Dedicated issue on rural health: inspiration, celebration, and a challenge for the future.

Memory, imagination and literary creativity as origins in the works of A. S. Pushkin

The article analyses the research carried out during the last 5 years, which is dedicated not only to a historical theme in Pushkin’s works, but also historicism as a phenomenon of A.S. Pushkin’s creative mind. In contrast with traditionally considered aspects of Pushkin’s historicism, the author analyses the genesis of Pushkin’s perception of history. The events imprint...

Prevalence of Low Back Pain in Health Care Workers and Comparison with Other Occupational Categories in Iran: A Systematic Review

Background: There are few research studies evaluating the significance of low back pain (LBP) in Iran, even though the majority of locally published surveys are written in the Persian language. In the present review study, we aimed at appraising published articles related to the burden of LBP and its divergence among different jobs.Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted in all accessible...

Addressing the Shortage of Health Professionals in Rural China: Issues and Progress; Comment on “Have Health Human Resources Become More Equal between Rural and Urban Areas after the New Reform?”

Maldistribution of health professionals between urban and rural areas has been a serious problem in China. Urban hospitals attract most of the health professionals with serious shortages in rural areas. To address this issue, a number of policies have been implemented by the government, such as free medical education in exchange for obligatory rural service.

Suggesting Approaches of Tobacco Control for Policymakers: A Serious Challenge of Iranian Future Health

Editor’s Note

It is our pleasure to inform our Iranian Rehabilitation Journal readers and contributors that the journal had been indexed in IndexCopernicus Journals Master List which can be seen in http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/masterlist.php. We intend to enrich the quality and variety of articles in the future issues, so we kindly request all scholars and researchers to submit their manuscripts in wi...