• Here we report the psychometric properties, establish benchmarking data, and discuss emerging areas of research with the University of Texas Safety Attitudes Questionnaire. (nih.gov)
  • The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire demonstrated good psychometric properties. (nih.gov)
  • Purpose: To assess with a questionnaire the awareness and attitudes of the doctors in Oman toward epilepsy. (elsevierpure.com)
  • Methods: The questionnaire included queries on the backgrounds of the physicians, including their training and qualifications, the main sources of their knowledge of epilepsy, as well as their perceptions of the attributes and care requirements of PWE, Results: Sixty-two percent (n = 121) of those questioned, who were medical personnel working in different regions of Oman, responded. (elsevierpure.com)
  • ABSTRACT A questionnaire to assess doctors' knowledge, attitudes and training about breastfeeding was answered by 320 medical students, 75 resident doctors and 50 general practitioners in Baghdad, Iraq. (who.int)
  • RÉSUMÉ Trois cent vingt (320) étudiants en médecine, 75 internes et 50 généralistes à Bagdad (Iraq) ont répondu à un questionnaire visant à évaluer les connaissances, les attitudes et la formation des médecins concernant l'allaitement au sein. (who.int)
  • A total of 454 individuals employed at nursing homes answered a questionnaire of 16 multiple-choice items concerning attitudes to and knowledge about oral health care. (bvsalud.org)
  • Agreement between children and parents in rating oral health-related quality of life using the Swedish versions of the short-form Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 and Parental Perceptions Questionnaire. (oru.se)
  • Les données socioprofessionnelles des travailleurs et les informations sur les EPI ont été recueillies au moyen d'un questionnaire adressé au personnel soignant. (bvsalud.org)
  • World Health Organization (WHO), study therefore was to assess the knowl- A pre-designed questionnaire included high-income countries generate on edge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of items about the occupational back- average up to 0.5 kg of hazardous waste health-care providers towards waste ground of participants (department, job per hospital bed per day. (who.int)
  • There is a growing interest in how health care providers can use online educational programs to gain clinical knowledge and how this online learning approach can benefit patients (Walsh, 2018). (himss.org)
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Health Personnel of Maternities in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV. (asu.edu)
  • In the results section, the authors show that a majority of medical practitioners at those facilities lacked sufficient knowledge on MTC transmission of HIV prevention, had negative attitudes towards pregnant women with HIV, and participated in poor practices with HIV-positive pregnant women. (asu.edu)
  • We suggest expanding ongoing training in combined HIV prevention among health care professionals and increasing the availability of PrEP in health services. (scielosp.org)
  • Hand hygiene can be increased with educational campaigns, but we've found that these gains can only be sustained when a health system makes it unacceptable to be lax on hand-washing," said lead author Ashley Querry, infection prevention coordinator at UPMC Presbyterian. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Needless to say, it is a good investment in the future in terms of disease prevention and health promotion, a concept accepted by many as the future trend in health care. (micsem.org)
  • There is limited empirical data on the current health care climate and its impact on HIV prevention services for Ghanaian MSM. (springer.com)
  • The purposes of this study were to investigate (1) MSM's experiences using HIV prevention resources, (2) what factors, including health care climate factors, influenced MSM's use of prevention resources and (3) MSM self-identified strategies for improving HIV/sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention among MSM in Ghanaian communities. (springer.com)
  • There were four major findings related to MSM experiences using HIV prevention resources: (1) condom quality is low, condom access is poor, and condom use is disruptive, (2) inaccurate information undermines HIV testing (3), stigma undermines HIV testing, and (4) positive attitudes towards HIV prevention exist among MSM. (springer.com)
  • Health care spaces that are unsupportive of MSM's autonomy undermine the uptake of prevention measures such as condoms, HIV testing, and accurate sexual health education. (springer.com)
  • These findings contribute to knowledge to inform development of HIV prevention interventions for MSM in Ghana, such as culturally appropriate sexual health education, and digital technology to connect individuals with resources supportive of MSM. (springer.com)
  • Because dietary factors 'contribute substantially to the burden of preventable illness and premature death in the United States,' the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives encourage schools to provide nutrition education from preschool through 12th grade (1). (cdc.gov)
  • This omission risks failure to detect factors contributing to the health and is less likely to result in primary prevention interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • Since June 2012, an initiative called Just Culture at UPMC Presbyterian, has affected behavior and changed attitudes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • His country's health authorities had prepared a post-eradication action plan, designed to maintain high immunization coverage, sustain clinical, epidemiological and laboratory surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis and guarantee laboratory biocontainment of wild-type poliovirus. (who.int)
