background: studies suggest that family caregivers of hemodialysis patients experience a high level of burden, which could lead to numerous physical and psychological problems. despite the need for adequate training and support, these caregivers are mostly neglected, and few studies have been performed in this regard. aim: to evaluate the effect of educational programs on the home care of hemod...

background: the family caregivers of patients undergoing hemodialysis have a major role in the care of patients at home. the study results indicate that these caregivers face with multiple problems regarding responsibilities and issues arising from the care and treatment of the patients.these issues decrease their quality of lives. however, these caregivers are mostly neglected andno studies ar...

Etiology of infertility varies from region to region and from one population to another and even from one locality to another within the same population. Childlessness has serious demographic, social and health implications. Hence an attempt has been made to get some approximation about levels and patterns of infertility and childlessness in India by using National Family Health Survey-2 (1998-...

The reversal of the gender gap in education has potentially far-reaching consequences for marriage markets, family formation, and relationship outcomes. One possible consequence of this is the growing number of marriages in which wives have more education than their husbands. Previous studies have found this type of union to be at higher risk of dissolution. Using data on marriages formed betwe...

We examine the stability of divorce determinants in the UK between 1960 and 1989. Using retrospective marriage history data, we show that, over successive marriage cohorts, the associations between marital instability and many covariates have undergone substantial, systematic and quite interpretable changes. Thus, the parameter for marrying a divorcee has weakened over time, while that for prem...

The purpose of this article is to examine if educational homogamy patterns are associated intergenerationally, the extent which today’s couples homogamous, and how translates into levels family income financial overall well-being. To these relationships, 28 years longitudinal data from British Columbia Paths on Life’s Way project employed. First, changes in marital status, completion, examined ...

While men have always received more education than women in the past, this gender imbalance in education has turned around in large parts of the world. In many countries, women now excel men in terms of participation and success in higher education. This implies that, for the first time in history, there are more highly educated women than men reaching the reproductive ages and looking for a pa...

Introduction The Syrian conflict has resulted in over 2.3 million child refugees in the Middle East and the prevalence of early marriage has reportedly increased among displaced Syrian families. This study explores the underlying factors contributing to child marriage among Syrian refugees in Lebanon with the goal of informing community-based strategies to address the issue. Methods In July-A...

background: this study aimed toassess the effectiveness of educational program on lifestyle modification among type iidiabetic patients. methods: this was aquasi-experimental study which was conducted to determine the effectiveness of educational program on lifestyle modification among type iidiabetes patients in 2011.study population included120 people who suffered from type iidiabetes and div...