Urban Health System and Climate Resilience--Surat Case Study
The demographic transition with rapid urbanisation corresponds with the challenges of urban infrastructure development. Urban health is an outcome of complex interaction of many urban factors including governance and finance. Coupled with this, climate change has overarching influence on these factors and a challenge to development, health and survival. Therefore, understanding impact of climate change with reference to urban health and development should be on high priority. Changes in climatic patterns may alter the distribution of vector species and increase its spread in new areas. An increase in temperature and relati...
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Desai, V. K., Rathi, S. K., Desai, H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Urban Health in India: Policies, Practices and Current Challenges
This article describes the past and current policies on urban health, the current challenges for implementing urban health programmes in India and the way forward. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Kumar, S., Sharma, A., Sood, A., Kumar, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Effects of Hospital Restructuring and Downsizing on Nursing Staff: The Role of Union Support
The healthcare system underwent considerable restructuring and downsizing in the early to mid-1990s as governments cut costs to reduce their budget deficits. Studies of the effects of these efforts on nursing staff and hospital functioning generally reported negative impacts. Healthcare restructuring and hospital downsizing was again being implemented as governments struggled to once again reduce deficits. The present study examines the relationship of union support during hospital restructuring initiatives with a range of individual and unit/hospital outcomes in a sample of nursing staff working in healthcare settings (ho...
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Burke, R. J., Ng, E. S., Wolpin, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Health Issues and Challenges among Indian Urban Poor
This article aims at explaining pertinent health-care issues and challenges based on some health indicators in India by using the literature review method that involved collection of material from the online sources, which included government documents, articles and publications related to healthcare, healthcare indicators, poverty, financial burden and coping strategies. To avoid premature deaths among adults, children and maternal mortalities, greater attention should be given to prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases, and women and other social determinants of health. More attention should also be given t...
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Sohrabi, M., Tumin, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Potential of mHealth to Transform Healthcare in India
This study aims to find out the potential of mHealth to improve the health conditions and spending on healthcare. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Shukla, S. N., Sharma, J. K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Creating HIV/AIDS Awareness through Localized Communication for Health Development in South Africa
This article explores localism in communication as a tool of health development in promoting HIV/AIDS awareness and knowledge in Africa, with a particular reference to South Africa. This article draws attention to the various localized channels of communicating development messages in relation to their significance in facilitating HIV/AIDS awareness and knowledge. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Nelson, O., Bigala, P. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Exploring Impact of Targeting the Ultra Poor Programme on Health Issues in Bangladesh
This study finds the significant impact of the programme on investment in health and awareness indicator such as usage of sanitation though we are suspicious about its sustainability. The programme therefore has sustainable impact on health investment and to some extent, on coping ability. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Siddiquee, M. S. H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Occupational Differences in the Awareness and Perception of Health Insurance of Workers Employed in Urban Informal Sector of Punjab
Health insurance could play a vital role to improve the health status in a country. But penetration of health insurance is very low in India. Therefore, present study endeavours to examine the awareness of health insurance, sources of awareness and determinants of awareness among workers employed in urban informal sector of Punjab. For the analysis three group of informal sector workers (construction workers, vendors and shopkeepers) have been identified from the three urban districts of Punjab, namely, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana. The analysis was made with the help of descriptive statistics and multivariate probit r...
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Kansra, P., Gill, H. S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Attitude of Patients towards Public Healthcare Services in Kolkata Metropolitan Area: An Empirical Approach
In this study, an attempt was made to investigate the attitudes of patients towards the public healthcare system in the Kolkata Metropolitan area. The research findings suggest that poor and middle class families of the state generally avail the public healthcare facilities, due to high cost in private hospitals. The behaviour of doctors and nurses are generally cordial in the hospital and prescribed medicines are available from the hospital pharmacies. In public hospitals, nepotism and favouritism are very common. It is a very common practice in this metropolitan city, that, to get admission for treatment in the hospital,...
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Saha, A. K., Daw, G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Urban Health: Participation of the Urban Poor and Communication
Three fundamental tenets of this article are: ‘whether all the sections of urban poor have been sufficiently considered’, ‘participation of urban poor vis-à-vis urban health’ and ‘communication for mobilizing community participation’. Urban poverty in India has a global significance as about 39.8 per cent of the world’s urban poor live in India (The World Bank, 2008). Their number in India is not only matched by the number of urban poor in a single country but even by the number of urban poor in any other subcontinent. Participation of the urban poor in improving and maintai...
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Kanaskar, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

What Works to Make Cities Good for Living?
In response to a new global coalition of more than 500 leading health and development organizations worldwide, India as a country has agreed on a roadmap to progressively ensure that all people have access to the health services they need, when they need them, without fear of financial hardship. Organizing relevant health services, pursuing only effective interventions and monitoring specific results by geographical areas, i.e., Urban Poor, Peri-urban, Un-recognized slums and so on through a better network of independent groups is the key responsibility of the health department. To make our cities worth livable with health...
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Suresh, K. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Strengthening Urban Health for Advancing Universal Health Coverage in India
This article summarizes the key health challenges and proposes a few solutions to address urban health challenges and improved health outcomes in urban agglomerations. The authors argue that progress towards universal health coverage in India would be partial unless sustained and harmonized initiatives are done to improve health situation in urban India. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Lahariya, C., Bhagwat, S., Saksena, P., Samuel, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Landscaping Teaching and Training of Urban Health as a Part of Health Professional Education in India
Conclusion Considering the growing urban health population, it is critical that the curricula of health professional courses comprehensively incorporate adequate content regarding urban health and related issues. Curricula should be designed on the basis of clearly spelt out urban health competencies. There is a need to design specific short-term training programmes covering various aspects of urban health. Some of the institutions offering public health programmes, especially Masters in Public Health (MPH) programme, should dwell on developing urban health track as a specialization of MPH programmes. (Source: Journal of Health Management)
Source: Journal of Health Management - September 29, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Zodpey, S., Tiwari, R. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Perceptions of Healthcare Service End Users: A Cross-cultural Comparison between Spain and Italy
The main objective of this study was to compare users’ perception and evaluation of both public and private healthcare services, distinguishing between primary and specialty care, with a cross-cultural approach in two Mediterranean countries: Italy and Spain. Within an exploratory approach and following a descriptive aim, we have conducted a quantitative methodology: after a literature review about health marketing and health management, we have developed a questionnaire and collected end users’ perceptions in both countries. Results highlight different aspects shaping the multidimensional healthcare service, s...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Calero, R., Gallarza, M. G., del Chiappa, G., Nerbon, O. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Study to Ascertain the Adequacy of Observance of Standard Precautions in Acute Medical and Surgical Wards of a Large Teaching Hospital
The present study was a cross-sectional analytic epidemiological design to assess the frequency of observance of universal precautions in acute care wards of a large teaching hospital and to assess the epidemiological determinants of such observance. A total population of medical officers, nurses, paramedical and ancillary workers working in acute medical and surgical wards was studied using direct observations recorded on a pre-tested, structured format. The study revealed that hand washing was more frequently practiced by medical officers and ancillary staff (68–93 per cent) as compared to nurses and paramedical st...
Source: Journal of Health Management - June 27, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Pandit, A., Kulkarni, M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research