AIM To explore district nurses' workload management, job satisfaction and the challenges they face. BACKGROUND This paper reports qualitative findings from a qualitative and quantitative study to identify a district nursing perspective on use of time, challenges and work satisfaction. District nursing is under increasing pressure because of the increasing shift to care in the community, early...

Background An effective emergency referral transport system is the link between the home of the pregnant woman and a health facility providing basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care. This study attempts to explore the role of emergency transport associated with maternal deaths in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh (UP).   Methods A descriptive study was carried out to assess the causes of a...

1 Department of Information and Communication, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, No. 1 Nan-Tai Street, YongKang Dist., Tainan City 710, Taiwan R.O.C. 2 Graduate Institute of Business Administration, National Taipei University, No. 151, University Rd., San Shia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 3 Department of Insurance and Finance, Chihlee Institute of Technology, No.313, Sec. 1, Wunhu...

Background.  School closures are an important mitigation strategy during influenza pandemic: if implemented early in a local outbreak, they can slow the disease spread in the surrounding community. During seasonal influenza epidemics, school closures may occur reactively, after the disease is already widespread in the community. Such reactive closures are often too late to reduce influenza tran...

BACKGROUND Aga Khan University is developing its undergraduate medical education curriculum for East Africa. In Kenya, a 1 year internship is mandatory for medical graduates' registration as practitioners. The majority of approved internship training sites are at district hospitals. The purposes of this study were to determine: (1) whether recent Kenyan medical graduates are prepared for their ...

BACKGROUND This case study from DR Congo demonstrates how rational operational planning based on a health systems strengthening strategy (HSSS) can contribute to policy dialogue over several years. It explores the operationalization of a national strategy at district level by elucidating a normative model district resource plan which details the resources and costs of providing an essential hea...

Kerala State has established surveillance of diseases of public health importance using the model of 'district level disease surveillance' (DLDS) developed in the North Arcot district in Tamil Nadu(1). Physicians of both public and private sector health care facilities report 15 notified disease and other disseases at their discretion, through a pre-formatted, self-addressed business reply post...

background an effective emergency referral transport system is the link between the home of the pregnant woman and a health facility providing basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care. this study attempts to explore the role of emergency transport associated with maternal deaths in unnao district, uttar pradesh (up).   methods a descriptive study was carried out to assess the causes of a...