PURPOSE To examine the associations between the size and quality of African-American adolescents' social networks and their mental health service use, and to examine whether these social network characteristics moderate the association between need for services because of emotional or behavioral difficulties and use of services. METHOD Participants were a community sample of African-American ...

The Mais Médicos (More Doctors) Program has led to an increase in the number of doctors and medical treatment in primary health care services across Brazil. This article presents the results of a case-control study of groups of municipalities based on secondary data sources. It aims to explore and discuss a set of indicators of primary health care service delivery. An improvement in performance...

introduction: most of the older adults have to be hospitalized and patients’ satisfaction from the provided services is one of the key performance indicators in healthcare centers. feeling satisfied with the treatment process and provided services can motivate the elderly patients to continue their treatment, which ultimately leads to a reduction in the disease load and disability in older adul...

the marked shift in the patterns of drug use in iran, from opium smoking to injecting drug use, has led to serious health-related outcomes. this study was designed to explore characteristics of people who inject drugs (pwid) in tehran, iran. nine hundred and four pwid were recruited from treatment and harm reduction facilities, as well as drug user hangouts in public areas in tehran. participan...

hiv/aids has been concentrated among injecting drug users in the country. this study aimed to investigate and identify health and treatment needs of people living with hiv/aids in iran.this qualitative study was conducted in 2012 in iran. the study groups consisted of experts, practitioners, and consultants working with people living with hiv/aids and their families. data was collected through ...

OBJECTIVE Illness management and recovery is a structured program that helps consumers with severe mental illness learn effective ways to manage illness and pursue recovery goals. This study examined the impact of the program on health service utilization. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of five assertive community treatment (ACT) teams in Indiana that implemented illness manage...