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Abdinazarovich, Rakhmonov Dustmurod. "Cultural Aspects of Social Services." International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 24, no. 5 (May 25, 2020): 6468–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.37200/ijpr/v24i5/pr2020632.
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Bygren, Lars Olov. "Egalitarian Aspects of Medical and Social Services." Journal of Public Health Policy 22, no. 2 (2001): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3343458.
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Mineva, Darina. "THE SOCIAL NATURE OF QUALITY." Knowledge International Journal 30, no. 6 (March 20, 2019): 1735–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij30061735m.
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The article examines aspects of the quality of products and services, defines its social character and the factors that determine it. Three factors form the social character of the quality of products and services: the needs of society and individuals; market relations; the insurance of consumers against risks (health insurance and insurance).The question of the difference between consumer value and utility value and value and value is fundamental to determining the social quality of the quality. User value and utility are the two aspects of quality. Your quality is in the product or service. Consumer value is a property and value is a public property. It reflects the public nature of the work of the commodities producers through the exchange of the market. The basis of this exchange is the merciful value of the commodity.The social nature of the quality of products and services is "the commitment of producers to the needs of society and the individual", irrespective of the type of production. The social aspect is at the heart of all other aspects. Therefore, when assessing the quality of a hospital, we are actually evaluating not so much the organization itself but its commitment to the health of society.
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GÜLÇEK, Emrah. "School Health Nursing." MAS Journal of Applied Sciences 6, no. 5 (December 28, 2021): 1235–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.52520/masjaps.v6i5id150.
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School nurses interact with students, parents and school personnel for health education, physical activity, physical education, nutrition and health services, psychological services, counseling, social services, physical environment, social climate, emotional climate and family engagement aspects. Effective communication, teamwork and interprofessional collaboration improve this interaction. Overweight of children and adolescents, alienation, sexual health and pregnancy, sleep pattern and mental health are some actual subjects in international articles published in the last decade related to school health nursing, which are summarised below.
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Reyes, Giovanni E., Mark Govers, and Dirk Ruwaard. "A Mathematical and Conceptual Model Regarding Social Inclusion and Social Leverage." Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences 9, no. 3 (May 1, 2018): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mjss-2018-0043.
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Abstract This article discusses a comprehensive conceptual mathematical model to specify main theoretical concepts and their relationships, regarding social inclusion and social leverage. The particular elements of the model are related to: (i) key aspects of theoretical principles; (ii) major links among principal aspects; and (iii) interrelations regarding social and economic issues within any particular society. One of the principal aims of this research is going beyond the strictly economic elements, to complement a more holistic perspective with social aspects and public policy. This study is part of a broader research project that studies social investment in Latin America, particularly focused in the health sector. More specifically, this study will identify relationships between variables and indicators of social inclusion and social leverage, as basis for carrying out empirical studies on investments that Latin American countries make in health services. The model presented here allows the identification of elements of differentiated public policy, the role of public services aimed to assist especially the most vulnerable social sectors and the support of such services in relation to a country's competitiveness, social well-being and sustainable basis of human development.
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Street, J. "Personal Data Protection in Health and Social Services." Journal of Medical Ethics 17, no. 1 (March 1, 1991): 53–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.17.1.53.
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Werner, Perla, Ifat Stein-Shvachman, and Amos D. Korczyn. "Early onset dementia: clinical and social aspects." International Psychogeriatrics 21, no. 4 (August 2009): 631–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610209009223.
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ABSTRACTBackground: Increasing efforts are being devoted to the study of early onset dementia (EOD), namely dementia in persons under the age of 65. Until recently, it was assumed that dementia occurs primarily among people aged 65 and over. However, since the number of persons with EOD is increasing, its importance as a clinical and social problem is rising accordingly. The aim of the present paper is to summarize research in this area.Methods: We reviewed the research published to date on EOD, and divided the current body of knowledge into several main sections.Results: The first section focuses on clinical aspects and summarizes findings regarding prevalence, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and management of persons with EOD. The second section focuses on social aspects related to the cost of care for young people with the disease, the challenges faced by individuals and caregivers, and the services available for this population. Finally, conclusions and future directions are suggested.Conclusions: Research on EOD is still in its early stages. There is an urgent need to expand research that will lead to more effective diagnosis and management of EOD as well as to the allocation of funds and the development of appropriate services suitable for the unique needs of young people with dementia.
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Bremer, Daniel, Daniel Lüdecke, and Olaf von dem Knesebeck. "Social Relationships, Age and the Use of Preventive Health Services: Findings from the German Ageing Survey." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 21 (November 4, 2019): 4272. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214272.
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This paper investigates the associations between social relationships, age and the use of preventive health services among German adults. Data stem from the German Ageing Survey (10,324 respondents). The use of preventive health services was assessed by asking for regular use of flu vaccination and cancer screening in the past years. Predictors of interest were structural (having a partner, size of the social network) and functional aspects of social relationships (perceived informational support) and age. Logistic regression models were used to measure the associations between preventive health services use and these predictors. Self-perceived health, gender and education were considered as covariates. Having a partner (OR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.07–1.34) and perceived informational support (OR = 1.38, 95% CI: 1.13–1.69) were associated with a higher probability of getting flu vaccination regularly over the past years. Informational support (OR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.17–1.72) and having a partner (OR = 1.57, 95% CI: 1.41–1.75) were positively associated with regular cancer screening over the past years. Associations between the size of the social network and use of preventive health services were not statistically significant. Associations between the use of preventive health services and social relationships varied by age. Structural and functional aspects of social relationships may support preventive health behavior. To increase preventive health behavior and the use of preventive health services, it is necessary to integrate information on social relationships into routine care and to strengthen sources of social support.
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Krajnovic, Dusanka. "Ethical and social aspects on rare diseases." Filozofija i drustvo 23, no. 4 (2012): 32–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/fid1204032k.
