Prolonging Conflict and Service Delivery in Tarime

Assistive Technology: Use and Service Delivery

As individuals with long-term disabilities and other older adults face declines in health and function, there is a greater need for assistive technology (AT) or assistive devices and environmental interventions (EI) to help them maintain their independence and community participation. These aids can help older adults and individuals with disabilities function in work, home, recreational, and ot...

Effectiveness of Service Delivery in Cardiology Based Corporate Hospitals

Patient satisfaction is one of the sensitive indicators in determining the effectiveness of service rendered in hospitals. The study focus on comparing the health care services of  two cardiology based corporate hospitals in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The data for the study was collected through a questionnaire consisting of two sections. An attempt has been made to elicit the informatio...

Essential trauma management training: addressing service delivery needs in active conflict zones in eastern Myanmar

INTRODUCTION Access to governmental and international nongovernmental sources of health care within eastern Myanmar's conflict regions is virtually nonexistent. Historically, under these circumstances effective care for the victims of trauma, particularly landmine injuries, has been severely deficient. Recognizing this, community-based organizations (CBOs) providing health care in these regions...

Effect of prolonging radiation delivery time on retention of gammaH2AX

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Compared to conventional external beam radiotherapy, IMRT requires significantly more time to deliver the dose. Prolonging dose delivery potentially increases DNA repair which would reduce the biological effect. We questioned whether retention of gammaH2AX, a measure of lack of repair of DNA damage, would decrease when dose delivery was protracted. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

Decentralization and Service Delivery