Journal of Education and Health Promotion

A survey of scientific production and collaboration rate among of medical library and information sciences in ISI, scopus and Pubmed databases during 2001‑2010

. Alireza Yousefy; . Parisa Malekahmadi

Volume 3, Issue 8 , August 2013, Pages 1-6

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Background: Research is essential for development. In other words, scientific developmentof each country can be evaluated by researchers’ scientific production. Understandingand ... Read More Background: Research is essential for development. In other words, scientific developmentof each country can be evaluated by researchers’ scientific production. Understandingand assessing the activities of researchers for planning and policy making is essential. Thesignificance of collaboration in the production of scientific publications in today’s complex worldwhere technology is everything is very apparent. Scientists realized that in order to get their workwildly used and cited to by experts, they must collaborate. The collaboration among researchersresults in the development of scientific knowledge and hence, attainment of wider information.The main objective of this research is to survey scientific production and collaboration rate inphilosophy and theoretical bases of medical library and information sciences in ISI, SCOPUS,and Pubmed databases during 2001‑2010. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive surveyand scientometrics methods were used for this research. Then data gathered via check list andanalyzed by the SPSS software. Collaboration rate was calculated according to the formula.Results: Among the 294 related abstracts about philosophy, and theoretical bases of medicallibrary and information science in ISI, SCOPUS, and Pubmed databases during 2001‑2010, theyear 2007 with 45 articles has the most and the year 2003 with 16 articles has the least numberof related collaborative articles in this scope. “B. Hjorland” with eight collaborative articles hadthe most one among Library and Information Sciences (LIS) professionals in ISI, SCOPUS,and Pubmed. Journal of Documentation with 29 articles and 12 collaborative articles had themost related articles. Medical library and information science challenges with 150 articles hadfirst place in number of articles. Results also show that the most elaborative country in termsof collaboration point of view and number of articles was US. “University of Washington” and“University Western Ontario” are the most elaborative affiliation from a collaboration point.Conclusion: The average collaboration rate between researchers in this field during the yearsstudied is 0.25. The most completive reviewed articles are single authors that included 60.54%of the whole articles. Only 30.46% of articles were provided with two or more than two authors.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of breast self‑examination among female health workers in Isfahan, Iran

. Mahnoush Reisi; . Seyed Homamodin Javadzade; . Gholamreza Sharifirad

Volume 3, Issue 8 , August 2013, Pages 1-5

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Background: Breast cancer as a most common organ cancer in women is the first cause of deathamong women with 40‑45 years old. The only way to control this disease is early detection, ... Read More

Human development and South East Asian countries: Special emphasis on India

. Kalpa Sharma

Volume 3, Issue 8 , August 2013, Pages 1-4

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Development’ is to improve the quality of people’s lives by creating an environment for themto engage in a wide range of activities, to be healthy and well nourished, to ... Read More

Stakeholders’ analysis of the medical tourism industry: development strategies in Isfahan

. Alireza Jabbari; . Masoud Ferdosi; . Mahmoud Keyvanara; . Zahra Agharahimi

Volume 3, Issue 8 , August 2013, Pages 1-7

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Introduction: Policy makers and decision makers must identify the stakeholders in medicaltourism, who will be affected by and/or affect this industry, and determine their statusfor ... Read More Introduction: Policy makers and decision makers must identify the stakeholders in medicaltourism, who will be affected by and/or affect this industry, and determine their statusfor partnership. The aim of this study was to identify the main stakeholders in Isfahan’smedical tourism, analyze them, and provide strategies for developing this industry.Materials and Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in 2011. At first, the key stakeholdersin medical tourism were identified in accordance with the experts’ idea and literature review.Then we interviewed the key stakeholders. Data analysis was conducted using the stakeholders’analyses, which helped in developing strategies. Results: The result showed that the keystakeholders were made up of nine groups. They included the provincial governance of Isfahan,the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization of Isfahan, the Chamber of Commerce, theMedical Council, the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, health service providers, tourismservices providers, investors, and the Tosea Saderat Bank. The rate of knowledge of the CulturalHeritage and Tourism Organization of Isfahan, clinic and international relationship of IsfahanUniversity of Medical Sciences from government policy about medical tourism were verymuch. Private Hospitals, the Medical Council, investors, and the University of Medical Scienceshad great power. Private hospitals, clinics, the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization ofIsfahan, and the University of Medical Sciences were in the supporter position. The effectedstrategies were the included strategies, focused on increasing power; increasing support,and on maintaining the position. Conclusion: There are different stakeholders in the medicaltourism industry. Thus, policy makers can plan, make a policy and decision, and use effectivestrategies to develop medical tourism by designing a medical tourism stakeholders’ network,a medical tourism provincial council, and clarify the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.

The relationship between biological cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of parents and the weight of infant at the time of birth in Isfahan

. Mohammad Hassan Talebian; . Gholam Ali Afrooz; . Heidar Ali Hooman; . Asghar Aghaei

Volume 3, Issue 8 , August 2013, Pages 1-6

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Introduction: The present study was connected in order to evaluate the relationship betweenbiological, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of mothers and the weight of infant ... Read More Introduction: The present study was connected in order to evaluate the relationship betweenbiological, cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of mothers and the weight of infant atthe time of birth. Materials and Methods: In order to conduct this research a sample of 910women among recently delivered mothers of Isfahan province in 2009 were selected. Fromstratified sampling and cluster sampling according to the percentage of population in each ofthe cities of Isfahan Province was used. The data was gathered with a questionnaire preparedby the researcher in order to evaluate the biological cognitive and psychosocial characteristicsof mothers, in addition to the Enrich marital satisfaction test. After collecting data, the analysis ofthe data was done with SPSS software in two categories of descriptive and inferential statisticsby using logistic regression model. Results: The results showed that the prevalence of lowweight infants was 9.5 percent and 38.7 percent of pregnancies was unwanted. Twenty‑ninepercent of mothers had marital dissatisfaction. 15/6 percent of pregnancies were below20 years old and 22 percent was above of 35 years old. 38.9 percent of mothers were exposedto cigarette smoke. The average of weight gain during pregnancies was 9 kilograms. Thirtythree percent of mothers had high blood pressure during pregnancy, 26.7 percent had historyof abortion and 31.9 percent had history of bleeding. 23/1percent of women was employedduring pregnancy, 19.8 percent gave twin birth and 21/1 percent of parents were relative ofeach other, 29.7 percent of deliveries were done in cesarean way. Conclusion: The resultsof this study showed that severe marital dissatisfaction, abnormal blood pressure duringpregnancy, being employed during pregnancy, weight gain less than 5 Kg during pregnancy,pregnancy below the age of 20 can meaning fully increase the possibility of low birth weight ininfant (α=0.05). The results were consisting with the previous findings and indicated that someof the applicable benefits of this research can be recording of information about each deliveryin the whole country with holding trainingworkshops of before and during pregnancyskills by welfare organization.

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A survey of scientific production and collaboration rate among of medical library and information sciences in ISI, scopus and Pubmed databases during 2001‑2010

Abstract

Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of breast self‑examination among female health workers in Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Human development and South East Asian countries: Special emphasis on India

Abstract

Stakeholders’ analysis of the medical tourism industry: development strategies in Isfahan

Abstract

The relationship between biological cognitive and psychosocial characteristics of parents and the weight of infant at the time of birth in Isfahan

Abstract