Meeting the social service needs of the elderly is a majtor Challenge to the people of the United States. To meet this challenge, many communities across the nation are developing programs to foster social support Systems involving elderly volunteers. This research project focuses on such a program, called the System to Assure Elderly Services (STAES), which is located in St Louis City. The pro...

Background and Objectives: While social network analysis has left a remarkable practical impact in the healthcare field, the potential implication of this methodology in the primary health domain is poorly researched. Hence, this study aimed to explore the use and usefulness social network analysis in the context of primary health care. Methods: The health volunteers of Imam Ali Health Center...

In 2020, COVID-19 spread around the world, negatively impacting patients, medical teams and volunteers, causing death, paralyzing social economy. The purpose of this research was to describe role instructional design by our visual communication department. This department created supportive community programs help team volunteers. program given a group patients in June-July 2020 who were quaran...

OBJECTIVES This paper presents the results of a realist evaluation that aimed to understand how, why and under what circumstances a Red Cross (RC) capacity-building intervention influences the motivation and the performance of RC community health volunteers involved in the delivery of an immunisation programme in Kampala, Uganda. METHOD Given the complexity of the intervention, we adopted rea...

Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is one public health issue that affects both maternal and child health. This research studies the effect of health volunteers’ telephonebased support on decreasing PPD. MaterialsAndMethods This randomized controlled trial evaluated 203 women who had uncomplicated deliveries. The women completed the Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), 10 to 15 days ...

the aim of this study was to characterize the effect of typhoid fever on pharmacokinetic parameters of levofloxacin (lf) and compare the pharmacokinetic parameters of the said antibiotic in healthy human volunteers and patients with typhoid fever. total of 12 subjects were divided into two groups “a” (healthy volunteers) and “b” (typhoid patients). single oral dose of lf 500 mg was given and 5 ...

Introduction: The people’s mental, intellectual and physical nonreadinessto confront earthquake may result in disastrous outcomes.This research aimed to study of effects of a training interventionon health connector’s knowledge regarding their approach toearthquake in health-training centers in East of Tehran.Methods: This research which is a semi-experimental study wasdesigned and executed in ...

Objective(s): Crocin is the chemical ingredient primarily responsible for the color of saffron. It has different pharmacological effects such as antioxidant, anticancer and memory improving activities. Crocin tablets were evaluated for short-term safety and tolerability in healthy adult volunteers. Materials and Methods: The study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design consis...

It is a common misconception that ayurvedic medicines (traditional Indian system of medicine) are always safe. In fact, they also pose serious health risks either in the form of adverse reactions or in the form of drug interactions. Over 80% of our population takes ayurvedic medicines. To evaluate the safety profile of Tinospora cordifolia in healthy volunteers using a battery of haematological...