  • They want to take advantage of the country's health crisis to reduce jobs. (iuf.org)
  • A review of health professional attitudes and patient perceptions on 'inappropriate' accident and emergency attendances. (nih.gov)
  • More importantly, research is warranted into the attitudes of all minor injury care providers towards attending patients, and into patient perceptions of the services offered. (nih.gov)
  • It is concluded that a developing country such as Oman must inculcate more realistic perceptions and attitudes among their doctors toward PWE. (elsevierpure.com)
  • The aim was to explore stakeholders' perceptions of access to health and rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities in Sierra Leone. (biomedcentral.com)
  • argues that the risk factors for psychologic pressure among health professionals are their perceptions on their job's risks, working in a high-risk environment, the diseases' effects on their working life, and the possibility for being infected by the patients [ 24 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In their article, hereafter "Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices," the authors state the aim of their study was to establish the knowledge, attitudes, and practices held by health professionals who worked in numerous maternal departments throughout Cameroon. (asu.edu)
  • They claimed that effective knowledge, attitudes, and practices would likely reduce mother-to-child, hereafter MTC, transmission of HIV. (asu.edu)
  • After finding a deficit in the knowledge, attitudes, and practices among a subset of health professionals, the authors recommended increased training, funding, and supervision to reduce MTC transmission of HIV throughout Cameroon. (asu.edu)
  • In the methods section, the authors describe how they administered three surveys to 178 healthcare professionals who interacted with pregnant women to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and practices for overall care of an HIV-positive pregnant woman. (asu.edu)
  • The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that all health care personnel (HCP) receive an annual influenza vaccination to reduce influenza-related morbidity and mortality among HCP and their patients as well as to reduce absenteeism among HCP ( 1-6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • What are the attitudes toward NA among helping professionals and addiction treatment personnel and their related referral practices? (chestnut.org)
  • Even though the health-care systems were merged soon after reunification, differences in health-care practices persist, especially in regard to preventive medicine and immunization, which had a much higher priority in the former East Germany. (cdc.gov)
  • This consists of health system responsiveness to the needs of women, education of the girl-child, quality health care, elimination of gender discrimination and harmful traditional practices, and an appreciation of the role of women in sustaining human life. (who.int)
  • Aim: To obtain comprehensive information about the knowledge, attitude and practices towards hepatitis B infection by dental health care professionals, and their effort to prevent the transmission among the patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • Healthcare professionals just starting in their careers can take advantage of health professions training and scholarship programs designed to increase job opportunities at VA for racial and ethnic minorities, improving healthcare experiences and outcomes for these groups. (minoritynurse.com)
  • Approximately 20,000 health professions trainees from MSIs come to VA each year. (minoritynurse.com)
  • Be prepared to answer the question, "Why do you want to come to this health professions school? (brown.edu)
  • Assess how safety and health training programme are being developed and/or delivered to mitigate these root causes. (hubpages.com)
  • Methods: Partnering with a correctional supervisors' union, we followed Schulz and colleagues' community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods for participatory survey design and used Healthy Workplace Participatory Program (HWPP) tools to develop a tailored survey to assess workforce health and contributing factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Background:Tuberculosis (TB) case detection rate has remained consistently low in the Amansie Central District despite the implementation of the National TB Programme (NTP).Objective:To assess the factors influencing this low case detection of TB.Method:Information was collected from 120 individuals and 40 health workers were randomly selected from four health facilities that provided TB treatment. (bvsalud.org)
  • Méthode : Nous avons mené une étude transversale durant un mois (novembre 2017), portant sur les équipements de protection individuelle chez le personnel soignant du CHU de Bouaké. (bvsalud.org)
  • Même si les attitudes vis-à-vis de l'allaitement au sein étaient généralement positives, moins de 50 % des médecins ont eu un score satisfaisant pour les questions relatives aux connaissances ( 50 % de réponses correctes). (who.int)
  • RÉSUMÉ La présente étude a évalué les connaissances, les attitudes et les pratiques des prestataires de soins de santé au sujet de la gestion des déchets au sein du Centre hospitalier universitaire d'Ain Shams au Caire (Égypte). (who.int)
  • La formation et le nombre d'années d'expérience n'étaient pas significativement associés aux scores pour les connaissances, les attitudes et les pratiques, sauf chez les infirmières qui avaient une expérience professionnelle plus longue. (who.int)
  • CONCLUSION: This is the first survey describing the attitudes of healthcare providers towards cardiac DCDD. (mcmaster.ca)
