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Evaluation Of A Tele-Education Programme In Brazil, Ashish Joshi, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Evaluation Of A Tele-Education Programme In Brazil, Ashish Joshi, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Chiehwen Ed Hsu
We evaluated a tele-education programme for primary care staff in Pernambuco State, Brazil. During 2008 and 2009, tele-education sessions occurred four times each week for one hour per day. The topics included public health, child and adolescent health, mental health and nursing. After each session, participants completed an evaluation questionnaire. A total of 73 municipalities and 141 health centres participated in the programme. There were 254 tele-education sessions scheduled during the 20-month study period; of these, 224 sessions were successfully performed and 30 were cancelled. We collected 3504 responses from the satisfaction survey. There was high acceptance of the programme: …
Assessing The Needs And Guiding The Future: Findings From The Health Needs Assessment In 13 Asian American Communities Of Maryland In The United States, Sunmin Lee, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Assessing The Needs And Guiding The Future: Findings From The Health Needs Assessment In 13 Asian American Communities Of Maryland In The United States, Sunmin Lee, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Chiehwen Ed Hsu
There is lack of in depth data on health needs of diverse Asian American communities. We conducted 19 focus groups in 13 Asian American communities in Maryland in 2007. We developed a moderator’s guide to collect qualitative data on health needs from 174 participants, and used MAX QDA to analyze data and code emergent themes. Cardiovascular disease related conditions, diabetes, and mental health were the top three health concerns. Weight concerns, cancer, arthritis, smoking, osteoporosis, and hepatitis B followed next. Many participants were not receiving preventive health service such as cancer screening due to a lack of access to health …
Linking Ambulance, Emergency Department And Hospital Admissions Data: Understanding The Emergency Journey, Julia Crilly, John O'Dwyer, Marilla O'Dwyer, James Lind, Julia Peters, Vivienne Tippett, Marianne Wallis, Nerolie Bost, Gerben Keijzers
Linking Ambulance, Emergency Department And Hospital Admissions Data: Understanding The Emergency Journey, Julia Crilly, John O'Dwyer, Marilla O'Dwyer, James Lind, Julia Peters, Vivienne Tippett, Marianne Wallis, Nerolie Bost, Gerben Keijzers
Gerben Keijzers
Objective: To assess the accuracy of data linkage across the spectrum of emergency care in the absence of a unique patient identifier, and to use the linked data to examine service delivery outcomes in an emergency department (ED) setting.
Design: Automated data linkage and manual data linkage were compared to determine their relative accuracy. Data were extracted from three separate health information systems: ambulance, ED and hospital inpatients, then linked to provide information about the emergency journey of each patient. The linking was done manually through physical review of records and automatically using a data linking tool (Health Data Integration) …
Risk Communication And College Students: The 2009 H1n1 Pandemic Influenza, Francisco Soto Mas, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Risk Communication And College Students: The 2009 H1n1 Pandemic Influenza, Francisco Soto Mas, Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Chiehwen Ed Hsu
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