Journal of Education and Health Promotion

Investigation of the SWB and its relation with demographic parameters in patients with breast cancer referred to an oncology hospital affiliated to the Isfahan university of medical sciences

. Amir Musarezaie; . Homayoon Naji-Esfahani; . Tahere Momeni-Ghale ghasemi; . Jahangir Karimian; . Amroallah Ebrahimi

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-7

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Background: Spiritual well‑being is well‑recognized as a factor that affects cancer patients’quality of life, quality of care, and satisfaction. There is evidence that supports ... Read More Background: Spiritual well‑being is well‑recognized as a factor that affects cancer patients’quality of life, quality of care, and satisfaction. There is evidence that supports the fact thatpatients’ spiritual needs are associated with better quality of care, higher hospice utilization,and less aggressive care at the end of life. However, few studies have examined the Spiritualwell‑being (SWB) in cancer patients. Less is known about spirituality; furthermore, no publishedresearch about SWB and its relationship with demographic parameters in breast cancerpatients exists; this made us carry out this project. Materials and Methods: This cross‑sectionalstudy was a descriptive – analytical one, conducted on 297 breast cancer patients, witha simple sampling methodology. The data collection instrument included a questionnairecontaining two parts (demographic information and standard SWB Scale questionnaire). Thedata were analyzed with 95% confidence by SPSS18, using descriptive and analytic statistics.Results: According to the results of the present study, SWB of most of the study subjects (52.52%)was at a moderate level. Results showed that the average score for religious aspect of spiritualwell‑being (RWB) was 51.38 ± 8.17 for 60, average score for the existential aspect of spiritualwell‑being (EWB) was 42.47 ± 10.21 for 60, and the total score of SWB was 93.69 ± 10.04 for 120.Based on the study findings, there was a statistically significant correlation between the SWB andage (P = 0.03, r = 0.59), educational level (P = 0.04, r = −0.58), and marital status (P = 0.001), ofbreast cancer patients. Conclusion: According to the results of the present study, the SWB ofmost study subjects was at a moderate level. Furthermore, according to the results there was acorrelation between some important demographic parameters in women with breast cancer andSWB. Hence, it is necessary for the treatment team to assess and improve the SWB of patients;meanwhile the role of nurses is highlighted. In fact, the nurse is the first person who can recognizethe spiritual needs of a patient and even his/her family, and can be effective in meeting the spiritualneeds and improving their SWB. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that in patients with cancer,a holistic care plan, based on spiritual care, development, and education of patients be applied, asit is considered to improve their SWB.

Health promoting Hospitals in Iran: How it is

. Maryam Yaghoubi; . Marzieh Javadi

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-5

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Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) produced the Ottawa Charter for HealthPromotion (HPH) back in 1986. Then expressed the Budapest Declaration of Health PromotingHospitals ... Read More

The relationship between emotional intelligence and academic stress in students of medical sciences

. Mohammad Reza Miri; . Tayyebe Kermani; . Hoda Khoshbakht; . Mitra Moodi

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-5

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Background and Aim: Emotional intelligence (EI) theory provides a view about predictingeffective factors in people’s lives whether in education or profession. According to earlierstudies, ... Read More

Understanding the relationship between nutritional knowledge, self‑efficacy, and self‑concept of high‑school students suffering from overweight