  • Conclusion: Findings yielded new insights about supervisors' lived experiences of work and health, and resulted in a customized workforce survey. (cdc.gov)
  • Caring for people with mental health problems can generate a whole range of positive and negative emotions, including fear, disbelief, guilt and chaos as well as a sense of purpose, pride and achievement. (open.ac.uk)
  • As negative attitude formation towards 'inappropriate' A and E attendances has occurred, there is concern that such attitudes could remain or develop again in the new units. (nih.gov)
  • Recent studies in both developing and developed countries suggest that within the medical profession, there is a lack of knowledge and negative attitudes toward people with epilepsy (PWE). (elsevierpure.com)
  • Continuous education of the public and health personnel about disability is necessary to reduce negative attitudes towards persons with disabilities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • MSM in Ghana are exposed to negative health care climates. (springer.com)
  • Negative attitudes or interactions with anyone during your interview visit can seriously hurt your chances of admission. (brown.edu)
  • The Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences has grown immensely since its inception as part of the College of Health Sciences in 1979, when it was headed by Professor Alfred Diete-Koki, foremost physiologist. (edu.ng)
  • programme produced many of the most illustrious products of the College of Health Sciences, including the many who were employed by the University and who now hold administrative positions in the College and elsewhere in the University. (edu.ng)
  • Professor BC Didia succeeded her and was Dean from 2006 to 2007 when he was elected Provost of the College of Health Sciences. (edu.ng)
  • 2. Reporting Instrument use prevalence, and knowledge and attitudes. (who.int)
  • Both smoke from the burning end provides demographics, tobacco use prevalence, The WHO FCTC requires countries knowledge and attitudes information, as well as of a cigarette or other tobacco product and smoke that are Parties to the Convention (Parties) information on school policy and curriculum. (who.int)
  • In 1999, a dental reform became law in Sweden that regulated both dental care to dependent individuals and training in oral health care for nursing home personnel . (bvsalud.org)
  • Eighty-nine per cent considered oral health care to be an important part of good nursing . (bvsalud.org)
  • Health care waste (HCW) is all waste that is generated in health care facilities such as hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, research laboratories, nursing homes and other settings like homes where there is care for a patient [ 2 , 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To after explaining the study objectives health-care centres and nursing home our knowledge there has been only one and assuring data confidentiality. (who.int)
  • Proposed strategies to enhance cervical cancer screening were: sensitization of the population, recruitment of more competent staff, testing centers should be located closed to the target population, less embarrassing screening methods should be used, health care workers should demonstrate positive attitudes during care, female staff should manage the screening units, screening cost should be subsidized. (who.int)
  • CBPR methods and HWPP tools allowed us to identify health issues that we would not have detected with conventional methods, and provide opportunities for interventions that address root causes of poor health. (cdc.gov)
  • There is widespread interest in measuring healthcare provider attitudes about issues relevant to patient safety (often called safety climate or safety culture). (nih.gov)
  • Healthcare organizations can use the survey to measure caregiver attitudes about six patient safety-related domains, to compare themselves with other organizations, to prompt interventions to improve safety attitudes and to measure the effectiveness of these interventions. (nih.gov)
  • It identifies a discrepancy between health professional and patient perspectives regarding 'inappropriate' attendances. (nih.gov)
  • Attitudes of society toward epilepsy have a wide-ranging influence, affecting issues as diverse as compliance with treatment and doctor-patient communication. (elsevierpure.com)
  • This study used a pre-test/post-test design to measure changes in attitudes toward obese patient care using the Attitude Toward Obese Patient (ATOP) survey (Allison, Basile & Yuker, 1991). (himss.org)
  • Through a coordinated program that includes education, videos, internal newsletter articles, posters and verbal reminders, health care personnel are held accountable for conscious disregard of patient safety, including hand hygiene. (sciencedaily.com)
  • And, they'd sure look for safer means than just automatically dispensing petrochemically derived drugs, regardless of the health or stage of the patient. (ehnca.org)
  • Health staff do not perceive a risk due to ED overcrowding when the NEDOCS scores correspond to overcrowding categories equal to or over 5 (severely crowded and dangerously crowded), which poses a risk to patient safety and care. (univalle.edu.co)
  • generation per patient in health-care departments, at Al-Mansoura Univer- units worldwide [3]. (who.int)
  • However, diversity in VA personnel helps bridge the gap in health care disparities, an attitude adopted at the very top of their organization. (minoritynurse.com)
  • What are the broader effects of NA participation on health and quality of life outcomes? (chestnut.org)
  • Each stage has specific health problems that influence outcomes in subsequent years. (who.int)
  • Each stage has specific health problems and subsequent health outcomes are influenced by the experience of previous stages. (who.int)
