Time trends in pediatric hand fracture incidence in Malmö, Sweden, 1950-2016.

BACKGROUND: The hand is the second most fractured region in children. It is therefore important to update fracture epidemiology to be able to identify time trends for adequate health care planning. This study reports pediatric hand fracture incidence 2014-2016 and, using published data, also long-term time trends in 1950-2016. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The Swedish city of Malmö, with 328,494 inhabitants in 2016, has only one hospital. We used the hospital radiological archive, medical charts, and diagnosis registry to identify hand fractures in city residents < 16 years in 2014-2016. These data were compared to those from three published studies that evaluated periods in 1950-2006. Differences between two periods were calculated as both unadjusted and age- and sex-adjusted incident rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). We used joinpoint regression to estimate time trends during the entire period and present annual percent changes (APC) with 95% CI. RESULTS: In 2014-2016 phalangeal fractures accounted for 71% of all hand fractures, metacarpal fractures for 24%, and carpal fractures for 5%. We identified 615 hand fractures (419 in boys and 196 in girls) during 181,617 person-years in 2014-2016, resulting in an unadjusted pediatric hand fracture incidence of 339/100,000 person-years (boys 452/100,000 person-years and girls 220/100,000 person-years). The age-adjusted incidence 2014-2016 was similar to 2005-2006, the most recently evaluated period (IRR in boys 0.9; 95% CI 0.8 to 1.01, and in girls 1.0; 95% CI 0.8 to 1.2). Looking at the entire period 1950-2016, we found that age-adjusted incidence increased in 1950-1979, in boys by APC + 3.8%; 95% CI 3.0 to 4.5 and in girls by + 3.9%; 95% CI 2.8 to 5.0, but decreased in 1979-2016, in boys by - 0.7%; 95% CI - 1.4 to - 0.003, and girls by - 1.3%; 95% CI - 2.4 to - 0.1. CONCLUSIONS: Phalangeal fractures accounted for about three quarters of all hand fractures. The age-adjusted hand fracture incidence increased in both sexes in 1950-1979 and decreased in 1979-2016. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: III.

Collaborative health service planning: A stakeholder analysis with social network analysis to develop a community pharmacy service.

BACKGROUND: Stakeholder participation optimizes health planning, fostering the acceptability and integration of new health services. Collaborative approaches may help overcome existing challenges in the development, implementation and evaluation of community pharmacy services (CPSs). Stakeholder analyses lay the foundation for building collaboration in the integrated delivery of health care. OBJECTIVES: This stakeholder analysis was performed to organize a collaborative initiative to develop a CPS aimed at preventing cardiovascular diseases in Andalucía (Spain). It aimed to identify stakeholders, differentiate/categorize them, and analyze stakeholder relationships. METHOD: Stakeholders were identified using the snowballing technique. To differentiate/categorize stakeholders and analyze the relationships (i.e., collaboration) an online web-based questionnaire was sent to 186 stakeholders. Stakeholders were asked for: (1) their influence, interest and attitude toward the initiative; (2) stakes/interests; (3) capacity to contribute to the initiative; (4) desire for involvement; (5) concerns; (6) whom they considered a key stakeholder; and (7) the level of collaboration they had with other stakeholders. Data analysis combined descriptive qualitative content analysis, descriptive quantitative analysis and social network analysis. RESULTS: Of the 186 stakeholders approached, 96 (51.6%) participated. The identification process yielded 217 stakeholders (individuals, organizations or collectives), classified into 10 groups. Fifty-seven stakeholders were considered critical to the intended initiative. Most participant stakeholders supported the initiative and were willing to collaborate in the development of the CPS. Public health and science were the main driving interests. A collaboration network existed between the 96 stakeholders. CONCLUSION: This study revealed the magnitude of the social system surrounding the development of a CPS aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease. A large array of stakeholders was identified and analyzed, and a group of critical stakeholders selected. Stakeholder characteristics such as attitude toward the initiative, potential contribution, desire for involvement, and the existing collaboration network, provided complementary information that was helpful for planning the process and stakeholder engagement.

Rehabilitation in Malaysia.

This article reviews the epidemiology, rehabilitation intervention strategies, and rehabilitation resources for persons with disabilities (PWD) in Malaysia. Currently, the registered number of PWD is 409,269 individuals, 1.3% of the total population, which is far less than the World Health Organization estimation of 10%. The rehabilitation implementation strategies include health policies, health promotion, and prevention programs. Health-related services for PWD are provided by many government agencies, including health, welfare, education, manpower, housing, and the private sector and nongovernment organizations. It is hoped national health programs can ensure special care and rehabilitation for PWD, optimizing self-reliance and social integration.

Gig Workers.

