background: revision and promotion of educational programs, as well as guiding such programs from the traditional to modern ones, have been one of the goals of educational planning in order to improve the educational status. the present study was performed based on the opinions of the cardiology assistants.   methods:  this research was a cross sectional study and all the participants included ...

background: postpartum depression is endangering the health of mothers and has negative impacts on the evolution of social communication and newborns evolution. this study was conducted to determine the effects of fordyce happiness program on the postpartum depression. materials and methods: this quasi-experimental intervention carried out on postpartum mothers that referred to 4 health centers...

background & aim: background & aim: physical fitness is essential for maintaining optimal health and can be achieved and improved by doing physical activities. maximal oxygen consumption (vo2 max) has been used as a measure of physical fitness. this study aimed to determine the effect of jogging program on midwives' physical fitness. methods:in this randomized controlled trial two large he...

background: regular physical activity (pa) has been shown to reduce risk of morbidity and overall mortality. a study has displayed that achieving 10,000 steps/day is associated with important health outcomes and have been used to promote pa. pedometers are a popular tool for pa interventions in different setting. this study investigated the effects on pedometer‑based and self‑reported pa among ...

introduction: obesity is common in patients with cardiovascular disease (cvd) and the vast majority of patients entering into cardiac rehabilitation program (crp) are obese. regarding the gender differences, the risk of developing coronary heart disease (chd) is recognized to be different between obese men and women. so, the purpose of this study was to explore the effect of crp in functional c...

introduction: hospitals like other organizations need to be evaluated continuously. this is of vital importance due to the critical role of the hospitals in the society. this study aimed to determine and compare the evaluation scores of hospitals affliated with tums with their performance. methods and materials: it is a cross - sectional study which was performed in 27 public and private hospit...

introduction: facial deformities and aesthetic and functional anomalies in children may be a cause of real distress in families. problems faced by parents in coping with a child’s anomaly can be upsetting and lead parents to exhibit over-severe behavior. the present study was conducted in order to study the effect of happiness program on the happiness of the mothers of children with a cleft lip...

scheduling has become an attractive area for artificial intelligence researchers. on other hand, in today's real-world manufacturing systems, the importance of an efficient maintenance schedule program cannot be ignored because it plays an important role in the success of manufacturing facilities. a maintenance program may be considered as the heath care of manufacturing machines and equip...

in planning any vaccination program, priority should be given to such programs within the country’s overall health plan. this judgment is made on the basis of indices on morbidity, mortality, vulnerability, feasibility and cost-benefit/effectiveness analyses. the application of mathematical / epidemiological models and the use of simulation and goal –seeking techniques and monograms are of grea...

intervention in early childhood development as one of the social determinants of health, is important for reducing social gap and inequity. in spite of increasingly developing intensive neonatal care wards and decreasing neonatal mortality rate, there is no follow up program in iran. this study was carreid out to design high risk infants follow up care program with the practical aim of creating...