Bulimia Nervosa (BN) is considered one of the leading causes of psychological impairment among women (Striegel-Moore & Bulik, 2007). Lifetime prevalence rates for Bulimia Nervosa (BN) range between 1–3% of women, although many more women experience sub-threshold bulimic symptoms that significantly impair their life functioning (American Psychiatric Association, 2006; Hoek & Van Hoeken, 2003). B...

introduction: the old age is one of the vulnerable classes of people in every society. the most important issue concerning the improvement of health and quality of life of the old age deals with preservation of a high degree of their independence in physical activities and continuation of an active life. the present research aimed at comparing the effect of two types of physical activity in wat...

urban public spaces are the most important instruments to strengthen the participation of civil society as an arena of all groups both men and women. women as half of the public spaces users should use urban public spaces as well as men easily and they must feel comfortable in these kinds of places. however, experiences and also the result of researches have shown that women do not benefit equa...

background: this study aimed to investigate different methods used to provide necessary supplementations for pregnant women and obtain reliable data about the general status of health promotion during pregnancy. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 401 pregnant women referring to different women’s hospitals of tabriz, including alzahra, taleghani, 29-bahman, zakariy...

gender as one of the social and cultural determinant factors, affects many dimensions of women including their occupation and can affect  the types of male and female jobs. nowadays, gender segregation of jobs in iran is gradually being removed. nevertheless, social policy making in this subject needs scientific studies. it seems necessary to take advantage of qualitative methods. in this quali...

women with addicted husband suffer more than other women from mental disorders and they are less resilient. family-based education with purpose of promoting mental health and resiliency can solve the problems of women with addicted husband. the purpose of this research is to study the effect of family-based education on mental health and resiliency of women with addicted husband in sabzevar. th...

changes in the rate of women socio-political participation and presence are among the changes and developments occurred in socio-political sphere in iran in the recent decades. it is expected that as women capabilities and education rate and international interactions increase, their socio-political participation and presence especially in legislature branch increase dramatically as well. this ...

in recent decades, changes can be observed around the presence of women in urban public spaces. this paper investigates on the presence of women in these spaces in terms of selectivity or necessity. method of research is survey and questionnaire is used to collect data. the statistical sample includes 128 male and 133 female residents of the city of tabriz that are studied with random sampling....