Occupational health nurses can ensure that gig workers are aware of health and safety requirements, receive appropriate training for the job, and use appropriate personal protective equipment.

The evolution of New Zealand's health workforce policy and planning system: a study of workforce governance and health reform.

INTRODUCTION: While considerable attention has been given to improving health workforce planning practice, few articles focus on the relationship between health workforce governance and health reform. By outlining a sequence of health reforms, we reveal how New Zealand's health workforce governance and practices came under pressure, leading to a rethink and the introduction of innovative approaches and initiatives. CASE DESCRIPTION: New Zealand's health system was quite stable up to the late 1980s, after which 30 years of structural and system reform was undertaken. This had the effect of replacing the centralised medically led health workforce policy and planning system with a market-driven and short-run employer-led planning approach. The increasing pressures and inconsistencies this approach produced ultimately led to the re-centralisation of some governance functions and brought with it a new vision of how to better prepare for future health needs. While significant gain has been made implementing this new vision, issues remain for achieving more effective innovation diffusion and improved integrated care orientations. DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION: The case reveals that there was a failure to consider the health workforce in almost all of the reforms. Health and workforce policy became increasingly disconnected at the central and regional levels, leading to fragmentation, duplication and widening gaps. New Zealand's more recent workforce policy and planning approach has adopted new tools and techniques to overcome these weaknesses that have implications for the workforce and service delivery, workforce governance and planning methodologies. However, further strengthening of workforce governance is required to embed the changes in policy and planning and to improve organisational capabilities to diffuse innovation and respond to evolving roles and team-based models of care. CONCLUSION: The case reveals that disconnecting the workforce from reform policy leads to a range of debilitating effects. By addressing how it approaches workforce planning and policy, New Zealand is now better placed to plan for a future of integrated and team-based health care. The case provides cues for other countries considering reform agendas, the most important being to include and consider the health workforce in health reform processes.

[Health Planning and Evaluation: antagonism versus collaboration]. / Planejamento e Avaliação em Saúde: entre antagonismo e colaboração.

The authors analyze the relations between two subareas of Collective Health - Planning and Evaluation - through a bibliometric study of articles, theses, and dissertations published from 1980 to 2016. The overall production on Evaluation exceeds that of Planning, particularly since the 2000s. The capacity to influence health sector administration appears to drive the dispute between the two subareas. Both have theoretical and methodological resources to overcome their reductions under the instrumental logic of so-called managerialism, as well as to consolidate themselves as devices for reflection and change.

Analisamos as relações entre duas subáreas da Saúde Coletiva - Planejamento e Avaliação - por meio de estudo bibliométrico de artigos, teses e dissertações, no período entre 1980 e 2016. A produção global relativa à Avaliação supera aquela do Planejamento, com predomínio acentuado a partir de meados da década de 2000. A capacidade de influenciar a gestão do setor Saúde parece impelir a disputa entre as duas subáreas. Considera-se que ambas têm recursos teóricos e metodológicos para superar suas reduções pela lógica instrumental do chamado gerencialismo, e se firmarem como dispositivos de reflexão e mudança.

Analizamos las relaciones entre dos subáreas de la Salud Colectiva -Planificación y Evaluación- mediante un estudio bibliométrico de artículos, tesis y disertaciones, durante el período entre 1980 y 2016. La producción global relativa a la Evaluación supera a la de la Planificación, con un predominio acentuado a partir de mediados de la década del 2000. La capacidad de influenciar en la gestión del sector salud parece impulsar la disputa entre las dos subáreas. Se considera que ambas tienen recursos teóricos y metodológicos para superar sus reducciones por la lógica instrumental del denominado gerencialismo, y se afianzan como dispositivos de reflexión y cambio.

Evolving Federal and State Health Care Policy: Toward a More Integrated and Comprehensive Care-Delivery System for Children With Medical Complexity.

Irrespective of any future changes in federal health policy, the momentum to shift from fee-for-service to value-based payment systems is likely to persist. Public and private payers continue to move toward alternative payment models that promote novel care-delivery systems and greater accountability for health outcomes. With a focus on population health, patient-centered medical homes, and care coordination, alternative payment models hold the potential to promote care-delivery systems that address the unique needs of children with medical complexity (CMC), including nonmedical needs and the social determinants of health. Notwithstanding, the implementation of care systems with meaningful quality measures for CMC poses unique and substantive challenges. Stakeholders must view policy options for CMC in the context of transformation within the overall health system to understand how broader health system changes impact care delivery for CMC.

Building Professionalism Through Management Training: New England Public Health Training Center's Low-Cost, High-Impact Model.

