In response to concerns over youth suicide, there has been an increase in school-based suicide prevention programs. However, we know little about teacher perspectives on school-based suicide prevention and mental health programs. This study examined teacher roles in the implementation of a district-wide suicide prevention program through focus groups and interviews with middle school teachers, ...

BACKGROUND Hospitals in Pakistan produce about 250,000 tons of waste per year. Hospital waste has been reported to be poorly handled and managed by the hospital staff and administration respectively. This leads to environmental and health consequences within hospitals as well as to outside population. Our study aimed to describe the qualitative results of observations of ten large private and p...

This article reports on an evaluation of California mental health trainings offered to staff in California's K-12 system.

This article reports on an evaluation of California mental health trainings offered to staff and students in California's higher education system.

background: in-service education is one of the best and major methods to provide, train and improve the performance of the staffs. this study aims to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the virtual trainings from the staffs' perspective of mashhad university of medical sciences. methods: this is a cross-sectional study conducted among staffs from different parts of the therapy depart...

Engaging key populations, including gender and sexual minorities, is essential to meeting global targets for reducing new HIV infections and improving the HIV continuum of care. Negative attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities serve as a barrier to political will and effective programming for HIV health services. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), established in 2003...

The purpose of this study was to assess the views of staff members and staff training initiators on how the current staff trainings were conducted and contributed to quality training/ education at Haramaya University. In the process of this study, evidences were collected from academic staff members, center coordinators and professional development training facilitators. Data collecting instrum...

Background Program goals: To address two prevailing root causes of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in Afghan society: (a) lack of accurate knowledge and information on HIV and (b) misconceptions regarding Islamic principles and cultural beliefs Target audiences: Health workers, youth, prisoners, prison staff members (medical and nonmedical), religious leaders, and media representatives Pr...

Exceptional capacity to multitask: manage numerous tasks with ease while providing consultation on several projects. Several years of experience including emergency and risk counseling, development and delivery of several public health and emergency preparedness trainings, and the management and coordination of office staff for a wide range of activities. Recognized as a national expert and tra...