Estimating the impact of antenatal care visits on institutional delivery in India: A propensity score matching analysis

Literature asserts that prenatal care is an imperative factor for subsequent health care utilization. However, in the Indian settings presence of selection bias while determining the impact of ANC visits on institutional delivery has been overlooked by the researchers. Therefore this paper aims to examine the net impact of ANC visits on subsequent utilization of institutional delivery after removing the presence of selection bias using recent round of National Family Health survey data. The analysis has been carried out in two separate models, in the first model 1-2 ANC visits been compared with no visit and in the second model three or more antenatal care visits with no visit. The propensity score matching analysis used in this study sheds new light into this line of research which provides an effective strategy for controlling the confounding influence of institutional delivery. Employing the propensity score matching estimation approach we found women who made 1-2 ANC visits had 6.6 percent higher chance to deliver in an institution compared to women who made no visit. In addition, if a woman visited health centre three or more than three times, her chances were 31 percent higher to deliver in an institution. Result based on sensitivity analysis suggests that selection bias on unobserved covariates would have to be around 40 percent to alter the impact of 1-2 ANC visits. Findings suggest that interventions which plan to increase institutional delivery should target pregnant women who come for ANC checkups at institution first time, and health workers should encourage women to return to the health centre for more numbers of visits, as our results indicate that three or more ANC visits significantly change the women’s attitudes towards institutional delivery.

Aging Characteristics and Layout Planning of Old-age Care Facilities in the Downtown Area of Nanchang City

Compared to the situation of population aging and the elderly aging, the development of oldage undertaking in Nanchang is still undeveloped in that the old-age care industry lags behind the urban renewal speed and the objective needs of aging. Apart from discussions on the composition of elderly population and the status quo of aging, this paper took the institutional old-age care in the downtown area of Nanchang for example, explored problems in the current institutional old-age care facilities through field investigation, and proposed suggestions for the layout planning of old-age care facilities in the study area.

A Study on the Quality of Life of Elderly Nurses in Two Selected Elderly Care Institutions in Shandong Province

Objective: To comprehensively understand the impact of the quality of life of elderly nurses in two selected elderly care institutions in Zibo city, Shandong province, and to provide a scientific basis for improving the professional quality of life of elderly nurses. Methods: The convenient sampling method was used to investigate the professional quality of life (proQOL) questionnaire Version 5 and the self-designed demographic data of 82 elderly nurses working in two elderly care institutions. Result: From this score, it can be seen that the occupational burnout problem of elderly nursing staff in the two nursing homes is the most significant, with empathy and secondary trauma emergency at a moderate level. After controlling the demographic variables, the working hours and monthly income level had a significant impact on nurses’ job burnout. Conclusion: Due to the particularity and high intensity of elderly nurses’ work, their physical and mental health faces many challenges, which affect their quality of life. At present, efforts will be made to reduce work pressure, increase wages and benefits, and thereby improve the quality of life.

Socially Excluded Children： Listening to the Experiences of the Inmates of the Institutional Care

Children without parents are not only among the most vulnerable members of society--their care and protection also present a major child-care policy challenge. In spite of this, they are all but doomed to have their special needs ignored and their rights abused in many cases. Children without a biological family, who are cared for in some forms, also run the risk of a life which holds fewer possibilities for healthy development and a supportive environment than that of their peers with families. The range of threats is wide, from extreme neglect （lack of access to education, medical care, a balanced diet, etc.） to social stigmatization and marginalization and the fact that the loss of a family represents a serious trauma that stays with a person throughout his/her life and can potentially be seriously damaging if the person has not had any support in coping with it in childhood. The present study is conducted among the inmates （children） admitted in the ashrams （orphanages） who come from underprivileged socio-economic backgrounds. Information was collected from two orphanages of Sambalpur district situated in the western part of Odisha. These are Dhankauda Kanyaashram （for girls） and Dhankauda Balashram （for boys）. The paper examines a wide range of care interventions for orphans, including family care, institutional care, community-based care, and rights-based care. A lack of direction, inadequate care, ignorance, and discrimination can make the trauma experienced by orphans more intense and ultimately ensure that they really do not succeed.