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Rare diseases are a heterogenic group of disorders with a little in common except of their rarity affecting by less than 5 : 10.000 people. In the world is registered about 6000-8000 rare diseases with 6-8% suffering population only in the European Union. In spite of rarity, they represent an important medical and social problem due to their incidence. For many rare diseases have no treatment, but if it exists and if started on time as being available to patients, there is a good prognosis for them to be able for normal life. The problems of patients affected by rare diseases are related to the lack of diagnosis and timely undergoing as well as their treatment or prevention. Orphan drugs are products intended for treatment, diagnosis or prevention of rare diseases, but for their development and marketing the industry has not been interested in yet because of their marketing reasons. Patients suffering from a rare disease although belonging to the vulnerable group for their specific health needs, is becoming invisible in the health care system due to their additional needs un properly recognized. Ethical problems faced by patients, but also health care professionals are related to the allocation of medical diagnostics, unequal approach to health care, inappropriately specialized social services as well as therapy and rare orphan drugs unavailability. Ethical questions related to clinical trails on orphan drugs, population screening and epidemiology testing on rare diseases will also be discussed in this paper.
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Jones, lan Rees. "Health care need and contracts for health services." Health Care Analysis 3, no. 2 (May 1995): 91–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02198209.
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Nisha, Nabila, Mehree Iqbal, Afrin Rifat, and Sherina Idrish. "Exploring the Role of Service Quality and Knowledge for Mobile Health Services." International Journal of E-Business Research 12, no. 2 (April 2016): 45–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijebr.2016040104.
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The use of mobile technology-based services has made healthcare delivery more accessible and affordable in recent times. In fact, mobile health services today act as an effective means of providing healthcare knowledge to users directly from providers. However, the cynical behavior of users regarding this medium of healthcare services often encircles around the quality of such services. The aim of this paper is to examine the role of service quality and knowledge among other underlying factors that can influence future use intentions of m-Health services in the context of Bangladesh. The conceptual model of the study identifies that certain aspects of service qualities like reliability, privacy, responsiveness, empathy and information quality along with facilitating conditions, effort expectancy, performance expectancy and social influence plays an important role in capturing users' overall perceptions of mobile health services. Finally, the study highlights managerial implications, future research directions and limitations from the Bangladesh perspective.
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Cvetanović, Slobodan, Sretko Ribać, and Danijela Despotović. "FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF HEALTH PROTECTION." Knowledge International Journal 28, no. 1 (December 10, 2018): 297–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.35120/kij2801297c.
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In addition to education, health is a basic component of human capital. Until recently the significance of health of the population was not the subject of serious study in economic science. However, in recent research, health is increasingly treated as a factor with long-term effect on economic development. It was concluded that the realisation of various health programmes had pronounced and numerous economic effects. The improvement of health services resulted in reduced mortality rate between the developed and underdeveloped countries, which had effect on economic growth. The health of individuals is reflected in biological, psychological, and social sphere, and their interaction. The more healthy individuals in a society, the easier it is to drive economic development. Thus in the economy of health the “production “of health as an important process in human capital increases. Total health “production” is determined by numerous factors such as available income, property, degree of education, genetic predisposition and level of public health. Besides, many other factors that determine life style of an individual are also important, which influences the creation of health needs like smoking, alcohol and drug consumption etc. These factors have impact on health “production” by using the available financial resources. Here, the possibilities of new technologies to satisfy various needs for health care should also be mentioned, since they are unavoidably connected with the increasing finances. Treatment of health protection as a domain where health is “produced” leads to conclusion that it is possible, in analytical sense, to express the relation between health status (of an individual, certain group of people, or ethnic community) as a result of health protection system and factors that determine that status in the form of production function Health = F (health protection, other inputs, time). This does not refer so much to health industry, aimed at preventing diseases (although it is important as well), but, first and foremost, to prevention and healthy lifestyle (diet, physical activity, finding right measures for each thing, avoiding harmful substances and pollution of the environment). Healthy life, of course, includes sufficient free time and appropriate living standard. Health of labour is particularly affected by healthy diet, healthy working environment, appropriate daily, weekly, and annual breaks, appropriate housing, organized care of employees’ young children, organization of physical and social activities in the company, and the like. In this context, the central problem of health protection system management is how to provide maximum possible level of health status of population with the available finances allocated for health protection. Health economists, logically, cannot directly influence the improvement of health status of the population, but can be useful in increase of efficiency in the use of available finances for health care, i.e. increase the level of health status of the population by using the same amount of finances.
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Sanubari, Theresia Pratiwi Elingsetyo, and Catherina Frisca Yaniariyani. "Preliminary Study on Access to Health Services for Elderly Women: The Age and Socio-Economic Issues of Elderly Women in Pancuran Village, Salatiga." Jurnal Perempuan 24, no. 3 (September 12, 2019): 193. http://dx.doi.org/10.34309/jp.v24i3.336.
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<p>The increasing number of elderly people from year to year shows the high life expectancy in elderly women. This situation coupled with cultural and social aspects can trigger vulnerability for elderly women, including the health aspect. This study aims to describe the factors of access to health services for elderly women in the village of Pancuran, Salatiga. The method used is descriptive-quantitative with data collection carried out in Pancuran Village using a questionnaire. Elderly women in Pancuran Village have different economic, educational, employment and social status backgrounds but have the same vulnerability to access health services due to the unavailability of <em>posyandu</em> for the elderly in Pancuran Village. Nevertheless, efforts to access health services are still underway. This research shows that cultural involvement in health care is needed to realize integrated, patient-centered, and gender-friendly health services.</p>
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Dhakal Chalise, Gita, Sabina Shrestha, and Bibhav Adhikari. "Quality of Labor and Delivery Services: Maternal Satisfaction Study from a Tertiary Hospital." Medical Journal of Shree Birendra Hospital 20, no. 1 (February 2, 2021): 50–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/mjsbh.v20i1.29226.
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Introduction: Maternal satisfaction is an important indicator for any hospital to measure the quality of labor and delivery services. Satisfaction with the care received during labor and childbirth process influences the decision of institutional delivery for future utilisation. This study aims to identify the satisfaction of postnatal mothers towards labor and delivery service in a selected hospital.
Methods: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Non-probabilistic purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample. A total of 54 postnatal mothers were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. It was adapted from Donabedian Model and Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) Scale focusing on four aspects i.e. health institution related aspect, interpersonal aspects of care, abuse free care and informative aspects of care in five-point Likert scales. Data were coded, entered and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 16 for windows.
Results: In this study, 79.6% of the postnatal mothers were satisfied with the overall aspects of the labor and delivery services. The component wise results show that 94.4% were satisfied in health institution related aspects while in the interpersonal aspect, 92.6% were satisfied. Similarly, all sampled mothers were satisfied with the abuse-free care system of the health institution. In informative aspects of care, 87% were satisfied and the rest (13%) were dissatisfied.
