Research Bulletin Issue 2 | Jan 2012 Australian families, communities and government are increasingly aware of the capacity of child care and kindergarten services to support the learning and development of our young children. The evidence is clear that these early experiences are an important influence on a child’s personal and social development in both the short-term and across the lifespan....

objective: to study the association between social, demographic, cultural and maternal care practice variables and obstetric fistula status in ethiopia. materials and methods: the most recent ethiopia demographic and health survey conducted in 2005 is used to study the association between social, demographic, cultural and maternal care practice and obstetric fistula. we use both univariate and ...

To cite: Lorenc A, Robinson N. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2015;41:8–12. BACKGROUND Patient and public engagement (PPE) consists of involving, consulting and listening to patients and the public, to make services responsive to patients’ needs and improve clinical outcomes and patient experience. PPE has a central role in the UK National Health Service (NHS), at every level, from planning to ...

500 British Journal of General Practice, September 2013 Public health is a specialty in which few of us have practical experience. It’s generally poorly covered at medical school but believe me, there’s more to this stuff than statistics and John Snow’s pump handle. Until 2013, the typical GP placement would involve working in the primary care trust (PCT), primarily in the Department of Public ...

Compassion is a complex process that is innate, determined in part by individual traits, and modulated by a myriad of conscious and unconscious factors, immediate context, social structures and expectations, and organizational “culture.” Compassion is an ethical foundation of healthcare and a widely shared value; it is not an optional luxury in the healing process. While the interrelations betw...

T he age limits entitling to publicly subsidized dental care were abolished in Finland by the amended provisions of the Primary Health Care Act and the Health Insurance Act, which entered into force in their entirety on December 1, 2002. Before that, the local municipal authorities could limit the access to dental care on the basis of age. Likewise, the eligibility for reimbursement under healt...

Background: Social issues have prominent effects on the peoples' physical and mental health and on the health risk factors. In Iran, many organizations provide social care services to their target population. This study aimed to explore the roles and functions of Primary Health Care (PHC) system in providing social care services in Iran.   Methods: This was a qualitative study, for whic...