Risk assessment, a community perspective.

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The Assessment of Perceived Risk of Chemical-related Illness Among Inhabitant Community Adjacent to an Industrial Unit

The perceived risk is assessed in order to conduct subjective evaluation of individual or community of probability of occurrence of accidents, crashes, and way of exposure to the related consequences. Although such estimation may not comply with what it occurs in real situation since this part is totally related to psychological aspect and at the same time it should be incorporated in planning ...

Assessment of Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Adults of Banepa Municipality, Nepal: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has been escalating worldwide, including low- and middle-income countries such as Nepal. Early detection of individuals at risk is of the utmost importance to prevent the escalating condition. This study used a simple, cost-effective screening tool known as the Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) in order to assess the proportion of...

The Assessment of the Community Capacity on the Urban Vulnerability Based on Community Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) (Case Study : Yousef-Abad, Tehran City)

Disaster Management and current approaches in this field in one hand only has focused to physicalvulnerabilities and in the other hand has included consequential action to reduce vulnerability and improve physicalpreparation as well as resistance institutional insignificant during the disaster. Therefore, these approaches usually haveignored the capabilities and capacities of residents to reduc...

ارزیابی جامعه شاهین‌شهر اصفهان: به منظور برنامه‌های عملیاتی ارتقای سلامت در سال 1387

Background & Objectives: Community assessment process is the foundation for developing the basis for effective community health strategies. The aim of this study was providing a framework for comprehensive and participatory community assessment in Shahin-Shar, Isfahan, Iran. Methods: This assessment performed in Shahin Shar city based on some experiences of Community Medicine and Epidemiol...

Clinical governance in primary health care based on family physicians in Mazandaran province: Stakeholders perspective

Background and Aim: Clinical governance is one of the important frameworks for continuous quality improvement and safety in health care systems. Identifying the axes of this approach according to local conditions is one of the important priorities of the health system. The aim of this study was to identify the views of stakeholders on the axes of clinical governance in primary health care based...