PURPOSE A recent trial which examined the impact of a structured model of journal club (JC) demonstrated variability in evidence-based practice (EBP) outcomes across allied health disciplines. The aim of the current study was to determine if there are individual practitioner characteristics that could explain this variability and identify potential predictors of EBP outcomes. METHOD This expl...

although the importance of patient participation in the design and evaluation of health programs and services is well-documented, there is scarcity of research with regard to patient association (pa) participation in health policy decision-making processes. to this end, the present study aimed to validate further a previously developed instrument as well as to investigate the degree of pa parti...

more necessary and more and more used.In earlier days and among backward and primitive peoples much opposition is felt, and many of us remember in India about 15 years ago the plague riots and the burning of plague camps and hospitals by the very people for whose good they were intended. In India the people and the educated classes are only slowly emerging from the dark ages as regards sanitati...

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Many countries are giving patients a more active role in health care, on both the individual and collective level. This study focuses on one aspect of the participation agenda on the individual level: self-management. The study explores self-management in practice, including the implications of the difficulties encountered. OBJECTIVE To gain insight into the complexity ...

As participation in athletics continues to increase, so too will the occurrence of on-field injuries and medical emergencies. The field of sports medicine continues to advance and many events will have on-site medical staff present. This article reviews the most catastrophic injuries and medical emergencies that are encountered in sports and presents the highest level evidence in regards to on-...

This year marked UAIC 1 ’s third consecutive participation at the QA@CLEF competition, with continually improving results. The most significant changes to our system with regards to last year is the partial transition to a real-time QA system, consequences being the simplification or elimination of principal time-consuming tasks such as linguistic pre-processing. A brief description of our syst...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Prevention is the key factor in acquiring dental and oral health. Community health workers, as a part of health care networks in Iran, play an important role in delivering primary care and their knowledge and attitude directly affect the population whom they interact with in their service scope. PURPOSE The aim of this research was to evaluate the knowledge and attitu...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate which of the following factors affect the uptake of the combined test (CT) in The Netherlands: women's socio-demographic background, attitude towards Down syndrome, attitude towards termination of pregnancy, counseling process, reimbursement policy, and knowledge on the aim of the CT. METHODS Cross-sectional survey in the Northwest (NW) and the ...