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Saudi Arabia is taking significant steps to improve urban lifestyles by implementing the Quality-of-Life Program, which focuses on increasing public participation in physical activities. Studies have shown a link between physical inactivity and poor health. A large percentage of the adult population does not meet the World Health Organization's physical activity recommendations due to many reasons, including the lack of active design strategies in the built environment. This research aims to measure the extent to which active design strategies are applied in university buildings at King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia and suggest recommendations for university educational buildings in KSA. A comparative analysis of systems for evaluating the application of active design strategies was conducted, and The Movement Checklist in WELL Building Standard was used as a tool to evaluate educational buildings. Additionally, a questionnaire and interviews were used to identify the awareness of the study sample of the importance of physical activity and to discover appropriate active design strategies for them. The findings of this research will help to inform the development of active design strategies that can be applied to university educational buildings in KSA and will contribute to achieving the objectives of the National Transformation Program's Quality-of-Life Program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public spaces are an essential part of the urban environment as they support a wide variety of public activity. Within the City of Hail, Saudi Arabia, public spaces have undergone a cultural shift, making them more vibrant and highly attractive, serving as much needed breathing spaces for the city and popular gathering places. The culture of Hail and its surrounding region strives to accept change while preserving the customs and traditions of previous generations. The aim of the study is to first examine public spaces through six dimensions to identify and understand the differences in space quality. The presence of these six dimensions is further refined into eighteen. These dimensions and attributes will be used to evaluate the various public spaces within Hail, and the results of this study are intended to inform both citizens and city officials of the quality of public spaces throughout the city. Second, the study intends to correlate quantitative and qualitative data to develop a better understanding of specific space qualities by utilizing fieldwork observations and user perception. The study concludes by identifying several specific challenges concerning the planning and design of public spaces in Hail, as well as several recommendations for increasing the value of Hail's public spaces in accordance with Saudi Arabia's National Transformation Program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aimed to determine the role of the academic leaders' practice of e-leadership in university administrations in achieving the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Vision 2030 in light of the National Transformation Program 2020. The descriptive analytical approach was used, and the tool was the questionnaire, that was applied to a sample of (269) academic leaders in the university administrations of eight Saudi public universities. Results found that means scores of academic leaders' practice of e-leadership in university administrations in the KSA in the light of the National Transformation Program 2020 was (3.66). Concerning the ranking of administrative practices, the administration has the highest practice with means scores (3.88), and the contribution of the academic leaders' practice of e-leadership in university administrations to achieving the goals of the National Transformation Program 2020 was very high, obtaining (4.21) as means scores. The researcher provided many recommendations including: academic leaders must use the recent cutting-edge technology Saudi university administrations ensure the best application of e-leadership as to facilitate and shorten time and effort and reduce cost. The researcher recommends leader to adopt any processes and leading practices that based on information and communication technologies such as: management information systems, computer programs and applications, electronic records, blogs, and social media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia espoused "Vision 2030" as a strategy for economic development and national growth. The vision demonstrated the Kingdom's objectives to become a pioneer nation globally by achieving three main goals: a vibrant society, a thriving economy, and an ambitious nation. To fulfill this, the Kingdom launched a national transformation program (NTP) as outlined in "vision 2030" in June 2016. The health care transformation is one of the eight themes of the NTP's. The history of health care facilities in the Kingdom is almost a century. Although the Kingdom has made notable progress in improving its population's health over recent decades, it needs to modernize the health care system to reach the "vision 2030" goal. This article aims to describe the new Model of Care (MOC) according to the recent Saudi health care transformation under the Kingdom's vision 2030. The MOC concept started with understanding the current state and collecting learnings. It is based on the six systems of care (SOC)- keeping well, planned procedure, women & children, urgent problems, chronic conditions, and the last phase of life. The SOC is cut across different "service layers" to support people's stay well and efficiently get them healthy again when they need care. The new MOC describes a total of forty-two interventions, of which twenty-seven split across the six SOC and the rest fifteen cut-across the multiple SOC. Implementation of all MOC interventions will streamline the Saudi health care system to embrace the Kingdom's "vision 2030". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as part of its 2030 National Transformation Program, set a goal of transforming the healthcare sector to increase access to, and improve the quality and efficiency of, health services. To assist with the workforce planning component, we projected the needed number of physicians and nurses into 2030. We developed a new needs-based methodology since previous global benchmarks of health worker concentration may not apply to the KSA.Methods: We constructed an epidemiologic "needs-based" model that takes into account the health needs of the KSA population, cost-effective treatment service delivery models, and worker productivity. This model relied heavily on up-to-date epidemiologic and workforce surveys in the KSA. We used demographic population projections to estimate the number of nurses and physicians needed to provide this core set of services into 2030. We also assessed several alternative scenarios and policy decisions related to scaling, task-shifting, and enhanced public health campaigns.Results: When projected to 2030, the baseline needs-based estimate is approximately 75,000 