Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Management (ACHSM)
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Welcome to this issue of the College’s Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
No full textAs I write the registrations for our Annual Asia-Pacific Health Leaders Congress are close to finalising with over 550 health leaders attending on 21-23 September 2023 in Perth, Western Australia. I am sure we are all looking forward to the opportunity to catch up with peers we have not seen for some time and meet new fellows and members of the College. If you have missed this opportunity, put the dates of 11-13 October in your diary as next year we are in Canberra, the capital of Australia
Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Job Performance of Nurses with the Mediating Effect of Job Satisfaction
No full textThe current study investigates the effect of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on the performance of nurses with the mediating effect of job satisfaction. This study measures the concept of EI, Job Performance, and Job Satisfaction across 385 respondents from various private and government hospitals and the locale of the study was the Delhi NCR region.
PLS-SEM was used for analyzing the data. The result indicates that a relationship exists between these three variables and job satisfaction mediates the relationship between Emotional Intelligence & Job performance. The findings of the current study showed that awareness of emotions, regulation of emotions, and managing of emotions are the significant components of EI which enhances leadership, critical care, professional development, interpersonal relationships, planning and collaboration aspects of Job Performance. Further, the mediating effects support that the positive working conditions and organizations’ compensation policy fetches higher level of Job Satisfaction among the professional and nursing employees who are satisfied as well as having a higher level of Emotional Quotient would be a better performer than the employees who are having a low level of emotional intelligence.
It can be recommended that while recruiting nursing employees along with their technical competence EI competence needs to be equally emphasized. Similarly, EI needs to be integrated into healthcare practice guidelines and performance evaluations as it is one of the important assets of individual persona
Strategies in Preventing the Transmission of Covid-19 a Quarantine, Isolation, Lockdown, Tracing, Testing and Treatment (3T) : Literature review
No full textSARS -Cov-2 is the seventh member of the coronavirus family that can infect humans after the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). This disease first occurred in Wuhan, a province in Hubei China. The virus is endemic throughout the world and was categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). This virus can spread through direct contact, droplets due to coughing or sneezing, and even through air or airborne spreading according to the latest findings.
The purpose of this literature review was to conduct a review about the government strategy of various countries in dealing with COVID-19. The method used was a search using PubMed, Science Direct, ProQuest databases with the PICO search question development technique based on the " COVID-19" and "Pandemic" and "lockdown" keywords. The results of the literature search found five publications between the years 2010 to 2020 that provided, full text and open access, in addition the results of the literature review confirmed various efforts have been made by the governments in various countries considering the increasing number of sufferers. These could include social distancing and physical distancing, in which some countries even implemented lockdown to prevent the second waves of COVID-19, and specifically in Indonesia which implemented the large-scale social restrictions (LSSR). Based on this literature review findings.
This virus can be prevented by regular hand washing, wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and gloves, avoid shaking hands and staying at home
Investigating the Development and Access to Healthcare Services across Iranian Provinces
No full textBackground: A country’s health status and the accessibility of its people to various healthcare services represent important indicators of development. This study investigated the development of Iranian provinces and measured their accessibility to healthcare services.
Methods: The study extracted data from the statistical yearbook over five years (2015-2019) and analyzed the data through multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques. More specifically, numerical taxonomy was used to measure the level of development in each province, the CRITIC method helped to calculate the weights of the indicators, and the combined compromise solution (CoCoSo) method was employed to rank the Iranian provinces.
Results: The findings of taxonomy analysis demonstrated that provinces such as East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan, Fars, Kerman, Gilan, and Mazandaran were among the Iranian provinces that had reached satisfactory development. The ranking of the provinces using the CoCoSo method revealed that provinces such as Semnan, Yazd, Ilam, and South Khorasan were the most privileged regions in terms of accessibility to healthcare services.
Conclusion: Comparing the health indicators over different years showed that, despite the progress of all Iranian provinces, there were marked differences in the distribution of healthcare services across the country
Young adults searching for Health-Related Information on the Internet
No full textThis study aimed to examine the use of internet as a source of health-related information (HRI), as well as the change in attitudes following the online search for HRI. The current study sample included 88 participants, randomly divided into two experimental groups. One was given the name of an unfamiliar disease and told to search for information about it using various search engines, and the second was given a text about the disease from a credible scientific source.
