Vahideh Zarea Gavgani, Hasan Siamian. Associate Professor of Medical Library & Information Science, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management; Department of Medical Library & Information Science, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz-Iran; Assistant professor, Department of Medical Records and Health Information Technology, School of Allie...

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BACKGROUND Limited studies have examined the relationship between quality of life and lifestyle behaviors. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of quality of life among young Iranian women and its association with lifestyle behaviors. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted among 391 young women selected through a cluster convenience sampling strategy in Shiraz, Ir...

Despite the enormous changes in the basic institutions and social structures of Iranian society and the introduction of modern technology and means of mass communications, many traditional structures, especially those related to the social behavior and social communication of individuals are still functioning in Iran. These traditional institutions and structures not only have survived the proc...

background: social capital involves a set of norms available in social systems which improves the interaction between people and reduces the costs of interactions and communications. considering the importance of social capital, this research is aimed to study the social capital and factors affecting it among students of tehran university of medical sciences. methods: 400 students were particip...

in his perspective “navigating between stealth advocacy and unconscious dogmatism: the challenge of researching the norms, politics and power of global health,” ooms argues that actions taken in the field of global health are dependent not only on available resources, but on the normative premise that guides how these resources are spent. this comment sets out how the application of a predomina...

BACKGROUND Although most studies on female-headed families focus on women's access to social support, the associations between social capital and quality of life in these families are unclear in many societies (such as Iran). This study aimed to determine the associations between social capital and quality of life in Iranian female headed families. METHODS This cross-sectional study was perfo...