INTRODUCTION The number of people suffering from dementia will increase dramatically in the future, and this will be a great challenge and concern for health care services. It is assumed that volunteers will strengthen community health care services more in the future than they do today. AIM The aim of this study was to elucidate lived experiences of working as a volunteer in an activity cent...

background: h-reflex is a valuable electrophysiological technique for assessing nerve conduction through entire length of afferent and efferent pathways, especially nerve roots and proximal segments of peripheral nerves. the aim of this study was to investigate the relation between normal values of flexor carpi radialis (fcr) h-reflex latency, upper limb length and age in normal subjects, and t...

This cross-sectional study aimed to explain the level of health literacy and behavior, investigate relevant factors, predict construct behavioral model Dhammanamai among village volunteers (VHVs) in northern Thailand. The sample participants were 347 VHVs Phayao Province, They selected by using multi-stage random sampling technique. In this research, a questionnaire was used for collecting data...

With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those with AIDS - as part of the wider task-shifting agenda. Yet little is known about how best to facilitate such involvement. This paper reports on community perceptio...

BACKGROUND 1.5 million Kenyans are living with HIV/AIDS as per 2015 estimates. Though there is a notable decline in new HIV infections, continued effort is still needed to develop an efficacious, accessible and affordable HIV vaccine. HIV vaccine clinical trials bear risks, hence a need to understand volunteer motivators for enrolment, retention and follow-up. Understanding the factors that mot...

Background Primary care providers are well positioned to foster self-management through linking patients community-based health and social services (HSSs). This study evaluated a web-based tool—GENIE (Generating Engagement in Network Involvement)—to support the of adults. GENIE empowers leverage their personal networks increase access HSSs. maps patients’ networks, elicits preferences, filters ...