Preventive measures for Acute Rheumatic Fever/ Rheumatic Heart Disease : A literature review
Shrestha, Usha; Kunwar, Nabina (2013)
Shrestha, Usha
Kunwar, Nabina
Arcada - Nylands svenska yrkeshögskola
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013121721490
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2013121721490
Tiivistelmä
Acute rheumatic disease is a major burden in the developing countries and also a major cause of premature death in children and young adults every year. Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the factors contributing to prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in developing countries. This will offers appropriate knowledge to the care provider to identify risk factors for acute rheumatic fever and implement in-terventions timely. The research questions are following: (1) What kinds of issues are important in prevention of ARF/RHD? (2) What general guideline focused on prevention of ARF/RHD exist? Method: The qualitative literature review research methodology was used in the study to explore the previous literature and deliver an overall image about the latest issues and guidelines for prevention of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Materials were collected mainly from electronic database: Academic search Elite (EBSCO), PubMed, CINAHL (EBSCO), and Google Scholar. The Newman’s theory was used as theoretical framework. Result: The risk factors of ARF/RHD are poor socioeconomic, environmental and behavioral conditions. A challenge also was lack of awareness among population regarding the condition and prevalence of streptococcal infection. Conclusion: Improving knowledge regarding the disease between health care provider and community people could help to achieve a good outcome of preventive strategies.