background: to evaluate the situation in a district demographic and health indexes are of great  importance. the aim of this article is to analyze some demographic and health indexes in chadegan district during 2004-2009. methods: this was a descriptive study and the target population was the population of chadegan district from 2004-2009. data collection was done according to registered data i...

background and aims. recent progresses in preventive dentistry and their correct application in many developed countries have remarkably decreased the rate of oro-dental diseases in children and teenagers, while the rate of oro-dental diseases is on the rise among the children in developing countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of educating school health care instructors b...

The potential for using community health workers (CHW) for administering timely and effective treatment for presumptive malaria attacks was evaluated in the Katana health zone in Zaire. In each of the 12 villages of an intervention area (area A) with 13000 inhabitants, a CHW was trained in the use of a simple fever management algorithm. The CHWs performed their services under the supervision of...

results: the finding revealed that intention of family physicians to reduce referral rate of patients to specialists was significantly related to two theory-based variables of subjective norms (r = 0.38, p < 0.001) and perceived behavioral control (r = 0.43, p < 0.001), and not to attitudes. a stepwise regression entering direct measures of the theory variables explained 35% of the variance on ...

BACKGROUND The maternal mortality rate (MMR) markedly decreased in China, but there has been a significant imbalance among different geographic regions (east, central and west regions), and the mortality in the western region remains high. This study aims to examine how much disparity in the health system and MMR between ethnic minority and non-minority counties exists in Sichuan province of we...

INTRODUCTION Equity in access to and utilization of health services is a common goal of policy-makers in most countries. The current study aimed to evaluate the distribution of need and access to health care services among Iran's rural population between 2006 and 2009. METHODS Census data on population's characteristics in each province were obtained from the Statistical Centre of Iran and Na...

abstract background: improving the utilization rate of antenatal care is a critical strategy for achieving the reproductive health goals in iran. the aim of this study was to assess the utilization rate of antenatal care (anc) by women after health sector reform (hsr) interventions in rural areas of islamic republic of iran (ir iran). materials and methods: this is a retrospective cross-section...