Background Leishmania tropica, the causative agent of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL), and Leishmania major, which causes zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), are endemic in Iran. Methods Cross-sectional study was designed to identify Leishmania species in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients who referred to Mashhad Health Centers from 2013 to 2014 using ITS-PCR-RFLP technique. Fir...

background: recently, quality is a serious concern in development of organizations. there are various indicators to assess quality and the purpose of this study was to identify the main indicators for quality measurement of iranian health centers.   methods : this qualitative study was conducted in three stages: first, review of the literature was performed to identify different indicators for ...

background job satisfaction, which is affected by various factors, indicates positive or negative attitude of employees towards their own occupation and affects the quality of service. objectives the present study aimed at investigating job satisfaction and some of its related factors in midwives of tehran primary health centers in 2014. methods the present cross sectional study was conducted o...

1 Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of...

results this study showed that the existence of unused drugs and the number of unused drugs in household have significant difference in four zones (p = 0.01, p < 0.001). also, health insurance coverage was statistically different in various health centers (p = 0.002). also, there is a significant association between unused medication in the household and family size, father’s occupation, and a ...

background: job stress is one of the important issues in the health sector and its high effect on workers’ productivity. managerial skills can help organizations to improve employees’ effectiveness and reduce job stress. the present study investigated the relationship between employees’ job stress and managers’ professional skills. methods: this cross-sectional and correlation study was conduct...

introduction: new organization’s success depends on the efficient use of human resources in this study, we aimed to estimate the staffing needs in hospitals of shiraz university of medical sciences (sums) according to model proposed by the ministry of health and medical education in 2012. method: this is a cross-sectional definitive study conducted in three general and six specialized sums hosp...

Talat Khadivzadeh, Mina Ardaghi, Khadijeh Mirzaii, Seyed Reza Mazloum. Assistant Professor, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Graduate, MSc in Midwifery, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Associate Professor, Department of Midwifery, Schoo...

1Biochemistry of Nutrition Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran 2Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran 3Department of Psychiatrics, School of Medicine, Psychiatric Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran 4Cardiovascular Research C...