  • Introduction: The correctional workforce experiences persistent health problems, and interventions designed with worker participation show favorable outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The study was carried out between 1 April paign to be effective, attitudes and practic- and 31 July 2000. (who.int)
  • Health systems, including human resources, should be strengthened for the sake of greater vigilance and increased routine immunization coverage. (who.int)
  • Health care providers may limit care of overweight or obese children. (cdc.gov)
  • Health care providers who have bias against individuals with obesity can hinder efforts in fighting the obesity epidemic. (himss.org)
  • Obesity is a significant health problem in the United States. (himss.org)
  • Obesity is associated with severe health risks, and there is a strong correlation between obesity, morbidity, and mortality. (himss.org)
  • Health care institutions and providers need to promote and implement public health programs that focus on reducing and/or preventing obesity. (himss.org)
  • And with the Armed Services framing "nutritional fitness" as a military services priority, the report provides insight on the significant trends afoot related to soldier health and wellness, including obesity challenges, menu changes, educational initiatives, combat ration modifications, and day part trends. (marketresearch.com)
  • Although the effects of obesity on children's physical health are well documented, the social consequences of obesity are less well described and may not be addressed in intervention programs. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the effects of obesity on the physical health of children are well documented, the emotional and social consequences of obesity are less detailed and not as well understood, and therefore are often ignored. (cdc.gov)
  • Obesity affects social health as well. (cdc.gov)
  • Six cross-sectional surveys of health care providers (n = 10,843) in 203 clinical areas (including critical care units, operating rooms, inpatient settings, and ambulatory clinics) in three countries (USA, UK, New Zealand). (nih.gov)
  • A six factor model of provider attitudes fit to the data at both the clinical area and respondent nested within clinical area levels. (nih.gov)
  • This year, two major changes were implemented for the calculation of HCP population control totals: First, Bureau of Labor Statistics employment codes were filtered by health care industry, which mostly affected the administrative support staff or managers and the non-clinical support staff control totals. (cdc.gov)
  • Understanding the importance of attitudes about intrafamilial violence of health care professionals, this research investigates an instrument for clinical and practical purposes on professionals and students. (bvsalud.org)
  • To examine the views of clinical, managerial and executive health care staff regarding occurrence and management of non-attendance at general paediatric outpatient clinics. (bris.ac.uk)
  • focuses on national origin groups of Conclusions --Differences in health emerge when data on the API population the Asian American population (i.e., are analyzed by national origin group. (cdc.gov)
  • It includes the views of patients, carers and health professionals, enabling a direct comparison of their perspectives. (open.ac.uk)
  • This study aimed to analyze factors associated with the unwillingness to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by health care professionals of specialized HIV/AIDS services. (scielosp.org)
  • This is a cross-sectional study with 252 health care professionals in 29 specialized care services (SCSs) in HIV/AIDS in 21 municipalities in the state of Bahia, Brazil. (scielosp.org)
  • Our results indicate that health care professionals' contextual, organizational, and training factors can contribute to PrEP indication. (scielosp.org)
  • The successful techniques will be reported Saturday in presentations in Philadelphia at ID Week 2014, an annual meeting of health professionals in infectious disease fields. (sciencedaily.com)
  • With the Century Health Services team's knowledgeable staff, we are dedicated to providing excellent experiences for the medical professionals. (highwayhypodermics.com)
  • This report may also be useful to students, to parents, and to personnel in local and state health departments, community-based health and nutrition programs, pediatric clinics, and training institutions for teachers and public health professionals. (cdc.gov)
  • You may be asked what you consider to be some of the serious problems facing health care professionals today and in the future, and why. (brown.edu)
  • 60 years old, 2) persons with chronic illness, 3) health-care professionals, and 4) persons who have extensive contact with the general public. (cdc.gov)
  • A study in Wuhan indicated that health professionals treating patients with COVID-19 are at a considerable, if not excessive, pressure due to job demands, fatigue, and frustration, accompanied by isolation and lack of contact with their family. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Before the pandemic, health professionals were faced with a high risk for anxiety, depression, and fatigue due to their jobs [ 21 , 22 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • dental health care professionals, hepatitis-B, protective and preventive measures. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dental health care professionals are said to be at a risk of infections caused by various micro- organisms including M. tuberculosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C viruses, streptococci, staphylococci, herpes simplex virus type 1, HIV, mumps, influenza, and rubella 1-3 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Participants (n=43) were excluded if they answered that their occupational setting was "other" than those listed, and the verbatim description did not qualify as a health care setting, leaving 2,391 respondents in the analytic sample. (cdc.gov)
