Competition Among Mental Health Organizations: Environmental Drivers and Strategic Responses

Partnership Development Among Mental Health Organizations

Assessment of mental health status and its effective components among professional urban bus drivers in Qom Province, Iran, in 2014

Background: The physical and psychological health of bus drivers is a critical factor in public driving performance. Any impairment can have dire consequences for passengers and the company. Thus, research on the mental health status of public bus drivers is a critical issue in reducing road accidents, decreasing passengers’ injuries, and ensuring the safety of the operation. Materials...

Understanding the Drivers and Barriers of Coordination Among Humanitarian Organizations

The study seeks to understand the drivers and barriers for horizontal coordination among humanitarian organizations from both practitioners and academics sources. It identifies four categories of factors environmental factors, factors associated with donors’ role, interorganizational factors and organizational factors influencing coordination effort among humanitarian organizations.

Competition and the mental health system.

Competition and the Marketplace Increasingly the U.S. health care system relies on competition to allocate scarce health care resources. This is even the case for those services that are ultimately paid for by the government. Competition helps to ensure that insurers, hospitals and physicians minimize their costs, keep their prices as low as possible, and innovate to improve quality. In reality...

Social Participation and Mental Health among Older Adults in Iran

Objectives: Social participation is linked to healthy aging and the maintenance of functional independence in older individuals. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between social participation and orderly’s mental health. Methods: Totally 380 people, aged over 60 residing in city of Hamadan were participated in the study. The participants completed a researcher-tailored i...