background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of socioeconomic status (ses) with anthropometric measures and bp in iranian children and adolescents. methods: this nationwide study was conducted in 2011-2012 among 14,880 students, aged 6-18 years, selected by multistage, cluster-sampling method from rural and urban areas of 30 provinces of iran. anthropometric indexes and bp ...

Background:Childhood and adolescence injuries are still frequently occuring in developing countries. This study aims to assess the association  of socio-economic status (SES) with injuriesin Iranian children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: This multicentricsurvey was part of a national surveillance program, which was conducted in 2011-2012 amongst 14,880 students aged6-18 years. Partici...

The SES, Organizational Commitment, and Job Burnout among Teachers in Rasht R. Ramazaaninejaad, Ph.D. M. Hematinejaad, Ph.D. M. Eslaamdoost, Z. Taghipour To assess the SES, organizational commitment, and job burnout among teachers of Rasht, a random sample of 503 teachers from among 2596 was selected and measured on these constructs using three questionnaires. Results sho...

In this paper, the main goal is to reduce the heave motion between a surface effect ship (SES) and a wind turbine in order to safely transfer equipment and person to SES. For this purpose, an LQR control system is designed to damp the vertical motion of the surface effect ship in critical sea states including high-frequency and high amplitude regular waves as well as high frequency irregular wa...

background:childhood and adolescence injuries are still frequently occuring in developing countries. this study aims to assess the association  of socio-economic status (ses) with injuriesin iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: this multicentricsurvey was part of a national surveillance program, which was conducted in 2011-2012 amongst 14,880 students aged6-18 years. partici...

Introduction: Educational attainment and poverty status are two strong socioeconomic status (SES) indicators that protect individuals against exposure to second-hand smoke. Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs), however, refer to smaller protective effects of SES indicators among ethnic minority groups such as Hispanics and Blacks, compared to non-Hispanic Whites. This...

Background: This study aimed to assess the pattern of hygienic behaviors of Iranian children and adolescents at national and sub-national levels according to the socioeconomic status (SES) of their living region.   Methods: Data were obtained from the fourth national school-based surveillance survey entitled, “CASPIAN-IV study” (2011-2012). It was conducted among 14,880 stud...

the aim of this study was to analyze the association between overweight prevalence and socioeconomic status (ses) measured by complex ses index and single ses factors in polish adolescents in respect to age and sex.this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2010-2011. a total of 1,176 adolescents aged 13.0-18.9 years were included. the respondents were students of junior-high and high schools ...

The distribution of subcutaneous fat at the triceps and subscapular skinfold sites is described for four groups of children living in Guatemala. These groups are high socioeconomic status (SES) children of Ladino (mixed Spanish and Indian) ancestry, high SES children of European ancestry, low SES Ladino children, and very low SES Indian children. The method of Healy and Tanner (1981) is used, e...

multiple sclerosis (ms) is a disease with high disabling disorders and considerable social and economic impacts. this study was conducted to analyze the spatial distribution of ms disease in tehran, iran during 2001-2012.the existing information in the ms patients' medical files who had registered in iranian ms society (imss), located in tehran office, was used for analysis. the relationship be...