Two themes feature prominently in current National Health Service (NHS) priorities: the importance of evidence-based health care and the value of informed choice for users of health services. There is evidence both within and outside health care showing that choices are in ̄uenced by the way options are presented. Nearly 20 000 women each year in the United Kingdom will have an uncomplicated bre...

Knowing and applying the basic management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, as well as their permutations and combinations, are vital to effective delivery of public health services. Presently, graduate programs that prepare public health professionals neither emphasize teaching management theory, nor its application. This deficit puts those who become man...

Background Nowadays, one of the most components of clinical governance is to held childbirth education classes for pregnant women. On the other hand, assessment of patient’s satisfaction from the services is the most important indicators of quality of services and monitoring health services. So patient satisfaction has an important role in medical care. Therefore consideration of patient’s expe...

conclusions the quality gap in the services provided by maternity units showed that these units are not able to meet pregnant women’s expectations completely. the negative quality gaps can be used as a guideline to improve the maternal health care quality and reduce maternal mortality, particularly in high-risk women such as those living in rural areas. results there was a negative gap in all d...

knowing and applying the basic management functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling, as well as their permutations and combinations, are vital to effective delivery of public health services. presently, graduate programs that prepare public health professionals neither emphasize teaching management theory, nor its application. this deficit puts those who become man...

background: in recent years use of family physicians has been determined as a start point of health system reform to achieve more productive health services. in this study we aimed to assess the cost-efficiency of the implementation of this plan in fars province, southern iran. methods: this cross-sectional descriptive study was done in 2007 in 18 provincial health centers as well as 224 rural ...

Background: Uganda is ranked 14th out of 54 countries in Africa with the highest levels of teenage pregnancies. The teenage pregnancy rate in Kibuku District in 2016 was 35.8%, high above the average rate in Uganda (25%). It was also above the average for rural areas in Uganda (27%). Unfortunately, there is limited information on the experiences of seeking antenatal care and delivery among teen...

BACKGROUND Delivery at health institutions under the care of trained health-care providers and utilization of postnatal cares services plays vital roles in promoting child survival and reducing the risk of maternal mortality. More than 80 % of maternal deaths can be prevented if pregnant women access to essential maternity cares like antenatal care, institutional delivery and postnatal care ser...