Background and aim: People suffering from mental illness and their experiences of attitudes towards them are rarely investigated from the perspective of the individual. The aim was to gain an understanding of how a group of mental health patients experienced social relationships in personal settings as well as in society. Method: Open interviews with twenty-five mental health patients were cond...

Health inequalities emerge during childhood and youth, before widening in adulthood. Theorising, testing and interrupting the mechanisms through which inequalities are perpetuated and sustained is vital. Schools are viewed as settings through which inequality in young people's health may be addressed, but few studies examine the social processes via which institutional structures reproduce or m...

précis this debate article highlights the challenges of health situation in iran and some influencing or relevant factors such as health sector, welfare system and social protection, social exclusion and civil society from the viewpoint of an international partner. some advanced experiences in iranian health system and the manner of system for international cooperation have also been discussed.

mental health plays an important role in ensuring the dynamism and efficiency of every community. since human resources have crucial role in the cultural, social and economical developments of communities, students also are the brilliant segments of society and creators of future of each country therefore, assessing of their mental health is of utmost importance. the aim of the present study is...

We describe booST and hooPS, two applications targeted toward the youth demographic. These mobile, social applications are designed with the goals of promoting health and wellbeing by engendering and strengthening social relationships among youth. What makes booST and hooPS stand out is that they exhibit sensitivity to their user’s emotional state and support the user in exchanging that state w...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between work-family conflict (WFC), family-work conflict (FWC) and health, as well as the moderating effect of social support. The study was based on the Job Demands-Resources model. MATERIALS AND METHODS There were 567 nurses from 21 Polish hospitals participating in the study. To verify the hypothesis four scales, which me...

Fair Societies, Healthy Lives (Marmot Review, 2010), the final report of the Marmot Review on health inequalities in England, begins by quoting Pablo Neruda: “Rise up with me against the organization of misery” (p. 2). This passionate call to arms seems well-suited for a treatise that promises cures to some of society’s greatest ills. Commissioned by the British Secretary of State for Health, t...

BACKGROUND A single-item measure of self-rated mental health (SRMH) is being used increasingly in health research and population health surveys. The item asks respondents to rate their mental health on a five-point scale from excellent to poor. This scoping study presents the first known review of the SRMH literature. METHODS Electronic databases of Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, EMBASE and Cochr...

The aim of this study was to examine whether young adults in nonmarital romantic relationships experience better mental health and lower levels of mental health problems compared to single young adults. In addition, the current study also tested the hypothesis that perceived social support mediates the association between relationship status (single vs. partnered) and mental health, and mental ...