introduction: new organization’s success depends on the efficient use of human resources in this study, we aimed to estimate the staffing needs in hospitals of shiraz university of medical sciences (sums) according to model proposed by the ministry of health and medical education in 2012. method: this is a cross-sectional definitive study conducted in three general and six specialized sums hosp...

OBJECTIVES China is facing the unprecedented challenge of rapidly increasing rural-to-urban migration. Migrants are in a vulnerable state when they attempt to access to primary care services. This study was designed to explore rural-to-urban migrants' experiences in primary care, comparing their quality of primary care experiences under different types of medical institutions in Guangzhou, Chin...

how to cite this article: yaghini o, danesh f, mahmoudian t, beigi b. evaluation of developmental delay in infants who came in for 6th month vaccination in isfahan city health centers. iran j child neurol 2012;6(2): 29-32.   objective developmental delay is one of the most common causes of conferring the pediatric neurologist. the main part of neurological growth and development occur in the fi...

abstract quality of life is a many-sided and complex concept and includes not only physical aspects of life. measuring and discovering this concept depends on many factors such as cultural, social, economical and even environmental. in this research, the connection between women’s quality of life and their access to public utilities and municipal services, health level and safety level of neigh...

Brent D. Ryan first visited Detroit in 1993. Describing this experience, he says: ‘‘The sense of emptiness was overpowering. ... I felt as if I was walking into the ruin of America.’’ In his book ‘‘Design after decline—how America rebuilds shrinking cities,’’ Ryan tries to understand why so many American cities have been losing population, what was and is done to change the fortune of these cit...

There has been an increase in the number of women taking herbs then go and deliver in urban health care centers. The midwives manning these institutions have no formal training in traditional medicines hence are least prepared for the outcomes. The aim of the study was to establish the perceptions of the midwives working in urban health care centers on the use of herbs in labour. The study adop...

OBJECTIVES To reveal the equity of health workforce distribution in urban community health service (CHS), and to provide evidence for further development of community health service in China. METHODS A community-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in China from September to December 2011. In the study, 190 CHS centers were selected from 10 provinces of China via stratified multistage c...

BACKGROUND Diabetes is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Moreover, CVD accounts for primary cause of death among diabetic patients. Physicians, especially in the primary care setting, have effective role in the management of cardiovascular risk factors. Therefore, we aimed to compare the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in Type 2 diabetic patients attending to...

Introduction: Birth weight is one of the most important determinants of survival and growth is associated with child health. In addition to the high mortality rate, incidence of  mental retardation, paralysis, spinal cord injury, deafness, cerebral hemorrhage in low birth weight  are more.The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of infants born weighing less than 2,500 g (LBW) in wo...