providing and promoting the health is one of the most fundamental human social evolution dimensions, that perhaps more than other aspects of development needs public cooperation. health volunteers are pioneers who have volunteered to step in providing and improving community health. the present study determines the role of health volunteers in maternal indicators of pakdasht health network. thi...

background: osteoporosis is a common metabolic bone disease that causes bone fracture. this study was performed to determine the effect of health belief model in osteoporosis prevention in volunteers of khorramabad in 2011. methods: this quasi-experimental before and after study was conducted among the hundred volunteers, which were stratified randomly into two fifty-member groups of case and c...

introduction:today, the growing amount of paper consumption and consequently deforestation and environmental destruction have imposed financial burden on different countries around the world. this study aimed to determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and performance of yazd health volunteers on cutting down the consumption of paper. methods: this descriptive-cross sectional study was condu...

participation is to increase people's awareness and such these programs have brought success for iranian society. for example, the mobilization of the global polio eradication, healthy city project, healthy village project, mobilization of rural sanitation projects and health project. in this regard the partnership program has been successful experience of health volunteers, and provide a ...

Background In many developing countries like Ghana, community volunteers assist in the provision of certain health services to rural and hard-to-reach communities. This study examined factors that influence the motivation and retention of community-based volunteers supporting with work on health-related activities at the community level in Ghana.   Methods Using a sequential mixed-method design...