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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54125#.VO2K3izQrzE Author(s)   Fereshteh Farzianpour 1 , Kazem Mohammad 2 , Abbas Rahimi Foroushani 2* , Samira Alirezaei 3 , Fatemeh Manafi 1   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran . 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran . 3 School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran . ABSTRACT Total Quality Management is not just an admirable phenomenon but it is any client’s right and can be done through contribution of the staff and the managers as well as the client’s of an organization. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the feasibility of TQM model and the attitude of the managers of health field o...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53799#.VNMmRCzQrzE Author(s)  Sultan B. AlSalem 1* , Abdullah M. AlEisa 1 , Ismail A. Raslan 1 , Abdulrahman S. BinJawhar 1 , Abdalla F. Khouqeer 1 , Ashry Gad 2   Affiliation(s) 1 King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA . 2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA . ABSTRACT Background: Knowledge plays a vital role in influencing the behavior and practices of individuals. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. Our objective is to identify the extent of awareness about TB among King Saud University students, and to compare knowledge about tuberculosis amongst different University tracks. Methods: This study was conducted using a cross-sectional approach including 530 students in three different academic tracks: Health, Scientific, and ...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53318#.VLyl68nQrzE Author(s)    Nga Yee Irene Cheng 1 , Man Yee Emmy Wong 2*   Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China . 2 Department of Early Childhood Education, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China . ABSTRACT Teachers play an important role in delivering health education to empower students with skills for healthy living to prevent non-communicable diseases. One of the common non-communicable diseases is hypertension that its development is highly associated with unhealthy lifestyle. A survey was administered to assess 130 pre-service teachers and 54 in-service teachers who were taking the health education course to prepare them for teaching the content of healthy living in Hong Kong. The assessment included their knowledge level of hypertension, a...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53147#.VLXZKsnQrzE Author(s)   Andrea R. van Schelven 1 , Jeroen Dikken 2* , Linda G. M. Sillekens 3 , Dirkje D. Oldenhuis 4 , Marieke J. Schuurmans 5 , Jita G. Hoogerduijn 2   Affiliation(s) 1 Sonneburgh Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands . 2 Research Group Care for the Chronically Ill, Faculty of Health Care, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands . 3 Orbis Medical Centre, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands . 4 The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands . 5 Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science and Sports, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands . ABSTRACT Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to validate the “Older Patients in Acute Care Survey” (OPACS) in the Netherlands. Background: Worldwide the population of older people with multimorbidity increases which results in an incr...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51160#.VFgmOmfHRK1 Author(s) Huanhuan Hu 1 , Jiali Duan 2 , Guan Wang 2 , Takashi Arao 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Lab of Exercise Epidemiology, Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan . 2 Institute of School Health, Beijing Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Beijing, China . 3 Lab of Exercise Epidemiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan . ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of a Chinese version of the Students’ Attitudes toward Physical Education Scale (SPEA), and to ascertain the associations between student attitudes toward physical education ...