background: malnutrition is a major public health problem in a developing country like india. keeping this in mind a study was carried out to find the proportion of under–five children suffering from malnutrition among the under‑five hospitalized children and to study co‑morbid illnesses and epidemiological factors associated with malnutrition. methods: this was a hospital‑based cross sectional...

original article   occupational diseases are any chronic ailment that occurs as a result of work or occupational activity. this study was conducted to examine the frequency and risk factors of some skin and musculoskeletal disorders among nurses at a referral-teaching hospital. all 197 nurses in the hospital from different working shifts were engaged in the study. all nurses filled out a questi...

background and objectives: violence toward healthcare workers has emerged as an important health problem. this type of violence has the potential to severely influence healthcare workers, patients, and the community. this study aimed to explore the prevalence of violence in emergency departments, and to identify associated risk fac­tors using a sample of emergency department healthcare workers ...

aim: mental health is especially important in some occupations with harsh work conditions requiring strong personal and mental capacities. healthcare related are jobs among such occupations. therefore, psychological and subjective well-being is especially important in staff working in the healthcare sector. the aim of the present study is to assess whether gratitude training affects psychologic...

creating a safe of health care system requires the establishment of high reliability organizations (hro s ), which reduces errors, and increases the level of safety in hospitals. this model focuses on improving reliability through higher process design, building a culture of accreditation, and leveraging human factors. the present study intends to determine the readiness of hospitals for the es...

background workplace violence is one of the factors which can strongly reduce job satisfaction and the quality of working life of nurses. the aim of this study was to measure nurses’ exposure to workplace violence in one of the major teaching hospitals in tehran in 2010.   methods we surveyed the nurses in a cross-sectional design in 2010. the questionnaire was adapted from a standardized quest...

background and purpose: this study aimed to manage medical errors before and after the implementation of accreditation in public, private, and social security hospitals of mazandaran, iran. materials and methods: this descriptive study has been done in 38 hospitals. data were collected through documents reviewed relating to 2013 and 2014. the paired t-test and friedman test were used by statist...

background and purpose: organizational commitment is one the important attitude in organizations, which together with development of ethical values that needs to be emphasized. the goal of this study is to survey relationship between staff ethical values and organizational commitment in public and non- public hospitals in tehran. materials & methods: this correlation study includes 280 public a...

background: nowadays pharmaceutical care departments located in hospitals are amongst the important pillars of the healthcare system. the aim of this study was to evaluate designing features and equipments of hospital drugstores affiliated with isfahan university of medical sciences. methods: in this cross-sectional study a self-defined and validated questionnaire was used which included all th...

background: the baby-friendly hospital initiative was launched in 1989 by world health organization and the united nations children's fund for the promotion of breastfeeding. this program was implemented in many departments of gynecology and obstetrics and resulted in reduced malnutrition, infection, morbidity and mortality in children. this program has introduced 10 specific steps to supp...