New British Columbia guidelines for supporting sexual health and intimacy in care facilities.

The Effect of Psychoeducational Group Counseling on Postnatall Sexual Intimacy of Lactating Women Referring to Urban Health Centers in Rafsanjan City: An Educational Trial

Background and Objectives: Research suggests that women lose their sexual desire after childbirth, leading to a reduction in couples' sexual intimacy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of group counseling with a psychological training approach on the sexual propensity of breastfeeding women. Materials and Methods: This study is an educational trial that was conducted in the...

The British Columbia Positive Women's Survey: a detailed profile of 110 HIV-infected women.

OBJECTIVE To describe the health, social environment, medical care received and satisfaction with medical care of HIV-infected women in British Columbia. DESIGN Self-administered 75-item questionnaire distributed by mail or in person between March 1994 and February 1996 through community AIDS organizations and physicians' offices. SETTING British Columbia. PARTICIPANTS A total of 110 HIV-...

Introducing New Priority Setting and Resource Allocation Processes in a Canadian Healthcare Organization: A Case Study Analysis Informed by Multiple Streams Theory

Background In this article, we analyze one case instance of how proposals for change to the priority setting and resource allocation (PSRA) processes at a Canadian healthcare institution reached the decision agenda of the organization’s senior leadership. We adopt key concepts from an established policy studies framework – Kingdon’s multiple streams theory – to inform our analysis.   Methods Tw...

Time to Shift from Systems Thinking-Talking to Systems Thinking-Action; Comment on “Constraints to Applying Systems Thinking Concepts in Health Systems: A Regional Perspective from Surveying Stakeholders in Eastern Mediterranean Countries”

A recent International Journal of Health Policy and Management (IJHPM) article by Fadi El-Jardali and colleagues makes an important contribution to the literature on health system strengthening by reporting on a survey of healthcare stakeholders in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) about Systems Thinking (ST). The study’s main contributions are its confirmation that healthcare stakeholde...

Ebola Treatment and Prevention are not the only Battles: Understanding Ebola-related Fear and Stigma