BACKGROUND Public health policies aim to improve and maintain the health of citizens. Relevant data and indicators are needed for a health policy that is based on factual information. After 14 years of work (1998-2012), the multi-phase action on European Community Health Indicators (ECHI) has created a health monitoring and reporting system. It has generated EU added value by defining the ECHI ...

the present paper aimed at assessing the effects of young people’s indicators of life skills. the theoretical foundation of this research was obtained from adler’s and the world health organization’s viewpoints on life skill and mental health. the method of this study was a survey (applied, descriptive and correlation), and the sample group consisted of young people aged 15-29 in hajiabad town ...

introduction: hospitals are the best ground for providing health promotion and prevention services besides health care services. this study aimed to determine the impact of establishing standards of health promoting hospitals on hospitals' indicators in one of the public hospitals of iran. materials and methods: this research was a case-control study that included fatemieh (case group) and...

fair distribution of resources among various parts of the society and attention to social development in terms of providing primary educational and health facilities will bring about lasting effects on the countries' development. this paper tries to study social structures in five central asian nations. to do this, growth in sectors like health, education and percentage of state expenditur...

INTRODUCTION The Public Health Agency of Canada, in collaboration with bone health and osteoporosis experts from across Canada (n = 12), selected a core set of indicators for the public health surveillance of osteoporosis using a formal consensus process. METHODS A literature review identified candidate indicators that were subsequently categorized into an osteoporosis-specific indicator fram...

Die publiek in Singapore ken nie ’n hoë status aan verpleging toe nie met die gevolg dat skoolverlates met laer opvoedkundige kwalifikasies gewerf word. Assistentverpleegsters kan ook na ’n twee-jaar-kursus tot die kursus vir registrasie toegelaat word. Gemeenskapsdienste word gelewer vanaf gedesentraliseerde poli-klinieke wat met die hospitaal skakel. Gesinsbeplanning is ’n aspek wat baie aand...

BACKGROUND Social participation is an integral part of everyday life in society; however, evidence about its association with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) is lacking. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to explore whether social participation is associated with the Physical Component Summary of HRQoL (PCS) and Mental Component Summary of HRQoL (...

BACKGROUND The number of patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) increases annually and worldwide. Differences in the RRT incidence, prevalence, and modality vary between regions and countries for reasons yet to be clarified. AIMS Gain a better understanding of the association between hemodialysis (HD)-related variables and general population global health indicators. METHODS The...

This regular feature of the journal includes a discussion of recent trends in health care spending, employment, and prices. The statistics presented in this article are valuable in their own right and for understanding the relationship between the health care sector and the overall economy. In addition, they allow us to anticipate the direction and magnitude of health care cost changes prior to...

This regular feature of the journal includes a discussion of recent trends in health care employment and prices. The statistics presented in this article are valuable in their own right for understanding the relationship between the health care sector and the overall economy. In addition, they allow us to anticipate the direction and magnitude of health care cost changes prior to the availabili...