Effecting meaningful change in integrated care

Effecting dietary change.

A world epidemic of diet-related chronic disease is currently being faced. In the UK incidence of obesity alone has tripled in the last 20 years and this trend is predicted to continue. Consensus exists for the urgent need for a change in diet and other lifestyle factors and for the direction and targets for this change. The evidence for how this change can be achieved is less certain. It has b...

Leadership in health: effecting change.

The following article is an edited version of a paper presented to the joint Australian Private Hospitals Association and Australian Healthcare Association Conference, 'Caring with Skill', held at Southport, Queensland, on 7-8 April 1998.

meaningful change estimation

‘Effecting Change; Disability, Culture and Art’

Effecting attitudinal change towards rational drug use.

Attitudes of 40 interns towards rational drug use (RDU) were assessed, using a standardized Likert type scale. The assessment was repeated after 4 months to evaluate the effect of usual working conditions of the hospital. After this period, the attitudes had slided towards negative side (p < 0.01). At this point, an intervention in the form of a workshop was provided for half the group while ot...