background hepatitis b virus (hbv) is likely to be more prevalent in certain populations and occupational groups, such as municipal solid waste workers (mswws). objectives the current study aimed to estimate the prevalence of hbv and its risk factors among mswws compared to other municipal employees not exposed to waste. patients and methods the current cross-sectional study included 654 munici...

BACKGROUND The associations between socioeconomic status and community-acquired pneumonia outcomes in adults have been studied although studies did not always document a relationship.The aim of this multicenter observational study was to determine the association between socioeconomic status and community-acquired pneumonia outcomes in the elderly, in the context of a public health system provi...

organizational entrepreneurship is the total efforts which directly or indirectly affects the performance of an organization. in municipalities, because of financial independent conditions, organizational entrepreneurship has a high value in order to increase the quality of urban services. based on the main need of the municipalities to organizational entrepreneurship, this study aims to explor...

172 Abstract: E-municipality is the use of ICT to transform local government by making it more accessible, effective, efficient and accountable at local level. This ranges from providing wider access to government information and promoting civic engagement and providing development opportunities. Selecting and applying a suitable model for emunicipality implementation is essential. This model s...

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to describe how the municipalities may benefit from using visualization in the planning process and when sharing knowledge within the municipality. As municipalities in different countries may have different prerequisites, a short overview of the local government in Sweden and the role of the Swedish municipalities give the necessary background. After t...

This paper examines the working facilities and processes of dentists in the primary healthcare systems of two towns in Bahia State, Brazil, striving to analyze the extent to which factors related to dental care, training, placement and professional profiles influence their practices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine dentists in both towns, with work process organization patte...

Ecological sanitation (Ecosan) is a relatively new concept being promoted in many developing countries to improve sanitation coverage and recycle nutrients in excreta for agricultural production. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Kabale municipality, western Uganda to determine the coverage of Ecosan and factors affecting its uptake. A total of 806 respondents were interviewed, randomly s...

M-government is an emergent area for mobile applications, where citizens and organizations can interact with government and municipal agencies through mobile devices. One promising area for m-government is complaint and problem management, where mobile applications using the integrated functions of a cellular telephone can offer citizens convenient ways of rapidly reporting problems. The proble...