CONTEXT: Evolving practices, accreditation, and priorities established in Public Health 3.0 are adding to the long-identified need for management training among public health practitioners. PROGRAM: The New England Public Health Training Center is addressing this need with a flexible, open-source, 16-topic training program. The program is designed to build competencies for current and future managers, preparing them for their day-to-day tasks and for the kinds of adaptation suggested by Public Health 3.0 advocates. IMPLEMENTATION: The training program uses live expert instructors for 10 webinars and 2 in-person trainings. Experts have also created the content for multiple self-paced E-Learnings that trainees undertake in addition to the instructor-led sessions. A webinar platform with breakout rooms and an advanced learning management system allows for online discussion and mentor interaction. The course has now been offered, evaluated, and modified 3 times, and the materials are available for noncommercial use by the public health community. EVALUATION: Using the Kirkpatrick training evaluation model, the recent cohort was satisfied (87.5%) with the training, reported identifying actions to apply information learned to their work (85.8%), and experienced statistically significant knowledge gains. Earlier trainees reported work-related behavior change. DISCUSSION: Management training offers the hope of increasing professionalism; creating better, more effective workplaces and programs; and preparing practitioners for an evolving public health landscape. Early results indicate that NEPHTC's program, Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment, is a useful tool in realizing that hope.

Planejamento e Avaliação em Saúde: entre antagonismo e colaboração / Health Planning and Evaluation: antagonism versus collaboration / Planificación y Evaluación en Salud: entre el antagonismo y la colaboración

Resumo: Analisamos as relações entre duas subáreas da Saúde Coletiva - Planejamento e Avaliação - por meio de estudo bibliométrico de artigos, teses e dissertações, no período entre 1980 e 2016. A produção global relativa à Avaliação supera aquela do Planejamento, com predomínio acentuado a partir de meados da década de 2000. A capacidade de influenciar a gestão do setor Saúde parece impelir a disputa entre as duas subáreas. Considera-se que ambas têm recursos teóricos e metodológicos para superar suas reduções pela lógica instrumental do chamado gerencialismo, e se firmarem como dispositivos de reflexão e mudança.

Abstract: The authors analyze the relations between two subareas of Collective Health - Planning and Evaluation - through a bibliometric study of articles, theses, and dissertations published from 1980 to 2016. The overall production on Evaluation exceeds that of Planning, particularly since the 2000s. The capacity to influence health sector administration appears to drive the dispute between the two subareas. Both have theoretical and methodological resources to overcome their reductions under the instrumental logic of so-called managerialism, as well as to consolidate themselves as devices for reflection and change.

Resumen: Analizamos las relaciones entre dos subáreas de la Salud Colectiva -Planificación y Evaluación- mediante un estudio bibliométrico de artículos, tesis y disertaciones, durante el período entre 1980 y 2016. La producción global relativa a la Evaluación supera a la de la Planificación, con un predominio acentuado a partir de mediados de la década del 2000. La capacidad de influenciar en la gestión del sector salud parece impulsar la disputa entre las dos subáreas. Se considera que ambas tienen recursos teóricos y metodológicos para superar sus reducciones por la lógica instrumental del denominado gerencialismo, y se afianzan como dispositivos de reflexión y cambio.

Future cancer research priorities in the USA: a Lancet Oncology Commission.

We are in the midst of a technological revolution that is providing new insights into human biology and cancer. In this era of big data, we are amassing large amounts of information that is transforming how we approach cancer treatment and prevention. Enactment of the Cancer Moonshot within the 21st Century Cures Act in the USA arrived at a propitious moment in the advancement of knowledge, providing nearly US$2 billion of funding for cancer research and precision medicine. In 2016, the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) set out a roadmap of recommendations designed to exploit new advances in cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Those recommendations provided a high-level view of how to accelerate the conversion of new scientific discoveries into effective treatments and prevention for cancer. The US National Cancer Institute is already implementing some of those recommendations. As experts in the priority areas identified by the BRP, we bolster those recommendations to implement this important scientific roadmap. In this Commission, we examine the BRP recommendations in greater detail and expand the discussion to include additional priority areas, including surgical oncology, radiation oncology, imaging, health systems and health disparities, regulation and financing, population science, and oncopolicy. We prioritise areas of research in the USA that we believe would accelerate efforts to benefit patients with cancer. Finally, we hope the recommendations in this report will facilitate new international collaborations to further enhance global efforts in cancer control.

Decline in contraceptive use in India: A call for action.

Select estimates of contraceptive use in the 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS is equivalent to the Demographic and Health Survey in India) have come under the scrutiny of researchers and policy makers globally. Using four waves (1992-93, 1998-99, 2005-06, and 2015-16) of published NFHS reports, this article aims to highlight the change in Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) and initiate a discussion to help investigate the reasons for the recent decline of CPR.