nearly three decades ago, the master of public health (mph) academic degree was introduced to tehran university of medical sciences' school of public health, tehran, iran. a new program for simultaneous education of medical, pharmaceutical and dental students was initiated in 2006. talented students had the opportunity to study mph simultaneously. there were some concerns about this kind of adm...

high levels of mental health during studying in university, makes students able to deal effectively with numerous stressors they experience. our aim of this study was to examine and compare social anxiety among first to fourth year student nurses of ministry of health affiliated universities of medical sciences located in tehran, iran in 2010. in this descriptive analytic study, 400 students fr...

conclusions according to this study, it seems that the educational hospital interns do not have enough essential information and knowledge about pediatric oral/dental health. therefore, it is recommended to incorporate new learning programs about pediatric oral/dental health in their curricula. results in this study, the average age of the interns was 25.18 (standard deviation (sd) = 1.25 years...

objective: taking the diversity of the methodologies applied in prevalence studies of psychiatric disorders in iran and their heterogeneous results into consideration, there seems to be need for a systematic review in order to compile the findings and seek appropriate recommendations for future studies. this study aims at systematically identifying studies conducted in iran describing the preva...

background : adolescence is a critical developmental stage marked by complex transitions. the purpose of study was to assess school adolescents’ pwb, examine the relationship of pa and socio-demographic factors with pwb. methods : a cross sectional study conducted in five randomly selected schools with 345 adolescents (aged 12-18) from grade 6th-10th. a self-administered well-being index was ad...

background: the performance of the community health nurse depends on a combination of scientific and practical competencies acquired by educational experiences during the nursing course. curriculum planners of nursing education need to understand nursing education to train professional and community-oriented nurses. the aim of this article is to explore the experiences of nursing students durin...

study of mental health condition in newly‑arrived students of   urmia university of medical sceinces in 1379‑81     a. taghizadeh afshar [1] , m.d h‑ejaz [2] m. s h.mohaddesi [3] , m. s.     abstract :     introduction: mental health has an important role in efficiency of society. in regard to student's role in society, a research has been done to study of mental health condition in newly‑...

background and aim: oral disorders are among the commonest health problems which usually begin during adolescence. this study was conducted to investigate the effects of an educational program based on the health belief model (hbm) on oral health behaviors of elementary school female students. methods: this was a quasi-experimental study in which 60 female fifth-year elementary school students ...