BACKGROUND It cannot be denied that many improvements in female and child health have been achieved worldwide through international family planning programs. More than half of the females (57%) with unintended pregnancy admitted that they had not used birth control the month before conception. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to promote family planning practice among females of Zahedan (s...

Background: Addiction is one of the most important social issues influencing all aspects people’s lives, including personal, social, physical, and mental. Given increasing rate addiction its associated irreparable damages to community, , methods preventing treating should be meticulously investigated. This study aimed examine effectiveness expressive arts group therapy in resilience emotion reg...

Susceptibility to tuberculosis may be influenced by variations in human genes. The P2X7 receptor is an ATP-gated cation channel expressed in immune cells, and it influences the release of proinflammatory cytokines from monocytes and macrophages. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of P2X7 gene rs2393799 (-762T/C) and rs1718119 (Thr348Ala) polymorphisms on patient suscepti...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between metacognitive beliefs and the tendency to addiction in the students of the University of Sistan and Baluchistan, located in the South-East of Iran, during the academic year of 2009-2010. METHODS This was a descriptive, correlational study, and the statistical samples were 200 male BSc students selected with cluster rando...

Background: Β-thalassemia is known as the most common inherited form of anemia worldwide and Iran. Considering high birth rate in the province, it seem necessary to study demographic factors and to assess common laboratory tests in order to find out whether patients receive adequate care or not. Materials and Methods: A cross–sectional descriptive analytical study was conducted on 603 patients ...