Community health worker programs provide healthcare to those living outside the financial and physical reach of the standard health infrastructure. These programs are particularly prevalent in low resource regions. Frequently such programs involve community health workers making household visits across a significant geographical area. We suggest that this problem can be posed as a formal routin...

Seventy five patients with chronic respiratory disability were randomised to a group visited by a respiratory health worker (42) or control group (33). The first group was visited monthly by a respiratory nurse, who gave education and support. The effect of the intervention was assessed in terms of quality of life (by questionnaires), the number and duration of admissions to hospital, and the n...

When OSHA was established, proponents believed it would dramatically improve the safety and health of American workers. During the forty years of its existence, workplace fatalities and nonfatal injuries and illnesses have fallen but OSHA is not the major cause of this decline. Changes in the industrial mix of workers and improvements in safety technology have combined with expanded employer in...