  • Participants' attitudes reflected their recognition (or rejection) of specific purposes, the briefings' perceived effectiveness in serving these purposes, and the briefings' perceived alignment (or conflict) with other priorities. (bepress.com)
  • For those residing far from the central hospitals, dispensaries are often the only health care facility that they will ever see for health care in their lifetime. (micsem.org)
  • Results: Frequency distribution scores of knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to hepatitis B infection revealed that the faculty members, the students under training along with, nurses, hygienists and lab technicians were relatively aware of hepatitis B vaccination, precautions and principles droplet isolation procedures to prevent transmission of hepatitis B infection. (bvsalud.org)
  • Training and duration of work experience were not significantly associated with knowledge, attitude and practice scores, except for nurses with longer work experience, who were more likely to have satisfactory knowledge about waste disposal than less experienced nurses. (who.int)
  • As I continue to practice as a bed side nurse, this allows me to help Century Health Services understand the challenges that a contract employee faces on a daily basis, as well as assist the medial professional employees with guides and knowledge of the cultural environments our hospital contractors experience. (highwayhypodermics.com)
  • These guidelines are based on a synthesis of research, theory, and current practice and are consistent with the principles of the national health education standards (29), the opportunity-to-learn standards for health education (29), the position papers of leading voluntary organizations involved in child nutrition (30), and the national action plan to improve the American diet (31). (cdc.gov)
  • Providers can implement a variety of strategies to help reduce weight stigma and improve their own attitudes. (himss.org)
  • Continuing education for health care providers using web-based or online approaches has become increasingly prevalent over the past few years. (himss.org)
  • According to the National Institutes of Health, health care providers diagnose about 54,000 new cases of oral cancer per year in the United States. (health.mil)
  • By ensuring that every Veteran receives care that matters to them and their whole health, VA providers and staff get to know each Veteran personally to provide better care tailored to the patient's health and wellness goals. (minoritynurse.com)
  • Interviews with individual health care providers were also conducted to supplement the analysis of focus group findings to provide more nuanced illuminations of the experiences reported by MSM. (springer.com)
  • and strengthening capacity of various cadres of health providers at all levels. (who.int)
  • 1. Women's health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being of women throughout their lifespan and not only their reproductive health. (who.int)
  • 4. Numerous conferences, meetings and symposia have focused on aspects of women's health, and various resolutions5 and guidelines for action have led to the disaggregation of data and the establishment of programmes for improving women's health worldwide. (who.int)
  • John Chassar Moir lived in Scotland during the twentieth century and helped develop techniques to improve the health of pregnant women. (asu.edu)
  • We know little about the ease of raising concerns within mental health services, and the potential benefits of involving service users and carers in safety interventions. (open.ac.uk)
  • However, the change in accident and emergency services with the development of minor injury units and nurse practitioners within A and E to treat minor injury patients away from the mainstream A and E service, appears to be based on the professional attitude of what constitutes an appropriate A and E attendance, and not on the patients' perspective. (nih.gov)
  • lack of specialised services and rehabilitation personnel for complex rehabilitation and the need for continuous education of new and current rehabilitation personnel. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The simple fact that there are 105 dispensaries operating in the FSM today speaks to the important role the dispensaries play in health services delivery. (micsem.org)
  • ‍Century Health Services is in the business of providing short and long term healthcare personnel to healthcare facilities. (highwayhypodermics.com)
  • Quality care is their number one priority.‍If you are a registered nurse (RN), or Licensed Vocational Nurse(LVN), interested in Travel/Local assignment, Century Health Services has the right job for you! (highwayhypodermics.com)
  • At Century Health Services, you will find incredible travel/local assignments, great compensation (highest pay rates), exceptional benefits and fully furnished housing. (highwayhypodermics.com)
  • We are incredibly grateful to our current medical professional employees and our hospital partners for their commitment with Century Health Services. (highwayhypodermics.com)
  • 2. Women's biological vulnerability, low social status, limited access to health services, low level of literacy and lack of decision-making powers are major determinants of ill-health. (who.int)
  • Difficult geographical and financial access, poor quality of care, attitude of health care workers and long waiting hours in health facilities have limited women's utilization of services. (who.int)
