Pub Date : 2023-12-09DOI: 10.1177/09720634231196935
R. Roy, Amit Kundu
The Indian labour market is dominated by informal workers. Out-of-pocket healthcare payments are the principal source of healthcare financing for those workers. This article will try to investigate the determinants of health expenditures across heterogeneous groups of informal workers in India based on the 68th round of National Sample Survey data on Employment and Unemployment for 2011–2012. Across different types of informal workers, mean health expenditure has been highest among ‘employees of informal sectors’. The determining factors for the health expenditure are social group, household head and the number of dependencies. It is also found that health expenditure is not always catastrophic among informal workers. The result obtained is that health expenditure has been catastrophic for almost 30% of informal workers across various heterogeneous groups. Using the probit model, the influencing factors responsible for the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure are age and sex of the household head, the number of senior citizens in the family, possession of assets and expenditure on fuel and electricity.
{"title":"Determinants of Health Expenditure Among the Informal Workers of India: Is It Always Catastrophic?","authors":"R. Roy, Amit Kundu","doi":"10.1177/09720634231196935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634231196935","url":null,"abstract":"The Indian labour market is dominated by informal workers. Out-of-pocket healthcare payments are the principal source of healthcare financing for those workers. This article will try to investigate the determinants of health expenditures across heterogeneous groups of informal workers in India based on the 68th round of National Sample Survey data on Employment and Unemployment for 2011–2012. Across different types of informal workers, mean health expenditure has been highest among ‘employees of informal sectors’. The determining factors for the health expenditure are social group, household head and the number of dependencies. It is also found that health expenditure is not always catastrophic among informal workers. The result obtained is that health expenditure has been catastrophic for almost 30% of informal workers across various heterogeneous groups. Using the probit model, the influencing factors responsible for the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure are age and sex of the household head, the number of senior citizens in the family, possession of assets and expenditure on fuel and electricity.","PeriodicalId":45421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Management","volume":"12 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138585286","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 : 2023-12-03DOI: 10.1177/09720634231205656
Li Luo, Li Meng, Ziyue Yan, Simon Millcock, Rita Yi Man Li, Christopher Chow
Incorporating the user’s and the broader community’s values in the built environment design for placemaking is becoming essential. The proposed method applies a quality function deployment framework to assess campus accessibility and functionality to meet the users’ needs. The results showed the improvements required to the current campus design, including quiet places, more meditation places, improved public transport from home to and on campus and increased social activities and accessibility. We concluded that access to meditation places was essential for enhancing people’s well-being. The study results could be extended from suburban campuses to suburban town centres and prominent industrial places. There is a significant need to connect with the built environment by ensuring that people’s desires and needs are integrated into a place-making approach.
{"title":"Enhancing Accessibility, Functionality and Meditation Design in a Suburban Activity Centre: A Case Study at Mawson Lakes Campus","authors":"Li Luo, Li Meng, Ziyue Yan, Simon Millcock, Rita Yi Man Li, Christopher Chow","doi":"10.1177/09720634231205656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634231205656","url":null,"abstract":"Incorporating the user’s and the broader community’s values in the built environment design for placemaking is becoming essential. The proposed method applies a quality function deployment framework to assess campus accessibility and functionality to meet the users’ needs. The results showed the improvements required to the current campus design, including quiet places, more meditation places, improved public transport from home to and on campus and increased social activities and accessibility. We concluded that access to meditation places was essential for enhancing people’s well-being. The study results could be extended from suburban campuses to suburban town centres and prominent industrial places. There is a significant need to connect with the built environment by ensuring that people’s desires and needs are integrated into a place-making approach.","PeriodicalId":45421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Management","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138605188","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634221128709
Anapatricia Morales Vilha, Luis Paulo Bresciani, Guilherme Arevalo
