BACKGROUND Health is a complex phenomenon that can be studied from different approaches. Despite a growing research in the areas of Social Determinants of Health (SDH) and health equity, effects of macroeconomic policies on the social aspect of health are unknown in developing countries. This study aimed to determine the effect of macroeconomic policies on increasing of the social-health inequa...

Abstract In the present study, we consider problem of missing and extreme values for estimation population variance. The presence either in study variable, or auxiliary both them, can adversely affect performance procedure. We three different situations also jackknife variance estimators by handling these under stratified random sampling. Bootstrap technique ABB is carried out to understand rel...

BACKGROUND Opiates are the main drugs of abuse, and Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is the most widely administered drug addiction treatment program in Iran. Our study aimed to investigate patterns of pre-treatment drug abuse, addiction treatment history and characteristics of patients in MMT in Tehran. METHODS We applied a stratified cluster random sampling technique and conducted a cr...

Background and aim Postpartum is a critical period for mothers which often leads to neglect of their own health. Mothers' new responsibilities may affect their health promoting lifestyle (HPL). The aim of this study was to determine the impact of both general health and social support on health-promoting lifestyle. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 310 women who gave birth ove...

INTRODUCTION Rhinoplasty is a popular cosmetic surgical procedure. Informal statistics show that Iran has one of the highest rates of rhinoplasty in the world. However, rhinoplasty like any other surgery can have complications. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 320 female students were selected by multistage cluster-stratified sampling from high schools in Kerman, Iran and ...

background health is a complex phenomenon that can be studied from different approaches. despite a growing research in the areas of social determinants of health (sdh) and health equity, effects of macroeconomic policies on the social aspect of health are unknown in developing countries. this study aimed to determine the effect of macroeconomic policies on increasing of the social-health inequa...

OBJECTIVE To assess the magnitude of the problem of cardiovascular risk factors in hospitalized patients, and to establish cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor profiles. METHODS The study included 476 confirmed CVD patients selected by a multi stage stratified cluster random sampling technique in Tabriz Heart Center (Shaheed Madani Hospital), Tabriz, Iran from February 2004 to May 2005. A...

this study was conducted to investigate the relationship of quality of working life and organizational commitment of agricultural extension experts’ in kerman province, iran. correlational-descriptive research method was used in this study. research sample including 123 experts were selected from 180 ones in kerman agricultural extension sector using krejcie & morgan’s table and proportional st...