Background Previous studies have mostly focused on socio-demographic and health-related determinants of health-related behaviors. Although comprehensive health insurance coverage could discourage individual lifestyle improvement due to the ex-ante moral hazard problem, few studies have examined such effects. This study examines the association of a comprehensive set of factors including socio-d...

background: this study aimed to evaluate the perception of lay people regarding determinants of health at global level and factors affecting it. methods: data was collected from international social survey program (issp) and world bank website. multilevel regression analysis was done and lay people’s perception regarding health behavior, environment, poverty and genes as health determinants was...

background : the aim of this study was to investigate the association between the two most commonly used generic and disease specific health-related quality of life (hrqol) measures in patients with chronic lung disease due to sm: medical outcomes study short form 36-item (sf-36) and st george's respiratory questionnaire (sgrq). methods : this is a secondary analysis of iranian chemical warfare...

conclusions oral health behavior-related factors can influence patients’ periodontal status and oral hygiene levels. results in total, 50.8% of participants had cpi 2, and the average of sohi was 1.97 ± 0.7 (fair to poor). among lifestyle variables, smoking and physical activity each had a significant relationship with periodontal health (p = 0.0001 and p = 0.001, respectively). there were also...

background: parents and teachers involvement reinforce health promotion programs for children's health. objectives: the purpose of this study was to evaluate mothers’ lifestyle behavior and its association with children's oral health. materials and methods: the study was a cross sectional study on 383 children and their mothers who were selected from 6 primary schools in tehran, iran. mothers a...

introdouction: oral and dental health is viewed as one of the most important domains of public health, which is of over riding importance among mothers who, with regard to their role in maintaining their health and their children’s health, are considered one of the vulnerable groups. materials and methods: this is a cross-sectional study in which 110 pregnant mothers referring to 15 health trea...

conclusions the current study provided evidence for the utility of the belief-based model in the prediction of oral health behaviors. it could be suggested that oral health behavior can be promoted by reducing the perceived barriers and enhancing the students’ knowledge of oral and dental hygiene. background oral and dental health diseases can affect the general health of students. objectives t...