The impact of community-based arts and health interventions on cognition in people with dementia: a systematic literature review.

Effectiveness of health communicators program in promoting of community knowledge, attitude and practice in Iran through educational interventions: A systematic review

Introduction: Community participation in health programs is essential for their success, and community health volunteers (CHVs) program is a favored form of participation. Given that three decades have passed since the launch of the Health Communicator Program (as a form of health volunteers) in Iran and the importance of evaluating its achievements, the purpose of this study was to evaluate th...

Understanding the impact of visual arts interventions for people living with dementia: a realist review protocol

BACKGROUND Arts-based activities are being increasingly suggested as a valuable activity for people living with dementia in terms of countering the negative aspects of their condition. The potential for such programmes to improve a broad range of psychosocial outcomes is suggested in some studies. However, there is largely an absence of rigorous methodology to demonstrate the benefits, and rese...

Systematic Review of Social Health Promotion with Social Capital Approach

Introduction: Social health is one of the dimensions of health defined by the world health organization. Social capital components have close relations with social health. This study reviewed reported documents about social health and social capital components improving interventions.  Methods: A systematic review was conducted to identify social health and social capital improving intervention...

Impact of Mobile Phone-Based Interventions on Methamphetamine Use and High-risk Sexual Behaviors in Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Systematic Review

School-based Prevention of Mosquito-borne Diseases: A Systematic Review

Background: Mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) are among the important and highly complex issues in public health. School age children have been encouraged to participate in ongoing household MBDs control activities such as source reduction, as part of MBDs control efforts. Numerous school-based health education studies have been conducted worldwide on the interventions to prevent MBDs. However, th...