. Leila Rabiei; . Gholam Reza Sharifirad; . Leila Azadbakht; . Akbar Hassanzadeh

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-6

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Background and Aim: Adolescents’ overweight problems have been paid much attention dueto their significant increase in recent decades in developed countries. Poor eating patternssubsequently ... Read More Background and Aim: Adolescents’ overweight problems have been paid much attention dueto their significant increase in recent decades in developed countries. Poor eating patternssubsequently affect their self‑efficacy and self‑concept. Therefore, paying attention to thenutritional knowledge of overweight students in this period is essential. This study examines therelationship between self‑efficacy, self‑concept, and nutritional knowledge of overweight studentsin the city of Isfahan. Materials and Methods: The 140 overweight students who participated inthis descriptive, analytical study with were randomly selected from one of five areas of Isfahancity in the year 2011‑2012. Questionnaires for data collection in this study included demographicform, nutrition knowledge, Cooper Smith self‑esteem, and general self‑efficacy questionnaire.Data were analyzed by ANOVA, regression, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient with statisticalpackage in social sciences version 18. Results: There was a significant correlation betweenwhole nutritional knowledge and self‑efficacy (r = 0.29, P > 0.001) and self‑concept (r = 0.26,P = 0.002). There was a significant correlation between self‑efficacy and self‑concept (r = 0.3,P = 0.001). Furthermore, in the selection of food section there was no significant correlation with theself‑concept (r = 0.147, P = 0.083). Regression analysis between self‑concept, self‑efficacy, familydimension, father’s education, mother’s education, father’s occupation, mother’s occupationaand income with nutrition knowledge showed that these eight variables explain 17.7% of thevariance in health behaviors totally. Conclusion: By conducting this study, and revealing the directrelationship between nutritional knowledge, self‑concept, and self‑efficacy, we could concludethat if nutritional knowledge of overweight students is promoted, this factor would lead to anincrease their self‑concept and self‑efficacy in order to adopt healthy behaviors and have theexpected healthy eating and healthy life‑style.

Teaching legacy: Future perspectives

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-2

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Structural role of perceived benefits and barriers to self‑care in patients with diabetes

. Siamak Mohebi; . Leila Azadbakht; . Avat Feizi; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Mehdi Kargar

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-7

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Introduction and Goal: In diseases and disorders such as diabetes, treatment and diseasemanagement depends mostly on patient’s performance. So, self‑care is very important in ... Read More

Review the key role of self‑efficacy in diabetes care

. Siamak Mohebi; . Leila Azadbakht; . Avat Feizi; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Mehdi Kargar

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-7

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Introduction and Aims: Diabetes is one of the chronic and prevalent diseases in the world.Diabetic patients’ number has increased 7 times during last 20 years. If this current ... Read More

The effect of ward round teaching on patients: The health team and the patients’ perspectives

. Peyman Adibi; . Mohammad Enjavian; . Reza Alizadeh; . Athar Omid

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-5

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Introduction: Holding bedside round teaching and involving patients in the teaching of thestudents might lead to patients’ dissatisfaction. This study was carried out in order ... Read More

The mental health and substance abuse among youths aged 18 to 29: A comparative study

. Mostafa Nasirzadeh; . Ahmad Ali Eslami; . Gholamreza Sharifirad; . Akbar Hasanzadeh

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-4

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Introduction: Drug abuse, as a social phenomenon, is one of the health problems ofthe present era. Inclination to drug abuse like other social phenomena is complex andmulti‑causal. ... Read More

Impact of school‑based oral health education program on oral health of 12 and 15 years old school children

. Vinay Kumar Bhardwaj; . Kapil Rajiv Sharma; . Rajeshwar Prasad Luthra; . Pravesh Jhingta; . Deepak Sharma; . Ashish Justa

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-4

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Background: Health education for the school age child is a specialized field within thebroad discipline of education. Oral health education program are educational aspects of anycurative, ... Read More

Experiences of experts about the instances of plagiarism

. Mahmod Keyvanara; . Rezvan Ojaghi; . Mozafar Cheshmeh Sohrabi; . Ahmad Papi

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-5

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Introduction: Plagiarism is defined as intentional deceiving or lack of honesty, which deprivesothers from both material and spiritual possessions. Ethics is considered as one of the ... Read More

Electronic health indicators in the selected countries: Are these indicators the best?

. Somaye Afshari; . Elahe Khorasani; . Mohammad Hossein Yarmohammadian; . Golrokh Atighechian; . Mohsen Ghaffari Darab

