background: now the increasing growth of chronic diseases is the major health challenge worldwide. this survey was conducted to assess noncommunicable diseases related risk factors. methods: a population-based cross sectional study was conducted in 2005 and repeated annually by 2009 in hamadan province, the west of iran using two-stage cluster sampling method. a total sample of 6500 subjects 15...

road traffic accidents and the effects they subsequently incur are increasing dramatically, and estimating the cost of road traffic crashes could be a vital step in improving the recognition of this widespread problem. the main objective of this paper is to estimate the cost of road traffic crashes in iran using the human capital (hc) method. results of this study indicate that the cost of road...

We assessed the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection and changes in the egg positive rate (EPR) over 1-year time, using the adhesive cellophane-tape perianal swab method in 2,347 preschool children in Muan-gun, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea in 2008 and 2009. The overall EPR for E. vermicularis was 4.1% in 2008 and 4.5% in 2009. A study population of 389 children was repeatedly exam...

background: obesity and overweight among children is a major public health problem in developed and developing countries and has important health and economic implications. this longitudinal study aimed to assessing the prevalence trend of overweight and obesity in west azerbaijan in north west of iran. methods: this study was a longitudinal follow-up study and was conducted in school children ...

BACKGROUND School-located influenza vaccination (SLV) programs have the potential to mass-vaccinate all enrolled children, but parental consent is required. OBJECTIVE To examine parental attitudes and determine predictors of parental consent for vaccination of schoolchildren through SLV programs. PATIENTS/METHODS Surveys were distributed to parents of 4517 children during 2009-2010 (year 1)...

The purpose of this study was to survey impacts of drought on Socio-economic conditions of Guilan Paddy farmers. Besides recognizing these impacts, it ranked them according to the viewpoint of the Paddy farmers. It was of the descriptive- correlation type. Questionnaire was the main tool of this study. To determine the validity of questionnaire used of comments of panel experts and reliability ...