The article seeks to identify the government initiatives to mobilise the Brazilian industry during the pandemic crisis. The motivation for the work stems from evidence showing the omissions at the federal level, with relevant implications for the death figures in Brazil. Public policies agenda and a conceptual review was carried out on industrial reconversion in severe emergency conditions, including international experiences in the current scenario. A documental survey was conducted with the federal government and selected state governments. The survey was carried out on the official portals of governments, related agencies and business entities representing the industrial sector. Lack of industry-coordinated mobilisation is given by the combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors concerning the pandemic crisis, industrial reconversion is another relevant absence at the public agenda. Weak answers of Brazilian government regarding the industrial mobilisation for fighting the pandemic crisis, leading to further hypotheses on the structured agenda of possible effects. The study shows weakness of federal measures coming from the Brazilian government also in the economic front, adding the industrial reconversion absence in the policies agenda as another remarkable feature on the health impacts of COVID-19 pandemics.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634231215143
J. Perepelkin, Grant Alexander Wilson
Pandemic-related pressures and responsibilities increase the likelihood of burnout for all health care professionals. The consequences of burnout are significant, as it has been linked to high anxiety, increased turnover, decreased employee morale, higher absenteeism, and lower quality of service. To date, most research explores burnout’s relationship with these variables in isolation. This study explores the anxiety, burnout, and employee engagement relationships among community pharmacists during the global pandemic. Pharmacists in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan completed an online questionnaire that asked questions related to their levels of anxiety, burnout, and work engagement among other control variables. The relationships among the variables were explored via SPSS and the moderation and mediation PROCESS macro. The findings suggest that burnout fully mediates the anxiety and employee engagement relationship, suggesting that anxiety alone is not enough to reduce employee engagement. The results confirm burnout’s relationship with anxiety and lack of engagement and provide a more specific understanding of burnout’s antecedents and consequences, offering important insight for academics and practitioners. Due to the positive implications of eliminating burnout and the importance of employee engagement to organisational performance, managers should seek to reduce workplace stress to avoid burnout and disengagement.
与大流行病相关的压力和责任增加了所有医护专业人员出现职业倦怠的可能性。职业倦怠的后果非常严重，因为它与高度焦虑、人员流动增加、员工士气下降、缺勤率升高和服务质量下降有关。迄今为止，大多数研究都是孤立地探讨职业倦怠与这些变量之间的关系。本研究探讨了全球大流行期间社区药剂师的焦虑、职业倦怠和员工敬业度之间的关系。加拿大萨斯喀彻温省的药剂师们填写了一份在线问卷，问卷中的问题涉及他们的焦虑水平、职业倦怠和工作投入程度以及其他控制变量。研究人员通过 SPSS 和调节与调解 PROCESS 宏探讨了各变量之间的关系。研究结果表明，职业倦怠完全调节了焦虑与员工敬业度之间的关系，这表明仅靠焦虑不足以降低员工敬业度。研究结果证实了职业倦怠与焦虑和缺乏敬业度之间的关系，并对职业倦怠的前因后果有了更具体的了解，为学术界和实践者提供了重要的启示。鉴于消除职业倦怠的积极意义以及员工敬业度对组织绩效的重要性，管理者应设法减轻工作场所的压力，以避免职业倦怠和敬业度降低。
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Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634231215162
Rana Yousef, Khalid Al Zubi
The need for a systematic way to provide routine healthcare services for patients during pandemics is one of the priorities of the healthcare sector, especially when the country is in lockdown. In this article, we study the possibility of providing healthcare services for patients at their homes during pandemics in developing countries where such a system is not available. We present a technology-based solution and examine the possibility of its adaptation through a number of theoretical perspectives that examine changes in healthcare systems in general. Examining the theories of change revealed that providing healthcare services at home is a must during pandemics, and it has a significant role in improving the healthcare sector and in providing valuable services to patients, especially when the county is on lockdown. However, a number of challenges do exist for 0its adaptation in developing countries. These challenges are concerned with the costs of developing and maintaining the new system, as well as ensuring a precise and accurate healthcare service to be delivered on time and without any faults or errors. Having a well-studied plan by the health sector, an efficient scheduling mechanism for the healthcare services’ requests, and a service monitoring system can overcome all challenges and ensure a better quality of life for patients.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634231213919
Audai Naji Khaled Al Smadi, Safiya Amaran, Najib Majdi bin Yaacob
Job performance is an essential contributing factor to hospital success because it appraises healthcare providers’ (HCPs) job performance. Achieving the purpose of measuring HCP’s job performance in the emergency department requires a valid, reliable, satisfying psychometric properties scale. This study aims to verify the validity and reliability of the employee job performance (EJP) scale developed by Na-Nan et al. (2018). Two steps were followed to verify the validity and reliability of the EJP scale, namely, instrument validation and statistical testing, including exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A survey questionnaire was distributed to the HCPs in two phases to collect the data in the period of April–July 2020. The findings failed to replicate the Na-Nan et al. (2018) EJP scale. Two items were dropped from the scale based on the content validity ratio results. The EFA yielded 11 items and two dimensions, and CFA yielded 9 items and two dimensions. The two dimensions name job quality (five items) and job time (five items). The goodness of fit of the model was defined as satisfactory with a value of Chi-square/df 2.63 and RMSEA < 0.08, TLI, GFI and CFI ≥ 0.90. The results of this study failed to replicate Na-Nan et al. (2018) findings. The final results indicated a two dimensions scale consisting of job quality and job time construct. In general, the two dimensions EJP scales meet the goodness of fit, and the results confirm the reliability and validity of the two dimensions EJP scale.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634231215393
