We used longitudinal data (N = 155) to investigate the relation between religiousness and fear of death and dying in late adulthood. We found no linear relations between religiousness and fear of death and dying. Individuals who were moderately religious feared death more than individuals who scored high or low on religiousness. Fear of death also characterized participants who lacked congruenc...

introduction : studying the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in low socioeconomic groups is of great importance. people who are under the supervisioin and care of imam khomeini relief foundation are the most deprived in iran. the present survey aimed at investigating the prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors among  the citizens who are under the supervision of imam khom...

background: inequality in households’ and individuals' consumption expenditures is one of the most important aspects of health status difference among households and individuals. objectives: we investigated the impact of some macro-economic factors specially inequality factors on the iranian rural health status since 1986 through 2012. patients and methods: we conducted a longitudinal ecologica...

background: the association of duration of breastfeeding (bf)  with  weight disorders remains controversial.  this study aimed to evaluate the association of bf with anthropometric measures and weight disorders in iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: using multistage random cluster sampling method, a representative sample of 25,000 school students were selected from urban an...

background: excess weight in children and adolescents is a multi-factorial phenomenon and associated with earlier risk of obesityrelated diseases. this study aims to assess the prevalence of weight disorders and the mean values of anthropometric indices according to regional, socioeconomic, and urban-rural variations among iranian children and adolescents. materials and methods: this nationwide...

Health disparities in the United States related to socioeconomic status are persistent and pervasive. This review highlights how social disadvantage, particularly low socioeconomic status and the health burden it brings, is passed from 1 generation to the next. First, we review current frameworks for understanding the intergenerational transmission of health disparities and provide 4 illustrati...

OBJECTIVES People of low socioeconomic status are shorter than those of high socioeconomic status. The first two years of life being critical for height development, we hypothesized that a low socioeconomic status is associated with a slower linear growth in early childhood. We studied maternal educational level (high, mid-high, mid-low, and low) as a measure of socioeconomic status and its ass...