BACKGROUND AND AIM: All primary care providers contribute to oral health promotion of the community, especially when they are more frequently visited by individuals compared to dentists. The aim of the present study was to assess midwifery students’ knowledge on and attitude toward oral health promotion of pregnant women and its relationship with the students’ own oral health status and their b...

background to develop the culture of breastfeeding, it is needed to know the level of maternal knowledge. hence, the aim of this study was to evaluate maternal knowledge and attitude toward exclusive breastfeeding in six months after birth in shiraz, iran. materials and methods this was a cross-sectional study carried out on mothers who referred to health centers. four health centers were selec...

background: work-related diseases contribute immensely to the global burden of diseases. better understanding of attitudes of health care workers towards occupational safety and health (osh) is important for planning. objective: to assess the attitude of medical students towards osh around the globe. methods: a questionnaire assessing the attitude towards osh was administered to medical and par...

oral health as an essential indicator of public health significantly affects public health. adequate knowledge, attitude and practice can effectively prevent many oral diseases. therefore, this study examines students’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward oral health. the study used a descriptive – analytical method and immediate sample available for gathering data. this study included the v...

the prenatal period is the best time for health interventions. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different methods of anticipatory guidance presentation on the change of knowledge and attitude of pregnant women regarding oral healthcare in the mother, infant and toddler.in this quasi-experimental study, 90 pregnant women attended one health center in zahedan, iran; they were ...

background: unhealthy nutrition is very influential in incidence of some diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.  since the most unhealthy behaviors was originated from childhood or adolescence experiences, and proper nutrition during puberty has strong influence on health, therefore this study was to examined the effects of two educational methods on nutritional knowledg...

many health studies were interested to find the association between multiple predictors with a dependent variable. the popular method to analyze these studies was multiple regressions that assumed the predictors were independent. while in practice some predictors may depend on each other and they could not be presented in a regression model simultaneously, as a result the appropriate models suc...