background: work-related musculoskeletal disorders (wmsds) are the most common occupational injuries in dentists. these disorders occur due to the specific characteristics of dentistry occupation such as the use of tools and instruments and awkward posture. the present study aimed at evaluating the effect of multifaceted ergonomic program on reducing musculoskeletal disorders in dentists.   met...

aim: the comprehensive evaluation program of the health system in higher education is a strategic plan in line with the goals of health reform program. the planning levels are based on 12 general policies. as professors of medical universities have an important role in public health promotion, this study aimed to identify the outcomes of faculty development at medical universities in the northe...

This paper presents an alternative view on propo-sitional disjunctive logic program: Disjunctive program = Control program + Horn program. For this we introduce a program transformation which transforms a disjunctive logic program into a Horn program and a so called control program. The control program consists of only disjunctions of new proposi-tional atoms and controls the \execution" of the...

background: perinatal asphyxia is a common cause of infant morbidity and mortality and long-term neurological disabilities. due to the high costs of admission, a large proportion of births and neonatal deaths occur in non-hospital settings. this study aimed to evaluate the incidence rate of perinatal asphyxia before and after the implementation of the health improvement program. methods: this d...

the prevent alcohol and risk related trauma in youth (p.a.r.t.y.) program is an injury prevention program set up in 2011 at a level-1 trauma center in germany. its objective is the prevention of road traffic accidents among young road users. our goal is to enable adolescents to recognize risks and to improve life-changing behavior to reduce the severity of injury and the number of killed young ...

Introduction: It has been shown that there is a strong correlation between training and improving the Radiation Oncology Medical Physicist (ROMP) and an Oncology Department Quality Management plans. The Reza Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre (RROC) beside of its development plan, has recently implemented a comprehensive in-site training plan based on ROMPs abilities and the Depa...

abstract background: today, the rate of surgeries is increasing, but surgeries are canceled due to various reasons. unexpected cancellation of surgeries not only results in disorder in the operating room schedule, but also causes stress for patients and their family and increases costs. we determined the number and causes of surgery cancellations and areas for improvement. materials and methods...

background: the family physician program and referral system considered as one of the important programs of country’s health that has been implemented since 2005.considerng that health is a spontaneous phenomenon and information in this regard should be given to individuals, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between knowledge and attitudes of rural people with inform...

objective: the present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group triple-p on the relationships of mother-child with id (intellectual disability).  methods: in this semi-experimental study with pretest and posttest design by control group, parent-child relationship scale (pcrs) was determined in 40 random clustering selected mothers of children with id before and after the intervention...

results the means ± standard deviations of the averaged emg during the lateral and frontal wp exercises were 40.1 ± 19.1, and 23.7 ± 11.3 µv, respectively. those of the percent maximal voluntary contraction during the lateral and frontal wp exercises were 51.4 ± 29.7, and 31.3 ± 20.5, respectively. gmax activity during the lateral wp exercise was significantly higher than that during the fronta...