The study examined whether a dietary planning intervention would help increase fruit consumption among Iranian women focusing on self-regulatory mechanisms in behavior change. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare a planning intervention with a control condition in 165 Iranian women (aged 17-48years). Dependent variable was fruit intake, and dietary planning served as the mediat...

one of the new areas in the field of studying the country's development planning is border regions. although from past to present different aspects of the problems related to these regions have been studied, but spatial planning of border regions not only its position has not been clarified in the planning system of the country's development but also its dimensions and characteristics...

e-Participation has been employed by many planning authorities across the world to facilitate engagement of people in decision-making processes. Previous studies on e-participation have shown that this form participation can increase level flexibility and inclusiveness public engagements, make government interventions more responsive citizens' needs, accountability. While there is a growing use...

BACKGROUND Succession planning promotes the culture of private ownership, staff loyalty to the organization and develops organizational commitment, and increases organizational stability. The study was conducted to examine the status of succession planning in the Iranian health system in order to highlight the key concepts, provide new insight, and attract the attention of senior managers of th...

Spatial planning in border areas in Iran because of long borders and settling more than half ofthe provinces in the country's international borders with neighbouring countries play particular role in the planningsystem. This article aims to clarify the position of border areas spatial planning in the country planning system,identifying its elements, elucidating how these elements relate to othe...

The Status of Curriculum Planning in the Iranian Educational System A. R. Sharifi To assess the status of curriculum planning in the Iranian educational system, a sample of 35 elementary school curriculum experts, willing to cooperate, was given a questionnaire containing ten indices of quality for the elementary school curriculum, with a reliability of 0.81. The analysis of the colle...