Conclusions: Although the majority of mothers were satisfied, there were dissatisfaction in regards to availability of drinking water, the behaviour of staffs and the health education provided to them. By improving these aspects, quality of service will improve and thus increase women's satisfaction with care received.
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Spencer, Greg, and David Jolley. "Planning services for the elderly." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 5, no. 3 (May 1999): 202–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.5.3.202.
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“The psychiatric aspects of ageing are a major problem in any country which, like our own, has a low net reproduction rate and a high standard of social responsibility. The proportion of old people in the community steadily increases so that they provide an increasingly high proportion of our mentally infirm who must be cared for”.
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Białobrzeska, Katarzyna. "Psychosocial Aspects of Seniors’ Transport Exclusion: Selected Issues." Kultura i Edukacja 136, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 234–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/kie.2022.02.14.
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Social exclusion is a multidimensional phenomenon extending beyond poverty, unemployment, access to various goods and services, but also covering the scope of breakdown of social ties and a sense of isolation as well as dependence on others. This phenomenon affects various social groups, but seniors experience the effects of social exclusion in a special way. This article aims to show how the transport-related social exclusion of seniors influences their psychosocial functioning. The problem of transport-related exclusion in Poland currently affects 13.8 million people living in municipalities where there is no organized public transport. The article tries to answer the question about the extent to which the surveyed seniors experience transportation disadvantage and how the limited access to public transport affects their psychosocial functioning. The obtained results quite clearly indicate that the elderly experience many effects of transport-related exclusion, which has an impact on the quality of their life. The communication exclusion limits their access to health care, which results in decreasing their health. Seniors experience exclusion due to difficult access to public transport, goods and services that affect their life quality. Research shows that seniors feel dependent on others. Restricting contacts with family and friends causes them to feel lonely.
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Tetley, Josephine. "Optimizing healthy ageing in disadvantaged communities: insights into older people’s use of health and social care services." Nursing Reports 2, no. 1 (September 19, 2012): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/nursrep.2012.e11.
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The European Year of Healthy Ageing recognizes that health care systems need to be improved and reorganized if services are to optimize the opportunities for people to stay healthy and well in their own homes for as long as possible. However, current services tend to be fragmented and insensitive to the needs of older people and their carers resulting in services being underused or refused leading to increased admissions into acute hospital care that could have been prevented. The main aim of the study reported in this paper was to identify the factors that affected older peoples’ decision and choice-making processes, when using or contemplating the use of care services. Using a constructivist methodology, this study used participant observation and 23 interviews in three study settings: an African Caribbean support service, day centers for people with memory and cognition problems and luncheon clubs for older people. An inductive analysis of the data revealed that when older community dwelling people found themselves struggling with certain aspects of their daily care needs; they used adapting, coping and seeking as strategies to manage. Additional issues of how well services were able to meet individual’s aspirations for care and support were identified through themes of match-mismatch, fair-unfair, independence-dependence. The findings reported in this study provide important insights as to how people’s needs are complex yet are negatively affected by rigid state controlled services that ultimately affect individual decisions to use or refuse services.
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Nakamura, Eunice, Maëlle Planche, and Alain Ehrenberg. "The social aspects in the identification of children’s mental health problems in two health services in Paris, France." Interface - Comunicação, Saúde, Educação 22, no. 65 (June 22, 2017): 411–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1807-57622016.0911.
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Children’s mental health problems were analyzed from a sociological approach addressing two questions: what are the main children’s behaviors identified and considered to be mental health problems, and what are the consequences of this classification for the debate on children’s problems in contemporary societies. This quantitative and qualitative study analyzed 275 patients’ records from two child mental health services (CMHS) in the northeast area of Paris, France. The majority of children were boys from six to 11 years old; requests were presented mainly by schools and parents; the main problems were behavioural problems, cognitive difficulties and relational problems (boys), and affective or emotional problems (girls). There is an interdependence of a great number of actors who worry about children’s behavior and a system of expectations seems to be collectively woven by them as social classifications.
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Amir, Nabbilah, and Anissa Rachma Damayanti. "LEGAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE IMPLEMENTATION: DISPUTES OF CODE OF ETHICS IN HANDLING PATIENTS HEALTH SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTERING AGENCY." Constitutional Law Society 1, no. 1 (April 7, 2022): 62–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.36448/cls.v1i1.23.
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The Health Social Security Administering Body is a public legal entity whose main task is to provide improved health services to the entire community. With the existence of health insurance products, it is hoped that all Indonesian people can experience health services equally to all levels of society. Doctors are one of the leading professions in the health sector. The main task of a doctor is to provide optimal service to everyone who has problems with their health interests in accordance with and carried out in accordance with the doctor’s professional code of ethics. This research is juridical normative, which is a form of research that will analyze a problem and solve it using legal materials obtained based on facts, literature, and expert arguments and analyze article by article in the legislation so that the results of this study will provide a explanation of existing legal issues to be used as guidelines in improving medical service standards by the government. There are quite a lot of participants in the Health Social Security Organizing Agency in Indonesia. This shows that more and more people need easy access to health services. This must be supported by human resources (doctors, nurses, and related parties) and agencies such as hospitals or health centers in improving the quality of health services. A doctor has a professional code of ethics in carrying out his duties, namely he must carry out health services seriously in accordance with his competence to be able to provide optimal service to patients while respecting human dignity.
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Khataibeh, Yousef. "Care Services Provided to the Elderly in Residential Institutions in Jordan." Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences 49, no. 5 (December 29, 2022): 349–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.35516/hum.v49i5.3481.
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This descriptive study aims to reveal aspects of care provided to the elderly in residential institutions in Jordan. And it was conducted on a sample of (68) elderly and elderly women, using the interview tool with the questionnaire and the adoption of several statistical methods such as the single-contrast test to show the statistically significant differences. The results indicated that the aspects of social, health, and psychological care provided to the elderly well. The results revealed some deficiencies specifically in the two areas of health and psychological care aspects. With slight statistical differences due to age and gender, in favor of females and the elderly. The results are important for workers and social workers in residential institutions, and they can be used when working with the elderly.
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Craig, T. J. "Social care: an essential aspect of mental health rehabilitation services." Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 28, no. 1 (July 17, 2018): 4–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s204579601800029x.
