b ackground: health care-associated infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitals. reports have shown that nurses’ uniforms are sources of health care-associated infection transmission. the present study assessed the rate of bacterial contamination of healthcare worker’s white coats in two tertiary hospitals in mashhad, iran. methods: 300 healthcare workers participa...

background: this study aimed to evaluate the perception of lay people regarding determinants of health at global level and factors affecting it. methods: data was collected from international social survey program (issp) and world bank website. multilevel regression analysis was done and lay people’s perception regarding health behavior, environment, poverty and genes as health determinants was...

The study was designed to assess the environmental and health risks arising from intensive poultry production in Kwara State, Nigeria. A total of 120 poultry farmers in Kwara State under the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) were selected randomly for the study, and structured questionnaires were administered. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, an...

background: the effect of psychosocial work environment on personal and organizational aspects of employees is well-known and it is of fundamental importance to have valid tools to evaluate them. this study aims to evaluate the reliability and validity of the persian version of copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire (copsoq).   methods : the questionnaire was translated into persian and then bac...

bahrakan region is one of the four important and major areas of oil and economy in the persian gulf. the aim of this study was to evaluate the use of meiofauna as bioindicator of environmental pollution and the influence of organic contaminants on variation of meiofauna. sampling has done from 9 stations in three transects perpendicular to the intertidal shoreline, in the cold season (winter 20...

although the pathology and public health is recognized as the foundation of its existence to be long-lived human life. but according to the distribution and contact with social structures as a matter of developing countries are left behind in its place, according to their importance has not been. this is the birthplace of the fact that the disease has a special place in medicine introduces geog...