assessment of frequency and types of violence against women and associated factors m mardani hamule ,msc h heidari , msc received: 14 april, 2009 accepted: 16 aug, 2009 abstract background & aims: violence against women is now recognized as an important public health problem. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency and types of violence against women and its associated factors. mate...

background: workplace violence has become an issue of increasing concern. residents are often the first physician that patients will meet them. objectives: we conducted this study to evaluate workplace violence against medical residents in iran. materials and methods: in a cross sectional questionnaire based study we asked 1107 medical residents about violence exposure during past 12 months. re...

relationship between domestic violence and religiosity musazadeh h ٭ , merghati khuyi e , sadaghiyanifar a , ara f received: 15 april, 2010 accepted: 27 july, 2010 abstract: background & aims: several studies prove the relation between religiosity and having mental health. this study aimed to study the relationship between being religious and domestic violence. materials & methods: this cross s...

background: domestic violence is a serious threat to the physical and mental health of women. the aim of the present study was to find and compare the frequency of domestic violence between methamphetamine users, patients with psychiatric disorders, and healthy people. methods: in this analytical cross-sectional study, methamphetamine users (n=30) and patients with psychiatric disorders (n=30) ...

women are faced with violence in the private sphere (by their father, husband) and in the society (public sphere). regarding irretrievable impacts of violence on women and society, governments have not considered the matter seriously. the objective of this article is to present research findings on disguised violence that is violence in the family (domestic violence) which for many reasons are ...