background: selection of an appropriate leadership style coordinated with external motivation can improve job performance, job promotion and job satisfaction and consequently lead to achieving both individual and organizational goals. the aim of this study was to assess the relationship between leadership style and job satisfaction of staff working in health care networks in kerman university o...

background and purpose: the movement of spiritual leadership is a special kind of service-centered leadership which looks forward to progress and staff control. job involvement also emphasizes timely attendance of staff, feeling successful at work, and sense of optimism and success about the future of the organization. therefore, this study investigated the relation between spiritual leadership...

introduction micronutrients deficiency, especially iron and vitamins, is a common nutritional problem among children under 2 years in iran. the aim of the present study is to assess the awareness and performance of mothers about the use of iron and vitamin supplements in infants less than 2 years. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 762 mothers of 6-24 months infa...

Despite the well-documented efficacy of psychoeducational and behavioral approaches in family interventions for persons with serious mental illness (1), clinicians have rarely included these methods in their professional repertoires (2). Journal publications, books, continuing education courses, and advocacy by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and its local affiliates have induced few...

Workplace violence can lead to serious consequences for victims, organizations, and society. Most workplace violence prevention programs aim to train staff to better recognize and safely manage at-risk situations. The Omega education and training program was developed in Canada in 1999, and has since been used to teach healthcare and mental health workers the skills needed to effectively interv...

Background: There are significant concerns for student mental health in higher education. New factors affect health, and campus counselling services overwhelmed. Struggling students turn to ideally placed familiar teaching staff support. This qualitative study, conducted an East of England university, aimed explore perceptions support offered by grappling with their health. It is unique, combin...

A public health clinic was established to provide antiviral prophylaxis to school contacts during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza outbreak in NSW, Australia. Children (n = 74) and staff (n = 9) were provided with antiviral (oseltamivir) prophylaxis following exposure to a confirmed case of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza. The success of the clinic included attention to infection control and q...

BACKGROUND During the last decade there has been a growing concern about the lack of results in the health sectors of many low income countries. Progress has been particularly slow in maternal- and child health. Prompted by the need to accelerate progress towards these health outcomes, pay-for- performance (P4P) schemes have been initiated in a number of countries. This paper explores the perce...

INTRODUCTION A decade after health sector reform, public health services in rural Cambodia remain under-utilised for multiple reasons related to financial, structural and personnel factors. Ineffectiveness of rural public health services has led to a significant increase in private providers, often the same people who staff public facilities. Public health clinics are often portrayed as low qua...