A pilot mobile application was developed using an online tool. The application offers up-to-date information to travellers using RSS news feeds from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, a Google Maps module was added in the application, which presents (in a map “pin” form) the current travel health notices that are currently in e...

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination. The right to health is...

introduction: health care is considered as one of the basic needs of human societies. health insurance is the most appropriate option for all individuals to enjoy equal health care. however, today, different types of health insurance are facing with various problems which need to be solved through new laws. therefore, health insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa) was approved to s...

background and objectives: mental health is one of the most important components of healthy life. culture, particularly religious orientation, is one of the factors whose role in promoting mental health is increasingly being emphasized. the aim of this study was to investigate correlation between religious orientation and mental health among the staff of pars special economic energy zone (pseez...

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is used to inform decision makers on the level of the health care system or at the population level. The consortium IFEDH (Innovative Framework for Evidence based Decision support in Health care) was formed to invent a new strategy to integrate modelling and simulation into the process of HTA, which deals with limited resources and upcoming new technologies. D...

Although research suggests that worksite health promotion (WHP) programs can be effective in enhancing employee health, 50-75% of employees choose not to participate in such programs when offered. The present study's aim is to identify the underlying barriers to participation in two distinct phases of a WHP program (web-based health risk assessment and a group workshop), using a large random sa...

the primary health care has notable effects on community health and accreditation is one of the appropriate evaluation methods that led to health system performance improvement, therefore, this study aims to developing of national accreditation model for rural health centers in iran health system.firstly the suitable accreditation models selected to benchmarking worldwide via systematic review,...

  Currently the control policy of malaria is based on the patient,s treatment,killing of the larvae and application of insecticides, whereas the important factors such as knowledge , attitude and health behaviour have been mostly ignored. This study was carried out to determine. Knowledge, attitude and health behaviour of 517 women in rural areas of Kahnujian city. The subjects were selected b...