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AbstractThis study is aimed at the importance of social care in rehabilitation. A brief overview of the social care theme is used as the methodology. There is a tension in mental health care between biological and psychological treatments that focus on deficits at the individual level (symptoms, disabilities) and social interventions that try to address local inequalities and barriers in order to improve access for service users to ordinary housing, employment and leisure opportunities. The history of mental health care tells us that social care is often underfunded and too easily dismissed as not the business of health care. But too much emphasis on a health model of individual deficits is a slippery slope to institutionalisation by way of therapeutic nihilism. Rehabilitation services follow the biopsychosocial model but with a shift in emphasis, recognising the vital role played by social interventions in improving the functional outcomes that matter to service users including access to housing, occupation, leisure facilities and the support of family and friends. In conclusion, rehabilitation is framed within a model of personal recovery in which the target of intervention is to boost hope and help the individual find a meaning to life, living well regardless of enduring symptoms.
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Rodnyansky, Dmitry Vladimirovich, Gulnara Faridovna Valeeva, Ruslan Agarunovich Abramov, and Ivan Nikolaevich Makarov. "Social determinants of human health." International journal of health sciences 5, no. 3 (December 26, 2021): 649–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v5n3.2809.
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The study is devoted to the analysis of social determinants of human health, their quantitative and qualitative aspects. The analysis was carried out according to the authors' methodology, which includes a comparison of the results of the questionnaire (subjective qualitative assessment) and the correlation analysis of social determinants with the life expectancy indicator. The Republic of Tatarstan, a dynamically developing region of the Russian Federation, where life expectancy is much higher compared to other regions (75.03 years in 2019), was chosen as the territorial object of analysis. The study hypothesized that it could be proved that social determinants were the most important component of health, and without them, its formation, maintenance, and strengthening would be impossible. Based on the results of the comprehensive analysis, the hypothesis was confirmed: 1) the qualitative analysis confirmed that the respondents were aware of the impact of social determinants on their health and identified individual indicators: the level of social security, stress, ecology, as well as immediate environment and working conditions; 2) the results of the quantitative analysis made it possible to state that health was affected by the following social determinants: divorce rates, environmental pollution, provision of medical services, construction rates and housing costs.
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Muliar, Halyna. "Securing the right to health care: international legal aspects." Vìsnik Marìupolʹsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu. Serìâ: Pravo 10, no. 19 (2020): 103–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.34079/2226-3047-2020-10-19-103-111.
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The article is devoted to the study of international legal aspects of ensuring the constitutional right to protect health in Ukraine in the modern development of the social state and modernization of the legal regulation of public relations. It is argued that the implementation of international legal standards is an important area of reforming the field of medical care and legal support for the provision of medical services, since health care reform requires intensifying the implementation of universal and regional standards in order to create an effective institutional system and an appropriate legislative framework. The health sector is one of the most important objects of public administration, since the social level of the welfare of the people and each individual citizen, the potential for sustainable development of the nation and the economic opportunities of the state and society directly depend on the quality of the provision of medical services. It is noted that the study of the general principles of international legal regulation of health care is of exceptional relevance at the present stage is constantly growing in the context of expanding the scope of international public law to issues that previously traditionally belonged to the sphere of regulation of domestic legislation of individual countries. One of these areas of legal regulation is the social sphere and, in particular, the health sector. In this area, the development and adoption of a large number of universal and regional international legal standards regarding the means of ensuring the proper level of public health, combating infectious and non-communicable diseases, and organizational reform of the system of health care institutions is observed. Thus, the standardization of the right to health care at the level of universal human rights standards is an important guarantee of the realization of this right at the domestic level, imposing on states, including Ukraine, responsibilities for its proper and effective provision. At the same time, general international human rights legal acts, which, among other objects of regulation, determine fundamental international standards in the field of health care, form the basic basis for ensuring the constitutional right to health care at the level of individual national legal systems.
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Coppola, Ilaria, Nadia Rania, and Laura Pinna. "Reception Social Services for Migration Families in Italy: Strength, Critical Aspects, and Challenges." Research on Social Work Practice 31, no. 4 (January 19, 2021): 375–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731520985613.
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Purpose: The objective of this research is to investigate the perception that migrant families and social workers have of their relationship and of the services offered and received in the reception path. Method: The qualitative research involved thirty parents with semi-structured family interviews and their twelve reference social workers, with focus group. The collected materials were transcribed verbatim and analysed through the grounded theory, using the NVivo software. Results: Results highlighted strengths, critical issues and challenges, some shared between social workers and families, like the sense of mutual trust and the perception of abandonment and loneliness. Others were expressed only by social workers as a greater attention to families, or by families as the possibility of social-health services. Conclusion: Many of the practical implications have been discussed such as the supervision of social workers, the widespread hospitality and the development of skills of social workers but also of families for social and work integration.
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Kuznetsova, I. B., L. M. Mukharyamova, and G. G. Vafina. "Health of the migrants as a social problem." Kazan medical journal 94, no. 3 (June 15, 2013): 367–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/kmj2186.
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An analysis of law and enactments, mass-media publications, statistics and healthcare institutions documents, interviews with experts and diasporas leaders was performed to assess the contemporary international and Russian approaches to migrants health and to reveal the features of healthcare services provided for migrants in the Republic of Tatarstan. A social risk connected to migrants health is associated with increase of number of migrant workers with ailments, returning to their communities for treatment and rehabilitation. In societies receiving migrant workers there is an increase of socially dangerous diseases spreading risk due to low immunity, poor nutrition and sanitary life conditions, cultural distress and social isolation. The governmental policy of healthcare and medical services provided for migrants diverges in different countries between a right for free medical care and curtail of such right. «One window» medical examination method provided for migrants in the Republic of Tatarstan shows its effectiveness in decreasing risk and improving the sanitary and epidemiologic situation among this particular community and the whole society. It is concluded that continuous interaction with public, consideration of migrants’ health status and needs, embedding the problem on regional and federal levels should be an important aspects of providing accessible health care for migrants.
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ten Have, Henk A. M. J. "Choosing core health services in the Netherlands." Health Care Analysis 1, no. 1 (June 1993): 43–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02196969.
