reproductive behavior of 1525 pregnant woman were studied in the time of termination of pregnancy in relation to maternal age, education, prenatal care and the number of previous pregnancies. the results show that the frequency of maternal attendance at the centers of prenatal care is significantly related to maternal education. and the total pregnancies per woman are inversely correlated with ...

in recent years, the main focus of health sector reforms in iran is the family physician and referral system plan. fundamental changes in the goals and strategies, has increased the necessity of the need to reform the organizational structure. this study tries to review and summarize all cases about the organizational structure of iran and its challenges in primary health care system.this study...

a recent editorial by naoki ikegami has proposed three key lessons from japan’s experience of achieving virtually universal coverage with primary healthcare services: the need to integrate the existing providers of primary healthcare services into the organised health system; the need to limit government commitments to finance hospital services and the need to empower providers of primary healt...

results the findings showed that the program was used in 380 health houses in 10 cities of iran. the total number of inhabitants covered by the program were 5555258, and 8245 of them were substance abusers. the cases were registered and their data were reported by the managers. the function of health houses, health centers, and district health centers were assessed by considering the number of ...

background and purpose: schools are the most appropriate and reliable places for training and educating students. if health principles are not observed in schools, students will be prone to different kinds of health problems. thus the aim of this research is to study the environmental indices in primary schools in the behshahr city in 2012. materials and methods: this is a cross sectional descr...

objective: in the last 30 years, ever since the phc network in iran has been established, the job duties of behvarzes (mental health workers in rural areas) have been constantly increasing. the aim of this study was to determine the burnout level, mental health status and the severity of occupational stress among behvarzes. methods: all behvarzes (227) working in areas covered by iran universit...

conclusions with regard to the current challenges in iran’s health system, using risk-adjusted capitation as a primary healthcare payment system can lead to useful changes in the health system’s features. however, future research should focus on the development of the risk-adjusted capitation model. background when a country’s health system is faced with fundamental flaws that require the redes...

background: primary health care is the major infrastructure of health care systems. it is clear that making and improving primary health care information systems would not be possible without awareness of their condition. therefore, this comparative study was conducted in order to determine the situation of primary health care information systems in health centers of tehran, iran. methods: this...

abstract background: the world health organization emphasizes on integration of sexual health into primary health care services, educating people and health care workers about sexuality, and promoting optimal sexual health. despite the high prevalence of sexual problems, these problems are poorly managed in primary health care services. this study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and feas...

background: some congenital defects can be prevented in the pregestational stage. however, many health professionals are not prepared to provide counselling to couples regarding the same. objective: this study aimed to assess the performance of doctors and nurses from a primary health-care unit in florianopolis, brazil, in preventing birth defects in the preconception period based on the recomm...