objective: the aim of this paper is to investigate whether the combination of paid employment promotes or challenges the quality of life of married employed and unemployed women in iran. method: the samples consisted of 250 married employed women (175 professionals and 75 non-professionals) and 250 married unemployed. stratified convenience sampling technique was used for the selection of the s...

BACKGROUND As violence against women is a prevalent phenomenon, it is quite likely that health workers have experienced such violence. Prevalence among female health staff of emotional, physical and sexual abuse inflicted by a current or previous male partner as well as awareness of violence within the family of origin or among acquaintances were studied. Whether such experiences were associate...

objective: paid employment has become increasingly very important in the lives of women, as the rapid social changes in different classes of the iranian society affects roles and positions of women with great changes at a rapid pace. hardiness as a predicting factor for mental health is selected in this study to evaluation the effects of employment on the women. method: 250 employed married and...

objective: examining the interrelationship between quality of life, hardiness, selfefficacy and self-esteem among working (professional and non-professional), and non-working married women has motivated the researcher to launch this study. method: the samples in the present study consisted of 250 married employed women and 250 married unemployed women in the age range of 24-41 years old belongi...

OBJECTIVE To identify key issues affecting women general practitioners in their professional and non-professional lives. DESIGN A qualitative study using the Delphi technique, with three rounds of data provision circulated to each participant. Coding was used to ensure anonymity. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The participants were a purposive sample of 40 women GPs drawn from all Australian Stat...