Violence in Iranian Families

violence in iranian families

Violence in families: an overview.

Wife-beating, child battering, sexual abuse, parricide ... these are some of the manifestations of violence in families. There are many others, including emotional violence as well as physically destructive behavior shown by one family member to another or to others outside the family. Is such violent behavior on the increase, or are we just more clearly aware of its existence because of better...

Domestic violence in Iranian infertile women

BACKGROUND Millions of men and women suffer from infertility worldwide. In many cultures, infertile women are at risk of social and emotional problems. Infertility may affect the public health in many countries. Domestic violence is the intentional use of physical force, power or threat against oneself, another person or another group or community which leads to injury, death, mental harm, lack...

Domestic violence in Iranian infertile women

  Background: Millions of men and women suffer from infertility worldwide.In many cultures, infertile women are at risk of social and emotional problems.Infertility may affect the public health in many countries. Domestic violence is the intentional use of physical force, power or threat against oneself, another person or another group or community whichleadstoinjury,death,mentalharm, lackofdev...

Hemoglobin Lepore,,,. in Two Iranian Families

L EPORE HEMOGLOBINS are the result of unequal crossing over between structural genes coding for #{244} and f3 polypeptide chains of human hemoglobin during melosis. The abnormal polypeptide chain #{244} 3 produced after this crossing over has part of the 5 chain at its N terminus, and the remaining part is similar to the i chain.’ The point of fusion of the two polypeptide chains and the propor...

Elder abuse: Screening in Iranian families

Background: The rate of elder abuse has been increasing worldwide. This study aimed at identifying the group of elders susceptible to abuse and determining the influential factors of elder abuse.    Methods: A total of 683 elders, living in rural and urban areas of Qazvin (Iran), participated in this cross- sectional study that was conducted during September to December 2015. They we...