Field Of Health Management Research Articles

Health and productivity management in Europe

PurposeThis paper aims to provide an overview of the major health‐related challenges facing the European workplace and a summary of emerging research in the workplace health management field. Specific health and productivity strategies and outcome variables are also discussed.Design/methodology/approachNumerous current resources were used in order to craft a comprehensive overview: European Union and World Health Organization statistics, surveys and research briefs, research studies, technical reports, political briefs and green papers, scientific theories and models, internal corporate reports and personal interviews.FindingsWhile a growing number of studies and programs are addressing the mounting workplace health challenges in Europe, only a small number of initiatives are systematic and evaluated. The case for enhanced data collection and integrated programs targeting lifestyles as well as the psychosocial working environment with productivity as an outcome variable is made. Two key strengths of the field in Europe are a salutogenic approach focusing on health potential and the social capital concept.Originality/valueThe paper provides a unique interdisciplinary perspective and a current review of health and productivity management in Europe.

Re‐connecting histories: modernity, managerialism and development

The aim of the paper is to connect the field of health management to other related academic discourses (critical management studies and critical development studies) that can contribute to a more interdisciplinary approach to understanding health organizations and management. The paper's design is theoretical critique that blends post-structural, critical management and critical development approaches into a focused discussion of modernity and its relevance to contemporary health management issues. Modernity proliferates through a variety of rhetorical tropes that go unnoticed or remain invisible. Through a brief analysis of historical definitions of management and development, the findings suggest that health management could also be critiqued as a cultural and social construction, enriching anthropological studies as well as informing practical critiques of health projects in the development sector. The conceptualisation of health-management as a cultural construct of modernity opens up the prospect for some rich empirical studies into what management practices support the scientific-rational claims on which it rests. The critique informs a re-appraisal of health management practices that are often taken for granted and ritualistic parts of organizational life. Such a re-evaluation could lead to the implementation of more nuanced and appropriate health practices. Connecting management and development discourses in this way has not been done before and its relevance to health management remains under-researched. This paper highlights the way these discourses can enrich the study of health organizations and create a truly interdisciplinary understanding of health.

The management practice in communitary health units - preview note

Based on the articulation of concepts that makes working with management and subjectivity possible, a rich interpretation phenomenon, this research takes its main references from the Institutional Analysis, the Socioanalysis and the Scientific Administration in a way of improving theory based on live reality. It aims to map in the daily management of basic health units which management processes used in the conduction of the organization find power for the construction of a prevention and decentralization centered assistance model. For such, the qualitative approach will guide this research that intends to take as inquiry field basic health units in the city of Niteroi. Bibliographical survey, questionnaire and a field diary will be used as inquiry method. One expects that the produced material will be object of discussion in the units that participate in the study. It is also expected that the research will fortify the health management field and that it will aloud the constitution of a bigger joint space between education and services. A scientific article will also be produced. The esteemed research time is of two years.

The management practice in communitary health units - preview note

Based on the articulation of concepts that makes working with management and subjectivity possible, a rich interpretation phenomenon, this research takes its main references from the Institutional Analysis, the Socioanalysis and the Scientific Administration in a way of improving theory based on live reality. It aims to map in the daily management of basic health units which management processes used in the conduction of the organization find power for the construction of a prevention and decentralization centered assistance model. For such, the qualitative approach will guide this research that intends to take as inquiry field basic health units in the city of Niterói. Bibliographical survey, questionnaire and a field diary will be used as inquiry method. One expects that the produced material will be object of discussion in the units that participate in the study. It is also expected that the research will fortify the health management field and that it will aloud the constitution of a bigger joint space between education and services. A scientific article will also be produced. The esteemed research time is of two years.

Gestão em saúde: a prática gerencial em unidades básicas de saúde

Based on the articulation of concepts that makes working with management and subjectivity possible, a rich interpretation phenomenon, this research takes its main references from the Institutional Analysis, the Socioanalysis and the Scientific Administration in a way of improving theory based on live reality. It aims to map in the daily management of basic health units which management processes used in the conduction of the organization find power for the construction of a prevention and decentralization centered assistance model. For such, the qualitative approach will guide this research that intends to take as inquiry field basic health units in the city of Niterói. Bibliographical survey, questionnaire and a field diary will be used as inquiry method. One expects that the produced material will be object of discussion in the units that participate in the study. It is also expected that the research will fortify the health management field and that it will aloud the constitution of a bigger joint space between education and services. A scientific article will also be produced. The esteemed research time is of two years.

Larviculture of marine finfish in Europe

European larviculture techniques for commercially farmed marine finfish species are reviewed with reference to recent developments in the fields of health management, larval nutrition and system operation. Specific rearing methods and critical aspects of production are described for sea bream Sparus aurata, sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax, turbot Scophthalmus maximus, and Atlantic halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus. The European industry is dominated by rapidly expanding production of juvenile sea bream and sea bass (approximately 450 million fry in 1999). These species are mainly reared intensively in green water, using Brachionus and Artemia as prey, although hyper-intensive clear water techniques and extensive/semi-intensive rearing methods are also used. Large “industrial” hatcheries, incorporating system automation and standardized operating procedures, now account for a high proportion of total European sea bass and sea bream production. Intensive larviculture techniques are also now prevalent for the production of turbot and Atlantic halibut in Europe, although several key operators retain the use of extensively reared zooplankton, owing to pigmentation abnormalities associated with Brachionus and Artemia prey. Output of these flatfish species is relatively low and rising slowly (circa 5 million and 750,000 fry, respectively, in 1999). Future development of the European marine fish hatchery sector is considered in terms of increasing output levels and production efficiency for existing farmed species and adapting hatchery facilities and techniques to enable species diversification.

Unification of organizational approaches to disease prevention among the population

The relevance of the problem in the title is due to several reasons. First, it is the need to deploy an effective system of measures to prevent diseases. Unfortunately, the health of people of all ages and social groups currently does not tend to improve, and in many cases is deteriorating. This happens mainly due to chronic non-communicable diseases, the prevention of which in the first place should be targeted by healthcare. Secondly, the traditional (for decades) orientation of doctors to the treatment of patients has led to the fact that many of them simply cannot imagine any other activity for themselves. This situation is now aggravated by at least two more circumstances: a) the transition to insurance medicine, because in the process of this transition a lot of time and attention is objectively required to organize the treatment process, and prevention seems to fade into the background; b) professional unpreparedness of physicians to carry out and organize preventive work, taking into account the specific characteristics of various contingents and strata of the population, places of residence and work. In higher educational institutions, such issues, if they are touched upon, are in no way connected with practical work to prevent diseases and preserve people's health. Thirdly, it is clear to specialists in the field of health management that it is time to take the problems of prevention seriously. And it is expedient, and from a scientific and practical point of view, it is more effective to adhere to certain uniform rules that would allow in the future to compare the results of work both in terms of the quality of prevention, and in various pathological conditions, and among various contingents of the population. This is possible when creating unified schemes (approaches) to the prevention of various diseases.