Objective: To standardize and improve the management of health records in community health services in Tai’an city, also to improve community health service level, and enhance residents' awareness of health. Method: taking the residents within the service range of TaiQian Community Health Center in Taian city and the relevant medical staff as research respondent, 120 questionnaires have been se...

the older population in the world especially in iran is growing. according to census the number of individuals aged is approaching5/07 million in 2006 the nation is bracing for the aging of baby boom generation in 20 next year, which will swell the 65 and older population to10 million by 2020 and 26 million by 2050. (iran census, 2006) this population trends ported increased demand for health c...

For members of the public, community health fairs are an opportunity to gather information and receive screening for a variety of common medical conditions. For the osteopathic medical community, they can be an opportunity to increase public awareness about osteopathic medicine. The authors conducted a survey at nine community-based health fairs in the Lansing, Mich, metropolitan area to determ...

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A basic premise of this article is that the political and ethnic division of the city of Mostar imperils community health planning efforts beyond those normally encountered in the aftermath of war. Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided among ethnic groups, and the city of Mostar is further subdivided between the Croatian and Muslim interest groups. In that respect, Mostar presents a very special ch...

In publications which have compared the health expenditure in the component parts of the United Kingdom by applying the Resource Allocation Working Party (RAWP) formula to the health budget of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland it has been previously concluded that Scotland's hospital and community health services expenditure is more than 19% above what would be a fair distribution....

Community-level interventions dominate contemporary public health responses to health inequalities as a lack of political will has discouraged action at a structural level. Health promoters commonly leverage community capacity to achieve programme goals, yet the health implications of low community capacity are unknown. In this study, we analyse perceptions of community capacity at the individu...