workers (5788 physicians and 69,399 nurses). This workforce equates to 2.05 physicians and nurses per 1000 population. Alternative models based on different scenarios and policy decisions indicate that the actual needs for physicians and nurses may range from 1.64 to 3.05 per 1000 population in 2030.Conclusions: Based on our projections, the KSA will not face a needs-based health worker shortage in 2030. However, alternative model projections raise important policy and planning issues regarding various strategies the KSA may pursue in improving quality and efficiency of the existing workforce. More broadly, where country-level data are available, our needs-based strategy can serve as a useful step-by-step workforce planning tool to complement more economic demand-based workforce projections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction is the ultimate goal in any healthcare system. Together with other traditional quality indicators, patient satisfaction must be addressed to improve the quality of health care. The strategic objectives of the Ministry of Health (MOH) formulated by the Saudi National Transformation Program are to improve the quality of healthcare services, expand privatization of governmental services, and create an attractive environment for both local and international investors. The objective of this study was to apply Kano model to determine quality attributes of patient care at primary healthcare centers in Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted at primary healthcare centers (PHCs) under the MOH in Saudi Arabia between October 2018 and February 2019. Study included all Saudi adult patients aged 18 years or older attending the selected PHCs of MOH. Patients who had difficulty in comprehending were excluded. Data was collected by using a structured questionnaire based on the Kano model for the assessment of patients' expectations of the quality of care and provided services. Data was entered and analysed using SPSS. Chi-square test and t-test were used to test for statistical significance. RESULTS: The study included a total of 243 patients from 10 PHCs, 51% from consulting PHCs and 49% from nonconsulting PHCs. Response rate was 97.2%, and 44.9% respondents were males. Of the 18 attributes chosen for our study, 14 were one-dimensional, three belonged to the attractive type, and one was indifferent type. The top three one-dimensional attributes were "friendliness and respectfulness of the clinic receptionist," "friendliness and respectfulness of the nurses and laboratory staff," and "care and attention of the doctor". CONCLUSION: The investors and policymakers need to turn their attention to assisting in the privatization of governmental services by creating a good climate for both local and international investors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social media are one of the forms of technological development that prevailed in the world because of its characteristics that make it brings together all languages and cultures and to see the issues that concern members of society, and there is no doubt that social media have had a significant impact in the presentation and discussion of media campaigns related to awareness of the transformation program National 2020. Identify the research problem: The current study seeks to know" role of electronic media campaigns on social media in raising awareness of the National Transformation Program 2020" Objectives of the study: Identifying the study sample exposure rate for the electronic media campaigns related to the National Transformation Program 2020 on social media, and identifying the reasons for the study sample exposure to the electronic media campaigns related to awareness of the National Transformation Program 2020, and identifying the type of knowledge the study sample acquired on the National Transformation Program 2020. Study concepts: E-media campaigns - social media - outreach - National Transformation Program 2020 Type and methodology of the study: It is one of the descriptive studies and it depends on the methodology of the survey in the field. Sample of the study: The study relies on an intentional sample of 200 individuals distributed (100 males - 100 females) who are between the ages of 18-21 years.. Data collection tool: Questionnaire Results of the study: The study revealed that there are statistically significant differences between male and female study sample in the degree of follow-up to the media campaigns of the National Transformation Program 2020 on social networking sites, and came from the most important reasons for university youth exposure to electronic media campaigns for the national transformation program 2020 is to follow the Kingdom's achievements in achieving the Kingdom's vision Saudi Arabia 2020 with a relative importance of 79%, and the results also indicated a high percentage of the study sample opinion in electronic media campaigns about confirming their role in educating university youth on the national transformation program 2020 by 69.5%, while 30.5% of them do not see this role in awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a population of 32.6 million in 2018, with a growth rate of 2.65% per annum. In World Health Organization's ranking, WHO has ranked Saudi Arabia at 26 among 191 countries for the performance in overall health care and was commended as a model for other countries. The public sector is currently the main provider of health care and is mainly funded by the government. The government has initiated a process to include the private sector by launching the National Transformation Program (NTP) in 2016. The objectives of NTP 2020 are to expand the role of the private sector from 25 to 35% by 2020; to increase the number of internationally accredited hospitals; and to decrease the percentage of smoking and obesity by establishing a strategy focused on preventive medicine and advocate for a healthy lifestyle and wellness. The country major challenges to health care include an ageing population, sedentary lifestyles, growing demand for healthcare services and changing disease patterns. This article describes the need to build a conceptual model and the future directions for medicines policy in the country. The model is needed to narrate and document the set of challenges with regard to workforce, professional development, human and health services for the pharmaceutical and medicines sector. A conceptual model could aid to build and identify priority medicines policy issues. The model describes stakeholder involvement, including government, policymakers, industry, academics and consumers who could be involved in the policy development. Interaction between these stakeholders, as well as thematic document analysis, could lead to identifying some of the future health and medicines policy challenges in the country. There challenges could include the use of new biotechnological products, dose tailoring, funding of high‐cost medicines, accessibility of services and supporting health economic and pharmacoinformatics research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]