Public and private prevention.

A Public-Private Partnership Model for Obesity Prevention

In the January 2009 issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, McDermott et al (1) and Harris et al (2) offer a glimpse of the potential to work across sectors to generate solutions for the obesity epidemic. Obesity has persisted in the United States and is increasing worldwide despite years of research to combat it. In this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, we have proposed, through a series of a...

Hormozgan public and private hospital managers’ knowledge regarding

Introduction: Hospital managers make decisions based on the statistics and information obtained from Statistic and Medical Records Department (SMRD). Methods: This is a descriptive-analytical study which is to determine the knowledge and attitude of Hormozgan province hospital administrator regarding SMRD. 18 hospital administrators underwent study. Results: The among governmental hospital ad...

Beyond Public and Private

The nature of public-private partnership

To explaining the public-private partnership matter, we have to search about the answer of this questions: public-private partnership Is subject of what kind of legal contracts? private law? Administrate law? And what kind of Outstanding feature make it difference from other contracts.in order to finding the answer we Explained the concept of partnership, the definition of governmental contract...

Waste Minimization: A Survey in Iranian Public and Private Hospitals

Background and Objectives: Hospitals usually generate large amounts of hazardous waste. If not managed properly, hospital waste can pose threats to public safety and damage the environment. Waste minimization is a waste management approach that focuses on reducing the amount and toxicity of hazardous wastes. This study pursues a two-fold purpose: 1) to gain insight into hospital waste minimizat...