Analysis of home care-based multi-level old-age service system

With the deepening of China＇s aging, China＇s social pension problem more obvious each day, and gradually become the focus of attention of the whole society. On the one hand, China entered the aging society, old-age needs to grow exponentially. The sixth national census shows that in our country, the population aged 60 and 13.26% of the total population over the total number of 179 million, 65 years and older the proportion of 8.87% of the total population, the absolute number of nearly 120 million. Hundreds of millions of older age groups will produce a growing demand for care services, which is the original old-age service system and the whole economic and social development is a huge pressure. On the other hand, with the economic and social transformation, the traditional model of family pension has been unable to adapt to the profound changes in modem employment, family structure, the concept of retirement, since most parts of China, ＂old before getting ricE＂ the situation, how to solve the elderly the pension problem is related to the overall situation of China＇s economic and social development, related to the overall situation of building a harmonious society in China. Under current national conditions, the emphasis on the development of a single individual body to meet the growing demand for pension service is not realistic, we must mobilize the enthusiasm of all aspects of the element, multi-service integration of resources subject to their commitment to a different responsibilities and tasks provide a full range of care services according to different types, different levels of the actual needs of the older age groups. On the aging problem is that the whole community to face, you need to multi-government body, families, communities, institutions combine effectively starting from the actual needs of the elderly population, according to the financial assistance, life care, spiritual consolation three set the specific needs of services, through a government-led, home-based care services, community care services for the core and supplementary services for institutions focused on pension and other means to provide a full range of pension services.

Construction of Xi'an ecological old-age care community in the new urbanization

The new urbanization is an important carrier of ecological civilization construction, and ecological old-age care is the concrete manifestation of the perfect combination of the two, the proper meaning of the new urbanization connotation and an inevitable trend of its development. Based on the analysis of the connotation and relationship between the new urbanization and ecological old-age care, together with the current situation and existing problems of the current nursing institutions and ecological old-age care in Xi'an area, this paper discusses the major issues that should be noticed when constructing the ecological old-age care community in Xi'an and three main construction modes.

The Experience and Enlightenment of the Development of Old-age Care Services in Russia

Through the analysis of the history and current situation of Russia＇s old-age care services system, this paper analyzes and studies the old-age care services system in Russia. By means of law and social policy, Russia can promote the active participation of the elderly in politics, economy, culture and other activities to promote the positive image of the elderly. The active aging policy in Russia and the development trend of the old-age care service to promote the social adaptation and re-employment of the elderly are of positive significance to the development of our country＇s old-age care service.

Research on the institutional design of the long-term care insurance in Shanghai

Shanghai went into the ranks of the aging society in 1979, as the first area which entered into the aging society in China. Along with the arrival of the ageing, the nursing problems of the old man and disabled elderly become the important factors which affect social development. The establishment of the legal system, System integration to realize resource optimal allocation, Division of multilevel optimization services provide new pattern can make it happen.

The situation of primary care institutions under the background of new medical reform in China

[目的] 分析新医改背景下我国基层医疗卫生机构的发展现状,探讨存在的问题,为进-步完善基层 卫生事业改革发展提供参考.[方法]利用2008 - 2 0 1 2年中国卫生统计年鉴数据,对基层医疗卫生机构基础设 施、人才配置和卫生服务利用状况进行分析.[结果] 2008 - 2 0 1 2年我国基层医疗卫生机构总数量年平均增速 为 1.55%,其中西部地区的机构数量最少、但年平均增速最快,中部地区的数量比西部多比东部少;在三大基 层医疗卫生机构当中,社区卫生服务中心（ 站）、乡镇卫生院和村卫生室机构数量年平均增长率分别为8 . 4 4 %、 -1.3%和 1.6%; 三大基层机构卫生技术人员数量年平均增长率分别为2 0 . 2 5 %、3% 和 5 . 0 2 % ; 三大基层机构 诊疗人次数年平均增长率分别为2 3 . 6 8 %、3. 96% 和 8. 92 %.截至2 0 1 2年 ,社区卫生服务中心卫生技术人员的 学历以大专为主（占40. 9%）,职称以师级/助理为主 （占32. 8%）; 乡镇卫生院卫生技术人员的学历以中专为 主 （占51. 3%）,职称以士级为主（占40. 2%）.[结论]新医改后我国基层医疗卫生机构发展迅速,但资源分 布仍不均衡;基层卫生技术人员数量不断增加,但学历职称层次仍偏低;基层医疗卫生机构卫生服务利用增 加 ,但患者就医仍缺乏有效引导.

Model of Healthcare-Associated Infection Control in Primary Health Care Institutions:A Structural Equation Modeling

