Background Even though there is general agreement that primary care is the linchpin of
effective health care delivery, to date no efforts have been made to systematically review the …

Describing new techniques and novel applications, Handbook of Research Methods in
Public Administration, Second Edition demonstrates the use of tools designed to meet the …

Background One of the basic prerequisites of efficient organizational management in health
institutions is certainly monitoring and measuring satisfaction of employees and their …

Background/Objectives: Emergency Medical Response Systems (EMRSs) play a vital role in
delivering medical aid during natural and man-made disasters. This quantitative research …

Marginalization consists in not taking others into account on any number of valued
outcomes, resulting in powerlessness, ignorance, poverty, illness, insecurity, and other …

Background Assessing the availability of health services during humanitarian emergencies
is essential for understanding the capacities and weaknesses of disrupted health systems …

Background An in-depth understanding of how organizational culture is experienced by
health workers (HWs), and influences their decisions to leave their jobs is a fundamental, yet …

Background The primary health care (PHC) approach provides an essential foundation for
health emergency and risk management, and for building community and country resilience …

Background As part of a comprehensive study on the primary health care system in Iraq, we
sought to explore primary care providers' perspectives about the main problems influencing …

A disparity exists between the conceptualization of empowerment on the one hand and its
measurement on the other. Conceptually, we are challenged “to look at the world through …