general medicine, family and community medicine are losing their interest among Pakistani medical students. Although there has been an increased awareness of community based curriculum in local medical colleges, medical students of today prefer specialty training programmes over primary care specialties.1 Multiple factors including social, cultural, economical and personal interest of the medic...

This paper discusses the implications of the key findings of the Singapore Mental Health Study (SMHS) in the context of the fi rst ever National Mental Health Policy and Blueprint (NMHPB). The SMHS was a cross-sectional epidemiological survey of the adult Singapore residents. The policy implications emanating from the findings of this study are discussed in this commentary. These pertain to ini...

BACKGROUND Healthcare professionals working in the community setting have limited knowledge of the evidence-based management of malnutrition. The present study aimed to evaluate a community dietetics intervention, which included an education programme for healthcare professionals in conjunction with the introduction of a community dietetics service for patients 'at risk' of malnutrition. Change...

BACKGROUND The articles in the Microsystems in Health Care series have focused on the success characteristics of high-performing clinical microsystems. Realization is growing about the importance of attracting, selecting, developing, and engaging staff. By optimizing the work of all staff members and by promoting a culture where everyone matters, the microsystem can attain levels of performance...

Currently, in the United States there is a significant physician workforce shortage. This problem is likely to persist as there is no quick solution. The nature of this shortage is complex and involves factors such as an absolute physician shortage, as well as physician shortages in primary care and certain specialty care areas. In addition, there is a misdistribution of physicians to medically...

The knowledge about the influence of environmental hazards on children's health is increasing enormously. European Ministers of Health and Environment, like many other stakeholders, identified the environmental hazards in Europe for the health of children as so serious, that they called for a "Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE)" approved in June 2004. The knowledg...

OBJECTIVE To characterize and analyze the control mechanisms of institutional relations for the integration of health education and services linked to the Pro-Saúde programme, according to the professors and nurses of health centres in Florianópolis. METHOD A qualitative approach based on a single case study. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted in the second semester of 2012 at ...

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to determine the effectiveness of dietary advice to follow a Mediterranean style diet or the provision of foods relevant to the Mediterranean diet for the primary prevention of CVD.

The traditional model of medical education has been criticized for providing a fragmented learning experience that fails to engage students in patient-centered care.1-3 Because students rotate between specialties each month of their clinical year, they develop only brief therapeutic relationships with individual patients, rarely assume ownership of patient care, and are unable to contribute to ...

The Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing offers a nine-university, consortium-based primary health care nurse practitioner education program and on-line continuing education courses for primary health care nurse practitioners. Our study sought to determine the continuing education needs of primary health care nurse practitioners across Ontario, how best to meet these needs, and the...