The purpose of this study was to construct the model of organization system,managemcnt,training and surveillance in healthcare-associated infection prevention and control(IC)of primary health care institutions and identify its efleet on patient safety and decreasing economic burden by standardizing IC.A cross-sectional survey was conducted with questionnaires.Data were collected from 268 primary health care institutions in Hubei province,China.Hypotheses on the model of IC were analyzed by means of confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling.The results showed that the fit indices of the hypothesized model of IC satisfied recommended levels:root mean square error of approximation(RMSEA)=0.071;comparative fit index(CFI)=0.965;tucker lewis index(TLI)=0.956:weighted root mean square residual(WRMR)=1.014.The model showed that organization system had a direct effect on management(β=0.311.P<0.01),and training(β=0.365,P<0.01).Management and training played an intermediary role that partially promoted organization system impact on surveillance.Results also showed that institutional factors such as the number of physicians、the ninnber of nurses,the designated capacity of beds,the actual number of open beds and surgery trips had positive impacts on management(β=0.050,P<0.01;β=0.181,P<0.01;β-0.111.P<0.01;β=0.064,P<0.01;β=0.084,P=0.04);nd training(β=0.21,P=0.03;β=0.050,P=0.02;β=0.586.P=0.01;0=0.995,P=0.02;β=0.223.P=0.03).In conclusion.the model of organization system,managemcnt,training and surveillancc in IC of primary health care institutions is valuable tor guiding IC practice.

Preliminary psychometric evidence of the Greek adaptation to the EC-CC HOME scale for use in institutional environments

Although lacking in official figures,latest reports from NGOs highlight that Greece has over 85 institutional settings that house more than 2,500 children,excluding unaccompanied minors entering the system continuously for the past few years. Given the impact that institutional care has been found to have on psychological and cognitive outcomes,the authors make the case for the adaptation of Early Childhood Child Care HOME (EC-CC-HOME) a world-renowned instrument that assesses children’s child-care environment. In this instance,we have adapted the child-care version of HOME to assess the physical and organisations aspects of the residential environment,following the permission and through collaboration with the developer. This brief report presents some of the preliminary evidence of the first step undertaken towards the full adaptation of EC-CC-HOME in Greek and for use in institutional environments;participants were 29 children residing in such environments. Preliminary results on the psychometric characteristics of the measure,especially in relation to the learning aspect of the environment presented here,hold promise. This is an especially important first indication of how the measure works in view of the imminent adaptation of the scale to be used with institutional environments where children can benefit greatly from such a measure. Issues in relation to good practices in providing evidence for the psychometric characteristics of measures are briefly discussed as part of this investigation.

Medical School Students’ Knowledge of Pain and Palliative Care: An Observational Study

Background: Pain and palliative care are a reality in daily routines of medical treatment. However, the theoretical-practical curricula of traditional medical school course still unsatisfactorily contemplate pain management, as well as the palliative care approach. Objective: To assess the knowledge of medical students about pain and palliative care, as well as to identify their perception of teaching these topics during hospitalization. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study, with a descriptive and exploratory approach, data collection for which was carried out between August and November 2020. The target population was medical students, who responded to an online survey of a quantitative, anonymous and follow-up nature. The survey study variables concerned knowledge about pain management and palliative care. Results: An expressive majority of academics showed difficulty in understanding the pathophysiology of pain related to prescribing drugs for pain management purposes, and all of them believe that it is necessary to acquire more knowledge about pain treatment. In parallel, only 9.3% report having received sufficient information regarding palliative care during medical school. Conclusion: The results suggest a certain lack of knowledge and insecurity among medical school students with respect to pain management and care for patients receiving palliative care. The didactical approach to this theme is still deficient in the medical curriculum and requires immediate improvement and new proposals that address the training of these professionals in a more specific and effective way.

Exploration on the Implementation of the Integration of Medical and Preventive Model in China’s Primary Health Care Institutions

Objective To explore the different modes and approaches of medical and preventive integration in current primary health care institutions in China.Methods Through literature analysis,field research,telephone interviews,and other methods the implementation status was evaluated to systematically study the main experience and effect of implementing medical and preventive integration services in pilot areas.Results and Conclusion At present,there are three implementation modes of medical-prevention integration,namely,vertical mode based on the medical community,internal mode with optimized service process,and internal mode with great service capabilities.The three medical-prevention integration modes have their respective focuses,but they need to be further improved in terms of policy support,technical staffing,information system construction,and drug use.

Improvement of the Legal System for Addressing the Issue of Elderly Care in China in the Context of Population Aging

Rapid population aging is a social reality facing China at present,and the issue of elderly care has become a hot topic of social concern.Legislation to address the issue of elderly care in the context of population aging should follow systematic concepts to achieve“vertical and horizontal integration.”In terms of content,it is necessary to formulate specific legal approaches around“the elderly and children,”with a focus on guaranteeing the livelihood and protection of the rights of the elderly while taking into account childbirth,employment and other issues.the laws should not only safeguard the social participation and labor rights of the elderly,but also effectively respond to the social challenges brought about by the aging of the population.It is also necessary to optimize the family planning policy to ease the burden of child-raising,improve the population structure and promote the long-term balanced development of the population,thus fundamentally solving the problem of population aging.the effort to improve the legal system to deal with the issue of elderly care in the context of population aging will better advance Chinese modernization.

