BACKGROUND The Canadian health system is undergoing reform. Over the past decade a prominent trend has been creation of health regions. This structural shift is concurrent with a greater emphasis on population health and the broad determinants of health. In parallel, there is a movement toward more intersectoral collaboration (i.e., collaboration between diverse segments of the health system, a...

This randomized controlled study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program entitled 'Capacity building for community leaders in a healthy living environment,' and to assess the usefulness of a participatory style of education and the applicability of an intersectoral approach in the educational process. An intervention group and a control group (consisting of 150 and...

BACKGROUND Intersectoral collaboration between government sectors such as Health and Social Development and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in communities is crucial for provision of psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) for those with severe mental illness. This study aims to provide recommendations for strengthening such intersectoral collaboration in South Africa and with relevance to othe...

A situation analysis was undertaken to assess impediments to health impact assessment (HIA) in the South-East Asia Region of WHO (SEARO). The countries of the region were assessed on the policy framework and procedures for HIA, existing infrastructure required to support HIA, the capacity for undertaking HIA, and the potential for intersectoral collaboration. The findings show that environmenta...

The current changes in health care systems challenge knowledgeable, mature and independent practitioners to integrate theoretical content with practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the problems of integrating theory with practice in selected clinical nursing situations. The study focused on rendering of family planning services to clients as a component of Community Nursing Science...

We analytically characterize the aggregate productivity loss from distortions in presence of sectoral production linkages and show key role input substitutability. analyze various forces behind non-monotonic effect substitutability on loss. then use second-order approximation to find that for moderate distortions, low reduces intermediate-input suppliers. Moreover, when elasticity substitution ...

With the increasing differentiation of organisations involved in the pursuit of public health, there is also a growing need for inter-organisational integration. Starting from the concepts of differentiation and integration, this article is attempting a theoretical reconstruction based on published research on inter-organisational integration in public health and related welfare services. Diffe...

BACKGROUND The role of health broker is a relatively new one in public health. Health brokers aim to create support for efforts to optimise health promotion in complex or even "wicked" public health contexts by facilitating intersectoral collaborations and by exchanging knowledge with different stakeholders. The current study aimed to explore the role of health brokers, by examining the motivat...

A. Ali Khan, T. Bakeyev, M. Göckeler, R. Horsley, A. C. Irving , D. Pleiter, P. Rakow , G. Schierholz, and H. Stüben (QCDSF and UKQCD Collaborations) Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany Institut für Theoretische Physik, U...