Johannes Gräske, Louise Koppe, Fränze Neumann, Theresa A Forbrig
{"title":"Services for homeless people in Germany during the COVID-19-pandemic: A descriptive study.","authors":"Johannes Gräske, Louise Koppe, Fränze Neumann, Theresa A Forbrig","doi":"10.1111/phn.13027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted in December 2020/January 2021 in the five significant cities of Germany.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>135 of 244 identified service institutions took part in the evaluation.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>This evaluation included changes in institutions' operating hours as well as capacity for homeless people. Service institutions described changes in guests' characteristics, moods, and mental burden. Finally, equipment including face masks, coveralls, and gloves was investigated. In addition, the study examined how the cooperation with the health authorities works.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Institutions reduced their operating hours and capacity for guests (62.4%). Increased costs, which they had to cover themselves, were reported by 70.9% of institutions. Institutions reported, that guests showed more symptoms of aggression (15%), anxiety (25%), and desperation (32%) and fewer signs of being relaxed (75%). The institutions reported room for improvement in PPE supplies and collaboration with health authorities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Services are limited for a vulnerable population, which shows changes in moods and mental health. Health authorities are not sufficiently engaged to take over the role of institutions in caring for homeless people. In the future, in-depth investigation to improve this is necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"693-699"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39801522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amie Goodin, Keisa Fallin-Bennett, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, Amanda Fallin-Bennett
{"title":"Tobacco use and mental health disparities in LGB youth.","authors":"Amie Goodin, Keisa Fallin-Bennett, Elizabeth Anderson-Hoagland, Amanda Fallin-Bennett","doi":"10.1111/phn.12997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12997","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In 2019, the Youth Risk Behavioral Survey (YRBS) collected sexual orientation data for the first time in Kentucky. Tobacco use behaviors and mental health status among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) youth is infrequently documented in southern states such as Kentucky. This study aimed to analyze self-reported tobacco use and mental health in youth by sexual orientation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional survey.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>All participants, aged 12-19, of the 2019 Kentucky YRBS that indicated a sexual orientation.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Differences in response distributions for tobacco use and mental health measures were analyzed via chi square by sexual orientation, with additional stratification by sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of n = 1996 respondents were 12.8% LGB-identified and 82.1% heterosexual-identified. No disparities between LGB and heterosexual youth were observed in tobacco-related behaviors for male students, but disparities were persistent for female students (p = .005 for \"tried tobacco before age 13\"; p = .007 for \"current smoking\", p = .012 for \"ever smoked\"). Mental health disparities between LGB and heterosexual youth were significant for males and females (p < .05, all mental health measures).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings suggest that tobacco disparities in this most recent data are narrower than in previous years; however, mental health disparities persist between LGB and heterosexual youth in Kentucky.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"659-663"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39538799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organizational factors affecting nurses' tendency to report child abuse and neglect.","authors":"Nurit Zusman, Kelly Saporta-Sorozon","doi":"10.1111/phn.13030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To examine the factors that affect the tendency of nurses working in mother and child health clinics (MCHC) to report child abuse to the authorities.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional survey.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>Three hundred and forty-one female nurses working in MCHC across Israel.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>(1) Social and organizational variables; (2) the tendency to report child abuse and neglect; (3) attitudes toward reporting child abuse and neglect.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On average, the participants perceived that they have good collaboration with other staff members and with welfare services. They showed a favorable attitude toward reporting child abuse, but less than half (44.8%) would report child abuse suspicion to the authorities. None of the organizational variables (MCHC type, collaboration among staff, collaboration with welfare services) were correlated with the tendency to report child abuse and neglect, yet all three variables were significantly correlated with attitudes toward reporting child abuse. Nurses' attitudes toward reporting were mediated by the organizational variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The effect of the organizational factors on the actual tendency to report child abuse is mediated by nurses' attitude toward reporting. Organizational constraints probably encourage MCHC nurses to be cautious before reporting child abuse and neglect to the authorities, restricting adherence to the law, which requires direct reporting.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"601-608"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39573934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monica Harmon, Barbara L Joyce, Regina Gina H Johnson, Vicki Hicks, Nancy Brown-Schott, Lucille Pilling
