Health education during antenatal care: the need for more

Health education during antenatal care: the need for more

The aim of health education during antenatal is to provide advice, education, reassurance and support, to address and treat the minor problems of pregnancy, and to provide effective screening during the pregnancy. Exploring current practices in this regard revealed the need for more organized educational activities to ensure high quality and clients satisfaction.

The need for physician education in health care costs to enhance efficiencies in care delivery.

The article by Rock et al in this issue of Pediatrics highlights an important issue surrounding the challenge of high health care costs in the United States: the lack of knowledge by physicians of cost of care. Their research provides 3 key messages that can inform future health care policies. First, physicians generally have limited knowledge regarding health care finances. As noted by Rock et...

The Public Health Importance of Antenatal Care

The health of future generations is to a great extent determined by the baby's growth and develop­ ment within the womb. The success of fetal life determines not only the health of the newborn, but also has a major impact on adult health and disease risk. Good perinatal health is therefore important to individuals, to society and to future generations (Barker et al., 2013). The purpose of this ...

Measuring the need for mental health care.

Creativity in care: The need for nursing today

The rise of emerging needs, the emergence of person-centered care, and the departure of care from conventional academic stereotypes, raises the need for evidence-based practice and efficient clinical reasoning in nursing. All this requires fluidity of mind and creativity in patient care. Given the importance of creativity in nursing care and its consequences at the individual and organizational...