Peer interaction and peer support contribute to the social development of people with disabilities and have a positive impact on improving their quality of life in the long term. Peer support is effective in increasing adjustment and increasing the quality and quantity of opportunities for participation in the classroom. However, students with disabilities in gaining peer support and acceptatio...

Introduction: Peer education can be a useful approach in learning difficult and important courses such as physiology. Since students encounter new teacher roles and learning from classmates in this approach, they might go through new experiences which contribute to developing effective peer education. However, few studies have examined these experiences, especially in Iranian culture therefore ...

Background and Purpose: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic, debilitating disease, and physical limitations and progressive symptoms of which associated with this condition can reduce quality of life (QOL). Patient education regarding heart HF is one of the main components of self-care. In this respect, peer education is significant in improving health and creating a learning environment. This stud...

 Background: Lack of nutritional knowledge and subsequently inadequate practice causes health problems such as malnutrition and communicable diseases. Few studies have compared the effect of educational methods on knowledge, attitude and nutritional indices of women. This study there fore was carried out with the aim of comparing the effect of peer education and education by health personnel on...

Introduction: Peer education can be a useful adjunctive method for clinical skills training. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of peer education on practical skill training of dental students in restorative preclinic. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study which was performed in years 2009-10, all 34 dental students of Tabriz School of Dentistry (admission year:2006), who enro...

Introduction: The Environmental social factors such as peer groups and sports increase individual enjoyment andhelp them toevolve. Peer groups, physical activities, and sports might be effective factors on accelerating teenagers and youth socialization andpsycho-social evolution. University and school play an important role in joining the students into peer groups and sport teamsand as a dynami...

Introduction: Heart failure is one of the most common chronic diseases associated with reduced quality of life. Given the positive role of education in improving quality of life, finding a suitable educational method to improve the quality of life of these patients is important. This study aimed to compare two methods of individual and peer education on quality of life in patients with heart fa...

Background: Puberty is one of the most important periods of life in which very deep physiological, physical, and psychological changes occur and the mental and physical discipline of adolescents are disturbed. In mental health, recognition of these developments is important especially in the changes of adolescent’s behavior. Communication with friends and peers are an important factor in shapin...

Background and purpose: Impact of peer education on transformimg the health of sensitive information, such as HIV among adolescents has been shown but there were no studies on its effects on the transmission of insensitive information. Materials and methods: The experimental study on 885 ninth-grade students in 10 schools, from school girls in Tabriz (selected randomly quota) was in 2012 was. ...