BACKGROUND Patient participation on both the individual and the collective level attracts broad attention from policy makers and researchers. Participation is expected to make decision making more democratic and increase the quality of decisions, but empirical evidence for this remains wanting. OBJECTIVE To study why problems arise in participation practice and to think critically about the c...

We review past studies on how scientists view the public, the goals of communication, the performance and impacts of the media, and the role of the public in policy decision-making. We add to these past findings by analyzing two recent large-scale surveys of scientists in the UK and US. These analyses show that scientists believe the public is uninformed about science and therefore prone to err...

evaluation of public participation and intersectoral collaboration in family physician program in rular areas of iran etemadi f1* (bsc), malekafzali ardakani h2 (phd), dejman m3 (phd) 1 deputy health and rehabilitation sciences, university of welfare and rehabilitation, tehran, iran 2 national institute of health research, the islamic republic of iran, tehran, iran 3 centre for research on soci...

BACKGROUND Parental characteristics that influence child physical activity (PA) behavior often co-occur. An analytic approach that considers these co-occurring patterns can help researchers better understand the overall context of parental influence. The study aims were to: (1) identify diverse patterns of the relationships among parental characteristics, (2) examine the influence of these pare...

participation has been with us since the inception of living in a family. participation developed in the matrix of religion and, two centuries ago, opend up its way in political systems of european countries. it supported the democratic principle of people's determining their own destiny. today, participation is considered a necessity for the total development of not only individuals, but ...

PURPOSE To explore how parents of children with cerebral palsy (CP) experience their child's participation in physical activities and to identify facilitators and barriers for being physically active and reducing sedentary behaviour. METHODS Twenty-five parents of sixteen children, aged 8-11 years old with CP, with varying gross motor, cognitive and communicative functions and with different ...

OBJECTIVE Assessment of psychiatric treatment has been a central issue in psychiatric research. Most assessment tools are based on the patient's account and mainly focus on clinical agendas. Assessment tools, which gather the perspective of attached daily needs are limited. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the inter-rater reliability and internal consistency of the Marmara Family Interv...