background: reproductive health problems affect youths in all countries. there is an urgent need to enhance youths reproductive health services to provide a healthy life for this group. in this regard, the present study aimed to evaluate the reproductive health peer education program based on the opinion of university students.   methods :this interventional study was conducted in qazvin univer...

this is a quasi-experimental study. purpose was to investigate effect of education on health behaviors of mothers of children under 6-12 years old, about prevention of typhoid. a sample of 60 mothers selected and then divided to two groups. one group had typhoid and the other didn't have typhoid. data were collected by a questionnaire with two parts. the first part included demographic and...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: according to role of patient and family education in the process of patient care, joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations (jcaho) has considered the patient and family education standards in the hospital accreditation program; on the otherwise conducted researches show that the iran mini...

This paper sheds light on the causal relationship between education and health outcomes. We combine three surveys (SHARE, HRS and ELSA) that include nationally representative samples of people aged 50 and over from thirteen OECD countries. We use variation in the timing of educational reforms across these countries as an instrument for education. Using IV-Probit models, we find causal evidence ...

background: taxi drivers are exposed to various risk factors such as work overload, stress, an irregular diet, and a sedentary lifestyle, which make these individuals vulnerable to many diseases. this study was designed to assess the health status of this occupational group. objectives: the objective was to explore the health status, the intention to seek health examination, and participation i...

Dental hygienists help their clients develop health promoting behaviors, by providing essential information about general health, and oral health in particular. Individual health practices such as oral self-care are based on personal choices. The guiding principles found in health behavior models provide useful methods to the oral health care providers in promoting effective individual client b...

background and aim: oral disorders are among the commonest health problems which usually begin during adolescence. this study was conducted to investigate the effects of an educational program based on the health belief model (hbm) on oral health behaviors of elementary school female students. methods: this was a quasi-experimental study in which 60 female fifth-year elementary school students ...

strategic planning defines the formal decision of a company for its future. like all organizations, health care sectors need to prepare their strategic planning and act according to it. unesco chair in health edu­cation as a leader health sector, describes the course and steps for preparing its strategic planning based on swot analysis technique.

background: injuries are the first leading but predictable, avoidable and preventable cause of death among under five-year children worldwide. the present study aimed to identify the factors associated with mothers' beliefs and practices concerning injury prevention in under five-year children . methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted from august to october 2011 in hamadan county, the...

background: smoking is one of the most common causes of premature.death. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of education using health belief model in the prevention of smoking in high school students of zahedan. methods: in this quasi-experimental study, 380 students selected through randomized cluster sampling method and randomized in two case and control groups. the data col...