background: the healthcare and socio-economic burden resulting from influenza a (h1n1) pdm09 in spain was considerable. our aim was to estimate and compare the management (resource utilization) and economic healthcare impact in an at-risk group of unvaccinated pregnant women with an unvaccinated group of non-pregnant woman of childbearing age (15-44 yr old). methods: we addressed this question ...

background: sexual health is part of psychological health and the occurrence of any sexual health –associated disorder could have profound effect on physical health. more than half of the cases of sexual problems which can destroy the marital relationship and family life originate from lack of knowledge or insufficient awareness and incorrect attitude toward the sexual relationship. objective: ...

objective: the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between marital satisfaction with psychological health in women whose husbands had either suffered from psychiatric problems or been exposed to chemical warfare during iraq-iran imposed war. method: participants were selected from the war-affected women in mazandaran province in north of iran whose husbands had either suffe...

objective: paid employment has become increasingly very important in the lives of women, as the rapid social changes in different classes of the iranian society affects roles and positions of women with great changes at a rapid pace. hardiness as a predicting factor for mental health is selected in this study to evaluation the effects of employment on the women. method: 250 employed married and...

purpose one of the most significant current discussions is the effect of different levels of physical activity on health-related quality of life (hrqol), but there have been no studies in iran which investigate this issue. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the level of physical activity and hrqol in iranian women. methods this was an analytical cross-sectional st...

OBJECTIVE To determine the barriers to identification and management of domestic violence from the battered women's perspective. DESIGN Qualitative research methods using semistructured focus groups. SETTING Urban and suburban community-based organizations serving women and their families in the San Francisco Bay (Calif) area. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-one women with histories of domestic violen...

This paper examines the role of women’s education on fertility and child health in Uganda. To identify causal effects, I exploit the timing of a national reform that eliminated primary school fees in 1997 to implement a regression discontinuity design. Women with more schooling both delay and reduce overall fertility, increase early child health investments, and have less chronically malnourish...