BACKGROUND: There is considerable literature on effective engagement strategies for recruiting adolescents individually for health research studies, but literature on recruiting adolescent couples is new and minimal. PURPOSE: This paper describes the recruitment strategies used for Teen Connections, a longitudinal study that recruited 139 mainly African American and Latino adolescent couples i...

objectives: this study intends to evaluate marital adjustment of the addicts in isfahan na groups and their couples. methods: in this cross-sectional analytic-descriptive study, two centers were randomly selected among all of the na groups in isfahan in 2012. in the next stage, 40 addicts (both male and female) who were randomly selected from each center as well as their couples were asked to p...

Background: The inability to have vaginal intercourse despite several attempts, defined as unconsummated marriage (UCM). It is a problematic worldwide sexual disorder. Lack of sexual knowledge has been shown affected UCM couples, so, we designed a qualitative narrative study to explain how a sample of Iranian unconsummated couples experienced sexuality when they were children and to explore wha...

survey of education effects on sexual health in   couples referred to marriage consultation centers   in west azarbalian 1382   z. moshiri [1] , h. mohaddesi [2] , 0. terme yosefi [3] , m. vazife asle [4] , s. moshiri [5]     abstract     introduction: sexual contact is a part of human identity in islam. in creation, god gave human, powers to control his behavior. koran and narrations point to ...

Genetic service for couples plays an increasingly important role in diagnosis and risk management. This study investigated the status of consanguinity and the medical genetic history (effectiveness and coverage of medical genetic services) in couples residing in a city in southern Iran. We questioned couples who were referred to Behbahan Marital Counseling Center, Behbahan, Iran, during the per...

Many couples undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are at a higher risk of having a child with a genetic abnormality. In a sample of 55 consecutive couples starting IVF, only 33% had no genetic risk factor. The most common genetic risks were advanced maternal age and possible abnormalities associated with severe male infertility. Despite education on these risks, 71% of couples had no interes...

Guided by family stress theory, this study compares newlywed samples of remarried couples from rural and urban areas. More than 900 men and 1,000 women in remarriages responded to questionnaires that assessed their economic pressures, family characteristics, and relationship quality. On socioeconomic characteristics, rural and urban couples differed. Urban couples were more educated, had smalle...