An action research project was carried out by a team from the National Public Health Management Centre in Tabriz, Iran to test the following hypothesis: Health Volunteers are more able to support health improvements by focusing on community participation and empowerment through facilitating communities to define and solve their own problems than by only providing information on health problems....

The aim of this study was to compare feeling of loneliness between athlete and non-athlete university female students. The sample of the research consisted of 220 university female students, including 73 non-athletes who did not have any experience of sport participation and were randomly selected from the students of general physical education course in eleventh region of Islamic Azad Universi...

In 2011, a research team at the University of Sydney showed that 44% of lesions for women of all ages were missed by 116 Australian and New Zealand breast imaging readers [6], and the median level of sensitivity was below 70% [3]. It was data such as these that led to the development of the Breast Screen Reader Assessment Strategy (BREAST), a strategy unique to Australia and the world. Through ...

The objective of the study was to evaluate the position of patient education measuring knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) among health care workers (HCWs). It is also aimed to emphasize the need for a real position for patient education. This survey was performed among a group of HCWs in Iran. The scores had an acceptable level. However, nurses, females and younger people received higher s...

Abdollah Amirfarhangi1, Sam Zeraatian2*, Marjan Hajahmadi3 1-Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Rasoul-e-Akram Medical Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2-Assistant professor of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rasoul-e-Akram Medical Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3Assistant Professor of Cardiology, De...

1Biology Department, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IR Iran 2Neurophysiology Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran 3Physiology Department, Medicine Faculty, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran 4Biology Department, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, ...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Baqiyatallah Research Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Tehran Hepatitis Center, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding author: Seyed ...

1Health Research Institute, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran 2Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran 3Department of Dermatology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran 4Department of Pharmacy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University o...