background: home visit program can be effective in infants’ growth and development. the present study aimed to investigate the effect of home visit program on preterm infants’ growth and development within 6 months. methods: it was a double-blind clinical trial study. the study was conducted in hafez, hazrat-e-zeinab, and namazee hospitals affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences, sh...

background: providing community-based mental health services is crucial and is an agreed plan between the iranian mental health office and the regional committee for the eastern mediterranean (affiliated with who). the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of home-visit clinical case-management services on the hospitalization rate and other clinical outcomes in patients with seve...

background & aim: nowadays, home health care services play significant roles in modern societies. such services allow the elderly and needy people to pass their treatment process at their own houses in a friendly environment. in this paper, weekly routing and scheduling problem of home health care personnel was investigated. methods & materials: insufficient number of expert personnel or overla...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of filmed modeling in comparison with commonly used tell-show-do technique (t.s.d) on the anxious and cooperative behavior of 4-6 years old children during dental practice. materials and methods: forty six children aged 4-6 years were enrolled in this study and randomly allocated into two groups. group i: at the fi rst visit, the proc...

In a “follow-up visit”, a patient seeks medical attention for an existing health problem. Using data from the Vietnamese public hospital system, we present a more nuanced analysis of follow-ups in health communication than the one currently available. To be specific, we discriminate between “same follow-ups”, in which the doctor is the same one as in the last visit, and “different follow-ups”, ...