There is an abundance of research linking experiences of childhood adversity to negative physical and mental health outcomes. Areas that remain to be explored and expanded upon include the ideal set of events for inclusion in measures of childhood adversity and testing the models of risk (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, support services for children and youth quickly shifted to virtual means. To continue delivering essential, trauma-informed, specialized services, the center transitioned to providing most services by phone/video conference.
Method: A quality improvement project using survey methods was conducted to determine if virtual delivery was timely and satisfactory for inpatient and outpatient care.
Industrial improvement approaches such as Lean management are increasingly being adopted in health care. Synthesis is necessary to ensure these approaches are evidence based and requires operationalization of concepts to ensure all relevant studies are included. This article outlines the process utilized to develop an operational definition of Lean in health care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The basic thrust of evidence-based healthcare is that current best evidence should be used explicitly and judiciously for diagnosis, management, and other activities in healthcare settings. For this to be possible, researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders must have a clear and accurate conceptualization of what constitutes 'evidence' in healthcare environments, and the manner in which it is used in decision-making and other activities. Currently, the dominant conceptualization of evidence is that of a body of information that can be retrieved by stakeholders for use in healthcare practice.
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