BACKGROUND In Sweden, migrants from countries considered to have a high burden of certain infectious diseases are offered health screening to prevent the spread of these diseases, but also identify their health needs. However, very little is known about their experiences and perceptions about the screening process. This study aimed at exploring these perceptions and experiences in order to info...

In 2001 the government produced the first ever National strategy for sexual health and HIV. The strategy called for a broader role for general practice in the promotion of better sexual health. Surveys undertaken in the United Kingdom (UK) in recent years suggest that more people have more sexual partners than ever before. This has been associated with a rise in sexually transmitted infections ...

Using standardized terminology within electronic health records is critical for nurses to communicate their impact on patient care to the multidisciplinary team. The universal requirement for quality patient care, internal control, efficiency and cost containment, has made it imperative to express nursing knowledge in a meaningful way that can be shared across disciplines and care settings. The...

This study assessed the status of the availability and performance of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in 12 functional public health facilities out of the existing 19 in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State in south-south Nigeria, prior to the midwives service scheme (MSS) launch in 2009. No facility qualified as basic EmOC, while one had comprehensive EmOC status. Signal functions that...

background and objectives: mental health is one of the most important components of healthy life. culture, particularly religious orientation, is one of the factors whose role in promoting mental health is increasingly being emphasized. the aim of this study was to investigate correlation between religious orientation and mental health among the staff of pars special economic energy zone (pseez...

After the first detection of Covid-19 in Turkey on March 11, 2020, when health concerns were high, services had to continue without interruption. This requirement made effective use HRM critical, and HR strategies suitable for period be developed. Especially higher education institutions, which are places where these produced theoretical sense, it arouses curiocity that applied academic staff. ...

Guidance from NHS England that doctors may lawfully use video assessments during the pandemic to decide whether patients should be detained in hospital under Mental Health Act was wrong, two High Court judges have ruled.1 The act makes it a legal requirement must “personally examine” patient before recommending detention. A code of practice requires “direct personal examination and their menta...

Youth mental health interventions in the UK increasingly use goal-setting procedures to shape services and measure outcomes ways that are intended be meaningful service users. This research article questions this premise, departing with ethnographic observation many young people do not seem welcome invitation or requirement direct their therapeutic aims set terms for evaluation form of goals. I...