YogaSmart cities: A mission for health

Needed: Global Collaboration for Comparative Research on Cities and Health

Over half of the world’s population lives in cities and United Nations (UN) demographers project an increase of 2.5 billion more urban dwellers by 2050. Yet there is too little systematic comparative research on the practice of urban health policy and management (HPAM), particularly in the megacities of middle-income and developing nations. We make a case for creating a global database on citie...

Development of a scale for measuring social health of Iranians living in three big cities

 Background: Social health is considered as a significant dimension of health and, hence, its assessment is vital in health planning. Within this context, this study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale for measuring individual’s social health in Iran. To do so, an exploratory sequential mixed method was used. Methods: To establish the item pool and primary scale, 30 interviews with expe...

Implementing a mission-based reporting system at an academic health center: a method for mission enhancement.

PURPOSE To describe the utility of school-wide use of mission-based reporting (MBR) for medical school deans and department chairs. METHOD All faculty members in the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine reported their clinical, creative, teaching, and service activities for 2000-2001 to the MBR system. The authors report on school-wide and department MBR profiles, and profiles ...

Cities and Health: A Response to the Recent Commentaries

National rural health mission.

Under the mandate of the National Common Minimum programme (NCMP) of the UPA Government, health care is one of the 7 thrust areas wherein it is proposed to increase the expenditure in health sector from 0.9 % of GDP to 2-3% of GDP over the next five years. Accordingly, a National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched on 12 'h April 2005 for a period of 7 years (2005-2012), i.e. for two years...