the number of sexual transmission of hiv is increasing globally. sexual and reproductive health (srh) issues and hiv/aids related problems are rooted in common grounds such as poverty, gender inequality, and social exclusion. as a result, international health organizations have suggested the integration of srh services with hiv/aids services as a strategy to control hiv and to improve people’s ...

introduction: programs must demonstrate that their residents are taught and assessed in professionalism. most programs struggle with finding viable ways to teach and assess this critical competency. uthscsa family and community medicine residency developed an innovative option for interactive learning and assessment of residents in this competency which would be transferrable to other programs ...

Functional status assessment is a useful and essential component of the complete history and physical exam of the older patient diagnosed with cancer. Functional status is the ability to conduct activities that are necessary for independence and more executive activities, such as money management, cooking, and transportation. Assessment of functional status creates a portal into interpreting th...

due to shortage of contemporary written sources and archaeological evidence, our knowledge about different parts of the median society is very incomplete and fragmentary; therefore, a detailed assessment of some related issues such as conditions of women in this period is difficult and sometimes risky. the results of this research, based on the same historical sources and archaeological evidenc...

OBJECTIVE Process model of stress and coping guided psychometric assessment of two brief measures of psychological well-being: Parenting Morale Index (PMI); Family Impact of Childhood Disability (FICD) scale. METHODS Canadian mothers (N=195) of children with disability (CWD) completed PMI, FICD, and validation measures (Brief Family Assessment Measure [FAM], Personal Well-Being Index, Positiv...