Health professionals cannot address public health issues effectively unless they have immediate access to current biomedical information. This paper reports on one mode of access, the Chicago AIDS Outreach Project, which was supported by the National Library of Medicine through outreach awards in 1995 and 1996. The three-year project is an effort to link the programs and services of the Univers...

Poor growth and intestinal parasitic infections are widespread in disadvantaged urban children. This cross-sectional study assessed factors influencing poor growth and intestinal parasites in 376 children aged three to six years in daycare centers in Salvador, in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Data was obtained from seven daycare centers on child weight, height, socio-economic status, health a...

background: occupational stress takes place in relationship between person and environment. it’s created by three major factors including characteristics personal, working conditions, relationships between them. stress is caused by psychological imbalances and has different outcomes on health. this study examined the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction in health care staff. met...

conclusions the results of the study showed a high prevalence of giardia lamblia and blastocystis hominis in rural areas compared to urban regions. therefore it is necessary to promote the public health awareness in the rural population, in order to reduce the frequency of parasitic infections. background nowadays, parasitic infections are a major health problem throughout the world, particular...

With the reform of urban health delivery systems in China, concern has been growing about the effect of these changes on health care demand and utilization at basic-level health institutions, especially Community Health Services Centers (CHC). Using data from the fourth China National Health Services Survey (NHSS) that was conducted in 2008, the authors conducted a tracer illness study of urban...

the interactions and linkages between urban centers and peripheral settlements are increasingly recognized as key factors in the process of social, economic and environmental changes in peripheral settlements. despite this, most practices are implicitly based on a dichotomous view of population and activities in urban and peripheral area. this paper presents that how interactions between urba...

139 Address for correspondence: Dr. Shailesh Rajaram Deshpande, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Lalani Quantum, First Floor, Mumbai-Bangalore Bypass Highway, Bavdhan Budruk, Pune 411 021, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: [email protected] Received: 15-Dec-2014 Revised: 29-Jan-2015 Accepted: 16-Feb-2015 Establishing rural and urban health training centers in AYUSH teaching institutes: A pivotal st...

Background & Aim: Despite the importance of screening for early diagnosis of breast cancer, few women do it. Existence an indigenous educational model to promote health literacy is essential. This study attempted to determine the effect of breast cancer screening education based on SHEP model to Healthy volunteers on women's knowledge covered by Mashhad health centers  Methods & Materials: This...

117. 2014 Federal Recommendations for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention With Persons With HIV: A New Road Map for High Impact Prevention Kathleen Irwin, MD, MPH; Susan Robilotto, DO; Emily Erbelding, MD, FIDSA; Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryl...