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About one-third of 1,000 workers said they had fallen asleep or become very sleepy at work in the previous month, according to a recent National Sleep Foundation survey.
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Shift workers are at higher risk for injuries, accidents, and absenteeism, but simple work schedule changes can improve the health of these employees, according to a new review of 26 studies of shift workers, including autoworkers, nurses, and chemical plant employees.
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When the home health nurses at Little Rock, AR-based Baptist Health Home Health Network began observing that many of their patients had poorly managed chronic diseases and were not receiving evidence-based care, the network designed a new approach to delivering care for patients with chronic diseases.
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A photonovela became a master's project for Laura Nimmon, MA, a doctoral fellow with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research in Victoria, British Columbia.
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A photonovela is part of the diabetes tool kit Sharon A. Denham, RN, DSN, professor of nursing at Ohio University School of Nursing in Athens and director of the Appalachian Rural Health Institute, is creating for use in the Appalachian region. It will address family support for patients with diabetes.
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An overweight nurse with diabetes who works for Little Rock, AR-based Baptist Health System summed up the key to the success of the 2020 Health Solutions disease management program: "Knowing that you are going to be looking at my blood sugar levels helps me be consistent in taking my medication and checking my blood sugar," she told her disease management nurse, Paula Evans, MSN, RN, CCM, CS.
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In the first year of a disease management program to promote effective treatment for hepatitis C, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee was able to cut medication costs for the treatment of the disease by $1.63 million.
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African-American women with diabetes showed significant health improvements after participating in Keystone Mercy Health Plan's "40-Day Journey," a faith-based educational program at local churches that emphasizes nutrition, exercise, medication compliance, and water intake.
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People in health education are beginning to use a literature genre called a photonovela. This genre tells a picture story and is designed like a comic book with text in bubbles to indicate who is speaking.
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Military veterans who recently served in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other countries often return home with “invisible” healthcare needs that might be overlooked in community healthcare settings.
