Abstract Background The rate at which mothers experience a cesarean section in the absence of medical signs is growing worldwide. Women’s beliefs and intentions play an essential role request or choice delivery method. At present, there no comprehensive, validated scale for assessing pregnant women’s about Iranian population. This study was performed to develop assess validity reliability inten...

Multistage stochastic programs with interstage independent random parameters have recourse functions that do not depend on the state of the system. Decomposition-based algorithms can exploit this structure by sharing cuts (outer-linearizations of time recourse function) among different scenario subproblems at the same stage. The ability to share cuts is necessary in practical implementations of...

Background: Working in a hospital involves lot of long-term stress, which affects people who work helping professions and are immersed others’ problems. The present study aimed to determine the relationships between psychological capital, mental health, health anxiety with vulnerability through mediating role emotional processing perceived social support nurses working COVID-19 wards Shiraz Cit...

BACKGROUND In recent years, family physician plan was established as the main strategy of health system in Iran, while organizational structure of the primary health care system has remained the same as thirty years ago. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to illustrate structural and contextual dimensions of organizational structure and relationship between them in Iranian primary health car...

BACKGROUND Pediculus capitis (Anoplura: Pediculidae) or head louse is an obligate ectoparasite transmitted mainly through physical contact. This study was conducted to survey the prevalence of head lice infestation rate and some risk factors in Primary School pupils, in Khajeh City East Azerbaijan Province, Iran METHODS We selected 20 primary schools of Khajeh City during 2008 and 2009. Total...

BACKGROUND Water pipe smoking is increasing in Eastern Mediterranean Region. The objective of this study was to investigate any relationship between water pipe smoking and health-related quality of life in the general population of Bandar Abbas, Iran. METHODS Using a multistage sampling method, a random sample of 1675 individuals aged 15 years and over was studied from June through July 2007....

BACKGROUND Longer intervals between consecutive births decrease the number of children a woman can have. This results in beneficial effects on population size and on the health status of mothers and children. Therefore, understanding the practice of birth interval and its determinants is helpful to design evidence based strategies for interventions. The objective of this study was to determine ...