BACKGROUND Spouse abuse so called intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common problem in the world. This survey was conducted to identify IPV prevalence and related factors in district health centers in Hamadan, western Iran, in hope that, by identifying risk factors, preventive guidelines could be understood. METHODS In this descriptive analytic cross sectional study, 600 married women from ...

background; reproduction is an important population concept throughout the world, and demographists consider it among four main life events. given iran's population growth policy, this study was conducted to assess the tendency to pregnancy in women in zanjan. method; from among health centers in five geographical districts in zanjan (north, south, east, west, and center), one was randomly...

This paper develops a model of standardized reproductive tract infection (RTI) management in the public sector using guidelines prepared by the National AIDS Control Organization. It also discusses the costs of upscaling the service to similar sites in Sitapur and Agra districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The model shown in the paper conceives providing RTI case management services at the block...

The purpose of this health workforce plan is to provide guidance for the staffing of the Bolikhamxay. Province health services and the training of health service personnel to the year 2020. It must be stressed, however, that this plan is in its first iteration and does not provide all the solutions. Rather, it identifies issues that need to be further investigated and resolved at the local leve...

During the past twenty years, rapid strides have been made in the advancement of preventive medicine and community health work. With this development has come an increasing recognition of the value of bringing public health work close to the people. Several state and local health departments, in cooperation with medical societies and non-official health and welfare agencies, are giving serious ...

The Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa), as it was formerly known, came into being in 1978 following an Act of Parliament that motivated for the establishment of a medical university to rectify the dire underrepresentation of the black community in the South African health system. The main aim was therefore to train black doctors, dentists, veterinarians and allied health profession...

In Albania, the reporting of an adverse events following immunization (AEFI) is done not only by immunization providers but also from clinicians providing clinical treatment of AEFI in health posts, health centers and private or public hospitals. The AEFI reporting system in Albania has started in 2001 with the establishment of National Regulatory Authority of Vaccines in the Institute of Publi...