despite progress towards greater public engagement, questions about the optimal approach to access public preferences remain unanswered. we review two increasingly popular methods for engaging the public in healthcare priority-setting and determining their preferences; the citizens’ jury (cj) and discrete choice experiment (dce). we discuss the theoretical framework from which each method is de...

Self-care and self-orchestration are focal points for transformations in health care and well-being in the Netherlands. Citizens should live healthily, be active every day and manage their own health. In this context, we explore how persuasive information technology may support older people in developing and maintaining healthy behavior. In two cases (in the Dutch cities Wijchen and Arnhem) we ...

background: aging and its social-biological process naturally impair the functions of different body organs and cause progressive disabilities in managing personal affairs and performing social roles. laughter therapy is an important strategy which has been recommended by experts for increasing health promotion in older adults. therefore, we aimed to investigate the effect of laughter therapy p...

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA), a global organization representing nearly 250 000 psychiatrists, urges ALL Governments to ensure that persons with mental illness/mental disability/mental health problems are not discriminated against based on their mental health status, and are treated as full citizens enjoying all rights on an equal basis with other citizens. The WPA supports the effor...

In China during the last decade, citizens have rarely agitated against the ubiquity of cigarettes, at the same time that tobacco products have been responsible for killing more than a million people a year and tobacco-control programs have been enjoying a marked growth in logistical support, discursive attention, and funding. In this article, the author argues that China's ongoing popular quies...

background: life style is an important element to prevent the cancer. therefore, this study aimed to determine life style risk factors of tehran citizens as well as to prevent cancer. methods: this study is a descriptive - analytic research with sample size of 2500 tehran citizens. the study data was collected via a questionnaire that contained 2 parts: demographic and questions related to life...

To the Editor: To get ready for the spread of chikungunya, health authorities in North, South, and Central America and the Pacific Islands are developing preparedness and response plans (1,2) that contain vector control, epidemiologic surveillance, medical education, and communication components. They might consider the experience of Réunion Island, an overseas department of France, where a chi...

OBJECTIVES To examine racial/ethnic disparity in and predictors of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among men. METHODS We used the National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS) 1999-2000 data, a multistage probability sampling design producing a U.S. representative sample of 23,459 adult males. Data were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression. RESULTS The likelihood of engaging in i...