background and objectives: sele-ye rahem is a social behaviour that promotes social spirit, improves life expectancy and physical and mental health. seleh-ye rahem means maintaining supporting and friendly relationships with one’s physical arham (family members and relatives) and spiritual arham (consisting of the prophet, the infallible imams, religious scholars and imam’s descendants or sadat...

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State law is generally the controlling authority for whether parental consent is required or minors may consent for their own health care, including vaccination. At the federal level, no vaccination consent law exists; however, federal law requires that vaccine information statements be given to the parent or another person who is qualified under state law to consent to vaccination of a minor. ...

AIM We present the approaches used in and outcomes resulting from integrated community case management (iCCM) programmes in Niger and Mozambique with a strong focus on demand generation and social mobilisation. METHODS We use a case study approach to describe the programme and contextual elements of the Niger and Mozambique programmes. RESULTS Awareness and utilisation of iCCM services and ...

Scotland has led enactment of the new World Health Organisation (Europe) Family Health Nurse (FHN) concept. This paper presents research which evaluated the initial operation and impact of the role in remote and rural regions of Scotland. Through use of a multiplex research design informed by ideas from realistic evaluation, fourth generation evaluation and case study research, an initial typol...