the cancerous spread of slum has been a rampant problem in urban areas worldwide. the acute shortage of housing facilities compels the poor to live in slums. proper rehabilitation is considered as a very essential remedial measure to provide better living environment to slum peoples. this study is an essential attempt to gauge the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program, which studies the cha...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the possible affect of socio-economic class on the degree of acceptability and consumption of milk in children. this study was conducted on 9204 children who were chosen from two different socio-economic classes: high (groul1 1) and low (group. 2) in tehran. samples were aged betweea1 five to eighteen years, and divided into six age categories. the r...

in recent years, the high level of consumption in iranian society has provoked wide social and political debates. nevertheless, there have been few systematic social studies to examine social and individual factors that influence consumption values and behaviors. this paper examines social determinants of consumption aspiration of married women. data for the study collected through a cross-sect...

Today, countries around the world are caught in the tide of change toward Gesellshaft, or individualistic socio-demographic condition. Recent investigations in Japan have suggested negative impacts of change on emotional and motivational aspects of the Japanese self (Norasakkunkit et al., 2012; Ogihara and Uchida, 2014). Building on previous findings, in Study 1, we measured socio-demographic c...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate the depression levels in mothers of children with leukemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS This single centred, cross-sectional study was conducted among mothers of children with leukemia at the Hematology and Oncology research center, Baghaie-Pour clinic in Yazd City during February through December, 2013. The study sample included 58 mothers with 1-12 ...

Urban Environmental Quality (UEQ) can be treated as a generic indicator that objectively represents the physical and socio-economic condition of the urban and built environment. The value of UEQ illustrates a sense of satisfaction to its population through assessing different environmental, urban and socio-economic parameters. This paper elucidates the use of the Geographic Information System (...

Depression is often associated with many adverse health conditions and lower socio-economic status. Stressful conditions like presence of disability coupled with traditional negative societal attitude towards disability may result in higher level of depression in the individuals with disability than in general population and can cause other health problems as well. Therefore, the purposes of th...

BACKGROUND The socio-economic gradient in health does not seem to apply to overweight among Canadians adults. In the present study, we sought to determine the socio-economic gradient in overweight among Canadian children in distinct economic settings. We further examined socio-economic gradients in underlying behaviours, healthy eating and active living, as well as parental support for these be...