Drug and health literacy is a key determinant of health outcomes. There are several tools to assess drug and health literacy. The objective of this article is to determine drug literacy level and its relationships with other factors using a single item screening tool. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 1104 people in Qazvin province, Iran. Based on the proportional-to-size method, par...

Six species of terrestrial isopods from the province of Qazvin, central Iran, are recorded. Three species, Hemilepistusklugii (Brandt, 1833), Protracheoniscusehsani Kashani, 2014 and Mongoloniscuspersicus Kashani, 2014, were previously reported from the province. Hemilepistuselongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 and Protracheoniscusmajor (Dollfus, 1903) are recorded for the first time, and one species, Pr...

Analysis of Barriers to Public Participation in Watershed Management Projects Ninehroud Watershed, Qazvin Province

α-Thalassemia is a widespread inherited disease particularly prevalent in the middle East Asia population, including Iran. The aim of this study was to define the molecular spectrum and frequency of α-thalassemia mutations in prospective couples of Qazvin province. A total of 120,000 subjects were studied during 10 years (1998-2008). Individuals present with hypochromic and microcytic parameter...

Background: Beta thalassemia is a common inherited disease, resulting from one or more of 200 different mutations in the betaglobin gene. Qazvin province has attracted migrations of several different populations due to industrialization during the past five decades. The aim of this study was to define the molecular spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in Qazvin province. Methods: Ethylen diam...

Aliakbar Hajaghamohammadi, Nazanin Salami, Ali Zargar, Arash Miroliaee Associate Professor of qazvin University of medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran. MD, qazvin University of medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran. Assistant Professor of qazvin University of medical sciences, Qazvin, Iran. *Corresponding Author: Division of internal medicine, department of Gastroenterology, Qazvin University of medical sc...

1 Department of Surgery, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 2 Cellular and Molecular Research Centre, Department of Pharmacology, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 3 Department of Pathology, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 4 Department of Biostatistics, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 5 Shefa Neuroscience Res...

Leili Yeke-Fallah, Zahra Eskandari, Akram Shahrokhi, Amir Javadi. PhD student of nursing, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Faculty member of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery School, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; M.Sc. student of intensive care nursing, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; Faculty member, Nursing a...

As a part of a comprehensive programme of tuberculosis (TB) control in the central prison in Qazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran, a programme of active case-finding was carried out from February 2004 to July 2005. From the 768 prisoners examined, 41 (5.3%) were suspected of TB and gave sputum samples. A total of 7 smear-positive TB cases were found, giving a TB prevalence in the prison of 910 per ...

1Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran 3Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Health and Paramedical Sciences, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, IR Iran *Corresponding author: Reza Qasemi-Barqi, Departmen...