the science and technology health plan has defined the outline of health research to the national vision of iran by 2025. the aim of this study was to focus on the process of needs assessment of health research projects also health research priority setting in iran.the project management life cycle has four phases: initiation, planning, execution and closure. based on abovementioned points we c...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa introduction: the performance evaluation of healthcare system in macro-level is important. this paper evaluates performance of health service of asian countries in 2006. methods: in the first step, the initial data for performance evaluation has been collected from the site world health organization (who) and are weighted by analytical hierarchy pro...

evaluation of functional disability using proper instruments, like health assessment questionnaire (haq) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (ra), is necessary not only for quality of life assessment, but also as a useful marker for disease activity. haq has been translated into many languages. to validate the persian version of stanford haq. persian version of the haq (pe-haq) with culturall...

extract: most information about family assessment are gathered during home visits have many benefits. one of them is that information about structure and habits of families may be more real when you observe the house and around it to find supportive and obstacles for promotion of family health. in addition family members are often more comprehensive in their home and can better act for their ne...

background :traffic and transport is a substantial part of a range of economic, social and environmental factors distinguished to have impact on human health. this paper is a report on a preliminary section of a health impact assessment (hia) on urban traffic and transport initiatives, being conducted in sanandaj, iran. in this preliminary study, the psychometric properties of urban traffic rel...

background and objectives intimate partner abuse during pregnancy is a major problem associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. however, this relationship has not been adequately explored, especially in the developing countries. the present study seeks to determine the relationship between of intimate partner abuse and reproductive health outcome among pregnant women attending gachs...

background: dealing with ethical considerations is a major component of health technology assessment (hta) definitions. objectives: present study aimed to explore and describe the manner of ethical analyses in hta reports and the effects it had on hta-related decision making around the world.   methods: by considering the contextual milieu of reports and searching for ethical themes and subject...

background: image-guided radiotherapy used multiple imaging during the radiation therapy course to improve the precision and accuracy of health care provider's treatment. objectives: this study aims to assess the safety, effectiveness and economic aspects of image-guided radiation therapy for decision-making about this technology in iran. methods: in this study, the most important medical datab...