background and purpose: hand hygiene is a low-cost، convenient measure recommended to all health care providers to prevent nosocomial infections. health care staff commonly neglect the importance of hand washing at workplace. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of involuntary motivational factors on hand hygiene compliance byhealth care providers. methods: this descriptive analytical study ...

conclusions the mean quality of life among the individuals studied was in the middle level, however, it is important to consider the different dimensions of their living situations, such as economic protections, social cooperation, ability to present suitable behaviors to solve problems, and living situation, especially among deprived people. materials and methods in this cross-sectional resear...

background: since anxiety, depression and job satisfaction are considered elements related to mental health, the main objective of the present study is to survey the prison staff on the said elements. methods: the population of the study was all of the officially employed staff of the prison. (104 prisons) 80.7% of the persons who filled the questionnaires up were among the disciplinary force s...

background: health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand and use healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions and follow instructions for treatment. the aim of this study was to identify the effect of various factors on health literacy in patients with diabetes.   methods: this was a cross-sectional observational study of 407 iranian patients older than 15 years of ...

background: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. social, economic and cultural factors are main effective factors on person’s health. as university students are the spiritual resources of each society and the future manufacturers of their own country, the present study aimed to determine the predictive factors f...

conclusions based on the path analysis model, working condition and socioeconomic status directly and indirectly influence birth weight. thus, as well as attention to treatment and health care (biological aspect), special attention must also be paid to mothers’ socioeconomic factors. results the final path model fitted well (cfi =1, rmsea=0.00) and showed that among direct paths, working condit...

background: one of the main challenges of healthcare systems of developing countries is health inequality. health inequality means inequality in individuals’ ability and proper functioning, resulting in inequality in social status and living conditions, which thwarts social interventions implemented by the government. objectives: this study aimed to determine and prioritize the social determina...

introduction all nations are striving for development. economic development is one of the main parts of development process, but not all of it. populations health is one of the main factors of economic development, and child’s mortality is one of the main factors of population health status. the aim of this study is investigating the role of socioeconomic disparties in under 5 mortality in east...

background : this study was to investigate the health literacy and influencing factors of older population in pension institution of xinjiang, china. methods : elderly people were selected from 44 pension institutions in urumqi, changji, karamay and shihezi and from september 2011 to june 2012 using random layer sampling method. the investigation was carried out by chi-nese citizen health liter...

medical curriculum can exposed the medical students to a significant levels of mental pressure. therefore, the prevalence and incidence of psychiatric disorders including abnormal value of stress, depression and anxiety are higher in the schools of medicine. there are two major types of sources that can lead to stress and further mental problems in the medical students: 1. stresses related to t...