Integrating Advocacy and Environmental Education: A Response to Burns & Norris

A Hybrid Deterministic-Statistical Model Integrating Economic, Meteorological and Environmental Variables to Air Pollution

The following study is based on a hybrid statistical-deterministic model designed for the assessment of the daily concentration of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide  and particulate matter (PM10) as major pollutants in the Greater Tehran Area (GTA): the capital of Iran. The model uses three available or assessable variables including economic, meteorological and environmental in the GTA for the y...

Health advocacy post graduate education in Brazil: a response to new constitutional rights.

The philosophical goals and political and economic realities of any country influence the development of a given system for health care delivery and determine to some extent the role of community, professional and private groups within the health sector (1). Some authors describe the role of such groups as assisting in defining needs and determining potential medical solutions to health problem...

The Metabolic Response to Burns

Since Cuthbertson first published his important investigations, the metabolic response to trauma has been the subject of continuous study in many disciplines of medicine (1-8). An impressive body of knowledge has been accumulated with respect to changes in plasma electrolyte concentrations, urinary electrolyte excretion, body composition, and adrenocortical activity. There is general agreement ...

Interprofessional Education a Response to Health System Challenges

Introduction: Extensive changes in the health field have compelled many organizations of health sciences education to seek for the most effective educational approaches. Meanwhile, interprofessional education as a novel and efficient approach has recieved attention internationally. We conducted this study for introducing interprofessional education with a focus on its backgrounds and formation ...

Integrating Social Justice for Health Professional Education: Self-reflection, Advocacy, and Collaborative Learning