objective: one of the most important goals of marriage is the will to attain marital satisfaction. marital ‎satisfaction is of prime importance and has the highest effect on the stability and failure of the ‎marriage. this study aimed to investigate marital satisfaction in the women who referred to ‎gorgan health centers.‎ method: this was a descriptive-analytical study conducted in gorgan. two...

For the past 25 years the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles, Haiti has been providing a wide range of maternal and child health services to the people of its rural district. Numerous special services for mothers and children have been added over the years, but these began to realize considerably greater potential with the creation of the hospital's Community Health Department in 1967....

BACKGROUND In low-resource settings, access to emergency cesarean section is associated with various delays leading to poor neonatal outcomes. In this study, we described the delays a mother faces when needing emergency cesarean delivery and assessed the effect of these delays on neonatal outcomes in Rwanda. METHODS This retrospective study included 441 neonates and their mothers who underwen...

The goal of this study was to establish the understanding and appreciation of the essence of PHC principles in the two Primary Health Care (PHC) communities. The PHC communities in this study referred to the people who were involved in the operation of the phenomenon, that is health professionals working in the health care centers and the communities served by these health care centers. It was ...

conclusions the results of the study showed a high prevalence of giardia lamblia and blastocystis hominis in rural areas compared to urban regions. therefore it is necessary to promote the public health awareness in the rural population, in order to reduce the frequency of parasitic infections. background nowadays, parasitic infections are a major health problem throughout the world, particular...

Approximately 25-30% of the Nepalese population live below poverty line. Majority of them reside in a geographically inaccessible place while most of the health centers are focused in the urbanized cities of Nepal. Hence, they are deprived of quality health care at that level and need urgent attention by the concerned authorities. The government has not increased its human resource for health i...

BACKGROUND Aim of this study was to determine the dimensions of the service quality in the public hospitals and evaluate the determinants of client satisfaction in obstetric health in the context of Pakistan. METHODS The present research evaluates the application of an integrated client satisfaction model that draws mainly from the original SERVQUAL framework in obstetric health services. We ...

BACKGROUND In most countries of the sub-Saharan Africa, health care needs have been increasing due to emerging and re-emerging health problems. However, the supply of health care resources to address the problems has been continuously declining, thus jeopardizing the progress towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals. Namibia is no exception to this. It is therefore nece...