OBJECTIVES This survey study sought to characterize the current training environment in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and vascular imaging and to quantify the magnitude of any gaps between current training practice and the recommendations of the Core Cardiovascular Training Symposium (COCATS-2) guidelines. BACKGROUND The COCATS-2 guidelines published in 2002 newly included specific ...

the most common and probable starting point in the literature for definition of quality of life (qol) was generally attributed to a warning that the area would be full of confusion and complexity. the study results showed that qol of rural households can be categorized into three main groups: low, medium, and high. besides, it suggests that there is no significant relationship between the qol a...

This article examines the texts used by madrassah or religious schools in Pakistan which are playing a major role in framing the larger part of madrassah students’ worldview. A considerable part of madrassah graduates are busy in what they called it jihad in Afghanistan Northern Pakistan. Comparing these texts with that of the nineteenth century, this study investigates that how a substantial c...

In 2011, the Florida Asthma Coalition (FAC) began offering its Asthma-Friendly Childcare Center (AFCC) training online. This course teaches childcare center employees the fundamentals of effective asthma management. It covers basic asthma physiology, ways to recognize asthma attacks, techniques to help children experiencing attacks, and strategies to create healthy environments for asthmatics. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Training partnerships between family medicine residencies (FMRs) and community health centers (CHCs) are a potential solution to the chronic problem of health workforce shortages in CHCs. We conducted a national survey to identify the barriers to training family medicine residents in CHCs. METHODS We asked US family medicine residency directors to identify barriers t...

BACKGROUND In the United States, one in three children is overweight or obese by their fifth birthday. In Georgia, 35 percent of children are overweight or obese. Contrary to popular belief, children who are overweight or obese are likely to be the same weight status as adults, making early childhood an essential time to address weight status. An estimated 380,000 Georgia children attend early ...

Ideology has always exercised a role in constructing or deconstructing narratives of societies such as Pakistan. Pakistan’s society been radicalized recent years, with religious intolerance leading to terrorism and violent extremism. This research examines factors surrounding radicalization, extremism, terrorism. Essentially, this study aims answer how Pakistan become radical society. Moreover,...

background: we aimed to assess the impact of health workers’ training program on preventive behaviors of leishmaniosis based on basnef (belief, attitude, subjective norm, and enabling factors) model in the families under the coverage of health centers. methods: the study was done in rural health centers of marvdasht city, fars province, iran in 2011. health workers completed a specific question...

PURPOSE Training family medicine residents in underserved settings, such as community health centers (CHCs), may provide a solution to the primary care workforce shortage. We sought to describe the facilitators and barriers to creating partnerships between CHCs and family medicine residencies (FMRs). METHODS We conducted 19 key informant interviews and 3 focus groups to identify the key facto...