Breastfeeding in Disasters: A reminder for policymakers

passivity in waiting for godot and endgame: a psychoanalytic reading

this study intends to investigate samuel beckett’s waiting for godot and endgame under the lacanian psychoanalysis. it begins by explaining the most important concepts of lacanian psychoanalysis. the beckettian characters are studied regarding their state of unconscious, and not the state of consciousness as is common in most beckett studies. according to lacan, language plays the sole role in ...

A summary for policymakers

Facilitators for Empowering Women in Breastfeeding: a Qualitative Study

Background  Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and continued breastfeeding up to 2 years or more is a desirable approach for infant’s nutrition. A mother's breastfeeding empowerment is considered an important factor in promoting breastfeeding and identifying its facilitating factors can contribute to the development of effective policies and intervention. This study with a qualita...

Nurses' Preparedness for Disasters in a Crisis-stricken Country: A case study in Afghanistan in 2020

Introduction: Nurses play an important role in the hospital's affective response to accidents and disasters.  Assessing nurses' preparedness is the starting point for planning to improve and increase nurses' preparedness for disasters.  Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the preparedness of nurses of the 650-bed district hospital in Herat, Afghanistan in the face of disasters in 2020. ...

A systematic review on reminder systems in physical therapy

Background: The main goal of physical therapy is to help the patient gain a better health status. Several studies have investigated the use of reminders to prevent such failures on the patients’ side. This article presents a systematic review of the literature concerning reminders in physical therapy. Methods: Databases were searched until May 2017 and literatures were found from April 1...