results: the findings of this mixed methods sequential explanatory study are expected to provide unique information about the health concerns of iranian adolescents and their sources of information, which to date have received little attention. conclusions: these data will provide a rich source of information that can be used by intervention programs, health professionals and policy makers in a...

aims: drug users form the main hiv-affected group in iran. about two-third of all the individuals affected by hiv in iran are those who use drug through injection. the aim of this study is to determine the effect of health belief model (hbm) on prevention of hiv transmission among the opiate-dependent population in zarandieh. methods and materials: this is a quasi-experimental intervention stud...

Background and objective:Medicine is a combination of health and healingthat includes diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease and many other aspects of health. Despite the fact that many improvements have been made in medical education, medical schools continue to face many problems in facing the community, patients, doctors And students who are not compatible with the s...

In September 2009, the Board of Directors of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) approved the creation of the ADEA Task Force on the Education of Oral Health Professionals in Emerging Workforce Models. Its charge was to “enunciate a set of principles to guide the educational preparation of oral health professionals in emerging workforce models.” ADEA believes that its role, in coll...

Public health is at a watershed moment. The world's health needs are changing, and complex problems require interdisciplinary approaches and systems-based solutions. Our longer lives and changing environments necessitate life-course and structural approaches to prevention. This argues strongly for public health graduate education that adequately prepares trainees to tackle emerging challenges a...

the effect­ of education based on health belief model (hbm) in decreasing dental plaque index among first grade of middle- school girl students in hamadan    sohrabivafa m [1] , moeini b [2] *, hazavehei smm [3] , soltanian ar [4] , rezaei l [5]     received: 12 aug , 2013 accepted: 23 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : oral­-­dental health behaviors education to students is an impor...

we argue that the field of health policy and management (hpam) ought to confront the gap between theory, policy, and practice. although there are perennial efforts to reform healthcare systems, the conceptual barriers are considerable and reflect the theory-policy-practice gap. we highlight four dimensions of the gap: 1) the dominance of microeconomic thinking in health policy analysis and desi...