BACKGROUND During the last decade there has been a growing concern about the lack of results in the health sectors of many low income countries. Progress has been particularly slow in maternal- and child health. Prompted by the need to accelerate progress towards these health outcomes, pay-for- performance (P4P) schemes have been initiated in a number of countries. This paper explores the perce...

In contemporary laboratory animal facilities, workplace exposure to zoonotic pathogens, agents transmitted to humans from vertebrate animals or their tissues, is an occupational hazard. The primary (e.g., macaques, pigs, dogs, rabbits, mice, and rats) and secondary species (e.g., sheep, goats, cats, ferrets, and pigeons) of animals commonly used in biomedical research, as classified by the Amer...

BACKGROUND The positive influence of physical activity (PA) on health is well documented. Even at old age, PA remains useful but participation in PA decreases with age. In long-term care facilities (LTCFs), PA appears to be reduced to a bare minimum. Because administrators have a key role in developing the care policy of LTCFs, it is important that they support the organization of PA in LTCFs. ...

Objective To evaluate the implementation of a time-driven activity-based costing analysis at five community health facilities in Haiti. Methods Together with stakeholders, the project team decided that health-care providers should enter start and end times of the patient encounter in every fifth patient's medical dossier. We trained one data collector per facility, who manually entered the ti...

OBJECTIVES To identify the impact of the regulations implemented in Maryland in 2001, related to nursing home attending physicians and medical directors, and nursing home quality assurance requirements, on Maryland nursing homes, administrators, and physicians. DESIGN Two surveys were mailed to all nursing home administrators in Maryland, one for their completion and one to give to their medi...

signed to alert university-based administrators of the value of poultry genetic resources. The committees’ present administrative goals include development of priority guidelines for repository deposits of semen at the Ft. Collins NAGP facility, development of poultry-specific parameters for the GRIN database, establishment and distribution of useful guidelines/advice for handling and cryoprese...

Compelling evidence exists that conflict and communication problems occur between nursing home staff and family members of residents. However, few interventions have been documented that simultaneously address the needs of both groups. The Partners in Caregiving program was created to train staff and family members in communication techniques and conflict resolution skills. Through a joint meet...

Article: Revised surveyor guidelines for acactivities requirements in long-term care facilities became effective in June 2006. These guidelines have important programmatic, clinical, staff, and cost implications for gerontological nurses, administrators, and other facility staff. The investigative protocol used by surveyors is designed to determine whether a facility has provided a sufficient o...

The attrition of both new and experienced teachers is a great challenge for schools and school administrators throughout the United States, particularly in large urban districts. Because of the importance of this issue, there is a large empirical literature that investigates why teachers quit and how they might be better induced to stay. Here we build upon this literature by suggesting another ...