Voluntary formation of communities for the provision of public projects

Protection of Environment and women’s social position in Iran (A Community Level Study)

The article addresses the mutual relationship between environmental improvements and improvement in social status of women. The main question of this article is: Are there any relationships between improvement in environment protection and promotion in the situation of women? The theoretical framework includes Hatfield’s view about the existence of communities between the public and private sph...

Public-Private Partnership Analysis Of The Provision And Promotion Of Health Services-A Critical Review

Background   Public-Private Partnership Is A Successful And New Way That Can Help Developing Countries To Achieve Their Goals, And Provide Healthcare Resources To Prevent Disease, Provide Effective Health Care, And Promote The Health Of Individuals And Communities.   Methods This Critical Review, The Systematic Search Method Was Used. For This Purpose, Firstly English Articles Were Searched...

A PROGRAM FOR RESEARCH ON SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF AN AGING POPULATION Health Care in Rural Communities: Exploring the Development of Informal and Voluntary Care

Nation-state restructuring has resulted in significant political, economic and social change in rural communities. One manifestation of this transformation has been the changing nature of local governance, characterised by the re-working of central-local relations and public-private responsibilities, such that local informal and voluntary sectors now play an active and direct role in the organi...

Reviewing the History of Community Medicine Specialty Formation and the Necessities of Its Existence in Health System

The purpose of this study was to perform a narrative review and documentary research in the history of community medicine specialty formation and the needs for its existence in health systems. We searched and reviewed related literature and documents in English and or Farsi (printed or online). Data was extracted and findings were categorized, summarized, and reported. About a century ago commu...

Peer-production online communities infrastructures

This article analyses peer-production online communities according to their technical and governance architectures level of centralization and decentralization. Peerproduction online communities can be defined as projects or platforms distributing or producing digital information based on users' voluntary contributions. The resources technical characteristics, the rules organizing provision of ...

Evaluating the Quality of Life Dimensions in Marginal Urban Communities to Take Advantage of Development Stimulus Projects, Case Study: Dizaj Town of Hamedan