BACKGROUND Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of the total disease burden in China but the number, distribution and characteristics of the mental health professionals available to provide services for mentally ill individuals is unknown. AIM Describe the distribution and characteristics of medical professionals working in mental health facilities around China. METHODS Inf...

conclusions the findings of this study support concern about inadequate knowledge, attitudes, and practice regarding chronic pain management. we believe that further education and practical training will be needed for adequate pain management. background pain can adversely affect every aspect of a patient’s daily activity, and consequently, it has a great influence on the quality of life. studi...

BACKGROUND In a context of increasing ethnic diversity, culturally competent strategies have been recommended to improve care quality and access to health care for ethnic minorities and migrants; their implementation by health professionals, however, has remained patchy. Most programs of cultural competence assume that health professionals accept that they have a responsibility to adapt to migr...

Health professionals tend to resist incorporating education into their patient-care activities despite increasing evidence that educating patients in self-care management can favorably influence health outcomes. Moreover, health professionals often lack skill and expertise in developing patient- education plans. To remedy this situation a new method was developed for teaching health professiona...

Ensure that interactions with other health professionals are always respectful and considerate and recognize the skill sets of the other health professionals. Communicate truthfully and sensitively with all other health professionals with whom he/she interacts. Not discriminate when interacting with other health professionals on the grounds of age, race, color, ancestry, place of origin, politi...

BACKGROUND The MPOWER strategy encourages suitable monitoring of the tobacco epidemic among health professionals in all countries. OBJECTIVE To analyse the prevalence of and attitudes towards tobacco use among Spanish health professionals. METHODS A study was conducted based on an online survey. The study population consisted of health professionals (primary care physicians, specialist phys...

AIM To evaluate knowledge, practices, and attitudes to breastfeeding among Croatian health professionals before and after the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund/World Health Organization (UNICEF/WHO) 20-hour course. METHODS Study included 5 of 9 maternity hospitals in southern Croatia, which had completed the UNICEF/WHO 20-hour breastfeeding training course between Decembe...

objective: the aim of this paper is to investigate whether the combination of paid employment promotes or challenges the quality of life of married employed and unemployed women in iran. method: the samples consisted of 250 married employed women (175 professionals and 75 non-professionals) and 250 married unemployed. stratified convenience sampling technique was used for the selection of the s...