introduction: this study aims to explain the depression level based on life style through the mediation of social health and quality of life. statistical population was all persons over 18 years of ahwaz random sampling stage sample size were selected 383 people. method: research data in this study were collected by using a health promoting lifestyle questionnaire walker and plyrky, keynesian p...

achieving the millennium development goals has proven to be a real challenge. providing evidence on cost-effective interventions did not prove to be sufficient to secure the trust of national authorities, health care providers and patients. introducing change in a health system requires a good understanding of the relationships between the actors of the system. social network analysis can provi...

BACKGROUND Occupational stress is a psychosocial dimension of occupational health concept on social determinants of health, especially, job & environmental condition. Recently, staff network of different government universities of Thailand have called higher education commission, and Ministry of Education, Thailand to resolve the issue of government education policy (e.g. wage inequity, poor we...

In the context of increased rural-urban migration, social exclusion of some of the recent urban arrivals and the sharp change in life style in urban communities, some of the most critical health problems of older people may be found in cities. This paper attempts to characterize the general health condition of older women (50 years and over) in Accra, Ghana’s capital city. It employs secondary ...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic factors are associated with disparities in oral health among adolescents; however, the underlying reasons are not clear. The authors conducted a study to determine if known indicators of oral health can explain such disparities. METHODS The authors examined data from a 2007 California Health Interview Survey of adolescents. The outcome of interest was self-reported co...

PURPOSE This study examined the relationship between estimates of the prevalence of mental disorders and mental health stigma. It also examined whether stigma might be more greatly associated with the terms "mental illness," "mental disorder," or "mental health condition." METHODS Respondents (N = 302) on Amazon's Mechanical Turk completed an online survey designed to measure social distance,...

The most basic criteria of social welfare and social health of any population is considered. in fact, mental health, Social health, social and individual is associated. The purpose of research is to define relationship between social capital and Social health of students . This cross-sectional study using a questionnaire survey among students of Payam Noor University of Mashhad was the year 201...

Oral health serves as an excellent model for understanding social disparities in health. Associations among race, socioeconomic status, oral health, and dental care are strong. Multiple points along the dental care process allow investigation of disparities and mechanisms; and there are multiple types of treatment services (ranging from those that all patients and clinicians would likely agree ...