{"title":"Mixed-method analysis of the quad council competencies for public health nurses.","authors":"Monica Harmon, Barbara L Joyce, Regina Gina H Johnson, Vicki Hicks, Nancy Brown-Schott, Lucille Pilling","doi":"10.1111/phn.13009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Evaluate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA) of public health nurses (PHNs) related to the eight Domains of the 2011 Quad Council Competencies for Public Health Nurses (QCC-PHN). This manuscript is Part 2 of an exploratory study published in the Public Health Nursing journal on PHNs' knowledge, skills, attitudes, and application of the Quad Council Competencies (Harmon et al., 2020).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>In this mixed-method descriptive research study, the multisite team conducted an online survey among a convenience sample of 296 PHNs to determine differences in KSA for each of the eight QCC-PHN Domains.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Analysis of variance (ANOVA) testing revealed differences in KSA for the QCC-PHN, Domains. Post-hoc tests and qualitative thematic analysis of PHNs open-ended comments were used to provide additional data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>ANOVA results showed significant differences in knowledge and skills in all Domains and a significant difference in attitude in only one domain, Domain 7. Post-hoc test results showed significant differences in KSA between position titles for most Domains.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Recommendations include using the QCC-PHN to standardize the professional and diverse roles of the PHN workforce.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"624-637"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39740096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa O'Leary, Sonja Erikainen, Laura-Maria Peltonen, Wasim Ahmed, Mike Thelwall, Siobhan O'Connor
{"title":"Exploring nurses' online perspectives and social networks during a global pandemic COVID-19.","authors":"Lisa O'Leary, Sonja Erikainen, Laura-Maria Peltonen, Wasim Ahmed, Mike Thelwall, Siobhan O'Connor","doi":"10.1111/phn.12994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12994","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Examine the online interactions, social networks, and perspectives of nursing actors on COVID-19 from conversations on Twitter to understand how the profession responded to this global pandemic.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Mixed methods.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>Ten-thousand five-hundred and seventy-four tweets by 2790 individuals and organizations.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>NodeXL software was used for social network analysis to produce a network visualization. The betweenness centrality algorithm identified key users who were influential in COVID-19 related conversations on Twitter. Inductive content analysis enabled exploration of tweet content. A communicative figurations framework guided the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nursing actors formed different social groupings, and communicated with one another across groups. Tweets covered four themes; (1) outbreak and clinical management of the infectious disease, (2) education and information sharing, (3) social, economic, and political context, and (4) working together and supporting each other.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In addition to spreading knowledge, nurses tried to reach out through social media to political and healthcare leaders to advocate for improvements needed to address COVID-19. However, they primarily conversed within their own professional community. Action is needed to better understand how social media is and can be used by nurses for health communication, and to improve their preparedness to be influential on social media beyond the nursing community.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"586-600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/df/89/PHN-39-586.PMC8661865.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39549039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public perceptions about nurses communicated via Twitter in Turkey.","authors":"Seda Şahan, Ayşegül Yıldız, Eda Ergin","doi":"10.1111/phn.12999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Social media platforms such as Twitter allow people to openly express their views about many topics, including the nursing profession. COVID-19 is currently a frequently searched and discussed topics on Twitter. This study was performed to identify the image of nursing in the social media before and during COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, and to review of public perceptions about nurses' communication on twitter in Turkey.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This study was conducted using content analysis with a sample of tweets posted on Twitter before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Codes were created, including expressions of respect, anxiety, violence, gratefulness, anger, positivity, and negativity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings showed that 35.65% of the 373 tweets posted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic were positive while 64.35% were negative. During the pandemic 91.94% of the 1006 tweets were positive and 8.06% were negative.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results of this study suggests that public opinion about nurses, as reflected on Twitter during the COVID 19 pandemic, was positive.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"638-642"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39563356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Community-Based Participatory Research partnership with faith-based organizations to address obesity and glucose control.","authors":"Carmen Stokes, Kristi Jo Wilson","doi":"10.1111/phn.12974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12974","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore the lived (narrative) experience of obesity and/or diabetes mellitus within focus groups consisting of individuals and community support persons residing in Genesee County, Michigan.