Women's health constitutes a major aspect of development in societies and is considered a health-related priority. The aim of the present study was to determine appropriate strategies for improving health promoting behaviours in women of reproductive age in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Using the nominal group technique, a panel discussion was held in October 2011 with 12 health specialists who...

AIM The aim of this study was to explain the perception of patients with chronic hepatitis B regarding problems in the Iranian society. DESIGN Descriptive qualitative research. METHODS In this qualitative study, 27 patients with chronic hepatitis B in Iran were selected through purposive sampling. The data were collected over 22 months, in 2015-2016, by means of semi-structured interviews a...

This paper examines the experiences of mothers caring for a child with Down syndrome in the Malaysian (Sarawak) context. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 26 biological mothers of children with Down syndrome aged 18 years and below. They were accessed through selected child health clinics, community-based rehabilitation centres and schools using purposive sampling within two regions in...

COVID-19 has been declared an international public health emergency by WHO. The Indonesian government issued a policy as strategy for controlling and encourages the to carry out social distancing. Social distancing during pandemic will affect mental of adolescents, where there is increase in negative effects decrease positive influence on adolescent emotional changes. This research qualitative ...

introduction: academic failure of students is a major problem of higher education. the aim of this qualitative study was to explore the factors causing academic failure in nursing students of qom university of medical sciences in 2015. methods: this qualitative study was carried out via conventional qualitative content analysis approach. a total of 21 nursing students (18 males and 3 females) w...

The paper presents results of a study conducted to measure perceptions of teachers about their 3rd grade students’ information literacy (IL) skills. The IL standards given by the California School Library Association for 2nd graders were provided to 54 teachers from three private schools of Lahore city of Pakistan to get their opinion. Selected through purposive sampling methods, the respondent...

The purpose of the study was to determine factors affecting nurses' attitudes toward computers in healthcare. This cross-sectional study was carried out with nurses employed at one state and one university hospital. The sample of the study included 890 nurses who were selected via a purposive sampling method. Data were collected by using a questionnaire for demographic information and Pretest f...