The Effects of Skin Health Care Awareness on Practic Behavior of Women in Their 20s

This study was conducted to study skin health care awareness and practices for women in their 20s who are highly interested in skin health care. From December 1, 2020, to February 1, 2021, women in their 20s who are currently living in Jinju-si Gyeongsangnam-do and Gwangju, and the study were surveyed using the Internet and SNS, and a total of 300 copies were used as final analysis data. The specific questionnaire consisted of a total of 40 items. Data analysis was conducted using the SPSWIN 21.0 program. First, in the difference between skin health care awareness and skin health care practice behavior according to general characteristics, age ‘26-29 years old’, marriage status ‘unmarried’, final education ‘university student/graduation’, occupation ‘student’, and monthly beauty-related expenses ‘less than 10-130,000 won’ drinking alcohol ‘1-2 times a week’ was the highest, and for the smoking, non-smoking women were the highest. Regarding skin health care awareness according to general characteristics, the overall average was 3.82, ‘harmful factors’ appeared to be the highest, and for the skin health care practice behavior, the overall average was 3.43, showing the highest average in ‘cosmetics selection’, and the difference in skin health care awareness according to age, educational background, and smoking was significant. In response, in this study, it is intended to be used as basic data to help maintain and improve skin health by grasping problems such as awareness of skin health care and practice behavior of women in their 20s.

Culturally safe health care practice for Indigenous Peoples in Australia: A systematic meta-ethnographic review

Objectives Culturally safe health care services contribute to improved health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia. Yet there has been no comprehensive systematic review of the literature on what constitutes culturally safe health care practice. This gap in knowledge contributes to ongoing challenges providing culturally safe health services and policy. This review explores culturally safe health care practice from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples as recipients of health care in Western high-income countries, with a specific focus on Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Methods A systematic meta-ethnographic review of peer-reviewed literature was undertaken across five databases: Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, PsychINFO, CINAHL Plus and Informit. Eligible studies included Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples receiving health care in Australia, had a focus on exploring health care experiences, and a qualitative component to study design. Two authors independently determined study eligibility (5554 articles screened). Study characteristics and results were extracted and quality appraisal was conducted. Data synthesis was conducted using meta-ethnography methodology, contextualised by health care setting. Results Thirty-four eligible studies were identified. Elements of culturally safe health care identified were inter-related and included personable two-way communication, a well-resourced Indigenous health workforce, trusting relationships and supportive health care systems that are responsive to Indigenous Peoples’ cultural knowledge, beliefs and values. Conclusions These elements can form the basis of interventions and strategies to promote culturally safe health care practice and systems in Australia. Future cultural safety interventions need to be rigorously evaluated to explore their impact on Indigenous Peoples’ satisfaction with health care and improvements in health care outcomes.

Ethics of care and moral resilience in health care practice: A scoping review

Background Ethics of care provides a framework for health care professionals to manage ethical dilemmas and moral resilience may mitigate stress associated with the process and outcomes of ethical reasoning. This review addresses the empirical study of ethics of care and moral resilience, published in the health care literature, and identifies potential research gaps. Methods and procedure Arksey O’Malley's framework was adopted to conduct this scoping review. A literature search was conducted across six databases: CINAHL Plus with full text, PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, Scopus and MEDLINE. We collected and synthesised information on the nature of studies including study design, methods and key findings. Results While there is an abundance of literature describing the potential strengths of an ethics of care approach to ethical reasoning and growing interest in the role of moral resilience in protecting against moral distress, both concepts have received little empirical attention. A total of six relevant publications were selected for review. No studies explored the relationship between ethics of care and moral resilience. However, studies focused upon ethics of care approach as a facilitator of patient-practitioner professional relationships and effective ethical decision making in health care practice. Current evidence explores key characteristics consistent with moral resilience in health care professionals. Conclusion This review identified a dearth of research in ethics of care and moral resilience in healthcare practice. Further empirical investigation may provide a deeper understanding of the translation of ethics of care and moral resilience to health care practice to facilitate workplace culture.

CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY APPRECIATION AND FEMALE BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION

For many decades, cancer has remained a ubiquitous part of public health concern that has assumed a public health problem across the globe. Perhaps, several actions have been documented that attempt to provide a solution to the increasing spread of the disease. Breast self-examination is a cancer curbing strategy that has received enormous research attention in recent years. Nevertheless, many factors have been implicated in the BSE variance. Numerous studies have suggested that body appreciation is positively correlated with health behaviors and health care practice. The current study examined the relationship between body appreciation and BSE practice, using a sample of women (N = 248) in Kogi State, Nigeria. Linear regression resultsestablisheda positive correlation between body appreciation and BSE practice (p < .0.05). This result informs knowledge regarding determinants of BSE behavior among the female. The research concludes with a discussion of the practical implications and recommendations.

