BACKGROUND While early programs to prevent aggression and violence are widely used, only a few controlled trials of effectiveness of psychoanalytically based prevention programs for preschoolers have been evaluated. This study compares 'Faustlos' (a violence prevention program) and 'Early Steps' (a psychoanalytically based, whole daycare center intervention to prevent violence) in daycare cente...

BACKGROUND To describe the Los Angeles County trauma system response to disasters. METHODS Review of trauma system structure and multicasualty events. RESULTS The Los Angeles County trauma system is made up of 13 level I and II trauma centers with defined catchment areas that serve 10 million people in 88 cites over 4,000 square miles and receive more than 20,000 trauma activations annually...

despite the fact that hiv epidemic is mainly driven by injection drug use in iran, partners of people who inject drugs (pwid) have been seriously neglected in terms of effective preventive interventions. currently, sexual partners of pwid might have access to some harm reduction services at voluntary counselling and testing (vct) centers; however, their needs have not been effectively targeted ...

BACKGROUND Adequate access to primary care emergency centers is particularly important in rural areas isolated from urban centers. However, variability in utilization of emergency services located in primary care centers among inhabitants of nearby geographical areas is understudied. The objectives of this study are twofold: 1) to analyze the association between the availability of municipal em...

BACKGROUND Many multicenter clinical trials use permuted-block randomization to create balanced treatment allocations within clinical centers. Unlike randomized trials, observational studies do not control treatment allocation, and statistical models are used to adjust for measured confounders. For many observational data analyses, the variability in the treatment selection process within clini...

BACKGROUND Iran started a new public-private partnership model in form of health coopera¬tives which is somehow different from other types of health cooperatives throughout the world. In this study we compared the performance and quality of health services in public health cen¬ters (PHCs) and cooperative health centers (CHCs). METHODS In this comparative study performance quality of two cohor...

While increases in mental health conditions have been documented among the general population and care workers since start of COVID-19 pandemic, extent public during this period is uncertain, according to latest Centers for Disease Control Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report.

conclusions all healthcare personnel, particularly nurses working in chcs and fhcs found occupational safety to be insufficient as related to protective and supportive activities. results according to the evaluations of all the medical personnel, the mean ± sd of total score of the oss was 3.57 ± 0.98; of the oss’s subscales, the mean ± sd of the health screening and registry systems was 2.76 ±...

the aim of this study was to determine the trend of changes in cataract surgical rate (csr) in the provinces of iran during 2006 to 2010 and identify high risk areas.this report is part of the national iranian csr study. the percentage change in csr in 2010 compared to 2006 was conducted in each province, retrospectively. one hundred and ten centers were chosen from all provinces, to determine ...

the purpose of this study was to analyze biotechnology experts’ attitude in university centers of tehran province towards use of transgenic plants. the design of the study was descriptive, and it was carried out through a survey method. the target population consisted of biotechnology experts in university centers of tehran province (n=75). though kerjcie and morgan sample size table and ratio ...