Introduction Introduction of comprehensive framework for community-based monitoring (CBM) and planning at various levels of the public health system has been one of the most significant policy initiatives under the national rural health mission. One of the key considerations while introducing this large-scale social experiment was to fill the accountability deficit of the public health system b...

the situation of people with disabilities in the developing countries should be a matter of great concern. there are today close to 250 million severely and moderately disabled persons in these countries; the annual increase is 10 million. most of them are poor, dependent neglected, excluded from education, training and jobs; they die early and have no power while alive. between 15 and 20% of a...

abstract background: professional development is reiterated in the new definition of modern organizations as a serious undertaking of organizations. this article aims to present and describe a prescriptive model to increase the quality of professional development of iranian nurses within an organization‑based framework. materials and methods: this article is an outcome of the results of a study...

objective: the main objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of social skill training as a classroom program in schoolgirl students of a primary school with a control group. method: the 4th grade school girls of two classes in a primary school and at least one of their parents or caregivers participated in this study and they were allocated in the case and control groups. the student'...