prioritizing women's health helps achievement of the 4(th) and 5(th) goals of millennium development program. this study aimed to investigate association between social determinants of health and women's health of reproductive age.this population-based cross-sectional study, using multi-stage sampling procedure was conducted on 770, 15 to 49-year-old women residing in any one of the 22 municipa...

background health-related quality of life (hrqol) is an important factor for self-management behaviors of diabetic patients. these behaviors have special importance in preventing complications of diabetes. objectives this study has been conducted to evaluate hrqol of diabetic patients referred to tehran hospitals. patients and methods in this descriptive study patients were selected from diabet...

background: bread is the major food in middle east and iran. recent studies in iran have shown that daily bread consumption was 300gr. also, 40.2% of the total energy per person was obtained from bread. methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 81 bakeries in rafsanjan, iran in 2004. the main objective of this study was to determine some parameters of the bread, such as ph, nacl, dough an...

conclusions the significant improvement in the experimental group’s mean knowledge, hbm structures , and behavior scores indicates the positive effect of the intervention. background using various models of behavior change, a number of studies in the area of nutrition education have confirmed that nutrition habits and behaviors can be improved. objectives this study sought to determine the effe...

background: in the history there are long backgrounds to coexistence of human and domesticated animal. counter effect of more than 150 common diseases threat the human and domesticated health. due to climate condition of mazandaran, in the north of iran, the objective of the present study is to evaluate health conditions of the industrial animal husbandries (iah) during 2000-2001 . methods: thi...

background: taxi drivers are exposed to various risk factors such as work overload, stress, an irregular diet, and a sedentary lifestyle, which make these individuals vulnerable to many diseases. this study was designed to assess the health status of this occupational group. objectives: the objective was to explore the health status, the intention to seek health examination, and participation i...

background: osteoporosis is one of the most common metabolic bone diseases. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a prevention program based on health belief model on osteoporosis among women. methods: in this quasi-case study, 120 patients (60 cases and 60 control), registered under the health centers in fasa city, fars province, iran were selected in 2014. a questionnaire...

conclusions the health status and life situation of street children in this region do not seem appropriate and earning money is the most important motivation to being a street child. unlike violence, the tendency to substance abuse, especially cigarette smoking, was pretty high. on the other hand, the lower age of illicit drug abuse among these children in this study indicates a higher vulnerab...

background: one of the factors that have impact on the health status of elderly people is living alone. this study was conducted to examine the living condition of elderly population in babol and probable differences which this condition induced on the health disorders of elderly people. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 1544 elderly people aged 60 and over in amirkola, babol...

conclusions the research revealed that nonsmokers showed better mental health and dyadic adjustment than smokers, thus suggesting that smoking endangers and can impair the tranquility of families and that smoking also threatens the dyadic adjustment of couples. background the mental health and dyadic adjustment of smokers is a matter of serious concern which brings many demerits on mental healt...