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Purwalaksana, Ida Bagus, Sumartono, Bambang Santoso Haryono, Wike, and Bambang Slamet Riyadi. "Implications of Social Inequality for Soldiers in Health Services of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Managed by the Social Security Agency." Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University 56, no. 3 (June 30, 2021): 307–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.35741/issn.0258-2724.56.3.26.
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This scientific journal research analyzes Law No. 24 of 2011 on health services for the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) sector along with their families included in the national health insurance managed by the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS) and its implementation regulated in the Presidential Regulation and Health Minister Regulation. However, the implementation of the BPJS health insurance at the TNI institutions does not show effective results, and it tends to decline. Therefore, it is necessary to interpret various factual factors affecting the success of the implementation process of health service delivery policies, which will be useful for finding synergies in the implementation of health services in the TNI. This research on the implementation of policies in the TNI health services was a scientific activity prepared using certain types and strategies and at the same time viewed from certain aspects which had several types and strategies. Therefore, this research used the descriptive qualitative method. Six factors should be interpreted to know the implementation of the TNI health service policy under Law No. 24 of 2011, namely; 1) policy standards and objectives, 2) resources, 3) characteristics of the implementing organization, 4) attitudes of the implementers, 5) communication among organizations related to implementation activities, 6) social, economic and political environments. All these factors synergize with each other and affect health services to TNI, which are administered by BPJS.
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Heikkinen, A. "Privacy and occupational health services." Journal of Medical Ethics 32, no. 9 (September 1, 2006): 522–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.2005.013557.
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Oynotkinova, Olga Sh, and Vera N. Larina. "Medical and social aspects of health security in the formation of public health." City Healthcare 3, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 67–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.47619/2713-2617.zm.2022.v.3i3;67-76.
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Introduction. Monitoring of the health status of the population as a whole, assessment and analysis of the leading determinants of health, including genetic, behavioral, anthropogenic, biophysiological factors, represent one of the global functions of public health, focused on health protection and provision of medical services. To date, health disorders are primarily related to lifestyle and are always a collection of individual personalized health data. Unhealthy diet and low physical activity are risk factors for the development of a number of chronic non-communicable diseases, primarily cardiovascular, metabolic, in particular type 2 diabetes mellitus and some types of cancer. These risk factors lead to early disability, a decrease in the quality and life expectancy of people, disability, as well as the health budget and the economy. So, if on average only 3 % of the health budget is spent on disease prevention programs, then about 7 % of the budget in the EU countries is spent on the treatment of obesity and turns into 2.8 % of world GDP. In this regard, the implementation of early preventive measures is characterized by favorable and positive results.
Purpose. Analyzes the role of unhealthy diet and low physical activity as key risk factors for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, especially in the population of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Methods and materials. The characteristics of the presented studies included in the article cover international experience and analysis of the pilot study conducted on a population sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. To assess the economic costs associated with unhealthy diet and low physical activity, a general approach was used based on the analysis of individual diseases, in particular, type 2 diabetes mellitus, using population attributive fractions, regression method.
Results. Based on the data obtained, it follows that patients with an unhealthy diet and low physical activity, burdened with overweight or obesity, have a high five-year risk of developing new cases of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications. This includes early disability and the economic costs of providing medical care. Using the example of a number of European countries and its own results, this study is focused on assessing the economic damage that is associated with unhealthy diet and low physical activity among the population, regardless of the region of residence and the metropolis.
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Joly, Elizabeth. "Access to services for young adults with medical complexity." Nursing Ethics 24, no. 3 (September 17, 2015): 329–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733015602053.
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Background: With the number of young people with medical complexity increasing, an increasing number must navigate the transition to adulthood. This transition, in part, involves a situational transition in which young people and their families must access new services in the adult system. Objectives: To explore how societal ideologies, communities, and organizations represent the foundation of barriers to access to services. Research Design: The discussion in this paper, framed within a social justice perspective, outlines barriers to access to services at the societal and community levels including societal ideologies, differences in philosophies of care in pediatric and adult care, physical environments, and availability of services. Ethical Considerations: Since this is an exploratory discussion paper, no ethical approval was required. Findings and Conclusion: Based on analysis of the literature from a social justice perspective, it is suggested that the adult health care and social service systems do not provide the supports and services necessary to empower young people and their families to achieve their goals and maintain their health and quality of life. It is, thus, an ethical issue that the transfer from pediatric to adult services is occurring in the absence of appropriate services. Recommendations at the individual, community and policy levels highlight how nurses can address this ethical issue to promote more equitable access to services.
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Burris, Scott, Ichiro Kawachi, and Austin Sarat. "Integrating Law and Social Epidemiology." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 30, no. 4 (2002): 510–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2002.tb00422.x.
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Social epidemiology has made a powerful case that health determined not just by individual-level factors such as our genetic make-up, access to medical services, or lifestyle choices, but also by social conditions, including the economy, law, and culture. Indeed, at the level of populations, evidence suggests that these “structural” factors are the predominant influences on health. Legal scholars in public health, including those in the health and human rights movement, have contended that human rights, laws, and legal practices are powerfully linked to health. Social epidemiology and health-oriented legal scholarship are complementary in their focus and their research needs. Legal scholarship has identified plausible ways in which legal and human rights factors could be influencing health, but empirical evidence has been limited.
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Ayat, Nasir, and Mahmood Khalid. "Consumer Satisfaction in Social Security Hospital: A Case Study of Punjab Employees Social Security Institution Hospital, Rawalpindi." Pakistan Development Review 48, no. 4II (December 1, 2009): 675–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v48i4iipp.675-699.
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In health care, consumer satisfaction is an important evaluation instrument to determine the quality of services. In recent years, the concept has assumed much greater significance particularly in market based health systems. Also, in World Health Organisation’s framework for health care assessment, the customer satisfaction is given due consideration. On the contrary, in developing countries particularly, the concept is one of the most ignored elements in evaluation of health care systems. Pakistan is also a case in point. Review of literature and general health management systems in the country suggests scarcity of information on consumer satisfaction as well as its neglect as a crucial element in health systems. This present study—which is cross-sectional—is designed on the ground that there is a need to incorporate consumer satisfaction in health care evaluation. This study, presents a scientific analysis of Punjab Employees Social Security Institution Hospital, Rawalpindi (PESSI) using the Patient Survey Questionnaire technique, the most universal approach used by international studies to evaluate consumer satisfaction with health services. Based on study results, generally, we conclude that consumers have expressed high level of satisfaction for various quality assessment scales. Despite these findings, it has also been noted that significant proportion of patients have also expressed medium as well as low satisfaction for certain scales. It tends to suggest that quality of services needs to be improved for specific items as well as certain scales including communication, general satisfaction, and interpersonal aspects for improvements in provision of certain services at the hospital. JEL classification: I11, I18, I38 Keywords: Customer Satisfaction, Quality, Healthcare, Evaluation
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Yantsen, Marina A. "Socialization of the elderly: sociological aspect." POPULATION 23, no. 3 (2020): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.19181/population.2020.23.3.7.
