background: children are the most sensitive and vulnerable group in terms of tooth decay. any change or improvement in health-related knowledge and behavior in this group can have long-term and significant impacts on the health of the future generation. thus, the present study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship of knowledge of oral health-related issues with the decayed, m...

The aim of the present study was to compare weekly physical activity (PA) and obesity-related markers in athlete and non-athlete university students. One hundred and twenty-six university students (53 males, 20.46 ± 2.04 years old, and 73 females, 19.69 ± 1.32 years old) participated in this study. Participants were fitted with a tri-axial accelerometer (ActiGraph wGT3X-BT, Shalimar, FL, USA) t...

materials and methods totally, 410 students including 204 males and 206 females studying in grades 9 to 12 and aged between 15–18 years old were studied. the instruments used to collect data were a self administered demographic questionnaire and the scale of adolescent health promotion (ahp). results the mean age of participants was 16.5 (sd = 1.34) years. the mean score of adolescent health pr...

Background: In order to assess the status of drug abuse and likely addiction among university students, a descriptive study was designed. Methods: 1200 subjects among the students of three universities in Zanjan were selected by stratified random sampling and their demographic information and history of substance abuse including hookah, cigarette, codeine, ibuprofen, alcohol, diazepam, tramadol...

background and aims: recent studies on mortality in iran, in recent years clearly emphasize that unintentional injuries are the main cause of reducing iranian life expectancy in iran. this article aimed to assess the role of major causes of death for mortality patterns in the country by sex in 2010. methods: experimental results of this study are based on death registration system of ministry o...

abstract introduction: patellofemoral pain syndrome is a common problem in the knee joint, which comprise 20 to 40 percent of knee pain and 10 to 20 percent of subjects admitted in physiotherapy clinics. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between navicular drop and tibia torsion in active girl students with and without patellofemoral pain syndrome. materials and methods: ...

heart produces and secretes a hormone called atrial natriuretic peptide. the aim of this research was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of resistance and sprint training on anp of non-athlete men. 36 non-athlete healthy men were randomly divided into three groups (12 subjects each group): resistance (mean age ± sd: 33.1±2.9 years), sprint (mean age ± sd:  32.1±2.5 years) and control (mea...

INTRODUCTION During the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, all schools in Singapore implemented twice-daily temperature monitoring for students to curtail the spread of the disease. Students were not allowed to attend school if their temperature readings were >37.8 degrees C for students < or =12 years old, or > or =37.5 degrees C for students >12 years old. These values ha...