BACKGROUND Cesarean section (C-section) in the North of Iran accounts for 70% of childbirths, which is higher than the national average of 55%. Understanding women's perceptions towards modes of delivery in different cultures can pave the way for promoting programs and policies in support of vaginal delivery. We aimed to investigate women's perceptions towards modes of delivery in the North of ...

Background: Adolescent’s eating habits and weight status is a cumulative effect of the health and nutritional problems occurring during early childhood as well as those originating in adolescence. Aims & Objective: To assess the eating habits among adolescents. To assess the body mass index of adolescents. To find the corelation between eating habits and body mass index (BMI) of adolescents. To...

Background: Invasive procedures could change the physiological responses of neonates. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the sound of the Holy Quran on the physiological responses and pain caused by heel stick blood sampling in neonates. Methods: This three-stage, two-group, clinical trial was conducted on 72 hospitalized term neonates at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) ...

This study was conducted to determine students’ experiences, reactions and opinions on bullying. It used a descriptive research design wherein were gathered through survey questionnaires. Purposive sampling technique employed using snowball technique. Online questionnaire sent the selected students via messenger. These forwarded online those who they thought potential respondents of messenger t...

conclusions with respect to the findings of the study, this method of treatment is recommended due to being cost efficient, easy, applicable, and flexible for alleviating the effect of fatigue on the personal, psychological, and social aspects of life quality in patients on hemodialysis. results the mean of the fatigue score within the research units was 42.37. overall, 42.2% and 56.1% of the p...

background: the purpose of this investigation is to determine the efficacy of emotionally focused couples therapy (eft-c) on enhancement of marital adjustment in infertile couples. materials and methods: this was a semi-experimental study with a pre- and post-test design. we selected 30 infertile couples (60 subjects) by purposive sampling. couples were randomly assigned to two groups, sample a...

BACKGROUND There is need for 'high-quality' teachers who are equipped to meet the needs of all learners through provision of education for an inclusive society according to equal opportunities to all. OBJECTIVE This paper investigates pockets of good practice in the adaptation of the curriculum for the inclusion of learners with special education needs (SEN) in selected primary schools in the...