Sep 28, 2017
Um… quick question… is it normal for Maltese politicians to add you on Instagram? #tbh I did snoop through a few of theirs first
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Um… quick question… is it normal for Maltese politicians to add you on Instagram? #tbh I did snoop through a few of theirs first
What do you think of Joseph Muscat?😂😂💁🏼♂️💁🏼♂️I know politics is boring but I'd love a simplified post on how Maltese Politics works e.g major parties, major people etc 😘😘
oh my god I’m so bad at this topic so I’ll give you a very brief overview, or at least try 😂
okay so, Joseph Muscat is the current prime minister of Malta for the second year in a row, after he was voted back in this year. He is the leader of the Partit Laburista or PL (Labour Party). The Labour Party’s political position is “Centre-Left.”
Then there’s the Partit Nazzjonalista or PN (Nationalist Party). Their position is “Centre-Right.” A new leader for the party has been chosen a few weeks ago and his name is Adrian Delia. The previous leader, and also who competed against Joseph Muscat in the previous election, is Simon Busuttil.
Obviously there are other (I’m not sure how many lol) parties but only these two are the major ones and the elections are generally always between these two parties. Red (PL) vs. Blue (PN).
There are other “important” people in the politic world of Malta, like Alfred Sant (PL), Lawrence Gonzi (PN), and Dom Mintoff (PL), but I’m not going to go in detail because this post would be never ending 😂
as for my personal opinion, I voted for the first time this year for the Labour Party just because I knew that Joseph Muscat would implement Marriage Equality for the country, and he did! So I’m quite pleased with my decision. I’m not saying he isn’t flawed, because he is and was caught in a huge scandal this year having to do with the Panama Papers thing lol but yeah! Hope I gave you at least some useful information
Perché tutti i Langblr maschi sono gay??
no lo so 😂 I think there are straight ones though 🤔 the majority though is p gay
US Accuses India Of Non-Adherence To Parental Child Abduction Protocols A US report said India doesn't adhere to protocols with respect to international parental child abduction…
#HTSummit 2nd day. Come and visit my booth. One pill for one week, forget about your medicine organisers. Well.. I think I am here to eat. Eat healthy, take medicines properly. #DotTech #nonadherence #apillaweek #Medtech (at Paris, France)
Bra! You are such a skux delux! Cus I'm from NZ I'm gonna try korero with youz in NZ slang! In NZ we do have te reo Maori, but cus im a pakeha my te reo is not great ae! Cheers bro! Have a good one!
grazzi ħafna! lilek ukoll :)
send me a message in your native language and I will answer in my own!
Non-Compliance, Non-Adherence: We All Do It
Do you fall under the category of non-compliance when it comes to medicine and healthcare? Don’t we all? Yes; and according to the article, "The Noncompliance Epidemic- Why Are So Many Patients Noncompliant?" by Neil Chesanow on Medscape.com, the correct term is non-adherence. In the midst of our fast-paced, eventful lives most of us let prescriptions and medicine fall to the bottom of our list of priorities. In fact, 75% of patients surveyed, out of 1000, admitted to not always taking their medication as directed. In a study from the U.S., over 50% of the 3.8 billion prescriptions filled, a year, are either taken incorrectly or not taken at all. Imagine the economic impact this has on the healthcare system, not only in the U.S. but also all around the world. For example, 40% of nursing home admissions can be traced back to non-adherence with past medications. Also, it is 5.4 times more likely to be hospitalized, rehospitalized, or to suffer premature death for a person who is not compliant/adherent compared to one who is.
Well it’s not all our fault, right? Right; there are so many different reasons and causes for non-adherence and no individual is the same. Causes range from multiple psychological emotions to different physical states or behaviors. One can be put into a fragile emotional state due to things like divorce, job loss, or any traumatic event and this makes it easy to forget or not feel obligated to follow medical instructions. These events or moments in a person’s life can also make prescriptions and medicine unaffordable, which is very common.
The real problem with non-adherence is not the personal issues; those are only the beginning. The real problem is the lack of communication between the health professional and the patient. Whether the patient doesn’t feel comfortable contacting their doctor, they don’t particular like their doctor, they don’t feel the need to contact him/her, they don’t know which one to contact, or they simply don’t have the time; communication is key.
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As a typical patient spends nearly 5000 hours a year living their life, while only a few are spent in the office of their doctor, lack of contact is sure to make him/her slip off of their regimen. For example, 6 months after 240,000 patients were given a new prescription for an antidepressant, less than 30% were still taking the medication.
Another form of miscommunication is simply the doctor not understanding the patient’s preferences and not listening to their views on the disease or medication, according to the authors of a paper that analyzes the doctor-patient interaction. Also according to researchers, due to the doctor’s feelings of anxiety or anger, the overall success of the consultation majorly decreases; which leads to the failure of the patient’s adherence to recommendations.
It is completely understandable that medical non-adherence occurs with everyone. The Medscape article even mentions a group of doctors that admitted to stop taking personal medication after about 6 months. Everyone does it! Within the past few decades, the level of non-adherence has been at a statically low level, but it can change.
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For more eye-opening statistics go to Medscape.com
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Increased Health Care Usage in Children and Adolescents Caused by Medication Non-Adherence
Pediatrics.org published a recent study completed by Meghan E. McGrady, PhD and Kevin A. Hommel, PhD, that conducted article reviews on studies that compared non-adherence to health care usage (ie hospitalizations, appointments). PubMed, PsycINFO, and CINAHL were the systems/databases used in the review process.
Out of ten studies that fit the pre-specified criteria, nine of them demonstrated a positive correlation between medication non-adherence and increased health care usage in children and adolescents.
“BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Advanced understanding of modifiable predictors of health care use in pediatric chronic illness is critical to reducing health care costs. We examined the relationship between medication non-adherence and health care use in children and adolescents who have a chronic medical condition.