With the growing awareness of the nature and scope of the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) in the United States, a few state child welfare agencies have started to develop and implement training on CSEC for their social service staff. Since other state child welfare agencies may adopt a similar training model, it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of these CSEC training...

introduction: human resources are one of the factors most effective on the success or failure of an organization and service motivation is a factor which affects the quality and quantity of activity of an organization. the present study aimed to determine the motivating potential score (mps) of medical record staff of training hospitals in isfahan, iran, over the years of 2011-2012. methods: th...

Service quality and patient satisfaction affect an organization's value-based payments. This new value paradigm calls for a new approach to service education and training for front-line staff. Thoughtfully conceived, department-specific content, infused with patient feedback, value creation, and science of service quality principles, was developed to give front-line staff a deeper understanding...

BACKGROUND To adequately address the complex health needs of young people, their access to services, and the quality of services received, must be improved. AIMS To explore the barriers to service provision for young people and to identify the training needs of primary healthcare service providers in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. DESIGN OF STUDY A cross-sectional, qualitative study of t...

background and objectives: hand hygiene (hh) is crucial for preventing of infectious complications in health care settings. informing healthcare workers on the recommended hand washing method can promote this practice in the clinical staff. this study aimed to evaluate the impact of training the who-recommended five-moment hand washing method in promoting hand hygiene in a health care setting. ...

BACKGROUND Continued aging of the population is expected to be accompanied by substantial increases in the number of people with dementia and in the number of health care staff required to care for them. Adequate knowledge about dementia among health care staff is important to the quality of care delivered to this vulnerable population. The purpose of this study was to assess knowledge about de...

BACKGROUND: Human resources (HR) constraints have been reported as one of the main barriers to achieving the 2005 global tuberculosis (TB) control targets in 18 of the 22 TB high-burden countries (HBCs); consequently we try to assess the current HR available for TB control in HBCs. METHODS: A standard questionnaire designed to collect information on staff numbers, skills, training activities an...