The study findings show a large percentage of participants used the internet as a source of HRI. Likewise, no differences were found in the extent to which the internet was used as a source of HRI when demographic were compared. Those who searched for the HRI on the internet had more negative opinions and believed symptoms of the disease were worse than the average opinion among those who obtained the information about the disease from a credible scientific source. Internet clearly influences the participants’ beliefs, regardless of demographic differences
The Impacts of Friendship, Advice and Negative Ties on Intention To Leave: The case of nurses in a special branch hospital
No full textOBJECTIVES: The high turnover rate of nurses has been a matter of debate among scholars. Nurses’ social interaction patterns and the social structure they are situated within may provide clues about possible causes of their high turnover intentions. This study aims to investigate the possible effects of negative and positive ties on the intention of turnover among nurses.
DESIGN & SETTING: A hybrid research methodology was used. Social network analysis was used to reveal the positions of the nurses (n = 126) in the positive and negative networks. A statistical model was formed with varying types of centrality measures, intragroup conflict, and intention to leave variables. The data was collected from all the nurses working in a special branch hospital.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The findings of the study clearly indicate that negative interactions directly and indirectly affect the intention to leave, and the nurses demand professional support from their colleagues. The findings also show the existence of a fragmented social structure among nurses, which suggests the increased importance of brokerage roles.
Managers should closely monitor the negative interactions among nurses, and they need to use conflict management techniques frequently to reduce hostile relations in the business environment. Managers should especially seek ways to increase altruistic tendencies among colleagues because nurses demand professional support ties more than friendship relations
The COVID-19 Pandemic: An analytical study on opportunities for circular economy practices in India’s healthcare sector
No full textCOVID-19 pandemic has long-lasting impact in social, personal, and economic area globally. When we think of the economic recovery of India in the future, we face the challenge of moving forward more sustainably. An international NGO ARUP had published a worldwide report named ‘Health.Care.Without.Harm’; mentioning that only healthcare sector itself is accountable for about 4.4 percent of universal net emissions. The present study, therefore, highlights the vulnerabilities in the linear economy and how the pandemic crisis challenges the linear economy and provide opportunity to uptake circular practices and sustainable development within India’s healthcare economy. The paper outlines the recommendations on the circular economy by suggesting policy and market-driven solutions for the healthcare sector’s sustainability.
(*The paper was presented at the AICTE International Conference on Circular Economy, Management and Industry, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Management Studies and Research, Navi Mumbai and Apeejay School of Management, Dwarka, Delhi, India. October 2021
Psychological, Spiritual and Emotional Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences and Interventions Made
No full textSummary: Outbreak of Corona Virus in December 2019, in Wuhan placed a novel challenge in front of mankind. COVID-19 has affected every country in different magnitudes. The absence of vaccine and changed lifestyle suddenly imposed upon masses affected their functioning as well. Those victimized by the virus have their own problems while others also have had their own sufferings.
Objectives: Amidst all trials and tests for cure, this paper is an attempt to understand the psychological, spiritual and emotional response to COVID-19 and Government Interventions in India. It also tries to assess the differences in experiences across age, gender and educational qualifications.
Design: The study adopts a mixed approach and is an exploratory cross-sectional study. For the purpose of the study, shortened version of Czech SWSB, RYFF’s Psychological Wellbeing 18 point scale and STAI scale were customized for pandemic times, administered towards the end of Lockdown 1.0 in India. After reliability and validity tests, established scales are used to study the variable in the research. For the analysis of data Smart PLS SEM 3.3.2 is used.
Setting: General masses of India were a part of the study. A cohort of 100 respondents willing to participate in the survey during the initial 21 days lockdown in India was studied which was selected using snowball sampling.
Main outcome measures: The study measures the association of psychological, spiritual and emotional response to covid-19 pandemic experiences and also the response to interventions made.
Findings: The results show that there is trivial relation of age, education and gender to the experiences of COVID-19. It was also found that Psychological Wellbeing and Spiritual Wellbeing were significantly related to the experiences of COVID-19.
Conclusion: Extreme external factors like covid-19 pandemic act as stressors and affect the psychological and spiritual wellbeing of all
Relationship Quality in Geriatric Healthcare Delivery: A sustainable model
No full textObjective: This study is undertaken to examine geriatric relationship quality in healthcare delivery in Kerala. Drawing the hypothetical relationship, a model for elderly geriatric healthcare delivery to be developed.
Methods: A Structural Equation Modelling technique, based on a positivist approach, was employed to analyse the association between relationship quality and geriatric healthcare delivery. The data was collected from 405 elderly people in Kerala between June 2020 and November 2020.
Results: A consistent empirical model of predictive relationships between the hypothesized variables was found, and a geriatric relationship quality healthcare model was developed. Service quality has emerged as a significant determinant of relationship quality. Even though patient centricity is not hypothetically related to relationship quality, it is a significant determinant of service quality.
Conclusion: Geriatric healthcare management must consider relationship quality as a prominent factor while evaluating the quality of healthcare delivery as it is the outcome of all the structural and procedural aspects