Financing, payment, and organization and management of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services are closely intertwined and together determine whether people have access to treatment, how the treatment system is designed, and the quality and cost of treatment services. Since the 1960s, changes in these arrangements have driven changes in the delivery of AOD treatment, and recent developm...

OBJECTIVE Skills for Life (SFL) is the largest school-based mental health program in the world, screening and providing services to more than 1,000,000 students in Chile over the past decade. This is the first external evaluation of the program. METHOD Of the 8,372 primary schools in Chile in 2010 that received public funding, one-fifth (1,637) elected to participate in SFL. Each year, all fi...

Despite its theoretical appeal, integrated care remains a new frontier for health and social care systems in many countries. A key motivation for increasing the integration of a range of health care services with socialor community-based services is the imperative to improve the patient experience, particularly for individuals with ongoing multiple and complex health care and functional needs. ...

BACKGROUND Integrating the best available evidence into program standards is essential if system-wide improvements in the delivery of community-based mental health services are to be achieved. Since the beginning of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program movement, program standards have included a role for the community. In particular, ACT program standards have sought to ensure that m...

BACKGROUND Access to mental health care in deaf communities is limited by cultural considerations, availability of translators, and technological considerations. Telepsychiatry can mitigate the deaf community's lack of access to care by allowing for deaf individuals in remote communities access to care with facilities that cater to their needs. METHODS Community Behavioral Health, Arundel Lod...

background & purpose: in the health sector, in addition to the important consequence of treatment, health system should meet the expectations regarding the desirability of services. expectations and perceptions of patients about the desirability of services play an important role in selecting hospitals, their loyalty to the organization & replanning to purchase. thus the present study has been ...

background: attention to worker's health and safety is one of the priorities in health and medical delivery system of iran. this study was to assess health, medical and safety activities in hamadan province industries having more than 50 workers in 1997 . methods: the study group was made up of 3377 workers. for collecting data a questionnaire was provided and sent to the subject industries. he...

this research is a analytical- descriptive study. the aim of this study is determination attitude of health centers authorities in tehran about roles and activities of community health nurse. the research instrument was a questionnaire with 33 questions that was made by the researcher. the data was collected through visit to research units in health centers. the result of research showed that t...