This paper proposes a decision support model to determine the contribution of urban region in the National Target Total Fertility Rate using analytical hierarchical Process (AHP). The proposed model supports in regional sustainability developing regarding family planning programs by determining and reducing the contribution of each governorate in Urban region of TFR and its fertility rate takin...

The implications from the Brazilian federal structure on the regionalization of health actions and services in the National Unified Health System (SUS) were analyzed, considering that the regional health planning in Brazil takes place within the context of intergovernmental relations as an expression of cooperative federalism in health. The analysis was based on a historical approach to Brazili...

Different Interpretations of a National Curriculum: A Reflection on the Islamic Republic of Iran's Ratified Curriculum N. Salsabili, Ph.D. Curriculum planning is a major task in any national educational system as it involves not only educational concerns, but socio-political and cultural issues as well. Given the variety of perspectives on each of these dimensions, it would be natural...

Intra-regional, extra-regional and international health mobility are important phenomena for regional and national healthcare planning. Pediatric data on this topic are scarce. We therefore conducted a systematic literature search on the PubMed database. Because of the insufficiency of published data we also resorted to conference proceedings and publications retrieved by Google Scholar and Goo...

OBJECTIVE To inventory and describe currently available health performance measurement systems for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people in Canada to identify why current measurement systems are inadequate to inform community or regional level health planning. METHODS Inventory, classification, and synthesis of strengths and weaknesses among existing health system performance measures throug...

Introduction: around the world, the science system of many countries is being transformed and changed in response to increasing social and economic need for knowledge and technology. The theory of the entrepreneurial university is one of the models proposed for reflecting the new and transformed image of the university characterized by a broader interaction between the universities and the comm...

In the framework of the German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) the assessment of tsunami risk is an essential part of the overall activities. The scientific and technical approach for the tsunami risk assessment has been developed and the results are implemented in the national Indonesian Tsunami Warning Centre and are provided to the national and regional disaster management a...