BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to research concerning the epidemiology of newborns' galactosemia during 2007-2008 to find out whether screening was necessary for Iranian newborns or not and also what the symptoms of this disease before or after diet were. METHODS The data were collected from 24000 newborn babies from Fars Province, southern Iran. The enzymatic calorimetric test was done ...

BACKGROUND Thalassemia is an inherited blood disease. It is a serious public health problem throughout the Mediterranean region, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, as well as in Southeast Asia. OBJECTIVES Thalassemia is an inherited blood disease. It is a serious public health problem. In this study we assessed psychological aspects in Iranian children and adolescents with thalassem...

BACKGROUND Child-parent agreement is a controversial aspect of measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to assess the agreement between the child self-reports and parent proxy reports of the PedsQL 3.0 Asthma Module in Iranian children with asthma to evaluate HRQoL. Moreover, the psychometric properties of the child and parent repor...

OBJECTIVE Low physical activity and sedentary behaviors, two important determinants of childhood obesity, may be influenced by parental lifestyle and weight status. This study aims to determine the association of parental weight status with children's physical activity and screen time. METHODS This study was conducted on 14,440 Iranian schools students, aged 7-18 years, and one of their paren...

Background: Hemoglobin (Hb) Alesha is a rare and very unstable Hb variant, resulting in disruption of the heme pocket and producing severe hemolysis in heterozygous statues. In this study, we describe the first report of this variant in an Iranian boy originated from south of Iran with severe hemolytic anemia and mild splenomegaly. Methods: A six-year-old boy from Khuzestan Province and his par...

Ali Janati, Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani, Edris Hasanpoor, Mobin Sokhanvar, Elaheh HaghGoshyie. Associate professor, PhD of Healthcare Management, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management (IceHM), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Professor, PhD of Epidemiology, Road Traffic Injury Prevention Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; PhD can...

IRAN: A STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS Morteza Arab-Zozani, Habib Jalilian, Mina Mahami Oskouei, Mohammad Dehghanian, Zoleikha Asadi Aghbalaghi. School of management and medical informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; School of management and medical informatics, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz Universi...