The toolkit's purpose is to:
improve the primary health care response for older persons.
sensitize and educate primary health care workers about the specific needs of their older clients.
provide primary care health workers with a set of tools/instruments to assess older people's hea...lth.
raise awareness among primary care health workers of the accumulation of minor/major disabilities experienced by older people.
provide guidance on how to make primary health care management procedures more responsive to the needs of older people's needs.
offer direction on how to do environmental audits to test primary health care centres for their age-friendliness.
The toolkit comprises a number of instruments (evaluation forms, slides, figures, graphs, diagrams, scale tables, country guidelines, exam sheets, screening tools, cards, checklists, etc.) that can be used by primary health care workers to assess and address older persons' health. These resources are meant to supplement and not to replace local and national materials and guidelines
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Report of a World Health Organization and International Diabetes Federation meeting
A broad range of UNHCR’s key priorities overlap with MHPSS issues – for example, child protection and sexual and gender-based violence [SGBV] prevention and response.
Despite all these existent synergies, UNHCR’s current policies and guidelines do not sufficiently link with MHPSS principles.... For example, the Community Services section, which is closely aligned to the principles of MHPSS and could be well-positioned to guide the implementation of related programs, has not adopted the MHPSS language or approach.
There are opportunities for UNHCR to engage more strongly and clearly in this field. However, this requires a vision for how the organisation as a whole, and particular sectors within the organisation, will engage within the field of MHPSS activities. For a start, UNHCR can work to improve its understanding and framing of mental health and psychosocial issues, and how these issues fit within its broader mandate.
While the majority of MHPSS activities are delivered by implementing partners, UNHCR staff require familiarity with core principles in the field, such as the Intervention Pyramid contained in the IASC Guidelines, in order to support and monitor quality MHPSS activities.
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Humanitarian actors in emergencies often encounter challenges in knowing Who is Where, When, doing What (4Ws) with regard to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). Such knowledge is essential to inform coordination. 4Ws tools are used in many areas of aid to map activities conducted across ...large geographical areas". This manual outlines the 4Ws with regard to mental health and psychosocial support for humanitarian actors with MHPSS coordinating responsibilities. The tool exists in two parts: a 4Ws data collection spreadsheets application (in excel online) and this manual which describes how to collect the data
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The principle of “the best interest of the child” should guide decisions by politicians whenever
children are affected. This is one of the basic ideas in the UN Convention on the Rights
of the Child. Decision makers should assess the consequences for children before taking
action. Today, this... principle is not fully respected in European countries in relation to migrant
children.
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Q12: Should the treatment be similar in individuals with intellectual disability and epilepsy compared to people with epilepsy only?
Prepared as an outcome of ICMR Subcommittee on Breast Cancer |.This consensus document on management of breast cancers summarizes the
modalities of treatment including the site-specific anti-cancer therapies, supportive and palliative care and molecular markers and research questions. It also inter...weaves clinical, biochemical and epidemiological studies.
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Цель: анализ уровня тревожности и тяжести депрессии у больных рассеянным склерозом. Материал и методы. Чтобы определить уровень депрессии и тревожности у больных ...С в зависимости от пола, возраста, течения, длительности заболевания, была отобрана группа пациентов с достоверным диагнозом Рассеянный склероз по критериям Ч.Позера, состоящая из 79 человек с длительностью заболевания более двух лет. Ис-пользовалась специально разработанная анкета, которая включала в себя таблицы для оценки жалоб, данных анамнеза, неврологического статуса больного и стандартные опросники (тест на тревожность Тейлора, шкала депрессии НИИ психоневрологии им.Бехтерева, индекс общего психологического благополучия). Результа-ты. Такие аффективные расстройства, как тревожность, депрессия, достаточно часто встречаются у больных рассеянным склерозом, однако выражены они в группах больных, получающих и неполучающих ПИТРС, по-разному. Заключение. Следует рекомендовать практическим неврологам при лечении больных рассеянным склерозом обращать внимание на наличие или отсутствие у них определенного спектра психических наруше-ний, в первую очередь тревожно-депрессивного синдрома, который нуждается в персонифицированной меди-каментозной и немедикаментозной коррекции.
http://www.ssmj.ru/system/files/201202_484-488.pdf
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Anxiety disorders
Chapter F.2
Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Chapter I.5
For each medicine the Formulary provides information on use, dosage, adverse effects, contraindications and warnings, supplemented by guidance on selecting the right medicine for a range of conditions
Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Chapter I.4
Externalizing disorders
Chapter D.1
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
The guideline on Drug misuse: opioid detoxification, commissioned by NICE and developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, sets out clear, evidence-based recommendations for healthcare staff on how to work with people who misuse opioids to significantly improve their treatment a...nd care, and to deliver detoxification safely and effectively. Of the estimated 4 million people in the UK who use illicit drugs each year, approximately 50,000 misuse opioids (such as heroin, opium, morphine, codeine and methadone). Opioid misuse presents a considerable health risk and can lead to significant social problems. This NICE guideline is an important tool in helping people to overcome their drug problem.
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In this document, the Inter-American Committee of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, together with the South
American Society of Cardiology, aimed to formulate strategies, measures, and actions for cardiovascular disease prevention
and rehabilitation (CVDPR). In the context of the imple...mentation of a regional and national health policy in Latin American
countries, the goal is to promote cardiovascular health and thereby decrease morbidity and mortality. The study group on
Cardiopulmonary and Metabolic Rehabilitation from the Department of Exercise, Ergometry, and Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology has created a committee of experts to review the Portuguese version of the guideline
and adapt it to the national reality.
The mission of this document is to help health professionals to adopt effective measures of CVDPR in the routine
clinical practice. The publication of this document and its broad implementation will contribute to the goal of the World
Health Organization (WHO), which is the reduction of worldwide cardiovascular mortality by 25% until 2025.
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