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What, how and from whom do health care professionals learn during collaboration in palliative home care: a cross-sectional study in primary palliative care Odisee vzw Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen

Wim Peersman
BACKGROUND: Palliative care often requires inter-professional collaboration, offering opportunities to learn from each other. General practitioners often collaborate with specialized palliative home care teams. This study seeks to identify what, how and from whom health care professionals learn during this collaboration. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey in Belgium. All palliative home care teams were invited to participate. General practitioners ...

Organisational culture and mask-wearing practices for tuberculosis infection prevention and control among health care workers in primary care facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa: a qualitative study Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Idriss I. Kallon, Alison Swartz, Christopher J. Colvin, Hayley MacGregor, Gimenne Zwama, Anna S. Voce, Alison D. Grant, Karina Kielmann

Background: Although many healthcare workers (HCWs) are aware of the protective role that mask-wearing has in reducing transmission of tuberculosis (TB) and other airborne diseases, studies on infection prevention and control (IPC) for TB in South Africa indicate that mask-wearing is often poorly implemented. Mask-wearing practices are influenced by aspects of the environment and organisational culture within which HCWs work. Methods: We draw ...

Facilitators of and Barriers to Lifestyle Support and eHealth Solutions: Interview Study Among Health Care Professionals Working in Cardiac Care KU Leuven

Thomas Reijnders
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a significant health threat and reduce both people's life expectancy and quality of life. Healthy living is a key component in the effective prevention and treatment of CVD. However, health care professionals (HCPs) experience difficulties in supporting lifestyle changes among their patients. eHealth can provide a solution to these barriers. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to provide insights into the ...

Cost-effectiveness of health promotion targeting physical activity and healthy eating in mental health care Universiteit Gent

Nick Verhaeghe, Delphine De Smedt, Jan De Maeseneer, Lea Maes, Lieven Annemans
Background: There is a higher prevalence of obesity in individuals with mental disorders compared to the general population. The results of several studies suggested that weight reduction in this population is possible following psycho-educational and/or behavioural weight management interventions. Evidence of the effectiveness alone is however inadequate for policy making. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a ...

The Financial Burden of Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Rural Nigeria: Wealth and Gender Heterogeneity in Health Care Utilization and Health Expenditures KU Leuven

Jann Goedecke
Objectives Better insights into health care utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures for non-communicable chronic diseases (NCCD) are needed to develop accessible health care and limit the increasing financial burden of NCCDs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods A household survey was conducted in rural Kwara State, Nigeria, among 5,761 individuals. Data were obtained using biomedical and socio-economic questionnaires. Health care utilization, ...

THE RIGHT TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE: HEALTH CARE ACCORDING TO EUROPEAN SOCIAL SECURITY LAW INSTRUMENTS KU Leuven

Paul Schoukens
In this contribution we will look at how the traditional European social security conventions shape the fundamental right to health care. As to the instruments under investigation we focus upon the regional agreements that have been enacted within the framework of the Council of Europe. More specifically we will discuss how the (Revised) Social Charter and the minimum standard setting instrument (Code) give expression to the right to access to ...