introduction: the framework convention tobacco control (fctc) is designed by world health organization (who), in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic, in 2003. all treaty signatories including iran adopted to perform it during 3 years. this study was performed to design a model for evaluation of the implementation of this treaty in iran. methods: this study was a qualitative st...

EVIDENCE UTILIZATION IN HEALTH POLICY MAKING BASED ON THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR Mohammad Hasan Imani Nasab, Bahareh Yazdizadeh, Masoud Salehi, Hesam Seyedin, Reza Majdzadeh. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran; Knowledge Utilization Research Center, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, ...

AIDS is a problem threatening public health throughout the world, especially developing countries. Injecting drug users are most at risk of HIV infection and account for 68.15% of all suffering cases in Iran. This study investigated the effect of health intervention on the AIDS preventive behaviors among addicts based on HBM. This was a quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest design. ...

The paper is based on a large qualitative study of ethics, policy and regulation of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) science in Iran. This case study in five academic research centres used semi-structured interviews to examine in depth the views of stem cell scientists, embryologists and ethics committee members on hESC research policy in this Shia Muslim country. Although Iran's policy approac...

The increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is a major concern to public health policy-makers. To assess knowledge about TB and the DOTS strategy among medical students in a high incidence area of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a questionnaire designed around the national TB programme guidelines was given to 80 interns in Golestan and Mazandaran medical schools in December 2007. The overall me...

BACKGROUND In the 1980s, PHC implementation promoted the health care delivery and overall health status of the population in Iran. Identifying the crucial design and implementation aspects of the PHC program can highlight the way it was implemented in a difficult sociopolitical environment. Using a policy analysis approach unfolds the details of implementation in a context which was not overtly...