In 1955, responsibility for the health care of American Indians and Alaskan Natives was transferred from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the U.S. Public Health Service and the Indian Health Service was established by Federal Legislation (P. L. 83-568).’ Since 1955, approximately 41 5 dental officers have been employed and subsequently separated from duty in the Indian Health Service. The succes...

Approximately 25-30% of the Nepalese population live below poverty line. Majority of them reside in a geographically inaccessible place while most of the health centers are focused in the urbanized cities of Nepal. Hence, they are deprived of quality health care at that level and need urgent attention by the concerned authorities. The government has not increased its human resource for health i...

We conducted a cross sectional study at three hospitals of Nong Khai Province, Thailand to determine the prevalence and characteristics of dengue and chikungunya infection among patients who sought care. The study population was acute febrile patients who visited these hospitals during 1 August -31 October, 2010 who were aged 2-60 years and had clinical symptoms compatible with the case definit...

OBJECTIVE This study determined the impact of a ten-hour mental health training program developed by the Indiana chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-Indiana) for correctional officers on a prison special housing ("supermax") unit. METHODS The training was delivered to all of the correctional officers on the unit in five weekly sessions and was repeated 15 months later for...

OBJECTIVES The work of public officers involves repeated and long-term exposure to heavy workloads, high job strain and workplace violence, all of which negatively impact physical and mental health. This study aimed to evaluate and compare the incidences of diseases among different categories of public officers in Korea, in order to further understand the health risks associated with these occu...

One of the causes diarrhea is behavior community and as an indicator Clean Healthy Living Behavior in household arrangements. In fact, all this cannot be separated from participation commitment local Public Health Center's staff. This study aims to determine effect organizational on culture, sanitation hygiene incidence community. The sample used people who live working area five Centers Purbal...