Pub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012070102
J. Fitzpatrick
Women across the world migrate for a wide range of reasons. Some gravitate to urban centres in their own countries seeking safety, education, health care, and employment opportunities. Others travel across national boundaries seeking reprieve from the atrocities of war and extreme poverty. Migration within countries is on the rise, as people move in response to adverse conditions such as lack of resources, services and education, and employment opportunities. In addition they may want to escape from violence or natural disasters. This movement of people from rural to urban areas has resulted in an explosive growth of cities around the globe. This paper draws on a research case study undertaken with the Kewapi language group in Port Moresby and the Batri Villages of the Southern Highlands in Papua New Guinea. It seeks to highlight the perspectives of women traveling vast distances from their home communities in order to seek education and health care. It explores the implications for developing effective service user focused health care systems designed to meet the needs of mobile and vulnerable women. The study suggests that if women and their families from remote rural communities are encouraged and facilitated in participating in health promoting initiatives they can dramatically improve their life and health experiences and that of their community.
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Pub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012070103
C. Pai, T. Jaggi, S. Gore, Harapriya Kar
Evaluation is the driving force promoting learning in medical students who are mostly ‘exam oriented.’ Doctors play an important role in spreading nosocomial infections due to noncompliance with preventive measures. This could stem from lacunae in the traditional system of education wherein certain practical skills aren’t evaluated. In this study, an innovative mini OSPE (Objective Structured Practical Examination) for nosocomial infections was designed and implemented for post teaching evaluation of practical skills such as hand washing and safe hospital waste disposal. Seventy eight students, divided into two cohorts were evaluated after they underwent the traditional method of lecturing or hands on small group teaching. The mini OSPE demonstrated a significant increase in acquisition of practical skills in the cohort which underwent small group teaching as compared to the one which underwent traditional teaching. Within the small group teaching cohort, the scores improved in the late phase as compared to the early phase, the difference being statistically significant. Innovative techniques such as mini OSPE are valuable tools of evaluation and should be incorporated in the curriculum of para clinical subjects. When applied to important topics such as Nosocomial infections, this can help enhance learning and retention of practical skills with better application to future clinical practice.
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Pub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012070101
T. Sathyanarayana, G. Babu, Shridhar M. Kadam
The number of diabetic people in India is increasing. A vast gap of health service need and provision exists. However, the proposed agenda of promotion and recognition of diabetes educators may translate into diabetes effective management at individual level to the maximum possibility. Managing diabetes is a unique and on-going process. As such, self-management of the disease is crucial. Diabetes patients should receive support to help them to manage diabetic condition as effectively as possible. This study proposes conceptual approach to diabetes self-management education. This framework further articulates the short term and long term outcomes. DSME promotion through educational intervention in a sustained manner has long-term benefits. DSME in an Indian context as optimally trained, effective, efficient, viable health human resource allocation across different levels is not a feasible solution in a low resource setting. This study proposes that a need exists for further research in an Indian context about the scientific credibility of DSME, financial feasibility, cultural acceptability and operation stability of the policy initiative.
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Pub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012070104
S. Shendge, Barnali Deka, A. Kotwani
Adult patients visiting emergency room (March 2009-December 2009) of the public chest hospital for asthma exacerbation completed interviewer-administered questionnaires on sociodemographics, clinical history, disease beliefs, use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), and self-management of asthma after stabilization of their condition. Overall 87% patients believed that they had asthma when they are having symptoms, which is called as no symptoms, no asthma belief. No association was found between no symptoms, no asthma belief with gender, income, family history of asthma, and co-morbidity. Younger patients in the age group 18-29 years had four to five-fold greater odds and patients with education above 10th grade had three to four-fold greater odds of having the no symptoms, no asthma belief or the acute episodic belief. Acute episodic belief was negatively associated with beliefs about always having asthma, asthma being a serious condition, having lung inflammation, or the importance of using ICS, and was positively associated with expecting to be cured. All patients irrespective of their belief of acute or chronic nature of asthma had poor adherence to the treatment and other self-management behaviors.
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Pub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012040105
A. Khetarpal, Satendra Singh
Uncompassionate attitudes of doctors can have adverse impact on the already shattered emotional health of a person with disability. The medical conditions or disabilities are seen in isolation from their daily lives. The quality health care is thus compromised. Disability Studies can increase the understanding of the disabled population. The curriculum offered to medical students has an impact on their learning potential. Medical practice influences social conditions and is also influenced by society. The social background of diseases and their causation must be understood within a holistic framework. Disability studies can bring together various disciplines dealing with human pain, pathology treatment, rehabilitation, and coping skills. Medical students must have comprehensive training about complex human behaviour, ethics, and social justice. They must learn the relationships among disease, distress, and disability. Co-existence of disability studies with medicine can transform medical practice, leading to high quality healthcare. Including Disability Studies in medical curriculum would bring Medical Humanities into classrooms.
