BACKGROUND As part of a national strategy for reaching Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in Morocco, an action plan covering three systems (sociocultural, educational and professional) was developed to strengthen midwives' professional role in order to contribute to high quality maternity care. This study aimed to understand the implementation process by identifying the characteristics of th...

To address health systems challenges in limited-resource settings, global health initiatives, particularly the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, have seconded health workers to the public sector. Implementation considerations for secondment as a health workforce development strategy are not well documented. The purpose of this article is to present outcomes, best practices, and lesson...

We are presently undergoing a crucial period in the nursing profession and nursing education. Health care programs are overloaded, the role of the nurse has recently undergone important changes with the implementation of the directives of Bill 90 and the therapeutic nursing plan and in hospitals the time needed to formulate elaborate health care plans is getting rarer. Nevertheless, it is impor...

INTRODUCTION The paper aims to describe the progress that has been made in the implementation of the Albanian food and nutrition policy since 2003, so as to consider its impacts to date, and to identify strategic priorities/critical areas and priorities for Albania's future policy on improving the national food and nutrition situation. METHODS In 2011-2012, an expert group applied an intersec...

BACKGROUND Older adults experiencing multiple chronic illnesses are at high risk of hospitalization and health decline if they are unable to manage the significant challenges posed by their health conditions. Goal-oriented care approaches can provide better care for these complex patients, but clinicians find the process of ascertaining goals "too complex and too-time consuming," and goals are ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association of a three-tier pharmacy benefit plan with prescription drug spending and utilization, employee health status, and short-term disability (STD) absences in a large financial services corporation. METHODS Retrospective observational study of approximately 17,000 employees enrolled in the company's pharmacy benefit plan in anyone year from 2000 to 2004. Pharm...

Background: The Family Physician Plan has recently been implemented in three provinces of Iran on a pilot basis and is going to be implemented throughout Iran in the future. Through a qualitative design, this study aims to determine probable implementation challenges of Family Physician Plan in Kerman. Methods: This study was conducted in Kerman in 2013. Data were collected through interview...