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Qualitative study, using Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) methodology to design and conduct focus group interviews.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>Nineteen participants from faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Genesee County (74.5% Caucasian, 3.0% Hispanic American).</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Semi-structured narrative focus group interviews, using thematic coding and qualitative analysis software (Otter.com).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants from diverse FBOs revealed barriers that prevent them from reaching their weight goals and preventing or controlling diabetes. A shared theme included the concern that providers do not actively inquire about patient concerns at appointments, and they fail to offer practical strategies beyond pharmaceutical interventions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Focus group interviews with community residents revealed issues and barriers patients and their support persons face in health care experiences. Utilizing CBPR (methodology) is an opportunity for advanced practice nurses (health care professionals) to co-create strategies and interventions with the community that can assist them in successfully reaching their weight loss and diabetes prevention goals.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"398-404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39428918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vaccination coverage and related factors among the elderly: A cross-sectional study from Turkey.","authors":"Melike Yalçın Gürsoy, Gülbu Tanrıverdi, Gözde Özsezer, Fatme Chousko Mechmet","doi":"10.1111/phn.12972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12972","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The study was conducted to determine the vaccination rates and related factors among the elderly.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional study.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>This study was conducted with 984 elderly people living in a province in western Turkey.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>The single-stage cluster sampling method was used in the sample selection. The descriptive statistics, the chi-square analysis, the Mann-Whitney U test and the logistic regression analysis for the multivariate analysis were used to evaluate the data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It was determined that 45.6% of the elderly were vaccinated after the age of 65 and the most frequently administered vaccines were influenza (41.3%), pneumococcal (10.9%), and tetanus (5.5%) vaccines. Higher vaccination rates were determined in the following demographics, namely by 1.8-fold (95% CI, 1.4-2.4) in those living in urban areas, by 2.6-fold (95% CI, 1.8-3.9) in those with high school or higher education, by 1.5-fold (95% CI, 1.0-2.5) in those who did not work, by 1.7-fold (95% CI, 1.3-2.3) in those with chronic diseases and by 2-fold (95% CI, 1.1-3.4) in those who fulfilled their physical own needs themselves.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study showed that more than half of the elderly did not receive any vaccinations in old age. The vaccination rates of the elderly were associated with many factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"390-397"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39439024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in awareness on face mask use in Korea.","authors":"Kyoo-Man Ha","doi":"10.1111/phn.12988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12988","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present research aims to determine, from the perspective of public health nursing, how Koreans have implemented the mandatory use of face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak by increasing public awareness in the following order: familiarly wearing, frequently wearing, and always wearing a face mask. Other nations may consider applying in their own policies the lessons learned by Korea regarding changes in awareness on face mask use.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"506-508"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661681/pdf/PHN-39-506.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39489540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enterovirus board game for elementary school children: A pilot study.","authors":"Mei-Fang Chen, Chia-Shan Wu, Chun-Chin Tsai, Mu-Yun Tsai","doi":"10.1111/phn.12976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.12976","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the effect of an enterovirus board game on improving knowledge of enterovirus for elementary school children in Taiwan.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A pilot study with a one-group pretest-posttest design.</p><p><strong>Sample: </strong>Using convenience sampling, 27 children were recruited from a single elementary school in Taiwan in June 2020.</p><p><strong>Measurements: </strong>Demographic data were collected and the children completed an enterovirus knowledge questionnaire. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, McNemar test, and Wilcoxon test.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>Each experimental group of four to five children participated in a 40-min enterovirus board game.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After using the board game, the children had significantly higher mean scores for enterovirus knowledge. Specifically, the children had a higher proportion of correct answers for seven questions related to enterovirus after playing the game compared to before.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Board games designed for elementary school-aged children can support public health education and help prevent outbreaks of infectious diseases such as enterovirus.</p>","PeriodicalId":233433,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.)","volume":" ","pages":"500-505"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39428838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}