Identifying individual and social factors affecting MS patients’ quality of life can play a significant role in planning, treatment process and modifying their lifestyle. Thus, this study proposed a structural model explaining MS patients’ quality of life based on health-promoting lifestyle with the mediating role of psychological capital. The study had a correlational design.  The population o...

the united nations (un) sustainable development agenda offers an opportunity to realise the right to health for all. the agenda’s “interlinked and integrated” sustainable development goals (sdgs) provide the prospect of focusing attention and mobilising resources not just for the provision of health services through universal health coverage (uhc), but also for addressing the underlying social,...

Graz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, A6 8010 Graz, Austria; Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Messeweg 11, D-38104 Braunschweig, 7 Germany, Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute, National Banana Research Program, 8 Uganda; Makerere University, Department of Agricultural Production, College of 9 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Uganda and B...

1. Introduction The development of a real-time, in-service structural health monitoring and damage detection technique has recently attracted a large number of academic and industrial researchers. The goal of this research is to allow systems and structures to monitor their own integrity while in operation and throughout their lives in order to prevent catastrophic failures and to reduce the co...

This article is a review of the PhD Thesis of Malin Eriksson, entitled 'Social capital, health and community action - implications for health promotion.' The article presents a theoretical overview of social capital and its relation to health, reviews empirical findings of the links between social capital and (self-rated) health, and discusses the usefulness of social capital in health promotio...