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Health Management (health + management)
Selected AbstractsNP Roles in Women's Health ManagementNURSING FOR WOMENS HEALTH, Issue 3 2002Irene Strickland RN No abstract is available for this article. [source] Comprehensive workforce health management,Not a cost, but a strategic advantageEMPLOYMENT RELATIONS TODAY, Issue 2 2005John Foulke First page of article [source] Key issues relating to decentralization at the provincial level of health management in CambodiaINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, Issue 1 2005Bunnan Men Abstract The following study was conducted as part of a review of management systems at a Provincial Health Department (Kampong Cham Province) and a National Health Programme (National Immunization Program) in 2002,2003 in Cambodia. The aim of this paper is to identify, analyse and recommend those management system factors that are critical to the success of health management performance, with a particular focus on provincial management. The review has identified critical success factors associated with health management performance at the sub-national level that include a stronger role for effective human resource management in health sector reform, elevation of the status of planning in senior level management, and the development of a more comprehensive and transparent finance system. These success factors will position the provincial level of health management to respond more effectively to the reform challenges of administrative de-concentration and political decentralization that are currently underway across a range of government sectors in Cambodia. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Vitamin K prescribing patterns and bone health surveillance in UK children with cystic fibrosisJOURNAL OF HUMAN NUTRITION & DIETETICS, Issue 6 2007D. S. Urquhart Abstract Background, Bone disease has become an increasingly recognized complication of cystic fibrosis (CF). Although causes of CF bone disease are multifactorial, there has been recent interest in the role of vitamin K in CF bone disease. Aims,and,methods, A questionnaire survey of all UK paediatric CF centre dietitians and centre directors was carried out to ascertain current practice with regard to vitamin K prescribing and bone health surveillance. Results, The survey had a 97% response rate representing 3414 CF children. Twenty-three centre directors and 19 dietitians responded, and at least moderate agreement was noted with kappa scores >0.41 for all but one question assessed. Ninety-three per cent centres report that >90% pancreatic insufficient patients receive vitamins A, D and E, yet only 18% centres routinely supplement vitamin K. The majority (60%) report that <10% of their CF patients receive vitamin K, whilst vitamin K dosage varied from 0.3,0.5 to 10 mg day,1. Only one centre undertook no bone health surveillance, and vitamin D levels are measured in 89%, calcium intake assessed in 82% and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans performed in 61% centres. Discussion, Heterogeneity in both vitamin K prescribing practices and bone health surveillance in CF across the UK were noted, underlining the need for a national consensus on bone health management, as well as acting as a call for longitudinal research into the clinical effectiveness of vitamin K therapy in CF. [source] European Manifesto on Basic Standards of Health Care For People with Intellectual DisabilitiesJOURNAL OF POLICY AND PRACTICE IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, Issue 1 2004M. M. Meijer Abstract An invitational conference organized by the Netherlands Society of Physicians for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NVAVG) and the European Association of Intellectual Disability Medicine (MAMH), in collaboration with the Erasmus Medical Center's Department of Specialist Training for Physicians for People with Intellectual Disabilities, had as its aim the development and issuance of an European manifesto on adequate health care for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). This paper provides an overview of the basis for the conference and the manifesto and lays out recommendations for the implementation of the manifesto's main points. The group's product, the European Manifesto on Basic Standards of Health Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities, summarizes the core elements of adequate health care for individuals with ID, and offers guidance on how Europe's nations may address deficiencies in health provision for people with ID. The manifesto's main points include a call for greater available and accessible health care, increasing the competencies in ID of health professionals, educators, and researchers, a greater reliance on a multidisciplinary approach to health care, more specialist services, and a proactive emphasis on personal health management. [source] Health Problems and Health Behaviors of Korean