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The article is devoted to the actual problem of social services for elderly citizens at home. The whole social service system requires modernization based on the principles of providing social services to form motivation for active longevity and to develop social interaction of the elderly. The article deals with the issues of socialization of older people, its features, objective and subjective factors, the opinions of scientists on the factors, typology of socialization. There are presented the main problems of elderly people receiving services of social service institutions in the Russian Federation, identified on the basis of statistical data. There are outlined directions of the State strategy for development of the system of social services for older generation, improvement of their quality of life and active longevity under the conditions of socio-economic crisis. The author uses the results of own sociological survey of408 elderly respondents receiving social services in the social service institutions for the elderly. The importance of the services related to maintaining healthy and socially active longevity, organization of life and leisure, constructive interaction with relatives, for successful socialization of elderly people is shown. It is established that the most intensive socialization occurs in the process of providing social and socio-medical services. The dominant setting of elderly people is preservation of health; at the same time, it is the state of health that mostly determines the success of socialization of the elderly. For their active and healthy longevity elderly people prefer primarily cultural, educational, sports activities. However, many rely on the support of social service organizations.
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Arun, Özgür, and Jason K. Holdsworth. "Integrated social and health care services among societies in transition: Insights from Turkey." Journal of Aging Studies 53 (June 2020): 100850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2020.100850.
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Jarva, Erika, Kristina Mikkonen, Janicke Andersson, Anna-Maria Tuomikoski, Maria Kääriäinen, Merja Meriläinen, and Anne Oikarinen. "Aspects associated with health care professionals’ digital health competence development – a qualitative study." Finnish Journal of eHealth and eWelfare 14, no. 1 (April 14, 2022): 79–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.23996/fjhw.111771.
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Health care professionals need continuous education to maintain the competencies required to provide high-quality care; in today’s world, this means an understanding of digital health services. Insight into health care professionals’ experiences of which aspects influence their digital health competence development is therefore highly relevant. The objective of the study was to examine which aspects influence the digital health competence development of health care professionals (nursing workforce and allied health professionals). In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 health care professionals (Finland n=15, Sweden n=5) from various health care settings between May 2019 and July 2020. Interviews were audio-recorded, translated verbatim and analysed with inductive content analysis. Health care professionals perceive that digital health competence development is influenced by aspects related to digital health adoption, co-workers and the work community, their manager, and opportunities for continuous education and orientation. The participants agreed that digital health competence is an important part of a health care professional’s overall clinical competence. Continuous education geared towards digital health competence should be systematically designed, and potentially integrate the resources available on social media platforms. Additionally, managers and supervisors should take a stronger stance towards learning about digital health services so they can serve as role models to their employees and genuinely promote digital health competence development.
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Sri Sulistiowati and I Gusti Wayan Murjana Yasa. "DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABLE HEALTH DEVELOPMENT." Jurnal Cahaya Mandalika ISSN 2721-4796 (online) 2, no. 2 (July 9, 2021): 69–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.36312/jcm.v2i2.389.
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Sustainable health development is a change that leads to a positive or better in the social, economic aspects whose implementation does not ignore the ecological or environmental and social aspects where all levels of society depend on environmental aspects. The successful implementation of sustainable health development requires integrated policies, planning and social learning processes. One of the government's efforts to encourage hospitals to prioritize service, safety and protection for the community is to require hospitals to carry out accreditation. Accreditation is an acknowledgment given to hospitals because they have strived to improve the quality of services on an ongoing basis. To ensure the realization of sustainable health development, it is very dependent on social capital, especially the community's ability to manage and overcome economic, social and environmental pressures. Communities that are endowed with wealth of social capital are in an advantageous position in implementing development programs. Thus, a healthy society will always be in a prosperous state, because it is still able to live productively. According to the previous explanation, it is known that government policies, social capital and public welfare affect the health of the community in a sustainable manner. This study tries to formulate the problem (1) How is the relationship between government policy and sustainable health development?; (2) What is the relationship between social capital and sustainable health development and (3) What is the relationship between welfare and sustainable health development?. This research is a literature review related to government policies in the health sector. Through the literature, this study attempts to analyze the relationship between government policy, social capital and welfare in relation to sustainable health. The conclusions of this study are (1) government policies affect sustainable health development?; (2) social capital affects sustainable health development and (3) welfare affects sustainable health development?
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Bishop, Kathleen Kirk. "Psychosocial Aspects of Genetic Disorders: Implications for Practice." Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services 74, no. 4 (April 1993): 207–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104438949307400402.
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Generic disorders can potentially interfere with interpersonal relationships and normal social develop' ment as well as disrupt family life. As scientific and technological advances in medical genetics provide health professionals with a more comprehensive understanding of the origin, implications, and management of genetic disorders, professionals acquire expanded responsibilities. Social workers, who are often involved with individuals and families on a long-term basis, play an instrumental role in helping individuals and families make the necessary emotional and social adjustments following diagnosis of a genetic disease, understand the ramifications of the diagnosis, cope with the accompanying concerns, and find me appropriate services.
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Evans, Sherrill, Peter Huxley, Claire Gately, Martin Webber, Alex Mears, Sarah Pajak, Jibby Medina, Tim Kendall, and Cornelius Katona. "Mental health, burnout and job satisfaction among mental health social workers in England and Wales." British Journal of Psychiatry 188, no. 1 (January 2006): 75–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.188.1.75.
