Omid Safari

Departments of pediatrics, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran 8- MsC, Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Predicting Oral Health Behavior using the Health Promotion Model among School Students: a Cross-sectional Survey

teeth and T=permanent teeth) has been increasing from 1957 to 2015 years in Iran. The current survey aimed to test the power of health promotion model for predicting the oral health behavior among high-school students.  Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 482 high school students in Gorgan city, Iran. Multi-cluster sampling was used to recruit the samples. A research...

[ 2 ] - Fast Food Consumption Behaviors in High-School Students based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)

Background: Studies report inappropriate snack and junk food consumption patterns in children and young adults in Iran. The current survey was aimed to explore fast food consumption behaviors in high-school students based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among 500 high-school students. Samples were selected based on cluster sampling meth...

[ 3 ] - Effect of Combined versus Monotherapy with Deferoxamine and Deferiprone in Iron Overloaded Thalassemia Patients: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Background: Patients with transfusional iron overload have depended on iron chelation therapy and improving chelation regimens have been of the highest priority. The aim of this study was to compare effect of combined versus monotherapy with Deferoxamine (DFO) and Deferiprone (DFP) in iron overloaded beta thalassemia (BT) major patients Materials and Methods We studied 36 BT major patients (mea...