objective: the purpose of this study is to evaluate job satisfaction and general welfare among the primary health workers (behvarzes) in the primary health centers in kashan. the following seven items were assessed: physical, social, and psychological, environmental, organizational, educational, and administration structure and job facilities. method: subjects consist of 22 male and 43 female p...

Primary health workers( behvarzes) have the responsibility of birth control education in rural areas. To evaluate the practice of behvarzes in their own birth spacing, a questionnaire was prepared by the investigators and it was completed by married behvarzes. The results were as follows: of 437 behvarzes  50.8℅ were females and 84(19.2℅) were couples. Mean age of behvarzes was 29.4 and the mea...

OBJECTIVE In the last 30 years, ever since the PHC network in Iran has been established, the job duties of Behvarzes (Mental Health Workers in rural areas) have been constantly increasing. The aim of this study was to determine the burnout level, mental health status and the severity of occupational stress among Behvarzes. METHODS All Behvarzes (227) working in areas covered by Iran Universit...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the duties of regional healthcare workers (Behvarzes) regarding healthcare of pupils in the rural areas of Iran. METHOD This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 2007-2008 on 384 pupils and their school managers in the rural areas of Sharbabak in Kerman, Iran. The research population was evaluated with separate questionnaires for the managers and the pupi...

Context: Iranian community health workers (known as behvarzes) have played an undeniable role in improving the status of rural recent decades. Therefore, this study aimed to identify performance challenges faced by behvarzes using a literature review. Methods: This systematic review searched Web Science, Scopus, Science Direct, Springer, PubMed, ProQuest, SID, and Magiran databases/search engin...

objective: in the last 30 years, ever since the phc network in iran has been established, the job duties of behvarzes (mental health workers in rural areas) have been constantly increasing. the aim of this study was to determine the burnout level, mental health status and the severity of occupational stress among behvarzes. methods: all behvarzes (227) working in areas covered by iran universit...

Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) have been a major health problem in Iran. In order to train primary health workers (Behvarz) the diagnosis of visible goiter, two methods were compared. I: With head and neck in normal position; II: With extended neck. Behvarzes in 29 rural health centers in Ghazvin were trained method I an d30 were trained method II. 1541 school children in Ghazvin and 1532 in...