Background and aim: Cancer is the third leading cause of mortality in Iran. By use of Geographic Information System, location-based and accurate analytical and descriptive date can be given to health policy makers. The aim of this study is to identify the incidental patterns of cancers (random, scattered, cluster) and analyze them spatially. Method(s): This is a periodical descriptive and analy...

Acknowledging the necessity of utilizing the new electronics, information and communication technologies the movement toward implementation of e-government in Iran has recently received the attention of the authorities and policy makers. Achieving this end needs first providing a clear definition for egovernment in Iran, to encompass its specific cultural, social and political characteristics, ...

BACKGROUND Injuries are a major health problem in developing countries. Recently, the occurrence of injuries and those related to mortality have increased dramatically in Iran. We have conducted this study to report domestic research publications in the field of trauma from 2000 to 2006 in Iran. METHODS The contents of 128 biomedical journals were analyzed. Sina Trauma Data Bank (STDB) was se...

in general sense, development means improving material and spiritual levels of human society and creating the proper conditions of a healthy life for all people of a society. according to this, development includes cultural, political, social and economic aspects which incorporates qualitative and quantitative changes and yet it can be considered a relative concept from both internal and extern...

BACKGROUND There are increasing change and development of information in healthcare systems. Given the increase in aging population, managers are in need of true and timely information when making decision. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the current status of the health information management system for the elderly health sector in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This quali...

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND Equity in access to and utilization of health services is a common goal of policy-makers in most countries. The fair allocation of human resources is one of the dimensions of equity, which was evaluated in this study. METHODS We evaluated the equity of human resources' distribution among Iran's medical science universities between 2005 and 2009 by inequality measures ...

Inappropriate use of drugs is a widespread problem with serious consequences such as increased adverse drug reaction and antimicrobial resistance. Proper interventions would have important financial and public health benefits. Several studies have been performed about Rational Drug Use (RUD) in Iran. To provide a picture of researches were done about RUD and highlight the existing gaps in pract...

Background The main focus of the surveillance system of AIDS in Iran is on direct clinical care for HIV, and other supportive facilities and secondary programmes have been somewhat neglected. Creating templates for reporting AIDS in Iran that can fulfil the needs of all information stakeholders, is a necessity for the Public Health Information Exchange (PHIE) system. Objective The aim of this...

BACKGROUND Worldwide, injuries are a major public health concern and make a considerable contribution to the disease burden. The present study is a component of the National and Subnational Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors from 1990 to 2013 (NASBOD) study in Iran, which was designed to investigate the burden of most important injuries (road traffic injuries, falls, burns, poisonin...

The paper is based on a large qualitative study of ethics, policy and regulation of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) science in Iran. This case study in five academic research centres used semi-structured interviews to examine in depth the views of stem cell scientists, embryologists and ethics committee members on hESC research policy in this Shia Muslim country. Although Iran's policy approac...