conclusions identifying the needs of children and adolescents with dm-1 in terms of self-care and education may help them to have better performance in management, control, and prevention of dm complications. results the items were quantified on a five-point likert scale. with regard to nutrition, 36.4% of children and 40.9% of adolescents had moderate performance. moreover, 56.3% of children a...

background and purpose: considering that health care training centers’ teachers are one of the main elements of human-force training for rural health care system in the country, it is essential to improve knowledge and skills. the purpose of this study was to explain educational needs of teachers in our country in behvarz training centers. methods: this is a qualitative and a needs assessment s...

Who are Travellers? The 1968 Caravan Sites Act ignored ethnicity and cultural distinctiveness by defining Travellers as: “persons of nomadic habit, whatever their race or origin”. However, in 1989, when the Commission for Racial Equality determined that Gypsies formed a distinct ethnic group, diVerences between “real Gypsies” and other more recent groups of Travellers were emphasised. There are...

OBJECTIVES This analysis examines the prevalence of self-reported unmet needs for health care and the extent to which they were attributable to perceived problems with service availability or accessibility or acceptability. DATA SOURCE Most data are from the 1998/99 cross-sectional household component of Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey; 1994/95 and 1996/97 cross-sectiona...

This paper reports on information needs of trauma teams based on an ethnographic study in an urban teaching hospital. We focus on questions posed by trauma team members during ten trauma events. We identify major categories of questions, as well as information seekers and providers. In addition to categories known from other critical care settings, we found categories unique to trauma settings....

The increased risk of adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes demonstrated for many non-Western migrants in Europe, Australia and North America may be due to inadequate use and suboptimal quality of care. It is indicated that a poor user-provider interaction leads to inequity of pregnancy and delivery care. This review demonstrated that there is no evidence of best practice antenatal care for...

Healthcare can now be provided from a distance allowing doctors to make a diagnosis or give an opinion on possible treatment without meeting the patient directly. This requires digital imagery via telehealth which is theoretically well suited to New Caledonia's geographic and demographic characteristics. After using video-conferencing with mainland France over a period of several months as part...