OBJECTIVES To perform a bibliometric analysis of theses and dissertations on prematurity in the Capes database from 1987 to 2009. METHODS This is a descriptive study that used the bibliometric approach for the production of indicators of scientific production. Operationally, the methodology was developed in four steps: 1) construction of the theoretical framework; 2) data collection sourced f...

Worldwide, policy-makers and planners often overlook the advantages of including subjective indicators in their social imp act assessments. This oversight may be due to lack of knowledge of the role of different types of social indicators in social reporting. Quality of life studies, a subdiscipline of sociology with a forty-year history, has much to offer in the evaluation of social policy. In...

A conceptual framework was constructed for United Nations’ complex Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 4.7 focusing on education for sustainable development (ESD), and used to analyse the usefulness and character of indicators produced from a values-based approach called ESDinds, compared to a UN process. The analysis shows that the latter generated very few indicators concerning the wide...

In September 2015, mental health was included in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this historic step, the United Nations (UN) acknowledged the burden of disease of mental illness, and defined mental health as a priority for global development for the next 15 years. On the road to this achievement, many individuals and organisations have played a role in contributing to the inclus...

social capital referred to communications and links that based on trust and formed between human and institutional collections as a valuable source. this article aimed to explore the social capital concept and its indicators and how to evaluation its criteria, and then compare this variables in executive organization of qom province until can introduce a clear illustration about this concept. t...

Influenza A virus is always concerned as an infectious agent in birds and other mammalian such as humans. Although it is believed that barriers among various species restrict the transmission of influenza viruses, there are evidences implying that origin of all human influenza viruses is derived from avian influenza viruses. To determine the prevalence of human H1 and H3 viruses in the captive ...

BACKGROUND Reducing maternal mortality is a critical issue in Pakistan. Do public health care centers in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) comply with minimum UN recommendations for availability, use, and quality of basic and comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) as measured by UN process indicators? METHODS All public health facilities providing EmOC (n = 50) in 30% of d...