Mohammad Hasan Imani Nasab, Hesam Seyedin, Reza Majdzadeh, Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Masoud Salehi. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran; Health Management and Economics Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Sch...

Hashemi Zeinab* Author Affiliations Department of Midwifery, Iran Received: February 18, 2020 | Published: March 01, 2021 Corresponding author: Zeinab, Lorestan University Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2021.34.005528

A 32-year-old man was attacked by flies while camping around Khorram Abad, Lorestan Province, western Iran. Pruritic dermatitis with marked edema and considerable discomfort appeared mainly on the lower legs. The flies were identified as Simulium. Simuliids are tiny bloodsucking flies, popularly known as blackflies or buffalo flies, belonging to the dipterous, family Simulidae. They are occurre...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a group of diseases that are created by intracellular parasites of Leishmania. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is considered as one of the health problems in some provinces of Iran. METHODS In this study, a total of 178 Giemsa-stained slides from confirmed cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were examined. The slides were prepared from the patients with cutaneous leishmaniasi...

BACKGROUND Client satisfaction is an important indicator for assessment of the quality of care provided. Detecting patients dissatisfaction and trying to find the most effective and costly services is the basic way for improvement of service quality. The purpose of this study was to determine the satisfaction level of women in the maternity care centers (hospitals) of Lorestan University of Med...

BACKGROUND Despite the progress made, animal bites and rabies are one of the important health problems in the country. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of animal bites and rabies during 2004-2014 in Lorestan Province to prevent them in population of the province for the future prospective aspects. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a descriptive cross-sectional study, all t...

conclusions: quality of peripartum care is moderate in lorestan province, therefore, continuous evaluation of quality of care by administrators and hospital staff is essential to improve this quality and will ultimately result in maternal and neonatal health improvement. results: the mean percentages of compatibility with desirable situation were 54%, 57% and 66% in first, second and third stag...

BACKGROUND Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease with global prevalence, which causes considerable health problems and economic losses throughout the world. The aim of this study was to assess the seroepidemiology of CE in Doroud City, Lorestan Province, Iran, considered a neglected endemic location. METHODS An ELISA was performed using recombinant AgB from Apr to Jul 2015 in Lores...