Covid-19 Recovery and Growth: Promoting Technology Innovation in Healthcare Sector on Hygiene and Safe Medication Practices in Low-Resourced Nigerian Societies

Ene, Jecinta; Ajibo, Henry

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01542

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“…These perceptions are anchored on their decision to utilize health facilities as a determinant of choice and not a necessity. This finding is a clear indication that optimal health facility utilization must be advocated as evidenced by several studies [ 12 , 18 ]. This will ensure early identification of ill-health, adequate treatment, and reduced health migration; to prevent the rapid spread of illnesses and increasing mortality.…”

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“…More so, social workers can collaborate with medical professionals and caregivers in providing quality care networking for patients, particularly at the grass-root. Finally, social workers are key to galvanizing discourse sections for support networks of family members (male spouses), through advocacy, partnerships, policy dialogue and capacity building [ 12 ]. This will fill the gap in the unavailable but needed health personnel, improve the functional care system and ensure optimal utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services among women in low-resourced Nigerian settings.…”

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“…For instance, it has been reported that 66% of livebirth categorized as non-institutional health delivery occurs in the presence of a mid-wife, relative or self-assisted birth [ 14 ]. Available evidence shows that in Nigeria, there is a deficiency in hygiene, contraceptive usage, and safe medication culture; which compromises patients’ safety [ 12 , 19 , 29 ]. Further, [ 28 ], posit that healthcare financing is the worst hit in the country, constituting 72% and 95% of public and private health expenditure in 2018 respectively.…”

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Optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services among women in low-resourced Nigerian settings

Ene,

Ajibo

2023

BMC Public Health

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Introduction Quality care delivery is an essential lifesaving interventions for maternal healthcare and reduction in mortality from preventable reproductive conditions. In African countries like Nigeria, numerous perceptions and militating factors present unique challenges in optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services. As women continuously evolve away from the utilization of healthcare services, achieving universal health coverage for all emerges as a matter of concern. Method A phenomenological and descriptive research design was used. The study participants comprised a total of 38 women selected from primary and tertiary healthcare institutions. They were purposively selected from four healthcare institutions in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. Result Findings revealed that most rural women at the prenatal stage, utilize maternal healthcare services, but at the postnatal stage, they reject reproductive healthcare services owing to certain perceptions. Concerns about sub-optimal utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services were found under enabling, predisposing and need factors. Evidence-based interventions included instituting health insurance policies, improving the healthcare sector, personnel, collaboration among stakeholders, and grass-roots community education. Participants showed little knowledge of social workers’ engagement in healthcare institutions. Conclusion Functional network of care between private and public healthcare system is the key to optimizing maternal and reproductive healthcare utilization. The study recommends stakeholder and community engagement in achieving functional networks of care, strengthening relational linkages between frontline health workers and equip rural women with better knowledge. All these are geared toward achieving optimal utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services among women in low-resourced Nigerian settings.

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Optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services among women in low-resourced Nigerian settings

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Ajibo

2023

BMC Public Health

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“…These perceptions are anchored on their decision of health facility utilization as a determinant of choice and not a necessity. This nding is a clear indication that optimal health facility utilization must be advocated as evidenced by several studies (Lawal et al, 2020;Ene & Ajibo, 2023). This will ensure early identi cation of ill-health, adequate treatment, and reduced health migration; to prevent the rapid spread of illnesses and increasing mortality.…”

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Optimizing the Utilization of Maternal and Reproductive Healthcare Services among Women in Low-Resourced Nigerian Settings

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Ajibo

2023

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Introduction Quality care delivery is an essential lifesaving intervention for maternal healthcare and reduction in mortality from preventable reproductive conditions. In African countries like Nigeria, numerous perceptions and militating factors present unique challenges in optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services. As women continuously evolve away from the utilization of healthcare services, achieving universal health coverage for all emerges as a matter of concern. Method A phenomenological and descriptive research design was used. The study participants comprised a total of 38 women including those in anti-natal care, postal-natal and two medical social workers. They were purposively selected from four healthcare institutions in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. Result Findings revealed that most rural women at the prenatal stage, utilize maternal healthcare services, but at the postnatal stage, they reject reproductive healthcare services owing to certain perceptions. Concerns about sub-optimal utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services were found under enabling, predisposing and need factors. Evidence-based interventions were instituting health insurance policies, improving the healthcare sector, personnel, collaboration among stakeholders, and grass-roots community education. Participants showed little knowledge of social workers’ engagement in healthcare institutions. Conclusion Functional network of care between private and public healthcare systems is the key to optimizing maternal and reproductive healthcare utilization. The study recommends stakeholder and community engagement in achieving functional networks of care, strengthening relational linkages between frontline health workers and equipping rural women with better knowledge on optimal utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services among women in low-and middle-income societies.

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“…The development of new global and local COVID-19 prevention strategies (curfews, use of masks, limiting social contact, use of sanitizers) enabled the healthcare system to effectively use its scarce resources to serve the largest number of infected patients, 35,36 thus preventing the collapse of the healthcare systems. COVID-19 fightback strategies became a popular and a frequently reported healthcare issue, thus shifting attention from other diseases and negatively influencing the communication outflow for chronic illnesses (e.g.…”

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Assessment of the global healthcare industry during COVID-19 pandemic: A content analysis approach

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Daher,

Abou Chacra

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Background: Content analysis (CA) is an investigative research tool used in healthcare studies to identify imminent challenges while providing lead time for preparedness measures. The objective of this study is to report on the challenges confronting the global healthcare industry. Methods: This study used the conventional CA “bottom-up” approach to a quantitative data. CA is a research technique that uses the qualitative research method and word counts to evaluate communication outcomes. A group of executive master’s in business administration (EMBA) and medical students championed the study. Using 13 periodicals as the data sources, researchers conducted online keyword searches for all articles, titles, and abstracts containing the word “healthcare”. The collected data was gathered from five international, four Middle Eastern, and four Lebanese periodicals from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. Results: CA results indicate remarkable domination of keywords “COVID-19 health impact” as a major worldwide theme. Significant differences were noticeable among subcategories but remained related to COVID-19 in particular, social responsibilities, and research and development. Topics such as comorbid illnesses, social responsibility, healthcare logistics, and the well-being of healthcare service providers were among the least covered topics. Conclusion: Our findings emphasize the importance of global media and their coverage of healthcare issues on the types of healthcare topics (e.g., vaccines, drugs…) covered in the Lebanese periodicals in our study. Thus, global healthcare media are the main source for Lebanese periodicals reporting healthcare issues rather than the Lebanese healthcare authorities. Therefore, there is need for the development of a more efficient technology-driven healthcare management system. At the global level, there is a need to develop a step-by-step action-oriented strategic initiative to respond to emerging pandemics.

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Covid-19 Recovery and Growth: Promoting Technology Innovation in Healthcare Sector on Hygiene and Safe Medication Practices in Low-Resourced Nigerian Societies

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services among women in low-resourced Nigerian settings

Optimizing the utilization of maternal and reproductive healthcare services among women in low-resourced Nigerian settings

Optimizing the Utilization of Maternal and Reproductive Healthcare Services among Women in Low-Resourced Nigerian Settings

Assessment of the global healthcare industry during COVID-19 pandemic: A content analysis approach

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