DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A PROTOCOL TO ASSESS HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT

construction and validation of translation metacognitive strategy questionnaire and its application to translation quality

like any other learning activity, translation is a problem solving activity which involves executing parallel cognitive processes. the ability to think about these higher processes, plan, organize, monitor and evaluate the most influential executive cognitive processes is what flavell (1975) called “metacognition” which encompasses raising awareness of mental processes as well as using effectiv...

Development and Content Validation of a Transcultural Instrument to Assess Organizational Readiness for Knowledge Translation in Healthcare Organizations: The OR4KT

Background Implementing effective interventions in healthcare requires organizations to be ready to support change. This study aimed to develop, adapt transculturally, and assess the content and face validity of the Organizational Readiness for Knowledge Translation (OR4KT) tool. The OR4KT was designed to measure the readiness of healthcare organizations to implement evidence-informed change ac...

Development and validation of a questionnaire designed to assess employee satisfaction of environmental health and safety management system (HSE-MS)

Introduction: Nowadays the importance of health, safety and environment issues is becoming more important as urbanization develops and industrial units grow. Due to the lack of a standard questionnaire to assess staff satisfaction with occupational health, safety and environmental management (HSE-MS) status, the present study aimed to design and validate this tool. Methods: In this study, an i...

Are Healthcare Organizations Ready for Change?; Comment on “Development and Content Validation of a Transcultural Instrument to Assess Organizational Readiness for Knowledge Translation in Healthcare Organizations: The OR4KT”

Worldwide most health systems are facing a series of common challenges characterized by the increasing burden of chronic diseases and multimorbidity, and the accelerated pace of biomedical and technological innovations, on the other side. There is a growing recognition that many changes are needed at the macro, meso and micro management levels to tackle these challenges. Therefore, knowing if h...

The Management of Healthcare Waste