background : despite an increased need, residents of rural communities have decreased access to healthcare and often present unique healthcare challenges associated with their rurality. ensuring medical students receive adequate exposure to these issues is complicated by the urban location of most medical schools. health fairs (fairs) conducted in rural communities can provide students exposure...

In Colombia, violence seems uncontrollable. Along with massacres and group killings of astonishing cruelty, there are also kidnappings and disappearances, abuse of children and the elderly, and rape of young adolescents. Every day, without respite, Colombians are witnesses or victims of street crimes as well as racial, sexual, and socioeconomic discrimination. Unwillingly, they become agents of...

background : schools have an important role in developing the countries. physical, health and safety factors are essential for normal growth of students' body, spirit and learning. by using environmental health protocols, it is easier to achieve these aims. methods : the aim of this research is to study the environmental health conditions in the primary schools of ghorve, west of iran. this obs...

The UK Adult ADHD Network (UKAAN) was founded by a group of mental health specialists who have experience delivering clinical services for adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) within the National Health Service (NHS). UKAAN aims to support mental health professionals in the development of services for adults with ADHD by the promotion of assessment and treatment protocols...

OBJECTIVE To show the 12 month prevalences of mental disorders, 12-month treatment contact and use of mental health services among Cook islanders resident in New Zealand. DATA (A) The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS) is a nationally representative face-to-face household survey, carried out in 2003-2004. It surveyed 12,992 New Zealand adults aged 16 or more including 2374 Pacflc people...

Choreography, orchestration and dynamic invocation allow new web services to be composed from existing ones. However, these compositions create service interdependencies that can be misused for financial fraud and other illegal purposes. When a misuse is reported, investigators have to navigate through collections of logs to recreate the invocation scenario in order to evaluate the misuse claim...

BACKGROUND Randomised trials remain the gold standard for evaluating health interventions. This applies to the criminal justice system as well as to health. AIMS To identify and survey randomised trials relevant to forensic mental health services. METHOD We searched 29 electronic bibliographic databases and acquired randomised trials involving sex offenders, arsonists or people clearly and ...