With these funds, federal and local governments plan and manage safety net services for PLWH. This is vital because people at the lowest socio-economic strata are greatly over-represented among the population of PLWH [11, 12]. Low socioeconomic status places people at risk for contracting HIV,...
Low wellbeing in healthcare workers has implications for patient safety [11, 12] and predicts turnover intentions [13, 14]. Studies have identified a negative relationship between wellbeing and job stress [15, 16], as well as a negative relationship between wellbeing and presenteeism [17,18,...
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The only article reporting quantitative data on program effectiveness described a Ugandan program which increased participants’ understanding of COVID-19 safety [10]. Eight programs lacked a formal evaluation, but reports presented data indicating reach and effectiveness. In the US, these programs targe...
The HPV vaccine was a new vaccine to all the participants. They expressed doubt and hesitation about its safety. Most of them did not know much about this vaccine, except for the side-effects that had been reported in the newspapers. As this participant recalled: ...
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Health technology assessments (HTAs), required for reimbursement of therapies, tend to include some form of economic evaluation alongside clinical data of therapeutic benefit (notably, efficacy and safety data) [23]. Few countries include QoL, let alone health-related QoL, as criteria for reimbursem...
1 Delivery of safe and reliable healthcare to the patient has been a challenge due to ineffectiveness and inefficiencies in the performance of the healthcare work system thereby resulting in patient’s safety problems. Adequate and accessible health workforce is fundamental to an integrated and ...
As healthcare systems strive towards delivering value-based care within these challenging contexts, improvement programs to increase quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of healthcare have proliferated [8]. Quality improvement programs are now ubiquitous across healthcare sectors and facilities. ...
Modern workplace health intervention frameworks draw principally from two disciplines: occupational health & safety (OH&S) and workplace health promotion. OH&S prioritises intervention at the source of the hazard (primary prevention), followed by control of the hazard at the level of the worker (sec...