background: obesity is one of the major health problems in the world; in this regard iran is not an exception. the present study was conducted to investigate the overweight, obesity, and its related factors in adult women who referred to health centers in shiraz, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 240 women who referred to health centers and aged 18-65 years old were selected through...

We developed a manual including a checklist format for undertaking measures to prevent fatigue in visual display terminals (VDT) workers. With this manual, problems related to VDT work can be recognized by using checklists which allow for self-evaluation by the workers. The manual helps the workers to consider measures for improvement by themselves and will contribute to better occupational hea...

. one of the most important tasks of general physicians is the management of outpatients in health centers and clinics. bedside teaching and ambulatory traiing are however, limited to hospital clinics in short courses without enough supervision. this study aimed to evaluate the attitude of general practitioners working in health centers of guilan university of medical sciences toward ambulatory...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to establish teaching hospital accreditation standards anew with the hope that Taiwan's teaching hospitals can live up to the expectations of our society and ensure quality teaching. METHODS The development process lasted two years, 2005-2006, and was separated into three stages. The first stage centered on leadership meetings and consensus building, th...

BACKGROUND In 1990, the Iranian Ministry of Health implemented a health plan to increase mothers' knowledge of infant feeding using health workers and health volunteers. This study evaluates the effects of nutrition education on mothers' knowledge and whether increase in mothers' knowledge was associated with increase in growth of their children in Ardabil, Iran. METHODS A quasi-experimental ...

background: sexual health education is one the fundamentals of health promotion. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of sexual health education on observing sexual health principles among women referred to health centers of hamedan.   methods : this study was a quasi- experimental one which was carried out on 225 women referred to health centers of hamedan as one pre-test post-te...

background & purpose: since 2005, a reform known as rural insurance and family medicine scheme has introduced to primary health care network in iran in rural areas and small towns. the content of the reform implies a substantial change in those aspects of health centers that mainly could be categorized as structural quality. although, this is the requirement of all health care providers, they a...

WEB-BASED NUTRITION EDUCATION IN GEORGIA SENIOR CENTERS: PILOT TEST OF A DIETARY APPROACHES TO STOPPING HYPERTENSION (DASH) DIET WEBSITE PROTOTYPE by Ashley Harrison As increasing numbers of baby boomers enter retirement age, Georgia senior centers will be inundated with more computer-savvy seniors than ever before. Web-based nutrition education is a pragmatic option to complement the tradition...

The difficulties of meeting the medical and psychological needs of individuals living in rural areas have long been recognized. In Pre-Colonial days, a network of native healers attempted to meet the needs of rural populations, and when the Colonists arrived from England, the first formally trained physicians arrived in America as well. As the colonists moved westward, physicians followed, faci...

OBJECTIVE To determine barriers that affect access to health care for refugees from sub-Saharan Africa resettled in Sydney. DESIGN Descriptive epidemiological study and survey. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Parents of newly resettled refugee children seen at a tertiary hospital paediatric clinic between 10 June 2005 and 19 May 2006. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Socioeconomic indicators, health seekin...