Preschoolers Living With Parents and Under GuardianshipPUBLIC HEALTH NURSING, Issue 3 2009Hee-Soon Kim ABSTRACT Purpose: A comparative analysis was conducted to identify and compare the health status and behaviors of preschoolers attending daycare centers in South Korea between children living with parents and those under guardianship. Design: The study design was descriptive and correlational. Sample: Data were collected from 152 parents and 85 guardians of preschool children using a structured questionnaire. Results: Of 237 children, 23.9,32.5% were overweight or obese, while 13.8,30.0% were underweight. Boys under guardianship were more likely to be obese. Hand-foot-mouth disease and atopic dermatitis were more prevalent among children living with parents, while those under guardianship were less likely to have dentistry visits, more likely to be absent from childcare due to pneumonia, and had significantly fewer health-related conversations with their guardians. In relation to health behaviors, the frequency of tooth-brushing and high-calcium food consumption was significantly lower among children under guardianship than among those living with parents. Conclusion: Compared with children living with parents, those under guardianship were exposed to unfavorable circumstances in terms of health management practices and health behaviors, which implies that the guardians were less interested in health care and dealt inappropriately with the health problems of their foster children. [source] Comment on ,Public health management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia: A failure!'RESPIROLOGY, Issue 5 2010Kerry Chant No abstract is available for this article. [source] Enhancing the natural defences and barrier protection of aquaculture speciesAQUACULTURE RESEARCH, Issue 3 2010John W Sweetman Abstract The promotion of nutritional strategies that optimize natural defence mechanisms in fish is of critical importance in producing robust juveniles and adult fish. These animals are more capable of minimizing the impact of opportunistic pathogen attack, thus improving liveability and performance characteristics. The importance of the piscine gastrointestinal tract as a major endocrine and osmoregulatory organ is well reported as is its function as a defensive barrier to pathogen attack. Investigations using the inclusion of a specific structural form of mannan oligosaccharide have been shown to improve the performance parameters, immune status, and gut morphology and improve an important aspect of barrier protection through the enhancement of mucal production in a number of aquaculture species. The selenium status of an animal is pivotal in determining the success of the innate and adaptive immune response of the animal, and the use of an organic selenium source, in the form of a selenoyeast, has been shown to improve enzyme function and tissue uptake. The antioxidant role of many of the selenoptroteins and the role of selenium in the glutathione peroxidase enzyme pathways involved in the control of oxidative stress is critical if oxidative damage and cell membrane lipid peroxidation are to be prevented. The use of these compounds as feed additives has important implications for health management in commercial aquaculture facilities. Further research is needed to evaluate the benefits offered by a range of commercial products. [source] Dose-dependent influences of dietary ,-1,3-glucan on innate immunity and disease resistance of hybrid striped bass Morone chrysops×Morone saxatilisAQUACULTURE RESEARCH, Issue 14 2009Peng Li Abstract To investigate potential use of dietary ,-1,3-glucan for health management of hybrid striped bass, juvenile fish were fed diets supplemented with yeast glucan (MacroGuard®) at 0.05%, 0.1% or 0.2% of diet for 4 weeks, followed by immune response assays and a bath challenge with Streptococcus iniae. Dietary glucan significantly (P<0.05) enhanced neutrophil oxidative radical production, and fish fed 0.1% glucan had a significant (P<0.05) reduction in mortality (10%) after bacterial challenge compared with fish fed the control diet (46.7%). However, accumulative mortality of fish fed 0.2% glucan was not significantly different from that of fish fed the control diet. To further elucidate this observation, macrophages from sub-adult hybrid striped bass were isolated and cultured in L-15 medium with 10% foetal calf serum and penicillin/streptomycin supplemented with 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 20 and 100 ,g soluble glucan (MacroGuard®) mL,1 for 24 and 48 h. Intracellular superoxide anion production was significantly (P<0.001) increased by 0.5 ,g glucan mL,1, but significantly (P<0.001) suppressed by doses >5 ,g glucan mL,1. It is concluded that dietary yeast glucan has potential for use in diet formulations of hybrid striped bass to limit the adverse effects of S. iniae, but dosage should be an important consideration in administration. [source] | ||||||||||