1 Department of Electronic Engineering and Green Technology Research Center, Chang-Gung University, No. 259, Winhwa 1st Road, Gueisan, Taoyuan County, Township 333, Taiwan 2Department of Computer & Communication, Army Accident, No. 750, Londong Road, Taoyuan County, Jungli City 320, Taiwan 3Department of Physics, Central Florida University, 4000 Central Florida Blvd/Building 121 PS 430 Orlando,...

The paper describes a measurement study of mobile Internet usage in township communities in South Africa. The idea is to understand usage pattern of mobile data that would motivate the provisioning of a localised cloudlet infrastructure with an appropriate set of services. Keywords— cloud computing, wireless, availability, social media integration, synchronization, Internet measurements

BACKGROUND An effectively prepared and continually updated workforce of health professionals is essential to maintenance and improvement in patient care. The major goal of continuing education is to improve and promote quality care. Continuing education is also important to an organization's strategic plan because of its positive influence on the quality of care provided. The purpose of this st...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess whether a standard intervention package of cardiovascular disease (CVD) care was being delivered effectively, and if it was associated with improved lifestyle and biomedical indicators. METHODS In rural China, we implemented a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial for 12 months, randomized at the township hospital level, and compared with usual care...

OBJECTIVES The government of China has introduced a National Essential Medicines Policy (NEMP) in the new round of health system reform. The objective of this paper is to analyse whether the NEMP can play a role in curbing the rise of medical expenditures without disrupting the availability of healthcare services at township hospitals in China. DESIGN This study adopted a pre-post treatment-c...

BACKGROUND HIV-, HCV- and HIV/HCV co-infections among drug users have become a rapidly emerging global public health problem. In order to constrain the dual epidemics of HIV/AIDS and drug use, China has adopted a methadone maintenance treatment program (MMTP) since 2004. Studies of the geographic heterogeneity of HIV and HCV infections at a local scale are sparse, which has critical implication...

this paper amis to recognition and measurement of quality of life indicators in rural areas, case study miandeh rural district in fasa township. the role of rural areas in the procedure of economic, social and political development is not deniable in various regional scales. the outcomes of inadequate attention to the concept of quality of life in rural areas can cause several disorders such as...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to identify risk factors of physical violence in Chinese township hospitals. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was used in a sample of 442 general practitioners and 398 general nurses from 90 township hospitals located in Heilongjiang province, China (response rate = 84.8%). RESULTS A total of 106 of the 840 (12.6%) respondents reported being physically a...

OBJECTIVE To explore the caretakers' care-seeking pattern and its determinants among children under 36 months old with diarrhea in rural western China. METHODS The data of 14112 households was collected in 45 counties of 10 provinces of western China from June to August 2005. A generalized estimated equation (GEE) linear model was used to identify the determinants of the care-seeking. RESUL...

OBJECTIVES In order to improve the quality of services at village clinics (VCs), which are important primary care service providers in rural China, the Chinese government has encouraged the township hospitals to own and manage VCs. There are currently three models of ownership and management of VCs: township hospital-owned and -managed (HVC), village committee-owned and -managed (VVC), and priv...