background: empowerment of elderly people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) can increase their quality of life and feeling of well-being. however, few researches focused on the obstacles and factors facilitating empowerment in elderly people with copd and an adequate determining of these factors need an in-depth understanding of the meaning of these factors which influences empo...

this study was conducted to seek the opinion of walnut producers on barriers affecting the success of producers to found production cooperatives regarding horticultural products in tuyserkan township, iran. a sample of 234 walnut producers were randomly selected through multistage cluster sampling technique. descriptive- correlation research method was used in this study which has been implemen...

background women as active health information seekers play a key role in determining lifestyle and possible implementation of preventive measures, thereby improving the health of individuals, families and society. although studies indicate that equipping people with adequate health information leads to optimal health outcomes, sometimes the complexity of human behavior and presence of barriers ...

the purpose followed in this study was to analyze barriers of agriculture biotechnology development in iran. the research method was a descriptive and correlational one. the statistical population consisted of agricultural biotechnology specialists in the tehran province of whom n=108 were taken through census method to take part in the study. finally 85 questionnaires (research instrument) wer...

background: although diabetes mellitus is of high concern in iran, and the level of control is unacceptable, few qualitative studies have been carried out to reflect the experiences of patients on the barriers and motivators to self-care. this study aimed to explore a culturally based experience of iranian diabetic patients regarding the personal and environmental barriers to and facilitat­ing ...

undoubtedly, the disability to express the mystical experiences is what all mystics in east or west have rigid consensus on; it means that mystical facts and high concepts obtained through intuition aren’t possible to be expressed.  jalāl al-dīn muhammad balkhī, mowlavi has clearly explained in his masnavi the different forms of the issue and actually shows the literal difficulties to express m...

The rapid world economic growth have stimulated the businesses towards involvement in international marketplaces due to their low business risks, low commitment of resources and high flexibility. However, the evidence indicates barriers to export are thought to vary across different stages of internationalization. Therefore, this empirical study was carried out to explore export barriers of agr...

aim: regarding the high prevalence of breast cancer among the iranian women and lack of attention to mammography screening, planning the behavior promotion interventions would be practicable through determining the barriers of conducting mammography screening behavior. the purpose of this study was determining the barriers of conducting breast cancer mammography screening among the women over 4...