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Pub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012040107
Anna Christine Doehring
Five years ago, the author survived a nasty car accident which brought her to the place of offering healing for others. This paper demonstrates how ‘patient users’ in web space may document a lot of their health details on their own in the form of narratives, as well as meticulously prepared lists that can be shared in ‘user driven health care’ forums and commented on by health professionals who genuinely want to help them. The author’s connection with non-mainstream healing is strong. This author shares that even after getting an MRI by a neuro-radiologist, the testing was not followed up by competent care. It was not carefully explained to her so she understood the implications of the lesions for further activities of daily living by the neuro-radiologist but rather it was left to the chiropractor to explain even though he may be ill-equipped to provide post injury brain care and life skills management. Finally, the narrative points toward the fine balance between finding effective treatment options and the responsibility of providing financially for oneself and family after a debilitating injury.
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Pub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012040106
Maria Angela M. Saquibal, Melissa Lantz-Garnish
The Johns Hopkins Home Care Group (JHHCG) developed standard protocols for management of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) in an effort to improve patient outcomes and reduce preventable hospital readmissions. JHHCG implemented Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), a telemonitoring program customized for the CHF/COPD patient that provides real-time, daily reporting of qualitative and quantitative data as well as patient education/reinforcement. Patient data is trended on a web-based program and overseen by the Disease Management Nurse. Emerging trends are easily identified, allowing for early and appropriate intervention. This program sets itself apart because of the constant communication and aggressive management of the patient as a team (patient, RPM disease manager, field nurse, and physician). Key to the success of home care and RPM is access to and collaboration with a responsive, managing physician that oversees the patient based on their plan of care.
{"title":"Helping Patients Help Themselves: The Added Benefits of Remote Patient Monitoring to Home Health Care","authors":"Maria Angela M. Saquibal, Melissa Lantz-Garnish","doi":"10.4018/IJUDH.2012040106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJUDH.2012040106","url":null,"abstract":"The Johns Hopkins Home Care Group (JHHCG) developed standard protocols for management of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) in an effort to improve patient outcomes and reduce preventable hospital readmissions. JHHCG implemented Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), a telemonitoring program customized for the CHF/COPD patient that provides real-time, daily reporting of qualitative and quantitative data as well as patient education/reinforcement. Patient data is trended on a web-based program and overseen by the Disease Management Nurse. Emerging trends are easily identified, allowing for early and appropriate intervention. This program sets itself apart because of the constant communication and aggressive management of the patient as a team (patient, RPM disease manager, field nurse, and physician). Key to the success of home care and RPM is access to and collaboration with a responsive, managing physician that oversees the patient based on their plan of care.","PeriodicalId":211533,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of User-Driven Healthcare","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126478968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012040103
Tamoghna Biswas, A. Price, Shivika Chandra, A. Datta, R. Biswas
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) survivors frequently experience headaches, often labeled as a psycho-social aftermath of poor adjustment to the reality of decreased brain function, but they may be the result of actual physical sequelae of the TBI. This article illustrates an active experiential learning exercise set in a in a user-driven learning environment using a web interface. Using a conversational learning approach, the discussion was centered around a neurological problem on the topic of chronic persistent headache, which generates a considerable amount of diagnostic uncertainty and interventional dilemma among physicians. The physician members of an online forum shared their viewpoints and insights regarding the topic. By utilizing a blend of experiential and empirical evidence, they collaboratively reached a solution. User-driven learning can serve as a potential learning tool in continuing medical education and also as a valuable educational resource to medical students, helping them develop empathy and real-life problem solving skills. Also, when such conversations involve multiple stakeholders (patients and their relatives, physicians and other health-care providers, medical students, etc.) it can foster a collaborative interface which is the essence of user-driven healthcare.
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Pub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012040111
A. Price
Mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) survivors claim advantage in retraining their brains with neuroplasticity based cognitive training after trauma. Significant growth in computer based cognitive rehabilitation is spurred on by positive research findings on neuroplasticity and advances in accessible computer technology. Drawbacks include limitations on the part of both patient and therapist in regards to time expenditure, cost of therapy, ease of use/learning curve, and the availability of long-term studies in regards to near and far transfer of training. MTBI patients may have sustained motor, visual, auditory, and chronic pain difficulties that complicate computer use. Benefits and barriers as perceived by patients and psychologists who are using the interventions for patient rehabilitation are critical. MTBI patient and therapist feedback concerning efficacy, usability accessibility, and satisfaction are needed to realize this form of rehabilitation.
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Pub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4018/IJUDH.2012040113
J. Garrison
In this paper, the author recounts her experience in dealing with recovery from a traumatic brain injury. She shares her insights on the dubious practice of patient labeling. The author also affirms her belief in the role a positive outlook plays in recovery.
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