Correspondence BMJORL 16 of the facilities provided, all general practitioners , paediatricians, and district medical officers in the county were circularized. They were informed of the existing provisions for the mentally handicapped in the county, and were advised that if they wished to refer such patients, and their parents, to the county medical officer, arrangements would be made for them ...

The scarcity of rural physicians in India has resulted in non-physician clinicians (NPC) serving at primary health centers (PHC). This study examines the clinical competence of NPCs and physicians serving at PHCs to treat a range of medical conditions. The study is set in Chhattisgarh state, where physicians (medical officers) and NPCs: Rural Medical Assistants (RMA), and Indian system of medic...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to investigate the relationships among job stress, job satisfaction, and mental health in marine officers. METHODS The researchers gathered data on marine officers working at a harbor in Chungcheong Province, South Korea, using a self-reported questionnaire. Mental health was measured by the Symptom Checklist-90-Revision (SCL-90-R), and general characterist...

The district health system in Ghana today is characterized by high resource-uncertainty and narrow decision-space. This article builds a theory-driven historical case study to describe the influence of path-dependent administrative, fiscal and political decentralization processes on development of the district health system and district manager decision-space. Methods included a non-exhaustive ...

OBJECTIVE To understand health managers' and service providers' views about routine immunization; perceived barriers and practical measures to improve the situation in three districts of rural Sindh and one town of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY Key informants interviews and focused group discussions were carried out involving district and town health officers, health providers, vaccinators, ...