background : self-care plays a critical role in successful diabetes management. it is important for health professionals to understand the factors that influence the self-care behaviors of people with diabetes. the purpose of this study was to determine predictors of self-care and its effective factors among women's with type 2 diabetes mellitus in zahedan via health belief model. methods : thi...

Background. Adverse drug reactions are global problems of major concern. Adverse drug reaction reporting helps the drug monitoring system to detect the unwanted effects of those drugs which are already in the market. Aims. To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of health care professionals working in Nekemte town towards adverse drug reaction reporting. Methods and Materials. A cross-s...

background: underutilization of mental health care services has been a challenge for the health care providers for many years. this challenge could be met in part by improving the clients’ readiness to use such services. this study aimed to introduce the important aspects of the clients’ readiness to use mental health services in the iranian context. materials and methods: a thematic analysis o...

INTRODUCTION This study aimed to learn from the experiences of well-established, disaster preparedness-focused health care coalition (HCC) leaders for the purpose of identifying opportunities for improved delivery of disaster-health principles to health professionals involved in HCCs. This report describes current HCC education and training needs, challenges, and promising practices. METHODS ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the experience of providing and receiving primary care from the perspectives of primary care health professionals and patients with serious mental illness respectively. DESIGN Qualitative study consisting of six patient groups, six health professional groups, and six combined focus groups. SETTING Six primary care trusts in the West Midlands. PARTICIPANTS Forty five p...

BACKGROUND People who leave their country of origin, or the country of habitual residence, to establish themselves permanently in another country are usually referred to as migrants. Over half of all births in Montreal, Canada are to migrant women. To understand healthcare professionals' attitudes towards migrants that could influence their delivery of care, our objective was to explore their p...

Dental care is the most common unmet health care need of children. Those at increased risk for problems with oral health and access to care are from poor or minority families, lack health insurance, or have special health care needs. These factors place more than 52 percent of children at risk for untreated oral disease. Measures of access and parental report indicate unmet oral health needs, b...

BACKGROUND Becoming parents for the first time is challenging. Mothers need both social and professional support to handle these challenges. Professionals' attitudes affect quality of care and support. So to improve professional support, an intervention consisting of a process-oriented training was performed. Due to the positive results of the intervention there is a need to illuminate the meth...

BACKGROUND Both health care professionals and nonprofessionals seek medical information on the Internet. Using Web-based search engine searches to detect epidemic diseases has, however, been problematic. Physician's databases (PD) is a chargeable evidence-based medicine (EBM) portal on the Internet for health care professionals and is available throughout the entire health care system in Finlan...