abstract the aim of this article is to study the function of khoy as a medium sized city in the spatial development of the azerbaijan gharbi province. the research method is descriptive – analytical. the quantative models have been used to study the place of the city and it's hinterland. the population models indicate that the khoy city has the capacity to attract emigrants. if it is not c...

This article puts in context and evaluates the historical and political process of the Brazilian Psychiatric Reform. The goal is to provide a brief retrospective and analysis of the management mechanisms that have permitted the Psychiatric Reform to advance. This historic process is divided into three periods: the implementation of deinstitutionalization, the expansion of the psychosocial suppo...

The instrumental use of social networks has become a central tenet of international health policy and advocacy since the Millennium project. In asking, ‘How to facilitate social contagion?’, Karl Blanchet of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine therefore reflects not only on the recent success, but also hints to growing challenges; the tactics of partnerships, alliances and platfo...

Children and adolescents who are exposed to traumatic events are helped by numerous child-serving agencies, including health, mental health, education, child welfare, first responder, and criminal justice systems to assist them in their recovery. Service providers need to incorporate a trauma-informed perspective in their practices to enhance the quality of care for these children. This include...

In recent decades, the health care delivery system in the United States has been greatly transformed and more widely examined. Even with one of the most developed health care systems in the world, the United States still experiences great spatial disparity in health care access. Increasing diversity of class, culture, and ethnicity also has a significant impact on health disparity. The goal of ...

Purpose: To identify which institutions play an active role in health and social care delivery for stroke patients in the Portuguese setting and to determine the level of patient satisfaction from interactions with them. Theory: It has been generally acknowledged that patients’ reports of their health and their satisfaction with care services are as important as many clinical health measures. M...