OBJECTIVE To describe a disaster recovery model focused on developing mental health services and capacity-building within a disparities-focused, community-academic participatory partnership framework. DESIGN Community-based participatory, partnered training and services delivery intervention in a post-disaster setting. SETTING Post-Katrina Greater New Orleans community. PARTICIPANTS More ...

The rapid growth of virtual communities has created a new interest in researchers. Indeed, understanding these communities is especially relevant because it may allow for the obtaining of valuable information (e.g. needs of particular groups of people). In this respect, this work tries to explore which factors motivate individuals to take part of a virtual community since participation is one o...

Customer service and quality are driving forces in the business community. As higher education institutions strive for better service quality, the assessment of educational service quality is required to provide feedback. This study analyzes the relationship between service quality and its dimensions that lead to customer satisfaction in higher education. The sample was drawn from 22 different ...

background and purpose: nurses constitute the largest group of human resources in healthcare systems of almost all countries they also play a significant role in community health promotion. nurses’ job satisfaction is of great importance in the promotion of healthcare quality. therefore, the present study aimed to analyze the relationship between personality type (type a & b) and job satisfacti...

INTRODUCTION Population aging is a worldwide phenomenon. As a response, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the concept of 'age-friendliness' in 2006. Age-friendliness is defined in terms of a range of domains, such as housing, opportunities for participation, and transportation. Communities that accommodate the needs of older adults in these domains will, it is thought, promote heal...

We performed an investigation on the patients' demand for community pharmacy based on the analysis of questionnaire responses on community pharmacy services from the patients at 32 pharmacies in Tokyo and Osaka. In the previous study, we developed seven evaluation indices for pharmacy services, and showed that the functions most sought by patients in the "ideal pharmacies" were "Attitude of pha...

objective: to investigate the application of quality function deployment (qfd) in the central library reference service quality science.methodology / approach: this study was a descriptive survey research and application. research instrument, libqual questionnaire and interview. the three-stage qfd model and the concentration of 7-seater model were used to determine the correlation matrix. the ...

The evaluation of research and community service management in university is carried out institutionally. Indicators national higher education standards need to be reviewed annually. object this the LPPM Universitas Islam Bandung (Unisba), using a quantitative approach with survey method. Primary data were collected through questionnaires partner population cluster sampling, internal samples 19...