the purpose of present research is to compare abuse. mental health and religious orientation in runaway and normal girls .the sample group of the research involves 25 runaway girls aged 17-25 that are being protected in the shelters for runaway girls. and 25 normal girls with the same qualities that were selected from a park in the southern part of tehran • as comparison group. in order to asse...

abstract: background and objectives: social health as third dimension of health, along with physical and mental health, has drawn more attention in recent years among policy makers and health system managers. no other study, to our knowledge, has documented measuring individual-level social health in iran. in response to this need, our study tends to assess iranians self-rated social health thr...

This paper forms the foundation for the promotion of mental health with rural Mi’kmaq youth through a community based participatory research project. Western understandings of mental health and illness are compared and contrasted with Aboriginal understandings. Mainstream mental health services that accommodate cultural differences do not speak to the totality of Aboriginal understandings of me...

BACKGROUND Scientific guidelines recommend the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale for ischemic stroke assessment. However, many nurses find "slim" National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale versions or the Glasgow Coma Scale easier to use. OBJECTIVE To compare 3 "slim" versions of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and the Glasgow Coma Scale with the full National Institut...

Background Developmental disorders are important in children, but there is not enough information regarding risk factors, and their effects on developmental disorders. We aimed to design a relational model and assess the relationship of mothers’ spiritual, social, and mental health and self-efficacy with child development. ...