one of the identified risk factors for anxiety disorders in adolescence and adulthood is inhibited behaviors in childhood. the present study sought to examine the relationship between behavioral inhibition with some of the internal (personal) and external (family environment) factors in a sample of preschool children in kindergartens. in a cross sectional study in 2009, data was collected troug...

The study of workarounds (WA) has increased in importance due to their impact on patient safety and efficiency. However, there are no adequate theories to explain the motivation to create and use a workaround in a healthcare sitting. Although theories of technology acceptance help to understand the reasons to accept or reject technology, they fail to explain drivers for alternatives. Also worka...

Obesity is considered as a gateway to chronic diseases and disabilities effecting all age groups of the population. Profound changes in society, worldwide nutrition transition and behavioural patterns of communities over recent decades reflect the rising epidemic. Prevention and management of obesity has become one of the most important objective of the health care sector.As obesity is a chroni...

At present, only three risk factors for prostate cancer have been firmly established; these are all nonmodifiable: age, race, and a positive family history of prostate cancer. However, numerous modifiable factors have also been implicated in the development of prostate cancer. In the current review, we summarize the epidemiologic data for age, location, and selected behavioral factors in relati...

IIntroductiion:: Pediatric obesity is an increasingly prevalent problem. Several studies have examined prevention and treatment strategies. The majority of effective studies involved school or community interventions. With health care becoming more collaborative, we hypothesized that a behavioral health specialist may be effective in executing multifaceted interventions with families of at-risk...

conclusions because a considerable number of idus in iran are receiving reduction services, tailoring services for prevention of hepatitis infection are necessary. results hcv infection was found to be primarily associated with female gender [odds ratio (or) 5.0, 95% confidence interval (ci) 2.0-10.0)], unmarried status (or 2.9, 95% ci 1.9-4.4), drug use for more than 10 years (or 2.7, 95% ci 1...

background: poisoning is a major public health problem and is one of the most frequent causes of emergency hospital admissions. the aim of this study was to identify the main risk factors for unintentional childhood poisoning in tehran, iran and to suggest possible causes and preventative measures.   methods: in this case-control study (case, n=140; control, n=280), two controls were selected f...

This study investigates the relative contributions of socioeconomic status (SES), behavioral and clinical risk factors on mortality. The Third National Health and Nutrition Survey Linked Mortality File was used to examine the association of SES (race, insurance, education, income), behavioral (smoking, obesity, physical activity), and clinical (elevated blood pressure, triglyceride level, lipid...