INTRODUCTION The evidence is mixed on the HIV knowledge, attitude, and practices of youth in Iran. The aim of the current study was to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Iranian youth towards HIV through a national survey. MATERIALS AND METHODS Through a cross-sectional study with multistage cluster sampling, we administered a pilot-tested standard questionnaire to assess the level...

INTRODUCTION Waterpipe tobacco smoking is harmful to health however its prevalence estimates remain uncertain. We aimed to systematically review the medical literature on waterpipe tobacco prevalence and trends. METHODS We searched Medline, Embase and ISI Web of Science for 'waterpipe' and its synonyms, without using language or date restrictions. We included any measure of waterpipe tobacco ...

This book is an ethnographic study of the media producers Iranian paramilitary organizations. It investigates strategies they have developed to court youth. Over ten years, author has interviewed cultural regime and did long-term participant-observation in studios. She draws portrait several these men also takes us into rooms where decisions are made about which create for audience. shows compl...

Introduction: Considering the failure of objective approach in measuring youth well-being and discourse turn social policy towards subjective well-being, present article, after conceptualizing evaluates its situation among Iranian youth. Method: The article is a quantitative secondary analysis data "National Survey Social, Cultural Moral Status Society" (2016) young people aged 18 to 29 living ...

BACKGROUND Metabolic syndrome not only is a serious problem for adults, but is also afflicting an increasing number of children and adolescents. This syndrome is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a sample of Iranian adolescents. METHODS A total of 554 overweight adolescents (age...

This paper seeks to illuminate the sociocultural contexts of attempting suicide among Iranian youth. A qualitative approach was employed to uncover the social and cultural dimensions of attempting suicide. In-depth interviews were conducted with 25 participants aged 14-17 years who attempted suicide and were admitted to 2 of the hospitals in Isfahan. A thematic analysis approach was employed. T...

Identifying social identities is an attempt to analyze repetitive patterns, group actions and attitudes, social identities, and sociology on the distinction between traditional and modern society. In traditional societies, the basis for the social identity of individuals is their attributes characteristics. But modern societies in this regard have mainly two different answers, each based on sep...

this paper is aimed to review the concepts of legitimacy and its relation to effectiveness of clergy in iran . combination of religion and politics could increase interventionism in public policy and increase expectations for welfare interventionism. this phenomena could link spiritual legitimacy of clergy to its effectiveness. somewhat vast interpretation of “ the unity of religion and politic...