The following bibliography has been developed in connection with courses on social service in the Department of Psychology of the University of Pennsylvania. Its aim is to furnish a background for studying the heterogeneous mass of activities known as the modern "Social Service Movement". General biological, psychological, and sociological knowledge is presupposedreferences avowedly technical i...

background: socioeconomic status has been found to have a significant impact on the health as well as risk behaviors of adolescents across different contexts. this study was conducted to assess the effect of social relations adjusted by social class on physical and psychological well-being of adolescences in teheran, iran.     methods: this was a cross- sectional study and carried out on 1,742 ...

Evaluating the nutritional status of individuals and population groups is an important tool in public health and a feasible indicator of standards of living. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of obesity and present nutritional status of university students of Iran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran. The survey was conducted between Oct 2004 and June 2005. The stat...

background: in psychological studies, exposure to electromagnetic field is one of the hazardous factors, which has adverse effects on mental health. exposure to electromagnetic field due to daily use of electricity makes this study so important. the goal of this study was to determine the relationship between psychological symptoms and occupational exposure to electromagnetic field among worker...

BACKGROUND In 1993, Muller developed the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI) which has been used widely in many studies and translated into several languages. The current study aimed to translate the PAI into Persian, assess the underlying structure of the PAI, and the appropriateness of the one-factor solution proposed by Muller. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, we recrui...

Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. This disease affects the lungs and organs outside the lungs. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of anemia in patients who were referred to teaching hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Methodology: Three hundred ninety two pati...

Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in Iran, with stomach adenocarcinoma as the most common cancer in men and the second common cancer in women. Also, some parts of Northern Iran have one of the highest incidences of esophageal cancer in the world. Multi-disciplinary organ-based joint clinics and tumor boards are a well-recognized necessity for mode...