Journal of Education and Health Promotion

BACKGROUND: Aging poses a significant risk for activity and functional limitations. Problems amongaged populations are interrelated, and these problems can lead to other disorders and ... Read More

Epidemiology and factors associated with COVID‑19 outbreak‑related deaths in patients admitted to medical centers of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

. Hamidreza Khankeh; . Mehrdad Farrokhi; . Hassan Talebi Ghadicolaei; . Sadegh Ahmadi Mazhin; . Juliet Roudini; . Yazdan Mohsenzadeh; . Zoya Hadinejad

Volume 11, Issue 10 , November 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: The first case of COVID‑19 was reported in Iran on February 19, 2020, in Qom. SinceMazandaran is one of the high‑risk provinces with many patients and deaths, this study ... Read More

Age‑standardized mortality rate and predictors of mortality among COVID‑19 patients in Iran

. Rahmatollah Moradzadeh; . Seyed Mohammad Jamalian; . Javad Nazari; . Alireza Kamali; . Bahman Sadeghi; . Zahra Hosseinkhani; . Masoomeh Sofian; . Maryam Zamanian

Volume 11, Issue 4 , May 2021, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: To have a thorough understanding of epidemic surveillance, it is essential to broadenour knowledge of death tolls worldwide. This study aimed to determine the age‑standardized ... Read More

Prevalence of body image concern among schoolgirls aged 12–17 years in Iran

. Parastoo Baharvand; . Farideh Malekshahi; . Pariya Mahdiyan

Volume 10, Issue 8 , August 2020, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND/AIM: Adolescent girls’ concerns about their body images can negatively affect theirsocial and academic performance. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ... Read More

Morbidity and mortality from technological disasters in Iran: A narrative review

. Hamid Jafari; . Ahmad Jonidi Jafari; . Mahmoud Nekoei‑Moghadam; . Salime Goharinezhad

Volume 9, Issue 7 , July 2019, , Pages 1-6

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Iran as a developing country is at risk of vulnerability to technological disasters. These types ofdisasters occur frequently in last years and affected thousands of lives. Technological ... Read More

Substance use among outdoor treatment‑seeking patients with mental illness: A case–control study from a tertiary care hospital of northern India

. Mona Srivastava; . Shobhit Jain; . Ashok Patel

Volume 8, Issue 6 , June 2018, , Pages 1-6

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BACKGROUND: Substance abuse and mental disorder often coexist and may cause severalconsequences in sociooccupational functioning and health care and management. Indian data aresparse ... Read More BACKGROUND: Substance abuse and mental disorder often coexist and may cause severalconsequences in sociooccupational functioning and health care and management. Indian data aresparse in this area.OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to examine the sociodemographic profile, pattern, andprevalence of alcohol and substance use among person suffering with mental illness and to comparewith those without mental illness.METHODS: A total of 80 treatment‑seeking patients with mental illness and 80 nontreatment seekinghealthy accompanying persons were assessed for current substance use. Mental illness was screenedusing Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‑IV Axis I Disorders and the diagnosis was made as perDSM IV, semi‑structured sociodemographic pro forma was also applied. The data collected wereanalyzed using the Chi‑square and Student’s t‑test.RESULTS: Substance use was found 2.5 times higher among cases (56.2%) than controls (22.5%).Substance‑using participants comprised mainly males belonging to rural residence. The substanceusing cases were more unmarried, less educated, poorer economically, and more nuclear familystructures that substance‑using controls. When compared with non‑substance using cases, caseswith substance use had more males than females and lower education. Although both groups werealmost similar in term of marital status, family structure, residence, and socioeconomic status.Among both groups, most common substance use was tobacco, followed by alcohol and cannabis.Although all the substances were more prevalent among cases than controls. The prevalence ofany substance use was highest among cases with psychotic disorder (77.3%), followed by unipolardepression (62.5%), bipolar affective disorder (41.7%), and anxiety disorders (21.4%). Tobacco andcannabis use was most prevalent among cases suffering with psychotic disorders, whereas alcoholuse was most prevalent among cases suffering with unipolar depression.CONCLUSIONS: Mentally ill individuals are vulnerable to develop substance use, thus they are doublyjeopardized. The susceptibility of these individuals stem from lesser insight, need for stimulation, todecrease the anhedonia induced by psychoactive medicines and poor awareness hence this groupof individuals has several health and social consequences; therefore, they require due attention.A better care, support, and education are needed for substance using patients with mental illnessto improve their prognosis and also help in their appropriate rehabilitation.

Smoking history and Alzheimer’s disease risk in a community‑based clinic population

. Erin K. Saito; . Natalie Diaz; . Julia Chung; . Aaron McMurtray

Volume 7, Issue 2 , May and June 2017, , Pages 1-4

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BACKGROUND: The relationship between cigarette smoking and development of Alzheimer’sdisease (AD) is not fully determined, and previous reports disagree, with some studies suggestingan ... Read More

Epidemiology of animal bite in Aq Qala city, northen of Iran

. Abdurrahman Charkazi; . Naser Behnampour; . Mehri Fathi; . Abdollatif Esmaeili; . Hossein Shahnazi; . Hashem Heshmati

Volume 3, Issue 3 , March 2013, , Pages 1-5

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Background: Animal bite is one of the problems of public health which has the potential risk ofrabies disease. This study was conducted to determine the epidemiology of animal bite ... Read More

How to teach medical students to critically appraise a published article in the public health domain

. Mohsen Rezaeian

Volume 3, Issue 2 , February 2013, , Pages 1-3

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The core part of evidence‑based medicine (EBM) is the ability to critically appraise publishedarticles on a given subject. Medical students, especially within the developing world, ... Read More

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An exploratory study on the application of screening of activity limitation and safety awareness (SALSA) scale for evaluation of activity limitation among elderly

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Epidemiology and factors associated with COVID‑19 outbreak‑related deaths in patients admitted to medical centers of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

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Age‑standardized mortality rate and predictors of mortality among COVID‑19 patients in Iran

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Prevalence of body image concern among schoolgirls aged 12–17 years in Iran

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Morbidity and mortality from technological disasters in Iran: A narrative review

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Substance use among outdoor treatment‑seeking patients with mental illness: A case–control study from a tertiary care hospital of northern India

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Smoking history and Alzheimer’s disease risk in a community‑based clinic population

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Epidemiology of animal bite in Aq Qala city, northen of Iran

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How to teach medical students to critically appraise a published article in the public health domain

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