the prevalence of self-medication and identify the reason of it in womenreferring to health centers inbandar abbas 2016

self-medication is an important part of peoples’ medical behavior. in light of theincreassy prevalence rates of self-medication this study aimed to survey the prevalence of self-medicationamongswomenwe consider it necessary to study self-medication status in women referring to health centers inbandarabbas city. materials and methods:400 women in this  descriptive-analysis study in bandarabbas city. data was collected by self-designedquestionnaire. the obtained data were analyzed in spss results:the prevalence of self-medication in students was more than(%79/5).some reasons for seeking self-medication included previous illness experience(%36)and feeling not important of illness(%35/8)the most common drug was palliatives(%38/8),tab cold(%22/8) and the most common disease includingcold(%42/8),headache(%40/5),menstruation disorder(%23/2)and anemia (%15/8). conclusion:the prevalence of self-medication among the  women was very high and a programfor changing the attitude and the habits of womenwith regard to self medication is highlyrecommended. keywords:self- medication,women, health centers