BACKGROUND Health equity is considered as one of the main objectives of health care systems. This study was carried out with the aim of determining health equity indicators in Iran. Through consideration of these indicators, differences in health status of different social groups and different geographical areas can be shown in different periods and based on that, effective interventions can be...

The world has made a great deal of progress through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to improve the health and well-being of people around the globe, but there remains a long way to go. Here we provide reflections on Rwanda's experience in working to meet the health-related targets of the MDGs. This experience has informed our proposal of five guiding principles that may be useful for co...

This randomized controlled study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program entitled 'Capacity building for community leaders in a healthy living environment,' and to assess the usefulness of a participatory style of education and the applicability of an intersectoral approach in the educational process. An intervention group and a control group (consisting of 150 and...

BACKGROUND The Canadian health system is undergoing reform. Over the past decade a prominent trend has been creation of health regions. This structural shift is concurrent with a greater emphasis on population health and the broad determinants of health. In parallel, there is a movement toward more intersectoral collaboration (i.e., collaboration between diverse segments of the health system, a...

A situation analysis was undertaken to assess impediments to health impact assessment (HIA) in the South-East Asia Region of WHO (SEARO). The countries of the region were assessed on the policy framework and procedures for HIA, existing infrastructure required to support HIA, the capacity for undertaking HIA, and the potential for intersectoral collaboration. The findings show that environmenta...

The current changes in health care systems challenge knowledgeable, mature and independent practitioners to integrate theoretical content with practice. The aim of this study was to investigate the problems of integrating theory with practice in selected clinical nursing situations. The study focused on rendering of family planning services to clients as a component of Community Nursing Science...

A. Ali Khan, T. Bakeyev, M. Göckeler, R. Horsley, A. C. Irving , D. Pleiter, P. Rakow , G. Schierholz, and H. Stüben (QCDSF and UKQCD Collaborations) Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany Institut für Theoretische Physik, U...

In 2001 the Illawarra Division of Population Health (in the former Illawarra Health) identified the broader environmental determinants of health as a service-wide priority. Environmental determinants were identified as those amenable to intervention, of regional interest and reliant on the development of strong intersectoral cooperation to achieve mutually desired outcomes between sectors: heal...

BACKGROUND The present study aims to test out contextually tailored interventions to increase evidence-informed health-enhancing physical activity policy-making in two Danish municipalities. METHODS The study was performed as experiments in natural settings. Based on results from a pre-intervention study defining the needs and contexts of the two settings, the interventions were developed bas...