基层医疗卫生机构以健康价值为导向的运行成就与效能研究

目的:分析健康价值导向下基层医疗卫生服务绩效评价指标体系的应用效果,评估基层医疗卫生机构以健康为中心的运营成就与效能。方法:选取杭州市X地区和台州市Y地区6家基层医疗卫生机构作为调查对象,采用综合指数法和数据包络分析测算基层医疗卫生机构健康产出的运行效能。结果:样本地区基层医疗卫生机构以健康价值为导向的整体运行成就平均得分为70.01分、整体运行效能为0.794,66.67%的基层医疗卫生机构存在着不同程度的医疗和预防资源投入冗余与健康产出不足。结论:基层医疗卫生机构以健康价值为导向的整体运行成就仍有较大提升空间,应增强基层健康管理能力,提升内在运行过程效能,实现健康产出效益最大化。

我国养老服务产业优化发展策略研究

我国正处在人口老龄化进程加速发展的关键期,对养老服务产业提出了庞大需求。文章探索养老服务产业发展的优化策略,为政府决策提供现实依据。通过实地调研、访谈等方式调查国内养老服务产业的需求和供给现状,查找养老服务产业发展过程中的难点,结合对美国、澳大利亚、日本和德国等国家养老服务产业的文献分析,总结其成功的经验。基于上述分析研究,提出增加制度供给引导行业有序发展、鼓励参与主体公平竞争、建立多渠道筹资机制、探索长期护理保险制度、完善养老服务服务人才培养体系、建立资格准入制度、搭建人才发展平台等方面提出具体对策。

江西省养老机构空间分布格局及可达性研究

目的:评估江西省养老机构空间可达性,为江西省养老机构优化配置提供建议。方法:基于改进两步移动搜索法测度江西省养老机构空间可达性,并采用局部空间自相关分析法、基尼系数评价其适老化及公平性,运用空间误差模型对养老机构可达性进行机制分析。结果:江西省养老机构可达性整体上呈现中部向边缘降低、西高东低的空间格局;南昌市中部区域、赣州市章贡区中部呈现低供给、高需求的特征;在公平性上,江西省养老机构空间分布整体上处于相对合理的水平;老年人口、人均GDP、空气质量指数、路网密度与平均海拔对养老机构可达性具有显著正向影响。结论:江西省养老机构可达性空间差异较为明显,适老化发展水平有待进一步提高,南部与北部区域的养老机构空间分配差距较大,应加强区域之间的合作,促进地区间养老资源配置的协同发展。

长期护理政策的国际经验与中国探索

随着老龄化程度加深和家庭功能弱化,完善长期护理政策是未来社保体制和养老服务体系优化的重要一环。本文分类总结了世界主要国家和地区长期护理政策的特征以及制度选择的可能成因,并基于我国目前长期护理政策发展情况以及我国目前大力推进长期护理保险发展的背景,提出未来完善长期护理保险的政策思考。本文认为,首先应当确立我国未来长期护理保险的底层逻辑和基础,明确政策目标、政策定位及运行模式,整体设计应与国家战略及未来趋势相协调;其次完善筹资、评估和待遇方案,推进制度衔接和资源优化配置,提升长护险运行效率;然后在公共服务均等化的基础上平衡区域和人群受益水平,促进长护险制度公平发展;最后完善长护险配套资源建设,实现长期护理保险持续稳步发展的目标。

农村养老的模式选择与影响因素研究

老龄化已成为全球共同面临的难题,而中国步入老龄化的速度不断加快,农村养老的解决方案更是迫在眉睫。基于河南省洛阳市孟津区4镇6村202份调查问卷,采用二元Logistic回归模型,从基本特征、经济特征、心理特征、社会支持特征4个维度15个指标构建农村养老模式选择模型。研究表明:基本特征中,受教育程度、性别、年龄、婚姻、居住情况、子女个数、家庭收入来源、月收入和稳定性对养老模式选择有一定影响;心理特征中担心无人照顾会对机构养老和互助养老产生影响;社会支持特征中社会养老保险补贴满意度会对社区居家养老产生影响。在家庭养老模式中,性别、年龄会对模式选择产生显著的正向影响,受教育程度、居住情况则产生显著的负向影响。在机构养老模式中,性别、年龄、受教育程度、婚姻、家庭收入来源、家庭月收入对模式选择有显著的正向影响,而害怕被遗弃和对社会养老保险补贴满意度有显著的负向影响。在社区养老模式中,受教育程度、居住情况、子女个数、日托、担心无人照顾以及对社会养老保险补贴满意度对模式的选择有显著的正向影响,而家庭收入来源、年龄和收入来源的稳定性则有显著的负向影响。在互助养老模式中,性别、婚姻、居住情况、担心无人照顾具有显著的正向影响,社会养老保险补贴满意度具有显著的负向影响。