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Evaluation of health care services provided for older adults in primary health care centers and its internal environment

A step towards age-friendly health centers

Adel A. Alhamdan, Sulaiman A. Alshammari, Maysoon M. Al-Amoud, Tariq A. Hameed, May N. Al-Muammar, Saad M. Bindawas, Saada M. Al-Orf, Ashry G. Mohamed, Essam A. Al-Ghamdi and Philip C. Calder
Saudi Medical Journal September 2015, 36 (9) 1091-1096; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.11789
Adel A. Alhamdan
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Sulaiman A. Alshammari
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Maysoon M. Al-Amoud
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Tariq A. Hameed
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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May N. Al-Muammar
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Saad M. Bindawas
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Saada M. Al-Orf
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Ashry G. Mohamed
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Essam A. Al-Ghamdi
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Philip C. Calder
From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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vol. 36 no. 9 1091-1096
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.9.11789
PubMed 
26318467

Published By 
Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received March 15, 2015
  • Accepted July 16, 2015
  • Published online September 1, 2015.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Adel A. Alhamdan, MSc, PhD⇑,
  2. Sulaiman A. Alshammari, FRCGP, MFPH,
  3. Maysoon M. Al-Amoud, DFE, MPHC,
  4. Tariq A. Hameed, MSc, MPhil,
  5. May N. Al-Muammar, MSc, PhD,
  6. Saad M. Bindawas, PT, PhD,
  7. Saada M. Al-Orf, MSc, PhD,
  8. Ashry G. Mohamed, MPH, DrPH,
  9. Essam A. Al-Ghamdi, MBBS, ABFM and
  10. Philip C. Calder, PhD, DPhil
  1. From the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan, Hameed, Al-Muammar, Al-Orf), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari, Mohamed), College of Medicine, King Saud University, General Directorate of Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud, Al-Ghamdi), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, and the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Adel A. Alhamdan, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: adel{at}ksu.edu.sa
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