the main purpose of this article is to study comparatively the political participation of young and middle-aged people in noorabad mamasani and its related social factors. to explain the research problem, we have used the theory of political socialization and milbrath’s theory. we distributed questionnaires among 610 young and middle aged people in noorabad mamasani, who were selected through a...

community participation, as one of the basic components of sustainable development in a community. this study aimed to determine patterns of community participation, identify factors associated with their social and civic engagement, and examine the relation between the factors and community engagement patterns. patterns of citizen participation were determined in social and civic engagements. ...

the aim of this study was to assess the barriers to participation of iranian people with sci in recreational physical activity (rpa). methodology of this survey was applied in terms of goal and descriptive-analytical with regard to data collection. the statistical population consisted of people with sci under the supervision of the state welfare organization of iran (n=12851), and 443 subjects ...

the purpose of this study is to assess farmers’ attitude toward the soil conservation practices in the kushk-abad catchment basins in the province of khorasan razavi. a sample of 200 farmers was randomly selected from 1200 farmers living in kardeh catchment basin. data collection was done through a questionnaire that was administered in 2014. validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a pan...

OBJECTIVE To analyse barriers to, and facilitators of, sports participation among people with physical disabilities after rehabilitation and to compare differences between inactive and active participants regarding these experienced barriers and facilitators. METHODS Participants were 1,223 adults (mean age 51.6 years, standard deviation 15.1 years) treated in the Rehabilitation Centre of the...

Some aspects of care contribute for decreased quality of life, health status and well-being among caregivers of older people. Care conditions may affect caregivers’ social participation increasing the odds of those negative outcomes. Then, to maintain a high level of social engagement configures a strategy to protect caregivers against burden and allow them to provide a better care. This study ...

INTRODUCTION Recent public health objectives emphasize the importance of exercise for reducing disability among people with arthritis. Despite the documented benefits of exercise, people with arthritis are less active than those without arthritis. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence exercise participation among insufficiently active individuals with arthritis and...