Efficacy of Siddha medicine in the treatment of COVID- 19 patients - A pilot study

The pandemic triggered by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) invariably questions the health security of people around the globe. It’s also strongly advocates the need for unique health care practice that substantially prevents the infection and practice of controlling the disease transmission. Alternate therapy with viable medications that can adequately strengthen the immune system to enhance the speedy recovery of the patients becomes the need of the hour. Siddha system of medicine is one such versatile practice that emerged before centuries that incorporates the practice of availing potential remedies from herbal and another natural origin. Still, now there is no proper documentary evidence on evaluating the efficacy of Siddha treatment in the clinical management of COVID-19, hence the main objective of the present pilot study is to investigate the potential of Siddha formulations such as Aadathodai kudineer, Thaalisaathi chooranam, Thulasi chooranam, Pavala parpam, Bramaanandha Bairava Maathirai and Thoothuvalai nei in treatment and accelerating the recovery of COVID19 patients. A Study was executed in 25 patients with laboratory- confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19. The Outcome of the present clinical study signifies that treatment with Siddha medicines significantly accelerated recovery of patients by stabilising the immune mechanism which was evidenced by pronouncing declination in CRP (C- reactive protein), neutrophil, lymphocytes, Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), Creatinine, Serum Albumin and Serum Urea level almost back to the normal. In conclusion therapy with Siddha medicines opened a new gateway in the clinical practice on managing COVID-19 due presence of vital phytotherapeutics that showcase multiple pharmacological activities against risky pathogens like SARS-CoV-2.

Fundamentals of Epidemiology for the Audiologist

Purpose Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease and other health-related events in populations. An understanding of epidemiology among audiologists is important for ear and hearing health care practice. This tutorial presents an overview of the fundamental concepts of epidemiology for the practicing audiologist and audiology students. Method The authors provide an overview of epidemiology and focus on its applicability to audiology. The most common epidemiologic study designs, measures of occurrence, and measures of association are highlighted and discussed. Concepts related to p values, confidence intervals, confounding, and bias are introduced. Finally, the authors discuss screening as a means to control adverse hearing health outcomes. Conclusions Epidemiologic approaches are of value to the audiologist involved in the evidence-based decision processes of planning, monitoring, and treating individuals with ear and hearing problems. For audiologists to make practice recommendations based on epidemiologic data, they need insight into epidemiologic study design and interpretation of data from these studies. Understanding the fundamentals of epidemiology and applying epidemiologic principles to the clinical practice of audiology can increase the quality of care individuals receive.

A conflict with prescription shoppers

The physician should be familiar with early diagnosis and dealing with patients who seek nonmedical drug prescriptions. It is a dilemma, and it may create a problem in health care practice in unequipped physicians. The common illegal drugs requested by 'prescription shoppers' are opioids and benzodiazepines.

A Model to Facilitate Research Uptake in Health Care Practice and Policy Development for Low-resource Countries

BACKGROUND: Despite the availability of numerous models for knowledge translation into health care practice and policy development, research uptake remains low in resource-limited countries. Recent reports have indicated that this trend of low research uptake is likely to continue for some time in low-resource countries unless initiatives to promote research uptake strategies consider challenges faced by these countries. This paper aimed to develop a tailored model to enable the optimal uptake of public health research findings for health care practice and policy development in a low-resource country. APPROACH: The study used a two-phase exploratory sequential approach. Qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 21 participants. Quantitative data were collected through an online cross-sectional survey administered to 212 respondents who conducted research studies in the study area between 2014 to 2019. HIGHLIGHTS: The findings indicated a lack of awareness of research results and champions to lead engagements among research stakeholders. Researchers also fail to align public health research projects to existing local contexts and available resources as well as establish and sustain beneficial collaboration between all research stakeholders. The survey indicated a total of 13 factors needed for research uptake, namely four individual factors (support, experience, motivation & time factor); four organisational factors (research agenda, funding, resources & partnerships), and five research characteristics factors (gatekeeping, local research committees, accessibility of evidence, quality of evidence and critical appraisal skills). The Spearman's correlation coefficient revealed that of the 13 factors, only six factors had a significant positive correlation with research uptake, namely: support, experience, motivation, time factor, resources, and critical appraisal skills. CONCLUSION: In the context of research uptake for healthcare practice and policy development, we consider this model unique and appropriate for low-resource countries in that it integrated the PARIHS framework with the logical framework to streamline the research uptake process. Keywords: Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Practice, Low-resource countries, Research Uptake, Model