KOMPENTENSI TENAGA KESEHATAN DALAM PELAYANAN KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Retno Widyorini
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health System ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
General Welfare ◽  
The Government

Health as one of the elements of general welfare must be realized through various health efforts in the context of comprehensive and integrated health development supported by a national health system. Health workers who will carry out health services to the community must have a STR (Surat Tanda Registrasi/Registration Certificate) issued by the government as the person in charge of public health services. Physicians as one of the health workers are responsible for providing health services in accordance with applicable legislation namely Law Medical Practice and Doctor's Code of Ethics. Doctors who practice health services to the community at the hospital are bound by the Doctor's Code of Ethics and are also bound by the Hospital By Laws as an internal provision of the hospital.

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