Background and Aim: Domestic violence against women is a serious public health problem and women adopt different solutions to fight against it. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence and views of womenon adopting ways to fight against it in Arak city, Iran, year 2008. Methods and Materials: In a cross-sectional study in Arak city in 2008, a total of ...

    Background & Aims: Violence against pregnant women is a public health problem. Violence during pregnancy has maternal, fetal and future neonate outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of domestic violence against pregnant women and its relationship with preterm labor, abortion, kind of delivery, hospitalization during pregnancy and vaginal bleeding during pregnancy...

  Background & Aims: Workplace violence is one of the most complex and dangerous occupational hazards facing nurses working in today's health care environment and it has been noted that workplace violence most frequently occurs in hospitals .The purpose of this study was to assess the situation of workplace violence committed against healthcare workers in Tabriz.   Materials & Methods : It was ...

Genetic discrimination as a crisis for modern human has influenced its life in personal or social aspects. The problem of genetic discrimination and the rights for individuals with genetic anomalies, is one of the most important issues in this century. With advancements of genetics and as new therapies become available, the usefulness of genetic testing undoubtedly will increase and concomitant...

Introduction: verbal violence is on of the Job insecurity in workplace which is frequent among health care workers, especially emergency personnel. This study examined verbal workplace violence against emergency medical personnel that took place north of Khuzestan province. Materials and methods: This research was a cross - sectional study using census method on 144 cases of emergency personne...