A small case-load is becoming one of the shibboleths of community psychiatry. The shibboleths of community psychiatry. The paper by Burns paper by Burns et al et al (2000, this issue) focuses (2000, this issue) focuses on this matter with a comparison of two on this matter with a comparison of two models of service delivery in recurrent psy-models of service delivery in recurrent psychotic illn...

the study describes and evaluates inter-organizational communication and relationships involving rural development management of community lands within specific perimetros florestais in portugal. the research design is an exploratory research study approach that collected information with a mail questionnaire, interviews and information gleaned from community land association meetings and an in...

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of training of dispensers on the process of case management of ARI at community pharmacies in context to history taking and provision of advice working at community pharmacies in Islamabad, Pakistan. Method: A randomized, controlled, blinded intervention study was designed and implemented. Before the implementation of intervention, a baseline study was performed ...

AIM To investigate important case management goals and key influences on the achievement of the goals in community aged care practice from the perspectives of case managers in Australia. METHODS We surveyed 154 case managers, representing 17.1% of the target population in the State of Victoria, Australia. The key information collected was case managers' characteristics and their selections of...

The local community is a complex socio-economic system, and its ability to function for an indefinitely long period of time (viability) is not investigated sufficiently today. The purpose of the research was, using the cognitive mapping, propose to the local community management developing their own management strategies to ensure its viability. Considering the weakly structured subject area of...

BACKGROUND Long-term, sustainable programs to address high incidence and death rates from neonatal infections are required for improving child survival. There is an urgent need to define the role of community-based management for neonates with serious bacterial infections--both at home and at first-level facilities. METHODS We reviewed available evidence for community-based antibiotic managem...

Overview: This report presents the results of a systematic review of the effectiveness and economic efficiency of disease management and case management for people with diabetes and forms the basis for recommendations by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services on the use of these two interventions. Evidence supports the effectiveness of disease management on glycemic control; on screeni...