BACKGROUND In spite of successful adoption of electronic patient records (EPR) by Norwegian GPs, what constitutes the actual benefits and effects of the use of EPRs in the perspective of the GPs and patients has not been fully characterized. We wanted to study primary care physicians' use of electronic patient record (EPR) systems in terms of use of different EPR functions and the time spent on...

The National Health Promotion Policy (PNPS) is based on the broadened concept of health and presents the promotion of health as a set of strategies and ways of promoting health, both individually and collectively with responsibilities for the three federated entities. The scope of this study was to develop an evaluability assessment of the PNPS. It is a qualitative-based evaluability assessment...

Objectives-A case-control study was carried out to explore associations between spina bifida and occupational exposure ofthe mother. Methods-The cases were children with spina bifida aperta born between 1980 and 1992 from nine hospitals in the Netherlands. The controls were children born healthy in the same period as the cases, from hospitals and from the general population. Data collection was...

AIMS To analyse the association between sickness absence and sex segregation of occupation and of work site, respectively, and to analyse work environmental factors associated with high sickness absence. METHODS The study group consisted of 1075 women employed as nurses, assistant nurses, medical secretaries, or metal workers who answered a questionnaire comprising 218 questions on women's he...

Some municipalities in Brazil have been requesting orientation for the implementation of health education programs related to the control of schistosomiasis. This demand was based on experiences in the development of health education researches, strategies and materials for school-age children, involving the communities and secretaries of health and education. Motivated by this request and the ...

Teachers of the deaf, signed language interpreters, and associated staff (e.g., secretaries sanitation workers) are a salient part deaf child’s community often because hearing parents other family members children do not become proficient signers leading many adults to feel alienated in home environment dinner table syndrome). Because school provides another way for acquire language, profession...

Chinese local officials have strong incentives to stimulate economic growth in the pursuit of promotion. However, connection between promotion pressure and investment real estate market has not been rigorously explored. By using panel data leaders (municipal party secretaries or mayors) from 2002 2010, this paper investigates correlations leaders’ pressures investments. Empirical results show t...

BACKGROUND The association of carpal tunnel syndrome with occupational risk factors is well established. However, in clinical practice these factors are only rarely considered and evaluated. Managing these risk factors could prevent the occurrence of future cases and alleviate treatment of the afflicted individuals. OBJECTIVES To estimate the role of occupational risk factors in a large group...

The article discusses the relationship between political parties and the state in Estonia. The analysis focuses on the development of a legal framework for political parties, different trends in public party financing, and the circulation of people between political and administrative elites. Elite circulation is examined by looking at the movement of people from political to bureaucratic posit...

The article examines the problems of reforming judicial system, taking into account «Concept system with aim improving access to justice», presented in July 2023 by Research Service Verkhovna Rada Ukraine. Positive expectations from liquidation commercial courts first and second instance are denied. It is emphasized that introduction sections for consideration economic disputes at local will le...