I or over a decade, the duty to obtain informed consent for HIV testing was one of the most inviolable precepts of the human rights approach to the HIV epidemic. In the course of 2004, however, a charge toward a "new approach" to HIV testing gathered pace and supporters. The year began with Botswana President Festus Mogae implementing a new policy of routine HIV testing under which, henceforwar...

The aim of the article, based on field data collected from a continuing education program for primary health clinic administrators, was to analyze the functioning of a health service management strategy called "management committees". Different meanings and operational modalities emerged in the committees. Various antimonies appeared in the way the committees operate (autonomy versus heteronomy...

This study aimed to evaluate the success of a project in achieving community participation in efforts to improve perinatal health. A 10-step structured process was used to work with a community in Istanbul, Turkey. To evaluate the success of the project in achieving community participation, five key indicators were selected: (i) participation of the community group in decision making; (ii) gain...

Access to preventive and oral health care services in many areas of our state remains problematic. This paper discusses oral health needs of North Carolinians and how a new model of dental education at East Carolina University addresses these issues by providing care where it is most needed.

The fifth edition of “Epidemiology and Management for Health Care” is authored by a unique duo – Dr. P. V. Sathe and Dr. P. P. Doke. Both have rich experience in teaching as well as administration at the highest level, in a large state like Maharashtra. Dr. Sathe served as Director of Medical Education and Research and Dr. Doke as Director of Health Services. Both have represented the country a...

BACKGROUND Over the last two decades, concern has been expressed about the readiness of the public health workforce to adequately address the scientific, technological, social, political and economic challenges facing the field. A 1988 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) served as a catalyst for the re-examination of the public health workforce. The IOM's call to increase the relevance ...

The discipline of child psychiatry is in its adolescence and, like all adolescents, it is searching for an identity. Having pioneered the multi-disciplinary approach to the understanding of emotional disorder the psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and child psychotherapists who go to make up the teams in child guidance clinics are awaiting the decision of their elders as to where they...

introduction : this study was carried out to estimate toothache prevalence among adult residents in kerman. materials and methods: this cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted among individuals aged over 18 years ( n =1800). the relevant data on the prevalence of toothache and associated factors were collected by interviewing the individuals in their homes and filling out a questi...

In the contemporary society memory institutions experience great changes associated with digitization-the new method for preservation, education and access. Since in many cases memory institutions have the insufficient budgets, commercial promotion of cultural heritage can be seen as an alternative financial source indicating the possible niches, like cultural tourism, in the digital services m...