as long as the government in the concept of urban management plays the role of “direct provider” instead of “facilitator” to improve the life’s welfare level and provide a situation for poor societies and particularly informal settlements, its sole result is the increase in the number of open mouths that their dependence on government enlarges per day. therefore the investigation of different g...

introduction the family is in a crisis and a stressful experience when neonate is admitted in nicu ward. in recent decades, role of family in the care of neonates has completely changed. now, empowerment of families in the care of neonates hospitalized is an important approach in the field of neonatal nursing . therefore, it is necessary for parents, especially mothers with neonates in nicu war...

BACKGROUND Existing models of patient-centeredness reveal a lack of conceptual clarity. This results in a heterogeneous use of the term, unclear measurement dimensions, inconsistent results regarding the effectiveness of patient-centered interventions, and finally in difficulties in implementing patient-centered care. The aim of this systematic review was to identify the different dimensions of...

BACKGROUND Women's empowerment programs during pregnancy focus primarily on increasing women's health goals and psychological empowerment has been considered important in most issues related to pregnant mothers' mental health. Using path analysis, this study aims to examine the direct and indirect components of psychological empowerment of pregnant mothers. METHODS This model-testing study wa...

BACKGROUND In Sweden the national fundamental values for care of older people state that care should ensure that they can live in dignity and with a sense of well-being. Our hypothesis was that a caregiver intervention targeting the national fundamental values would improve perceived empowerment, person-centered climate and life satisfaction among older people living in residential facilities. ...

Having a seriously ill child is intrusive for the entire family. Still, knowledge about how to manage family life for these families is limited, especially when the diagnosis is rare. To offer tools to cope with their situation, Rare Disorders Denmark (RDD) developed Rare Family Days (RFD). RFD is an empowerment programme targeted families with children carrying a rare disease. The programme pu...

BACKGROUND The goal of the study was to investigate the relationship between structural empowerment and work-family fit in Polish nurses. Structural empowerment is a strategy for managing by providing the employees with opportunities, information, support and resources essential for the effective performance of work duties. Work-family fit takes 2 forms of relationships between these 2 spheres:...

Child growth and development is a major public health problem worldwide. About 10.6% of children under five experience delay in development. Achieving the maximum potential influenced by several factors, namely: parental care, environmental support caregivers, family, community, social, economic, political, cultural factors. The success children’s are ranging from family environment to communit...

reproductive age women`s experiences about empowerment in family planning: a qualitative study     kohan s [1] , simbarm [2] *, talaghani f [3]     received: 31 aug, 2012 accepted: 02 dec, 2012       abstract   background & aims : women's empowerment is a process of the expansion in women`s ability and freedom to make strategic life choices, especially empowering them for decision making a...