porpuse: this study aims to identify factors affecting rural women's participation in educational- extension programs of the jihad- agriculture service centers in amol township, in order to be able to take positive steps in facilitating and accelerating the process of rural and agricultural development, as the result of the improvement in their level of participation. methodology: considering t...

Background: Self-medication by people is one of the major issues in the world that can be lead to numerous medical and economic problems, this especially issue in children under 2 years who are at the age of growth and development have great importance. The aim of this study was investigate the effects of model-based educational interventions on self-medication behavior in mothers with children...

Abstract After roughly 20 years since the emergence of urban scholarship in same-sex sexualities South Africa, it is worthwhile considering how some concerns that originally animated have evolved and also such are today reflected differently away from primary cities (where much earlier research was conducted). In this commentary, I explore unique history Stellenbosch, a university town/secondar...

background and aim: job satisfaction represents individuals' positive or negative attitude towards their occupation. job satisfaction is of high significance in health care field and could affects the quality of patients' health care and satisfaction. every organization should pay considerable attention to job satisfaction and performance and continually monitor these indices. therefo...

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objectives this study aimed to examine the effect of a hospital-based educational program based on the constructs of the health belief model (hbm) on self-care behaviors of patients with hf. methods this controlled quasi-experimental study consisted of 84 patients with hf (42 patients in an intervention group and 42 in a control group) who were admitted to two large, specialized, referral hospi...

background & aim: hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is a major global health concern. according to the statistics, the prevalence of this infection is moderate in iran. pregnant mothers, who are infected with the virus (virus carriers), can transmit the infection to their fetus. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and its influencing factors in pr...

Background: Air pollutants have multiple adverse effects on human health. In this study, the health effects of exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) and SO2 in the air of 6 Iranian metropolises in 2011-2012 were examined. Methods: Raw data was collected from the Iranian Department of Environment and the Iran Meteorological Organization. After validation, the required statistical indices were calcul...