Methods Following the Institute of Medicine’s guideline development process, a systematic review identified randomized controlled trials testing the use of integrative therapies for supportive care in patients receiving breast cancer treatment. Trials were included if the majority of participants had breast cancer and/or breast cancer patient results were reported separately, and outcomes were ...

Globally, maternal mortality remains a big public health problem. Kenya is one of the African countries with high maternal mortality with current estimates being as high as 488 deaths per 100,000 live births 1 .Although the Kenya government is making efforts to reverse maternal mortality trends, challenges related to a supportive legal environment, access to services and general rights awarenes...

This descriptive study takes stock of the nation's health services and health policy research capacity by profiling the organizational models, operational challenges and success strategies utilized by Canadian academic health policy research centres. While each such centre is unique, the results point to some common themes, including symbiotic relationships between centres and their ministries ...

This paper investigates situating of ubiquitous computing within our current everyday environments. We describe how tying information to actual physical locations can improve the usefulness of ubiquitous computing environments and promote the use of ubiquitous computing services. It is envisioned that these environments will emerge as a social framework for information distribution, and that th...

Differences between white and ethnic client psychosocial functioning, psychiatric and substance abuse symptomatology, and service utilization costs from a longitudinal clinical trial examining the relative cost effectiveness of three specialized interventions for dual disorders are compared within the study sample and to the existing literature. Ethnic clients comprised 30% of the treated sampl...

BACKGROUND The main purpose of this study was to identify factors that influence healthcare quality in the Iranian context. METHODS Exploratory in-depth individual and focus group interviews were conducted with 222 healthcare stakeholders including healthcare providers, managers, policy-makers, and payers to identify factors affecting the quality of healthcare services provided in Iranian hea...

Managed Alcohol Programs (MAPs) provide regulated doses of alcohol to residents in supportive accommodation to address seemingly intractable health and social problems experienced by people with alcohol dependence, use of non-beverage alcohol and unstable housing. The Station Street MAP was evaluated for housing stability, access and use of health care services, social functioning, harms and pa...

mental health services is great both in emotional and financial terms. Most interventions are geared towards the victim or the perpetrator, while the non-abusing parent and the siblings are given little if any support in dealing with the psychological and social consequences of abuse. Understanding the impact of abuse on other family members could lead to more effective and supportive intervent...