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BackgroundPrevious research suggests that social workers experience high levels of stress and burnout but most remain committed to their work.AimsTo examine the prevalence of stress and burnout, and job satisfaction among mental health social workers (MHSWs) and the factors responsible for this.MethodA postal survey incorporating the General Health Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Karasek Job Content Questionnaire and a job satisfaction measure was sent to 610 MHSWs in England and Wales.ResultsEligible respondents (n=237) reported high levels of stress and emotional exhaustion and low levels of job satisfaction; 111 (47%) showed significant symptomatology and distress, which is twice the level reported by similar surveys of psychiatrists. Feeling undervalued at work, excessive job demands, limited latitude in decision-making, and unhappiness about the place of MHSWs in modern services contributed to the poor job satisfaction and most aspects of burnout. Those who had approved social worker status had greater dissatisfaction.ConclusionsStress may exacerbate recruitment and retention problems. Employers must recognise the demands placed upon MHSWs and value their contribution to mental health services.
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Damron-Rodriguez, Joann. "Commentary: Multicultural aspects of aging in the U.S.: Implications for health and human services." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 6, no. 2 (April 1991): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00056751.
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Tello, Juan Eduardo, and Paola Bonizzato. "Social economic inequalities and mental health II. Methodological aspects and literature review." Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 12, no. 4 (December 2003): 253–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1121189x00003079.
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SummaryObjective - This study provides a framework for mental health inequalities beginners. It describes the methods used to measure socio economic inequalities and the inter-relations with different aspects of mental health: residence, mental health services organisation and main diagnostic categories. Method - Literature electronic-search on Medline, Psyclit, Econlit, Social Science Index and SocioSearch usingand relating the key-words inequalities, deprivation, poverty, socio-economic status, social class, occupational class, mental health for the period 1965-2002 (June). The articles selected were integrated with manual search (publications of the same authors, cross-references, working documents and reports of international andregional organisations). Results - Inequality is not an absolute concept and, mainly, it has been changing during the last years. For example, the integration and re-definition of variables that capture, in simple indices, a complex reality; the accent on social more than on economic aspects; the geo-validity and time-reference of the inequality's indices. Moreover, the inequalities could be the result of individual preferences, in this case, the social selectionand social causation issues will raise the suitability for a public intervention. Conclusions - Up to now, research has been mainly concentrated in describing and measuring health inequalities. For designing effective interventions, policy makers need to ground decisions on health-socioeconomic inequalities explanatory models.Declaration of Interestthis work was partly funded by the Department of the Public Health Sciences “G. Sanarelli” of the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and the Department of Medicine and Public Health of the University of Verona.
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Czerwinska, Magdalena. "USE OF WEB 2.0 TOOLS BY POLISH HEALTH PORTALS." Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary w Gospodarce i Ochronie Środowiska 10, no. 4 (December 20, 2020): 77–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/iapgos.2398.
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The Internet, as a global, universal communication network, has become an important channel of information distribution. Currently, it has a very social character, thanks to the dissemination of Web 2.0 sites, which allow users to create and publish their own multimedia content. Web 2.0 technologies make it easier for users to communicate, create, collaborate and share information. They are widely available and are characterized by low costs of use. The article presents the results of research on the most popular Polish health websites. It was examined whether health services meet the requirements of Web 2.0 sites. The analysis is focused on the technological and social aspects. The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in March and April 2020 in Poland was observed as having an influence on users and views of heath websites. The obtained results confirm the use of elements (both technological and social) by health services selected for research. However the usage of Web 2.0 technologies among websites varies.
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Almasoad, Hanan. "A conceived proposal for the contribution of the social services in the development of women’s awareness of their health, psychological and social appearances during advanced age." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS] 6, no. 2 (January 1, 2016): 113. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jass.vol7iss1pp113-132.
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The study aims to identify the extent of women’s awareness of the meaning of advanced age and the nature of the psycho-social aspects of health that they face in the advanced stages of life to come up with a suggested proposal for the contribution of social services to the development of women’s awareness of aspects of advanced life stages from a cognitive perspective. The samples of the study are women older than 40 who are either in their perimenopause or menopause phase. The size of the sample is (208) woman; (104) women from the health center Al-Olaya and (104) women from the health center in Al-Suleimaniah. The study results showed a decline in their awareness that this stage in their age constitutes the flow and movement phase (productivity and contribution) versus recession and showed a likely rate of (0.22 %) and came last in the results. Results of the study also showed low response rates regarding health and physical aspects such as the occurrence of hot flashes (12%), reduced fertility (9.95), and osteoporosis (7.5%). These rates underscore the lack of awareness of the respondents concerning these variables. On the other hand, the study showed a high awareness of the respondents with respect to psychological aspects such as the awareness of the feeling of neglect and lack of interest by others scored highest. Society’s perception of advanced age is one of the social realities which received (7.13 %) by respondents. The study recommends the need to activate the contribution of social services in the increase of women›s awareness of health, psychological and social manifestations of menopause and beyond
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Soleman, Sani Rachman, Aqmarina Firda, Teguh Sulistiyanto, and Refa Nabila. "HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY BETWEEN HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SLEMAN DISTRICT, YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA." Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine 20, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 141–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.20/no.2/art.500.
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The implementation of the Chronic Disease Management Program or PROLANIS has been adopted in Indonesia by National Social Security Implementation on Health Agency (BPJS-K) since 2015. The program focuses on hypertension (HT) and diabetes mellitus (DM). However, since the first time the program was implemented, there was no comprehensive evaluation of it. The aim of this study was to analyze health service quality among HT and DM patients based on five dimensions of quality in 25 community health services (CHSs) in the Sleman district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This is a cross-sectional study with a simple random sampling technique that included 230 respondents from 25 CHSs. The instrument was SERVQUAL that consisted of 35 items of a questionnaire. The data were analyzed by a gap analysis, Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) and Importance Performance Analysis (IPA); meanwhile, a Man–Whitney test was proposed to determine differences in health services quality in the PROLANIS program. Based on the gap analysis, it was found that whole dimensions were below 0-point; the CSI analysis obtained 74.45 for HT and 75.15 for DM; and the IPA analysis found that the distribution of respondents’ answers in the questionnaire were in quadrants 1 and 2. The Man–Whitney analysis was used to get the assurance aspect correlated with health service quality in DM and HT patients (p = 0.001). Health service quality in the PROLANIS program was based on five dimensions of quality was low, unless assurance dimension. The government should improve health services quality in aspects of tangibility, responsiveness, empathy, and reliability to get satisfaction among HT and DM patients in the PROLANIS program.
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Randall, Vernellia R., Glen Safford, and Walter W. Williams. "Public Health Preparedness and the Law in Communities of Color." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 31, S4 (2003): 45–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2003.tb00746.x.
