providing and promoting the health is one of the most fundamental human social evolution dimensions, that perhaps more than other aspects of development needs public cooperation. health volunteers are pioneers who have volunteered to step in providing and improving community health. the present study determines the role of health volunteers in maternal indicators of pakdasht health network. thi...

objective: to assess the availability of trauma care services in a district referral hospital of southern india. methods: this was a cross-sectional study being performed during 2013 in a tertiary healthcare centre in southern indian. a detailed assessment of trauma care services was done in a 400 bed speciality hospital which is an apex referral hospital in the public health system using a che...

conclusions nursing process indicators can be used to audit nursing care. such audits can be used as quality assurance tools. results the compliance rate of nursing process indicators was 79.71 ± 0.87. mean compliance scores did not significantly differ by education level and gender. however, overall compliance scores were correlated with nurses’ age (r = 0.26, p = 0.001) and work experience (r...

background and aims: one of the principles of the quality management systems in organizations is attention to customer centered approach and one of the scales for evaluation of the efficacy of provided services is customer satisfaction. this research aimed to compare satisfaction levels of customers attending primary health care centers in bardsir (with iso certificate) and zarand (without iso ...

background and objectives: social security organization (sso) is the second largest organization to the ministry of health and medical education (mohme) in providing health care services in iran. in recent years the gap between the sso’s resources and expenditures has shown an unprecedented growing trend due to the rapidly increasing demand. continuation of this trend may lead to financial imba...

objective: this study proposed a model for provision of an effective universal coverage for mental health services based on global and national experiences, available resources and the nature of primary health care system of iran to reduce the burden of mental health conditions. method: a framework with prioritized mental and social health services was devised through a review of literature and...

objectives: this study was conducted on the estimation of the efficiency of mental health program in primary health care in chaharmahal and bakhtyari province, situated in center of the islamic republic of iran, from 1999 to 2009. methods: one of the important objectives of mental health program is screening of mental health disorders and follow up. according to the prescription of mental healt...

The aim of this paper is to provide a snapshot of the application of neural network systems in medical imaging. A few selected case studies are presented, covering the application of neural networks in microscopy imaging in the analysis of cervicovaginal smears and breast cancer histopathology, in ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery, in the analysis of physiological data for lesion placeme...

background: recently, the relevance of social interactions as determinants of behavioral intentions has been increasingly perceived, but there is a lack of knowledge on how and why it interacts with couples’ fertility intentions. objective: this qualitative study was conducted to explore the influence of social network on couples’ intention to have their first child in urban society of mashhad,...