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-5

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Background: Many changes have been made in different sciences by developing and advancinginformation and communication technology in last two decades. E‑health is a very broad term ... Read More Background: Many changes have been made in different sciences by developing and advancinginformation and communication technology in last two decades. E‑health is a very broad term thatincludes many different activities related to the use of electronic devices, software as well as hardwarein health organizations. Aims: The aim of this study is comparing electronic health indicators in theselected countries and discussion on the best indicators. Settings and Design: This study haschosen 12 countries randomly based on the regional division of the WHO. The relevant numbersof health indicators and general indicators and information technology indicators are extractedof these countries. We use data from the Bitarf’s comparative study, which is conducted by theIranian Supreme Council of Information Technology in 2007. Materials and Methods: By usingPearson correlation test, the relations between health general indicators and IT indicators arestudied. Statistical Analysis Used: Data was analyzed based on the research objectives usingSPSS software and in accordance with research questions Pearson correlation test were used.Results: The findings show that there is a positive relation between indicators related to IT and“Total per capita health, healthy life expectancy, percent literacy”. Furthermore, there is a mutualrelation between IT indicators and “mortality indicator”. Conclusion: This study showed differencesbetween selective indicators among different countries. The modern world, with its technologicaladvances, is not powerless in the face of these geographic and health disparity challenges.Researchers must not rely on the available indicators. They must consider indicators like e‑businesscompanies, electronic data internet, medical supplies, health electronic record, health informationsystem, etc., In future, continuous studies in this field, to provide the exact and regular reports ofamount of using of these indicators through different countries must be necessary.

Assessing knowledge of primary school teachers on specific learning disabilities in two schools in India

. Anand Lingeswaran

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-5

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Background: Evaluation of fund of knowledge about SLD among kindergarten and primary schoolteachers is essential to avoid misdiagnosis of SLD and to plan for specific teacher education ... Read More

Relationship between body satisfaction with self esteemand unhealthy body weight management

. Shahrbanoo Daniali; . Leila Azadbakht; . Firoozeh Mostafavi

Volume 3, Issue 7 , July 2013, Pages 1-6

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Introduction: A favorable or unfavorable attitude about self was named self esteem. Accordingto Maslow theory to achieve quality of life and happiness, one must reach the gradualfulfillment ... Read More Introduction: A favorable or unfavorable attitude about self was named self esteem. Accordingto Maslow theory to achieve quality of life and happiness, one must reach the gradualfulfillment of human needs, including a high degree of own self‑esteem. Body dissatisfactionis a negative distortion of one’s body which is especially mentioned by the women. Manystudies have shown links between self esteem, body dissatisfaction, health and behaviors. thisstudy intends to determine relationship between body satisfaction, self esteem and unhealthyweight control behaviors between women. Methods: This cross‑sectional study was doneon 408 women employees in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciencesduring 1390. They were chosen according to the stratified random sampling method. Inclusioncriteria were 1) willing to participate in the study and 2) lack of serious physical defect 3) notbeing in pregnancy or breastfeeding course. Exclusion criteria was filling out questionnairesincompletely. Data collection tool was a multidimensional questionnaire which comprised of4 sections as following: demographic (5items), A self‑administrative questionnaire for bodySatisfaction (7 items), Rosenberg Self‑Esteem Scale (10 items) and a standard Weight ControlBehavior Scale (18 items). Cranach’s alpha was 0.9 or higher for the different sections. Finally,collected data was analyzed with SPSS18 using the independent T‑test, one‑way ANOVA,Pearson correlation coefficient, regression, Spearman correlation. Results: Frequencies ofparticipants by weight category were 14.1% for obese, 35.3% for overweight, 47.6% for normalweight. The mean body satisfaction score in the studied women was 63.26 ± 16.27 (from100). Mean score of self esteem was 76.70 ± 10.45. 51.5% of women had medium selfesteem, 47.5% had high self esteem. Pearson correlation showed that the variables of bodySatisfaction (r = 0.3, P = 0.02), BMI (r = ‑ 0.14, P < 0.003), education level (r = 0.22, P < 0.001),income (r = 0.14, P < 0.004), consumption of fruit (r = 0.13, P < 0.008) all correlated withself‑esteem significantly. Women with higher self esteem used higher fruits had a goodnutrition overall (r = 0.11, P = 0.02). 92.15%, 10.8% of women respectively participated in oneof healthy and unhealthy weight control behavior. There was not any Relationship betweenself esteem and healthy weight control behavior while finding showed reverse relationshipbetween self esteem and Unhealthy Dieting Behaviors.Conclusion: It seemed women identity in our society tiedto social appreciations that formed and supported by bodysatisfaction. When they feel their current appearance isdiffer from ideal appearance, they feel down and have lowerself esteem and used unhealthy dieting behavior and lowfruits daily. Due to importance of precise self evaluation,self esteem can be used to design and conduct publichealth programs, especially for women.

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