TheTorres and Cape Hospital and Health Service’s(TCHHS) palliative care service has helped over 80 terminally ill Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people return home to pass away on Country in the past year. The culturally focused and safe pop-up palliative care (PUPs) team supports termi...
‘I’m so incredibly proud of the service we have produced – a women-centred midwifery group practice model of care, focusing on collaboration, community engagement and cultural safety,’ Dr Savage says. ‘Bringing birthing services to Weipa is such important work. It is delivering maternity ser...
Two participants did, however, report a change in careers as a result of the TTT course: one moved into social auditing and the health and safety aspects of farm workers, and another began working at a research training unit, stating that the TTT course, "really changed my career path and...
Local efforts and international partnerships to deal with these challenges have been on the rise. A mechanism for public registration of clini- cal trials has been established to improve the reporting of these trials and to enhance quality control and the safety of patients. India and China, for...
and address social determinants of health. They may have a clinical role as well by monitoring patient clinical outcomes. CHWs do not typically have a medical education background [38], but may have received education and training at different levels [39] (i.e., from informal training, second...
Coming to college as an independent minor required a persistence and dedication to my future. Not having a safety net has made me resilient and self efficient in managing my time and activities. Nevertheless, I started valuing experiences over a limited lens of the curricula. Any penny saved ...
Previous research has shown that leaders are vital for team effectiveness and improving quality and patient safety [17, 18], ensuring organisational resilience [19, 20] and managing the conflicting goals of safety and production demands [21]. However, there is a need to understand more about ...
risking higher morbidity and mortality from infections, cancers, and heart disease [12]. Negative experiences with health professionals contribute to the erosion of a sense of safety in the health care system, and as a consequence, LGBT people avoid seeking care [13]. A 2006 South African study...
risking higher morbidity and mortality from infections, cancers, and heart disease [12]. Negative experiences with health professionals contribute to the erosion of a sense of safety in the health care system, and as a consequence, LGBT people avoid seeking care [13]. A 2006 South African study...
The World Health Organisation framed responsiveness, fair financing and equity as intrinsic goals of health systems. However, of the three, responsiveness received significantly less attention. Responsiveness is essential to strengthen systems’ function