Measuring authoritarianism in a Greek health care setting

Measuring interdisciplinary team performance in a long-term care setting.

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to test the reliability and the validity of a survey instrument for assessing interdisciplinary team performance in long-term care settings and to measure team performance in the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The analysis is based on 1220 surveys completed by team members of 26 PACE programs. Cron...

Environmental health in the health care setting.

The health care industry is a major contributor to environmental pollution. Through the processes of waste disposal, including incineration, the health care industry is one of the largest contributors to environmental dioxin and mercury. Mercury contamination of our waterways has created the conditions by which a significant number of fish are sufficiently mercury-laden so as to pose a human he...

A youth-led reproductive health program in a university setting

  Background: Reproductive health problems affect youths in all countries. There is an urgent need to enhance youths reproductive health services to provide a healthy life for this group. In this regard, the present study aimed to evaluate the Reproductive Health Peer Education Program based on the opinion of university students.   Methods :This interventional study was conducted in Qazvin Univ...

Measuring change in health care

Health Promotion in a Primary Health Care Setting

Primary care practitioners are ideally situated to carry out health promotion activities. Neural tube defects are of a fairly low incidence, but the consequences are tragic. They range from life long physical and often intellectual disabilities, to death at birth. Increased folate intake, either through eating folate rich foods or through supplementation, has been shown to reduce the incidence ...