Critique on “A primary care-based health needs assessment in inner city Dublin”.

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The view of health The chosen article concerned with health needs assessment by O’Kelly et al. (2010) is one presenting the research result of an health needs assessment (HNA) conducted in a loca... l community in Dublin. Akin to the method employed in the 2001 assessment, semi-structured interviews were utilized among patients of local practices and important informants from health services. O’Kelly et al’s health needs assessment found out that there was a high level of morbidity and chronic illness identified among local people and that local environment impacted local people’s health and high use of primary care service in that area. In O’Kelly et al’s (2010) research, high morbidity rates, popular and high volume of primary health care services use and environmental conditions are identified as most commonly seen health issues in the community. As defined by Antman et al. (1992), health is a dynamic state, which is produced by the constant adjustment of the body in order to adapt to the pressures and changes in the environment to maintain an internal balance called internal equilibrium. When the balance cannot be kept due to external factors like indicated by O’Kelly et al’s (2010), health issues occur. However, to tackle with these issues, assessment of the health of the involved people and health needs should be identified for health improvement. References Antman, E., Lau, J., Kupelnick, B., Mosteller, F. & Chalmers T. (1992). “A comparison of results of meta-analyses of randomised control trials and recommendations of experts”, JAMA, vol. 268, pp:240–248. Bradshaw, H. R. (1972). “The Taxonomy of social need”, in Taxonomy of social need. In: McLachlan, Gordon, ed. 1972. Problems and Progress in medical care: essays on current research, 7th series. London: Oxford University Press. PP: 71-82. Cowley, S. & Houston, A. M. (2002). “A structured health needs assessment tool: acceptability and effectiveness for health visiting”, Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 43, no. 1, pp:82. Gillam, S. & Murray,. A. (1996). Needs Assessment in General Practice. London: Royal College of General Practitioners. Hasse, T. & Pratschke, J. (2005). Deprivation and its spatial articulation in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin: Pobal. Lubeck, D. P. (2003). “The costs of musculoskeletal disease: health needs assessment and health economics”, Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, vol. 17, no. 3, pp:529-539. O’Kelly S, Cullen W, Bury G, O’Kelly F. D. (2010). “A primary care based health needs assessment in inner city Dublin”, Irish Journal of Medical Science, vol 179, pp:399–403. Royal College of Nursing. (1993). The GP Practice Population Profiles: A Framework for Every Member of the Primary Health Care Team. London: RCN. Webb, R. & Esmail, A. (2002). “An analysis of practice-level mortality data to inform a health needs assessment”, British Journal of General Practice the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, vol. 52, np. 477, pp:296. [Show More]

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