Increased advocacy efforts and expanded third-party insurance coverage have improved access to healthcare for transgender individuals. In conjunction with mental health and medical professionals, gender surgeries offer an important step in allowing individuals to realize their true selves. To provide quality multidisciplinary care, primary care doctors need to understand challenges facing trans...

OBJECTIVE To examine the frequency with which pediatricians provide care coordination services to children, particularly those with special health care needs, in their practices and the barriers to providing these services. METHODS An 8-page questionnaire was mailed to 1632 randomly selected US members of the American Academy of Pediatrics. RESULTS The response rate was 56.7%. Most pediatri...

Primary care mental health (PCMH) workers need not have a professional qualification. The development of the role of these workers highlights the influence of a number of factors that provide a framework that offers assurance of the protection of the public and the promotion of quality of care. Factors such as legislation, codes of practice, stringent recruitment procedures, clinical supervisio...

objective: the purpose of this study is to evaluate job satisfaction and general welfare among the primary health workers (behvarzes) in the primary health centers in kashan. the following seven items were assessed: physical, social, and psychological, environmental, organizational, educational, and administration structure and job facilities. method: subjects consist of 22 male and 43 female p...

Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) have been a major health problem in Iran. In order to train primary health workers (Behvarz) the diagnosis of visible goiter, two methods were compared. I: With head and neck in normal position; II: With extended neck. Behvarzes in 29 rural health centers in Ghazvin were trained method I an d30 were trained method II. 1541 school children in Ghazvin and 1532 in...