Vanessa de Lima e Souza, Maria Manuel Borges
This study’s aim is to identify the information needs, sources, seeking behaviour and uses of information by health managers involved with decision-making in public health. An exploratory, qualitative and comparative study was performed to analyse the municipal and state spheres of public health administration in Brazil and the Department of Informatics of the National Health System at the federal level. Nine health managers were interviewed at different hierarchy levels. It was verified that the decision is subsidised by technical, scientific information and appropriation of experiences from different sources. The flow of information is bottom-up, associated with the flow of documents that feed the health information systems. There is a need for predictable and unpredictable information, originating mainly from the press and the Public Ministry. The municipal sphere is better structured to handle information than the state sphere. Unpredictable information needs to interfere with the routine of health management work activities and impact health managers’ decision-making. Information is seldom used in this decision-making process, with the weakness of the health information systems being pointed out as the main cause. The production of information for decision-making needs to be systematised to support decisions, making a synthesis of the different sources of existing information systems.
{"title":"The Information on Decision-making in Health: From Predictable to Unpredictable","authors":"Vanessa de Lima e Souza, Maria Manuel Borges","doi":"10.1177/09720634231215393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634231215393","url":null,"abstract":"This study’s aim is to identify the information needs, sources, seeking behaviour and uses of information by health managers involved with decision-making in public health. An exploratory, qualitative and comparative study was performed to analyse the municipal and state spheres of public health administration in Brazil and the Department of Informatics of the National Health System at the federal level. Nine health managers were interviewed at different hierarchy levels. It was verified that the decision is subsidised by technical, scientific information and appropriation of experiences from different sources. The flow of information is bottom-up, associated with the flow of documents that feed the health information systems. There is a need for predictable and unpredictable information, originating mainly from the press and the Public Ministry. The municipal sphere is better structured to handle information than the state sphere. Unpredictable information needs to interfere with the routine of health management work activities and impact health managers’ decision-making. Information is seldom used in this decision-making process, with the weakness of the health information systems being pointed out as the main cause. The production of information for decision-making needs to be systematised to support decisions, making a synthesis of the different sources of existing information systems.","PeriodicalId":45421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Management","volume":"18 2","pages":"850 - 859"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139192050","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634231215161
Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal, Dalbir Singh
The article assesses the quality standards of available health care services as per the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) at all the 22 District Hospitals (DHs) in Haryana and also brings out a ranking of districts within the State based on these parameters. A structured schedule was prepared using IPHS norms and guidelines, and data was collected from all the DHs in the State on required components of quality standards. The article uses different statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation (CV) for analysis and attempts preparing a composite IPHS Index based on the type and number of services available. It found that the overall mean percentage score of observed quality standards was 66.5% across 22 DHs in Haryana (8 DHs>70%, 11 DHs between 60% and 70% and 3 DHs < 60%). Further, ranking across the State shows DH Panchkula on top with rank one whereas DH Charkhi Dadri appears at last with rank 22 based on the laid IPHS parameters. The article asserts that the observed quality standards are not fully matched with expected quality standards at DHs in Haryana and recommends the need for periodic reviews, perpetual monitoring of these standards and functioning, and emphasises on systemic management of the required IPHS parameters to ensure provisioning of optimal healthcare services at these hospitals.
{"title":"Adherence to Quality in District Hospitals of Haryana: A Recent Assessment as per Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS)","authors":"Rajesh Kumar Aggarwal, Dalbir Singh","doi":"10.1177/09720634231215161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634231215161","url":null,"abstract":"The article assesses the quality standards of available health care services as per the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) at all the 22 District Hospitals (DHs) in Haryana and also brings out a ranking of districts within the State based on these parameters. A structured schedule was prepared using IPHS norms and guidelines, and data was collected from all the DHs in the State on required components of quality standards. The article uses different statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation (CV) for analysis and attempts preparing a composite IPHS Index based on the type and number of services available. It found that the overall mean percentage score of observed quality standards was 66.5% across 22 DHs in Haryana (8 DHs>70%, 11 DHs between 60% and 70% and 3 DHs < 60%). Further, ranking across the State shows DH Panchkula on top with rank one whereas DH Charkhi Dadri appears at last with rank 22 based on the laid IPHS parameters. The article asserts that the observed quality standards are not fully matched with expected quality standards at DHs in Haryana and recommends the need for periodic reviews, perpetual monitoring of these standards and functioning, and emphasises on systemic management of the required IPHS parameters to ensure provisioning of optimal healthcare services at these hospitals.","PeriodicalId":45421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Management","volume":"46 2-3","pages":"987 - 995"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139194411","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634231215156
Mohammad S. Alyahya, Sara R. Assaf, Majdi M Alzoubi, N. Al-sheyab, Ala F. Ashour
Dentists and their patients are highly exposed to COVID-19 due to the close contact nature of dental procedures. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on dental care practices and services in Jordan. A mixed-method design was used; data from dentists (N = 400) were collected using an online survey, and 15 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with dentists from public and private sectors. The findings revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted dental care practices and services. The majority of the participants reported a decline in their income and a decline in dental services demand, with a significant increase in costs for this profession. Additionally, this study showed that most participants were in a state of anxiety and fear about contracting the virus and transmitting it to their families while practising their profession that caused a change in their behaviours and attitudes. In conclusion, dental healthcare workers are at greater risk of being infected with COVID-19. There is a need to implement recommended protocols in dental clinics, it is also essential that decision makers develop appropriate interventions and measures to ensure continuity in the provision of dental services during the pandemic.
{"title":"The Impact of COVID-19 on Dental Care Services and Practices in Jordan","authors":"Mohammad S. Alyahya, Sara R. Assaf, Majdi M Alzoubi, N. Al-sheyab, Ala F. Ashour","doi":"10.1177/09720634231215156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634231215156","url":null,"abstract":"Dentists and their patients are highly exposed to COVID-19 due to the close contact nature of dental procedures. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on dental care practices and services in Jordan. A mixed-method design was used; data from dentists (N = 400) were collected using an online survey, and 15 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with dentists from public and private sectors. The findings revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted dental care practices and services. The majority of the participants reported a decline in their income and a decline in dental services demand, with a significant increase in costs for this profession. Additionally, this study showed that most participants were in a state of anxiety and fear about contracting the virus and transmitting it to their families while practising their profession that caused a change in their behaviours and attitudes. In conclusion, dental healthcare workers are at greater risk of being infected with COVID-19. There is a need to implement recommended protocols in dental clinics, it is also essential that decision makers develop appropriate interventions and measures to ensure continuity in the provision of dental services during the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":45421,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Management","volume":"69 5","pages":"695 - 708"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139187636","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1177/09720634231217028
Sangeeta Mehrolia, A. Veena, Subburaj Alagarsamy
The study investigates students’ perspectives on incorporating sexual health education into the curriculum of secondary schools in rural Bangalore. Focused on assessing how such education impacts students’ physical and psychological well-being, confidence, and ability to make informed decisions, the research collected data from 981 students across 6th to 10th grades. A structured questionnaire, measured on a five-point Likert scale, explored students’ perceptions of sexual health education and its outcomes. After a meticulous data cleaning process, which included outlier removal, the study utilized a final sample of 900 students. IBM SPSS 25 and AMOS 25 facilitated the statistical analysis. The findings underscore the significant positive effect of sexual health education on students’ confidence levels. It highlights how this form of education aids in maintaining personal hygiene and fosters balanced decision-making skills among students. The study’s results advocate for the implementation of sexual health education in schools, emphasizing its role in enhancing student wellbeing and confidence. Additionally, it contributes to defining the scope and framework of a sexual health education curriculum from the students’ perspective in rural Bangalore schools, aligning educational objectives with the actual needs and perceptions of the student body.
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