This explorative study aims to contribute the debate about citizen involvement in (complex) medical and social issues. Our research goals are: (1) explore main opportunities, threats challenges co-producing healthcare vulnerable communities from perspective of professionals, co-producers (i.e., citizens with a volunteering role) service users patients); (2) distil lessons for public managers co...

As governments grapple with meeting expectations of citizens and including their voices in policy making, greater understanding of how context influences involvement can help identify ways to involve those citizens who face substantial barriers to inclusion in policy development. This qualitative, instrumental case study focused on the involvement of people who use and need mental health and ho...

The ageing of the population, the growth of chronic diseases, and the explosion of healthcare costs jeopardise the sustainability of healthcare systems in many European countries. This opens opportunities for innovative prevention and healthcare services supported by information and communication technologies (ICT). The natural focus for providing such services is the home. However, the ehealth...

Beginning in 2017, new federal leadership can take important steps to vitalize the role of private citizens and businesses as well as faith-based and community-based organizations in the larger public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) enterprise. A broad consensus exists that government on its own cannot effectively and equitably manage epidemics and disasters. Past events repeatedly demonst...

The aim of this study is to assess population needs for the organisation of palliative care and establishment of hospices. An opinion poll was created to investigate these needs. The research was carried out in 2007/2008 among 1564 citizens not working in health services, and 789 health service workers--a total of 2353 people questioned in 7 towns of the Republic of Croatia. The significant res...

health lifestyle as a multi causal phenomenon, multidimensional and multiresonalcontributes to behavioral patterns that deals with health minatory problems of people; and in this way, can guarantee their health. by cockerham vision, health lifestyle realizes with choice concept, but a choice that occurs in social structure that itself affects by different factor. in this paper we try to find th...

Background The demand for health services in developing countries often outweighs provision. This article describes the present condition of physiotherapy in Bangladesh. Physiotherapy is not recognized as a profession by the government. There is no single registration and regulation body. The health-related and economic benefits of physiotherapy are not felt by the majority of Bangladeshi citiz...

Among the earliest and the most enduring responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been the imposition by governments of entry, stay, and residence restrictions for non-nationals living with HIV and AIDS. Sixty-six of the 186 countries in the world for which data are available currently have some form of restriction in place. Although international human rights law allows for discrimination in the...

1806 www.thelancet.com Vol 385 May 9, 2015 bleak. The papers we publish this week aim to show why withdrawing from multilateralism would be the wrong response to Ebola. It is perfectly understandable why many nations view threats to their citizens and sovereignty as reasons to act alone, on the basis of a narrow concept of strengthened state security. But human beings have many affi liations an...