OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility of using volunteers to assist in school-located mass vaccination clinics for influenza. METHODS A set of elementary school-based mass vaccination clinics was implemented in Carroll County, Maryland by the local health department in the 2005-2006 school year. In addition to using health department personnel, fiscal restraints necessitated using medical vo...

BACKGROUND Research positions embedded within healthcare settings have been identified as an enabler to allied health professional (AHP) research capacity; however, there is currently limited research formally evaluating their impact. In 2008, a Health Practitioner industrial agreement funded a research capacity building initiative within Queensland Health, Australia, which included 15 new alli...

Abstract Background Vaccines are an important public health measure and effective strategy to protect the population from COVID‐19. Front‐line healthcare personnel should receive priority in vaccination programs. However, reported hesitancy among workers (HCWs) toward COVID‐19 vaccines cannot be ignored. It widely influences level of vaccine general population. Hesitancy, fear, anxiety were doc...

The study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of IRP implementation in patients a specialized clinic providing long-term care neurological and neurosurgical patients.
 Material methods. conducted 2020-2021. on basis MC "Expert Health" (Odessa, Ukraine). 83 undergoing neurorehabilitation program were examined. correspondence fulfillment key rehabilitation tasks terms time quality assess...

OBJECTIVE Visitation is a method for external peer review. The goal is to improve the quality of patient care by giving feedback on quality of competence and performance of a professional during a practice visit. Feedback is offered as recommendations for improvement. This study aims to evaluate the effects of visitation and to determine which factors are related to the effectiveness of visitat...

Family support and involvement are fundamental in supporting a patient through their recovery journey. The Eating Disorders Unit at The Royal Melbourne Hospital offers a range of family support programs in different forums as a means to provide support and education to family members. We recognize that families come in a range of forms including parents, siblings, cousins, work colleagues and f...

Allied dental healthcare providers have been an integral part of the dental team since the turn of the 19th century. Like dental education, allied dental education's history includes a transition from apprenticeships and proprietary school settings to dental schools and community and technical colleges. There are currently 258 dental assisting programs, 255 dental hygiene programs, and 28 denta...

The future allied health workforce needs to be flexible to meet the needs of an ageing population with increasing chronic health care needs and geographically dispersed populations in many developed countries. Existing research shows the maldistribution of the Australian health workforce, with allied health professionals being poorly represented in rural and remote areas. This mixed-methods lon...