BACKGROUND Media advertisements especially radio and TV are one of the most important and effective ways for health promotion and consumption of healthy productions worldwide. Ministry of Health and some other ministries in Iran agreed to control and restrict the advertising of unhealthy products and services. Therefore, adequate supervision and monitoring should be done in this field. A conten...

OBJECTIVE High purity heroin use is a new epidemic health concern among Iranian drug-using women in recent years. However, the nature and initial factors associated with this serious health problem have not been studied yet. METHODS To understand this issue, a cross-sectional study was conducted and sixty treatment and non-treatment seekers who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Men...

BACKGROUND Determining health promoting lifestyle behaviors of age-specific groups of women provides valuable information for designing health promotion intervention programs. Hence the present study was conducted to assess health promoting lifestyle behaviors in menopausal women. METHODS The present descriptive cross-sectional study examined health promoting lifestyle behaviors in 400 menopa...

BACKGROUND Some risk factors that would lead to therapeutic abortion do even exist before pregnancy and could be resolved or corrected through appropriate interventions. The present study was conducted to evaluate the condition of preconception care among therapeutic abortion applicants. MATERIALS AND METHODS This research was a descriptive, cross-sectional study that was conducted on 200 app...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Several researchers have described the nurses' work as stressful and that the incidence of the occupational stress-related burnout in the profession was high. The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between the nurses' satisfaction, their psychosocial work environment, the levels of their reported moral sensitivities and their well - being in Iran. MATERIAL ...

Mixed research method was used in this study to investigate and compare the learning styles of science students and the lecturer’s teaching styles in Yemen. Quantitative data were collected from 179 students using a survey questionnaire while qualitative data were collected from 50 lecturers using observation checklist and videotaped classroom sessions. The quantitative data were coded and anal...

background: infant mortality rate is reported 3.18 in 1000 births in iran. international organizations such as world health organization (who) and united nations children's fund (unicef) consider applicable standards essential for providing effective health services in hospitals and health centers. therefore, it is essential to create national care standards for neonatal intensive care units (n...

Background and Objectives: The quality of life (QoL) the elderly can be declined by several factors. Social capital is one effective factors for improving QoL. This study aims to determine relationship between social QoL in hospitalized due traumatic events. Methods: a descriptive-correlational study. population consists all older patients aged 65 years higher admitted selected hospitals Qom, I...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the duties of regional healthcare workers (Behvarzes) regarding healthcare of pupils in the rural areas of Iran. METHOD This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007-2008 on 384 pupils and their school managers in the rural areas of Sharbabak in Kerman, Iran. The research population was evaluated with separate questionnaires for the managers and the pupi...