background: this study explored the state of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) recipient patients and problems experienced by them and nurse about these state and problems, in iran. methods: qualitative content analysis was used for analyzing semi-structured interviews with 12 hsct recipient patients and 18 nurses. results: three main categories described the hsct state and problem...

The public sector in developing countries is increasingly contracting with the non-state sector to improve access, efficiency and quality of health services. We conducted a multicountry study to assess the range of health services contracted out, the process of contracting and its influencing factors in ten countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Islamic Repu...

background: in-depth knowledge of antibiotic principles is widely considered a necessary condition for appropriate prescribing of antibiotics. the study aimed at determining the impact of healthcare providers’ level of knowledge in bacteriology and principles of antibiotic prescribing on their abilities to prescribe antibiotics appropriately. methods: a structured questionnaire survey targeting...

background & aim: sexual health education is one of the responsibilities of healthcare workers at schools, which can reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases such as aids, unwanted pregnancy, abortion, substance abuse, sexual violence, and suicidal tendencies. this study aimed to investigate healthcare workers’ competence in sexual health education for female adolescents at schools. met...

Nottinghamshire family health services authority serves a population of around a million people and so far eight of the 52 eligible practices have become budget holders. A further eight practices have joined the scheme this April, bringing the percentage of people in budget holding practices to 17% of the Nottinghamshire population. The Calverton practice was one of the first budget holding pra...

BACKGROUND Many patients have uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) because they are not taking medications as prescribed. Providers may have difficulty accurately assessing adherence. Providers need to assess medication adherence to decide whether to address uncontrolled BP by improving adherence to the current prescribed regimen or by intensifying the BP treatment regimen by increasing doses or ad...

Cervical cancer is an abnormal growth of the cells cervix which lower-most part uterus. This can spread to other parts body, including lungs, liver, bladder, vagina, and rectum. Therefore, this research was aimed at assessing knowledge cervical prevention screening uptake among female non-health care providers working in various departments two general hospitals Lagos. Annually, Nigeria 14,943 ...