In China, rapid development has prompted massive migration from rural to urban areas. Migrants’ participation in Urban Residents Committees (URCs) and other community organizations offers opportunities for the development of social capital and democracy in contemporary China. We use 2006 survey data from a stratified convenience sample of 3,024 migrant workers in 7 Chinese cities to examine ind...

although the pathology and public health is recognized as the foundation of its existence to be long-lived human life. but according to the distribution and contact with social structures as a matter of developing countries are left behind in its place, according to their importance has not been. this is the birthplace of the fact that the disease has a special place in medicine introduces geog...

OBJECTIVE It is well documented that both work stress and work motivation are key determinants of job satisfaction. The aim of this study was to examine levels of work stress and motivation and their contribution to job satisfaction among community health workers in Heilongjiang Province, China. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Heilongjiang Province, China. PARTICIPANTS The particip...

I ntegrated community case management (iCCM) has been endorsed and promoted by WHO, UNICEF, USAID, and other major international organizations as a high-impact strategy to increase access to treatments for the leading causes of child mortality—diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria. Because it relies on health workers based in the community, iCCM improves access and timeliness of treatment, and the i...

This paper presents an evaluation of a primary prevention program designed to enhance individual and community competence in older adult community workers and in community residents with whom they worked. A total of 22 community workers and 97 community residents participated in the study; 30 residents constituted as posttest-only control group. Pre-post changes included increased knowledge of ...

This qualitative study examines the social relationships between the Community Health Agents (CHAs) and the Family Health team (FH), highlighting cooperative interventions and interactions among workers. A total of 23 participant observations and 11 semi-structured interviews were conducted with an FH team in a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. The results revealed that CHAs function a...

M R ALBERTS IS THE classic " frequent flyer. " At age 60 years, he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, anxiety, and chronic pulmonary emboli. Formerly a computer network engineer , he has been unemployed since 2010. He was admitted to the hospital 4 times within the first 6 months of 2011. His cumulative charges to Medicaid were $82 952— substantially higher than the na-tion's median in...

BACKGROUND Motivated human resource is the key to improve health system performance and retention of health workers. There is scanty literature on measuring motivation of health workers in India. Thus, the objective of this study was to measure and identify important aspects of health workers' motivation in North India. METHODS A mixed method study design was adopted. Under the quantitative c...

Background In many developing countries like Ghana, community volunteers assist in the provision of certain health services to rural and hard-to-reach communities. This study examined factors that influence the motivation and retention of community-based volunteers supporting with work on health-related activities at the community level in Ghana.   Methods Using a sequential mixed-method design...