The valley of the Neretva river, inhabited with about forty thousand people, is over one hundred kilometres away from the nearest hospital, which becomes particularly problematic in cases of mass casualties. During the Liberation War from January 1991 to June 1996, the War Hospital Metković was organized in the Neretva valley region. This paper deals with the activities of this hospital. The do...

This study was conducted in two districts: Lamjung and Chitawan. All the respondents were 25 years above fathers. The collected data from face to in–depth interviews. findings show that almost (fathers) care their pregnancy wives. Furthermore, 25-40 age group pregnant wives more sensitively: they are aware of providing rest, not allowing carrying loads, supplying nutritious food, love affection...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to explore whether the presence of unhealthy eating habits is an effective indicator of anemia among older people or not. METHODS We used data from a prospective observational cohort study of all users who underwent an annual health checkup at a public clinic in a rural area. The subjects of the present study were 150 users aged 75 years and older wh...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) screening that combines screening with questionnaires and pulmonary function testing is a useful method for the early detection of COPD. METHODS A total of 3,367 subjects over 50 years of age underwent COPD screening. Two thousand five hundred and seventy-two of these subjects underwent "Ningen Dock" (a Japanese-Eng...

BACKGROUND Work injury is an important cause of morbidity and mortality, much of these work injuries burden can be found in industry required heavy manual work such as, agriculture and fishers. Hence; agriculture is consistently cited as one of the most hazardous industry in the world. The objective of this study isto assess the magnitude and associated factors of work related injury among Saud...

Children who become overweight by age 2 years have significantly greater risks of long-term health problems, and children in low-income communities, where rates of low adult literacy are highest, are at increased risk of developing obesity. The objective of the Greenlight Intervention Study is to assess the effectiveness of a low-literacy, primary-care intervention on the reduction of early chi...