background;it is important to know media and educational intervention and also produce them according to standards. thus, media and health educational interventions should evaluate to improve education quality. methods;the study sample were whole produced media and interventions in all medical universities, deportments, offices, and centers affiliated to ministry of health in 2008 and in the fi...

background and purpose: to determine an appropriate financial model for the health system of iran, several studies have been conducted. but it seems that these studies were not comprehensive and further investigation is required. so to design a valid and enforceable mechanism, the study of policy interventions will be considered through consensus of all stakeholders. this investigation was done...

OBJECTIVE To provide an evidence-based review of plausible causal pathways that could best explain well-established associations between limited health literacy and health outcomes. METHODS Through analysis of current findings in medical and public health literature on health literacy we derived a conceptual causal model. RESULTS Health literacy should be viewed as both a patient and a syst...

Observation is a common procedure that is controversial as it may be experienced by patients as oppressive. This article discusses the nature of observation in mental health inpatient units, concluding that the practice is likely to continue as it provides a written record of what has occurred. However, the quality of nursing intervention is more likely to have a significant impact on patients ...

Epstein, R., Duberstein, P., Fenton, J., Fiscella, K., Hoerger, M., Tancredi, D., Xing, G., Gramling, R., Mohile, S., Butow, P., Walczak, A., Tattersall, M., et al (2017). Effect of a patientcentered communication intervention on oncologist-patient communication, quality of life, and health care utilization in advanced cancer: The VOICE randomized clinical trial. JAMA Oncology, 3(1), 92-100. <a...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To determine whether reported falls at baseline are associated with an older adult's decision to make a residential adjustment (RA) and the type of adjustment made in the subsequent 2 years. DESIGN AND METHODS Observations (n = 25,036) were from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative sample of community-living older adults, 65 years of age and older....

the aim of this review article is describing a research on spiritual and religious interventions in iran. an integrative review was conducted to determine the state of the science in iran. iranmedex, scientific information database, irandoc, noormags, magiran and google scholar were searched to find articles published in peer-reviewed journals from august 2002 to august 2012. a qualitative appr...

Compared with other developed countries, the United States has an inefficient and expensive health care system with poor outcomes and many citizens who are denied access. Inefficiency is increased by the lack of an integrated system that could promote an optimal mix of personal medical care and population health measures. We advocate a health trust system to provide core medical benefits to eve...