BACKGROUND Empowerment of children and adolescents in terms of social skills is critical for promoting their social health. OBJECTIVES This study attempts to explore a framework of influential factors on empowering primary school students by means of peer mediation from the stakeholders' point of view, as a qualitative content analysis design. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was a qualitati...

One of the goals of the International Carbon Sequestration Project in South Khorasan Province is to study the sustainability of natural resources, especially in the rehabilitated areas, by reducing the reliance of villagers to the natural resources of the region, creating alternative livelihoods with job empowerment and solving the problems of villagers in the region, especially rural women. Th...

People with diabetes who manage their disease are less likely to have heart attacks and strokes. To manage diabetes, patients may control blood sugar levels by diet or medication, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol, and exercising regularly. Diabetes is very common among Latinos and African Americans. At the University of Michigan, researchers developed a program that helped people manage ...

This study aims to identify the contribution of Mangalgadhi Multipurpose Cooperative Limited (MMCL) on economic, socio-cultural and political aspects women empowerment who were involved in MMCL. The was conducted Birendranagar Municipality Surkhet district among 120 beneficiaries Out 441 members MMCL only with five years experience cooperative activities randomly selected for data collection. P...

the effect of family–centered empowerment model on quality of life of hemodialysis patients     salahi sh [1] *, javanbakhtian r [2] , hasheminia sam [3] , habibzadeh h [4]     received: 21 sep, 2011 accepted: 29 nov, 2011   abstract   background & aims : improving and maintaining quality of life in hemodialysis patients needs strong support of family. this study aimed to study the effects of f...

Each year, about 5% of people admitted to U.S. hospitals (about 2 million people) acquire an infection there. These infections cause nearly 20,000 deaths each year, and cost an estimated $4.5 billion to treat. Handwashing is the single most effective measure for preventing hospital-acquired infections. Despite widespread knowledge of the importance of handwashing, health care workers wash their...