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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Levels of care"”.
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Care Coordination for Pediatric Patients at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Arizona
… in the past few decades in the United States. Care coordination in patient- or family-centered medical home (PCMH/FCMH) models is one evidence-based strategy to help better manage childhood chronic diseases. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) primarily serve uninsured, Medicaid, …
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Prehospital emergency care provider’s understanding of their responsibilities towards a mental health care user, during a behavioural emergency
Background: Prehospital emergency care providers in South Africa are regularly called to assist with the management of mental healthcare users. The Mental Health Care Act no 17 of 2002 regulates mental healthcare in South Africa but makes no reference to the roles and responsibilities of …
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Identifying barriers to accessing healthcare for chronic wounds in the Khayelitsha sub-district: a mixed methods study
… burden on health systems, as delayed access to care contributes to poorer clinical outcomes and increased healthcare costs. These delays are particularly pronounced within resource-constrained systems such as the South African public healthcare system. Identifying barriers to accessing care can …
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The Effect of Pediatric Hospital Specialization on Patient Safety and Effectiveness of Care
<p>Provider specialization is an area of interest in health care as patients, payers and policy makers are now demanding better performance and demonstrated proof of the benefits of specialization. While previously ignored in the specialization debate, now even the hospitals focusing on pediatric …
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After School Programs: Space For Caring and Community Cultural Wealth
<p>The number of after school programs have significantly increased over the past 100 years. These programs were initially conceived of as beneficial to a small subset of children. More recently, they have been high percentages of minority students in attendance. Due to their increase in demand, …
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A cost analysis of rural primary health care (PHC) services in KwaZulu-Natal
… Africa has very limited costing information of health services at both primary and higher levels of care. Therefore, a study was conducted in Ingwavuma health district, a rural setting in KZN, evaluating costs of primary health care (PHC) services. The primary objective of the study was to …
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A preliminary proposal for housing for the elderly at the American Brewery site
The purpose of this thesis was to help the East Baltimore Community Corporation define the nature and scope of a mixed care facility for the elderly which it would like to construct on the site of a former brewery in Baltimore, Maryland. Different options for the levels of care and housing types …
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Predictors of Treatment Completion for Adolescent Males in a Mental Health Residential Program
Although there is significant prevalence of serious emotional disturbance in adolescents, research concerning the determination of appropriate levels of care is lacking. This study examined predictors of successful treatment completion in male adolescents (n=132) who were admitted to a suburban …
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Managing Education Collections: The Care/Use Balance in Natural History Museums
… not much literature exists on the level of care these collections receive and how institutions make decisions regarding this care. The purpose of this research study was to examine the standards of care for education collections at natural history museums. Using a descriptive case study …
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Child and adolescent mental health services in the Western Cape of South Africa: policy evaluation, situational analysis, stakeholder perspectives, and implications for health policy implementation
In spite of the need for child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) services across the globe, very little has been done to develop and strengthen CAMH in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). South Africa is an example of an LMIC where CAMH services have been very limited as a result of various …
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Curriculum alternatives in graduate dental hygiene education
The nursing profession has designed a variety of curriculum options for individuals who wish to pursue graduate education in nursing. These options have been created to meet the changing needs of their profession, society, and potential students in the field. The profession of dental hygiene has …
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The Influences Of System Affiliation, Size, And Location On Bioterrorism Preparedness Among Florida Hospitals
In the event of a bioterrorist attack, emergency departments are considered the first line of response for all acute levels of care. This study focused on hospital emergency departments in Florida and the activities, policies, and procedures involved in preparing for a bioterrorist attack. Hospital …
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A Resilience Mosaic: Former Youth in Care View Resilience in light of their Childhood Experiences
… and across multiple disciplines. In the case of youth in the foster care system, resilience is prominent in studies where researchers work to discover which factors cultivate some youths’ ability to thrive in spite of less than ideal circumstances. This qualitative study explores the …
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Perspectivas de atuação do terapeuta ocupacional na linha de cuidado atenção a saúde de recém nascido
Health care of the newborn (NB) consists of actions that should start during intrauterine life, focusing on the health of pregnant women without interruption after birth to 28 days, and includes health promotion procedures, prevention and treatment of disease. In this context, occupational therapy …
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Provider Mindfulness: Changing Implicit Bias And Improving Perinatal Health Outcomes For Patients With Adverse Social Determinants Of Health
… for Patients with Adverse Social Determinants of Health Purpose: Implicit bias is an unconscious prejudice or preexisting belief developed over time toward another group. It can influence provider judgement, treatment decisions and levels of care. The purpose of this DNP Quality Improvement …
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Patients' Perception of Feeling Known by Their Nurses and the Nurse Practice Environment
<p>Healthcare leaders have a responsibility to understand the connection between healthy practice environments and patients’ perceptions of care. The purpose of this research was to explore the relationship between the nurses’ perception of the practice environment and the patients’ perception of …
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Health Systems Integration: Competing or Shared Mental Models?
… improving integration between organizations and levels of care. Yet, healthcare systems capable of delivering integrated care have not developed widely. This dissertation argues that structural and process strategies for integration need to be supplemented by attention to the social cognitions …
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Organisational responses to students' mental health needs : social, psychological and medical perspectives
This research examines the support offered to students with mental and emotional problems in Oxford, based on a theoretical model which distinguishes between social, psychological and medical/biological approaches. Although there has been a long-running debate about the contribution of each of …
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The reality of home remote patient monitoring: A thesis on the nature, dynamics and effects of telehealth
… to public health, since eighty per cent of GP consultations are related to these groups. Further more, five per cent of them represent roughly forty two per cent of the total acute day bed occupancy. Nowadays, the tendency is to bring patients from high levels of care to primary care and …
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Barriers to morphine use in primary care in the Cape Town metropole
… Access to oral morphine is an essential element of palliative care services, and a useful indicator of the availability of those services. The South African National Policy Framework and Strategy on Palliative Care 2017- 2022 envisages a system in which palliative care is widely available in the …
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