Background This study aimed to assess the effects of maternal self-efficacy and oral health-related knowledge on pre-school children oral hygiene behavior. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on 301 mothers with children aged 2–6 years old randomly selection from health centers of Tabriz, Iran.  Data were collected using self-report questionnaires including demographi...

materials and methods totally, 410 students including 204 males and 206 females studying in grades 9 to 12 and aged between 15–18 years old were studied. the instruments used to collect data were a self administered demographic questionnaire and the scale of adolescent health promotion (ahp). results the mean age of participants was 16.5 (sd = 1.34) years. the mean score of adolescent health pr...

aims: drug addiction is a mental, social, and economic problem that comes from abnormal and illicit consumption of substances such as alcohol, opium, hashish, and etc., making the addict psychologically and physiologically dependent to those substances. this study was designed and performed to evaluate the pattern of drug abuse change in the addicts visiting addiction treatment centers of kasha...

background: addiction is multi-dimensional medical problem and psychologic defects have a major role on its establishment. this study was designed to determine the effect of emotional quotient (eq) on the rate of addiction relapse after quitting. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional study on 22 to 51 year old subjects who were being treated at chemical dependency rehabilitation cente...

background no study from india has examined pathways to care in alcohol using population systematically. objectives the present study aimed to understand the pathways to care among alcohol-dependent individuals seeking help at a tertiary care center. patients and methods it was a cross-sectional, observational study. a total of 58 subjects diagnosed with alcohol- dependence syndrome as per dsm-...

background : who focuses on developing health literacy (hl) referring to cognitive and social skills. our objectives were to develop a scale for evaluating the hl level of thai childhood overweight, and develop a path model of health behavior (hb) for preventing obesity. study design: a cross-sectional study. methods : this research used a mixed method. overall, 2,000 school students were aged ...

A diagnosis of HIV aff ects every aspect of a person’s life. Simple awareness of the disease, as well as progression of symptoms, can precipitate new, or exacerbate existing, problems with mental health and substance abuse. In turn, such problems increase an individual’s need for health care services and interfere with his or her ability to comply with complex treatment regimens. What’s more, p...

The energy boom of the last decade has led to rapidly increasing wealth in the Middle East, particularly in the oil and gas-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This exceptional growth in prosperity has brought with it rapid changes in lifestyles that have resulted in a significant rise in chronic disease. In particular the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has increased dramat...

abstract aims: health, safety and environment is an integrated and convergence system and also a synergistic arrangement of human resources, facilities and equipment. this study aimed to determine the relationship of safety climate and perception of risk with the awareness level of hse management system among oil refineries employees. instrument & methods: this cross-sectional study was perform...