Patient and clinician engagement with health information in the primary care waiting room: A mixed methods case study
2019
Journal of Public Health Research
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 8
Pages 1476
Author(s): Penry Williams, C., Elliott, K., Gall, J., Woodward-Kron, R.
Health literacy (i.e., the ability to understand medical information) is a big part of how people make decisions about their health. The availability of health information in waiting rooms has the potential to provide education to people who may not otherwise have access.
Added February 2022
Service environment link and false discovery rate correction: Methodological considerations in population and health facility surveys
2019
PLOS ONE
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 14
Pages e0219860
Author(s): Tegegne, T. K., Chojenta, C., Getachew, T., Smith, R., Loxton, D.
Added August 2019
Healthcare signage design: A review on recommendations for effective signing systems
2019
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 12
Pages 45-65
Author(s): Rodrigues, R., Coelho, R., Tavares, J. M. R. S.
Studies have shown that designing “patient-centric” healthcare environments can alleviate stress for both patient populations as well as healthcare staff members. Patient-centric designs carefully consider how patients will interact with the built environment, and how the built environment itself can work to make their healing process easier.
Added December 2018
How enclosure and spatial organization affect residents’ use and experience of a dementia special care unit: A case study
2019
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 12
Pages 145-159
Author(s): Van Hecke, L., Van Steenwinkel, I., Heylighen, A.
One approach to housing people with dementia involves the creation of small-scale, homelike environments. Since this approach is not always affordable, healthcare designers are working to design dementia special care units (SCUs) that provide the benefits of small-scale facilities while still being housed inside of large-scale residential care facilities.
Added September 2018
What makes a garden in the elderly care facility well used?
2019
Landscape Research
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 44
Pages 256-269
Author(s): Shi, S. L., Tong, C. M., Marcus, C. C.
The World Health Organization estimates that by 2050, 22% of the world’s population will be over the age of 60. As the population of this age group continually increases, healthcare providers are constantly striving to improve the quality of long-term care facilities so that they can provide better experiences for elderly patients.
Added September 2018
Optimal spaces for those living with dementia: Principles and evidence
2019
Building Research & Information
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 47
Pages 734-746
Author(s): Barrett, P., Sharma, M., Zeisel, J.
The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies dementia as a major cause of dependency among elderly populations around the world, with roughly 50 million people affected at the time of this writing.
Added August 2018
