Students taking programmes of study leading to registration as a nurse or other health and social care professional, must be assessed in practice to ensure that they are competent in a range of skills. As practice placements become more difficult to source, the use of inter-professional assessment...
Identifying and understanding the health and social care needs of older adults with multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers: a scoping reviewScoping review, Multimorbidity, Older adults, Caregivers, Health care providers, NeedsBackground As the population is aging, the number of persons living...
Identifying where the values come from IT-innovations in health and social care. Intelligent Information Management 4:296-308.Vimarlund V, Koch S. Identifying where the values come from IT-innovations in health and social care. IIM 2012; 4:296-308 DOI:10.4236/iim.2012.225042; http://www....
St Mary's Campus, Imperial College London, London W2 1PG, UK; 7Institute of Hepatology, London SE5 9NT, UK Introduction: Healthcare systems in Africa suffer from neglect and underfunding, leading to severe challenges across the six World Health Organization (WHO) pillars of healthcare delivery...
The healthcare sector has been constantly facing challenges and every day a new threat is posing itself of healthcare businesses, whether big or small. The rapidly evolving regulations of the government to recover from the pandemic, the inclusion of digital innovation in healthcare, and improvising...
This survey is the first exploration of adolescent health care in an urban area of Japan. While the sample is small, the magnitude of challenges was great with limited training in adolescent medicine, severe time constraints and limited appreciation for the value of health screening at each encoun...
There is little research regarding the ability of Black men who have sex with men and women (BMSMW) to access and maintain HIV-related health care and treatment adherence. This population, who often insist on secrecy about their same-sex desire, may experience unique barriers to seeking regular...
Identifying challenges and barriers in the delivery of primary healthcare at the district level: a study in one Thai province. The Int J of Health Plann Mgmt. 2012.DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2118.Tejativaddhana P, Briggs D, Fraser J, Minichiello V, Cruickshank M. Identifying challenges and barriers ...
There is an established body of evidence linking systems of social protection to health systems and health outcomes. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide further emphasis on this linkage as necessary to achieving health and non-health goals. Existing literature on social protection and heal...
3 These are examples of women’s experiences of maternal health services in Argentina. They also represent different dimensions of ongoing challenges to guaranteeing safe and high quality maternal healthcare. These experiences have been conceptualized, although with variations, as the abuse and ...