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PubMed1998

Moving toward policy development on assigning publication credit for oncology nurses' contributions to scholarly and scientific work.

The policy implications of a 1996 national nursing survey on the allocation of publication credit form of this paper. An earlier article (Butler & Ginn, 1997) describes and analyzes the outcome of the survey; the purpose here is to draw on that analysis, and on the relevant literature, to propose a starting place for discussion within the specialty of oncology and the nursing profession regarding assignment of credit for various contributions to collaborative scholarly work. After identifying the growing need for such a discussion and briefly highlighting the findings of the survey, the paper goes on to examine unacceptable practices in scholarly work and identify issues which should be resolved before collaborative work is undertaken. The final portion of the paper makes tentative suggestions as to principles and guidelines which might be applied to avoid disputes about the value of different contributions to a collaborative project. It is emphasized that the intention is not to advocate acceptance of the guidelines suggested here, but to create sufficient interest so that an approach to allocation of publication credit may be developed which will be consistent and relevant to the needs of the nursing profession.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1996

Reproductive Health Hazards in the Workplace: Guidelines for Policy Development and Implementation.

To provide occupational health professionals and employers with guidelines for reproductive health policy making, the authors-both of whom are obstetrician-gynecologists and occupational medicine physicians-review the history of and legal basis for U.S. policy on work and reproduction, delineate the goals and important elements of a reproductive health policy (RHP), and emphasize the need to incorporate an RHP into a comprehensive occupational injury and illness prevention program. After suggesting practical ways to achieve the goals of an RHP (maximal health protection, compliance with legal mandates, and reduction of liability), the authors propose a team-based model for RHP implementation with shared responsibility of management and workers in designing, enforcing, and evaluating the policy.

Journal Article↗
PubMed2000

Mental health policy development in Africa.

Mental health issues are usually given very low priority in health service policies. Although this is changing, African countries are still confronted with so many problems caused by communicable diseases and malnutrition that they have not waken up to the impact of mental disorders. Every country must formulate a mental health policy based on its own social and cultural realities. Such policies must take into account the scope of mental health problems, provide proven and affordable interventions, safeguard patients' rights, and ensure equity.

Africa↗
PubMed1990

Age structure transition of China's population: regional differentials and implications for development policy.

"This article discusses why age structure transition is an important dimension of population to be considered in national development strategy. Further, it compares the process of age structure transition of China's population with the experience of other Asian countries. It shows regional differentials of age structure transition within China and discusses resulting policy issues."

Age Distribution↗
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Mortality and morbidity transition in Kuwait: the role of health and development policies.

Kuwait has, in recent years, achieved a marked improvement in the health status of its population, as measured by a variety of mortality and morbidity indicators. This can be attributed to the implementation of two sets of policies that impact upon health, namely the health and socio-economic development plans of the Kuwaiti government. This article seeks to outline these recent changes in mortality and morbidity levels, and traces out the key policies considered to be the major determinants for these changes. Data is presented on health status, and on patterns and trends of health services' utilization. These trends suggest strongly that, for Kuwait, the health goals set for the year 2000 are achievable.

Health Policy↗
PubMed1999

Total purchasing, community and continuing care: lessons for future policy developments in the NHS.

The introduction of total purchasing pilots (TPPs) into the National Health Service (NHS) gave general practitioners (GPs) significant new opportunities to take responsibility for the development of community and continuing care (CCC) services. Based on five case studies of TPPs involved in developing CCC this paper asks three questions: (1) to what extent were the TPP's involvement in CCC informed by an awareness of CCC policy?; (2) were TPPs involved in joint commissioning to develop integrated purchasing or provision which was informed by population based needs assessment?; (3) were TPPs seeking to involve users, carers and voluntary agencies in their plans? The findings indicate that TPPs showed little awareness of national or local policy for CCC, although their project initiatives did address some of the policy issues (in particular a recognition of the need for joint working at the practice level). At the time of fieldwork, four of the case study TPPs had begun to investigate the potential for integrated purchasing, and three of them had relatively sophisticated models of both horizontally and vertically integrated provision of care. However, the TPPs developments were not based on systematic population based needs assessment. The paper concludes that there is potential for the primary care led groups proposed in the recent white papers in England, Scotland and Wales to improve integration of care both horizontally and vertically. However, they may need policy guidance and push to: encourage them to put CCC high on their agenda for action; to work with people with expertise in population based, prevention focused, needs assessment; and to find innovative ways to include users, carers and voluntary agencies. Incentives or levers (such as control over budgets) may be needed to promote joint working between staff in different agencies.

Journal Article↗