OBJECTIVES We studied the impact of a Housing First (HF) intervention on housing, contact with the justice system, healthcare usage and health outcomes among At Home/Chez Soi randomised trial participants in Toronto, a city with an extensive service network for social and health services for individuals who are experiencing homelessness and mental illness. METHODS Participants identified as h...

Although the trend towards community care for psychiatric patients has been apparent now for over fifty years, we still do not have a satisfactory model of community care that all can aim for as the target to be achieved. To an outsider this may seem curious. It seems fairly obvious that hospitals are necessary for patients when they are severely ill, that good care given outside hospital when ...

The continuing trend of donor attention and resources away from Latin America threatens the sustainability of nongovernmental family planning organizations in that region. Managers can improve sustainability through cost control, cost recovery, and income generation. The Population Council's INOPAL II and INOPAL III projects and Family Health International assisted CEMOPLAF, an Ecuadoran privat...

introduction: the main goal of accounting systems and financial reporting of public sector is to provide the qualified information that can assist managers in performing their responsibility effectively. it can also assist them in making appropriate political, economic, and social decisions. method: this study evaluated the managers’ attitudes towards the quality of financial reports. forty nin...

The international data have indicated a growing trend of alcohol use worldwide during recent years. Although alcohol use is against cultural norms and religious law in Iran, anecdotal reports from substance abuse treatment providers show that there is demand for alcohol treatment in the country. A recent national report also documented alcohol use disorders in Iran. Development and implementati...

Declaration of interest T.B. has receivedpayments for lectures and consultancies from Eli Lilly,Janssen and Otsuka inthe past 5 years. The past 25 years have witnessed an explosion in mental health services research. A 1980 review of research in community mental health services (Braun et al, 1981) cited a dozen studies and concluded that there was little evidence that the newer services sustain...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Effective and acceptable preventive dental services are hard to achieve in conjunction with treatment services. The Oral Health Office of Fars Province in Iran established the Oral Health Park in a deprived part of the city of Shiraz to attract families and school children to receive preventive services. No other treatment was provided in the setting. The aim of this study w...