Comparative Analysis and Spatial Distribution of the Primary Health Care Centers and Health Manpower Across Saudi Arabia Using Shapiro-Wilk Test.

Background: Due to the growing demand for better health services by the population pressure, Saudi Arabia is facing challenges in providing the required coverage in primary health care over all regions.

Study Objectives: The study aims to do a comparative analysis of the spatial distribution of the primary healthcare centers and health manpower across Saudi Arabia.

Study Methods: This study deals with the analysis of the spatial distribution of the PHCCs and health manpower in Saudi Arabia regions during the period 2017-2021 by applying the Shapiro-Wilk test.

Influence of demographic factors on prolonged length of stay in an emergency department.

Background: A prolonged length of stay in an emergency department is related to lower quality of care and adverse outcomes, which are often linked with overcrowding.

Objective: Examine the influence of demographic factors on prolonged length of stay in the emergency department.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design.

Assessing the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine and its booster dose.

Background And Objective: Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations are essential to control the pandemic and prevent severe COVID-19 infections. This study aims to assess the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine and the factors that impact the intention to take the COVID-19 vaccine and its booster dose.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

Level of Patient Safety Culture Awareness Among Healthcare Workers.

Background: Patient safety is a major concern at all levels of the healthcare system, with the primary objective of reducing patient hazards when providing care. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has made great progress in improving the health of its citizens over the last few decades, particularly in terms of patient safety. Currently, many health-care institutions throughout the world are interested in implementing a safety culture to lower the risk of harm and the number of accidents associated with routine treatment.

Patient safety culture awareness among healthcare providers in a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Patient safety is a serious concern in the health care industry. To enhance patient safety, healthcare providers are expected to minimize accidental harm to patients and enhance the quality of patient-centered care. The main objective of this study is to explore the awareness of the patient safety culture among healthcare providers.

Children's rates of COVID-19 vaccination as reported by parents, vaccine hesitancy, and determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among children: a multi-country study from the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Background: Huge efforts are being made to control the spread and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. However, willingness to be vaccinated depends on factors beyond the availability of vaccines. The aim of this study was three-folded: to assess children's rates of COVID-19 Vaccination as reported by parents, to explore parents' attitudes towards children's COVID-19 vaccination, and to examine the factors associated with parents' hesitancy towards children's vaccination in several countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR).

Exploring the Gap Between Patients' Expectations and Perceptions of Healthcare Service Quality.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the gap between patients' expectations of healthcare service quality in ‎Jordanian hospitals against their perceptions of service received using SERVQUAL model.

Methods: The study used a cross-sectional design. The study data were collected randomly from 415 patients (participants) ‎who completed the SERVEQUAL questionnaire.

Attitudes and Commitment Toward Precautionary Measures Against COVID-19 Amongst the Jordanian Population: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Survey.

This study aimed to (1) assess the non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) measures that were used by the Jordanian population against COVID-19, and (2) determine the sociodemographic and behavioral predictors of contracting COVID-19 with a focus on the utilization of personal precautionary measures. A descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was used in this study. A structured web-based questionnaire was disseminated to the Jordanian community through social media platforms.

Sanitary conditions of public swimming pools in Amman, Jordan.

This study was carried out in the summer of 2005 and investigated all of active public swimming pools (85 out of 93) in Amman, the capital of Jordan. The aim of this study was to find out if these swimming pools are in compliance with Jordanian Standards for Swimming Pools Water (JS 1562/2004). The pools were surveyed against the water microbial quality and other physicochemical parameters indicated in the standards.