The 2017 prevalence of obesity among children (age 5–17 years) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is 13.68%. Childhood obesity is one of the 10 top health priorities in the UAE. This study examines the quality, frequency, sources, scope and framing of childhood obesity in popular social media and three leading UAE newspapers from 2014 to 2017. During the review period, 152 newspaper articles fro...

background: smoking is a well‑known public health problem in women as well as men. in many countries including iran, there is an increase in tobacco use among women. exploring the experience of smoking by educated women in order to develop effective tobacco prevention programs in these women is necessary. this study aimed to explore the experiences of smoking among iranian educated women. metho...

background: social capital has been defined as norms, networks, and social links that facilitate collective actions. social capital is related to a number of main social and public health variables. therefore, the present study aimed to determine the factors associated with social capital among the residents of tehran, iran.   methods: in this large cross-sectional population-based study, 31531...

student organizations are active at social, political, cultural and welfare areas of student life. they have individual and systematic functions in those areas of student life. they have individual and systematic functions in that area too. their presence in university is necessary. this article describes their important functions. student organizations are active at social, political, cultural...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to design a participatory decision-making model for teachers of the second year of secondary education in Lorestan province. In this regard, first, using library and field studies, the components of teacherschr('39') participatory decision-making were initially identified. Then, using interviews with experts and based on the Delphi method, the identified fa...

poverty is a widespread problem not only inflicting poor nations, but also nations like the united states of america. in the history of the united states, women and racial minorities had always been persistently struggling with poverty. this paper intends to investigate poverty among hispanic women between 2005 and 2010 and identify and analyze the relevant contributing factors. within this per...

the identification and application of the effective factors for improving the efficiency of organization’s operations are the most important aspects of each organization. developmental approaches in human resource management are a typical example of these factors which clearly indicate the importance of human resource as the organization’s main investment and a vital competitive factor. the pre...

three millions people die related to smoking every year. twelve million smokers are reported in iran. the studies show that smoking is an important factor which causes cardio – vascular and respiratory diseases. its role in cancer diseases is strongly confirmed. the social and economical effects of smoking also are considerable. in this study 192 preuniversity students in bahaman city (province...