sexual health and rights indicators provide essential tools for monitoring the status of individuals’ sexual health and its rights, in various countries. this paper discusses sexual health and rights indicators in iran. the indicators under study are derived from similar indicators developed by asian-pacific resource and research center for women, for the 15th anniversary of the international c...

this article investigates women's status in the nobel prize foundation between the periods 1901 to 2006 as well as twenty academies of sciences in twenty countries. the data obtained from the foundation and also the questionnaires used reveal that female elite scientists constituted a small portion of the elite societies so that during 1901 to 2006 almost four percent of the nobel laureate...

Background: Household food insecurity is defined as the limited or uncertain access to adequate and safe food or limited ability to obtain food in a socially acceptable manner. Preeclampsia is a severe case of high-risk pregnancy, which endangers the health of women across the world, especially in developing countries. The current study aimed to use the nutritional deficiencies theory in pathog...

despite reports on association between overweight/obesity among women and household food insecurity (fi) in developed countries, such association is not evident in developing countries. this study aimed to assess the association between household fi and weight status in adult females in tehran, iran.in this cross-sectional study, 418 households were selected through systematic cluster sampling ...

background & aim: assessment of quality of life(qol) is one of the most active areas in modern studies. qol is a term to describe individuals' health and affective, social and physical wellbeing and also to demonstrate their ability for accomplishing daily routine tasks. this study aimed to compare qol domains in fertile and infertile women. method & materials: forty-four infertile women referr...

background and purpose: social support is considered as a facilitator of health behaviors in women. this study aimed to evaluate and compare the status of social support and its associated dimensions in pregnant and non-pregnant women. methods: this analytical study was conducted on 310 pregnant and non-pregnant women referring to the health-care centers of zarqan city in shiraz, iran in 2011. ...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of education and economic status of women in promoting the culture of environmental protection (Case study of employed and unemployed women between 30-45 years old in Gilane Gharb). The statistical population includes all employed and unemployed women. A simple random sampling method and a sample size of 352 people were obtained based on Coch...