PURPOSE Little is known about how patient education and emotional support is provided at abortion facilities. This pilot study documents 27 facilities' practices in this aspect of abortion care. METHODS We conducted confidential telephone interviews with staff from 27 abortion facilities about their practices. MAIN FINDINGS The majority of facilities reported they rely primarily on trained ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this research was to investigate factors affecting different family members' decisions regarding the placement of relatives in long-term car (LTC) facilities in Taiwan. The objective was to investigate the correlations between family members' personal traits, the living conditions of residents in the LTC facilities, and family members' experiences with LTC facilities. ME...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: since, accurate, appropriate, precise, timely, valid information, and valid interpretation of information is required and the basis for policy and decision making and planning in various levels of the organization management, this study was conducted to evaluate the district health information system evolutio...

BACKGROUND Increasingly, women in India attend health facilities for childbirth, partly due to incentives paid under government programs. Increased use of health facilities can alleviate the risks of infections contracted in unhygienic home deliveries, but poor infection control practices in labour and delivery units also cause puerperal sepsis and other infections of childbirth. A needs assess...

Long-term care (LTC) facilities are growing in number in the province of Ontario. Typically, Canadian LTC facilities house an average of over 100 residents. Environmental concerns associated to waste management in LTC facilities have not been fully explored, and relevant information is apparently limited in the available research literature. An independent study was conducted to investigate sol...

To assess the air-tightness of physical containment level 3 (PC3) bio-containment facilities in Australia, the seal integrity of 18 PC3 facilities was quantified by means of an equilibrium pressure air-tightness test conducted at positive pressure. The results of the test, which measured the leakage of air from the facility, indicate a variation in the air-tightness of the tested facilities whi...

education and information delivery is an integral part of an effective strategy to control the prevalence of obesity and diabetes. nutrition and dietetic portals provide integrated access to a wide range of information resources for nutritionists, physicians and the public due. the nutrition and dietetic portals in selected countries was reviewed to gain insight into the essential elements of s...