  • Health care personnel (HCP) who demonstrated close contact with Corona virus disease (COVID-19) patients might experience a higher risk of infection and psychological problems. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although studies have shown that the caregiving activities provided by the CHWs generate health care waste (HCW), there is limited information about the experiences of CHWs on health care waste management (HCWM) in CBC. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With the abundance of guidance and research available, OH practitioners should now be well placed to help ease the stigma of mental ill health, says Jane Downey. (personneltoday.com)
  • Black's 2008 report was supported by the Royal College of Psychiatrists' "Mental health and Work", which provided ample evidence from a wide range of research that people with mental health conditions experience stigma at recruitment and during employment, and are often viewed as weak and unreliable by work colleagues. (personneltoday.com)
  • The Kirkpatrick model will help in the research study to evaluate the effectiveness of health and safety training programs conducted at the company.The health and safety training programs will be evaluated on four levels. (hubpages.com)
  • A place where science, technology, and research merge to embrace good health across a 130-acre sprawling health city campus. (amrita.edu)
  • However, participatory intervention research often leaves workers out of the health needs assessment, the basis of interventions subsequently developed. (cdc.gov)
  • Different risks associated with the health and safety of the staff working in the South African automotive industry are noise, lighting, ventilation problems, temperature extremes, task and processes complexity and injuries (The South African Labor Guide, 2014). (hubpages.com)
  • Pre-packaged alcohol wipes were made available at patients' bedsides and health care staff reminded, assisted and encouraged patients to use the wipes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To compare the objective NEDOCS scale with a subjective evaluation by ED health staff in order to evaluate the differences between the two. (univalle.edu.co)
  • During times when the ED was the most crowded, 87% of the total subjective health staff evaluations underestimated the level of overcrowding. (univalle.edu.co)
  • Non-attendance at paediatric hospital outpatient appointments poses potential risks to childrens health and welfare. (bris.ac.uk)
  • Hand hygiene compliance in health care facilities nationwide is not satisfactory, yet is the single most important way to prevent infections," said senior author Carlene Muto, M.D., M.S., medical director for infection control at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In India, a study on HCWM revealed that more than 30% of the 3-6 billion injections that were administered every year, in almost 10 of the health care facilities nationwide, were done with used syringes recycled by unskilled scavengers who sold them on the black market [ 11 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In South Africa, community health workers (CHWs) working in community-based care (CBC) programmes provide care to patients most of whom are living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). (biomedcentral.com)
  • In order for low-and-middle-income-countries (LMICs) to develop effective community health worker programmes, there is a need for synergies in PHC and HCWM policies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, more safety and health training programs can create changes in the perception of employees working in the automotive industry of South Africa. (hubpages.com)
  • Le personnel administratif et les Surveillants d'Unité de Soins (SUS) ont été interrogés sur la gestion des EPI. (bvsalud.org)
  • Stakeholders such as safety and health consultancies work with manufacturing organizations in order to provide training for creating a strong safety climate and for enhancing health and safety of employees (Erasmus, Van Wyk and Schenk, 2003: 582). (hubpages.com)
  • To enable implementation and enactment of policies to provide healthcare, rehabilitation, and assistive technology for PWD, multisectoral stakeholders engagement and collaboration is necessary [ 5 ], for example, between stakeholders from different ministries, international bodies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), PWD and health/rehabilitation personnel. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The answers indicated problems, however, when it came to its implementation and knowledge , and 35% stated that they had had no formal education in oral health care. (bvsalud.org)
  • According to The Mercury News article, "More than 150 parents came out to a Tuesday night school board meeting to oppose a controversial new sexual health education curriculum that many said was 'too graphic' and 'not age appropriate' for their Cupertino Union School District seventh-graders. (edweek.org)
  • Because diet influences the potential for learning as well as health, an objective of the first national education goal is that children 'receive the nutrition and health care needed to arrive at school with healthy minds and bodies' (3). (cdc.gov)
  • The recommendations in this report are intended to help personnel and policymakers at the school, district, state, and national levels meet the national health objectives and education goals by implementing school-based nutrition education policies and programs. (cdc.gov)
  • International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 14 (1). (oru.se)
  • Ten days later, the World Health Organization (WHO) increased the COVID-19 status into a pandemic [ 1 , 2 ], as this disease has been spreading and infecting most of the countries worldwide. (biomedcentral.com)