abstract: background and objectives: social health as third dimension of health, along with physical and mental health, has drawn more attention in recent years among policy makers and health system managers. no other study, to our knowledge, has documented measuring individual-level social health in iran. in response to this need, our study tends to assess iranians self-rated social health thr...

Background: Since several factors, rather than a single cause, contribute to developmental delay in children, identification of the condition's risk factors and their pathway of effects are critical to the design and implementation of appropriate intervention .This study aimed to determine the relation between social determinants of maternal health and child development in Iranian mothers and t...

social capital and quality of life are one of the most important growing concepts in society. social capital is productive as any other capital and it is considered as a suitable ground to take advantage of economic and cultural capitals as well as a way for the success of a society. this study aimed at evaluating the effect of social capital on the quality of life of azadshahr's citizens....

background: students often use social network sites and are willing to share information and communicate with teachers, colleagues and patients. despite the increase in the application of the social network sites as a tool for obtaining health knowledge, few studies have been conducted to evaluate the production and share of health information by rehabilitation students, especially in iran. the...

here is a health policy riddle: despite the fact that we are not always clear as to what we are trying to achieve, even on the most basic level, we must make policy anyway. odder still: this is as we might expect it to be, and perhaps even as it should be. after all, part of what makes health policy important is precisely the fact that it raises critical questions about our most basic human val...

background: social health is considered as a significant dimension of health and, hence, its assessment is vital in health planning. within this context, this study aimed to develop a valid and reliable scale for measuring individual’s social health in iran. to do so, an exploratory sequential mixed method was used. methods: to establish the item pool and primary scale, 30 interviews with exper...

social determinants, similar to equity, have been considered by policymakers in many countries. however, there is not a correct and complete understanding of them. this study aimed to analyze the systematic relationships among social determinants of health (sdh) and identify their prioritization in iran.this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted in 2012. the target populati...

today, women`s social health has become an important and critical issue. social health is the reflection of society`s conditions and it is derived from multiple social factors. intervention in these factors is beyond the medical profession and sociologists are required in this field. on the other hand, trust has become a vital topic in human communities in the present era. considering the effec...

background: despite many media campaigns by government and private sectors highlighting, water and sanitation treat­ment plans and policies, the public health problems are still common in different socioeconomic areas. the objective of our study was to explore the major public health problems prevailing in two different socio economic areas in karachi, pakistan. methods: a cross sectional surve...

objectives: social participation is linked to healthy aging and the maintenance of functional independence in older individuals. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between social participation and orderly’s mental health. methods: totally 380 people, aged over 60 residing in city of hamadan were participated in the study. the participants completed a researcher-tailored inventory ...