New ways to promote public health: lessons from the international Ice Bucket Challenge

Gualano, Maria Rosaria; Bert, Fabrizio; Gili, Renata; Andriolo, Violetta; Scaioli, Giacomo; Siliquini, Roberta

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2016.05.026

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“…Other countries have developed alternatives for helping and optimizing patient care: implementing clinical protocols, providing telephone or telemedicine to discuss emergency cases on the subject, provide mental healthcare and second-opinion consultations (Martin et al , 2016; Chan et al , 2003; Gualano et al , 2016). These tools are valuable, offer a greater problem-solving capacity and better access to healthcare services.…”

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Questionnaire to avoid transfers to healthcare: a Brazilian experience

Alvarenga

Fernandes

Pazin‐Filho

et al. 2018

IJPH

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test whether training correctional facility (CF) officers in the admission process would identify risk factors for inmates' unscheduled transfers to healthcare units in the first 24 hours. Design/methodology/approach Correctional officers (COs) were trained to use a questionnaire with ten closed questions, which seeks to identify occupational or nosocomial risk, applied upon the admission of inmates to a CF. Findings There were 1,288 admissions in six CFs in Ribeirão Preto and Serra Azul/Brazil from March 2010 to May 2011. Of those admissions, 21.2 percent were in penitentiaries and 78.9 percent in provisional detention centers. Of the questionnaires applied, 580 answered affirmatively (45 percent) for one or more of the questions, with nearly 60 percent related to drug use in the last 12 hours, 37.7 percent use of medications while the most frequently mentioned diseases were respiratory diseases (37 percent) and mental disorders (19 percent).The number of positive responses per evaluation presented an odds ratio of 3.6 (CI 95% - 1.6, 10.5) for unscheduled transfers for external clinical evaluation. Research limitations/implications The lack of a control group and the fact that morbidities described by prisoners could not be confirmed are study limitations. The research does, however, still contribute to the goal of achieving appropriate medical care within CFs. Originality/value The training of COs to identify risk factors that predict the need for unplanned transfers to healthcare units was feasible. These findings have important implications for CFs that do not provide ongoing medical service, a universal reality in Brazil.

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Questionnaire to avoid transfers to healthcare: a Brazilian experience

Alvarenga

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Pazin‐Filho

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“…Lower job satisfaction will jeopardize work motivation, and may even impact primary health work negatively as a whole ( Meng et al, 2009 Gili et al, 2016 ). Many empirical studies on medical staff have identified that job satisfaction is negatively related to turnover intention ( Mobley, 1977 ; Xu et al, 2013 ; Chen et al, 2015 ; Gualano et al, 2016 ; Zhang and Fang, 2016 ; Han et al, 2018 Ding et al, 2021 ). Village doctors report higher job satisfaction and retention rate ( Chen et al, 2015 ; Zhang and Fang, 2016 ; Zhang, 2018 Gu et al, 2019 ).…”

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Job satisfaction of village doctors in a rural-oriented tuition-waived medical education program in China

Jin¹,

Chen

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionTo address health inequity and relieve shortage of rural doctors, China initiated Rural-oriented Tuition-waived Medical Education (RTME) to train doctors in rural areas for free since 2010. Little is known about job satisfaction of this particular group of rural doctors.MethodsJob Satisfaction Questionnaires for Village Doctors were distributed to 240 village doctors with RTME program in China, and 40 received in-depth semi-structured interviews. Descriptive analysis, chi-square test, univariate and multivariate logistic regressions in SPSS23.0 were conducted, and thematic analysis was applied to interviews.ResultsJob satisfaction rate of village doctors with RTME program was 56.50%. Full understanding of RTME policy, recognition of rural medical work, relevance of RTME curriculum with present job, education background, rural origin and renumeration were positively correlated with job satisfaction. Preferential policies of RTME program, relaxing working atmosphere, more promotion opportunity, and easier access to higher technical titles were the key factors to retain rural doctors.ConclusionOur findings may interest healthcare authorities, medical colleges and primary healthcare establishments. Studying the job satisfaction of village doctors in China may also be beneficial in developing community and rural health services, and provide valuable insights into the training and retention of primary healthcare providers in other countries.

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A plan to attenuate hunger and obesity: killing two birds with one stone

Hejazi

2018

J Public Health (Berl.)

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New ways to promote public health: lessons from the international Ice Bucket Challenge

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Questionnaire to avoid transfers to healthcare: a Brazilian experience

Questionnaire to avoid transfers to healthcare: a Brazilian experience

Job satisfaction of village doctors in a rural-oriented tuition-waived medical education program in China

A plan to attenuate hunger and obesity: killing two birds with one stone

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