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Public health preparedness must use a comprehensive approach that includes both communities and public health systems. There are three basic questions that should be asked when evaluating public health preparedness in communities of color: 1) Is the community basically healthy?; 2) Does the community have access, to necessary information, resources and services?; and 3) Are the information, resources and services available and provided to the community in a nondiscriminatory manner?Racial-based health disparities is a well documented fact for many communities of color. Individuals from these communities tend to have more morbidity and higher mortality. This health disparity is race based and not just a function of social class. Similarly, access to basic goods and health care is racialized and class based.
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Gulliford, Martin, Jose Figueroa-Munoz, Myfanwy Morgan, David Hughes, Barry Gibson, Roger Beech, and Meryl Hudson. "What does 'access to health care' mean?" Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 7, no. 3 (July 1, 2002): 186–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/135581902760082517.
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Facilitating access is concerned with helping people to command appropriate health care resources in order to preserve or improve their health. Access is a complex concept and at least four aspects require evaluation. If services are available and there is an adequate supply of services, then the opportunity to obtain health care exists, and a population may 'have access' to services. The extent to which a population 'gains access' also depends on financial, organisational and social or cultural barriers that limit the utilisation of services. Thus access measured in terms of utilisation is dependent on the affordability, physical accessibility and acceptability of services and not merely adequacy of supply. Services available must be relevant and effective if the population is to 'gain access to satisfactory health outcomes'. The availability of services, and barriers to access, have to be considered in the context of the differing perspectives, health needs and material and cultural settings of diverse groups in society. Equity of access may be measured in terms of the availability, utilisation or outcomes of services. Both horizontal and vertical dimensions of equity require consideration.
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Sinisammal, Janne, Pekka Leviäkangas, Tommi Autio, and Elina Hyrkäs. "Entrepreneurs ' perspective on public-private partnership in health care and social services." Journal of Health Organization and Management 30, no. 1 (March 21, 2016): 174–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhom-02-2014-0039.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to probe experiences of entrepreneurs in the social and health care service provision. Design/methodology/approach – Information was collected regarding entrepreneurs’ views on the factors affecting the collaboration between public and private sectors. A sample of social and health care entrepreneurs was interviewed using open-ended questions. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using inductive content analysis. Findings – Three main categories of factors affecting the success of partnership were identified: the nature of partnership, business aspects and tension builders. Research limitations/implications – The research was undertaken in rural Finland and the sample consisted 13 entrepreneurs. The results must be considered as observations with more generalised conclusions. Practical implications – The results of this study support municipalities in their social and health care service strategy work and especially in consideration of how to also facilitate a fruitful public-private partnership (PPP)-framework, which will largely depend on mutual understanding and consensus. Originality/value – The reform of the social and health care system has raised intensive public debate throughout Europe. Key issues include the reorganising of social and health care processes as well as PPPs in provision of services. This study observes the views and experiences of private entrepreneurs and points out where some potential problems and solutions of social and health care PPPs are.
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Anderson, Gwen W., Rita Black Monsen, and Mary Varney Rorty. "Nursing and Genetics: a feminist critique moves us towards transdisciplinary teams." Nursing Ethics 7, no. 3 (May 2000): 191–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/096973300000700302.
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Genetic information and technologies are increasingly important in health care, not only in technologically advanced countries, but world-wide. Several global factors promise to increase future demand for morally conscious genetic health services and research. Although they are the largest professional group delivering health care world-wide, nurses have not taken the lead in meeting this challenge. Insights from feminist analysis help to illuminate some of the social institutions and cultural obstacles that have impeded the integration of genetics technology into the discipline of nursing. An alternative model is suggested - the transdisciplinary model - which was developed initially by a nurse and introduced in the 1970s into the delivery of health care and social services for children with developmental disabilities. This holistic model enables all health care professionals to have an equal voice in determining how genetic health care will be globalized.
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Doherty, Anne M. "Psychiatric aspects of diabetes mellitus." BJPsych Advances 21, no. 6 (November 2015): 407–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.114.013532.
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SummaryDiabetes is an increasingly common health problem, especially in the West, where there is an emerging epidemic of type 2 diabetes, closely related to the epidemic of obesity. Many people with diabetes struggle to optimise their diabetes control, often because they also have mental illnesses or psychological and social problems. Poor diabetes control has significant consequences for the individual, and if not addressed will result in complications that include blindness, kidney failure and even amputations. There are also consequences for health services resulting from increased admissions and emergency department presentations with diabetes-related difficulties. In the long-term, the costs associated with complications such as renal failure and amputation are high. Addressing the psychiatric and psychological barriers to good glucose control can help reduce the burden of diabetes and its complications on both the individual and the health service.
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Gyasi, Razak M., David R. Phillips, and Padmore Adusei Amoah. "Multidimensional Social Support and Health Services Utilization Among Noninstitutionalized Older Persons in Ghana." Journal of Aging and Health 32, no. 3-4 (December 3, 2018): 227–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264318816217.
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Objectives: This study examines multidimensional social supports as predictors of health services utilization among community-dwelling older Ghanaians. Method: Using data from a 2016/2017 Aging, Health, Psychological Wellbeing and Health-Seeking Behavior Study ( N = 1,200), Poisson regression models estimated the associations of aspects of informal social support and health facility utilization among older people. Results: Findings suggest that regular contacts with family/close friends (odds ratio [OR] = 1.299; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.111, 1.519]), social participation (OR = 1.021; 95% CI = [1.140, 1.910]), and remittances from adult children (OR = 1.091; 95%CI = [1.086, 1.207]) were associated with increased health services utilization with some gender variations. Having caregivers increased health care use generally (OR = 1.108; 95% CI = [1.016, 1.209]) and among men (OR = 1.181; 95% CI = [1.015, 1.373]). However, we found decrease in health care use among those who received pecuniary assistance (OR = 0.893; 95% CI = [0.805, 0.990]). Discussion: Perceived structural and functional social support domains appear influential in health care utilization among older adults in Ghana. The findings underscore the need for intervention programs and social policies targeted at both micro-factors and wider social factors, including the novel area of remittances to older adults.
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Moore, Andrew. "Well-being: A philosophical basis for health services." Health Care Analysis 2, no. 3 (September 1994): 207–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02251021.
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