OBJECTIVES To examine individual clinic staff members' experiences with using an immunization registry and to compare staff members' perceptions of immunization registries across different provider sites. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey using in-depth interviews and direct observation. SETTINGS The pediatric department of an urban community health center and 2 urban hospital-based pediatric p...

conclusions according to the results, the iranian public health centers preparedness against disasters before, during and after accidents were in safety level 4 from 10, which was undesirable. results risk rate, functional, non-structural and structural preparedness and final safety level were 58.62%, 51.48%, 54.82%, 33.97%, and 43.72%, respectively. background ahvaz metropolitan as an industri...

background : we need a defined population for determining prevalence and incidence of diseases, as well as conducting interventional, cohort and longitudinal studies, calculating correct and timely public health indicators, assessing actual health needs of community, performing educational programs and interventions to promote healthy lifestyle, and enhancing quality of primary health services....

investigating the reliability and validity of customer satisfaction questionnaire of urban health therapeutic unites mosazadeh h* , sadagianifar a , baniadam t received: 11 aug, 2010 accepted: 25 oct, 2010 abstract background & aims: customer satisfaction is important and is evaluated through questionnaires. as the current questioners are not satisfactory, this study was performed to design a h...

BACKGROUND The entire population of Mongolia has free access to primary health care, which is fully funded by the government. It is provided by family health centers in urban settings. In rural areas, it is included in outpatient and inpatient services offered by rural soum (district) health centers. However, primary health care utilization differs across population groups. The aim of this stud...