dust storms are catastrophic natural disasters that beside other disasters frequency occur in the arid and semiaridregions worldwide. drought occurrence, climate aridity, dryness of the hamoun lake cause strong winds to below.these conditions have been prepared for dust storms in sistan region. the damages to sistan society have beenmeasured using different criteria. the result shows that, peak...

this paper highlights the folk perception of impoliteness among ghanaians in view of watts’ (2003) notion of first order impoliteness. the study showed that impoliteness is not just an opposite of politeness, but the manifestation of non-cooperation, disapproval, and mutual antipathy through certain communicative behaviours that signal disrespect. these communicative behaviours include ‘interru...

today, due to ever-increasing knowledge and large volumes of information, educational planners of various fields around the world, have been seeking to establish a better and faster refresh for learning. integration can be a good educational strategy by blending different subjects and contents when presented to students. the aim of this study is to evaluate the medical literature about integrat...

The debate over the contribution of the Internet to democracy is farfrom settled. Some point to the empowering effects of online discussionand fund raising on recent electoral campaigns in the US to argue thatthe Internet will restore the public sphere. Others claim that the Internetis just a virtual mall, a final extension of global capitalism into everycorner of our lives. This paper argues f...

background: more than 36 % of the total population of iran consists of young people aged 15 to 25 yr. recent studies show that this age group has the highest rate of serious health problems. youth participatory studies on youth health priority have shown that mental health is one of the most important priorities in youth health. aim to assessing the mental health needs of youth we conducted a p...

abstract background and purpose:recent perspectives on public understandings of global environmental risk have emphasized the interpretation, judgment and sense-making “that takes place, modes of perception that are inextricably tied to aspects of and local” context. the main interest of this study is to observe the socio-demographic (gender, age, and education) differences in awareness of poll...

community participation, as one of the basic components of sustainable development in a community. this study aimed to determine patterns of community participation, identify factors associated with their social and civic engagement, and examine the relation between the factors and community engagement patterns. patterns of citizen participation were determined in social and civic engagements. ...

i am a community midwife and working in a health sector in south of england. my work scope is very wide and includes different types of parents with different specifications. many of them are young and primipara. i am working as community midwife for ten month. after start of my work, i gained complete knowledge for giving enough information about preconception cares to mothers. many of clients...

BACKGROUND Expansion of the health care workforce in Peru to combat tuberculosis (TB) includes both professional health care providers (HCPs) such as doctors and nurses, and non-professional HCPs such as community health workers (CHWs). We describe the knowledge and attitudes of these HCPs, and identify modifiable barriers to appropriate anti-tuberculosis treatment. METHODOLOGY We surveyed HC...